The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

457 – 5th floor

About a week after absorbing Mammon, I had a chance to feel a little bit of Munchkin’s side. By absorbing the next targets, Paimon and Aegyn, into the Spear of Shadow, he obtained the [(Final) SSS-class Grand Army Noble Phantasm – Spear of Shadow] from a common mass-produced mobile game.

The reason why this sudden development took place is simple. When he returned to Modest after killing Mammon, he happened to meet Eunice, who had returned to Modest to get information, and during a conversation, she brought up the topic of killing Mammon.

“… “Then there’s no need for you to kill him, right?”

It seems that Eunice, the wizard, did not fully realize my advanced spear skills.

“That’s right. Because if you just hit it last, it can be absorbed by the Spear of Shadow. But ancient demons are dangerous. Even for those who have reached the realm of transcendence, there is a high risk of death if they do not have advanced experience. “Being able to skillfully respond to variables is true skill.”

“Then you can just order a stronger ally than you to kill the demon?”

“?”

Eunice, who read the situation, created the ‘Paimon & Aegyn’ strategy on the spot. The strategy was very simple. The fight was to be entrusted to Ilaide, the matriarch of Prax’s squadron, who was hanging out in the capital, and Konrad, the academy’s current principal and considered the orchestrator of the world.

The two people who were enjoying tea time at the academy lifted their heavy buttocks without the slightest hesitation at my request. The reason was that they could not remain silent while their master was trying to become stronger to save the world.

When the Sword Master and the Archmage joined hands, they literally smashed the head of Paimon, who was excited to break free from the seal and rule the human world for the first time in a long time. All I heard was the greeting, “Yes, I am Paimon-”.

Immediately after absorbing Paimon, I moved to absorb Eguin, whose location I already knew. Because the lighthouse and the cliffs were all destroyed, the path to the temple could not be illuminated.

But our Grand Wizard said, ‘Anyway, isn’t there a temple across the street?’ With a simple thought, he used magic to split the sea of ​​darkness and create a path.

Thanks to this, the fact that Aeguin, who was sealed in the basement of the temple, repeated the same exit as Paimon, leaving behind the greeting, “Aeguin, this body will set the world on fire—” became a story known only to us.

Anyway, thanks to Ilaid and Conrad, I was able to strengthen the Spear of Shadow comfortably and safely. When I tested the strengthened Spear of Shadow, I was able to understand why the Demon King advised me to strengthen the Demon Spear.

The Spear of Shadow can now use the absorbed devil’s abilities as is. No, since it is said that what originally belonged to the Spear of Shadow was split off, it should be called the restoration of the original power of the Demon Spear.

Uricus’ ability hidden in the Spear of Shadow was [Disintegration]. Even in the novel, when used by the Demon King’s executives, the ability to split the spear blade into multiple parts remained the same. Changing the shape of the spear was the Shadow Spear’s natural ability.

The absorbed demons, like Uricus, had special options attached to the Spear of Shadow.

Mamon, who has the ability to enlarge his body, has the ability to make the shadow spear even larger, and Paimon, who has the strengthening ability to block the sword master’s sword, has the ability to strengthen the spear into something harder than anything else, and shoots demonic energy from a distance. Aegyn, who has the ability to throw a javelin, has strengthened his javelin throwing ability.

After testing the completed Shadow Spear, I immediately created several techniques that could be used in actual combat, as if I were a master of spearmanship. The Spear of Shadow, a weapon that had previously been able to gain an advantage over large numbers, was now no better than a blender due to the complete success of this reinforcement.

You can even use Occupy Space to use the Window of Shadows as a literal blender… No matter how many monsters there were, tower defense was possible alone. In addition, I have the decisive battle spear that I got from Kormo and the world tree spear that the saint gave me as a gift.

If I use the three spears in appropriate situations, my combat power will increase endlessly. You are completely ready to enter the labyrinth.

And the next day, Raelan returned to Modest.

By sacrificing three northern cities, he became the devil’s apostle.

***

I entered the 5th floor of the labyrinth. The only people who were together were Raelan and Ellie. Raelan seemed dissatisfied with the small number of people, but she did not force herself to do anything. Raelan knows very well that Lamine and Eunice will not be helpful on the 5th floor.

Still, we have grown significantly in preparation for the 5th floor of the labyrinth, where we don’t know what will happen. Although it is not obvious on the outside, she kept it a secret that she had obtained the Spear of the World Tree when Raelan announced that she had become an apostle of the Demon King and Ellie gave her a strange look, telling her to look forward to what she had prepared.

