Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 147
Perceiving that invaders has entered his domain, the Ghost King[1] Adalman curled his meatless lips.
Then, he made noise by grinding his teeth slightly.
It was hard to understand it, but it could be said that the Ghost King Adalman was grinning broadly, and sneering.
You seems to be in a pretty good mood, Adalman-sama.
The man, who was a Holy knight, and his trusted confidant, greeted Adalman.
He was a ghost, and didn't have a physical body. However, he stood with a figure unaltered from when he still alive.
Though he had been transformed into a ghost, which was considered a monster, he hadn't possessed any humans or monsters, but had construct his body, which was the same as when he was alive, from a multitude of corpses.
As for Adalman, he didn't have any attachment to his body when he was alive, though he was rather pleased with his current figure, which had became mere bones.
While Adalman's trusted confidant, who was the former Holy Knight Commander, may have had some attachment and pride towards his appearance during his lifetime.
It was because his appearance had the refreshing Though it was strange to say that a Ghost was refreshing facial features of a young man.
But from the blue will-o'-wisp that flew around him, and his pale skin, it was clear that he wasn't alive.
Yeah, I'm in good mood. Guests seem to have come, Albert.
He informed his confidant, the former Holy Knight Commander Albert, of the presence of invaders.
He respond,
I see, did they finally come?
Understanding everything, Albertwho was now a Death Paladin (Ghost Holy Knight)[2] nodded joyfully.
In the past, they had gone to conduct a purification with good will to prevent the outbreak of a large-scale dead-spirits disaster in the battlefield in The Jura Great Forest.
In doing so, Priest Adalman and four holy knights had gone together, but they had encountered an unexpected situation.
When they had arrived at the battlefield's remains, a Dragon Zombie (Carrion Dragon)[3] an atrocious monster, was living there.
Although they had succeeded in defeating the Dragon Zombie after a desperate fight, they had used up all of their strength there.
There was no one to come rescue them, since they hadn't acted on the orders of the church, but based on their own convictions.
Thus, their fate was sealed, but their hearts, which wished for the peace of the Great Jura Forest caused a miracle.
Well rather than a miracle, it might have been a disaster for them though...
Adalman's group transformed into ghost after receiving the curse of the dead, and a large amount of magic essence [4].
However, with their strong willpower, Priest Adalman and Holy Knight Commander Albert succeeded in keeping their egos.
Priest Adalman became a Undead King, the king of ghosts.
Holy Knight Commander Albert became a Death Paladin.
And his three subordinates became Death Lords (Ghost Knight Leader)[5].
The Ghost King Adalman who, had acquired the abilities of a Necromancer (Dead Ruler)[6], was dominating the dead spirits in the surroundings, and stayed inside a cave.
That was an old story from more than several hundred years ago.
The rules of time didn't apply them, who had become undead, so the number of years that had passed couldn't be confirmed.
But, he noticed the birth of the new ruler of Jura Great Forest.
It was natural.
After the disappearance of the Storm Dragon Veldora, he had sent his subordinates to gathered information, since he had expected the forest to become turbulent.
The result, he choose to subject to the new Demon Lord. As things were, he had become its subordinate.
Yeah. The time for us to become useful for Demon Lord Rimuru-sama, who gave us peace, has finally come.
If it's in this labyrinth, I can employ the deceased as I like, unlike during the long cave life, this place is overflowing with excitement.
We must make proof of our loyalty for our "God," that has bestowed us with such a wonderful environment.
Yes! This Albert, understands.
Adalman nodded to Albert's response with a Yeah.
His faith had died once before; Demon Lord Rimuru was chosen as the new target of his faith.
Of course Rimuru didn't know that.
Rather, Rimuru was thinkingI'm sorry, I don't think you guys can winor something like that, but Adalman and his group didn't know that, since they were in high spirits.
Right now, they intended to bring victory to their new master.
Looking at each other's faces, and nodding, Adalman was burning with motivation, Albert was also the same.
