Chapter 25: Venting Frustration

The last attack done by Shea broke the core, ending the final trial of this Labyrinth. To make sure the fight has ended I double-checked with <Archmage > that the magic energy inside the core is slowly depleting.

Shea with a big smile jumped at me. She did a great job, so I didn't avoid her this time, "Rihito~ I did it~ we have won".

"Yes, you did a great job", I praised her, which made her very happy.

"Hehehe~ Rihito has praised me~", Shea giggled.

Shea then went towards Yue, "Yue you see Rihito had praised me".

Yue then went towards Shea and Hugged her, "Of course he did. You did a great job helping defeat Miledi, it is only natural he would praise you.

"You did a fine job following up the attack, good job", from the side Hajime said.

Hearing all the praise she got from everyone Shea was overwhelmed, and broke into happy tears in Yue's chest, "Uuu… waa… I, I was so scared! I thought I was going to die!", Seeing Shea broke into tears Yue patted her head and comforted her.

I got close to Hajime, "You okay there Hajime, the last attack of Miledi broke your Pile-bunker, you are not hurt are you", I asked in slight worry.

Hajime snorted, "Hmm… Do you think a mear attack like that is enough to hurt me".

Hearing him I gave him a deadpan look. Seeing my look he coughed and said, "No need to worry, my Pile-bunker took the damage leaving me unscathed".

Just then a familiar voice was heard which instantly took everyone's attention.

"Sorry to break the mood but can I have a moment?".

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The moment Hajime processed where the voice came from, which took about 0.5 sec. He instantly lept on top of the Miledi's armour grabbed the spike that was stuck in the armour and pulled out.

He then asked, "Shea mind giving me a hand to finish the job".

Hearing that Shea grabbed her Druken and smiled sweetly, "Of course~".

Miledi noticing Hajime and Shea's malicious intent panicked and said, "Whoa, Whoa!... hold on now! I just want to talk. No need to be so violent. You guys have cleared the trial! You have won! Please stop this, I just want to talk!".

Hajime and Shea completely ignored Miledi's plea and readied the spike, "This time I will make sure you are dead".

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Seeing her pleading was not working Miledi looked in the direction where Rihito and Yue were standing, and asked for help, "Can you 2 please stop them".

In response, both of them put their shades on while eating and enjoying the scene like they were looking at a drama. In the background, Hajime and Shea's ominous voice was heard.

Hajime "Let's get this over with".

Shea "I will finish it with one shot".

Seeing this Miledi wanted to cry, so she tried to use important information as a shield, "Wait… wait, I have something very important to say to you it's related to other labyrinths".

That finally garners some attention from Hajime.

Hajime narrowed his eyes and said, "Speak before I dismantle you".

Finally getting the chance to talk Miledi sighed in relief, "First of all no need to kill me, soon this body will disappear. I am talking to you using the little amount of power left in my core. It will last a few more minutes".

"So, what do you want to say to us?", I asked.

"If you want to ask us to defeat the mad gods, you will have a better chance if you asking a stone", Hajime decisively rejected tangling with the gods.

Hajime is not scared of mad gods, he simply doesn't care. His goal is to get back to his own world with his friend and to a lesser extent his classmates as well.

"I am not telling you to fight against the god. I just wanted to warn you, that to make your wish come true you must collect all the 'Age of god Magic' from all the 'liberators'", Miledi informed.

"Then tell us about all the locations of the labyrinth you know, most of the information about them is not in records we have read", Hajime asked.

"Oh my… so much time has passed that I barely remember… alright I will only say it once… so listen up."

"The giant volcano in the middle of the desert lies the trial of heat 'Guryuuen Volcano'",

"Near the shores of the western sea lies the trial of madness in the deep ruins of Merujiine",

"The head temple of the church lies the trial of will",

"And lastly, the great tree 'Wua-alt' in the eastern forest lies the trial of bonds".

"That's all, do your best", Miledi informed us with a nostalgic tone.

"That's helpful", Then, suddenly Miledi's Golam body started to turn into particles and started to disperse.

"It seems like my time is up. It was nice to talk with someone after so long", Miledi said with a soft voice.

Hajime looked at the disperseing Golam's body and said," What happened to all the annoying talk from before?".

Miledi laughed hearing Hajime's response, "Hahaha… sorry about that. I wanted to give you the taste of what it would be like to fight against that bastard".

Hajime looked at disperseing Miledi with annoyance and said, "Oi… I told you that I have nothing to do with mad gods".

