The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 425
426 – Wave
I waited in what could be considered the center of the area and quietly watched the situation unfold. The ones I cared most about were the adventurers who couldn’t reach the realm of transcendence. This is because there is a high possibility that help will be requested first from the place where the skills are the lowest.
However, should I say that it was surprising, or is it because I was prejudiced against being a frog called a transcendent, as they say, when I was a frog tadpole? The adventurers performed their roles well without panicking against the sudden influx of enemies.
These are the people who challenge the fourth floor of the labyrinth. Failure to reach the realm of transcendence did not mean lack of ability. We successfully blocked the first attack, which could be called a wave, and immediately set up barricades following Raelan’s instructions.
It was impossible to collapse or transform the walls of the labyrinth itself, but the floor worked to some degree with magic. Of course, the trick of digging a tunnel and getting over the wall didn’t work. This is because the walls of the labyrinth were endless, as if they were touching the heavens and the earth, both above and below.
Still, the barricade the wizards created was quite good, even though it was temporary. It was a structure that not only had a warning spell that notified enemies clinging to the barricade, but also raised the ground to block the road and created a small hole in the middle where a spear could be inserted to unilaterally attack the enemy beyond the barricade.
Even because the angle was slightly tilted, it seemed difficult for the monster to get over the barricade unless it had wings. After blocking 5 paths, we immediately returned to our respective positions to block the second wave. I also fully recognized the spatial coordinates within our area and was prepared to respond at any time.
An hourglass appeared above everyone’s heads, and the sounds of footsteps began to get closer. The sound of swords swinging, weapons clashing, moans and screams. These things repeated for a while, and then the hourglass that appeared above my head disappeared.
We were confident as we easily handled the second wave. This is enough to prevent it. Those thoughts were revealed in his expression. But soon, a heavy silence descended upon the howl of a huge monster flowing through the walls of the labyrinth.
That howl was different from the monsters I had faced so far. Guessing someone else’s appearance just by the volume of sound has been an ability that humans have developed to survive since they were animals. The seasoned adventurers here already knew. A guy that lets out a howl that has a low-pitched vibration that makes your toes tingle is definitely dangerous.
An adventurer who was observing the approaching monster at the corner of the crossroads opened his eyes and shouted.
“Oh my gosh!!!”
The adventurer who reached the realm of transcendence next to us calmly checked the approaching ogre and urgently spoke to us.
“This is not an ordinary ogre! The skin is gray and the eyes are red! Its size is also much larger than that of an average ogre. And the ogre is holding a spear… .”
In general, ogres were monsters with low intelligence that fought by uprooting trees and other things, but were strong in terms of strength and destructive power. But the ogre in the labyrinth was different. They were not ordinary monsters, but monsters with intelligence that could challenge the same labyrinth as us.
The seasoned adventurers instantly fell into panic. Unlike the previous wave, the monsters did not approach hastily and began attacking from afar, just like adventurers moving carefully while exploring a dungeon.
“Fuck, the ogre has a crossbow!”
“Get out, get out!”
“Hanson is hurt! Hey, get back! “Abandon this area completely!”
“A beast spider also appeared here! “There is a wizard here, so we can stop it!”
Countless pieces of information rang out from all over the walls of the labyrinth. The adventurer, whose arms had been cut off, put his hands in his armpits and was dragging himself towards me.
“Do, help me!”
After using space magic to return a huge bolt that seemed to have been fired from a ballista flying behind him, I materialized his soul into the lily mask. The horsepower is sufficient. Although it was hidden by a wall, the exit from the dimension was made high up like a drone to ensure visibility.
puck-! puck-! puck-!
It was not difficult to use space magic to explode the head of a monster that crossed the area. Even if you have intelligence, it doesn’t mean you can avoid attacks coming from unseen places.
After clearing one area, I immediately turned around to support another area. Each time I stabbed the spear, at least five heads were pierced. If space magic was used properly, the simple act of stabbing a spear was no different from a shotgun with dozens of spear blades stabbing at the same time.
The adventurers who had been in a panic soon came to their senses thanks to my appropriate support. The monster that secretly clung to the barricade and tried to take over the area was also killed by piercing his head with space magic.
“I think this is enough for me alone… .”
