There were people who were watching over the labyrinth attack team. Believing in the return of Rimuru, they were the Benimaru group, determined to protect the place where Rimuru would return.
In the "Control Room" located at the lowest level of the labyrinth, there is a huge monitor on the wall in front of the center of the room. The monitor showed the situation of Vega and his group, and we could not see what they were doing.
Benimaru was sitting on the chair usually used by Veldora. He was staring at the screen as if he was absorbed in it.
Beside him, there was a chair for Ramiris, which was carefully fixed in the air. It was mini-sized but luxurious, and even came with a desk.
The "Control Room" was redecorated accordingly.
Some of the devices were just flickering lights with meaningless decorations, but most of them were real. Various instruments are provided to keep track of everything that happens in the labyrinth.
The Treyni sisters were watching over them.
Conversation!
Switch over. Launch the next trap!
Data collection is going well! We've measured the enemy's presence!
And so on, each of them was doing their assigned roles appropriately.
Vega's team cleared the traps one after another.
At first glance, it may seem meaningless, but in fact, it had an important meaning.
Benimaru, who had heard their conversation, had decided not to give Vega any prey. Therefore, he had led them into a trap so that they would not encounter the monster as much as possible.
Finally, Vega's group breaks through the 50th level.
Incidentally, Mezer and Gozer, the bosses of the 50th level, have already evacuated just in case.
Even if they are eaten by Vega, it is not certain whether they can revive or not, and it would be too risky a gamble.
As Dino has shown, it is possible to revive them completely as long as they have souls. However, there was no way to know what would happen in the case of being eaten alive.
The myth of the safety of the labyrinth might collapse again, so they took a safety measure.
Still, there was an unexpected way to attack the labyrinth.
Dino did a very good job in exposing Vega's plan in advance.
Thus, the boss room was breached without incident.
What awaited us was a well-prepared and ready arsenal of state-of-the-art scientific weapons.
Since the Guardian was absent on many floors, Ramiris was hurriedly redecorating the labyrinth structure. The numerous traps were also meant to buy time.
And so, the real work was about to begin.
It's started, hasn't it?
Yes. Everything is going as planned.
Ramiris nodded at Benimaru's muttering.
Ramiris posed on the desk with his hands crossed and his chin resting on his chin meaningfully. He nodded to Benimaru's words and smiled meaningfully as if he said it was the atmosphere that mattered....
"Stop playing around and get to work!"
Folding up the fan in her hand, Shuna slapped Benimaru on the head. "Ow! You folded it, it hurts! Don't you have any kindness for your beloved brother ?
Benimaru laments that Shuna does not understand the sense of fun.
But Shuna does not care.
There is no such thing. I understand that you are trying to ease your anxiety by Rimuru-sama's absence, but please stop playing with yourself like that and be serious!
He cut her off in a single blow.
In defense of Shuna, there was a person who put words in his mouth.
It was Beretta.
Shuna-sama is right, this is a time of emergency. If you don't stop this, I'll report you when Rimuru-sama comes back.
Ramiris panicked when Beretta sharply interrupted him.
"Hey! What are you talking about? I'm serious !
The suggestive gesture was instantly blown away, and he started to make excuses in a panic.
"Benimaru, you too. Now is not the time to be playing around, but be aware that this is a battle you cannot afford to lose.
Souei reminded him of this, and Benimaru nodded his head.
"I understand. But a commander needs to be relaxed.
"Yes, that's right! We wanted to make everyone feel at ease, so we were showing them a relaxed attitude.
Ramiris joined in on Benimaru's excuse.
Benimaru thinks that it is difficult to imitate Rimuru.
Rimuru would have reassured everyone with his aloof attitude, no matter what kind of danger was approaching.
If Benimaru tries to do the same thing, the result will be as bad as it is now. He tried to play along with Ramiris and showed an air of composure... but all he did was to offend the serious ones.
Ramiris has been complaining that Rimuru would never get angry at him just for a little bit of fun, but it's time to move on.
It is time for him to stop trying to imitate Rimuru, because Rimuru is not in the same league as Ramiris.
Then, Benimaru should just reassure everyone in his own way.
Benimaru and Ramiris crossed their eyes and shared their innermost thoughts with each other.
