Chapter 257: Entrance, like an underground discharge channel

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“What is this…?”

Grand labyrinth of Yaso-Katsui, that’s the largest labyrinth in the world.

The word ‘grand’ just naturally describes it.

A dark, confined and humid underground dungeon that brings chills in my spine, the big boss of the caves.

In the first place, I thoroughly hate labyrinths, and on top of that, it is dark and humid…oops, let’s stop repeating that. Anyways, it is true that I came here with quite the resolve.

…And yet, right now, I had my mouth wide open and was looking at this place.

It is bright like broad daylight, is unbelievably vast, and has an abnormally wide and tall ceiling.

I remember having this feeling before.

Right, that was when I was watching a TV program about the underground discharge channel.

It was the same feeling as when the excessively spacious space was projected like some ancient historic ruins.

It is a space that reminds me of how incredibly small people are.

This place is similar.

Grand Labyrinth of Yaso-Katsui, wide first floor underground.

That’s the name of this place.

“The entrance gate was gigantic as well after all. It looks like they give it quite a lot of maintenance.” (Tomoe)

“Right-desu wa. Leaving aside how far of this dungeon looks like this, the power of the people is pretty impressive. About 1-2 kilometers of the World’s Borders has begun to have the handiwork of people involved, so once the conflicts are resolved, it might become a situation like this.” (Mio)

What Mio said about: ‘how far of this dungeon looks like this’ referred to the situation in our surroundings. It is like a famous touristic spot.

People, people, people; unbelievable liveliness.

…Well, the World’s Border might become like this around the entrance.

Leaving aside if the World’s Border can actually be considered a good tourist spot, the current vitality of Tsige is certainly unmeasurable.

Looks like Tomoe and Mio didn’t know that the labyrinth was in this situation either, they are looking around with interest.

They aren’t showing an unsightly behavior like opening their mouths wide though.

After advancing for a while, the density of people steadily decreased and it finally entered a state where we can look at our surroundings.

Even though it is a labyrinth, the groups of people stand out more than the mamonos.

The field of vision is also satisfactory. There’s simply a lot of people, there’s no darkness.

There’s a lot of people that seem to be customers and also gatherings of beginner-looking adventurers.

Since it is a labyrinth, it will obviously have mamonos appearing here and there.

I can see a number of people fighting.

The moment a mamono is spotted, the cases when they gang up on it are many.

How to say it…how peaceful.

For a moment, I felt like I came to a beginner field in an MMO game.

It feels exactly like a famous hunting spot that’s a few maps away from the city.

“Hokuto, how’s the accuracy of the map you bought at the guild?” (Shii)

“…There’s parts where the scaling is not measured well, but it is mostly accurate, Waka-sama.” (Hokuto)

“Hello~? The one who asked just now was the companion that has been with you for several days now, Shii-chan.” (Shii)

“You coincidentally asked something that I was about to tell Waka-sama, that’s all, Shii.” (Hokuto)

For some reason, Hokuto directed the answer of Shii’s question to me.

Hokuto and Shii, it looks like they are doing well.

They are both from different races, so I was wondering how it was going, but I don’t see any such friction between them.

Even if their time together has been short, it would be nice if this serves as a test case for future chances.

The Arke, Hokuto, has in his hands the map of the grand labyrinth that we bought at the Adventurer Guild before coming here.

In a lot of meanings, he is the best choice to hold the map.

It is a super high-class article that shows the layout until the 10th floor, and it is thick. The price was also brutal, but well, it is crazy thick.

For some strange reason, just because of this one point, I was able to somewhat accept its price. Must be the magic of thickness.

Of course, it is not like we are walking around with the closed map.

We had unfastened the superficial map first.

“Please leave the mapping to me.” (Hokuto)

His other specialty aside from fighting is mapping.

Maybe because there were many occasions Hokuto has been asked to do things like surveying, at some point in time, he had obtained enough ability to call it his specialty.

He said that by activating the surveying skill, he is able to grasp the surrounding topography in a distance of around 100 hectares.

The first time I was explained this, I remember that I was flustered when I suddenly heard the word hectares. When he added by saying: ‘Maybe it would have been easier to understand if I had put it in ares?’ it made me even more flustered.

Neither of them click in my head, geez.

For a normal person, measurements like ares, hectares, and hectopascals are already puzzling enough, and yet, for some reason, everyone in Asora is able to adopt such a variety of my memories.

Hectares is supposed to be a measurement used in agricultural lands, so I think he is able to survey quite a large distance. Thanks to the special mapping skill of Hokuto, I am able to use [Sakai] for the usual self-defense and power concealment.

