Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 5 - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: 13

5-13 . Maze of Trazayuya (4)

If the game is not to my liking, I didn't enjoy it until the end and went to dispose it on a second-hand store, Satou .

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"Kusukusukusu, it's a failure huh . "

"Yup, a failure . "

Two purple lights emerge from the crumbled remains of Zen .

"Goodbye, hero . "

"This is your victory . "

I reflexively cut those lights with the holy sword since I feel evil intent from them . However, the lights which had been scattered away gather themselves back and rise into the sky .

"Let's meet again . "

"See you . "

The lights penetrate the ceiling and disappear before long .

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Were those angels? I felt maliciousness from them though .

But, I don't have the leisure to think about it . Because--

『System Message . This maze will begin to enter into self-destruct sequence . The staff members and trainee are to escape immediately . I repeat』

---I heard that announcement .

I rush to Mia and make her who's still unconscious to drink magic potion with restorative effect . Since the medicine hasn't been tested, I give her one third at a time . She wakes up exactly with one bottle .

"Mia, do you recognize me?"

" . . . Onii-chan?"

I am not .

Mia's blurred eyes become focused .

"Here is?"

"The master room of Trazayuya Maze . "

Hearing me, Mia hurriedly look for the magician .

"It's alright, he is no more . He won't show up in front of you anymore . "

"Really?"

"Yes really . "

This is not the time to have a carefree talk like this .

『The self-destruct sequence has been executed . The staff members and trainee are to escape immediately . 』

I have to stop it quickly .

"Mia, can you stop this maze from self-destructing?"

"I'll try . "

Mia unsteadily walks to the operation board .

She tries to operate something for a while, but then she shakes her head .

"Impossible . "

She gave up fast .

After asking for more detail from Mia, it seems that every functions has been locked somehow . So it's helpless even for the maze's master .

I somehow know that this maze would explode if I destroy the maze core . Let's bet on my physical strength and escape by running then .

I carry Mia who has given up and staring at the floor under my arm .

"This will be dangerous, so hold me tight . "

Without looking at Mia who's nodding, I run .

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I'm running through the passage .

Running .

And running .

At first, Mia was screaming loudly but she falls into silent now . It seems that she has fainted .

I mow down skeletons or ants which came out from time to time and continue to run . It's a bit tough to protect Mia from the falling debris .

We finally get to midway, the central room .

Inside the room, I take the still unconscious big-breasted beautiful woman (Homonculus) on my shoulder, on the opposite side where I hold Mia .

Even though I couldn't save her friends, I'll save one even for my own self-satisfaction .

I'm a hypocrite if I do say so myself .

Even after carrying more luggages, my speed isn't falling . It just becomes a bit hard to keep the balance .

I jump through the trompe l'oeil stair with one leap .

Okay, it's just 4 levels left .

When I got there, I could feel vibration and hear thick explosion sounds from the depth .

『System Message, the Subsystem has been activated . The Maze Core has lost its power to support facilities due to entering self-destruct sequence . This maze will self-destruct soon . The staff members and trainee are to escape immediately . I repeat』

While listening to that robotic voice, my feet aren't stopping .

Damn, if there's a subsystem, then couldn't we stop the self-destruct there?　If only the map has the control room written or something .

I'm feeling eerie vibration from my feet, maybe the collapse is starting .

3 levels left .

A block falls in front of my eyes .

Without losing my momentum, I kick the falling block and make it flies to the other side .

I couldn't keep Mia and the woman unhurt while doing that kind of acrobatic feat . I'll let you two drink as many potions as you want when we get out so please bear with it for now .

2 levels left .

An especially strong vibration occurs, and makes the passage's turn just ahead to cave-in .

I look back the opposite side, but the upper level has collapsed too, blocking the path .

And, the ceiling here is also collapsing .

I put Mia and the woman on the ground near my feet .

I hold the ceiling with both my hands, but the ceiling breaks facing my crushing power . I protect Mia and the woman from the falling fragments .

Do we have no choice but to get buried like this?

A piece of the falling debris hits Mia . Mia's health decreases by 10% . The woman also only has 30% remaining .

『The trainee's health has decreased . In accordance to the top priority of training program, ejecting the trainee outside the maze . Other trainees are to be separated from the particular trainee as to not get dragged into the teleportation . 』

Is this what the Trazayuya guy mean in his memo?

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The three of us succeeded escaping with the safety program for trainee (elf) .

I'm apologizing for making fun of the over protectiveness inside my mind .

I make Mia to drink the homemade potion . I let the woman drinks one too while I'm at it . The AR shows that the woman only has No . 7 on its name's row . She doesn't have an actual name huh .

I recognize this place but I'll check the map just to be sure . It's near the place where I got out of the Trazayuya maze master room .

I see a cliff with water strongly gushing out of it . That's probably water overflowing from the underground lake .

The water flow becomes weak while I look at it, so I jump to the cliff and check on the map .

There may be someone who needs help .

According to the map, the survivors are me and one other . Slime-kun lives on it seems . There's no other survivor huh .

But in just a moment, the slime's HP is exhausted .

Rest in peace .

Right at that time .

The log begins to flow with great speed .

This hasn't happened since the time with meteor shower .

I scroll through the loot on the log . "Defeated all enemies on the map" is written there . I see, so this is the condition to trigger <<Automatic Loot>> .

There is no [Source] thing this time .

I move all the new loot to Trazayuya Maze folder .

Most of them are the remains of monsters and broken machineries .

There are also several magic books, they're probably magician Zen's belonging right?

Since the vibration still continue, the collapse probably is still continuing, I go back to where Mia and the woman are .

>Title [Survivor] Acquired