Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 78
Another Yuuri chapter for your reading pleasure! The feedback I got on the name change was all positive, so Ill be going with that, and slowly working through previous chapters to make the change in those too. Thanks for the comments!
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
4th Act, Chapter 78: The First Labyrinth Attempt
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Going by miss Remy, the guild receptionists, recommendation, we decided to have Marle apply for the academy after getting her complete adventurer registration.
The school acceptance deadline is coming up three weeks from now, but adventurers who have completed their full registration are apparently given some preferential treatment, so we decided it would be best to go in that direction.
In the end we were all going to go diving into the labyrinth, so we went with making preparations for that.
However, the weapons and armor that Haster and Alec had were far superior to what was sold in the stores, so all we needed was armor for me and equipment for miss Levy and Marle.
We didnt have any particular commitment to a specific place, so we went to a place like a general store in the lobby, got three sets of all-purpose leather armor and a mace for Marle, then we were done.
We prepared dummy long swords for Haster and Alec.
Since sentinel and cleaver stand out in all sorts of ways.
“Is this all the preparation we need?”
“Hey sis, maybe I really should give my scale mail to Marle, and”
“And have our front line go out wearing paper? Just make sure you dont let anything through to the back.”
“Well, sure, thats the plan, but just in case, yknow?”
“If that happens, then miss Levy will bravely volunteer her body to protect Marle, so itll be fine.”
“Eh?! Imma gonna what?!”
Well, I can hardly imagine that something would get past three powerful magic users; me, Haster, and miss Levy.
After that we just needed to purchase camping gear, food, torches, and a map, then we were ready to start the next day.
The first stratum also serves as the guilds test area, so the map and completion information are already in circulation.
“Is it okay for us to be looking at the map?”
“Sure, why not? Its well known anyway.”
I feel like if the difficulty is lowered too much, then its not really much of a test anymore, but
You sure this is really enough of a test?
“No problem. Everythins fine, ysee.”
” Well okay, if you say so?”
I was actually more concerned over why miss Levy knew that joke.1
We ended up returning to the inn and having a meal that night so we could begin our a.s.sault the next morning.
We split the rooms with Haster and I in one, Marle with miss Levy, and Alec together with Yig.
We cant be fighting off fatigue later, so it looks like hes holding himself back tonight.
Er, maybe hes actually just nervous? Were going to be stepping foot in the labyrinth that the people of this world aspire to, after all.
Im a bit excited to be challenging a real dungeon too. I was looking forward to the next morning, and also kind of scared; it was a strange feeling that I held on to as the night pa.s.sed.
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The next morning. For starters, we were planning to spend a day in the labyrinth and see how were feeling afterward.
We went to the labyrinth in the capital city Belits center, and showed our tags to the guard at the entrance.
“More of em, and a pretty young bunch this time. Now listen, its a battlefield in that labyrinth. Dont you dare take any risks in there, got it?”
“Thanks for the advice. But its not like were gonna fight things we have no chance of beating.”
“Everyone says that at first. Seriously, be careful!”
The guard was very worried about us because of how young we looked.
By looks alone, the oldest of us appears to be the pre-adult Alec at 14.
Following that, Haster looks about 1 or 2 years younger, and below him is the 10 year old Marle.
In comparison, I wouldnt be surprised if I appear even younger than her Kgh!
“Dont worry, mister guard. Make some pineapple salad or something and wait for us.”
“Why would I have to make something like that?”
“Its simply a beautiful type of greeting.”
“Huh?”
“You can ignore anything she says. Well, weve got a map, and we arent gonna do anything reckless.”
Upon stepping foot in the labyrinth, we were immediately surrounded by darkness. It wasnt like a game, where there was light moss or something convenient like that.
The pa.s.sageways inside the labyrinth were wide enough for three adults to stand side-by-side and easily have room to swing their weapons around.
Though I suppose that figures, considering the trunk were inside is a few kilometers in diameter.
We readied our lantern, and instead of lighting some oil, we placed a [Light Ball] [Enchanted] light stone inside it.
The lantern is equipped with a shutter, so we can adjust how much light it gives off at our convenience.
“I wouldnt have thought of using light stones like this.”
“Never make light of knowledge from games.”
“Games? Like chess or something?”
“No, I mean tabletop games from my hometown”
Come to think of it, I still havent talked to Haster about me being reincarnated yet
But if I were to say anything, that would mean I would have to talk about my past self, so Yeah, lets keep it a secret for a while.
So this is how secrets are created between couples.
“Well need Alec on the front line. In the middle will be me, Marle, and Yig. Haster will need to bring up the rear.”
“Agya!”
“Im being put in the back?”
“You are effective in both close combat and magical attacks. When were not fighting, youll be ready to intercept attacks from behind, and when were in battle you can a.s.sist Alec with magic, so I was thinking it would be the most effective use of your abilities.”
“I see Kinda feels like youre used to this?”
“Uhhh Just some really good image training I guess?”
Its all game knowledge, but I wonder if it will really be useful
Our formation was set in a cross shape with Marle at the center.
“Well be fighting with the Imperial Cross formation.”2
“Did you say something?”
“Oh, just a thing I wanted to try saying. Marle, I leave the lantern to you. Its our valuable source of light, so make sure you absolutely do not let go of it.”