Even though the adventurer with his arm cut off was having a hard time, he didn’t forget to crack a joke. Another adventurer who brought him skillfully took an item from his waist bag and stopped the bleeding. But he had no way to immediately regenerate his severed arms. He didn’t even take his arm, because the ogre stepped on it and crushed it.
There was an injured person who could not participate in the battle. There was no escape point in sight to escape the labyrinth. I had no choice but to put the injured person next to me, but before I knew it, Raelan approached me and waved his staff.
Sigh―――!
The yellow light escaping from the tip of the staff made such a strange sound and hit the injured adventurer between the eyes. The adventurer’s eyes, who had been jokingly joking, quickly cooled.
“Well, what are you doing? “You son of a b*tch!!!”
The adventurer who was trying to stop the bleeding became angry and tried to grab Raelan by the collar. However, Raelan waved her staff again and easily blocked the approach, and spoke with an annoyed look on her face.
“If one person fails to do their part, it becomes difficult for all of us. It’s better for everyone if you die sooner. “Of course he wanted everyone to survive.”
As Raelan said, the area we have to protect has shrunk slightly. Derok, the leader of the adventurer’s guild who heard the commotion and approached, looked at the dead adventurer for a moment and then spoke.
“Please return to your seats.”
Derok shouted at the adventurers who had figured out the situation and were looking at Raelan as if they were going to kill him.
“It’s an order. “Go back to your seats!”
At Derok’s command, the adventurers bit their lips, glared at Raelan, and returned to their respective areas. Derok growled at Raelan, who shrugged her shoulders and tried to turn away.
“Yesterday was exactly 14 years since Hanson joined the Adventurer’s Guild.”
“Then, the severance pay will be generous.”
Derok clenched his fists and said at Raelan’s ridicule.
“I will solve my guild members’ problems. So, if you swing your cane at my subordinate one more time… .”
Derok raised a sword covered in monster blood and aimed it at Raelan.
“I’ll take your head off first.”
“The guild leader is being emotional. “If you mess with it just a little, it could easily swallow up the Adventurer’s Guild.”
Feeling like they were going to fight at any moment, I used space magic to raise the blades of my spears onto the two people’s shoulders.
“stop.”
Unlike Raelan, who smiled leisurely even when a spear blade touched his shoulder, Derok reflexively struck the spear blade away. Derok glared at me and Raelan for a moment, then took a deep breath and returned to his assigned area.
“Master, do you think my actions were wrong?”
I shook my head in response to Raelan’s question. Rather, I felt comfortable as the discomfort of having to be around the injured person disappeared.
Raelan smiled mischievously, tapped his head with his cane, and then walked away. I used space magic to remove the bodies on the floor, and used space magic to check the status of the rescue team once in a while.
Everyone is doing well. Ellie was, after all, Ellie, and Lamine was skillfully using monster corpses to create cover. Not long after, monsters started coming again. This time, the sound of footsteps and shouts echoed throughout the labyrinth.
A huge number of goblin troops, reminiscent of the second floor of the labyrinth, began to arrive endlessly. However, due to the nature of the labyrinth, no matter how many enemies came, a joint attack was impossible because the path was narrow. Everyone skillfully pushed away the corpses standing in front of them and kept their distance from the goblins who were trying to move forward.
I think of the hourglass above my head. We started helping the most crowded areas. The goblin in the front was stabbed to death by stabbing all the goblins in the middle of the line, as if leaving it to others to cut off the waist. Thanks to the break in the middle, the adventurers were able to easily clear out the divided goblins and regain the area.
The wizards literally melted the goblins. All I had to do was shoot magic into a narrow, straight alley. They didn’t need my help at all. In particular, Red Magic Tower Lord Valentine was the most destructive wizard I’ve ever seen, excluding Ellie. There wasn’t even a body left where the red flash passed.
The moment the wave ended and I was about to take a short break, something strange happened. Suddenly, an hourglass appeared above my head. He quickly checked around the barricade, but there were no monsters hiding.
I checked the heads of all the monster corpses in the area just in case, but the hourglass above my head still did not disappear. There is definitely a monster in the area.
I quickly used space magic to check all areas, but there was nothing that looked like a monster anywhere.