They change their minds and give orders to deal with Vega and the others.
As a matter of fact, the situation was proceeding as expected.
Benimaru asks, "So, what do you think of the enemy?
"So, what is the enemy's presence value?
One of the operators answered.
One of the operators answered, "This black-haired girl here has a presence value of 1,660,000. The bow she is carrying is of a mythical-grade equivalent of 1 million, so her total is 2,660,000.
The twenty-four dryas doll dryads are now doing their part without waiting for Beretta's instructions. He quickly operates his desk panel and switches the screen display.
A girl with black hair tied in a ponytail appears on the monitor. Her eyes are sharp and slit, and her cherry-red lips are set in a tight line. The name of this serious-looking girl is Mai Furuki.
Mai's weapon is a crescent bow created by Oria. It disappeared once after Oria's death, but was reproduced when Vega inherited 'Multiple Weapons'. It was lent to Vega as it was.
"This woman was a transferee, wasn't she? Theoretically, we should destroy her first...
"I don't think we can. I think she can escape from my labyrinth.
Ramiris said, "Isolation is meaningless.
Dino and the others were right.
Dino is only a bum, but he is surprisingly smart. "He's a threat, but killing him is the last thing we need."
Why?
"Because Rimuru-sama won't like it." Benimaru answered to the wondering Ramiris.
Everyone agreed with him.
Mai was apparently from the same town as Rimuru, and he was still a child. There is no doubt that she is under Feldway's control, even if she is acting of her own will.
The only time he would kill her would be when he had no other choice.
Ramiris himself did not want to kill her. Therefore, I am in favor of Benimaru's decision.
However, it was too much for me to admit it frankly, so I forced myself to make a stern face and plunged into the discussion.
"You are surprisingly generous, aren't you?
Benimaru and the others knew what Ramiris was thinking.
With a wry smile, he answered.
"Of course. When a commander loses his composure, it is a lost battle. Thanks to Benimaru's reply, everyone has a margin to spare. As a result, the atmosphere in the "Control Room" became calm.
Next, Pico appeared on the monitor.
"This girl here..."
She was not a girl in terms of age, but her appearance was enough to proceed the story.
"She is the one who fought with us, isn't she? I think her name is Pico. Kumara, who was waiting on the lower floor, said in a voice. Kumara's eyes were glazed, as if she was eager for a rematch.
"The conversation was recorded. The individual must be Pico.
The operator answered in a simple manner.
The operator continued to disclose the information of Pico.
He had a presence value of 1,890,000 and possessed a mythical-grade spear-trident.
In total, his existence value was 2.89 million.
"This one is also a formidable foe.
"Benimaru-sama, I hope you'll let us deal with him." I'll think about it. I'll think about it.
Benimaru said that it was still too early to make a decision, and he put Kumara's proposal on hold without hesitation.
Next, Gracia was shown.
"That's the girl I was with. She was not serious at all, but she was a pretty good fighter," Geld said.
Geld says.
Benimaru thought that she wanted to fight again, but he wanted her to heal herself first.
The wound itself was healed, but Geld's fatigue was not in such a state that it could be healed so easily. It seemed that he had been distributing the damage he had taken with his power to his companions, but he had given it back to them at the end of the battle.
The burden on Geld was quite heavy. It would have been a suicidal act for him to go into the battlefield under such a situation.
Nevertheless, Benimaru understands Geld's feelings.
He himself had not fully recovered from the exhaustion caused by the previous battle, but he was eager to take the lead in the battle.
He wants to relieve his anxiety about Rimuru's absence by fighting.
However, now was the time to take one action at a time.
Benimaru decided that it was too early to put Geld on the battlefield.
Anyway, he turned his attention to Gracia's figures.
"individual is Gracia, with an existence value of 2,440,000, carrying a mythical-grade one-handed sword (longsword) and a round shield (circle shield).
In total, Gracia's existence value is 4,440,000.
As this figure shows, the existence value is not just a matter of being large. If we want to increase only the number, we should possess more weapons. However, such an imitation does not lead directly to strength.
In the first place, the number of mythical-grade weapons is small, and it is meaningless if you cannot master them. In the case of Gracia, I guessed that she could pull out the maximum performance, so she is a strong opponent for sure...
"Well, what should we do?
