Chapter 266: The Infinite Labyrinth, Anew (3)
Chapter 266: The Infinite Labyrinth, Anew (3)
At that same moment, on the 19th floor of the Infinite Labyrinth.
Rumble, rumble.
A crimson energy began to swirl throughout the entire labyrinth.
The walls shimmered with a reddish glow—an unmistakable sign that the labyrinth was going berserk.
"Ugh, here it comes...!"
The knight Lucius gripped his sword tightly.
The role assigned to Lucius and the other knights was to guard the entrance of each floor.
If the entrance were breached, the beasts of this floor would ascend to the floor above. Then, the stronger beasts from the lower floors would continue to move up, eventually resulting in a backflow of monsters pouring out onto the surface.
"Dammit, it's going berserk and we're just supposed to stand here and watch...?"
"The higher-ups will take care of stopping the rampage."
"Ma'am. Aren't you worried at all?"
"What's there to worry about? Did you sleep through the mission briefing?"
Mel, a mage from the Magic Tower, pointed her staff forward.
"Watch closely."
Mel pulled something out of the bag at her waist.
"That is...?"
"A Breast Magic Stone. On the outside, it looks exactly like a woman's tit, but it holds an incredible amount of mana inside."
After placing the Breast Magic Stone on the ground, Mel slammed the tip of her staff down, perfectly aligning it with the stone's nipple.
Flash!
The mana dispersing from the Breast Magic Stone instantly formed a magic circle, and soon, a wide trench was created, blocking the path in front of the knights.
"T-This is...!"
"The Count sent these to every floor. Isn't it wicked? He's even using things like this to turn the Infinite Labyrinth into a total mess."
Mel gestured toward the area outside the trench with her chin.
Lucius cautiously peeked over the edge. There, something protruding forward was aimed toward the far end of the labyrinth corridor.
"Is this... a Round Shield?"
"You don't have to try so hard. It's just a Titty Shield."
"No, Ma'am. I was trying to be polite on purpose..."
"Tits are tits. Actually, no. Should I just call them breasts? Or maybe jugs?"
"Ma'am."
"I'm joking. But despite how it looks, I heard the effect is quite spectacular."
Skreeee!
Beasts began to approach from the far end of the corridor.
Their eyes were filled with a crimson glow, looking as if they had lost all reason, ready to charge and slaughter everyone at any moment.
"Knights, pay attention. Intercept anything that tries to cross the trench. You can worry about skinning them later, so prioritize the safety of our allies. That is all for the 19th floor team."
After giving the orders to the knights, Mel slammed her staff down hard once more.
"Fire—!"
Click.
The moment the tip of the staff pressed down on the end of the Breast Magic Stone again, a white light began to shimmer beyond the trench.
Rather than being pure white, it was a murky color, as if a hint of apricot had been mixed in.
Rat-tat-tat-tat—!!
The Magic Missiles pouring forward flew like arrows and embedded themselves into the beasts. The monsters, mid-charge, were instantly pierced through their entire bodies by the flesh-toned Magic Missiles.
Skree...
The beasts collapsed forward in an instant.
"It looks the way it does, but the effect is pretty good in its own way."
"I don't think 'pretty good' is enough to describe this..."
"It was all developed at the Magic Tower. The Count's castle provided massive support and the original idea. It's a defensive spell created by Lady Astarotte called the 'Bust Bunker.'"
"So you're saying..."
"A titty trench. What it fires is mana, but..."
"Stop. Please stop. I don't want to know any more."
Lucius let out a hollow laugh in sheer absurdity.
"No, I have to say this. Those beasts right now..."
"Yeah."
Mel silently pointed at the Breast Magic Stone.
"They're being killed by Breast Milk Arrows."
"......."
"Squeezed from succubi."
Watching the countless beasts dying, Lucius gave up on thinking.
* * *
When dealing with a giant monster, an easy weakness to consider is entering its body and tearing up its internal organs.
The harder the outer hide, the more likely the skin protecting the internal organs is weaker than the exterior.
The Wave Queen was no different.
Even if she was the Queen of the Sea Elves, there was no way that massive body didn't have a weakness.
Therefore, I had to attack the weak point.
The place where I could most easily deal damage to the Wave Queen.
Scuttle, scuttle!
I scrambled up the Wave Queen's body as fast as possible.
Starting from the ankle, I climbed the Neptunian's leg, digging my nails in like a sharp-clawed beast.
Thump!
The Wave Queen still hadn't made any major movements.
Usually, if a bug or a rat crawls up your leg, you'd show some kind of reaction, but as expected, her response was dull.
"S-Stop him!!"
Instead, the Sea Elves below began to make a bigger fuss.
As if my very approach to the Wave Queen was a profanity, they hurriedly began to rush toward her.
[Everyone, block them!!]