I already know that the Spear of Shadow has become stronger, but I don’t know that I was given the Spear of the World Tree as a gift. The idea was to surprise them by making a surprise appearance of the World Tree’s spear.

Raelan looked around and looked at the door in front of him.

“This looks like the door of a building.”

What I thought was a huge barrier turned out to be the wall of a building. When I looked closely, I got the feeling that it was a huge tower. You can’t see it with your eyes, but a strange feeling gives you confidence.

“There is no other way, so I think entering the building is the priority… If you want to go to the 6th floor of the labyrinth, wouldn’t you have to find a door with certain conditions or reach the highest floor in the building to find the door?”

Ellie and I nodded to Raelan’s plausible reasoning. She decided to check inside first and move on to the next situation. Embodying the Spear of Shadow, I raised my magic power and opened the door.

When I opened the door, a beautiful scenery came into view. As seen in paradise, nature occupied one layer. As I looked around, I noticed the only structure in the distance that touched the sky, like the World Tree. From a distance, it looked like a pillar supporting the sky. Ellie followed my gaze and looked at the pillar and said.

“Maybe if I go there, I can go to the second floor?”

Since there was no clear target in sight, we followed Ellie’s suggestion and moved toward the pillar. From the sounds of birds and animals, it seemed like a layer where life existed, but even though I kept walking, nothing appeared.

I checked the surrounding terrain using guidance magic every time, but there was nothing like this. Maybe the next floor is real? When I hinted at that thought, Ellie laughed, waving her wand in the air.

“I don’t think the labyrinth is very nice?”

Eli’s words soon turned out to be true. There was something tightly packed near the pillar. The more enemies there are, the more opportunities there are for the new Shadow Spear to show off its power. She kept a blank expression so as not to show that she was excited.

Raelan muttered after using magic to expand his vision and check what was ahead.

“There’s a dwarf blocking the road. But I don’t have a weapon. rather… “It looks like it welcomes us.”

What Raelan said was true. As we approached, the cute little dwarves bowed down as if waiting for a benefactor. Among them, a cute dwarf girl wearing a crown who appeared to be the representative came forward.

“Nice to meet you. Welcome to the challenger of the labyrinth. “I am Krona, the gnome princess who manages the world on the first floor of the tower.”

“Gnome?”

It looks like he’s not an ordinary dwarf. Ellie and Raelan’s eyes sparkled with interest at seeing the gnome race for the first time.

“Yes, we gnomes are all living happily on the first floor of this tower. We are all loving neighbors and family. We don’t harm others. I don’t bother others. “I live happily in this paradise.”

I roughly nodded as Crona introduced how kind their race was. She knew the gnome was good, so I hoped she would get out of the way, but Crona didn’t seem to have any intention of letting us go that easily.

“Please taste the food we prepared! These are all foods with the unique taste of gnomes made using fruits and ingredients obtained from the first floor. You too will be very satisfied!”

What should I do? While looking at Raelan, Ellie spoke to Crona.

“Thank you very much for the hospitality, but we have to quickly go up to the next floor. “If I go to that pillar, can I go up to the second floor?”

Crona’s eyes shook greatly at Ellie’s question.

“Hey, are you really thinking of going up?”

“… ? of course. “That’s the purpose of entering the labyrinth in the first place.”

“Can you please reconsider?”

Ellie tilted her head as she saw Crona with tears in her eyes, as if she was about to cry. Raelan, who noticed her strangeness, nudged her and opened her mouth.

“It looks like they don’t want us to go upstairs.”

Crona hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

“… yes.”

“Why?”

“Because every time the challenger of the labyrinth climbs a floor, our world is destroyed. “Our world, where everything is abundant, will gradually become ruined and become uninhabitable.”

Crona knelt on the floor. The other gnomes who were watching the conversation behind them also knelt before us. It looks like they have no intention of fighting us.

“Please! Please, don’t destroy our paradise!”

As soon as Crona finished speaking, the voices of the gnomes followed.

“please!”

“Please protect our paradise!”

“Please do us a favor!”

Ellie, embarrassed by that sight, took a step back. Seeing Ellie staring at me without knowing what to do, I spoke firmly.

“sorry. “We have a reason to go up.”

Saying that, he passed Crona, who was kneeling, and headed towards the pillar.