And so, they began to think of countermeasures against the coming foolish invaders.
The three people, who came from the empire, were smoothly proceeding with the capture.
After parting with Damrada, and entering the Labyrinth City, they had registered in the guild there.
They had collected some information beforehand, but they had felt that the playful contents of the dungeon were mostly a heap of game elements.
However, this place was where Zhen Liu Xing's Sense Trap shone.
As for the monsters' strength that he had heard about from the stories, they didn't seem to be a big deal.
The problem was that the depth of the dungeon was unknown.
To advance, capturing the labyrinth in one go was a no-go, as there was a limit to the amount of food that could be carried.
But, such a worry,
Ah, it's alright. When you find the stairs, there is a doorway to an inn.
It's possible to stay in that place. So, there's no problem even if we don't bring much food.
In addition, we could sell things that we don't need there, since there's merchant in that place, you know?
So, it was really satisfactory.
Moreover, there seemsed to be an item called "Bracelet of Revival".....
It's seems we are able to revive even if we die inside with this....
Mark and Zhen looked doubtful when Shinji explained what he heard.
How to put it? In this serious world, it was only in here that the world was full of jokes, it was a very hard to describe feeling.
Since they were "Otherwolders" too, in this world possessing an ability would garner you favorable treatment.
However, it wasn't to the degree that you could do as you liked in this country.
Yuuki was considerably doing his best regarding improvements to the food problem, that also dealt with the circulation of goods in the Empire, but this place seemed to have surpassed that.
Takoyaki[7], Okonomiyaki[8] and Yakisoba[9]. On top of that, recently even Crepes[10] were about to be made.
Stalls were crowded and lined side-by-side.
The toilet problem was also dealt with perfectly, and the comfort of the inn was also wonderful.
Should I live here? Say, shall we not return to the Empire?
Hey!
No, sorry.....it's a joke, only a joke. Don't get mad, Shinji
I'm not mad, I was wondering whether to consider it seriously.
...I also want to live here
The three looked at each other,
No no no, it's no use after all.
Right? Even if we complain to Yuuki-san, the war is starting....
Right.... what a shame...
They gave up, and let out a sigh.
The town was lively, the food was delicious.
In addition to its comfortableness, it was as if the city was the center of culture and amusement, where new pleasures were born, one after another.
The enjoyment that they were extremely familiar with in their previous world, was a nostalgic one to them, that the Empire didn't know.
It wasn't like the Empire didn't have culture nor amusement, but it wasn't as free as in this city.
Above all else, the war was close to starting.
For the three of them, who knew the Empire's military strength well, it was useless to think that this country would have a chance to win against the Empire.
It couldn't be helped, they cut off such regrets, and challenged the labyrinth.
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And now.
One week had passed after the labyrinth capture had begun.
The three member's of Shinji's group were relaxing in the inn inside the labyrinth.
How should I say it... haven't we earned a lot this week?
Though it's said that this inn only offers the minimal facilities, it's still at a moderate level.
Comparatively, the inn fees are cheap, and unneeded equipment can be seld for money, haven't we saved a lot?
Mark happily asked a question.
Zhen lifted his face like he was ia bit nterested.
Shinji took out a gold coin from the pouch like he was answering the two.
Well, we saved a lot.
I heard that the highest capture group record here seems to be the 39th floor.
It seemed they had a hard time trying to capture the 40th floor.
The piece-by-piece weapons that begin to appear with empty hole seems to sell for a surprisingly high price.
I wonder what it is, that hole.
That kind of weapon didn't even appear until the 40th floor, right?
Two or three of them appeared in the 50th floor, didn't they?
Yes, that's right.
Actually, a treasure chest above the 30th floor seems to appear very rarely.
The weapon was surely of good quality, maybe this is the reason? That's what I thought...
There seems to be a secret.
Even when I asked the merchant, they didn't tell me, and just smiled.
Hey, that's suspicious.
