I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy

33. Labyrinth (2)

Located on the outskirts of Academy City, the Labyrinth is a very unique dungeon in this world.

A dungeon whose structure changes every year.

For this reason, it is also called the living dungeon.

That’s not wrong.

Because the ‘labyrinth manager’ lives in the deepest part of the labyrinth.

The peculiarity of the labyrinth does not end here.

This labyrinth, which can only be entered by one person at a time, takes one protective magic at the same time as entering.

Presumed to be ancient magic, this magic nullifies the damage and ejects it from the labyrinth when it receives fatal damage.

Those who were thrown out had to start all over again from the first floor.

Of course, injuries could happen.

When the Labyrinth opens, the infirmary will be busy.

How did this labyrinth of such a simple system that fits perfectly with the education of cadets attending the academy?

Actually, it was made by one person.

The one who founded Innocence Academy following the will of the hero in the distant past.

In the world, he was called the wizard of the ‘brave party’ or the ‘wise man’.

It was an obvious story.

Since it was a person from hundreds of years ago, it is known to people that the sage is dead, but the sage is still alive.

The ‘labyrinth manager’ living in the deepest part of the labyrinth was the wise man.

There is no risk of death, the structure changes every year, and the difficulty increases exponentially as the floor goes down.

The best place to challenge yourself and gain real-world experience.

That is the labyrinth, the ‘artificial dungeon’ created by the sage for the academy.

Of course, the labyrinth in Edward’s class was introduced as completely different information to the students.

They said it was an ancient dungeon or something.

Those who know the truth of the labyrinth are extremely rare even within the academy.

It was such an old story, so it was justified.

As a player of the game, I came across this information by chance while wandering around the labyrinth to raise my experience points.

I had never reached the deepest part of the game.

After all, time passed in the game and I had to progress the story.

The difficulty of the labyrinth is getting higher and the end is unknown… so the deepest part judged that it was not implemented in the game.

‘I don’t know now that it has become a reality, but…’

If you think about it carefully, there were so many suspicious points in the labyrinth that it overflowed.

Time passes slowly in the labyrinth. 24 hours in the labyrinth is about 8 hours outside.

It was carefully managed to prevent other non-cadets from abusing this point.

It was possible to enter only when holding a stone containing an unknown magic called ‘pass’, which proves that you are an academy cadet.

The cadet’s information is imprinted on the pass.

For this reason, the maximum number of cadets at the academy was always fixed by the number of passes.

Even if someone leaves the academy in the middle, they will never receive more cadets than that number.

Characters that sometimes appeared as special admissions also became cadets who had left the academy, so they could be accepted.

In addition, there were other difficult conditions.

Thanks to those conditions, people said that it was a dungeon for the academy… that the academy was built next to it because the dungeon was here… there was a lot of talk about this.

Well, from my point of view as a cadet, it’s something I don’t have to worry about.

I just have to work hard to level up in the Labyrinth, which is an experience content created by a sage.

It will deal with ‘impurities’ instead and will also find hidden items.

Even though the structure changes every year, having experienced this labyrinth in the game, I already know which items are hidden on which floors.

I plan to take care of all the hidden pieces prepared for the players.

‘I wonder if it’s the same for Eisel.’

Since Eisel was a regressor, she too would take care of the hidden pieces that only she knew.

After entering the labyrinth, it was Eisel who had grown rapidly.

The hidden pieces that Eisel had to take care of in the game couldn’t even be intercepted by the player.

As for me, I have neither the desire nor the need to steal Eisel’s hidden pieces.

‘Hidden Peace knows the location, so there’s no problem…’

The lycanthrope was the problem.

In the game, the gnomes appeared randomly from the 2nd to the 10th floors.

On the 10th floor, they will appear relatively late, but on the 2nd floor, they will meet soon.

It’s convenient to meet on the 5th floor when the level has risen to make things easier, but when does this happen as desired?

But there was a plan to catch him for sure.

A natural plan that can be implemented thanks to joining the Medical Technology Exchange Association.

“Cadet Jeto, Class 1 A, 1st floor. Your pass has been confirmed.”

The academy employee who was managing access to the labyrinth handed me the pass.

The pass records which floor I am on. This also determines the exploration ranking.

Perhaps it was because we arrived at the labyrinth early in the morning, but there weren’t many people yet, so we were able to enter quickly.

Judging from the presence of people coming from behind, it seems that a line is finally forming.

Since all grades were allowed to enter this year’s labyrinth at the same time, the procession was expected to be long for the first day.

I received the pass given to me by the staff and stood at the entrance of the labyrinth.

The entrance to the labyrinth looked like the entrance to a temple or temple, and a large dimensional door was open.

He stepped straight into the dimensional door.

***

[Is this a labyrinth? Darkness is eerie. ]

As soon as I wake up, Sierra’s voice echoes.

First, I focused on the sound to look around.

The first entry was a way to spawn in a random location, so if you are not lucky, a battle may occur at the same time as entering.

Fortunately, no noise is heard. Only the sound of dripping water could be heard from afar.

It seems that there are no monsters nearby.

The appearance of the labyrinth gave off a lot of feelings like a cursed cave.

