(lon)
In the corridor, more than a dozen square-shaped core-like fire elental organisms emitted clanging roars, and dozens of fireballs raised the already hot corridor by several degrees in an instant.
As the fireballs approached, a graceful figure fearlessly confronted them.
The rhythm of the figure footsteps was strange, and for a mont, the narrow corridor seed to lose the concept of gravity. The graceful figure, at almost impossible angles, crashed into the group of monsters.
The sound of shattering echoed continuously, and the chaotic flas flickered.
A few seconds later, lon looked coldly at her feet. The only remaining [Blaze] struggled to freeze its body, and then, she stepped on it, shattering it.
Ignoring the golden sticks scattered on the ground, lon took a few steps forward and opened the seemingly simple treasure chest.
"..." lon glanced at the contents, frowned, and her expression beca sowhat frustrated. She waved her hand behind her a few tis and then sat down on the side.
Master... it's been three days since I lost contact with you. Where are you? Are the others with you?
...The team inexplicably disbanded... Is it because of the anomaly... or is it that you no longer want ?
Thinking of this, lon couldn't help shaking her head.
No, that's not possible. Master wouldn't abandon . It must be because of the labyrinth. I've never fought in a real labyrinth before. The ga I played during the celebration in the royal city didn't count.
This is the labyrinth... full of unresolved mysteries... thinking this way, she felt a little relieved.
Master, no one is around... Even though I've been telling myself not to be as helpless as before, to beco useless when you're not around, but... I'm really worried and anxious.
No, the more this happens, the more you need to stay calm, find a way to leave this place. Focus on the present.
"Sister lon, do you really not need to drink so water?" Just when lon was feeling bothered by the tricky situation, a female voice ca from the side.
Wearing a simple robe patched with patches, a wizard hat, and a very ordinary wooden staff, a girl with curly chestnut hair had a clear face. Hanging around her neck was the wooden plate representing the D-rank entry-level adventurer, engraved with the na "Mona."
"Yeah, Sister lon, you gave us all the resources on the way just now. That... I'm okay for now, but– at least drink so water, okay?"
Standing beside Mona was a boy who looked like he was wearing second-hand goods. The inscription on his wooden plate read "Wesley."
However, his situation was obviously much worse than Mona's. The second-hand plate armor was not only ragged, but the sword hanging from his waist was only half left– In fact, a while ago, the conditions of these two were very bad. Not only were their equipnt in tatters, but they were also seriously injured. If they hadn't t lon, these two new adventurers, who had just turned fifteen not long ago, would have perished in this labyrinth.
"...No, I still have supplies on ." lon cald down a bit because of their words and patted her waist pouch.
After rescuing Mona and Wesley, lon, apart from leading the way and clearing the path, had been trying to search for the traces of the others– but in the end, she couldn't find any clues in this corridor that seed endless.
Yes— although finding the master is crucial, now she must focus on other things. Without her, these two wouldn't survive.
The recruitnt conditions for this adventurer exploration team required mbers to be official adventurers with a rank of B or above or recomnded by the Adventurer Guild. She didn't know how these two newbies managed to get in...
But when she thought about it, there wasn't much to think about. After all, lon herself was not an official adventurer mber. Everyone managed to get into the team thanks to Alice's connections. These two might have paid so price as well.
...The result was that they almost lost their lives.
"The [Inferno Gold] in the box is also for you. Go and make so good equipnt." lon looked at the remaining palm-sized tal block in the box, casually picked it up, and threw it into Wesley's hands.
Both Mona and Wesley widened their eyes in unison. This– what ca out of the previous chests was just the ordinary [Inferno Iron], but what appeared now was a much superior [Inferno Copper]!
"Sister lon, is this really okay? We've already taken quite a bit, and we've relied on you to take care of us all the way..."
"I don't need it. You two sit down, rest, and we'll continue on later. I want to find my master as soon as possible." lon said.
"If there's sothing really unusual, I would undoubtedly bring it back to offer to my master. However, the items in this box are things I've seen my master casually produce back in our secret base. After following my master for over seven years, I know the value of things, and at least these are things my master wouldn't even glance at. If you want them, take them."
Considering Wesley and Mona's stamina, the impromptu trio took a break.
"Um, Sister lon..." Perhaps due to the excessively hot environnt making it difficult to concentrate, Mona, attempting ditation, failed and glanced at Wesley, who was drinking water and catching his breath. Mona then shifted her attention to the Lizardkin who had saved them.
Mona and Wesley were childhood friends from a rural area, and driven by their admiration for strength, they ca to the city imdiately upon reaching adulthood and ford a team for adventuring, which had been going on for several months. Due to their impoverished background, their inco as D-rank adventurers barely balanced their daily expenses, and they could hardly afford any decent equipnt.
Hearing about [Inferno Gold], after careful consideration, they decided to take a gamble. They bribed and arranged things, bought a recomndation letter from the Adventurer Guild, and thus gained the qualification to enter the labyrinth.
The result was that they were almost killed by a few random monsters. In that desperate mont, the Lizardkin girl known as lon suddenly appeared and saved them.
Based on Mona's knowledge of mixed-race lizardn, the Lizardkin's age shouldn't be much older than her own. However, the extraordinary strength she possessed was exceptional. Engaging in combat without any weapons, relying only on fists and kicks, that clean, neat, simple yet brutal power left a deep impression.
It’s simply unheard of— Even though she had just beco an adult and had only been a novice adventurer for a few months, she had still heard of the nas of powerful adventurers. Bloodblade Victor, Tiger's Arrow, Iron Hamr of War, and the like. But, was there a Lizardkin who didn't use any weapons among them?
Mona had naturally seen a few of those people, and at the ti, she felt only admiration. However, when looking at the Lizardkin sister in front of her...
The lizardkin has no arrogance, her speech was refined, her deanor was generous, and her personality was reserved. It turned out that this was the true attitude a powerful person should have. Those people in the city were not worth ntioning.
"Hmm?" lon responded.
"Well, Sister lon... The master you ntioned, what kind of person is he?"
Most unexpectedly, this lon sister seed to be a slave.
When Mona vaguely saw the necklace-shaped reward collar, she thought she was mistaken. After looking at it several tis, the style was exactly the standard design often displayed in the showcase of the slave market.
"Why do you ask?" lon's gaze beca sowhat vigilant.
"Ah, no, no, it's okay if you don't want to say... I just thought that to have such a powerful sister like lon as a slave, he must be amazing." Mona realized she was being impolite and quickly waved her hand.
What kind of person would allow lon sister to willingly serve as her master and willingly be a slave?
"Yeah, he must be that kind of super powerful person– With just a swing of a sword, creating a huge pit in the floor with a single stroke, that kind of all-powerful man!" Wesley also joined the conversation.
In his imagination, only such groundbreaking figures could beco lon's master.
"..." lon thought for a mont and couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah, my master is the most powerful man I've ever seen."
Indeed, the most formidable.
The figure that blocked the flas of the Mountain King was still vivid in her mory.
"Mona, I'll beco that kind of man in the future too! Wait for !" Sohow, Wesley unexpectedly declared with a firm gaze.
"W-What are you suddenly saying..." Wesley's words made Mona's face blush.
"..." lon looked at the magnetic field of these two strangers who seed to be a couple and cooperatively restored silence.
These two sure get along well... Her emotions that had just stabilized were now rippling again.
I want to see my master.
... Well, it's ti to continue walking.
lon stood up, about to call the two, but a sudden magical fluctuation made her suddenly aware.
A magic teleportation array appeared in front of the three.
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