The Absolute Speed of a Certain Comic 135

Title: Entering the 18th Floor

*BOOM*

Like a launched missile, the black axe embedded itself into the wall with a thunderous sound.

“AHHHH-!”

The Minotaur that wasn’t fully born died stillborn. Before dying, it let out a pitiful scream. The black smoke dissipated, leaving only a fist-sized magic stone that fell to the ground.

“Monster?”

The ugly frog-like woman approached, retrieved the axe, looked around, and saw no one.

“You all need to be closely watched by me! If that handsome boy escapes from here, don’t blame me for not looking after my comrades!”

After shouting in a voice like a broken gong, she left the corridor with the axe and continued searching the area on the 15th Floor.

“Tsk, when has that ugly woman ever shown mercy? She always snatches up the men we like!”

Only after she left did a hooded woman express her anger.

“Continue patrolling. He should be on this floor. I hope she’ll at least let us have some soup while she eats the meat…”

The others sighed one by one, then continued walking around the entrance of the corridor.

“Brown skin and stealing men... is this the style of the Amazoness race?”

At the end.

Hoshiharu’s figure appeared here without warning, as if space had shifted. Seeing that no one noticed him, he retreated step by step, then quickly walked toward the depths.

❀❀❀

16th Floor.

After reuniting with Line and Lefiya, Hoshiharu informed them of the information he had gathered.

“The Amazoness blocked the entrance to the 14th Floor?”

“Is there another ugly girl with strength comparable to Tiona-san?”

Line and Lefiya exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.

“Among the Amazoness with so many high-level adventurers, it should only be Ishtar Familia, but do they dare to attack us?”

After all, they were part of Loki Familia, one of the strongest Familias in Orario, and they took pride in being members of the strongest Familia.

When venturing out, almost no one dared to provoke them. Even Freya Familia, also one of the strongest, rarely had real conflicts with them.

“Not everyone in this world is rational.”

Hoshiharu shook his head.

If intelligent beings used reason to restrain themselves, there wouldn’t be so much trash in the world, but most people would choose to follow their desires.

Moreover, his charm was enough to make people lose their sanity.

That ugly girl might have heard about him from somewhere or met him before, and then lost her mind.

“What should we do now?”

Lefiya looked at Line on her left and Hoshiharu on her right, appearing a bit confused.

“I’m afraid all three of us have become targets. We shouldn’t be able to get out… Should we wait for the Familia executives to rescue us?”

Line frowned slightly and was also a bit hesitant.

“But new support won’t arrive until at least tomorrow morning.”

Hoshiharu replied, “And now that Amazoness is searching floor by floor. They will definitely find us before tomorrow morning.”

Loki Familia didn’t have the habit of checking rooms at night. At least until tomorrow morning, the Familia executives would notice that they hadn’t returned all night, then send someone to rescue them.

But the Amazoness would arrive soon, and they couldn’t wait that long.

Breaking through the front wasn’t a good idea.

If there were only a few Level 2 or Level 3 adventurers among the Amazoness, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to take the risk and pass through, but the problem was that there was also a Level 5 among them.

The ugly girl with an oppressive feeling comparable to Tiona must be Level 5.

It would take them at least an hour to return to the surface from here. Winning against a Level 5 in a one-hour chase was impossible.

“Mhm… Then, hide and seek with them in the labyrinth?”

Lefiya suggested rather naively.

If they continued to face the Amazoness in the labyrinth, it would be enough if they could safely hide until tomorrow morning, but the downside of this plan was also very clear.

“That relies too much on luck, I don’t recommend it.”

Hoshiharu shook his head, paused, and continued, “There’s something else very important – we don’t have any food.”

*Gululu~*

As soon as they mentioned food, all three of their stomachs rumbled loudly, making Lefiya blush with embarrassment.

“Without food, it’s the worst possible situation.”

Line touched her flat stomach, and her expression looked unpleasant.

Recovery Potions could only restore stamina but couldn’t replace food.

Once they went without eating or drinking water for a long time, their condition would definitely deteriorate, their minds would become unclear, and their bodies would lose strength… Let alone escaping the Amazoness hunt, even fighting the monsters in the dungeon would be difficult.

“There’s a safer way.”

Line struggled for a while but finally chose to speak up.

“What way?”

Hoshiharu had just been planning to suggest that he would go up to draw the attention of the Level 5, so they could take the opportunity to escape back to the Familia for help.

“The 18th Floor.”

Line raised her index finger with a serious expression.

“The 18th Floor is a safe floor in the dungeon. Monsters don’t spawn there, and there are special dungeon fruits. Some adventurers have even settled there!”

“Is there such a place?”

Hoshiharu was surprised. He had been here for twenty days but had never heard of such a thing.

“Since we never go there, we didn’t mention it.”

Line shook her head.

They all set out early and returned late, rarely entering the 18th Floor, so they hadn’t introduced that information to Hoshiharu.

“If the 18th Floor is a safe floor and there are even adventurers settled there, it’s indeed the most suitable place for us to stay.”

Hoshiharu’s expression brightened slightly.

“When we get there, we can offer a high reward for some adventurers to report the news to the Familia for us. That way, even the Ishtar Familia’s Level 5 won’t be able to cause trouble, right?”

It was unlikely that the Amazoness would risk offending others and block the path directly. Their goal should only be to keep Hoshiharu and the others below, without hindering other adventurers.

This method was much safer than the one he had in mind.

If Hoshiharu chose his method, he was confident he could safely escape from the Level 5, but Line and Lefiya might become targets for other Amazoness, which was not advisable.

“That’s what I thought too.”

Line smiled and nodded in agreement, but then her heart grew heavy again.

“The only problem is that there might be a Monster Rex on the 17th Floor…”

If they happened to encounter the Floor Boss that had finished spawning, it would be tragic, a situation of death with a tiger in front and a wolf behind.

NO.

Instead, with Hoshiharu on this team, such a situation wouldn’t be a coincidence but inevitable.

“…Let’s go take a look.”

Hoshiharu closed his eyes, thought for a moment, then raised his head.

“Thinking about it here isn’t an option. The more we hesitate now, the closer the danger gets. We must take action now. As for the situation, we’ll wait until the time comes!”

When he said this, he seemed very determined as if he had made up his mind.

“Alright!”

Line and Lefiya exchanged glances and nodded solemnly in response.