I am grateful for that.

“I am counting on you, Hokuto. Beren, is that matter with the sword okay?” (Makoto)

“I have tightly shut him up, so please don’t worry. Even if by some chance a person that can hear its voice appears, releasing the seal will take several days. Wouldn’t even be possible to move it.” (Beren)

“Nice. Hah, it was so noisy I couldn’t take it. That guy spoke nonstop for all night.” (Makoto)

“In the end, no one else aside from Waka-sama was able to hear its voice, so in my personal opinion, it actually feels pretty vexing.” (Beren)

“I think not being able to hear it is for the best. That thing is seriously…” (Makoto)

“A weapon that has a will, and yet, no blacksmith was able to hear its voice, but Waka-sama is able to. Why? Hmmm…” (Beren)

“Lately, I have been able to speak with a variety of things, so I am the strange one here. At any rate, I am not even a swordsman to begin with.” (Makoto)

Right now, the people here are me, Tomoe, Mio, Beren, Hokuto, and Shii.

Einkaref is currently…at the hotel’s room.

…We left it there together with Iroha-chan.

While at it, we also left Shougetsu-san and his companions there too.

We told them that we will be returning every night there, and then, Akashi-san shouted: ‘Safety secuuured!’ and made a victory pose. That image is burned in my mind.

‘Being able to receive safety, that surpasses what someone can buy with money, is fantastic’, is what Yuduki-san said.

The security in the Chihiro Man Rai restaurant is, to be expected of a high-class hotel, in quite the level to begin with, so we simply placed a bit more defense on the shed.

In the end, even if they return home, the ‘prince and princess battle royale: assassination race’ is still continuing, and if Iroha-chan returns there, she will be in a situation that invites danger.

I thought about escorting them there this morning, but Shougetsu-san’s group was at the reception in good timing, and we agreed to them using the room.

Accurately speaking…it was Shougetsu-san with bloodshot eyes pleading at me though.

The charming information gathering and land survey Iroha-chan did in the many villages we visited on our way to Kannaoi, and the investigation results we gathered; we gave that information to them, and told Shougetsu-san and the others to hear about it and try comparing.

…That girl is…kind.

The current me can understand her a bit.

The numbers and the present state that the people in the villages answered Iroha-chan with, its meaning…those numbers were quite different from the actual numbers.

Even so, it is not like it was a mistake.

The tax of this world is absurdly high after all.

From country to feudal lord, from feudal lord to government officials, from government officials to the village chiefs; as this information gets passed around in this fashion, there’s bribery that’s really usual.

Even in the Edo period, there was a ratio of 4 to government and 6 to people and they were still saying things like: ‘it is practically tax-free’, as they opened their arms wide and collected heavy amounts of tax.

That’s why villages will protect themselves as well.

They are thinking of a lot of ways to live by even if taxes are taken.

And in truth, in Kannaoi, the normal ratio is 8-government 2-people, and 9-government 1-people.

Even in the villages that we had gone to, their report compared to the real amount harvested is incredibly low, and by doing this, they managed to reduce the tax for a long time, and they also secretly cultivate crops with high potential to turn into money and do side jobs.

With Tomoe and Mio, most situations can’t be hidden, so the real situation in those kind of parts was completely laid bare to me.

That information…I don’t know how it will roll, but I have left it in Iroha-chan’s hands.

I didn’t have any intentions of receiving any money or rewards, but hearing the words she declared as she turned around when we arrived at Kannaoi, I decided to give this to her in order to have her stop.

This is just too much after all.

“The new route that will connect Mizuha and Kannaoi, I will negotiate with the country and make sure to have it named Raidou route! With a grand public work project, we will place all our gratitude and respect! Definitely-na no desu!”

That’s no joke, geez.

Just remembering it is making my head hurt.

“Now then, let’s begin the labyrinth exploration. Anyways, the priority is to find the stairs going down.” (Makoto)

If we simply stand around the vicinity of the entrance, we might become the preys of ardent salesmen trying to push us tour guides or souvenirs.

And in reality, the presence of business is stuffy here.

Around here, the people that are holding a flag are selling tour guides, and there’s also salesgirls from companies that have temporary stores inside the dungeon.

Their commercial spirit is tough.

Of course, they are selling on site, so it is a lot pricier than buying it in the city. Must be because the location price is also included.

It is a mystery whether a place as close as this can become good business though.

“Hokuto, where’s the stairs that head down-desu no?” (Mio)

Mio asks Hokuto the location of the stairs.

