The clothes that Kyurie-san wore today, except the uniform, it is the same like when I saw her for the first time inside the sacred ruin.
As expected, today she didn"t wear the academy uniform.
On the other hand, I"m equipped with the sword which Kyurie-san handed to me before "Akira sword"(I named it myself without her permission), then black cuira.s.s, and gauntlet to defend myself from a monster bite.
Of course, I also wear the bracelet for indicating which layer I"m in.
Although one might say that all of this is Kyurie-san choice, though.
"When you"re dressed like this, you"re looking good aren"t you..."
*Fuu*...Kyurie-san looked at me while breathed out.
"Eh ? I-Is that so ?
It might be the influence of manga and games though, which give me the image that this kind of thing as "cool"
"Yes, I don"t have any problem with my movement"
"Rather, Kyurie-san too, are you alright with such light equipment ?"
"Hahaha... as expected of you isn"t it."
By the way, unexpectedly, there are many students who are not using hard protective gear.
However, many of them seem to choose light equipment because of their magic power.
To put it simply, the more the skin exposed, it will make it easier for the body to absorb.
Despite this academy have many students which are a precious daughter of the n.o.ble family.
Well, I was slightly curious about it for a long time.
However, such question was cleared after knowing the easiness of magic power absorption.
In short... it"s up to your own preference.
Well, currently Kyurie-san is wearing a black dress-like uniform.
Right...
If I"m not mistaken, I had absentmindedly described it as 『a black dress that usually being used for battle』.
"Nn ?"
I raise my thumb up.
"That clothes, it really suits you."
"Don"t be shy I say...!"
"..................."
"No no..."
Just now, my voice didn"t break panic right ?
"Mou~, forget it ! I"ll get going ! I"ll leave you behind !"
Kyurie-san begins to walk briskly.
"Geez... you don"t have any sense of tension at all..."
Kyurie-san said that while getting angry.
"That"s because Kyurie-san is here, thus I feel relieved."
"Indeed, for me... it was really a G.o.d grace to have Kyurie-san as a partner."
*Gakuri* Kyurie-san loses her balance while walking and almost fall.
"Like I said, don"t say..."
Kyurie-san looking at me with reproachful eyes.
"Well then, let"s go, Kyurie-san."
While putting her sword which has a black blade, Kyurie-san speak...
"... Fumu, for now, it seems like we don"t need magic art nor forbidden magic eh."
I stare at the sword in my hand
ーーLight...
And also, I can feel the goblin 『menace』 more clearly than before.
Somehow... I saw the goblin movement more slower.
At the very least, I feel finally.
I"ve become strong...
"Are you surprised with your growth ?"
Kyurie-san seems to have guessed my mind, smiled.
"Fuu... I also feel surprised... compared to the other day when you come here, it feels like you"re another person."
"Well then, shall we look for the stairs to the next layer ?"
In the meanwhile, we have not yet met other students.
Twin kobold is a demon who appears in a set of two.
It is a demon with a dog head.
Those things indicate them as right kobold and left kobold.
Since they are small, they move quick which gives the danger of being wounded by their claw and fangs... however,
"Gu... Gee !"
Twin kobold melts.
"........................."
I can do this layer more than enough even without using that "sense".
Is this means my power have gone up, I wonder ?
"It seems you are able to keep up with me... is this also the result of the training eh ?"
"Well then, shall we keep going ?"
In the third layer, we encounter with small Cyclops and Lizardmanー however, this also, we able to crush it easily.
Nonetheless, since the true essence of this sacred ruin is from layer 10 onward, thus this is just the beginning of sacred ruin exploration.
Then in the second year, from layer 10 to layer 14.
Even so... it is enough for me to be able to feel that I"ve becomes strong.
I looked at Kyurie-san who walked slightly ahead.
Above all... Kyurie-san is very strong.
Since I don"t know what awaits ahead after all.
However, we"re able to reach today goal of the 4th layer without trouble particularly.
From the first layer until now, there"s no change in scenery.
I recalled the figure of gargoyle inside the cage from before.
"... well, yes."
"Rather than saying I want to become a sacred tree knight... it"s more like I want to rise in the world ?"
"Well, for now, it is only some kind of aims for me though..."
"Family, is it..."
Having a family, I didn"t think about that at all.
"Eh ? No, it"s just...having family, I don"t think of having one yet... is what I thought"
"Earthquake ?... there"s small vibration when the inside change but, having this big of vibration in the fourth layer, this is the first time I"veー"
ーーthis year sacred ruin is different compared to the previous years.
Suddenly, I remembered those words.
Today until now, I"ve not yet meet variant.
A cold sweat runs on my back.
What, is this...
Explosive sounds resounded continuously.
Is Kyurie-san going to destroy the wall ?
I can"t use it against non-living thing !
Should I try to find a way somewhere, somehowー
*crumble*.
"ーEh ?"
My foothold collapsed.
Without even time for jumps back, the grounds in the surrounding collapsed in one go as well.
Immediately, I feel the sense of floatingー
........................................
"Uuh..."
I wake up.
"... Here is ?.... Ugh"
Is this room inside the sacred ruin ?
If I remember right, my foothold collapsed and then...
I look around.
Red... ?
The neighboring walls emit red light...?
This place with ominous atmosphere with red light...
"...!!"
Something is here...
Furthermore, there are several of it.
I strain my eyes...
Wriggling things... it"s a monster...
Blue skin.
Deep red eyes.
They are mostly appeared within the 9th layer, however, they also rarely appear between 5-8 layers as well.
Layers did not matter right now...
"................."
How many are they ?
Or it possibly, a 100 ?
*Thud*, a sound resounded.
My eyes which have begun to get used to the darkness saw the big body.
"ー!?"
The figure is not that different compared to the blue goblin.
It was said that inside the sacred ruin, this type hardly appears.
I didn"t lose anything... however...
"........................."
I took off the sword with the scabbard from behind my back.
And then,
"I... the forbidden spell of departureー I the king of chains, from the prison of the furthest endsー the ten thousand chainsーー the ninth forbidden spellー release !"
Black chains appear from inside the dimensional hole, restricted the gigantic monster that directly standing from my place.
"I, pierce through the prisoners of the thousands chain, ーthe black spear of greed that punishes the criminals... the ninth forbidden spell, second stage... release !"
Countless black spears pierced the gigantic monster continuously.
"Gu... Ge ?"
As if asking unable to understand what had happened, the gigantic monster falls down on the spot... and then it began to melt.
Sweats break out from my whole body.
In doing so, I examine the surrounding with my eyes.
Therefore I run through itーー toward the pa.s.sage behind the gigantic type monster.
I run from the side of the corpse of the gigantic monster which currently dissolving.
A crowd of blue goblins runs chasing after me from behind.
I managed to arrive at the pa.s.sage somehow without being blocked.
The blue goblins keep a constant distance and watch my state.
"..........................."
Fine then...
If you have the knack of doing drag and drop simultaneously then it easy... somehow this forbidden spell require me to mark them one by one.
Hence, even if I invoke it all at once, there"s a limit to it.
Can"t be helped, I need to hurry.
"I, ーthe forbidden spell of departure, I the king of chains"
I will absolutely return...
"The prison of the furthest ends, the ten thousand chains"
Cecil-san, Makina-san, Mia-san... and then, Kyurie-san.
With no exceptionー...
"Restrict, mine opponent !"
ーーI"ll kill them all.
"The ninth forbidden spell, release !"