Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 568: Earth Labyrinth RTA (1)

The dungeons in the human realm had cube devices, but there was a clay sculpture here.

(Oh yeah, there was that theory that dogu weren't supposed to look like women, but actually were sculptures of plants. Or something like that.)

The sculpture reminded him of certain figures that could be found from the Jomon period in his past life.

"We'll challenge the Earth Labyrinth."

Allen told the sculpture, which was half his size, that they would enter the dungeon.

'Understood. Take this offspring from me. You can crush it if you wish to return to the surface before the time is over.'

"Thank you."

The sculpture gave them a [Mini-Sculpture] with a display that showed [24:00]

'I see you have a summoner and spirit master. Please summon and manifest the entities you wish to carry now.'

"Please wait a bit. Sophie, manifest all the spirits you can, especially water and light ones."

"Understood."

'Would you like an explanation on forbidden acts within the premises?'

"No need."

'If you break any rules you'll be taken out forcefully, are you sure?'

"I'm fine."

Allen tried to rush through everything, which bothered Cecile a little.

"Hey, I want to know the rules too. At least explain them to me."

Allen had heard the rules through the Wraith A summon the first time Merle entered, but Cecile and Formar did not know what they were.

"Ah, I have them written down in the Grimoire, take a look."

"Give it to me."

Hearing all the rules again would take too long, so Allen just showed them the Grimoire.

(She's actually interested in the rules for once.)

Allen felt like Cecile was maturing a little.

[Rules of the Earth Labyrinth (1)]

-Maximum 48 people can enter

-Summons and spirits count as members, and can't be exchanged

-Offsprings of summons are counted (i.e Beelings)

-Golems are considered the weapon of their pilots, so they aren't counted

-Tam-Tam has a conscious and can act of its own free will, so it is counted

-It's not possible to teleport, manifest, or summon extra entities within the dungeon

-Once the 24 hour limit is over, everyone is teleported outside

-Using the Grimoire or other magic storage items, as well as bringing in healing items is forbidden

-If the Mini-Sculpture is broken, everyone within 1 kilometer is teleported outside

-If you die within the Earth Labyrinth you won't revive

"I see. That's why you want the spirits manifested now. And they can't be manifested again if they're defeated."

"Exactly. I have to get my summons too, and if they're defeated they're gone inside."

(Somehow it feels like the restrictions are made specifically for us. But if the trial isn't harsh enough we wouldn't get any good rewards.)

"Well, in that case…"

"Blessing of Light is really good, and there's healing items inside, so let's go with the Light Spirit."

'What! Are you calling me useless?!!'

The Water Great Spirit Tonies sounded angry.

Sophie could only manifest 2 Great Spirits at the same time for an hour, so she had to choose only one.

Allen gathered all his S Rank summons, then as many Bird E and Bird A summons as he could until the 48 members cap was met.

"We'll challenge the dungeon with these members."

'Understood.'

The group then headed to a vertical strip in the distance, which was actually the entrance to the first floor, which looked like a strip due to its distance.

"Alright everyone, let's follow the plan."

Galara raised his voice, announcing the beginning of their mission.

"Aye."

"Aye."

"Aye."

"Gelarapa come out!"

[Name] Gelarapa

[Pilot] Galara

[Rank] Adamantite

[Strength] 50000 + 3000

[Mana] 50000 + 3000

[Attack] 50000 + 3000

[Endurance] 50000 + 3000

[Agility] 50000 + 3000

[Intelligence] 50000 + 3000

[Luck] 50000

Galara's party had 15 members, with him included. All of them called their golems.

They all had Goliath Size Stone Slabs, so the golems were 100 meter tall [Super Soldiers].

Galara was a 5 Star Magic Rock Emperor, so he also had Adamantite Stone Slabs, giving his golem enough power to match a Demon Great General.

"Let's go too, Tam-Tam!!"

'Yes. We'll do this!!'

(Tam-Tam's voice has gotten pretty normal. I guess Merle also grew through her attempts.)

[Name] Merle

[Age] 16

[Blessing] Digragni (Medium)

[Talent] Magic Rock Emperor

[Level] 99

[Strength] 8599 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000 (Super Alloy)

[Mana] 8785 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000

[Spiritual Power] 25785

[Attack] 5117 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000

[Endurance] 6054 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000

[Agility] 5686 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000

[Intelligence] 8785 + 5000 (Blessing) + 12000

[Luck] 6511 + 5000 (Blessing) + 6000

[Skills] True Magic Rock General (7), True Flying Arm (7), True Laser Eyes (7), True Super Light Barrier (7), True Transformation Memory (7), True Super Alloy (2), Super Electric Cannon (3), Combination (right arm), Shield Technique (3)