Receiving a question from a direct superior, Hokuto was slightly flustered, but after a bit, he said that it wasn’t that far from here and points at the crowd.

…It is unexpectedly close.

“It seems like there’s people heading down from there.” (Hokuto)

“For a spacious place, it is pretty close.” (Makoto)

Is the objective of these people to sell things to the ones that are soon going to the second floor?

Whatever it is, it can still be bought in the city though.

Everyone should have at least that amount of intelligence.

“But…uhm…” (Hokuto)

“Yeah?” (Makoto)

“That place and over there as well. And there’s also one there too.” (Hokuto)

“Eh? Eh?” (Makoto)

Hokuto was pointing different places one after the other.

In almost all the places he pointed, there were people gathered.

Why are there so many places where you can go down?

…Is it because it is big?

Is it because it is nothing but big?!

I was beginning to get dejected in a different meaning.

When I look carefully, there are stores in each of those places, and it seems like they are selling what seems to be tools.

“…Well, that’s fine. For now, let’s go down from there.” (Makoto)

I don’t have a hobby of completing maps anyways.

Just quickly advance.

“Oho, wait there! That’s a bad move!! You guys, this is your first time in here, right? Beginners, right?”

Oh crap.

In the time I was amazed and overwhelmed, we were caught.

Even though we have already cleared the place that was the most crowded.

“I have been picking a biiit of your conversation for a while now, you see. Yeah, I have deduced that you need my help here!”

“No, we are fine here. Thanks.” (Makoto)

I throw him some small change and gesture him to disappear.

So small. He is probably a demi-human, the child-looking type.

His height doesn’t even reach my chest, so in the standards of the people in this world, he is pretty short.

Well it must be like those shota and loli.

He is probably not the age his appearance shows.

“Don’t give me that please, man. I know something that will be of use to you, you know? I can be useful.”

Looks like he is not backing off.

…Was the money to shoo him away not enough?

It may be normal for a tourist spot to have rip-offs, but maybe it is also because this is a dungeon that takes entrance fees.

It might be that.

There’s an entrance fee every time, so in order to stay long in this dungeon without leaving, there’s stores inside the dungeon, probably?

It is true that the entrance fee was strange.

There’s the 1 time, a pass for 1 week, a pass for 1 month, and there’s also a 1 year pass; with a value set for all of them, you would get benefits from it.

Of course, paying each time will obviously be costly. But…this place was the contrary, it steadily increases. You can tell at a glance that paying the entrance fee each time is the best choice.

I was wondering what in the world they wanted to achieve with that.

Obviously, we paid the one-entrance fee.

As long as we don’t know who we will meet and what kind of relationship it will turn out in, I have the intentions of paying for the fee tomorrow and the day after too.

“The tour guides and information stores around here are all useless after all!!”

“…”

If that’s the case, you should be useless too.

Why should we believe that this one in front of us is the only proper one around here?

“…Understood, I get it! Then, I will provide you some special service!”

Oh, it came. The ‘special service’.

I feel like he will be saying things like: ‘I will half the price’, when we haven’t even heard the price yet.

“The money you gave me just now, I will pay it with a bit of information.”

“…”

Oh, he is surprisingly saying something decent.

For a rip-off, that is.

“Sensei, you said just now that you will be going down from here, right?”

“Yeah.” (Makoto)

I certainly did say that.

I’m not a ‘sensei’ though.

“Do you know what’s below that?”

“The second floor underground?” (Makoto)

“See?!”

“Hm?” (Makoto)

“That’s an answer that tells me you don’t understand this place at all!”

You are too close.

It should be the second floor down there.

If it’s actually the third floor or something like that, it would make me happy though.

The child demi-human is looking at me smiling.

Well, his face is saying: ‘Do you want to hear more? Is it bothering you?’

He is probably asking for more payment, so I give him a silver coin and decide to see his reaction.

“Wao! Nice. I like people that are generous!”

“And so, what’s this you were talking about ‘what’s beyond here’.” (Makoto)

“The Trap Floor.”

“Are you saying the second floor is filled with traps?” (Makoto)

“Nope, the 2th floor that these stairs lead you to is filled with traps, the strength of the mamonos is low, and their element is mostly fire.”

…

The 2th floor that these stairs ‘lead’ to?

Ah, I have an incredibly bad feeling about this.

“I have been given this much, so…the one you see at your right is the Rock Wind Floor. Sturdy rocks create a labyrinth and from here and there you will encounter squalls, there’s practically no traps, and in terms of mamonos, there’s mostly Golems, and…”

“And…?” (Makoto)

“It is a dead end.”

Uwaaa.

