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After that, we steadily navigated the maze.

And that too.

Without any time constraints, quite leisurely.

Today’s MVP is Tynia.

“Right!”

“Are you serious?”

“Umm… Honestly, it feels like left…”

“Then let’s go right.”

It was truly a disastrous prediction.

With a spoonful of exaggeration.

If you told me to pick 39 out of 45 lottery numbers.

The accuracy was enough that if I bought the remaining 6 that weren’t chosen, I could win the first prize!

Of course, every once in a while, the ‘self that wants to be praised properly’ popped up.

Sometimes, it even twisted the judgment and indicated the wrong direction.

But you could tell from her expression from the start.

When Tynia lies.

A slightly mischievous smile curls at the corners of her mouth.

At first, I thought she was an annoying brat.

But as I got to know her, there was no one as cute as her.

Alright. It’s a service.

“Oops.”

I executed my ultimate move of playing with the little one.

I gave her a piggyback ride.

“Geehee, gehee…!”

Tynia was incredibly satisfied!

…Of course, no matter how accurate we could find the path.

The maze was still inside the tower.

Naturally, it wasn’t just a peaceful place.

“Kyaaak!”

“A spider. Coming from the front. Four of them.”

If we let our guard down for even a moment.

The spiders would crawl out and shoot webs at us.

Moreover.

“Ugh…!”

Sometimes, if you got hit by a spider that spat out its venom, the poison… hallucinations would creep up.

If it had been the newbie party on their first run, they would have collapsed in a mess of poison.

But who am I?

Swish—

“Thank you, Arc.”

An experienced veteran.

Of course, I was prepared for this much.

Our top alchemist’s top job was antidote production.

– Haaa… You are so vigorous since morning…

This morning, right before going for a walk, I woke up Elise who had been sleeping in bed wearing nothing but underwear, heh heh, and took her out.

Then I ordered her to mass-produce antidotes in the alchemy workshop.

As an unpaid task.

There’s a saying, isn’t there?

Labor will set you free…

No, let’s disregard that.

I feel like I might sprout a mustache in my philtrum.

Then does one give birth the same number as they die…?

Ahem, no, that’s not it either.

Anyway, thanks to that.

Our party was able to adequately respond to poison due to the post-antidote.

“Arc! Dodge!”

Yikes.

Wow… one spider… two spiders…

Boom… sizzle… noooong…

“Hehe… ugh… so good…”

“Arc? I’ll open the lid for you. Now, don’t spill it.”

Mamma… mamma… ugh… mamma…

“Huh.”

Geez, the poison is insane.

The potency of the potion is also insane.

For a moment, my brain went completely numb, and I was turning into a vegetable.

Thanks to Yo-hena’s timely first aid, I could return to normal.

“Be careful, Arc. Fortunately, it’s not the type of poison that causes damage.”

“Bark! I’m brewing, I’m brewing!”

Sometimes, even just a drop would make the poison rise immediately.

Even just getting near the venom sac would quickly bring a dizzy feeling.

It wasn’t like it hurt or burned, but…

It’s a kind of hallucination that can’t easily be expressed in words.

…I can understand why people do drugs.

Hmm. Anyway.

“Heh… so big…”

“Hey, Ari!”

Just now, Ari was slightly dazed.

I quickly stuffed a potion into her mouth.

“Kak, kak, kak──! Ugh, seriously…”

Ari whined.

I wanted to ask what kind of hallucination she saw.

But I held back with superhuman self-control.

Like the sedation before an endoscopy, I figured she’d just blurt anything out in her dazed state.

“We need to make a plan.”

I’ll farm materials diligently and craft anti-poison artifacts.

For my sake as well.

…But it’s an equipment item.

Will it apply to me? It should apply, right?

Honestly, the poison isn’t particularly threatening.

What’s more threatening is that I might blurt something out if I get poisoned.

* * *

“Ugh…! That Arakren… that petty spider…!”

“Hey. Use proper and pretty words.”

As we delved deeper into the area.

Tynia’s spirit seemed to be weakening.

Though her performance was still reliable.

It felt like someone was watching us breaking through and spitting out webs in real-time──

“Arc, be careful!”

──like this.

With no room to let our guard down, spiders mostly targeted my ankles and crept closer.

“To aim for my Master! How dare you!”

“How dare you bark!”

Whether the heroes were dodging physically or truly targeting only me…

It was rather unsettling.

Earlier, I almost twisted my ankle from being careless.

The fierce life of a blowfish.