[Weapon] Claw Arm (Crystal)

[Armor] Rock King Cloak: Endurance 6000, Mana 3000, Physical Resistance (Medium)

-Merle's equipment

[Ring 1] Strength +5000, Strength +5000

[Ring 2] Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Necklace] Magic Cube

[Bracelet 1] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Bracelet 2] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Necklace] Mana +3000, Mana +3000

[Belt] Resistance to No Element, Mana +10000

[Earring 1] Mana +1000, Mana +1000

[Earring 2] Mana +1000, Mana +1000

[Name] Tam-Tam

[Nature] Grand Buster

[Ability] B

[Pilot] Merle

[Rank] Adamantite

[Strength] 50000 (Stone Slab) + 50000 (Nature) + 12000 (True Super Alloy)

[Mana] 50000 + 50000 + 12000

[Attack] 50000 + 50000 + 12000

[Endurance] 50000 + 50000 + 12000

[Agility] 50000 + 50000 + 12000

[Intelligence] 50000 + 50000 + 12000

[Luck] 50000 + 50000 + 6000

[Functions] Strengthening (7), Power Output (7), Acceleration (7), Flare (7), Gravity Gun (7), Preemptive Action (7), Homing Bullets (7), Inventory (7)

[Nature Progress] 8000'000'000 / 10000'000'000

There were 16 golems, 14 of which were hihiirokane golems from the other dwarves.

Merle and Galara were 5 Star Magic Rock Emperors, while the rest were 4 Star Magic Rock Kings.

Once everyone was ready, Allen used Kuwatoro's Special Skill [Floating Wings] to make himself, Cecile, and Sophie fly.

Merus, Makris, and Kuwatoro could also fly, as well as the golems with the right Stone Slabs.

Soon Graham noticed everyone was flying except him.

'Hm? What should I do?'

Floating Wings applied to Allen's party, but not his summons.

"Graham, you can ride on Makris' back. There's traps on the ground, so it's safer to fly. Also, protect Habarak."

'Get ooooon~'

'Thank you. I'll protect Habarak with my life.'

"I appreciate that."

The 15 meter tall Graham sat on top of the 100 meter long Makris.

Habarak could fly himself with [Floating Wings], but it was not something he was used to doing, so it was better for him to sit with Graham.

The room was hundreds of meters wide, and 10 kilometers deep. When they reached the exit there, they continued for 100 kilometers through a corridor there.

Though even that corridor was many kilometers wide.

"What the hell, this place is enormous!!"

"Yeah, you saw how it looks outside, right? This dungeon spans the entirety of the God of Earth Gaia's Temple."

The Temple was shaped like a cube with sides 1000 kilometers long, which meant each floor was 10 kilometers tall and 1000 kilometers wide and deep.

"Huhh?"

"I think there's 100 rooms in each floor, and only one has the stairs to go down to the next one. And that goes on for 99 floors."

"Huh? And we're supposed to go down all that in 24 hours?"

"Yeah. Though 20 minutes have already passed, so we have 23 hours and 40 minutes."

Allen checked the Mini-Sculpture's display, which showed their remaining time.

"We have to hurry then."

They would have to be in there for an entire day without any sleep trying to go as low as they could, and once the time limit hit, they would be kicked outside before falling asleep.

Cecile was finally starting to understand everything Merle had to endure that last month.

"Oh right, Tsubames and Hawks should go search for treasure."

'Piiii!'

'Pipii!'

Around 5 pairs of Bird A and Bird E summons went out ahead.

They all had Growth Level 9, so they flew really quickly and vanished in the distance.

(Sadly I can't re-summon them. But I have to show my expertise with RTAs now.)

"Wait what? You're searching for treasure and not the stairs? Do you even know if there's treasure?"

"There's at least 10 treasure chests on each floor. We're going to the 20th floor, so we need the shovel and healing items."

Allen did not know what most of the dungeon looked like, but he had some ideas thanks to Merle, so he wrote down many notes about it.

[Earth Labyrinth's structure]

-Each floor is 10 kilometers tall, 1000 kilometers wide, and 1000 kilometers deep

-The dungeon's layout changes every attempt

-There's 100 rooms in each floor, from a few kilometers to 100 kilometers in size

-Corridors of a few to a few hundred kilometers connect the rooms

-There's only 1 staircase leading to the lower floor

-There's at least 10 treasure chests on each floor

-The floor and walls are as tough as adamantite

The first corridor eventually arrived at a T joint, and they took the left turn.

At the end of that corridor, they entered a different room, where giant snakes of blue flames raised their heads.

"There's a ghost in this room!!"

'Shaaaaa!!'

There were like 5 ghosts there, which bared their fangs at Allen.