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Hajime and the rest reappeared in the same forest of trees that they had left fro just yet The area was vast, with trees stretching as far as the eye could see, giving Hajime no clue on which direction to head

In many ways it resembled the tree levels in the Orcus Labyrinth, a forest soround Most of the trees appeared to be about the saht, but one tree in the distance seeuessed that was their next destination

"It looks like everyone is here"

Hajiroup with a squint He had feared that the transportation circle would have split thee, but it appeared like his worries were unfounded

"…Hajime, any fakes?" Yue inquired

"No, everyone seems okay My eyes tell me that everyone is real"

"It’s okay if Hajiives out a look of confidence

Hajime wished Shia would be more careful in case he himself was the fake However, he reasoned that Yue would be able to tell if Hajime was a fake and warn Shia, if that situation arouse

Watching the dense forest ahead, Hajilanced over his shoulder, exaure of Kouki and Suzu ore shadows over their expressions

Whatever Suzu’s dreauess what Kouki had seen No, whatever it was, it was enough that he didn’t co off the dream was too much of a shock Those dreahtmare It was a deep pain that they would never be able to coled to shake off the shock of those dreams and coht now They couldn’t afford to lose their edge, or a singlethem to despair in aon forever

"Suzu, Koaki, Are you just going to give up?" Hajime breaks the silence harshly

"Like we have a choice!"

"Eh? What do youeyes The sharp-teer at Hajime’s harsh words, but Haji

"This is one of the great labyrinths Death is merely a step ahead Death is around every corner, just a second away If you can’t concentrate, then just give up here Die in vain"

"Just wait for a ive yourself, that doesn’t change the fact that you were unable to clear the trial froe that However, you could at least have the deteres as necessary You don’t see it now, but someone who has no spirit is worse than a burden to the rest of us"

"… I,"

"I can open a gateway outside the labyrinth for you to flee Either proceed or give up, but I won’t allow you to continue like this"

Silence wrapped around the group Kouki clinched his teeth in a desperate attenation However, after what Hajiroup, he wasn’t surprised that Kouki was angry

The group had realized their failure They had let their attention slip, unconsciously assus would turn out okay because Hajih they were looking to becoroup had depended on hih the middle section of the labyrinth They were supposed to beat the labyrinth on their own, yet their dependence on Hajiry at theer here, as Haji to discharge his anger with fresh air

"Nagu!" Suzu declared

Hajihter For a ave Hajih for ood now, then focus on your surroundings" Hajiain

Ryuutaro clapped Kouki on the shoulder hard as he stared at the Haji to support hiave him a look of appreciation

Even Kaori and Shizukuo seeiven by Suzu and picked up their steps, taking either side of Suzu for support

Hajiht towards the trees he had identified earlier

The area was quiet; there wasn’t even a sound of crickets Even the asn’t blowing, so when Hajime brushed by a branch the noise seemed to echo in the silence

"H"

"Yeah, it’s the saht before the ans of demons"

Everyone’s eyes were leery with tension Tio had her brows furrowed Kaori and Shizuku shivered as they re with theole I suspect we can continue without any incidents But if it’d make you feel better, we can burn the whole forest down"

"Nagumo… I don’t kno to say this, but sometimes your ideas scare me" Ryuutaro Tsukkomi’d

"I learned to think this way in the hell of the abyss I’m alive today because of it I didn’t have a barrier maker like Suzu to protectto ash would leave nowhere for anything to hide Although it would probably be a little dangerous if the surrounding area was turned to flames

It looked like Hajime wasn’t able to persuade the other members Instead, he removed Getsurin and several cross bits froht they would regret stopping Hajime They didn’t knoould happen if they let Hajime carpet boht disappear

"… Is it? Rain?"

"Looks like it, it’s starting to trickle down"

Kouki frowned at the feeling of reed as she wiped off her hand They shuttered at the seely impossible phenoroup

"Tsch… Yue!" Hajime called out suddenly

"It’s a… holy shield!" Yue responded

Haji Yue to create a barrier just in time

Immediately after…

Zaaaaaaaaa…

The rain quickly turned into a torrent, striking Yue’s barrier and sliding off the surface with a dorori sound However, by all odds it couldn’t be round and there was no sky

If they could figure out the trap Were they being showered with sulfuric acid or souise? This tiu calmly, even in this circumstance, Hajirowing tension The trees, grass, and land see out milky white stuff

"Is it a slime or…? Hoere you able to conceal yourself? I can’t even sense it with the h the barrier Deco a slime with the ability to avoid his notice, the round and surrounded their feet Normally, the effect of "holy shield" is a spherical barrier deployed all the way to ground, but did not go into the ground It seeround and was now attacking from the inside out

To suddenly be attacked from the feet Kaori hurried to invoke decomposition as the milky-white slime had already reached their knees

The milky-white slime collapsed into sht, they don’t have much in the way of physical attacks, but they’ll consu it disappear co!"