Thinking so, Benimaru turns his eyes to the next information.
On the screen, Dino was shown.
Dino looks somewhat absent-minded and unmotivated.
Ramiris was fighting against Dino's unchanged appearance.
"I'm going to get back at you for what you did to me last time! Prepare yourself, Dino-chan !
I guess Ramiris doesn't care about that, even though he can't hear it.
So, what is Dino's information?
"individual is Dino, a member of the Octagram, also known as the Sleeping Ruler. "
The operator explains what everyone knows without hesitation.
Then, the existence value of Dino is revealed in detail.
The existence value is 2,260,000, and the mythical-grade sword on his back is 2,200,000, which is quite impressive.
The total value is 4,460,000.
"He's completely unmotivated," says Ramiris.
Ramiris said, as if he had seen through me.
"What's your basis for that?"
Benimaru asked him, though he thought he was right.
"A hunch, yes. A woman's."
Everyone let it go, and the air was filled with a sense of blankness.
The last person to check was Vega, who was regarded as the biggest threat.
Everyone focused their eyes on the numbers displayed on the monitor.
"17,370,000,000, it's a monster," Benimaru said.
Benimaru muttered in behalf of everyone.
Diablo was the only one in the room who kept smiling.
"If you want, I can come over and take care of him.
Diablo asks with a deepening smile.
Benimaru hesitated for a moment before replying.
"No, that's not a good idea," he replied.
Benimaru hesitated for a moment before replying, "No, that's a bad idea.
He explained the reason before he was asked.
He said, "It's his power, but there are still a lot of unknowns. Testarossa escaped once, so we need to be very careful.
With a firm determination to finish him off this time, Benimaru told us to wait for the right moment.
If he did not at least separate himself from Mai, he would be able to escape easily. To avoid such a situation, he said, we need to be tactful in dealing with Vega.
Diablo agreed with this and obeyed.
When everyone was satisfied, Ramiris opened his mouth.
"Besides, that Vega guy seems to be doing something wrong.
"He was talking about eating the labyrinth as mentioned in the conversation with Dino, wasn't he?"
Benimaru nodded his head, and Treyni, who was listening to the conversation beside him, interrupted.
"Is it possible?"
"What? Of course it's impossible.
Ramiris answered nonchalantly.
We all thought so, too.
-But Ramiris' explanation did not end there.
"But I guess we can't be too careful," he continued.
He continued, "But it looks like we can't be too careful.
"I was curious about it because it was giving me the creeps, so I checked it out, and it's really been feeding on the labyrinth."
Ramiris said that Vega's magical bacteria were trying to cover the labyrinth walls.
The labyrinth itself is an imaginary substance, neither organic nor inorganic. It is impossible for bacteria, which can only affect 'organic' matter, to harm the labyrinth, but Vega is not giving up on the challenge. "It seems to lose its control when the level of the labyrinth is changed, and it seems to have understood that..."
Vega loses control over the bacteria if it is not in a continuous space. And yet, they keep challenging it by moving from one level to another.
If that doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense at all.
"Actually, the weaker monsters in that hierarchy get eaten, and it's like they're slowly building up their power, and it's kind of weird..."
"That's another thing..." Benimaru groaned.
It was a good thing that Gozer and Mezer were evacuated.
Perhaps they thought so, too, as they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, have you finished taking samples of the isolated bacteria?" Diablo asked, and Ramiris nodded.
Ramiris nodded. "Of course we have!"
He boasted proudly and had Beretta bring in a beaker-like container.
"I'm not that stubborn," Diablo said.
Diablo took some of the food and tried to destroy it.
Benimaru, copying him, tried to burn them with his own fire. As Diablo said, it seemed to be easier to kill than he had expected, which was a relief. "It seems that once they are out of your control, their vitality is not that high.
"Yes. But just to be safe, I think it would be better to destroy them all. Vega's growth rate is astonishing. Since there is no way to know what might cause it to mutate, it is always better to play it safe.
In fact, Vega alone was fluctuating in abundance, albeit slightly. If we do not take care of it now, it may become a serious threat in the future.
Having shared these results with the group, we naturally decided on a policy.
As soon as Mai and Vega are isolated, Vega is to be eliminated for the sake of the future.
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