Miledi responded, "Whether you want to face that bastard or not. You guys already have abnormal power. If I know him correctly, he will come for you. As long as you are who you are… you will be a 'God slayer'. Continue living as you please, I am sure you will make the best decision for this world".

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While Hajime was talking. I was analysing using <Archmage >, the phenomena of physical matter turning into mana particles. If I reverse this process, this will surely help me to improve the skill <Mana Conjuration>, or should I create a new skill? I will think about that later.

Then the remaining body of Miledi's Golam body burst into mana particles giving a gorgeous light show. Slowly the mana particle started to disappear under the effect of mana decomposition.

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Seeing the light show Shea spoke, "Maybe she wasn't the bad guy we thought. She just wants to make our mental fortitude stronger, that may be the reason she made those traps".

Yue "yeah".

"Let's get going we still need to get the magic and go back", I started to walk toward the new gate that appeared on the other side of the room, to which everyone joined me.

We stepped on a floating platform which started to take us to the passage that opened.

Shea then asked, "Hey Rihito… Hajime… what do you two think about Miledi".

To which Hajime and I spoke simultaneously.

Rihito "Annoying"

Hajime "Insufferable"

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Hearing our response Shea fell silent. Shea then whispered to Yue, "I think both of them are still mad". Yue nodded to that.

 Shea continued, "Don't you think that she was acting like that for the sake of the trial".

"No definitely not. That twisted personality was her true form", Hajime responded with irritation.

"If you ask me, I think all of this that happened after the fight ended was just an act to make fun of us", I said with a neutral tone knowing what was about to happen.

"I second that", Hajime responded.

Shea and Yue looked at us incredulously and said, "No way she can't be that bad right? Yue nodded to her.

"Well, we will find out soon enough", The platform crossing the passage stopped in front of a double door.

The moment we got nearby. It opens on its own. And we heard a familiar voice I was expecting.

"Yahoo~ It's been not a while! ~ Miledi~ is here~", in front of us was standing a small Golem the size of my waist with a bright yellow robe and a smiley mask.

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Seeing Miledi Reisen standing before me I looked back at Shea and Yue with the look 'I told you'.

"Eh!... Why aren't you two looking as shocked as the other two?", Miledi asked.

"If you disappeared who would be the one to guide us after that", Hajime said with irritation.

"And from your personality we expected you would pull something like this", I said neutrally.

"Oh… you two saw through me! No wonder you managed to clear my trial!", Miledi chirped.

"So was that… just an act", Yue spoke with a slight undertone of anger. Beside her Shea wasn't any different.

But Miledi didn't notice and continued her antics.

"Oh? Did you two think I disappeared? No way~ I wouldn't do that! I guess you got pranked~ hihihi~. Oh, Miledi, who knew you had a talent for acting~", Miledi giggled to herself not knowing she had angered Shea and Yue,

Miledi sensing something wrong in the atmosphere looked at the girls who were now standing before her. Shea had a sunny smile and Yue had an emotionless frown.

At that moment it finally sinks in for miledi that she might have done too much. She then did what every person should do whenever they did something wrong, ask for forgiveness. But who was Miledi she was a magical sorcerer. So, she apologises in her own style with a pose showing her 2 fingers on both hands while closing one eye and saying "Sowwie!".

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Miledi's apology wasn't received well, and from there on Shea and Yue chased Miledi to give her punishment. Many times, Shea and Yue try to kill Miledi but to their dismay, none of their attacks could do too much damage to her. She kept running and avoiding a fatal attack while apologising. But to her horror, they didn't accept.

Yue launched many elemental attacks and Shea using her Druken tried to crush Miledi, but for some reason at the last moment somehow all the attacks missed their mark. If someone is not looking carefully, they might choke it all up to her erratic movement. But for me with the help of <Archmage >, I can see exactly what was happening. Miledi was using her gravity magic to divert the attack trajectory before it could hit her and with her erratic movement, she avoided the fatal attacks.

[As expected from someone who has mastered the gravity magic]. Hajime seeing me nodding to myself asked, "What's wrong".

To his response, I said, "Look at them with your demon eye".

Hajime promptly looked back at them with his one demon eye after seeing what miledi was doing his eyes widened.

"I see now, so that is how she was avoiding those fatal attacks. I am impressed seeing how much control she has over gravity".

"I know right", [the sheer amount of control and precision someone needs while avoiding attacks from Shea and Yue. Miledi Reisen really deserves the title of 'Ruler of Gravity'.

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"Chapter end"

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