Commencing Conquest
I consumed my stamina buffing my Attributes to around 6000s.
I'm expending more than usual, likely due to the high gravity pull. This should only be usable twice, thrice in real combat and last for about five minutes.
"U, guuuu...!!"
My body is creaking. It doesn't hurt or anything but I still can tell it's bearing a huge load.
It only feels like I've got my usual physique back once I added in Mana Powered Armor on top of Energy Control buff.
Nothing will be done if I can't move. I have to get close to that crystal and smash it with pile bunker.
My body is so heavy now, Mana Flight doesn't work. Guess I gotta leg it there.
"Hmph...! Hmmphmph...! Hmphhhh.....!!"
I couldn't help heaving every time I took a step.
My body gradually feels even heavier, my step is getting shorter each time.
The gravity pull gets more intense the closer you are to this thing...!
Not good, I'm gonna get flattened before I get in melee range.
Should I attack with Remote Mana Control...!?
W, what the heck, the flat ground I was treading on suddenly turned into a slope.
No wait, the ground is gradually rising, toppled over?
No, that's not it, that crystal has changed the gravity direction in this room!
What the heck is this ability!? It's gonna be a big hit for an amusement park's attraction!
What was the ground becomes a wall now with the crystal sitting at the end of the room which is the top now.
Oy oy, forget about even trying to get closer. Can ranged attacks even reach that thing?
『Stone Bullet.』
!!
The crystal made a mechanical sound voice as it shot out bullets of stone.
F-fast!? A rain of stones the size of a head poured down at near mach speed, likely due to the gravity pull.
How is Stone Bullet this powerful! These things packed way more firepower than Alma's buffed Stone Bullet.
The crystal shooting this spell ceaselessly when even a hit would have taken a huge chunk of my HP. I'd get turned into a beehive, no, a minced meat at this rate.
I can't keep dodging this forever. Gotta think up a way to block it!
I molded my hardened mana into the shape of a shield and put it above of me. It's about 3 meter in diameter.
I also spread out mana cushion below the shield to soften the blows.
...H, huh, I can't spread the cushion well...!?
Feels like it's being pushed down every time I tried to.
The heck, dammit, I'm gonna force it open! I'll cover my body in cushion and then put it below the shield--
Huh, what, my body is getting pulled to the wall?
I fell down to the ground that had been turned into wall. Has the gravity direction returned to normal.
No, wrong. I'm the only one getting pulled to the real ground, the stones that crystal shot are still stuck on the wall.
Wait, my body, feels light?
Once I enveloped my whole body in Mana Cushion, the intense gravity pull disappeared like a dream.
Is it because I've wrapped myself in Mana Cushion instead of Mana Armor?
<<[Gravity Magic] is a Skill that disperses user's mana in an entire space and puts load in an arbitrary direction. Replicating effects akin to gravitational manipulation.>>
<<It is estimated that Kajikawa Hikaru has escaped the effects of Gravity Magic by pushing away the dispersed mana with his own mana enveloping his body's vicinity.>>
I, I don't really get it, but I guess it means I'm free from Gravity Magic's mana grasp.
Umu, my body feels so light. It felt so heavy as if I was encased in lead, yet I feel like I can fly without mana now.
I twisted and stretched my body now protected by mana cushion.
Once I was done stretching, my entire being felt like it was brimming with strength.
"Phew... Now, let's do this."
『...[Rock Break].』
The crystal cast Intermediate Magic, or more like Advanced due to its stat and rained down a volley of five meter big boulders my way.
It would have taken me everything just to deal with this if it was like before, but this is nothing now.
Alright, my Energy Control consumption is also back to normal. Then...!
It's time to strike back. Say your prayer, darned crystal.
Buffing my Attributes to 10000s with Energy Control!!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~Hero's Group, living a horror game life~~~~~~~~~~
We got away from those noh masked head thingy somehow.
Looking back, those things should be a type of magic beasts too. We could have just taken 'em down.
"Dangit, my Livelihood Ring broke down when I used it. They went out of their way to set up this mechanism. How nasty can a floor be...!"
"Would have eased the mind somewhat if only we could use [Light]..."
"Auu, N-Neora-san, don't let go of my haaaand...!"
