I reached out my hand to touch the floating letters, but I couldnât touch them, and my hand went straight through them.
âHaru, can you see these characters?â (Kei)
âHmm? It looks to me like Brother is staring at nothing.â (Haru)
âSeriously?â (Kei)
The words written in the air read, âNumber one, Escapeâ. Just when you think thatâs all there is to it, a series of smaller characters appear underneath it, lining up and forming a sentence.
âWhat does it say?â (Haru)
Haru walks around me in circles, trying to see the words. But she canât seem to see it.
âThen, Iâll read it. It would be helpful if you could take notes.â (Kei)
âOkay!â (Haru)
No. 1 Godâs blessing
In this world, many labyrinths have been spreading. The Evil Ones are building labyrinths and plan to one day invade and take over the surface.
I have to protect everyone on the surface. I have to protect everyone on the surface before itâs too late, no matter what it takes. But Iâve lost faith and thereâs only so much I can do.
I need a way to regain my strength. I will build a labyrinth. Someday, I will raise heroes who will protect the surface, and for that, I will stoop to the level of the Evil One.
Thirty of my former friends were captured by the Evil One and their memories were stolen. They have forgotten their mission to protect the surface, and are being used as pawns by the Evil One to create a labyrinth.
First, you must save themâŠall 30 of them.
If anyone is reading this. If anyone reads this, please be brave. I want you to save your strength.
It is difficult to save my friends directly. First, you must cut down the Labyrinth of Evil.
Courageous ones, please do not forget.
As long as you keep on praying for it, god will continue to bless you.
ââŠHaru, how many dungeons are there at this day?â (Kei)
âHow many? Around three digits.â (Haru)
âWhat do you think?â (Kei)
âI think they are lies.â (Haru)
âThatâs right.â (Kei)
If what Iâve read is true, then the author has 30 friends in the world. The rest of the dungeons are all hostile.
âAlthough the shapes of the dungeons are different, the monsters that come out and the drops are the same, but they are hostile right? The people who made them are different? That sounds like a lie.â (Haru)
âThatâs right. You said something about protecting the surface, but the last time there was a stampede, monsters were climbing up this dungeon too.â (Kei)
âYouâre not protecting the surface, are you? On the contrary, youâre attacking us.â (Haru)
I opened my computer and checked to see if there were any dungeons where monsters did not try to come out during the previous stampede around the world.
âNone. The only thing that matters is whether or not they were able to protect themselves everywhere. Even though there are a lot of places that donât give out information, at least none of the dungeons are saying that the monsters didnât try to come out.â (Kei)
âIs the information all lies?â (Haru)
âI think so, but do you even have to bother telling such a strange lie?â (Kei)
If this really is a lie, then whoever created this dungeon must really like to annoy people.
âI mean, itâs weird when you find this message in the dungeon where the stampede happened? Or is the person who made it saying something other than here is the surface?â (Kei)
âIf so, it would be strange to create a labyrinth and invade the surface. If this is not the surface, there is no point in making a dungeon entrance here.â (Haru)
âThatâs right.â (Kei)
It seems that Haru thought that the thoughts behind the information were improbable, and she fell down on the floor.
âEvery time I think about it, I donât understand.â (Haru)
âI donât know, this time itâs exceptionally confusing. I canât even formulate a hypothesis. I donât know..â
I lay down on Haruâs stomach, using her as a pillow.
âIâll look it up later. [Release 1] may mean someone may be giving out information.â (Kei)
âMaybe there are limits at this level and we havenât reached it yet.â (Haru)
âMaybe. I sleep a little. brain is tired.â (Kei)
âGet up. Donât sleep.â (Haru)
Haru pats my head thatâs on her stomach.
âGood night.â (Haru)
I slowly close my eyelids, feeling Haruâs voice and the light thump on my head.
Of course, there was no way I could go back to sleep, and after a few moments of chattering with Haru, I woke up completely and got on with the housework as usual. And Haru went to bed.