Chapter 64 – Female Knight and Mutant Glass World (2)

After a moment of dizziness, my vision changed.
After successfully entering the glass world, he looked around.

“Keugh…!”

In front of my eyes, Chloe was fighting an orc.
And, unfortunately, the woman dragged away by the orc became a cold corpse and was scattered on her floor.

Looking roughly at the battle situation, Chloe was being pushed back.

In the first place, Orcs are C-class monsters.
Even if it is a C-class monster in the glass world under the jurisdiction of the academy, it is impossible for Chloe alone to deal with ordinary C-class monsters.

Even she currently has no mediocre weapons.
She gave it to Leisha, the black she always wore around her waist, and there’s no way she was carrying a cumbersome shield while following our date.

It was a self-evident fact that Chloe would lose if she continued like this, so I immediately applied her buff to her.

Increases stamina by 39
Increases durability by 41

BP was invested in her stamina and endurance to prevent her from getting hurt by any chance, raising her stats to the limit.

Chloe was looking at me with a surprised expression, probably noticing my buff.

“Hold on a minute.”

Increases mana by 30
Tornado 1 rise
Increase Magic Amplification 2
Rise Double Casting 4

When I asked Chloe to wait a moment, she nodded her head in agreement. I raised mana to use the tornado-windcutter combo.

At the same time, the orc, who recognized me as a danger, tried to run towards me with a wooden club to crush my neck, but the attempt was blocked by Chloe blocking the way between me and him.

The orc tried to get away from Chloe’s defense, which prevented her from approaching me, but her magic was already completed.

Blades flying in the wind storm formed by mana wrapped around the orc, and the orc’s skin was gradually torn apart by the blade.

“Buhiik!”

As if that wasn’t enough, the orc who hadn’t collapsed yet looked at me and let out a disgusting cry.

However, he was seriously injured and blood was pouring from all over his body.

I didn’t even want to treat it in one shot from the beginning.

I raised Mana again and prepared her magic, and Chloe blocked the orcs from approaching me.

Once again, a tornado wrapped around him, and this time the orc turned to dust and disappeared, leaving behind a magic stone.

“Whoa… I’m getting a little dizzy.”

In addition to buffs, tornadoes, and wind cutters, he felt slightly dizzy as if his mana ran out in an instant because he was using magic-related abilities.

“Are you okay?”

Chloe approached me and asked with an expressionless face, but there was a little worry in her voice.

“Oh, take a break and you’ll be fine.”

There are also decent mana stats and increased mana recovery.
I could feel the mana slowly filling up.
If you wait about an hour, the mana will be full.

“I’m sorry… I couldn’t protect that woman.”

“What are you sorry about me for? I’m okay.”

Said Chloe, looking at the corpse with her sad eyes.
In fact, the fact that she endured this much without a weapon against an orc was amazing.

Looking around slowly, I couldn’t see the exit to the glass world.

“Is it a mutant type?”

“Okay.”

I asked and Chloe nodded.

“Judging from the fact that the exit to the glass world is not visible, it seems to have mutated into a closed type.”

“I guess so. Originally, there should be an exit behind you… But it’s good that the lady didn’t come in.”

After looking around for a while, Chloe realized that Laysha was not here and said as if she was relieved.

I checked the dungeon notification window.

[Grade: Special B-Grade]

However, it was a mutant type, so he simply explained the grade without any information.

“Because it’s a special B- grade… To be honest, I think it will be difficult for the two of us to attack.”

“I think so too.”

“Are you going to commit suicide?”

If you die in the glass world, you will be resurrected outside the glass world.
But that common sense was shattered.

“What nonsense is that? It seems to be mistaken for other glass worlds, but if you die in the mutant glass world, it is the end.”

“What…?”

Chloe said to me with a serious expression.
I recalled the time when I died in the mutant glass world while playing the game.

… Never had that.

I’ve been swept away by the mutant glass world a few times, but my character itself is a healer, so one of my party members didn’t die.

Then, I looked back and remembered the academy’s hero guide.

[It’s game over if you fall behind in the world of mutant glass, so make sure to save it.]

Many players questioned that fact.
I tried asking the production company, but I think they said they didn’t get an answer… I think they came to the conclusion that it was probably their own balance adjustment.
“Then do we have to clear this place?”

“Yes.”

Chloe nodded heavily as if to indicate the seriousness of the situation.

“… Okay. Let’s take a break for a while and move.”

The remaining GP is 2000.
Reached level 5 by investing in increased mana regeneration.

Now that Chloe has no weapons, I shouldn’t suffer from lack of mana.

After about 10 minutes like that, I felt that my mana had recovered to some extent, so I focused my mind using the search skill.

“It sucks…”

“Hmm? What did you say?”

Chloe, unable to hear my murmur, asked.

As a result of searching for monsters within 500M using the search skill, there were at least 20 orcs, and there were quite a few monsters stronger than that.
Even then, I couldn’t fully explore the interior of this glass world.

“… Hopeless.”

Chloe’s plain expression was no different from mine.

In order to escape from this world of glass, you must defeat all the monsters in the world of glass.
Orcs could be defeated enough if they took the time, but the problem was that there were several monsters besides that.