If you don’t stay alert, a fatal tackle could come at any moment.

“But seriously, it is quite unsettling…”

I completely agree with Yo-hena’s words.

It felt like we were inside some massive tentacle, with webs squirming and blocking our path from time to time.

I just wanted to burn it all…

…?

Fire?

Why didn’t I think of that until now?

It’s common sense, isn’t it?

“Saha?”

“Yes, Arc. What is it?”

“Can you use the flaming hammerfall even if there aren’t any enemies?”

“…? You mean summon the power of flames?”

“Yes.”

“Of course, I can.”

As Saha lightly struck the ground with her hammer.

Beautiful flames erupted forth.

Having fought alongside Saha several times, I knew all too well that her flames wouldn’t harm me at all.

Swish!

“…Arc. Don’t.”

Yo-hena slapped my hand that was reaching towards the fire.

Yikes.

But how can I resist a fiery fist?

Because I’m incapable, I seek this kind of vicarious satisfaction.

Anyway.

“Saha, can you unleash a big fire on that web with maximum output?”

Just as I finished speaking.

Everyone above our heads had a light bulb moment!

Did you get it, heroes?

Saha gripped the hammer firmly and smacked the web that had just come down and blocked our path.

Whoosh!

“That’s amazing…!”

Tynia’s eyes sparkled.

At this age, I love this kind of thing.

Eventually…

Sizzle──

With the smell of burning hair.

The once thick web began to melt away.

“Oh…!”

“Arc! You’re smart!”

“You’re the best, bark!”

Ah.

Webs burn in fire.

That’s common sense.

…So obvious that it’s common sense.

But all six of us, including me.

Are we not fools?

I buried that rational doubt deep in my heart.

“Tynia, let’s just check directions. Up? Down?”

“Hmm… Up?”

“Right? Left?”

“Hmm… Left!”

“Saha.”

“Understood.”

If there’s no path, create one.

The maze arsonist is coming out.

* * *

“Ughhh, ahh, uhhh…!”

Somewhere on the 15th floor.

In the territory of Arakrene, laughter almost breathless echoed repeatedly.

Inside the massive maze, ‘Labyrinth’.

And the webs that sometimes wriggled as if alive, obstructing the hero party were.

Of course, made by Arakrene with great effort── a part of her physical form.

Compared to the mental anguish of watching her finely crafted masterpiece burn and melt away.

As the webs burned, what Arakrene felt was no more than the sensation of being bitten by a mosquito.

That’s right.

The sensation of being bitten by a mosquito.

“Geehee, gya-a-aaa…! My, my precious…! Gehee, gehee hee…”

For a human,

Only when one foot is stuck out in a closed space filled with hundreds of mosquitoes can one bear the overwhelming ticklishness!

Arakrene remained on the floor for a while.

Unable to get up, she just shivered her body, undergoing forced laughter therapy.

“Geeheh… The, the fire…! Gya-ha-ha…! Let, it be…!”

Still, there was one thing to be thankful for.

Though she had no idea how they were detecting it.

As for the heroes, aside from spaces blocked by indestructible walls.

They were always heading straight toward the exit of the maze.

Thus, Arakrene rather hoped that the heroes would pass through the area quickly.

And began to pray earnestly for this ticklishness to finally end.

[Area 4 of 11th Floor has been breached.]

“Haaa… hhaa… hee…”

Did that prayer reach the goddess, no, the demon lord?

Finally freed from the ticklishness.

Regaining the leisure to breathe.

Arakrene, having regained the composure to think,

Recalling that terrible sensation, shivered.

Finally, righting her flipped body, she struggled to regain her balance.

And.

“This is… cheating…! Unbelievable…!”

She vented her frustration.

After all.

Throughout all parallel dimensions──

The choice to ‘burn the web’ which is extremely ‘irrational’ and ignorant.

Was carried out solely by the heroes of this dimension.

Originally, such ‘irrationality’ is not accepted by the rules of the tower.

In other words.

It could be clearly interpreted as a ‘violation of regulations’.

“Assumptions… extraordinary… demon lord… proposal….”

At the moment Arakrene reached out as she manipulated the panel.

[Enemy has entered Area 5 of 11th Floor.]

“Ah… Noo….!”

As the coldness brushed past her nape, Arakrene’s face fell.

But it was an unavoidable fate.

“Gya-hee, gya-huoo…! Gya-ah-aaa…”

Once again, a fiery show was carried out, making Arakrene burst into laughter uncontrollably.

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