Chapter 21


    The day after my exam, I took a carriage by myself to the Wolf Fang Labyrinth so explore it again. While the carriage rocked back and forth, I was using the Avatar Customization. After thinking further on everything that happened in thebyrinth the first time, it was apparent that my 5.7 and P90 wouldnt be enough to deal withrge groups quickly enough before the status effects wore off. As anyone who yed shooters knows, most firearms shoot one bullet at a time, thus logically, can only deal with one target at a time. What I needed now was something that would deal a killing blow immediately to a good portion of targets when they are in a group


    It was a bit of a pain to choose equipment while having to keep the CP in mind. Was the cost to return ratio worth it and then I have to keep in mind the amount I can reasonably carry. In the avatar outfits, I kept tinkering with my loadout. Belt, vest, and other clothing configurations. The end results were that I chose to keep my firearms the same along with keeping the shbangs, but I also an M67 Fragmentation Hand Grenade[*1] and TH3 Incendiary Grenade. [*2] I also picked out a Powered Battle Suit that was form fitting like underwear but with a rugged design. On top, I wore an M-1965 field jacket[*3] over the suit and attached a utility belt that had magazine pouches and other stuff.


    Hello, Id like to enter the Wolf Fangbyrinth


    After arriving at the Labyrinth, I went forward to the management building and I was greeted by a receptionist, using the term loosely. It was a man in full guard gear sitting at the reception desk.


    Wee then, please hand over your guild card and fill out your form with all the relevant information.


    The guard-ceptionist handed over a form to me as I handed over my guild card. On the form were sections for my name and exploration details such as how many days, and floors I was nning on exploring. I filled out the details and put down for the time frame for 1 day and floors 1 to 5. After I handed thepleted form back, my thoughts wander towards the evolution scale of this world and felt a little ufortable with it.


    The form I filled out was made on paper that I could onlypare to Washi paper[*4] or traditional Japanese paper by the texture. I havent seen anything like the modern white paper Im used to in my original world and even the writing utensil I used was a feather pen. There were Flush Toilets as well and baths, but just not for themon people. There were also different variations of board games about that Ive seen in my world. To be exact, the reason I feel ufortable is that I think they may be other people from my world here with such disparities in technology in certain sectors.


    Well, hes your card back and doesnt push your self in there by yourself. The most important thing if thating back alive.


    He gave me some advice after finding out I was exploring for the first time on my own. I thanked the Guard-ceptionist for his advice. It was a given that recklessly exploring ces such as abyrinth would lead to certain death, but I kept it in the corner of my mind as he was kind enough to say something to me as I felt the building and entered the Labyrinth


    Heading down into the Labyrinth, I pulled out my P90 and 5.7. Their loadout was the samest time with tactical light and suppressor on the P90. The pistol only had a suppressor. However useful these attachments were, they added a little bit of weight to the front ends of the weapons making them awkward to hold, but it was something that could be fixed over time as I got used to the weight.


    Todays n was to explore the entirety of each floor from B-1 to B-5[*5], filling in my map of each level. In the VRMMO game, VMB, maps were a matter of winning or losing. Being able to have the information about the environment the battle would take ce in would certainly give thergest advantage in winning. Being able to know the various key positions such as choke points, areas that would make perfect ambush points, and even positions that would make great sniper vantage point would allow you to utilize them way before a team that didnt have that information on hand. That didnt change just because of the Labyrinth was an enclosed space, but actually made it a matter of life or death. If you were running away, you wouldnt want to run into a dead end and have your escape cut off.


    From whats been exined to me, there doesnt seem to be a gimmick such as an Instant Death Trap anywhere within the Labyrinth so I can rest easy about moving slowly throughout the Labyrinth to check my environment traps. Since Im by myself, I dont have to worry about anyone else, I can focus on the monsters and lighting up my map. With that, I went on in a good mood.