No sooner had my command fallen than a pillar of fire swept through the Sea Elves.
Running toward me meant they had turned their backs to our knights, and that meant death.
"Ah, no...!"
"Kyaaaah!!"
Was Zenith's firepower too strong?
The pillar of fire swept away not just the males, but the females as well.
"T-This is...!"
[It's fine! Don't worry about gender, just take them out!]
Excessive greed for farming is the shortcut to ruining a clear.
Just as a raid succeeds when you focus on clearing the enemy rather than getting greedy for loot, what mattered for the knights on the path right now was stopping the enemies so they wouldn't interfere with my assault on the Neptunian.
[Farming is happening plenty up there, so prioritize interception for now!]
They weren't Sea Elves, but a much more efficient hunt than catching Sea Elves was currently taking place on the upper floors.
After all, all they had to do was stay in their bunkers and deal with the enemies charging at them.
Since they were fighting from a fortified position against a flood of beasts, farming happened automatically just by hiding behind the trench and pouring out long-range attacks.
The important thing was when to end this farming time, this Crunch Mode.
That could be solved by us clearing the Neptunian.
[I'm up!]
I finally scrambled past the knee and reached the thigh.
The Neptunian was still just glaring at me, and she didn't even shake her body to brush off the 'bug' or stand up from her spot.
It was clearly strange.
Even the most fearless person would throw a fit if they thought an object crawling on their body was a threat, but the Wave Queen was just watching me without any movement.
Like a 'camera.'
[It's your loss for not reacting even after I've come this far.]
I ran toward the inner thigh.
"Gwaaaaah!!"
"That crazy bastard!"
At that, the Sea Elves were horrified and tried to stop me.
One by one, they began to climb up the Wave Queen's leg just as I had.
"That guy is aiming for the Queen's... there!!"
[Hmph.]
It was a misunderstanding.
No matter how much of a rogue I was, I wasn't the kind of shameless person who would attack the private parts of such a giant being.
Would I really do something so undignified?
I was a Count now, and I wanted to fight with dignity.
But if they were going to misunderstand like that, I had no choice but to use it.
[Bwahahaha—!]
I let out a deliberate mad laugh and ran forward along the thigh.
It was a shorter distance than climbing the leg, but still quite a way, and I slid my feet down toward the triangular valley formed by the thigh and the groin.
[Here! Attack this spot!]
I signaled toward the rear.
But the reaction was a bit slow.
"My Lord..."
[No, it's a misunderstanding! Not here, over there!!]
The distance was a bit far, but the looks they were giving me were all strange.
They probably thought I was trying to attack the Queen's 'down there.'
[I was trying to bait the Sea Elves, but why are you guys getting baited too!]
I grabbed the Queen's garment tightly and climbed straight up along the line of her abdomen.
[They'll be up soon, so attack the abdomen and legs!]
Just as I passed the navel area, cover fire finally flew in from the rear.
Thwack, thwack.
The Sea Elves who had climbed onto the legs fell sideways with golden arrows embedded in their backs. Some exploded into flames from fireballs and rolled on the ground, while spear-like stone thorns flew in and struck the Wave Queen near her legs.
Clang, clang—!
The stone thorns slammed into the Wave Queen's legs, but the sound was duller than expected.
It echoed with a thud, as if stone thorns had hit a wall, and everyone seemed puzzled.
"This is...?"
[I got a hunch now that I'm up close! This thing, she's called the Wave Queen, but she's not a living creature!]
I used my hands and feet to climb up between the folds of her clothes, right into the cleavage.
[No matter how dignified a being is, they can't possibly show zero reaction when someone has climbed from their feet all the way to their upper chest.]
I stood up, planting both feet on her upper chest.
[The reason she's not reacting isn't because she's ignoring me, it's because she can't!]
Then, gripping my crowbar tightly with both hands, I swung it down hard.
Clang—!
A crisp, metallic sound rang out.
The Sea Elves pointed at me in horror, and I continued to strike the 'joint' of the upper chest with the crowbar.
"Uh...?! Her chest!!"
Crack.
With the sound of something snapping, the Wave Queen's chest, which I was standing on, dropped slightly.
"She's... not a living being?"
The chest area that was revealed...
Creeeak.
As pieces of rock-like material crumbled, the chest fell forward with a thud and 'opened.'
[Incredible.]
I jumped onto the side of her breast and pointed at the wide-open chest cavity.
[I wondered why I didn't get a boner even looking at these tits.]
In truth, I already knew.
That this Queen was the 'home' of the Sea Elves.
That she was a giant statue of an elf made of coral.
But how could I tell the knights that?
That I saw the future?
That I experienced it directly in a game?
No.
[I knew it didn't feel sexy for a reason, and this is why!!!]
I filled in the logic using Ruji Fermaton's Cock Compass.