The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

Her body slammed heavily onto the ground. Even with her Lv.3 ability and the Amazoness's strong physique, Aisha still spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Stop crying, Little Fox. I'm fine... Damn it!" Aisha couldn't help but curse.

"You're alive! Thank you for the healing magic, little Elf girl, and thank you for the medicine, young man. As repayment, next time you go to the Pleasure Quarter, mention my name, and I'll give you a free King's Package for one night... Wait, wait, I'm kidding! Put the sword away, please!"

Arya Hyshia hesitated for a moment, then leaned close to Ryuu's ear: "...Private party... One against ten... Ballroom dance... No clothes..."

"Arya Hyshia, you... How do you know about that...?" Ryuu stammered.

There was once a male adventurer in the Loki Familia who embezzled a huge sum of money from the Familia to spend in the Pleasure Quarter. He was deceived by a bad woman and squandered it all in a few days.

Therefore, the series of stories about Raul Nord and the Pleasure Quarter, Raul Nord and debts, Raul Nord and the King's Package became enduring legends within the Loki Familia.

"So, you first fell into the Vertical Hole, down to the sixteenth floor, and then the floor cracked, and you fell here. You really are unlucky," Emiya said. "I am Emiya Shirou. What is your name?"

Emiya said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Haruhime, I'll call you that then. From now on, you and Lefiya will stay behind me. I will protect you."

"The Emiya-sama who says he will protect me is like a hero, but I am... a prostitute destined to bring disaster to heroes."

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"I'm very certain that just recently, our Familia's expedition returned after defeating the Goliath. It's not yet time for it to be reborn," Aisha said, standing up again.

It was a certainty that the Goliath had not yet been reborn. Aisha couldn't understand why they were preparing to subjugate it.

"You don't understand 'the Dungeon's Malice'," Arya Hyshia said. "To target adventurers, the Dungeon will make all sorts of unreasonable things happen. It's not impossible for it to prematurely revive the Labyrinth King."

Although the Goliath is a Labyrinth King, it's still just a Lv.4 with super-high durability. There are two Lv.4 adventurers here, and both [Pure Garden] and [Gale] are not ordinary, being among the strongest of Lv.4s.

"Frankly speaking, we're more worried because of you," Arya Hyshia said. "Don't misunderstand, it's not meant to belittle you. It's just that with you added, subjugating the Goliath seems a bit too easy."

Arya Hyshia changed the subject and suddenly asked, "Can that Lv.1 fox girl be of any use?"

Aisha immediately replied, "No, she's just a newbie, and she doesn't have any skills or magic."

Would the Istar Familia have [Liger] Aisha specifically protect a Lv.1 without any skills or magic?

Seeing that Arya Hyshia wasn't interested, Aisha secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, they, the Amazonesses, weren't even this considerate to their own mothers.

Because of that heaven-defying magic, Haruhime is also the highest-level secret of the Istar Familia. If it hadn't been for the accident, she shouldn't have appeared in the sight of existences like the Loki Familia.

"I've confirmed it. The path to the upper levels is blocked."

Although it was expected, she still specifically confirmed it, just in case there was a miracle.

"Okay."

"It's up to you."

The three senior adventurers made their decision.

Haruhime lowered her head, thinking about the rumors she had heard from the sisters in the Pleasure Quarter: "I heard that the Dungeon deliberately targets promising newbies, using 'abnormal situations' to eliminate future threats in advance. So, this disaster must have happened because of me. I brought the disaster."

Chapter 43 Black Goliath

Arya Hyshia and Aisha led the way at the front, Ryuu covered the rear, and the three juniors were protected in the middle.

The ceiling grew higher and higher, and the phosphorescent light flickering like torches looked only like specks of light.

Walking in the direction where the passage widened would lead to the large room at the deepest part of the seventeenth floor.

"The situation is indeed not right," Aisha said softly.

This level is where the Labyrinth King is located, but that doesn't mean ordinary monsters won't be born. Precisely because of this, Arya Hyshia and the others didn't dare leave the juniors in other rooms and go to subjugate the Boss themselves.

If it weren't for judging from the terrain that this was indeed the seventeenth floor, one would almost suspect that they had passed through the Vertical Hole into some cave outside the Dungeon.

However, whether it was Ryuu, Arya Hyshia, or Aisha, what they felt in their hearts was only vigilance and a slight unease, but not much worry.

