Dimly lit hallways as far as the eyes could see, only illuminated by the red crystals embedded into the walls. Like an ant's , the byrinth stretched out into halls and chambers far and wide.

  In these hallways, the sound of sharp shrieks aals g echoed throughout the almost still air, creating a chaotic melody as it spread through all the chambers. The sounds only became more quiet as the numbers of dang in a dreadful battle dwindled.

  "Yuna, four more behind you!" ［Grey］

  "Un!" ［Yuna］

  After bsting an orc towards the wall, Yuna twisted her body around and vigintly looked out for the ones Grey mentioned, and when she found them...

  ??Icicle Shotgun!?? ［Yuna］

  ... A valley of ice flew towards their dire, impaling their rge bodies and killing them in an instant. All that was left of them was the drops they had left behind as they vanished into thin air.

  Grey and Yuna were currently in a red zone on the sed floor. It was an area which was once swarmed with ord -ranked monsters. All of which have been wiped out by Grey and Yuna without breaking a sweat.

  As each floor rises in difficulty, the 1st floor will only be filled with H-rank monsters, the 2nd would be G-ranks at most, and so on and so forth, up until the 10th and final floor which tains tains monsters up until Camity Css, except for the boss which was a Disaster Css.

  Each zone could also be designated by the color of torchstones imbedded on the walls. In the blue zone, bright blue crystals will illumihe surroundings and no monsters will spawn. While the bck zones are devoid of any light and monsters spawn rates are off the charts.

  Monsters also couldn't leave their zohat is why blue zones could also be called safe zones as partits rest there at ease. Each floor is ected by stairs which are also one of the precious blue zones.

  "Was that all of them, Grey?" ［Yuna］

  "Yeah. I couldn't see any more monsters nearby. There also isn't anything to take note of. Let's just head to the floor." ［Grey］

  Seeing how barren the floor has bee, Grey and Yuna decided to desd dowairs towards the 3rd floor. They didn't even bother to pick up the monsters' drops as they were aiming to head the deepest floor they could.

  Although it is forbidden to steal other's loot, higher ranked partits sometimes leave loot that they don't want just anywhere. And sihe owners don't want it, other partits are free to take it.

  It is also the reason why weaker partits stay vigint each floor. They would be able to profit without risking their lives to a great extent. This in turn lowered the death rates from partits who were desperate to earn some money.

  It has been almost an hour since Grey and Yuna had gone ihe byrinth, and thanks to Grey's "Heaven's Eye", they were able to easily traverse the byrinth as Grey looked out for dead ends and the stairs.

  Of course, Grey also kept his eye peeled for secret treasure rooms. With his ability to view the work in a bird's eye view, he could bypass any walls ahe whole yout as if he was looking at a map. It was very useful to locate secrets.

  There are also three types of treasure rooms. The first type is the easiest one where it only tains the treasure. The sed type is den with traps. And the third one is a monster ranch where the treasure will only appear ohe monsters are defeated. But all of these treasure rooms have ohing in on, they bee blue zones ohe treasure is taken.

  It's also worth noting that Grey had detected many treasure rooms, but si was just the lower floors, they didn't take it as the other partits will more than we will. It has decided to only take treasures ohey reach the 5th floor.

  Gguraakkkkk Urukkk

  Just as Grey and Yuna came down the 3rd floor, they were met with a group of ogres, ready to pou them at a moment's notice. They all looked at Grey and Yuna as if they were their prey.

  "Grey, should we just dash this through?" ［Yuna］

  "Yeah, let's do that. There wouldn't even be a reward for us even if we stay here longer, anyway." ［Grey］

  Just like they did on the first two flrey and Yuna dashed their way to the 3rd floor, with Grey leading the way. All the mohey met on the way were taken out in just an instant.

  It took more than 8 hours, but after much effrey and Yuna were able to reach the 6th floor safely. It was a record only a select few could achieve and could be boasted throughout the world.

