"The sin of seducing the noble integration knight to fall is unforgivable! I'll take you back to your cell with your limbs pierced!

」

At this moment, a faint dawn from the east shone on the flying dragon in the sky.

The newly emerged Knight of Integration, dressed in the same silver heavy armor as Elderiyah, and holding a large bronze longbow in his left hand.

I'm afraid that the bow is just as much an artifact as Elderliye's "Frostscale Whip". Is the previous terrifying precision sniping the effect of "Total Domination", or the real strength of this knight?

The burly knight didn't seem to want to bother anymore, and mounted four arrows on the red longbow.

"Quick...... Run!"

Judging that there was no way to avoid the arrow at this distance, I grabbed Eugeo's chain and began to sprint with all my might.

Although there is a sharp pain in the right foot and chest with every step, it must not be stopped.

Eugeo followed me with desperate breathing.

For a moment, I thought about returning to the dungeon, but in that case, even if I could avoid sniping, it wouldn't solve the problem.

Even if we knew that there was no way to go once we entered the labyrinth, we had no choice but to run to the door on the south side of the square.

Before he had run a few steps, there was a "Click!" from behind him. of several hit sounds.

"Uhhh——!hhhh

」

With a scream or a roar, I ran without distraction. Although it can be hidden by the angle of the fences on both sides of the passage, when you reach the intersection, your body is exposed, and several arrows fall around it at once.

"How many arrows does that guy have!"

I couldn't stop yelling, and Eugeo, who was right behind me, answered honestly.

"That shot just now has more than thirty arrows, it's amazing!"

"What the hell is this MMO...... No, I didn't say anything!

」

I don't know where to go anymore, but for some reason, as soon as I get to the split end, the feeling of being pulled in my hair leads me to turn right or left, and then continue to run at full strength.

Although now it's a certain distance from the flying dragon, as long as you walk into a dead end, everything will be over-

I don't know if it's because I have such negative thoughts in my head, after several forks turn to the left, the effect of the mystery protection is gone.

The passage was mercilessly blocked ten meters ago.

At this point, the metal fence can only be broken with the chain on the right hand, which is still half the length left, but according to the previously confirmed information, the priority of the fence is about the same as the chain.

The probability of a single blow being able to destroy it is infinitely close to zero.

However, there are no other options.

I resigned myself to my fate and raised the chains of my right hand. At this very moment-

"Hey, come over here!

」

The voice that came out of nowhere made my thoughts stop for a moment.

The voice of an old man who speaks in the tone of an old man, "Come here", is a young girl's voice no matter how you hear it.

I slowed down and looked around, and on the fence to the right of the front, I don't know when a small door opened, and from there the face of the person who poked out to wave to us was the face of a ten-year-old girl at every turn.

The round-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose reflected the light, and the girl disappeared into the depths of the door.

For a moment, I wondered if this was a trap. But at this moment, one of the hairs was suddenly tightened, and it was almost like a reprimand to me, "What are you doing, don't go in quickly!"

Average.

As if in a dream, Ugeo and I plunged headlong into the darkness behind the door.

3

Contrary to expectations, behind the door is a large and bottomless space.

"Whoaaa

With a relentless scream, I flipped forward three times in the air.

Immediately afterwards, his back fell to the ground that was very elastic, and it bounced up like a bouncy ball, and finally sat on the ground with a bang.

Immediately afterward, Yugeo also landed to the side in a similar position. We shook our heads to regain our balance and looked around with trepidation.

「…… Oh?"

Yogeo made a wonderful sound, but it wasn't for nothing.

We entered through a small gate on the fence of the Rose Garden. In that case, the front of the door should be the same labyrinth.

Today, however, we are sitting in a hallway with old wooden walls and ceilings, as well as the same wooden floor.

The elastic force you feel when you hit the ground is probably caused by the wooden planks underneath. If it was the same slate as the one in the Rose Garden, Destiny didn't know how much it would be reduced.

The corridor stretched more than a dozen meters ahead, and a warm orange halo swayed at the end. Even the air was no longer filled with the damp feeling that was clearly visible before, but was replaced by a dry smell similar to old paper.