On the contrary, when facing a completely "unknown" enemy, even if the adventurer party has an advantage on paper, it can be instantly annihilated due to a lack of information.

And the "Giant Goliath" is one of the monsters with the most complete information.

The current Goliath can be steadily subjugated by a team centered around a Lv.3, with several Lv.2s as the backbone, and dozens of higher-level Lv.1s acting according to the strategy.

This was a spacious, long, and large room.

Unlike the strangely shaped rooms before, the structure here was like a rectangular parallelepiped. From the circular entrance to the deepest part of the room was about two hundred meters. The width was about one hundred meters, and the distance from the ground to the ceiling was about twenty meters.

This wall was even somewhat beautiful, but also incomparably eerie. Looking up at it, one could only feel their vision distorting.

[Wall of Sighs]

The final barrier of the seventeenth floor, named by the adventurers who reached this large room and returned alive.

Whether advancing or retreating, all paths were blocked, temporarily trapping the adventurers on the seemingly vast seventeenth floor.

"Crack—"

As if welcoming the visitors, such a sound rang out.

The wall continued to make cracking sounds. Crack, crack, the sound gradually became louder. Then, it transformed into a panting, painful, sigh-like heavy sound, shaking the entire large room.

The adventurers' expressions gradually became more serious, especially the higher-level adventurers.

"This isn't a Goliath," Arya Hyshia murmured softly. "Not the Goliath we've seen..."

"Rumble—"

As if something huge had descended to earth, an exceptionally ear-piercing landing sound.

The skin of a normal Goliath should be grayish-brown and about seven meters tall, while this black Goliath was at least nine meters tall.

Its black skin shimmered with a metallic-like luster. It was larger, but compared to the stout ordinary Goliath, its body was more agile and lithe.

Not only did Haruhime, who was frightened and fell, and Lefiya, whose legs went weak, but even the Lv.4 Arya Hyshia hesitated for a moment.

What Arya Hyshia had been worried about all along was that when they were fighting the Goliath, other monsters would be generated, harming Shirou and the others.

"The seventeenth floor is home to the Labyrinth King · Giant Goliath," which, for adventurers, is a common sense like an absolute truth.

“Chun姬, are you, okay… Damn it, the medicine is with the supporters…”

“Sister Aisha…” Chun姬's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

Because for the second time, she heard the sound of the floor cracking beneath her.

Chapter 42: Confident Girls

The beautiful Amazon woman lay on the ground, a katana and a Western sword crossed over her neck. The cold expressions of the two female elves told Aisha that if she dared to spout nonsense again, she could say goodbye to her head.

“Speaking of which, what is a 'King's Meal'?” Ryu whispered to Alicia beside her. She only instinctively realized that what the Amazon was saying wasn't anything good, but she didn't have a specific understanding of it.

After listening to Alicia's description, steam instantly rose from Ryu's head, and Alicia's face also turned red.

Alicia gritted her teeth: “I accidentally overheard some idiot boys in the familia talking about it, don't ask…”

And that Mr. Raul, the unnamed 【Extraordinary Husband】, spent so much in the pleasure district that he still hasn't paid back the familia's money.

“What's with these two perverted elves…” Aisha complained in her heart as she watched the two female elves' coy posture, but naturally, she didn't dare to say it directly.

“This humble girl is called Sanjōno Haruhime.” The fox-girl said softly.

Haruhime had a pair of melancholic, beautiful emerald eyes. She lowered her eyes, and dewdrops like tears vaguely hung on her long golden eyelashes.

“This humble girl… obeys.” Haruhime lowered her head even further.

Haruhime quietly raised her head and looked at Wemiya's profile. Wemiya was seizing the time, trying to comfort Lefiya and cheer her up.

She lowered her head again, and her golden ears and tail also drooped down.

The most powerful aspect of the Amazon tribe is their resistance to blows. A minor injury from falling a few floors can be healed with a bottle of stamina potion.

The Ishtar Familia has more than ten adventurers who have reached Lv.3, and the captain of the familia has even reached Lv.5, a first-class adventurer. Even if it was to deal with the Guild and not a full-scale expedition, it would be easy to deal with the giant Goliath.

“Alright, but with you and Gale here, even if there are fewer people, the difficulty of defeating Goliath shouldn't be too great, and I can also help.”

Aisha's reputation wasn't solely based on her main profession as a prostitute. Her ability scores and physical strength were above average, and she also possessed a fairly powerful attack magic. She was also doing very well as an adventurer, and she held a high position in the Ishtar Familia.

