Chapter 184 – 184. Solving Doubts

After finishing treatment in the capsule, I immediately changed my clothes and went to see Asmorphia.

Because I had a few things to ask.

[Oh, you entered the fixed labyrinth?]

“Oh, yes.”

As soon as we entered Raythena’s sanctuary, Asmorphia welcomed us.

In this space, he has power comparable to that of God, so he often reads Agaf’s thoughts and gives answers first.

“So…”

[You came with about three questions.]

“Yes. That’s right.”

Before you even ask a question, the other person prepares an answer. This is the basic way to communicate with Asmorphia.

There is no need to even decide how to ask a question or what to say.

[First question. I guess it has to do with the difficulty of the fixed labyrinth.]

Right. As I escaped the Demon King’s storage room, I had many thoughts.

For example, ‘Isn’t the difficulty level too damn high?’ Or ‘Are those the guys you were sent to catch?’

Such thoughts.

[First, let me start with the conclusion… Most fixed labyrinths will feel like this.]

“Her. It is judged that this is not a level of difficulty that humans can overcome. To be honest, I thought I was the strongest among the people on Earth…”

Nevertheless, he was driven to the brink of death by two demons and an unknown human.

I suffered this way, but other people must suffer even more. Those who only had two skills would probably have died on the first floor, and even if they reached the second floor, they would have died without being able to advance further.

This is a problem before bringing in the monsters of heaven and earth called Bibhal, Abalam, and Lamech.

[We were solving that problem with a reward box.]

“You couldn’t give away skills, so you tried to compete with items?”

[That’s correct. In the first place, the fixed labyrinth wasn’t given to you to break already. I didn’t even know that I would be greeted by bosses at the end from the first attempt… No, didn’t you feel like I should come out if the difficulty level was strange from the first floor?]

“Uh. “That is.”

When you say it like that, I have nothing to say.

The difficulty level was crazy from the first floor. No, but it was quite worth it?

[Do you remember the Crimson Zone of the Abyss that I gave you last time?]

“Oh, yes.”

[The reason I gave the fixed labyrinth at the beginning was… I was actually thinking of raising awareness.]

I think Asmorphia wanted me to join after I got beat up and became stronger. However, contrary to her thoughts, I was strangely strong, so I brushed off everything I had to do and went down to the floor I shouldn’t have.

“Huh.”

[And since we did not create the fixed labyrinth, we do not know in detail what the difficulty level is.]

As she said, simple labyrinths and other labyrinths are designed so that they can be conquered. In addition, we have an assortment of items to help you steadily become stronger when you attack.

The compensation is also considerable. If you roll the snowball well, even if you’re not as good as me, you can grow to the point where you can survive the coming winter nights.

Above all, it provides items essential for survival through reward boxes.

However, this was not the case in the fixed labyrinth. It is literally a fragment of disaster. Rather than a material for growth, it is closer to a tumor trying to take root in our world.

[The answer to the second question here is that you must first raise your survival level to 30.]

“Survival level up to 30?”

[Yes.]

The second question I wanted to ask was how to grow the vessel of the soul.

Currently, I can store about 40 skills, and the rest of my party is in danger if they exceed 20.

However, the adversity and hardships ahead were so difficult that it was better to have more skills. The most obvious solution to this is to raise the survival level to 30.

[When the survival rating goes up to 30, the size of the soul increases further. Then you can have more skills.]

“Of course, I understand.”

[Another way to increase the size of your soul is to change your species. When you break away from humans, your vessel expands further.]

“Change the species?”

[Yes. It’s the easiest and fastest solution.]

The most obvious way is to raise level to 30, and the quickest and simplest way is to change species.

[If you give up being human, you can become stronger.]

“The penalty for that is.”

[Having to experience all the pros and cons of that race? For example, if you change species to a wolf, you will have a better sense of smell, but you may be in trouble because you smell too well. Every advantage comes with its own penalty.]

This world definitely doesn’t give anything away. It feels like you have to endure one thing to get one. Right now, there is almost always a penalty or handicap attached to the skill.

‘First, if you want to become stronger and conquer the fixed labyrinth, either reach at least level 30 or change species. Hmm.’

Still, there is a possibility that you won’t be able to attack it. No, it’s high.

‘Because the fixed labyrinth itself is a disaster.’

I think Asmorphia expressed yes.

[The fixed labyrinth is a kind of prison. It feels like they are trapping you in a labyrinth, so you can’t escape.]

“It seemed that way.”