What the hell is ...... here? As I was thinking this, I heard a metallic click from above my back.

I looked back and saw the steep staircase in front of me, the small door above the staircase, and a small figure.

Forgetting the pain of the whipped chest and the piercing of my right foot, I staggered to my feet and cautiously walked up the wooden stairs.

The small door in front of the sight, which had been a bronze fence before entering, was now a wooden door like the walls and floor.

However, contrary to the antique feeling of the hallway, for some reason only this wooden door is made of brand new white wood.

When I reached the top of the stairs, the figure standing in front of the door with his back to me raised his right hand to restrain me.

In his hand was a large string of large brass keys, apparently freshly pulled out of the huge keyhole in the wooden door.

The metallic sound I heard a few seconds ago, I think it must be the sound of this man locking.

「…… That ......."

Where is this?

Who are you?

I was about to ask when I noticed the voice. Coming in and out from the other side of the door, there was the rustling of some small hard creature.

All at once I got goosebumps on my arms.

「…… I found out. This backdoor is no longer usable.

」

The enigmatic figure muttered under his breath, waving his right hand as if he was going to drive me down. I interrupted myself and headed down the hallway again.

Returning to Eugeo, who had already stood up, he turned his head and the man from earlier also walked down the stairs.

There was no lighting around, only a faint light coming in from the end of the hallway, so I could only see the man.

He wears a huge hat on his head, and his short body wears a robe like that of a magician. In his right hand, he holds a keychain, and in his left hand, he holds a cane that is longer than his height.

The man waved his staff, or MagicStaff, at us as if he were driving us, and said:

"Hey, hurry up inside!

This passage is going to be abandoned."

Obviously, judging from the sound of a young girl, but for some reason, the sense of majesty given to people is even better than that of Azrika-sensei of the Sword Academy, and Yugeo and I hurriedly stood up and trotted in the direction of the light.

After passing through the corridors that were not very long, I came to a wonderful place.

It was a fairly large square room.

There are an unknown number of lamps lit on the wall, and in each lamp there is a warm flame swaying. There was nothing like furniture, and on the front wall, there was only a lone heavy wooden door.

On the other three walls, there are more than a dozen corridors that are exactly the same as the narrow corridor we just walked out of.

I looked into the nearest hallway, which also ended with a flight of stairs and a small door.

As Yugeo and I stood still and looked around, the robed girl who came out after us turned 180 degrees behind us and raised her cane toward the passageway.

"——!"

With a lovely but vicissitudes of life, the girl waved her cane.

I thought I wouldn't be surprised no matter what happened, but when we saw what happened next, the two of us were still amazed.

Starting from the depths of the passage, the stone walls on the left and right sides rumble and push out to the middle, and after colliding, they become one with the shaking of the ground.

After only a few seconds, the passage above ten meters was completely blocked. Finally, the protruding stones around the entrance of the passage in front of us were also embedded in the wall, and what appeared to us was already a wall.

Needless to say, the traces of the passage that were still there a few seconds ago could not be seen even a little depression.

Even in the realm of divine arts, this should be quite a remarkable advanced technique.

To move that many items at once, it would require a fairly lengthy chant and a fairly high level of system login privileges.

However, what is jaw-dropping is that the girl only made a single sound, and she completed such a spell, and she didn't even hear the word "SystemCall".

In the academy's textbooks, no matter what kind of sacred arts, this sentence is needed as a beginning.

"Whew.

」

The girl snorted, then tapped her cane to the ground as if nothing had happened, and then turned to look at us.

looked at each other again under the ample lighting, only to realize that she was a girl as cute as a doll.

The silky robe and the hat, which looked rather heavy in the same material, gave the impression of an old-fashioned scholar who was more out of the world than the magician, but the chestnut curls and milk-colored skin that could be seen through the edge of the hat had a bright luster corresponding to the girl's age.

However, the most impressive thing is the eyes. Behind the small, round-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, his eyes are as brown as his hair under his long eyelashes, and for some reason, he can feel overwhelming knowledge and wisdom.

I felt as if I had been sucked into the depths of the eyes as if I had been drawn into the depths of the eyes, and I couldn't see through what she was thinking.