However, if you talk about good quality, it's this one. Look at this!
While saying so, Mark took out the Minos Bardiche, and showed it off.
It shone with a beautiful silver color.
A supreme gem made of Mithril.
It was an item obtained from the treasure chest guarded by the guardian of the 50th floor, it was a Unique class weapon.
It's a Unique class weapon, you know? Even in the Empire, we wouldn't be able to get one so easily.
Or rather, in addition to that Bardiche, there's that empty hole right. What might that be?
Even so, it's a pretty weapon. Though the shape is weird...
This is so surprising. We are seriously trying to capture this labyrinth, we earned income, we're also enjoying this...
Rather, to be able give out a weapon like this freely, isn't this country more than what we had previously surmised? Isn't this bad?
Mark and Zhen nodded at Shinji's words.
There were many more things to be considered.
Firstly, the 50th floor boss was strong.
Among the monsters that had appeared around the Empire, not once had a monster with that class been born in these 100 years.
According to the ranking of disaster class that Yuuki had established, it was an "A" rank monster.
As for this monster class classification, the Empire had also adopted it as the common way to refer monsters, because it was easy to understand with it.
There was also the reason that, if the classification was different, then it could cause problems, since this classification system was widely used by merchants.
Aside from it.
In the 40th floor, there was a snake which had begun to attack with a dangerous breath, it was agreeable to say that it was an "A" rank monster.
It would not start attacking if the enemy was outside its breath range, though there was no escape in the narrow room.
It hurled itself with its body's tough muscles, it was a monster that you couldn't be careless with.
And, it was certain that the one they had met in the 50th floor was an Over "A" rank monster.
In the 30th floor, that guys movement were handicapped with chains and weights, but in there his movements were unrestrained.
He was a dangerous boss, befitting the status as a devil amongst the Demon Lord's subordinates.
But, he wasn't a enemy that the three couldn't defeat, though it was another story if one of them could win against the enemy alone...
Surely. I'm worried that a monster of such class was guarding the 50th floor.
The class of the floor boss seems to lose against the guardian class boss of every ten floors...
Isn't the strength just increasing in one level from the 40th floor to the 50th floor?
Mark agreed with Shinji.
After smoothly passing the 50th floor, they were now on the 55th floor.
But, they didn't worry about the next boss in the 60th floor.
Ghost type monsters had appeared since the 51st floor. They are thinking that the boss was surely an undead type.
Fortunately, Mark had obtained the Minos Bardiche, as for Shinji and Zhen, they didn't have any weapons that were effective against undead.
Even so they didn't think that they would lose, though it was common sense that you shouldn't let your guard down.
Oh well, even in the worst case, it seems we're not going die, so shall we do our best without being careless?
Mark and Zhen also nodded at Shinji's words.
Their goal was the bottommost floor.
To determine the existence or inexistence of the research facility.
It was unknown how many floor there were until the bottom, so they needed to proceed with the capture without being careless.
They retired that day after they had finished confirming the plan once more.
And then, three days passed.
They finally arrived at the stairs of the 59th floor after they had cleared the poison marsh, and the corrosion zone.
They went down those stairsreaching the 60th floorthe floor display increased by one number once they went down.
They finally arrived in the front of the boss room.
They had gotten enough rest last night, and their preparations were done.
Actually, they had arrived in front of the stairs yesterday around noon, but as a precaution they had taken a rest.
It was because they had just fought desperately against three Death Lords, so this was an additional reason for why they hesitated to force their way through.
They had the strength of the strongest class amongst ghost type monsters, without a doubt it had strength above "A" rank.
When they came here, they felt that the enemy's strength had risen considerably.
That was why the three rested, to replenished their energy.
For the boss after this, they thought that they wouldn't have any problems as long as they faced it calmly.
The three nodded to one another, laid their hands on the door carefully, and then push it open without stopping.
An intense fight began.
It was truly an intense battle, or at least, that was my impression.
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