Re:Zero: Starting from the Great Transformation

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

"How can I sleep after you did that to me?"

That sounds really misleading.

I smiled helplessly.

I took a deep breath as I looked at my entire body wrapped in the blanket.

"Listen to me, Nanahoshi. I'm going to be away for a while."

"……Eh?"

"It will probably take about half a year."

"That's it..."

Qixing nodded blankly.

He seemed overwhelmed by the sudden news.

But if you think about it, before I came to Sharia, Nanahoshi was basically alone.

In the final analysis, it's just like usual, just away for a while.

And this time I'm only away for about half a year.

There shouldn't be any problem.

Qixing was silent for a while, then suddenly sighed and said:

"You haven't changed at all."

"What do you mean?"

"As long as people around me encounter difficulties, I will do my best to help them."

"There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that."

Having said that, Qixing stopped talking.

She seemed to be in a complicated mood. Was she troubled by the thought of having to live without my care?

I really hope she can be a little more independent like before.

If you continue to accept my care with a clear conscience, you will become a useless person.

"Don't do anything too dangerous."

"Ah."

"come back earlier."

"Of course."

"..."

"What did you say?"

"nothing."

Qixing shrank his head and locked himself in the quilt again.

There was a rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other from under the quilt.

Just as I was wondering what this guy was doing, Qixing suddenly threw something at me from under the quilt.

I took a closer look.

It turned out to be the black mid-calf socks she had just taken off.

I subconsciously picked up the socks and put them to my nose. The socks were warm from my body temperature and had a faint smell...

"Hey, stop sniffing!"

I looked up to find Nanahoshi staring at me with a red face.

I smiled awkwardly.

Nanahoshi snorted in annoyance.

"Anyway, take it with you on the road. Just treat it as a talisman."

"Using socks as amulets? Where is this custom from?"

"What, you don't like it?"

"...Then I will accept it with gratitude."

I carefully folded the socks and put them in my bag, planning to savor them when I got home.

This is absolutely the best amulet I have ever received.

High school girls are awesome.

Labyrinth Chapter: 81, Journey

Now that you have decided to set off, there are two things you need to do next.

The first step is to inform those around you that you are leaving.

Well, having said that.

But the only person I want to say goodbye to is Qixing.

After saying that, Qixing looked a little disappointed, but in the end he just told me to be careful and come back early, and didn't say anything else.

I can understand her feelings to some extent, but Rudeus needs me more right now.

Besides saying goodbye.

Just prepare the luggage you want to carry in advance.

It goes without saying that bedding and beds are necessary for travel, and dry food is also a must.

Generally speaking, water sources are also within the scope of consideration, but with Rudeus's magical power, he can easily create water sources, so there is no need to worry about this.

I also need to bring the cloak and boots that Boss Long gave me before, they are important equipment.

Then...

My eyes fell on the black box in the corner of the room.

The surface of the box is engraved with complex magic patterns, as if something evil is sealed in the box.

That's the spoils of my battle against the Demon King.

An arm of the Undead Demon Lord Badigondi.

Badigundi says this is my trophy from challenging demon king.

If I am in danger, open the box, it may save my life.

I don't remember it clearly because it has been so long, but it seems that in the original work, the Undead Demon King Atofi also gave a similar thing to Rudeus, which saved his life when Rudeus lost his arms and fell off a cliff.

I don't think Buddy Gundy would joke about this.

I do think it would be better to bring this thing with me.

After all, you are prepared for anything.

But how to say...

Although it is just an arm, with Batigandi's physique, the size of this thing is almost equivalent to half of my body. After weighing it, I weighed it and it must weigh at least 40 to 50 kilograms.

Carrying it on your back is like carrying a coffin.

Carrying this thing across a desert for a month?

Although I am not unable to hold on with my physical strength, it will seriously slow down my movement speed. After all, without the entanglement of fighting spirit, my physical fitness is not as good as that of a senior swordsman.

There was no other way, so I finally asked Qixing for advice.

After a brief thought, Qixing spent two full days compiling and creating a summoning magic scroll, which he placed inside my gauntlet.

The Summoning Magic Scroll is a one-time use.

By injecting magic power, the box placed in Sharia can be summoned from a great distance.

This way you don't have to carry the heavy box over long distances.

That being said.

After all, this thing is used to save lives at critical moments. I really hope there will never be a chance to use it.

then……

I folded my white over-the-knee socks and black mid-calf socks separately and placed them solemnly in the deepest part of my luggage.

Sarah, Seven Stars.

Please bless me to return safely.

……

the next day.

Rudeus, the others and I started to set out.

There were three people in total heading to the Beccarit continent.

Rudeus, Elinalize, and then me.

The final boss of this quest, the Nine-Headed Dragon, is an S-rank monster, roughly on the same level as the Red Dragon in terms of power. However, it possesses more attacks than the Red Dragon and is immune to magic.

In fact, to be on the safe side, it might be a good idea to ask Ridgerudo to go along with us.

However, by the time I learned that Ridgerudo had been there, he had been gone for a long time.

If we go to the Holy Land of Swords for help, we should be able to call upon Gilena.

Alice should be here too...

But it may be too late.

After all, in the original work, Rudeus entered the labyrinth after a journey of one and a half months, and almost just happened to rescue his master, Roxy Migrudia, at the last moment.

It’s incredible when you think about it carefully. Everything is so ingenious that it cannot be described in words.

If I have to say it, maybe it is the fate that exists in the dark.

And then again.

I think just my presence is enough.

Magic Stone Nine-Headed Dragon.

Before setting off, I collected as much information as possible about the maze boss.

Its method of attack is to use its nine heads to smash the enemy. The surface of its skin is covered with hard and rugged scales, which are enough to tear people's skin and flesh even if they just touch it. It also has extremely strong defense and cannot be broken by attacks below the level of Sword Master.

All nine heads have the ability to breathe at the level of a red dragon.

The scales covering the skin are magic-absorbing stones that have the effect of decomposing magic. Although theoretically decomposing magic requires an equal amount of magic power, and there is a possibility of forcibly draining the opponent's magic power, the Magic Stone Nine-Headed Dragon is the final BOSS connected to the maze, so this cannot be used as one of its tactics.

An effective attack method is to use the attack power above that of a Sword Master to chop off its head.

Death will only occur when all nine heads are severed.

At the same time, the severed head will heal itself after a period of time and grow a new head.

In other words, one must dodge its attacks and use purely physical means to quickly cut off all nine of its heads in a very short period of time in order to win.

The difficulty is extremely terrifying.

Should we say it is worthy of being the legendary S-class maze, the transfer maze?

I'm afraid that even if the real Sword King comes, he will be helpless against it.

That being said.