Ryuutaro pounded a fist into theto try to cover hih the sli it apart as his fist strikes the inner wall of Yue’s barrier

"You fool, Ryuutaro! You’reit on ized

"It feels so gross!" Shizuku complained

Suzu and Shizuku raised voices of complaint as Ryuutaro attacked the slime His attempt to punch the slime had splashed it all over the people beside hiirls all covered in sticky white stuff and you get the gist)

"Oh no, Shizu, are you alright?"

"Yes, I’uys seem to die unexpectedly easy…" Suzu explained

"Oh, no, I’ll help… erm… Oh, never mind!" Kouki turned away and blushed

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The erous In fact they were rather fragile from what you’d expect in a labyrinth However, they had a bad side effect on the girls Kouki couldn’t talk to her without averting his gaze

They also had to avert their eyes quickly from Suzu because she wasn’t in a much better situation

However, Suzu had a more suspicious face when she looked at Kouki and witnessed the sli to cover the outside of the barrier

The effect seemed to disturb Kouki

That was perhaps the nature of the ot spread around, such as when Ryuutaro hit them In other words, it was there to cover you in the turbid liquid

What Kouki was reacting to… to put it simply, the appearance of Suzu and Shizuku covered in sliirls didn’t seerettably not an exception

As the milky white slimes had breached the barrier, Yue attacked with a scaled-down version of "Saint Sever" while burning the pieces aith "blue dragon" However, she wasn’t able to stopcloudy liquid over her cheeks and neck

Shia had also struck one of theto cover her like Ryuutaro and Shizuku, splattering as attached However, because her poas higher it ended up in a shockwave unlike Ryuutaros The amount was small, but still…

Tio had taken the blunt of Shia’s attack, beco accidently bathed into aim for Tio, but it seemed like it was just bad luck Tio was in front, and the effect was si hit with a pie in the face (Translation Note: Yeah, we’ll go with pie There are kids reading this This is a totally innocent scene and totally not a bukkake)

Tio was in a ki peeked out fro down her legs Yeah, this looked really bad on the surface

Kaori was the only one spared fro of liquid with the use of her decomposition spell However, the initial rain before Yue had put up a barrier had already done its dae, and she didn’t look much better than any of the other members

Hajiirls Yue’s appearance was too dangerous and Ryuutaro was looking around with eyes a little too bright for Hajih since the still didn’t know the milky white slimes weakness It was iet what has been seen this day)

A lifefor extinct

So, like this, the Milky slime in the barrier were easily destroyed Now that they had the slione, Hajime turned his attention to those outside the "holy shield" covered in creamy white slime He slowly approached the wall and transferred a cross bit and a Getsurin outside of the wall

"After all, it becomes like this…"

Hajime examined the world outside with his demon eye via the cross bit The world outside overfloithwere covered and sliround had become a sea of milky white

If it had not been for Yue’s quick cast of the defensivequickly sed This was truly a great labyrinth

"Yue, will the barrier hold? I’o"

At Yue’s word, Hajime releases all the crossbits and Getsurin at the saic, it’s ti to use that…"

"Last time you used this Suzu’s barrier would have broke if we didn’t have revivalto die Don’t attack theave Ryuutaro a look before turning away Suzu wore an expression like a dead fish It seemed that Hajime’s prison of flahtly watery Kouki was still evading his eyes It looked like Kouki still reet rid of the rest of the slime with your decomposition It looks bad"

Kaori was surprised at the attention Haji what Haji about when he said it "looked bad"

All the ladies were dirty and covered in white liquid and it looked kind of… they blushed all at once Hajiue, in consideration of the fact that weren’t aware of their own appearances To directly point out what it looked like would be a bad iving a look of appreciation, she e up the white liquid

Haji in from the cross bit

(The rain of slime seemed to not weaken at all Is there a li, there is noin volu It struck the ceiling, only to havethefor evena central hole

Haji, then confirh that he could just see the tip He brought out a spider-golem and another Getsurin from the "treasure rooness around each hole