"I-it's okay, Olivie, calm down... Also, the hand you've been pressing your chest on is mine... They sure are soft, gununu...!"
Levia, swap with me. Please change with me. Ah, no? Figured.
Livelihood Magic Ring allows the use of 'Light' or 'Ignition' which would be a huge relief in this situation.
Them being unusable is quite a bit of an issue.
And I can't use Item Screen right now. I don't have anything on me that would work as a light source.
There's a rest area after every Floor furnished with magic stove and such so we had no need to carry around stuff like firewood either.
...I thought of taking the stove with us, but it's very clear to me now that cheating like that would get us harshly punished in this trial.
Who can say what kind of penalty they'd impose on us if we did. We'd better braving on this pitch black darkness.
"Can't we use Spells, like 'Shine Ball' or 'Fire Ball' to light this place."
"Doable if you don't mind them fizzling out right away. My control isn't good enough yet."
"We tried to burn wood objects but they wouldn't light up..."
"Yeah, it's like they're made of nonburnable materials. Like trying to set rock on fire."
Not only it's dark here, we're restricted on what we can do as well.
The eeriness is simply out of this world.
"The switches won't turn the lights on either. This place's maker really has the worst personality."
"No telling when those weird faced things are going to come for us again. Let's make haste for the next floor."
"Uuu... I'm gonna see this in my dream..."
Olivie half tearfully muttered while adjusting her glasses.
Can't really blame her. What's the deal with this realistic haunted house anyway.
We may have managed to give those noh mask things the slip, but there's no telling when we're gonna come across another.
I tried to search for presences by concentrating but my head got hot if I did that for long. I'm still not used to the tech.
We found a door-like object. It's a bulky looking stone door that looks out of place in a school. It's probably gonna take us to the next floor.
But it seems to be locked, we can't get it to open. Do we have to search the building for a key or something. This place is pretty large, sounds like a huge pain.
Splitting up would have been the best course of action, but nobody wants to go alone so the three of us are moving as a group.
Going alone in this situation is like setting up your own death flag. I mean we'll get revived anyway, but that's not the issue.
Guess we hafta look for it the old fashioned way, what a hassle.
I opened a door to a classroom while grumbling inwardly--
『Uboa.』
『U, boa.』
『Boaboaboaboaboaboaboaboaboa.』
『Boahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!』
『Hihihifehehehehehahahaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!』
It's an all you can have apparitions buffet including the noh mask bastards.
A moving anatomical human model.
A man with a hole on his face filled with maggots.
A woman with a mouth split to her forehead.
A fully bandaged mummy riding on a bicycle while swinging a katana around.
A goldfish in a water tank that turned bigger before leaping our way.
『Hehehehehebebebebyagadavaaaaaaa!!』
"Kyaaaaaaaa!!!"
"Noooooooooo!!!"
"I can't take it anymoooooooore!!!"
We promptly turned tail and ran away with all our might.
My body chose to flee on reflex even though they don't seem that strong.
No way. There's no way. What is even that. I'm so done.
"I-I-It's a dead end!? What now!"
"They're gonna catch up to us--"
"Nooooo!!"
"Ah hey, Olivie!?"
Dunno what was on her mind as Olivie suddenly turned around and took a leap.
Toward a glass window. You can see outside from the hallway.
*Crash*, the sound of a smashed glass.
She got so scared out of her mind she'd rather break through a glass window if it could take her away. This is the third floor though?
Ah, she used Air Step before hitting the ground, killing the impact. T-that's some amazing reflex and physique.
"Neora! They're on to us! Let's jump too!"
"O, ou!"
A moment later, Levia and I took a leap of faith as well. The last glass window broke apart.
We killed the impact by Air Step-ping before landing just like Olivie did.
"W-was sure I'm gonna die...!"
"We get revived if we die, but dying is the last thing I want in this floor..."
"I get you."
I'm afraid I'd join those apparitions if I die here. Uh, well, probably not though.
Now that we're here, might as well check out the first floor. That room back then is way too much, not gonna come close anymore.
We need to map out this place and take note on which room to avoid and which to check.
Wouldn't have needed to draw a map manually if only I could use Menu... We really need Menu's help like yesterday.
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