  Groooowwllllll

  "Grey... Let's have lunch, first. I'm starving..." ［Yuna］

  Yuna asked adorably as she rested on the er of the stairway just at the entrance of the 6th floor. Her fad ears were slightly flushed from the growling of her stomach being heard.

  Due to being caught up in expl the byrinth, Grey had totally fotten that they have still yet had to have their lunch. It was already te iernoon so it was only uandable for Yuna to be hungry.

  Though Grey felt sorry for Yuna not being able to eat lunch, he was also a little happy to see Yuna's adorable expression. It was so destructive that he thought for a moment that his heart might explode.

  "Ah, sorry. I didn't notice." ［Grey］

  When Grey said those words, he was wearing such a bright smile on his face that Yuna thought he was teasing her once again. She tried to show her dissatisfa by pouting, but it only made Grey's heart beat faster. It was too adorable for him.

  "Mou～ Grey! You're teasing me again, aren't you!?" ［Yuna］

  "No, I'm not. It's just that you look so cute, I couldn't help but chuckle." ［Grey］

  Well, Yuna also suffered from Grey's sudden remark. Her face became even redder than a ripe tomato as her brain tried to process Grey's pliment.

  Grey oher hand has yet to realize what he just said. He may be useless in trying to fess, but when it came to givi pounding pliments to Yuna, he could do it easily as long as he does it on impulse.

  "So, Yuna, what do you want to eat?" ［Grey］

  "U-Umm... Anything's fine..." ［Yuna］

  Grey has already recovered from Yuna's destructive attack, but the same thing couldn't be said for Yuna. She was going to ask for a serving of curry and omelet, but due to being flustered, she ended up saying "anything".

  Without wasting any time, Grey cooked a meal with the help of Yuna. He prepared fried rice with cheese and garlic along with e juice as refreshment. Those served as both lund dinner for the two of them.

  After having a hearty meal, Yuna and Grey tiheir jourhroughout the byrinth, and just a few hundred meters from where we had lunch, Grey immediately detected something important.

  "Looks like there's a treasure room up ahead." ［Grey］

  "Oh, where?" ［Yuna］

  Grey poio his right into a wall, a few dozeers away. While it only looked like a pin stone wall, Grey was absolutely certain that behind it was a treasure room. A rge o that.

  Without further ado, Grey let his mana flow into the walls, and when he did, a slow rumbling spread throughout the ground. Soon after. arance opened before them, and just a few meters ahead was the treasure room itself.

  Although the room was quite rge, there was only a single chest inside of it, located at the ter in the far end of the room. No matter how one looks at it, it was clearly suspicious for a rge room to only have a single chest inside of it.

  "Waah～ Amazing... There really is a hidden room." ［Yuna］

  Yuna who only saw such a magical traption for the first time was fully engrossed by the hidden meisms in the byrinth. Still, she did not let her curiosity get the better of her and stayed on guard.

  ??Appraisal?? ［Grey］

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  [Labyrinth]

  [Name] Labyrinth of Death

  [Structure] Treasure room

  [Type] Trap

  [Description]

  A rge room filled with a siivation trap. Upoion of an intruder, the entrance will be closed and bdes of mana will e flying from all dires, cutting down anyone below k instantly.

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  Shivers ran down Grey's spine as he read the room's description. Even if it in obvious, the manner in which the trap activates was still a nasty one. Anyone unlucky to get caught in it will surely die.

  Thankfully, it was located oh floor where only kers and above could reach. Well, sidering the amount of k monsters in the floor, only those of B-rank and above will probably be brave enough to dive so deeply.

  "Is it safe, Grey?" ［Yuna］

  "No, far from that. Anyone below B-rank would suffer from this." ［Grey］

  "Hmm... Should we leave it be, then?" ［Yuna］

  "Nah. There's no need for that. We could just use 'that' method." ［Grey］

  "Oh～" ［Yuna］

  Grey didn't eveo mention any more than that. Yuna quickly uood what he meant as it was a method they utilized in the forest every time they o explore an unknowory.