    Since I already had a portion of the map filled in from yesterdays exam, so I decided to take another route close to the filled in portion so to fill in the map route by route. Up ahead I could hear somethinging from a room on the right side. After posting up at on the wall next to the door frame, I peaked in and saw Horned Rabbits


    In the small room, there were rabbits about 50cms long with a long horn growing out of their heads and beady glowing red eyes. Fundamentally, the monsters ofrge rooms wont attack unless you enter the room, but after I stuck my head out, they began to charge at me, so it doesnt apply to small rooms. I took the initiative to strike while there was still distance between us. I trained my iron-sights on the front-runners main body then fired in short 3  Round Bursts. The sound of dampened gunshots filled the room and hallway as the first Horned Rabbit tumbled to the floor before sliding and stopping dead, but that didnt faze the other two as they continued charging towards me.


    I came out from behind the door frame and charged forward before jumping to the left and sliding low. Although there wasnt any clear terminology, in VMB, power would be channeled into the power suits leg allowing you to slide forward with speed. I called it a Jump Slide for simplicity. With this, I slide about 4 to 5 meters out, then I slide to the right while striking the rabbits.


    Fuu


    I let out a sigh unconsciously as thest two fallen rabbits were wrapped in a ck haze before they slowly faded into thebyrinths floor leaving only their magic stones. I checked the rest of the room after collecting the stones, but I didnt find anything. It was just an empty room now. In thebyrinth, regardless of the room size, there was a change for magical items to be found, but they were rare. I continued on with mapping the first floor. When I came along any monsters moving my way in the corridors, I would ambush them. For groups that were found in the small orrge rooms, I made quick work of them using abination of ngbangs, fragmentation grenades, and incendiary grenades. I ended up falling into a rhythm by the time I finished mapping the first level before I left for B-2.


    It was simr in the corridors size with the first level, bringing up the map I got from the Guild. It held only a roughyout of the floor leading to the third level, so I continued with my method of mapping, route by route. It seems that the Labyrinth would always make fiveyers in the beginning, but as it devoured more and more lives, it could possibly add anotheryer.


    In thisbyrinth, there were around fiveyers that were popted only by Goblins, Grass Wolves and Horned Rabbits that lived in the nearby Eastern Forest, but apparently


    There was one more monster residing here.


    Leaving the main corridor, the number of Light Grass began to slowly decrease. As began to get too dark till eventually, I reached the end of the light grass trail, thus telling me that no one went this way. I stuck my hand into a small cloth bag that was attached to my utility belt. I then pulled out a little seed of light grass then threw it into the darkness ahead. The path ahead wasnt transversed, which meant anything could be down this path.


    To my surprise, a glowing bud sprouted from the seed in the darkness at a visible pace before my eyes, first a stem and then within a few minutes, it began a fully matured white flower glowering in the darkness, illuminating its surroundings. The best way I could describe it is like those timepse videos where they show the nt growing all the way till its mature. It was such a moving scene that I let out a small voice of surprise, but it didntst long.


    In the distance, the sound of heavy footsteps and rough breathing reached my ears.. It didnt match the sound of the other monsters Ive found here, but there was a possibility of another monster, one that I heard them mention, but not really confirm


    A Red Bear


    <strong>1.M67 Fragmentation Grenade</strong> A thrown explosive that when on detonation, sends shrapnel in all directions


    <strong>2.AN/M14 TH3 Incendiary Grenade</strong> A Despite popr belief and how its portrayed in video games, the TH3 is a support item used in the case to destroy materials by melting it with thermite [ think really, really hot sma torch. ] end result of the deployment of the M14 is molten iron. It can even melt through an Engine Block!!


    <strong>3.M-1965 Field Jacket</strong> Military jacket made for cold weather, now a very hipster jacket [which Im guilty of owning]


    <strong>4.Washi Paperor Traditional Japanese paper</strong> Original it just said Japanese paper, and we all know how I get when authors just try to exin things such as  Because Im Japanese, or Japanese h h. I think because theyre Japanese, they should exin themselves better, how bo dat.


    <strong>5. B- [insert number]</strong> Basement floor level, think of the number system a in a tower 1, 2, 3 and 4.So it would go as10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6- -7 -8 -9 -10.0 being ground level.