Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Chapter 482 Demons from the Deeper Layers

Why would they bring Lefia, a level 3 adventurer, to such a deep place?

It's important to know that areas beyond the 50th floor are only accessible to level 1 adventurers.

There is no difference between level 3 and level 4 adventurers in such a deep dungeon.

Actually, everyone except Shirou Emiya understood why Finn brought Lefia along.

On the one hand, there is a desire to properly train Lefia.

On the other hand, there is Lefia's uniqueness.

Each person's title is not given arbitrarily; they are all determined by the gods based on the adventurer's unique qualities.

Lefia's title is "The Spirit of a Thousand".

Its significance lies in the fact that Lefia can use more than a thousand kinds of magic.

It's not that Lefia herself possessed that many spells.

By God's grace, the number of magical abilities each person can hold is fixed, with a minimum of one field and a maximum of three fields.

However, due to a special magic, Lefia possesses the potential to use thousands of different spells.

The magic is called the Ring of Spirits.

That's a kind of summoning magic.

What is summoned is not monsters or demons, but magic itself.

Once Lefia has mastered the effects and incantations of any magic belonging to the Elf race, she can cast it.

Even the magic of Riveria, who is hailed as the strongest mage, can be cast after Lefia masters it.

It can be said that the more magic Lefia masters, the more situations she can handle.

As mages are inherently adventurers with high attack and low defense, Lefia, at level 3, can easily annihilate level 4 monsters with her magic.

Don't be afraid, because you have friends who will protect you.

"Proud warriors, forest archers!"

Don't worry, because the person you admire most is right beside you.

"Faced with the swarming invaders, they took up their longbows, answered the cries of their compatriots, and nocked their arrows."

We can't continue to be so weak, and we can't keep dragging everyone down like this.

"The flood is over! Lefia!!!!"

Finn shouted loudly at Lefia beside him.

The cherry blossom-shaped shield in front of Shirou Emiya also quickly disintegrated.

Without a word, Ais seized the opportunity, unleashing a powerful gust of wind beside her, and leaped forward, carrying Lefia, appearing in front of the dense swarm of larval-like monsters.

"[Rain of Fire Arrows]!!!!!"

As the final incantation ended, dozens of crimson magic circles appeared in front of Ais, aimed at the swarm of insects that had no time to react.

Countless beams of fire shot out from the magic circle at that moment, raining down on the swarm of insects.

Each red beam of light hit every single insect swarm with unparalleled precision.

If there's any difference between Orario's magician and Shirou Emiya's area-of-effect explosion...

Those are the powerful, wide-range spells that, under the control of those mages, can precisely eliminate every monster.

Unlike Shirou Emiya, who attacks indiscriminately.

If you're not careful, you could get swept up in it.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

Painful cries echoed throughout the dark labyrinth at that moment.

In just a few seconds, the dense swarm of insects was completely wiped out by the pouring out of magic, turning into ashes and dissipating into the air.

At this point, Shirou Emiya finally understood why Finn insisted on bringing Lefia, who was at level 3.

"Not bad at all!"

Tiony patted Lefia on the shoulder and praised her loudly.

"No, if it weren't for Ais, I would have had a hard time shooting the magic so accurately!"

Lefia thanked Ais, who had led her out of the passage, with great embarrassment, then seemed to remember something.

"Oh, and I also have to thank Grace. If it weren't for him, I probably would have died in this torrent!"

"Ha, newbie, you should calm down first. I don't want to have that kind of thrilling experience again!"

Grace accepted Lefia's thanks and then thanked Shirou Emiya, who had rushed out to save her, before heading off.

Starting from the 51st floor, the dungeon finally takes on the appearance of an "underground labyrinth," with a structure that resembles a regular maze.

After all, the further you go, the larger the space occupied by the underground floors becomes.

The variety and number of monsters that can appear will increase, and the maze will become more complex.

Even with a map, if you accidentally take the wrong path, you'll immediately get lost and be swallowed up by hordes of monsters constantly breaking through the walls. Eventually, you'll run out of energy and items and be devoured by the monsters.

Under such circumstances, the most important thing to avoid when entering the 51st floor is undoubtedly to march too fast.

If you rush through the maze and end up taking the wrong path, even the strongest team will eventually perish if they don't find the exit back to the 50th floor.

As the commander, Finn clearly possesses exceptional patience and a clear understanding of the maze's pathways.

Moreover, since it's not even certain whether we'll go to the 52nd floor yet, there's no rush to find a way to the lower levels.

"Turn right at the fork in the road ahead!"

"straight!"

"Take the leftmost road!"

"Turn and head towards the road to the side and back."

Gradually, the monsters attacking were not only black rhinoceroses, but also a spider-like monster that could scale walls and rooftops.

“The types of monsters are starting to change.” Finn licked his thumb.

"We're almost at the entrance to the 52nd floor."

Just as Finn had said, the entrance to the 52nd floor soon appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was also an opening, but with stairs leading to the floors below.

"Pfft——!"

Accompanied by several tearing sounds, an angry voice came from the passageway.

"This is so annoying! Why are these monsters suddenly appearing from the passage on the 52nd floor?!"

Tione slew several of the larval-like monsters in the passageway, and seemed to have an extremely violent temper.

Finn stood on the 52nd floor for a long time, biting his fingers as he pondered something.

"These larval-like monsters are not from the 51st floor, but from a deeper level—"

It is almost easy to determine that the monsters that can spray corrosive liquids are not from this level.

From the moment they entered this floor until the entrance to the 52nd floor, they never saw any of the larval monsters that emerged from the walls.

But they keep pouring in from the lower levels toward this level.

However, Finn was unable to accurately determine which floor the monster appeared on.

"Emiya!"

"Projection started (Trace on)"

As he finished speaking, a short blade with a chain appeared in Shirou Emiya's hand.

He nodded to Finn with perfect understanding, and then shot the chained dagger deeper into the passage.

"Fantasy Collapse-!"

"Bang————!"

A muffled explosion resounded throughout.

The surrounding walls and ceiling shattered rapidly under the explosion, blocking the entire passageway.

The larval-like monsters that were advancing towards the 51st floor were also crushed by the rubble and died shortly afterward.

The liquids were indeed highly corrosive, but not enough to easily corrode the underground city's floor.

Otherwise, such a torrent wouldn't flow down the road; it would have directly corroded the surrounding area and fallen to the lower levels.

"Alright, the passage is now completely blocked, and the surrounding walls have also been damaged. No monsters will appear here until the damaged parts of the dungeon are repaired."

Finn exhaled and lowered his spear.

Chapter 483 Another Solution

Although they only explored one floor, the physical and magical energy consumption of the group was not much. Even after defeating all the monsters on the entire 51st floor, it did not take much out of them.

But once you reach the 52nd floor, the situation changes completely.

"Everyone, rest here and recover your strength. Riveria and Lefia, use elixirs to restore your magic and mental power. Next is the floor known as Hell. If we are going down, we need to be fully prepared."

Finn spoke to everyone with an extremely serious expression. Although there was relevant information on the lower floors, the appearance of a new type of monster meant that they had to be on high alert.

As for Shirou Emiya, who had also consumed some magic power, he did not use spiritual power with Riveria and Lefia to restore his magic and mental strength, but instead drank a healing potion directly.

After all, as a magician, the raw material for magic is life force. Shirou Emiya converts life force into magic force and stores it in his body through magic circuits.

Under normal circumstances, Shirou Ebisu obtains magical power from the Great Source by eating.