The combat power of an adventurer team increases significantly with the number of people. Aisha of the Amazon tribe is fully qualified to be a vanguard, which further liberates the attack power of Ryu and Alicia.

“The dungeon's purpose is to kill us adventurers, so I'm worried, is this really that simple…”

“I see…” Alicia didn't ask any further, although she still had doubts in her heart.

Moreover, isn't it a bit strange to come to the dungeon wearing a kimono?

Alicia restrained her curiosity, as it was impolite to delve into the secrets of other familias.

Haruhime has magic, and what she possesses is an extremely heaven-defying, unbelievably powerful magic. It is precisely because of this that the Ishtar Familia sends so many high-level adventurers who have undergone level ascension to protect and take care of her at all times.

At this time, Ryu returned, because her agility was the highest, so she was entrusted with the task of reconnaissance.

“Thank you for your hard work, I understand. It seems that we only have one way to go. Let's set off before this room starts generating monsters.”

Meanwhile, on the other side, with the three newcomers.

Lefiya was also feeling down: “The 'dungeon's malice' must be targeting me. I've implicated Shirou, Senior Ryu, and Sister Alicia.”

Wemiya… He didn't think about anything, just closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and adjusted his physical and mental state, preparing for the upcoming battle.

Leaving the initial room, the group advanced towards the deepest part of the seventeenth floor.

Crossing the corridor, the scale of the grottoes gradually expanded, becoming an open structure large enough for groups of dozens of people to pass through. The number of forks in the road also decreased, and the road gradually narrowed to only one, feeling like walking in the belly of a snake with its mouth open.

The seventeenth floor was eerily quiet.

Lv.2 monsters on the seventeenth floor would appear in groups, and it would be too dangerous without high-level adventurers like them around.

However, on the way to the deepest room, they didn't encounter a single monster.

“Not a single monster.” Aisha said softly.

Giving people a bad feeling—

“It's as if the dungeon is accumulating power.”

Because of the advantage of “experience” and “information”.

In the dungeon, the most terrifying enemy is the “unknown”. Those monsters whose information has already been thoroughly understood, as long as sufficient preparations are made, even teams with not-so-strong strength have the opportunity to win against the strong.

Ryu had a particularly deep understanding of this.

For this initial Labyrinth King, the adventurers had already mastered all of its information, ability parameters, attack patterns, combat habits… Everything was transparent and visible.

In contrast, Alicia and the others' combat power had already far exceeded the needs to deal with this kind of monster.

Because there were no monsters blocking them, the adventurers quickly arrived at the deepest part of the labyrinth.

Whether it was the walls or the ceiling of this large room, they were made of jagged rocks, except for the structure of the wall on the left.

It could even make people mistakenly believe that it had been polished by someone's hand, as the surface of that wall had no unevenness. It stretched from one end of the room to the other like it had been repaired by a large number of stonemasons. It was very eye-catching.

The huge wall of the Labyrinth King, which can only nurture a specific monster.

In front of their eyes, the cave opening in the center of that wall was the passage to the eighteenth floor, the safe area. As expected, it was completely blocked by a huge stone.

Huge cracks ran down the giant wall like lightning.

Listening to the tsunami-like sound that seemed like an avalanche, it felt like the eardrums were emitting bursts of wails.

The increasingly frequent cries of sighs. Several cracks that were getting bigger and deeper. The seventeenth floor was shaken by the wails.

Approaching the limit, an impact from the inside was hitting the wall—

“That's not right…” Aisha's voice was a little solemn.

The ejected rocks fell into the air and crashed to the ground with a loud bang, and fragments of the broken giant wall were scattered all over the ground.

A silhouette that was unimaginably huge. Thick neck, thick shoulders, thick arms, thick ankles. Its body resembled a human, and its entire body was as black as the deepest ink.

An unprecedented monster with no sighting information—a black 【Goliath】.

A trembling aura spread out, and the difference in power, both in terms of race and size, made the adventurers feel awe and fear.

“Misjudged—”

Originally, she thought that her and Ryu's strength would be enough to deal with Goliath, and with Aisha, they would be even more confident.

Despite warning Aisha not to underestimate the “dungeon's malice,” she herself had actually been careless.

This so-called Labyrinth King, which respawns every ten days or so and is immediately killed, is nothing more than a “weakling” in the eyes of high-level adventurers, with a threat level far less than a few random monsters in the deep levels.