  ??Summon: Goblin?? ［Grey］

  Upon Grey's and, mana quickly gathered and soon after, took the shape of a small humanoid creature. It was a goblin which looked like any oblin. The only difference was that it was a summon which obeys the summoner's will.

  After receiving Grey's instru, the goblin immediately started walking towards the chest. At first, nothing much happened, but when the goblin arrived at the terline, a violent barrage of bdes rained down upon it. After which, the goblin was o be found. It has vanished bato pure mana.

  Grey felt a little pity for the goblin seeing its cruel fate. Thankfully, they were just mobile masses of mana and not really living things. Otherwise, his sce would be haunted for days because of what he just did.

  "It should be safe now." ［Grey］

  Having made sure that the room was safe, Grey and Yuered the room, and Grey opened up the treasure chest. The tents were much better than Grey had anticipated

  "What's inside?" ［Yuna］

  "It's a 'Scythe of Darkness' , a vial of 'High-Grade Healing Potion' , and 4 ptinum s." ［Grey］

  While there were only a few items, all in all, they would achieve a total of more than a million kiels. It was roughly equal to perf about 3 B-rank quests. It was a very hefty reward sidering how easy Grey and Yuna bypassed it.

  "Let me see the potion." ［Yuna］

  "Sure." ［Grey］

  Being an alchemist, what Yuna became ied the most was the potion. The moment she got her hands on it, she quickly exami. After all, it was her first time seeing a potion not made by people.

  After a rough examination, Yuna cluded that it was just as effective as the ones she makes. It was a high-tier high-grade potion to be exact. As she was a tier 6 Alchemist, she could even make a peak-tier high-grade potion.

  Seeing Yuna like that, it made Grey wonder how she will react if she knows Grey has 20 Divine-grade potions and the like in his "Iory". Yuna only khat he had some high quality stuff but didn't know the exact grading. She doesn't even know she is using Divine-grade equipment.

  "How is it?" ［Grey］

  "It's... normal, I guess? But rather than that, do you know how the byrinth makes this potion, Grey?" ［Yuna］

  "From what I know...." ［Grey］

  Answering the enthusiastia, Grey did his best to expin how the byrinth creates physical objects using mana alone. While they chatted, Grey also stored the items they got into his "Iory".

  The two then tiheir way throughout the byrinth, and while doing so, they entered some k monsters which they were able to crush easily. And a few moments ter....

  "Oh, looks like there's another one." ［Grey］

  "A treasure room?!" ［Yuna］

  ... Grey once agaied a treasure room. It was just located a few hundred meters from the previous one.

  This time, it was Yuna who unlocked the treasure room, imitating Grey's previous as. When the room opened, what greeted them were about a dozen monsters fully pted ial. They were the dulhans Grey and Yuna were very familiar with.

  "Twin Spiー" ［Grey］

  "Wait, Grey!" ［Yuna］

  Grey was about to wipe out the dulhans in one fell swoop, when suddenly, Yuna stopped him from doing so, making him cel his spell in the process.

  "What is it? Is something wrong?" ［Grey］

  "No, nothing. I just want to take them down without using magic!" ［Yuna］

  "Huh? Why so sudden?" ［Grey］

  "I want to see how much I've grown ever since. So this time, I want to take them down without using magic!" ［Yuna］

  Yuna decred eically with her eyes shining with excitement. There was only a trace of purity and innoside her eyes. She was shining shtly that Grey might go blind from looking at her.

  Hearing her words, Grey reflected for a little bit. And his clusion was the same as Yuna's. And even though Dulhans are D-rank monsters, being dark-attribute boosts them to be parable to k.

  "Alright, the's have a match to see who got the most dulhans." ［Grey］

  "Un!" ［Yuna］

  "Then, iwo, three... start!" ［Grey］

  With Grey's signal, Yuna and Grey started their little friendly petition. Grey dashed towards a group of dulhans and delivered a punto each of them. Yuna also did the same and diced up the ohat charged towards her.

