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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 319: Probably the Fastest
Chapter 319: Probably the Fastest
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“With this, it’s the end!”“Quoooooon……”
With Hero Nico’s finishing blow, a humanoid monster with a dog-like black head let out a pitiful cry and collapsed on the spot. Its body turned into a black mist and was absorbed by the floor, and the precious metals it wore clinked as they fell to the ground.
“Phew, the extermination is complete!”
“Good work, Nico.”
I called out to Nico as he picked up the precious metals, and he turned around with a nice smile, lightly wiping the sweat from his brow.
“Thank you, Ed-san.”
“To think the boss wouldn’t even get a turn… Nico, you’re small and cute, but strong.”
“Cu-cute? Tia-san…”
Nico responded with a subtle smile to Tia’s compliment. It’s probably genuine praise from Tia’s perspective, but words like “small” and “cute” aren’t compliments for a boy of his age. That said, it would be rude to point that out, so I also give a half-smile and back him up.
“No, you were really strong. Truly fitting for you, Yuusha-sama.”
“Fufufu… I’m training hard, you know!”
“Yeah, yeah, that’s impressive. At this rate, you might grow to be over two meters tall, a muscle giant in the future.”
“Whoa! A muscle giant! That sounds really cool!”
“Really? I don’t think it suits Nico…”
“That’s not true! Strong and big heroes are cool!”
“Yes, yes, stop dreaming the impossible. Let’s move on, shall we?”
This time, Tia was the one who made a complicated face, while Kanan spoke to the muscle-enthralled Nico in an exasperated voice. It seems that Kanan doesn’t share in the romance of muscles.
Leaving the slightly dissatisfied Nico behind, we all followed Kanan, soon arriving at our destination, a dead end.
“This is the [Sealed Door.]”
“Ho-ho, at last.”
What stood before us, completely blocking the passage, was an impressive stone door about three meters in height and two meters in width. Mysterious characters were carved into the lower part, and three depressions were positioned at the vertices of a triangle at the top.
“We insert the orbs here. Watch.”
Saying this, Nico took out fist-sized spheres from his bag. The vivid red and blue spheres fit perfectly into the depressions… but nothing happened to the door.
“…Nothing’s happening?”
“Of course not. It requires three, but there are only two. Nothing would happen.”
“If we fit the yellow jewel, the Yellow Orb, into this last depression, the seal should be broken, and the door will open… but how do you plan to break through, Ed-san?”
“Hmm, let’s see…”
As the three of them looked on, I lightly touched the door. Hmm, this is more like a wall than a door. It looks quite solid, and probably heavy as well.
By the way, in my first run, I never came here. I couldn’t get the Yellow Orb at all. I’d probably still be struggling at the casino, and after that, I would have given up on these ruins and gone somewhere else…
“As for the method, there are a few options. First, we could destroy the sealed door itself.”
“Can we really do that!?”
“If we really pushed ourselves, probably. But without knowing what’s beyond this passage, I don’t want to do that.”
If it were somewhat exposed, I might be able to cut through it, but since this stone door is tightly sealing the passage and its thickness is unknown, even I couldn’t cut it. In that case, I could only force it open with Tia’s spirit magic augmented [Silver Spirit Sword] but if the magical device we’re after is directly behind it, we could break that as well, so I’d rather not do that.
“The next method is to break the spell that’s sealing the door. That’s more feasible… but I’m afraid of what reaction might come back when the spell is broken, and above all, there’s no way to open it once it becomes just a stone door. If it were a double door that opened when pushed, we could have managed somehow…”
“…Indeed, moving this seems impossible.”
“Moreover, I agree that we don’t know the effects of breaking the spell. If you forcibly unseal it, most of the time, the ruins’ self-defense function will activate,” Kanan explained.
“What kind of thing is that?”
“Summoning a huge number of monsters completely ignoring the efficiency of mana, or suddenly activating large-scale and unavoidable traps… Worst case scenario, the ruins themselves could collapse and bury us alive,” she replied.
“Ugh… That’s terrible,”
At Kanan’s answer, Tia grimaced openly. Monsters were one thing, but depending on the traps, neither avoidance nor defense might be possible, and being buried alive by a collapse was beyond hope. If it were just me, I could manage any situation, but putting Tia in danger was not an option.
“But, what will we do then? Surely you’re not going to say that we’ve come this far and now it’s impossible?”
“Um, Ed-san? You don’t have to force it…”
“That’s right. Admitting that you can’t do something isn’t a shame. God calls not recognizing a mistake, rather than making a mistake, the real mistake,”
“Hahaha, don’t worry. You understand, don’t you, Tia? I can easily get through something like this…!” I reassured them.
“Huh? Easily get through… Oh, I see!” Tia exclaimed with a smile.
With a sly grin, I saw Tia quickly flash a satisfied smile. Indeed, for me, this wasn’t even a hindrance.
“What are you planning to do?”
“Fufufu, you’ll see. But it’ll take a whole day to go and come back. What will you guys do in the meantime? If it’s tough to wait here for a day, you can stay outside the ruins.”
“No, if it’s just one day, we’ll wait in the boss room we just left. Unlike regular monsters, it takes ten days for the boss to revive, so it’ll be safe,”
“That makes sense. Even if the boss unexpectedly revives, we can ensure Ed-san’s safe return and rendezvous by defeating it. It seems like a good choice for ensuring safety.”
“Got it. Sorry, but please wait a day. If I haven’t returned after two full days, leave the ruins and return to town. I’ll meet you there,”
“Understood. If two days pass and Ed-san hasn’t come back, we’ll forcibly obtain the Yellow Orb and go to help you!”
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“No, that’s not what I meant… Well, never mind. Lastly, if things really get bad and there’s nothing to be done, I’ll prioritize my safety over the magical tool. If the ruins show signs of disturbance like a big shake or strange reaction, please escape as quickly as possible. I can handle myself, but being caught in a collapse without my knowledge is another matter.”
“It seems you have quite a few hidden cards we don’t know about. Fine. If it comes to that, we’ll abandon you and escape. Do your best.”
“Hahaha. Okay, I’ll let you do that. Well then…”
“Wait, Ed.”
As I raised my hand and was about to use my power, Tia unexpectedly stopped me. She came right up to me and extended her right pinkie finger.
“Promise me, come back, okay?”
“Yeah, I promise.”
As our pinkies entwined, an invisible red thread bound them, a thin, almost transparent thread that I knew in the depths of my soul would never break.
“Well, I’m off! Activate, [Mirage Shift]!”
In an instant, my body disappeared from sight and slipped into the sealed wall.