It was easy to infer from the conversation between Pibhal, Abalam, and Lamech.

The three guys couldn’t get out of the labyrinth on their own. Did he say that God was in the way?

It is most likely the same constellation as Asmorphia. Or maybe the real God intervened.

Anyway, I can’t come out right now. But that doesn’t mean we can just leave it alone forever.

‘If you just leave it as is…’

A black gate will be revealed to the world. This is like a phenomenon where a fixed labyrinth is opened to the world because it is not conquered in time.

It means that disaster is literally pouring in.

This means that the dungeon break that often appears in hunter novels occurs.

[In that sense, I can say that this exploration of the fixed labyrinth was quite good.]

“Is that so?”

[Yes. Because they almost wiped out the troops created by high-ranking demons called Bibhal and Abalam.]

“Ah.”

I’m talking about those demon monks on the first floor. Since they killed all 152 monsters, they must have suffered quite a lot of damage.

[For now, I think it would be okay to just clean it periodically like that. Most fixed labyrinths are filled with beings that can be called bosses and the minions they train or create. Squeezing out the old blood before it explodes.]

When you said that, I got a little motivated.

It was because I felt that what I had done had contributed to the survival of our group in the future.

And more than anything, I’m already excited to think that there will be a lot of those demon monks the next time I go in.

This means that you can kill everything you see and offer up the corpses to receive a black reward box. Thank god. I was shocked when I thought there would be no regen.

‘If that’s the case, is there really a need to attack it?’

It’s better to just keep stealing and change the reward box.

Hehe. I highly value Inho’s unstoppable desire and greed. But there are also people who are not like that. And… Have you ever thought about who gives the reward box?]

“Ah. “I’m sorry.”

Yes, that’s right. The reward box was ultimately produced by managers led by Asmorphia. That means that if you do something stupid like I just did, sanctions may be imposed.

The advice was to eat in moderation. Understood. Since I recognized it as a skill, I was just planning to steal it indefinitely, but when I thought that they were giving me the reward themselves, I realized that I had to restrain myself a little.

“Ah, something else occurred to me.”

[Haha. You can enter the targeted location.]

“Aha.”

It was a question that suddenly occurred to me.

The question was whether if you re-enter the fixed labyrinth, you would return to the place you left. Not only would it not be possible to attack the first floor again, but Bival, Abalam, and Lamech could be waiting for the spawn kill.

However, as if to relieve my anxiety, you can freely enter the fixed labyrinth to the number of floors you have conquered. You can go in on the first floor, or you can go in on the second floor. You can also go straight to the last 4th floor.

[Then another question. I need to find a crystal ball, but is there a skill or method to find the object? Hmm. There is.]

“Ohh.”

[There are skills and items specialized for searching for objects. You just have to find it or get it. Or…]

“Or?”

[If you go to a puppeteer, he might be able to suggest a way.]

“A puppeteer?”

[Yes. There is a puppeteer called ‘Original’. It’s probably wandering somewhere in this world. If you meet her, be sure to recruit her. It will be a great force.]

“Uh… I understand.”

I got new information. First, I wasn’t sure, but I answered that I would.

“Oh, the last question.”

[Garia of the Blue Moon is a good being. She’s not from another world. She was originally on our side as well. The moon rock he gave you is a very precious item?]

“Ah. Uh. I see.”

I tried to ask a question about the god I met in my dream, and the answer came back right away.

The moon god I saw was named Garia of the Blue Moon. Moreover, he was said to be a good god, as Agaf said, a being friendly to humans.

‘Rather than that, there are cases where the gods on our side and the gods of the other world overlap.’

In many ways, I think it is difficult to talk about dimensions.

[And the Void Snake and the Void Smell… Are probably due to the things down here.]

This was the most important question.

The smell of emptiness. Void Serpent. I was really curious about what that keyword was, and Asmorphia solved my curiosity.

[Was it really because of the abyss bug?]

Even Agaf was convinced.

Raythena’s collapsed sanctuary was originally a 10-story labyrinth.

However, you cannot go down from the first floor. The reason is that Asmorphia has blocked the source.

Below here, insects from the abyss that cannot be opposed are swarming. Asmorphia has forcibly sealed it.

‘The smell of emptiness came from those bugs.’

I got a rough answer. It must be something like an abyss or a void.

“Then let’s go.”

[Yes. I wish you good luck… Our hope.]

Asmorphia smiled slightly. I also smiled at her and then came out.

My companions will be back soon, so I’ll have a light dinner and then go clean the labyrinth again.