In other words, it is that? There’s so many stairs here that I don’t even know how many there are by looking from here, and all of them are connected to the second floor, moreover, there’s no assurance that it will be connected to the third floor?

It will probably continue being like that from the third floor on…

So that’s the reason why that map was so thick.

This is the worst.

“I see. So that’s how this labyrinth works.” (Makoto)

Floor 20.

Hahaha.

“Now that you understand…it looks like you guys don’t have any intentions of having someone accompany you. Must be because you already have a consolidated party.”

“Well, yeah.” (Makoto)

“Then, how about this. The information I know, and the information you want to know; how about buying all of that at once?”

Fumu.

“Hokuto, seems like it is this kind of dungeon. How long would it take to make a route? Do you think we have the time to hear what this information broker has to say?” (Makoto)

“I have finished surveying several floors already, but it seems like I will need a bit more time. There’s still some parts down that I…” (Hokuto)

“Understood. No need to hurry.” (Makoto)

“This is surprising. Is the big one there the one in charge of mapping?”

“How much for all?” (Makoto)

I am not obliged to answer his question.

“Heee, it would be about this much of the big ones.”

The information broker opens up his palm.

Big ones…he is talking about gold huh.

5 of those.

If it’s useful information, I don’t mind paying that amount, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to ‘feed’ a number of useful people here.

Can’t say for sure that we will be able to move all the people of the company that are currently here, and it wouldn’t be bad to show that I am a good pay.

Let’s just try to bargain for the looks, and give him the gold later.

Like the time when I was buying bamboo rakes from the store owner.

“5 gold coins huh. Isn’t that…quite the price?” (Makoto)

“G-Gold?! No no no! It is silver. Please don’t joke. 5 gold, you say. That would be surpassing the boundaries of a rip-off and entering the realms of robbery. I am a proper information broker!”

Oops.

I wasn’t intending to actually haggle though.

It instantly turned cheap.

In the first place, it was my own misunderstanding huh.

The entrance fee here is 2 silvers for each person.

Even if we are his first customers today, is it really okay to spill out all your information for only 5 silvers?

“Isn’t that quite cheap?” (Makoto)

“The information I have, or more like, it is the information that the people in the first floor sell, so yeah.”

“Are you telling me there are specific information brokers for the deeper floors too?” (Makoto)

“Of course. At the respective floor’s portal, there will be information brokers. But well, in the floors that safety hasn’t been secured, the information of that area will be less though.”

“More specifically?” (Makoto)

I pay him 5 silver coins and urge him to continue.

“I’ve heard that till the 13th floor, there will be information brokers on every floor. There, it seems you will get information until the 15th floor.”

“‘You have heard’? ‘It seems’? Could it be that you have never been there?” (Makoto)

“Please spare me. In my times when I was active, the lowest I could reach was the 6th floor and that was by chance. I am a guy that was always just going around the 5th floor. Yeah, it truly was only by chance that I was able to reach the 6th floor and I only took a peek of it. At that moment, I learned of my own limitations.”

In that case, maybe the 5th floor is the first place where you will hit a wall?

And the simple fact that he has experience in reaching the 6th floor is something to boast about?

I don’t really understand what’s the connection between his active days and his change in job to an information broker though.

“I see..” (Makoto)

“Ah, see there? There’s a guy there that’s guiding the labyrinth beginners, right? He is a guy that was in the same party as mine, we have known each other for long. Well, I have experience in parties as well. There’s a lot of things, you know. Separate ways, deaths, break ups; in the past, we did a lot of reckless things at the 5th floor.”

“…”

I got no use for your reminiscing though.

I want my 5 silver worth of information.

“Sorry for interrupting your reminiscing, but what are those ‘portals’ that you mentioned in your talk with Waka? It is a name I am not familiar with-ja.” (Tomoe)

“Oops, this wasn’t the time to be talking about me. Sorry about that. Portals are, putting it simply, teleport devices located in each floor.”

Teleport…devices?

What’s with that pleasant gimmick?

“Teleportation huh. In other words, you can use that to instantly go to the deepest parts?” (Tomoe)

She said exactly what I was thinking.

“Yeah, in outline.”

“In outline huh.” (Tomoe)

“Right after passing the entrance gate, you saw a path that goes another way, right?”

“Umu, there certainly was.” (Tomoe)

“There’s a portal there that connects the entrance with the first floor. You can use the teleport device free of charge, but…there’s a condition.”

The information broker points his right hand’s index finger at us.

“That you have already reached the portal of that floor. That’s the condition for its use. Arrive there once, and by registering your adventurer guild’s card, the teleportation device will be available for use.”

