Chapter 9: A Little Expedition
Walking through the dungeon, Emiya Shirou at this time has a completely different state of mind from other adventurers.
The rest of the journey was also extremely difficult for him, but he still felt very peaceful.
No nervousness, no fear.
It's just a matter of moving forward.
Looking at Emiya Shirou, who was dressed in fire essence weaving, although he was not familiar with him, this did not affect the envious eyes of the adventurers around him.
Fire fine weaving, that is in a sense the middle layer standard.
The reason why this is so is because of the appearance of a monster, that is, Cerberus.
Cerberus, also known as Charizard, is a monster that uses ranged magic to attack. The flames it shoots can easily scorch unprotected adventurers.
And the fire weaving with fire and heat resistance is the best protective equipment to protect adventurers from the threat of fire.
Therefore, the sight of an adventurer clothed in fire-spirited weaving can easily come to a conclusion.
Clothed in Fire Weaver = Exploring the Middle Layer = Advanced Adventurer.
Ignoring the envious eyes of the other adventurers around him, Emiya Shirou kept going deep into the dungeon.
The monsters born in the upper tier can no longer cause him any trouble, so his destination is the middle tier.
More precisely, the seventeenth floor, where the owner of the floor is located.
Of course, he will definitely not be able to defeat the floor master, after all, the gap between the two is too big.
The owner of the seventeenth floor is Golia, and it is a monster rated as LV.4 in combat power. With his LV.1 combat power, trying to defeat Goliath is tantamount to a fool's dream.
Therefore, he decided to emulate the LV.7 path of Aota the Fierce and go on a solo expedition.
Of course, Ota is a real fierce person who went on a solo expedition to the 59th floor, fought with the owner of the LV.7 floor on the 59th floor, beat him half to death, and then returned alone.
He only needs to step into the 17th floor and then come back.
Such a distance was embarrassed to call it an expedition anyway, so he named his operation, a small expedition.
Standing in the passage from the twelfth floor to the thirteenth floor, Emiya Shirou tightened his backpack behind his back.
This time, his backpack was very full, and it was full of supplies, leaving no room for magic stones.
This time, it was only for the sake of fighting.
Tightening the turban on his head, Emiya Shirou muttered to himself, "Next is my adventure." ”
With that, he stepped into the dimly lit passage ahead.
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The gray rocks rolling everywhere, the walls, floors, and ceilings around them are made of rock, and there is a little damp air wafting through them.
At first glance, the environment here looks like a natural cave on the mountainside.
Such a fighting environment made Emiya Shirou feel as if he had returned to Enzo Mountain, the place where he had fought.
But now Emiya Shirou doesn't have time to sigh about these things, at this time he is running non-stop, and he is constantly fighting.
With a swift sword, he split the unicorn rabbit in front of him in half, and then turned around and slashed the stone axe thrown from afar to the side.
This is a monster unique to the middle level, called the Unicorn Rabbit.
Although they are not particularly powerful monsters in LV.2, they should not be underestimated. Able to throw stone axes, they will inflict fatal damage on you if they are not careful.
And this labyrinth was originally the opponent's natural arsenal, and the falling rocks on the ground would turn into sharp stone axes in their hands, and they would attack continuously.
What's even more overwhelming is that there are so many of them.
From the middle level, the refresh rate and number of monsters are beyond the reach of the upper layer.
Monsters will appear in a steady stream, constantly draining your stamina, and then wait for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow.
This is the living dungeon.
Therefore, Emiya Shirou must not give them a chance to encircle him, he must keep running and keep moving forward.
In this expedition, he will also use his real means.
Emiya Shirou, who had already figured out the route of the middle level in advance, did not pause at his feet, and kept running and fighting.
All the monsters that stood in his way fell in front of him.
"Woohoo!"
Although he has been running, Shirou Emiya has never slackened his reconnaissance of the surroundings.
