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<h1>A Surprise Attack (1)</h1>
…… Hmmm, should I continue exploring the place?
Having picked up “The Umbrella of Intertwining fate” from this small room, I place the magic item in my bag pack. I debated whether to continue exploring the Dungeon having dove into the place, not long after sex with Harumachi-Sensei.
And so far, my exploration is going well, I don’t feel that much fatigued either. I still had that injury from when the Blue Rose’s thorns cut my arm. But the wound itself wasn’t that deep and I didn’t have trouble moving around.
「Inhale. Exhale……. Okay…」
Inhaling deeply before departing the small room, I had relaxed my nerves. I had weighed my options about continuing my exploration or turning around and heading back.
According to the little book, If I receive a severe amount of damage I would be automatically forced back to the Dungeon’s entrance, but that also meant losing the items I acquired.
That would mean, “The Umbrella of Intertwining Fate” would return back to its Treasure chest.
It didn’t specify how much damage is considered critical, but I should start being more careful from now on.
I continue walking down the stone corridor while thinking back to the rules I had read previously. My left hand still following the wall, mapping things on my phone application as I head back.
The mapping app on my smartphone also recorded my position, properly showing this labyrinth’s structure. Looking closely at the shape displayed on the screen, I had an epiphany about the dungeon itself.
Wow…. could it be, that the first floor is a 400-meter perfect square?
Staring at the mapping app, the path displayed before me has been following a certain pattern. Having taken a left 200 meters from the Dungeon entrance, and moving 400 meters forward of that, the path crept a little further to the right side.
The path I traced out with my left hand, created a winding path that mapped the outside of the floor. Looking at its beautiful shape, it was too much to call it just a coincidence.
So if this place is a 400-meter x 400-meter square, the area of the first floor should be 160,000 square meters……
That’s 0.16 of a square kilometer. The size of this place is about three times of a dome.
While doing simple arithmetic in my head, I realized the problem with exploring every part of the first floor. It may take some time to completely map out the place because the passages are more intricate and convoluted than one would think.
Having found two Magic items so far must have all been due to sheer luck. After coming to that conclusion, I decided to set off mapping the dungeon once again.
And soon my theory of this place became conformity. After exploring for less than an hour, the map projected on my screen was a beautiful square image.
……. Did I just explore the whole exterior path of the dungeon? Whoa, I didn’t expect that the exterior paths would connect like this, so it didn’t matter if I went clockwise or counterclockwise…….
And not only that, but I came upon a very familiar small room.
It’s here…. the small room I entered yesterday….
Looking at the scene it matched my memory perfectly, with everything being there as I had left it. Inside of it was an open chest, its lid still lay open with nothing else in the room.
And just to ensure, I looked inside the chest where I had picked up “The Night Invitation Candle” and the note was in the middle.
Tagging the room’s location in my mapping app carefully. Because this place was a labyrinth, I figured I would run into a dead-end somewhere along the way, but miraculously I never did. I was at a loss for words, it’s hard to tell if all of it was due to luck or something else entirely.
…Maybe my adventurer’s blood running in me. I giggled.
For now, let’s just go back to the entrance, then I’ll try to go to the center of the dungeon this time to check if my theory is correct. I’m still feeling pretty good right now, maybe I should try and get that last item too.
Having made a plan of what to do next, I set my mind on it and just followed the path I walked yesterday.
It’s a path I’ve already explored once, so going down it again should be a cinch.
Along the way, I encountered Lv 3 Rats. I was able to deal with them without any difficulty with my sharp knife.
And soon I made my way back to the dungeon's entrance.
Now then, this time, let’s go this way.
Taking a different path from the entrance entirely, the passageway went left then right, and then another left and right before turning into a fork. Maybe if I go this way I can actually make it to the center.
But the moment I turned the corner―
From around the corner, a branch comes swinging down at me. Throwing my arms above my head to block the surprise attack, I managed to stop it.
The impact wasn’t that heavy, but pain traveled through my arms as they started to become numb. Jumping back, I couldn’t help but frown.
“Hollow Tree!” I said in surprise.