So it is not that simple huh.

But with this, we can go in and out of the deep floors without arousing much suspicions. Useful information.

Now that I think about it, the only things I found at the Adventurer Guild when I went this morning was the thick high priced map, and a thin pamphlet for a countryside town somewhere.

‘If you want more details, please go there and learn of it’, that’s seriously what I was told.

Entrance fees, stores, information brokers, guides for adventurers; everyone is going full-throttle in doing business.

“Now then, let’s get back in track. I am a former explorer of the labyrinth, name’s Lubrahon Gonzou, I will have the honor of giving you a lecture about the labyrinth’s outline. What I like is my first grandchild that was born this year, and what I hate the most are Cat Siths.” (Gonzou)

Gonzou starts his talk like a desultory conversation –wait, that’s an impressive name you have there, Gonzou.

What you like is your grandchild huh, that’s cliche… wait what?! A grandchild?!

“A grandchild huh. Must be cute. Treasure them dearly, Gonzou. We are the Kuzunoha Company. The person you have been speaking so familiarly with is the representative, Raidou-sama. Our Waka-sama. I am Mio, and the one over there is Tomoe-san; we are his close-aides. There’s the employees: Beren, Hokuto, and Shii.” (Mio)

“Oho, thanks for the politeness.” (Gonzou)

“You introduced yourself, so this is just formality-desu wa. We are not chatting here, so continue on.” (Mio)

So Mio warned him as she did our introductions huh.

And I could see Tomoe giggling.

Beren and Hokuto are dividing the work of the map and are in the middle of confirming it, Shii is bearing the metal rod that doesn’t match her body size…as if she is playing baseball.

“The first thing I have to mention is a misunderstanding that’s normally made when coming here for the first time. This first floor, popularly named as Entrance, is vast and the people that see it for the first time get surprised by it, but…” (Gonzou)

That’s true.

I unintentionally made a dumbfounded face.

The ceiling is truly tall and the wideness is crazy.

“The smallest floor in the Yaso-Katsui labyrinth…is this Entrance.” (Gonzou)

…

Are you serious?

This is the second time today that I felt the words ‘20th floor’ as something incredibly heavy.

I could feel my stomach churning.

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172 thoughts on “Chapter 257: Entrance, like an underground discharge channel”

  1. Povo tudo falando “pq que ele não quebra o chão???”
    Já esqueceram que esse lugar é tipo uma caverna? Eles tão indo pro SUBSOLO, se explodir qualquer coisa o lugar pode desabar em cima de geral.
    E não adianta falar que não tem problema pq o mc e o grupinho dele aguentam, os cara que eles tão procurando tão escondido bem lá em baixo e eles podem não aguentar 20 andares gigantescos caindo na cabeça deles.

    TL;DR se o Mokotó explodir qlqr cantinho desse labirinto o povo q ele tá procurando pode morrer no desabamento já q eles tão tudo no subsolo

  2. This chapter, lol
    Talk about subverting expectations. That was quite the twist regarding the dungeon design; it looks like he’s going to have a very different experience than I originally thought he would.

  5. hmm…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

  7. im pretty sure if Makoto want he can just punch through the floor (literally) and arrived at lower floors with little effort. Its dont need large Aoe damage, just put more piecing power in it, ez pz lemon squeeze

  9. for real, makoto just lock yourself up in asora together with ur followers. it is getting annoying seeing him think of other people as bothersome or what and like other concerns aside from theirs r just troublesome.

    he even cut off hokuto while answering his question abt the progress of the mapping. bro needs to learn how respect

  10. Bomb the place. Fuck the consequences and then kill Futsu who is Root’s twin sister/brother/cousin/chickenfuckinguncleaunt.

    What, dragons turn into eggs and respawn?
    Prepare the rocket! We gots us an astronaut!
    Or just shoot an arrow into space powered by 5 rings worth of mana with the egg tied to it. Doubt the bastardess comes back.

    Think people can tell im tired of the MC pussyfooting around every issue when he has enough power to brute force just about anything except maybe the Bitchiness? Granted somehow I feel by the time he thinks hes strong enough to have a good fight with her, she gets trampled underfoot like its nothing.

      1. Why does everyone immediately assume insanity is a bad thing? :/ Some novels, the MC goes batshit insane for awhile after a horribly tragic event then comes back around, feels some regret and remorse for all the people he/she butchered during their bout of the batshits, then become a much better person after serving some form of penance.