A total of 50 or more monsters of a lower grade than Orcs were detected by the search skill, and more than 10 monsters of a higher grade were sensed.

Even more monsters will exist in areas that have not yet been explored with the exploration skill.

Above all, my mana is not infinite.
If you use magic, you must take a break, and once charged mana is all about killing one orc.

I don’t know if she uses Magi, but what will she think if she sees me using the power that Han Geon-woo, who kidnapped Laysha, used?

Margie should be saved as a last resort.

“Haa… But I can’t just die here. Let’s start by finding a place to stay for a while.”

“Okay.”

I concentrated again and looked around.
It felt like a pretty good cave, but there were already about 10 orcs staying there.

Of course it is rejected.

“… First, let’s sort out the weak monsters.”

Monsters existed everywhere, so I had to deal with them.
Chloe nodded as she knew that too.

Eight hours passed, and while avoiding monsters higher than orcs as much as possible, I cleared the area by killing a total of 50 monsters: 19 E+, 21 D- to D+, and 10 C-.

“Get some rest. I’ll see you.”

Chloe said, having become accustomed to the pattern of refilling mana after consuming mana over the past eight hours.

“Yes, please.”

I sat down on the floor for a while and took a break.
Up to D- without a mana barrier, Chloe could easily deal with it, but Chloe couldn’t use her strength properly from the level above that.

Without her weapon, she inevitably struggled using her fists and feet, but her abilities are shield arts, not martial arts.

Chloe’s clothes were torn in places from fighting with her unfamiliar fists and feet.
Important parts were not visible.

And of course, I healed the wounds with my recovery skill.

“…I’m ashamed, can you look away?”

She said, blushing her little bit.

“Oh yeah.”

I slowly rolled my eyes and looked at the ground.
After recovering some mana again, I cast a search skill.

“I think the only place to spend the night around here is the small tunnel I saw earlier.”

“Is it. I have no intention of complaining about the residence. I want to move right after the break, is that okay?”

She asked me and I looked up at the sky.

The sun was starting to set before I knew it, so I had to find a place to spend the night.

“Yeah, this is enough. Let’s move right away.”

After talking while getting up, we moved to the slightly larger tunnel we had seen before.

It was small enough to fill up if Chloe and I lay down.

“Then what about the night shift?”

Of course, when you lie down at the same time, you will never lie down together.

“… Why don’t you stay up all night?”

Maybe not.

“… Why? What are you going to do if a monster appears in the middle of the night?”

“Of course, if you think like that, it is correct to keep a vigil, but most of the monsters you said you searched for are diurnal. And if you dare to expose your location outside the tunnel, I think it is right to go into the tunnel and hide.”

“Surely…”

It made sense.

The Orcs, Orc Warriors, and Ogres that existed roughly within the search range were diurnal monsters.

And if a monster with an Orc or higher rank appears, there is a high possibility that we will not be able to win even if we fight hard.

In that case, it would be right to hide from the beginning.

“So, even if you keep a vigil, it would be better to take turns sleeping in the tunnel one by one. What do you think?”

“Huh. That sounds good. Let’s do it.”

As a result of the two or more, she decided to put her to sleep first.

After entering the tunnel, a tree branch was draped over the entrance of the tunnel and covered with leaves and soil.

From the inside, it looked pretty plausible.
Unless you accidentally step on that entrance and pass by, you won’t notice.

And we lay back to back in the narrow tunnel.
A warm sensation was felt from their backs and buttocks touching each other.

It was a bit cold because of the chilly night air, but it went well.

“Okay, then I’ll sleep first. Wake me up if anything happens.”

Did Chloe feel the touch with me too?
He said with a slight trembling voice.

And after a while, the cry of an insect came from outside the entrance of the tunnel.
I just stared blankly at the dirt wall, listening to the sound.

“My lady must be worried.”

Haven’t you fallen asleep yet?
Chloe said in a bitter voice.

Since she was on her back, it was impossible to tell what expression she was making.

“Don’t worry. It has mutated into a closed glass world.”

“Yes.”

From behind her back, she felt as if she was nodding her neck once.

In the closed glass world in the game, time passed significantly faster than in reality.

It seemed that the connection between spaces was closed and the flow of time was separated at the same time, but I couldn’t remember exactly.

“Anyway, even if you’ve been here for a month, it’s only about three days outside, so don’t worry too much and worry about tomorrow.”

“… Thanks.”

Chloe said in a low voice,

“When I first entered the world of glass alone, I was at a loss, but thanks to that, I survived. And I’m sorry. You came all the way here because of me.”

“I’m sorry, thank you. Do only one And you came in instead of Laysha. Is not it?”

“That’s right… Whoops… Then I’ll just be thankful.”

Chloe replied with a small smile.
It was the first time I’d seen her smile.

After that Chloe fell asleep and she said nothing more.

We scanned the surroundings using the search skill in between, but there were no monsters approaching us.

And when four hours had passed, roughly estimating the body time, she woke Chloe.

“Hmm… Is it my turn already?”

She had just woken from her sleep and she said in a somber voice.

“I’ll wake you up when it’s bright, so go to sleep.”

“Then I will ask you.”

After a short answer, I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

Thanks to Chloe’s warmth coming from her back, she was able to fall asleep without shivering in the night air.
Maybe she did too.