15 Chapter 15
"Watch out!" Yue saw the incoming spikes and warned Seal.
It was not necessary as Seal had anticipated the attack coming, but he still evaded nonetheless.
A few seconds afterward, the crab monster dropped down to the ground and looked straight at Seal while raising both of its claws to increase its fierce aura.
With the amount of combat practice he got from the previous floors, he did not have to keep the room guardian alive because it would be of no use to him, so he killed it with a few punches.
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Ever since Seal had achieved everything he needed to do in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, he didn't need to restrain himself when fighting monsters. He could now fight with his full strength while allowing Yue and him to reach the 99th floor in less than a day.
"Nee nee, are you human?" Yue suddenly asked while they were walking.
"...I am." Seal's mouth twitched at the question.
'I don't even know... Even the system is doubtful whether I am human or not.' Seal thought tiredly to himself.
"Well, I have been watching you for a while now. You have both immense strength and magic power, and even I would lose to you in terms of magic power as a vampire." Yue said, doubting Seal's identity.
"Well... You know I'm a bit special."
"Also, can you stop sucking my blood?" Seal said to Yue, who was sucking his blood while getting carried by him.
"No way! Your blood is delicious!" As if to back up her refusal, she increased her resistance by sinking her teeth deeper into his neck.
"Kuh! Stop! You're sucking me dry!"
"Bear with it!"
"A no is a no. If you want to my blood to recover your magical power, wait until we are out of here." Seal delivered a chop to Yue's head, causing her to yelp.
"Ow! Fine, you must not forget that promise," Yue said while pouting.
"This should be the last floor of the labyrinth if I am correct."
There was a beautifully decorated door in front of them; They knew it was the boss room.
Seal opened the quests tab of his system.
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〖𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫〗
Objective: Kill the Hydra
Status: Ongoing
Rewards: ???
Penalty: ???
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Looking at the quest, Seal had a flashback to when they were on the 90th floor.
Seal and Yue were killing monsters when suddenly a system prompt popped up in front of Seal.
『A new quest has been issued.』
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〖𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫〗
Objective: Kill the Hydra and conquer your first labyrinth.
Status: Ongoing
Rewards: ???
Penalty: ???
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With this sudden notice, it made Seal excited. Why was he excited? Because he had not received any more quests after the Spectator quest. That led to him being able to only get stronger from leveling up.
That might have been fine if it was just that, but lately, he found it extremely difficult to go past level 95. The reason was that the amount of experience he needed to level up suddenly increased by an exponential amount. Therefore, hindering his progress.
So, with the new quest issued, it was reasonable why Seal was excited.
Back to the present, Seal closes the quests tab and looks at Yue. They nodded to each other and proceeded to enter the boss room.
In the room were crystal pillars and also another massive door at the end. A magic circle appears in the middle of the room while causing everything to shake. Slowly, a 7-headed Hydra appeared.
*ROAR!*
The Hydra let out a thunderous roar that shook the ground even more. The heads look toward Seal and Yue as they prepare to unleash their attacks.
*BANG!*
The first attack was by the red hydra head. It opened its mouth and shot out a condensed ball of fire. With no other choice, they dodged the attack. Yue jumped to the left while Seal jumped to the right.
"Yue! Can you use your magic to deal some damage?" Seal asked.
"Yes!"
Following Seal's words, Yue used her thunder magic.
"[Thunderlord's Judgement!]" Five balls of lightning appeared behind Yue and shot forward.
The Hydra heads tried to defend against the lightning balls with their attacks but were interrupted by Seal's [Compressed Fire Lance]. It was a newly made fire spell by compressing multiple [Fire Lance] to maximize the firepower. It resulted in a gigantic fire lance that could kill high-level monsters with no problems.
The [Compressed Fire Lance] blew up 4 of the Hydra's heads while Yue's [Thunderlord's Judgement] encompassed the remaining Hydra heads. The yellow head used its high defense to block the lightning while the white one tried to heal the body of the Hydra. But unfortunately, the Hydra had already received a lot of damage from Seal's [Compressed Fire Lance]. The Hydra soon died.