        One of my favorite books, one of the MCs (the main male Protagonist though there are a few people that could get MC label on them) has a complete mental break down and becomes so mentally fragile that once he starts getting his shit back together (something like a decade after his break) people walk on eggshells around him cause he could either A. regress to a broken shell of himself or B. go apeshit and kill everyone.

        The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop is the book im talking about above. Kinda spoilerish but no names were given. Its a good Dark Fantasy sexual content and depictions of cruelty (and some fucked up mentality and other funtimes shit). Worth a read, the trilogy is just the start and there are side stories.

        1. Because the parallel worlds where Makoto goes insane leads to the end of the world. Also the 3 god’s pretty much say “good job on reaching this far because you didn’t go insane”.

  11. I don’t understand why Makoto is still using the Sakai for self defense when he has the magic armor. Maybe I’m missing something?
    Also why can he only deploy two Sakai fields still? I don’t remember that well but didn’t he start of only able to use one and then developed his skill with it to use two? It’s strange that since then he hasn’t “evolved” it any further, it’s been like close to three years in that world.
    Anyway this is me just ranting.

    1. Yes he can use multiple instances of Sakai, it never says what hi9s limit is but he mostly uses it to hide his magical aura and the “self defense” part refers to him using it to gather information about his surroundings.

  12. Just gonna say this… Couldn’t they just break the ground and repair it. Makoto has shown that he is good with earth magic or is it because it’s sturdy or make a loud sound when they break it? or just teleport to the ground floors? I mean… On the veriant arc Tomoe and Makoto teleported a number of people to a “secret place” in the academy…

    1. I’m not sure about the hole making since I was wondering my self if Makoto couldn’t just shoot the floor and make a tunnel straight to the last for lol, but in the variant case the reason they were able to teleport people was because Tomoe read the memories of the academy principal and knew where it was. I’m not sure how exactly their mist teleportation works but I don’t think they can teleport somewhere that they haven’t been to or seen at the very least.

      1. Not to mention that 20th floor is incredibly hard to get to so unless they read the memories from the Rose Garden mercenaries themselves then probably no one have the memories for them to teleport to

  13. – Chapter 256: “Ok bois, we are gonna divide into 2 groups. One will take care of the labyrinth business while the other takes care of the city business.”
    – Chapter 257: They are all together in the labyrinth…

    Author, am I a joke to you?

  15. I know it’s late in the game, but if there are this many people at the entrance of this labyrinth, how the hell are the nearby villages getting attack by mammos? What? The mammos come out, greet the adventures, walk pass them and attack the villages. Then villagers complain and make contract with the adventures to kill the mammos? Blah, sounds like the original author forgot a bunch of things….and trying to rush the story.

  21. Gah! I’ve basically caught up in three days! Nooooooooooo

    Tie the translator to his/her desk! Quickly…

    Thanks for the work!

    I notice a lot of places in should really be on…

    Oh, and this chapter doesn’t link to the next even though it’s listed on novel updates.

  24. Thanks for the chapter. The Cat Siths makes me think of the Sword Art Online LN of Alfheim arc. I am reading the series right now.

  25. thanks forfor the chapter! can anyone tell me if the webnovel is released weekely or monthly after raigokai-dono has cought up?

  29. Many thanks for the update! To the sponsor too!

    If the entrance reminds Makoto of the underground discharge channel, this one reminds me of Gaia HQ from Rewrite (a VN, don’t you dare to watch that crime that is the Anime adaptation before reading its original source, it’s for your own sake).

    Is this the beginning of a journey like Kumoko’s from Kumo desu ga? I don’t think so, I’m waiting for Makoto to just say “screw it” and start drilling his way directly to the 20th floor, while making shattering once again everyone’s poor and beloved common-sense-chan.

  32. Shota grandpa to the rescue.

    honestly i think it would be funny if makoto just says fuck it and breaks the ground below him and rushes to the bottom instead of going one floor at the time.

    1. That solution is so cheesy and obvious that I doubt it would work. Digging straight down could take you nowhere. There’s no guarantee that lower floors are even on the same CONTINENT as the entrance, since the dungeon has integrated teleports.

      Anyone want to lay odds this information broker is working for Saritz?

  33. I got a feeling that Makoto would force his way through by jumping and skipping between floors just because it’s a pain in the ass to walk through all of it.

  35. Thanks for the chapter, as always Ragokai, I like the information broker it seems like a fun character to have around, besides if he hangs around this guy his common sense will definetly leave him behind!!!!!!!