The passageway of the huge cave was also wide. It looks like a green torch light is on. It was plenty of space to wield a sword.

Contrary to Sierra’s words, it didn’t feel creepy.

It was rather familiar, perhaps because it was a scene I had encountered many times in the game.

I didn’t feel the presence of a person, but I couldn’t talk to Sierra.

It’s on the first floor, so it’s not strange to encounter a cadet who spawns at any time, so I left her words behind and moved on.

As I walked through the cave, memories of the labyrinth came to my mind.

‘I also looked for tips on the location of Hidden Peace…’

Even so, I haven’t memorized the whole map of this wide labyrinth.

The important thing now is that there are sometimes stairs to go downstairs as you wander around the labyrinth.

And the fact that there is no hidden peace on the first floor.

On the first floor, he got used to the battle in the labyrinth, and it seems like he likes to go down the stairs as soon as he sees them.

Where is the lycanthrope?

I wish it wasn’t until at least the 4th floor.

‘How can the other guys take care of themselves…?’

Aizel is a regressor, so he will go to pick up his own hidden piece.

Yuri doesn’t like complex things like mazes, so she might not be able to find her way and wander around.

‘Kaen is…’

Kaen will act on her own and adjust the pace appropriately.

‘Did I just accept the Dalian request…’

I don’t know the details, but I’m worried that she’s firmly mistaken something about me.

“Well…”

It was not the time to worry about others.

I could feel the presence of the monster in front of me.

ㅡKeruk… Keruk…

I could hear their breathing hitting the walls all the way here.

‘It’s the first floor, so it must be a kobold.’

They didn’t seem to notice my presence yet. There were no traps along the way.

The first floor was easy to trap.

It is a level that can be easily avoided by just looking at the floor or walls.

‘Finally, I’m going to face the monster.’

Maybe it was an ordinary enemy that I faced for the first time after coming to this world.

I blew mana into my legs with my hand on the ‘Yodo Sierra’ that was on my waist.

And he ran all at once to the place where he could feel the presence of the kobolds.

‘Are there only two of them?’

Momentarily approaching them right in front of their noses, the kobolds startled and raised their arms.

“Kerryuk?!”

The movement was the same as those of the guys I saw in the game, so a little laugh leaked out.

There was no need to use reverse heaven against kobolds and the like.

Reversely, I pulled out the urethra I was holding and slashed a kobold close by.

Weakness detection was well applied to monsters.

It splits in half without even letting out a single scream.

“Keruk!!”

The one remaining man gets angry when his colleague collapses and rushes to me.

The kobold wasn’t that big.

A little taller than the 9-year-old Ram.

The crude dagger he was holding turned toward me.

However, his attacks did not reach.

Long before the kobold’s dagger could reach it, I decapitated the guy who was within reach of my urethra.

Soon, the corpses of the kobolds disappear as if to announce that the battle is over.

A small black stone fell in the spot where they had fallen.

hearthstone.

If it was a monster, it would have one on its body.

The stronger the monster, the bigger the size of the magic stone or the better the quality of the magic stone.

Originally, the magic stone that was in the body of the monsters had to be pulled out by digging through the bodies of the monsters.

However, these monsters are created by the Labyrinth. So the corpse disappears, leaving only the magic stone.

Magic stones had a variety of uses, so they could be sold for money.

The corpse of the boss Lycanthrope, which must be caught at the beginning of the labyrinth, does not disappear.

It was a simple talk.

It means that the labyrinth is not a being created.

It wasn’t a monster, so there was no magic stone on the body, but there was a reward to catch it and take it from the corpse.

And because it was an anomaly.

Perhaps you should cut off your hair and show it to the instructors.

Once in the game, that’s how it went.

[It won’t be easy to handle a sword in reverse… but it would be nice to get used to this labyrinth as soon as possible. ]

As I’m picking up the magic stone that fell on the floor, Sierra tells me what she felt while watching my battle.

Certainly holding the sword in reverse was still an unfamiliar sensation.

It is said that he somehow learned to use the power of the status window, but it seems that he is not accustomed to handling the sword in reverse.

I got up and started moving again.

The level of the kobold you just killed must have been around level 7.

I had already reached level 18.

In addition, because of the Weakness Detection skill, it seems that even if you cut only the weak points, it will be cut off at once. Even the kobolds had poor armor.

In terms of experience and practical experience, the first floor was not helpful.

‘Shall we go down to the second floor quickly?’

There was no lycanthrope on the first floor anyway, and there was one hidden piece to save on the second floor.

The Labyrinth sends the cadets out when the time is up.

It was because the time-flowing magic granted to the entire labyrinth affected the body.

About 10 hours a day was the Maginot Line.

Calculating the time in the labyrinth, it was about 30 hours.

‘The wise man is so kind…’

It seems that he put a lot of effort into the labyrinth by calculating all the stars.

It’s only for the sake of educating the academy cadets… It’s odd that they put so much effort into it, but what about it?

There would be no conversation with the sage, and above all, I had a hard time leveling because the instructor in charge was Edward.

‘Is it enough if I can just pack good items and level up?’

I might have to search every nook and cranny of the second floor, but I still had plenty of time.