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Chapter 27 : Power Leveling
🕑 Added 2022-04-24 12:10:04 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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“......I see...... I get it. Clarice, you've got to hang tight for this city.”
Currently, I'm with Clarice, talking to Gray at the Lampard’s house.
I told him what I had talked about with Count Beetle at the Adventurer’s Guild.
And that's when he responded just now. To be honest, I thought he would be vehemently against it.
I thought they would not accept that their own cute child…a 6-year-old girl, would have to dive into the labyrinth. And no matter how strong her companion was, he was still another six-year-old.
“Mars, take care of Clarice, will you?”
“Yes. I will certainly protect her. I'm going to get a room in an inn so I'll excuse myself for today. I will seek your presence tomorrow, thank you.”
“Mars, what are you talking about? You should stay at our place, right? Dad.”
“Umm, mm...... right, I haven't been able to repay you much, Mars. You're the one who saved the Lampard family. I know it's a small place but accept our hospitality.”
I turned him down softly but he pushed through anyway.
But I was told I couldn't stay in Clarice's room. Obviously right.
However, we did talk in Clarice's room together until bedtime. Clarice's ability and mine.
I spoke in a low voice and in Japanese.
‘I have something to say to Clarice. Will you spare me your time?’
Clarice was surprised that I spoke in Japanese.
But she must have immediately realized that there was something special going on.
‘Of course. What is it?’
‘First of all, I have the unique appraisal skill. Clarice has aptitudes in swordsmanship, archery, and holy magic. And the unique skill given to Clarice is barrier magic.’
‘Am I using the bow since you mentioned it previously? I know I had a talent for archery from the appraisal ceremony...but I wasn't told I had a talent for barrier magic... in the first place how does barrier magic work?’
‘I’ll have Clarice use bow. It seems that Clarice has more talent for archery than swordsmanship.
And your talent in holy magic is even higher than archery. Also unfortunately, I’m not sure how to use unique skill. Let's go to the labyrinth, properly level up and learn how to use them.’
‘I understand. Is there anything else?’
‘You should deplete your MP every day. It will increase your maximum MP. I suspect that those with talent in magic don't fall unconscious nor die, they just fall asleep due to MP deficiency.’
‘Yes. I kind of knew that. That's the reason I used to heal every day.
But how did Mars know about magic?’
‘......I'm not actually a swordsman.’
‘So you are a sword saint?’
‘No, I'm a magician. Mainly wind magic.’
‘!!!!!!’
Clarice tried her best to keep her surprised voice from leaking out.
‘That’s a lie, right? You’re so great with the swords but you’re a magician? But I heard that wind magic is the least favorable type...’
‘It's true that I've heard that earth magic and water magic are the best in this world but I think wind magic is also strong in its own way. I'll show you tomorrow when we dive into the labyrinth. Also, I can use holy magic too. So if Clarice gets hurt, I can fix you up with a heal.'
‘I thought holy magic users couldn't use other magic ......ah, but I can use barrier magic too...
Somehow I feel tired from all the surprises. I feel sleepy already so can you tell me more tomorrow?’
‘Sure. I understand. Good night then.’
‘Good night.’
After that, I left Clarice's room slowly. I have to give Gray who was hiding in front of the door some time to go back. Well, we were talking in Japanese all the time and in a low voice so that no one could hear us so there was no way he could know the content of our conversation.
The next morning we decided to go to the labyrinth after asking Count Beetle for a bow.
We decided to buy some recovery medicine just in case but they were already out of stock. I asked the shopkeeper about it, and he told me that they were out of recovery medicine and that even the expensive recovery medicine had skyrocketed in price.
Since I had heard about the labyrinth in advance, I decided that we should reach the safe zone and retreat today.
If it's true, I'd like to stay in the safe zone and level up though. ......I have no ulterior motive at all, okay?
Then we entered the labyrinth with Count Beetle, the Knights, and the town's residents seeing us off.
The first level of the Grantham labyrinth had a structure similar to that of the Irgusia labyrinth. The structure was the same but one difference was that the number of goblins was greater in the Grantham labyrinth. In some places, the labyrinth was so jammed with goblins that there was no space between the passageways.
I hit the goblins with the belly of my sword. To the point of knocking them out or disabling them.
When the goblins were so dense that there was no room, I would blow them out with my wind and stun them. Clarice would finish them off when they were stunned. This is the so-called power leveling.
“I kind of feel bad. Other adventurers are struggling to raise their levels and I'm having it so easy...”
Clarice was finishing one off with her sword.
The bow is not for a six-year-old girl so she couldn’t use it and she will have to use the sword until her level and muscle strength increase.
“It's an emergency.”
The structure of the labyrinth is the same as that of Irgusia Labyrinth, so we proceeded in the same route as Irgusia Labyrinth, going up to the second floor of the labyrinth.
Then we arrived at a large room. In the Irgusia Labyrinth, there is a stairway to the second level but even there were differences here. The size of the room and the number of magic beasts.
There are 20 hobgoblins and 10 goblin mages and the rooms are huge.
I had no problem with this but it would be tough for adventurers who had just graduated out of the paper ranks. As before, I stun them, and then Clarice delivers the last hit.
In no time at all, we had defeated the enemy and found a treasure chest in the corner of the room
I appraised it and found no traps and it had a value of 3
I opened the chest and found the following
Name: Anklet of Secret (Mysterious Anklet)
Special: Magic +1
Value: B-
Details: When you walk around with it on, it heals your HP.
I hit the jackpot.
I explained the effect to Clarice and had her wear it.
The beautifully decorated accessory shines on Clarice's beautiful legs.
With the defender and the anklet of secret, I can feel a bit more secure now.
And Clarice's level was rising steadily.
Name: Clarice Lampard
Title: -
Status: Human race, commoner
Condition: Good
Age: 6 years old
Level: 3
HP: 10/10
MP: 116/128
Strength: 6
Agility: 6
Magic: 7
Dexterity 6
Durability 5
Luck: 20
Unique Ability: Barrier magic (Lv0/A)
Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv2/C)
Special Ability: Archery (Lv0/B)
Special Ability: Holy magic (Lv1/A)
However, her skills have not changed at all due to only doing power leveling......
Then we found a stairway down to the bottom when we proceeded to the end of the large room.
Unlike the Irgusia labyrinth, this labyrinth was a downward labyrinth.
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