  37. just when I thought: “nah, there won’t be new chaps for a while after that boring foods chapter”

    then sponsor-chan came and give this chapter for us ^.^

  39. Thanks for the chappy~~~
    Raido wouldnprob either rage and break his way down directly, or just go release his power and the 20th flr peeps come to him and literally lray to him as a “wise”

  45. Heeh… The smallest. That needs time to walk to 20th floor. Then again, Makoto isn’t normal. Maybe, he will dig into next floor? It was shame the talking sword doesn’t join the adventure. My intuition tells me it’s needed for later in dungeon :/

  46. Thank you Reigokai !
    I knew I could count on you for the Sunday release.
    I will follow this site FOREVER.
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    So the dungeon is bigger than Makoto thought at first… and a lot of trap stairs.
    Well, that is certainly dungeon-ish.
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    Seal that sword. Yeah, and put it in a stone too, would you? Make that a display/ new attraction at Asora.
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    Why is Spoiler-san making a comeback? I thought he’s dead.
    DEAD ! Now I have to make sure he’s stay dead. Just wait.

  49. Thanks for the chapter
    … the dungeon is clearly made with game mechanisms in mind.
    Save point.
    Floor progression.
    Dungeon store.
    I can bet they even have weekly boss raid.
    And rare monster spawn timer.
    Doma is an otaku dragon, much more like Tomoe, just different kind of Otaku, now I see why she hate him.

    1. Otaku dark dragon…it will be hilarious if doma dressing like a butler chanting KILL! KILL!, like on certain anime.

  51. Heh~ Thanks for the chapter. This is something like, Makoto wanting to get there fast, found out it was such a “grand” dungeon and even a labyrinth, got dead ends, number of stairs and dead ends just increase as they go down, each floor is bigger than the one above, searching and mapping 20 floors when wanting to go the easy way its really exhausting. From Makoto’s point of view it would be like not being able to use mist teleport gate.
    Well then, Otsukaresama desu.

  53. Good luck Makoto, you’re going to need it to not go crazy with all the weirdness of this labyrinth. I have a feeling the Dragon is a Japan fanatic.

    1. Most likely a gamer…. I remember some old game that use exactly same system with this dungeon, already forgot the tittle though. The game was similar with chocobo dungeon but with less severe equipment penalties and you can bring your monster in leveled up state and jumped to last check pojnt you visited.

  58. Why the difficulty?
    What about makoto skill that sakai?
    I think he can just spread his sakai as far as possible and determine if there the dead-end or not. Instead of hiding it.
    Wouldnt it be easy?
    Thank you!

  60. If it takes too long to get through, why break through 20 layers of dungeon? He has the power to do so.

  63. Thanks for the chapter!
    “The smallest floor in the Yaso-Katsui labyrinth…is this Entrance.” (Gonzou)
    this made me laugh xD. The dungeon is probably in a piramid style going down im thinking of aincrad from SAO reversed and bigger

  64. k this chapter its one of the boring ones for sure.. finally inside – he already gave up the sword leaving it alone in room ( nice flag to leave a dragon slayer sword for a stupid hero that can use any magic item and WANTS OBTAIN TOMOE AT ALL COSTS -_- ), seal ? we already know unless be a makoto powered magic , tomoki can break it asap. seriously it pissed me more that most of the chapter was WOOOOW a big floor and – that door there its not good ,* money * that also there not god * money * that might be good but dunno * money * cmon already well at least i have my hope that it wont turn like slave harem in labirynth where they say wish feet will use for next step -_-

    1. tomoki couldn’t unsheathe tomoe’s sword tho
      did tomoki broke a seal before?

      was the chapter too short for you, or was it too descriptive? maybe someone should write a summary of 10 words max for you?

    2. I’m just reading along. If that thing with Tomoki happens, Mokoto is gonna have to take care of it ASAP. That in itself would be a interesting read to me as I mean, it’s about time Tomoki enter back into the story.

  65. thank for the update

    A Pyramid-type Dungeon? This is troublesome…This type is especially hard on speedrun, because most of the thing happen as the end, and it goes exponentially.

  68. Thanks 4 the chapter!

    That’s one huge labyrinth. You can probably fit a modern metropolis in one of the lower floors.

  69. Thanks for the chapter~

    Spoiler-san said: “Do you believe on Alter(native) Floor? Only people with bad luck will ended-up on the floor which should be not exist”

        1. A loathing for Spoilers as a principle. If it weren’t for my inability to affect dimensions higher than my own, I’d have long reduced everything around it to ashes…

          ….Probably has something to do with this one jack*ss going around spoiling the ending to a 6-book science-fantasy series right as I was leaving with the final book. I didn’t attack him then, but occasionally fantasize hunting that dude in a slasher scenario to this day.

