We've got lots of mages and from the pure fighters we've only got Gantz. It would be difficult to fight."
"...you're right. Since we don't have a tank who would attract the mobs, it would be best to avoid combat as much as possible."
"Mainly, let's avoid combat. If we absolutely cannot avoid it, let's hold enemy down then retreat until we can annihilate them with magic, I guess.
Then, with Toutobi in the vanguard and me in the rear, we would proceed through the maze warily making use of 【See-Through】 Sense. In the narrow maze, it was hard to escape but it was easy to hit the enemy with magic.
Once we told everyone how the combat will look in general, each of them had responded with their own impression.
"Fufufu, I have no objections in particular. After all, mages mainly attack from the distance."
"Yer' right. Not like 'lot changed in what we do."
"Still, this way of doing things is very much like you. If it was Gantz preparing tactics, it would all end with a vain assault on the enemy."
"That wouldn't happen... uh, I can't deny it. But well, I'll do my best to hold back the enemy this time. My low kicks will go full burst!"
And then Gantz repeatedly did a few low kicks, the sound of his legs cutting through the air was quite loud.
However, rather than having Gantz stand in front I assumed I would hold back the enemies with my 《Clay Shield》 and bad status arrows, so I don't know if he'll even have a chance to try.
"Now that we've decided, let's go. Mischievous Fairy, can you guide us?"
"Nope, no can do. I have no clue which way to go."
Mm-mm, the Mischievous Fairy raised a groan, unable to grasp the route through the maze. I thought that she should just fly upwards and find out, but as she tried to fly up the thorns would extend and strike her down, making me give up.
"...then, let's just proceed along the wall on the right.
"I guess that's the basics. I'll try to make a map so let's move on."
I took out pen and paper used with 【Linguistics】 and moved through the maze.
Based on the width of the maze, I started drawing a map of what I could see with my 【Sky Eyes】.
I mapped down the traps and treasure boxes either Toutobi or I found with 【See-Through】 and shared the information within the party.
"...Yun-san, there's an opening in the wall of thorns on the left side."
"Aw, did I miss it? I'll add it to the map right away. Toutobi and Gantz, check it for traps and come back after confirming what's there, if enemies appear wipe them with magic. 《Enchant》——Speed."
"...understood."
"We'll be going then."
With the two vanguards preceding for luring out enemies, we proceeded forward. So that we're not attacked from behind, we used a similar mechanic. While defeating as few enemies as possible, when it came down to combat I put down a 《Clay Shield》's wall behind us to prevent a surprise attack.
Weak mobs, Thorn Tokens appeared in the maze, their appearance was like degraded versions of the Thorn Tokens that appeared so far. The army of thorns that mimicked shapes of various organisms was easily beat by simultaneous sweep of magic.
However, if in this narrow maze a large amount of mobs appear from a monster house-like trap right in front of us, we'll suffer lots of damage so we had to act carefully.
"Now!"
"——《Flame Circle》!"
"——《Little Tornado》!"
Aiming for a large amount of Thorn Tokens overflowing from opened door, Rirei and Kohaku released their magic.
We repeatedly lured them out and examined the emptied monster house after annihilating the enemies.
"In normal dungeons there's a lot of normal and monster traps. The only saving grace is that they don't respawn."
Talking about that were me and Minute who had nothing to do in the rear.
I only focused on mapping or independently lured out mobs from a distance using a bow.
"...let's rest in that room for a while. I'd like to check the map, too."
"You're right. The enemy isn't respawning and there's only one entrance which makes it easy to defend."
I agreed with Toutobi's proposal, we entered the small room to take a break.
"Sorry, Toutobi. I missed some monster houses."
"...no, it's thanks to Yun-san finding the simpler things that I can focus on searching for traps."
Since neither of us had rushed the conversation, we spoke which was quite pleasant. Toutobi chose easy to understand words so that I keep up. If Myu was to be the assistant, she would shower me with gamer terminology and cause my head to burst from confusion.
"Really, I'm very grateful for your assisting."
"...i-it's nothing."
As I thanked her from the front, she raised her muffler up to her mouth in embarrassment and answered in fading voice. Somehow, with Toutobi facing downwards and blushing, an awkward atmosphere appeared between us.
I lightly scratched my cheek with a finger, wondered if there's something I could do, I took out a certain something.
"Um... if you need to recover satiety... would you like to eat?"
"...yes.