Fantasy System

Chapter 96: Labyrinth

Ed was now in a sour mood. His plan to conquer the tower and get back was being delayed by the tower. And it was only the third floor.

'Stupid tower' Ed kicked the snow in front of him. Raikou was actually having the time of his life. Laughing at Ed's misfortune. He was right next to Ed this time, not in his shadow. Ed was angry so he was using Fire to melt, and immediately evaporate the ice. This caused the temperature to rise around him. But, neither Ed nor Raikou minded it.

Ed continued to explore the floor. He made sure to memorize the location of the Yuki-Onna before leaving. The third floor was gigantic. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was at least in size compared to the Avalon Kingdom. Ed planned to hunt some monsters, but he didn't meet any ones worth killing. Most of the monsters were weaker than him. It seemed that compared to the second floor, this one focused on the weather instead of the number of monsters.

The weather in this place was horrible. Sometimes it would snow, and sometimes there would be a blizzard. Ed couldn't even cook his food without having to find a cave first. This time, other than eating, Ed focused on meditating. He would activate Ten and meditate in such a state. He also tried to enter a state of calmness like when he activated Observation Haki for the first time. This practice helped him calm down considerably compared to before. 'It seems like I'll need to do this at least once a day' Ed needed to find a way to seal his Berserk skill before it was too late.

A week passed by in the blink of an eye. Ed found himself facing the Yuki-Onna. It was almost identical to the one from last week. "Suu!" Suika stepped up. She was the one who was going to fight the floor boss this time. Ed wanted to make his monsters gain experience by fighting the floor bosses. They would definitely grow stronger from these encounters. Suika didn't get the chance to fight for a long time, so she was particularly excited. Looking at her, Ed got some flashbacks from the time she killed the slime they encountered, and shivers went down his spine. Raikou seemed to react in the same way, indicating that both he and Ed were thinking about the same thing.

Suika transformed into her human form. She looked like a small child in this state. She activated her Ren and dashed towards the Yuki-Onna. Her speed was remarkable, but her opponent wasn't an easy one. The Yuki-Onna seemed to follow Suika's movement with her eyes while putting a hand on her mouth. She was wearing a Kimono, which completely hid her mouth. As soon as Suika got in her range, she moved her hand away and spit an icicle towards Suika. Suika dodged the fast projectile that was sent towards her. But before she could notice, she was surrounded by a thick mist.

'She didn't use this skill last time' Ed recalled the fight that took place last week. That time, the Yuki-Onna used simple magic attacks and didn't seem to employ tactics. Ed activated his Sharingan so he could follow the fight inside the mist. He noticed that Suika's opponent could tell her position through the mist. This would usually put people at a disadvantage, but Suika wasn't a normal monster. Suika activated her En, which spread around her. She could hold it at six meters. Anymore, and she would be depleted rather quickly. The Yuki-Onna kept sending projectiles of Ice towards her, but to no avail. Suika could dodge everything. On top of that, she could estimate the position of her opponent due to the angle in which the projectile invaded her En. Not even five attacks later, and Suika was right next to the pale woman.

The Yuki-Onna was panicking now. She tried to trap Suika in a coffin of ice but failed due to her opponent's careful planning. Suika transformed one of her arms into a spear-head. Her arm stabbed at the abdomen of the snow woman and penetrated her. Suika seemed to inject something into her. Ed knew that she used her poison. The fight didn't drag on anymore. The poison was acting quickly, and Suika was putting immense pressure on her opponent. Causing her to move more, making the poison act even faster.

Soon enough, Suika beheaded the Yuki-Onna after transforming her hand into a sword. The fight didn't even last five minutes. Both Ed and his monsters were defying the common sense of the world.

The teleportation light appeared once more. It surrounded all three of them as they went to the fourth floor. Ed opened his eyes to find that he was surrounded by walls. He checked up on Suika and Raikou and was relieved finding that they were next to him. Ed opened up the Map and noticed that the fourth floor looked like a maze. An incredibly complicated maze. It wouldn't be a mistake to call it a Labyrinth. Ed was having a hard time figuring it out even when using the Map. The Labyrinth was also filled with monsters. At every corner, groups of monsters swarmed the place.

"This would be a good place to train my spirit!" Ed withdrew his blindfold from the Inventory. If someone were to ask him 'How would it train your spirit?' Ed would have no way to answer them. He put the blindfold on and kept walking ahead. Raikou and Suika couldn't help but let out a sigh. Suika was sitting on top of Raikou's head in her slime form.

Ed deactivated his Map. He didn't want to cheat his way out of the Labyrinth as he thought this would help him with his Haki training. It was true that unusual training brings great results, but Ed's training wasn't anything close to weird. It was borderline insane.

"I'll definitely improve in this floor!" Ed shouted as he was walking, but he didn't notice that one of the ground's rocks was misplaced, making it face up. He tripped and fell on his face right after his arrogant speech.

Author's Thoughts

Shigun

Enjoy the chapter^^