          1. Don’t worry too much about Spoiler-san, in truth… Reigokai’s the reason why the spoilers have softened. He emailed me and confronted me about it. Besides… there’s some spoilers that I wouldn’t give regardless, especially the one that’s considered too big due to the chapters remain.

          2. Yeah, at this point, it’s almost like a racial prejudice where it doesn’t matter what a spoiler is doing or saying, the fact that they exist offends me.

          3. Well… I don’t do Spoilers anymore as there’s not much for me to spoil. Not to mention Spoiler-san’s become a Nepu…

            All I can do now is be the countdown person until Reigokai’s caught up.

        1. …..It’s funny. I don’t even remember. At this point, the strongest memory I have of it is of the spoiler that caused me to storm back into the bookstore and returning a book I just bought less than 2 minutes prior. It’s kind of like those “fallen to the dark side” stories where the reason for a grudge is forgotten the hatred just sort of…is.

          If I remember correctly, the setting was a futuristic setting where magic and fantasy creatures existed in history, including families of great spirits that posed as pantheons. Science developed with magic as a base “common sense”.

        1. Most definitely not Harry Potter. I don’t think Harry Potter was even fully published at the time, or at least only finished publishing its last books.

      4. Now I’m curious, I really want the name of the books. At first I thought maybe it was Harry potter but muggles don’t realize there is magic and there are 7 books… Hmmm Mahouka kouko? No but they’re at book 21… Do drop me a comment if you remember the title.

        1. Yeah, sorry. I’ve been trying to remember and keep drawing a blank.

          For what it’s worth, it sounds really interesting from the description, but I also vaguely remember it not being anything like what I expected with a lot of little things I didn’t like.

  70. Ahaha. As expected, Akashi is quite the likable one. It’s a shame she’s kinda like Io in the sense that it wouldn’t be surprising if she died.

    And Iroha is even more adorable. Rembrandt named a street after Kuzunoha, but this little girl just tried to one-up him by naming an entire route after him.

    Tutorial NPC Gonzou also made me laugh. He had a random encounter with the financial equivalent of a Superior Dragon. Is he trustworthy? I’m doubting it, but giving him the benefit of the doubt. Is he fun? Definitely.

    As usual, author is very good at creating side characters and for some reason seems to have a style of leaving the more intricate main characters’ developments off-screen.

      1. A dwarf that shaves…isn’t that just a gnome? Or a halfling.

        Makoto doesn’t mention any non-human features, so he’s probably not beast-type. He looks like a child but has grandchildren, so probably a youthful-looking type.
        …Is longevity a requirement for youthful old age? I’m not sure…

        1. Gnomes and dwarfs are different. And a halfling is essentially a hobbit. You see, the term “halfling” was born when Gary Gygax wanted to add the hobbit race to D&D, but couldn’t use the term because of the Tolkin Estate. So he renamed them with one of the nicknames for hobbit, “hafling”. That term wasn’t under any trademarks or copyrights.

          That’s why I guessed those two guesses, because Makoto compared the race’s appearance to “loli or shota’

      1. ? Hmm OK.
        I didn’t read comments yet, but I don’t see any problem in saying that ?
        I really don’t know what u mean in that comment ?

    1. ∧__∧　　Thanks!!
      ( T_T)　 　Spoil!!!
      (っ▄︻▇〓▄︻┻┳一　・・・・・
      /　 ) Ratatatatatata!!!!
      ( /￣∪
      ━┳━┳━┳━┳━
      ┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳
      ┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻

      Spoiler-san’s shots may keep missing, but his vessel beat you here 😛

  73. Thanks for the chapter, Reigo-senpai.

    Did I beat the Nepu here? In that case…

    ∧__∧　　Thanks!!
    ( T_T)　 　Spoil!!!
    (っ▄︻▇〓▄︻┻┳一　・・・・・
    /　 ) Ratatatatatata!!!!
    ( /￣∪
    ━┳━┳━┳━┳━
    ┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳
    ┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻

    Remember peeps, 17 chapters left until we’re caught up with the raws.

      1. That explains it, though I probably beat you here by seconds. Glad that this wasn’t one of my live streaming nights. Anywho, that dish sounds delicious. Also… I didn’t see this comment before replying to the “Thanks Nepu!!” Sorry…

      2. Ehhh, so you’re FIlipino? Never thought the Nepu guy was a Pinoy.
        Cheers for getting the first spot in every single comment section that I read.
        I’m from QC by the way.

      1. It’s not spoiling as Reigokai mentioned the remaining chapters before. Besides… Spoiler-san’s job has ended, I don’t know much what happens from now on. So what am I supposed to do?

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