“Y-Yes.h.!.+”
This is her first time in a labyrinth too, so she appears to be extremely nervous, obviously. Shes having trouble talking.
Shes a simple village girl so it shouldnt be surprising.
“Ill have a torch up for us at the same time.”
“Shouldnt one light be enough?”
“I doubt there would be something like this around the entrance, but wed be in a bind if there was a magic negating trap otherwise.”
“A trap like that Well, I guess it very well could exist. This is the World Tree after all.”
It shouldnt hurt to be careful.
“Thats too careful” is an excuse for the lazy.
“You sure do think about some interesting traps, sis.”
“It just shows how much more experience I have than you, youngn.”
“You dont have any more than I do!”
“Well then, leader, which way should we go?”
“Heh? Leader?”
“Obviously, considering the way you took charge a second ago.”
Nonono, normally Haster would be the leader in this kind of situation, right?!
Whats the oldest one here doing looking like hes just enjoying himself?!
And please stop nodding along with him, Marle.
“Hasters the one with the most actual battle experience, right? My instructions are just based on fantasies, and nothing more!”
“My experience is limited to head-on battles in wars, head-on confrontations against magic beasts, head-on duels, and things of that sort.”
” So what Im getting is that youre a complete muscle-brain. Anyway, please arm yourselves.”
On my command, they called sentinel and cleaver.
“If we think about what well be doing after this, we should familiarize ourselves with the path to the next floors stairs anyway, so lets head in that direction. Not like we have a particular destination at this point anyway.”
“Got it. This way then.”
Our targets, the creeping vines are supposed to be wandering around this whole stratum.
As such, we dont have the slightest indication of where we should go.
Anyway, well walk around the labyrinth, find them, fight, win, and gather Thats the kind of test it is.
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We continued down the labyrinths pa.s.sageways just fine for a while, but absolutely nothing happened.
Being safe is nice and all, but not being able to harvest anything like this is pretty sad.
Our tension from earlier was already fading, and just as I was feeling like yawning, Marle twitched in reaction to something.
“Hm? Whats wrong?”
“Yuuri, did you hear something?”
“What kind of “something”?”
“It might just be my imagination, but It was some kind of rustling sound.”
“Alec, be on the lookout.”
Haster immediately urged caution in response to her words.
But there were no figures within the light aside from our own No, wait
“Above!”
The wide pa.s.sageways are more than 10 meters in width. And theyre not just wide Theres also a proportional height to them.
Ive heard that people keep their attention focused at the height of their own line of sight.
A position higher than your own eye height can be the easiest blind spot to take advantage of.
My shout must have stimulated our opponents, as three shapes fell towards us from above.
I threw my torch away, shoved Marle, and got us out of there.
“Kyaa?!”
“If they start off by attacking from above, then you can kill them on sight!”
“Marle, over here!”
“She cant go over there if youre gonna be swinging sentinel around! Attack them without getting us caught up in it!”
Its his first time in a fight like this too, so hes probably fl.u.s.tered.
Three entangled clumps of green ivy fell from above. Those are probably creeping vines.
The slow-moving ivy was no match for them once they regained their composure, and they were beat into a giant ma.s.s in the blink of an eye.
All in all, Haster and Alec took one each, Yig burned one with his breath, and the battle was finished just like that.
While that was happening, I sent a [Light Ball] up to the ceiling and made sure there werent any more lying in ambush.
“So that was our first fight”
“I didnt think wed suddenly be surprise attacked like that. That certainly wasnt something to be dealt with ordinarily.”
“Good job noticing that, huh Marle?”
“I guess Ive got good ears.”
If not for her warning, we would have been hit from above. She did a great deed.
Haster and I were going to grab the part we were looking for from them when we noticed
“Theyre in pieces.”
“Uhh, sorry?”
The creeping vines were smashed and in pieces from cleavers ma.s.sive attack.
They cant get any mucilage from its predation parts like this.
Somehow we managed to recover it from the one killed by sentinel, but the one burnt by Yigs breath looked like another no-go.
“Doesnt look like your weapon is suited to this test, Master.”
“This was a bit of carelessness.”
“How about we focus on magic when creeping vines appear.”
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This is how our first battle in the labyrinth went.
Since its our first battle, we can think about how well handle our next ones now.
Next
No problem. Everythings fine: Yuuri is referring to a joke stemming from the trailer for the video game El Shaddai. In the trailer, the main character, Enoch, has a short exchange with another character, Lucifer: Lucifer: “You sure thats enough armor?” Enoch: “No problem. Everythings fine.” After which Enoch gets knocked around (badly) by some enemies, and his armor gets completed destroyed. So it became a meme: Q: “You sure thats enough X?” A: “No problem. Everythings fine.”
Well be fighting with the Imperial Cross formation: This is a line directly from Romancing SaGa 2. At the start of the game, after a bard introduces the story, you take control of a party entering a dungeon, where the formation and its purpose are explained by one of the characters. The full monologue: “Listen up, Gerard. Well be fighting with the Imperial Cross formation. I will be in the middle, Bear will be our vanguard, with James and Therese at the flank. Gerard, you are to stay safe in the rear, where you can fight without worry.” (official translation)