Long before this voice came, Emiya Shirou had already noticed its figure, it was three wolfs the size of calves.
That's Cerberus.
The Cerberus perched on one side did not rush up, but stood in place and raised his lower body, lowering his upper body, accumulating flames in his mouth.
Grain sparks that were about to erupt overflowed from the gaps in its fangs.
"It's too slow!"
At this time, the double swords in the hands of Emiya Shirou had turned into black longbows, and the three arrows were on the bowstring and ready to fire.
Collapse!
The sound of the bowstring flicking and the sound of the wind breaking resounded in the silent space, and the flames from the mouths of the three Cerberus were struck in the head by Emiya Shirou before they could erupt.
The flames that could not be sprayed could only explode in their place, leaving their own bones gone.
But Emiya Shirou didn't have the energy to care about that.
As soon as the arrow was fired, he swung his longbow and struck the one-horned rabbit close to him.
There are too many monsters in the middle level.
With the longbow on his back and the twin swords reprojected, Emiya Shirou continued on his way.
The reason why he didn't disarm the longbow was just to save on his magic power, after all, the bow and arrow would inevitably become his regular weapon in the next battle.
Influenced by the favor of the gods, Emiya Shirou's projection magic has been enhanced to an epic level. In the past, he projected that the consumption of sword weapons was normal, the consumption of non-sword weapons was doubled, and the armor class was doubled.
But now projecting any weapon is a normal consumption, the consumption of swords has been halved, and the consumption of armor has been doubled.
This makes his staying power even stronger.
"Don't stand in my way!"
Looking at the monsters that were constantly rushing towards him in the passage ahead, the magic power on Emiya Shirou's body quickly worked.
"Projection begins!"
With his order, more than a dozen sword suits were projected, and then shot out wildly.
With the blessing of magic power and the sharpness of the weapon itself, each sword outfit pierced the bodies of several monsters, and the passage in front of him was cleared in an instant.
And the use of projection weapons seems to herald the intensification of the battle.
On the road after that, Emiya Shirou kept running, and kept waving the double sword in his hand.
In the face of the monsters that came one after another, he kept slaying them.
Or slash with a sword, or shoot with a bow, or shoot with a sword, in short, all kinds of means are frequently used.
But even so, he was left with different wounds.
The monster's attacks are too dense, and there are always attacks that Emiya Shirou can't stop.
The stone axe throw of the unicorn rabbit, the flamespray of the Cerberus, the spinning dash of the hard-armored rat.
There was always an attack that he couldn't parry.
But that still didn't stop him from moving forward.
Soon, Emiya Shirou followed the road sign in his memory to the passage from the thirteenth floor to the fourteenth floor, but a large number of monsters had already gathered here waiting for him.
"Is this what the dungeon has in store for me? That's a lot of money! ”
Take off the longbow on your back and start projecting your right hand.
"Projection begins!"
A strange long sword appeared in Emiya Shirou's right hand, this sword was not a double-edged or single-edged blade, but a spiral sword, which seemed to be born only for stabbing.
"Pseudo-Spiral Sword!"
The projected sword was placed on the bowstring, and with the flow of magic power, the original sword-made weapon began to change, turning into an arrow that shimmered with silver light.
This time, Emiya Shirou stopped for a long time and pulled the bowstring in his hand full.
"Fantasy Collapse!"
I saw a flash of red light, and the arrows shot crossed a long distance and instantly came to the group of monsters.
Rumble!!!
A violent explosion swept out of the monster group, enveloping the entire monster group in an instant.
The huge explosion caused the storm to sweep around, and many monsters that were not within the explosion range were blown out by the powerful storm and fell under the passage.
When the explosion cleared, the flames burned in place, and the once crowded cavern was littered with magic stones.
Emiya Shirou passed through here with a flat face, not even looking at these magic stones.
This leads to the passage to the fourteenth floor.
The thirteenth layer, breakthrough!