  In just about 10 seds, the number of dulhans dwio one, and by ce, Yuna and Grey were in a tie, left with taking dow dulhan being the only way to win.

  kkk

  Withi moments, Grey's fist ected to the Dulhan's chest while Yuna threw her dagger, striking the head accurately. It caused the Dulhan to fall to the ground with a loud thud.

  "Looks like it's a tie..." ［Grey］

  "Uuuu... I almost had it." ［Yuna］

  "Well, we do nothing about it. Yuna, how about you opereasure chest this time." ［Grey］

  "Really?!" ［Yuna］

  Seeing Yuna down, Grey then suggested to her that she opereasure chest, which she gdly did so with a bright smile on her face, clearly excited to open a treasure chest for the first time.

  Without wasting any time, Yuna skipped happily towards the treasure chest, and with a small creak resounding throughout the room, the treasure chest opened, revealing its wonderful tent.

  "Waah～ more treasures..." ［Yuna］

  Although Yuna was a little disappoihat there were no potions that time, she was still amazed by the tents of the treasure. Especially when one of the items could be used for alchemy.

  With the treasure chest opened, Grey approached Yuna and identified what the tents were. There were 4 vials of "Vampire Lord's Blood", a "Sword ret", and 5 more ptinum s. It was even more rewarding than the first treasure chest they opened.

  "Grey, the 'Vampire Lord's Blood', I want it! All of it!" ［Yuna］

  Yuna requested cheerfully as she thinks of all the things she could coct with the use of that ingredient. She might even be able to reach Tier 7 with enough practice with it.

  "Alight, alright, you have it. But I'll be holding onto it for now. I'll hand it to you when we're out of the byrinth." ［Grey］

  "Yaay～! Thank you, Grey! You're the best!" ［Yuna］

  Driven by the momentum, Yuna suddenly hugged Grey without much thought, making the receiver of her embrace blush profusely. It was so sudden that Grey's brain overheated for a moment.

  What's even worse was that Yuna's head was on Grey's chest when she hugged him. Because of it, Yuna could hear the sudden rag of Grey's heart, not missing a single beat of it.

  "Hm? Grey, your heartー" ［Yuna］

  As Yuna looked up to Grey's face, all she could see was a flushed expression which was redder than anything she had seen. It took her a few seds to process things, but the moment she realized what she was doing...

  "A-Ah! S-Sorry, I-I didn't mean to do that!" ［Yuna］

  ... she immediately backed off quite the distance. Her face equalled Grey's in terms of redness. Even her ears were red from being flustered.

  But seeing Grey's rea, Yuna couldn't help but feel a little bit hopeful. She didn't want to get ahead of herself but she hoped deep inside her heart that Grey was blushing for the same reason as hers.

  Grey swiftly turned around to hide his flustered face, but it was already far too te. Yuna had seen all of it. In actuality, it was Grey who was missing out on Yuna's very red face.

  "Uh... Umm... I don't really mind it. So.., Uh... Why don't we tih the byrinth?" ［Grey］

  "U-U's." ［Yuna］

  Trying to shift the topic, Grey suggested that they head deeper into the byrinth which Yuna agreed to without much thought.

  During the whole day, Grey and Yuna opened up every treasure room they found, but only tried half of them. They made sure that there were still rooms left for others who might want to try their luck. They also made sure to only try the more dangerous oo lessen the amount of casualties even a little.

  Even with that all said and dohe two of them were still able to quer more than two dozen treasure rooms, and it goes without saying that they acquired tens of millions of kiels worth of treasures.

  By the time they reached the 7th floor it was already about deep in the night. They decided to end it there for the day and headed to dreamnd.

  Whewo of them awoke, they immediately walked dowairs to the 7th floor after preparing themselves. The reception they received upon desding down a floor was quite the loud one.

  Kruwaaaakkkkk

  Ghieeeekkkkk

  Groaaaarrrr

  Orgs, enerals, Greater Golems, and Minotaur anders. They were all B-rank monsters, monsters who easily tear apart rge buildings as if they were only tearing paper, and all of them are roaming around in the byrinth aimlessly.

  It was yet another eventful day for the both of them.

  CHAPTER 59 END