"Yay! We did it!" Yue celebrated by hugging Seal.
"...It's not over." Seal said.
Indeed, it was not over. The Hydra had a hidden 7th head. Albeit it only reveals itself when the others die.
After hearing what Seal said, Yue immediately went back on alert. Sure enough, a few moments later, a white head raised itself from the burnt body.
It stared at them for a second before sending a barrage of attacks to them. Seal immediately defended by creating an earth barrier around them. He then turned to Yue to ask a question.
"Yue, can you distract him for a bit? I want to test out something."
"Yes."
"Wait, take this. It will increase your magic power recovery and reduce your magic power consumption." Seal said as he handed her a golden bracelet embedded with a red gem. He had received it from a monster not long ago.
"F-for me?" Yue was a little flustered by the sudden gift. Although she accepted it without any hesitation, fearing that he would change his mind.
"Fumu." He gave her a nod.
"Thank you!" She gave off a beautiful smile.
After the exchange, they separated. Seal went and prepared his new magic while Yue ran out from the cover and distracted the Hydra.
The magic Seal was going to try out was a level 8 fire spell. Before, he could not use it because the space was too small on the previous floors, but now he could.
"Fall back!" Seal yelled to Yue.
She heard his words and went back to their cover. A few moments later, she heard a voice that was quiet yet powerful.
"[Retribution of Fire]"
Immediately afterward, a cross made of white fire appeared behind Seal and floated on the Hydra. The intense flames caused the Hydra's skin to melt. Then chains appeared from the cross and wrapped around the Hydra, making it unable to move.
The Hydra struggled to get free from the chains by thrashing around, but the chains did not budge. White flames suddenly appeared on the chains and started burning the Hydra directly. A moment later, the Hydra was now ashes, and the cross had disappeared.
"Phew, it's over finally." Seal said as he sat down on the ground.
"Seal, what spell was that?" Yue came over and asked.
"Oh, that? It was the level 8 fire spell, [Retribution of Fire]."
"What kind of magic was that? I've never heard of it."
"Of course, it's an extremely rare fire spell." Seal lied with a straight face.
『Mission Completed!』
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〖𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫〗
Objective: Kill the Hydra and conquer your first labyrinth.
Status: Completed
Rewards: 5x lottery tickets, a large amount of experience
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『Due to a large influx of experience, the host's body limit has been broke through. The host's current level is 106.』
Seal felt a powerful force flowing through his body. He was many times stronger after breaking through the body limit.
『Warning! The Hydra has dropped a hidden boss token. Does the host want to fight the boss now?』
『Once the host has agreed, the consciousness will fade.』
"Yes!" Seal immediately agreed as he wanted to see what this hidden boss is and possibly defeat it. He then turned to Yue to notify her.
"Yue, take care of my body. I need to close my eyes for a bit."
"I will," Yue replied energetically.
"Yup, goodbye..." Seal said as his consciousness began to fade.
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"Where am I?" Seal walked around the grass plain while admiring the sight before him.
"Who are you?" A deep voice sounded from above.
He was surprised at the sudden voice because he didn't detect any presence earlier when he was scouting out the area. He looked up only to see a flying dragon.
"I'm Seal. What about you?"
"You don't have the right to know." The dragon said arrogantly.
'Ah right, I forgot that dragons were naturally prideful and arrogant.' Seal spoke in his mind.
"What are you doing here?" The dragon asked.
Seal did not answer the dragon but instead used Appraisal to look at the dragon's status.
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Name: Diva, The Illusionist
Race: Dragon
Level: 150
Strength: 〈Tier 4〉
Skills: ???
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Sorry for the late post, I had to study for a test today, so I didn't have time to post it.
Anyways, next world?
High School DXD, if so, during the canon or non-canon?
Campione?
Danmachi?
Please answer using the paragraph comments thanks!
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