Dragon’s Bloodline

Chapter 21

In the garden stained with the mornings glow, two silhouettes faced each other.

A girl empty handed though she wore two katanas and a beastkin girl wielding a knife in each hand.

Come at me seriously. If it has a blade like a knife, I have a Gift.

Watching Ria calmly were her the other four comrades.

Its alright, Maal. Since Ojou will never miss.

Towards Maal who was preparing to use the knife, Carlos urged.

Maal stared at Ria, saw her give a firm nod, and broke into a dash.

Ah~~~, I cant win.

Defeated around ten times, Maal collapsed to the ground.

Of course, Ria wasnt even scratched. She wasnt even sweating.

On the contrary, Maal couldnt cause her to sweat.

Even after diving into the labyrinth, she wasnt able to make use of her endurance.

It was like her perfect opponent was dancing, an overwhelming sense of defeat.

Because you relied only on your physical abilities, this is what happened. When the exploration is over, Ill teach you various things.

Were only different by one year, so why is it

Even though she had memories of her past life, Rias combat strength was definitely outside of common sense. At this age, she already exceeded her golden years from her previous life.

Since she has knowledge of original martial arts developed from her previous life, she had a large advantage over other people in one on one combat.

Anego, me next.

Breakfast is soon, so wait until after we get back from the labyrinth. Ill properly instruct you after that.

Gig relied on his physical abilities as well. Though he also has speed to go with his strength, there was no skill.

Todays target is three more floors, reaching the ninth floor in one go. Withdraw when someone dies, understood?

Everyone nodded. They looked forward to getting stronger.

When we entered the guild building, Maal felt uncomfortable.

There was less people than usual. Something about the atmosphere was different. Murderous? A different temperature?

Ah, Maal.

Going to the reception desk as always, I got information immediately.

Did something happen?

It was something you guys did.

In other words, it was that.

When people like explorers start out, its more than a job, they have big goals in their hearts.

However, over the years they come to understand reality and spend their years in safety letting the years go by. More so here, at the immortal labyrinth.

Then suddenly, a party like a storm appeared.

Not even young, they were very young.

Going into the labyrinth for the first time and without losing anyone, they defeated the fifth floors devil and took his magic crystal.

The impact on them was huge. It ignited everyones smoldering fires.

I see. So then they stormed into the labyrinth huh?

Despite hearing that, Ria didnt particularly feel anything about it.

That doesnt have anything to do with us. Then shall we go?

None of the monsters on the first floor could be considered their enemies anymore.

They sometimes heard the sounds of combat from a distance away, it was probably other explorers. They didnt bother to go and see it.

While destroying the labyrinth walls, they reached the head of the floor. This time, Ria forcibly cut it down with a single stroke of her blade.

On the second floor again, there were many explorers. Though they saw each other, they just passed by each other in mutual understanding.

The master of the floor was somehow or another different from the other day. Rias group attacked it without fear.

Carlos stopped its movement and Serge dealt the decisive blow.

The third floors golem was an instant kill, and they arrived on the fourth floor. They set up camp there. Despite the labyrinth being made of stone, Ria purposely destroyed the stones and built a bath. It already looked rather splendid.

Oooh, towards the roaring man, everyone applauded, congratulations!

On the fifth floor, everyone advanced in single file again.

Everyones levels kept increasing as an outcome of fighting.

When you get used to this area and when you leave it, its dangerous.

Towards Serges casually muttered words, the party firmly nodded.

The head of the floor was different than the devil from before.

A huge crow, with a horn growing from its head.

While flying in the air, its feathers became like blades.

Sometimes it made a piercing cry, tormenting our ears.

It also moved fast, magic couldnt hit it.

I thought that something like this would happen.

Serge fired off a bolt of lightning, the devil was hit without a chance to dodge.

Though it wasnt a death blow, its movement dulled and lowered its altitude.

They wouldnt be able to reach if it was the standard person, but Ria was the exception.

Adjusting the grip on her spear, she stabbed its vitals. Leaving its magic crystal behind, the devil vanished.

Then they arrived in the unknown sixth floor.

Since, as expected, it was hard to destroy the metal passages, the party finally had to explore the dungeon like normal.

Treasure chests were placed in hollows in the wall and on passageway altars. Maals hands moved skillfully.

When she confirmed the type of trap, Ria did the manual labor to open it and Maal demonstrated her lock picking skills.

And now they faced the guardian.

It was a gigantic mass of iron.

With a bigger body than the minotaur, it was clad in armor.

The floor guardian of the sixth floor, the iron golem. It wielded a huge maul.

Lulu, reinforce Carlos with magic! Carlos, team up with Gig and concentrate on defense! Gig attack from the left! Serge, aim your space-time magic at its legs!

Then after Ria issued instructions, she assaulted the golem from the right.

Can I cut an iron golem with iron?

I can. I can do it.

At least, I can tear its armor up like paper if its iron.

Oooooooh!

Ria shouted, releasing a slashing attack from her stance prepared in advance.

The golems left wrist split in two at the joint.

Alright, we can do this!

Though it was the same iron, the hardness of tempered steel was entirely different.

Whenever Ria swung her katana, the large build was damaged. But since it wasnt a living thing, it wasnt directly damaged.

It was hard for a katana to deal damage to it with a strike.

Ria returned the katana to her waist, taking out a spare weapon from her bag.

Tararara~n, the minotaurs axe~

Though it was difficult for her to balance it with her light body weight, she could still brandish it while rotating, striking the golems leg.

On the other side, Gig and Carlos dodged the golems weapon.

LO-N-GI-NUS!

Piercing through space, Serges magic directly hit the golems leg.

Though it didnt completely destroy its armor, it did a lot of damage to an indirect part, arriving at the golems knee.

Ria jumped at that moment, swinging the axe downward with all her strength. The huge axe stabbed into its neck, breaking from pressure.

But because of that, the golem stopped moving.

Phew~, that was tiring.

Concentrating on defending, Carlos was the most mentally exhausted.

Good work.

Receiving fatigue recovery magic from Lulu, they saw the large figure collapse.

But how do we get the magic stone and core out?

Hmm? It wont be difficult.

Taking out her katana again, Ria cut the golems chest.

Using the golems own maul to hit it, the armor cracked, exposing its internals.

Inside was a magic crystal and a huge golem core.

This also isnt a magic stone, its a magic crystal. So to some extent, strong demons have magic crystals?

Though Ria asked, the presence of magic stones was different between nature and the labyrinth, and wasnt able to figure it out immediately.

Nee-chan, lets collect the golem for now. Since its a lump of iron, there might be some use for it.

Serge could even store that large size.

At the end of the day, they camped in the floor heads room.

The next floor would be different from the ones until now, so the Ogre King said to not be careless in this hell.

Though the floor was metal, Ria made us of Serges magic to drive the enormous hammer into the floor, hollowing out the floor into a bathtub.

Baths refresh the spirit.

That night, the floor guardian did not revive.