With McGillis’s head in her hand, the six-armed catwoman’s rank within the kin climbed one step.
The catwoman felt displeased. If she was designated, that position would be hers.
The party concluded.
Under the command of their master, the Demon King.
She relaxed in her room, drinking alcohol.
“This is no time to be lounging in bed!”
In order to raise her own rank within the kin, even if only slightly.
She went to the hole the intruder had made.
After advancing a certain distance, it seemed a collapse had occurred.
Deeper. She couldn’t reach the entrance from where the intruder had dug such a hole.
She wouldn’t give up and return to her room.
“Kin Authority. Passage Expansion.”
The Demon King’s favorites were granted the ability to use a portion of the power to create labyrinths.
Passage Expansion.
The overpopulated kin would resolve the organization of their districts within the labyrinth themselves.
In essence, they wanted to save the Demon King the trouble of listening to both sides’ demands and expanding the districts one by one.
That was the kin authority.
Thump. Thump.
Clang. Clang.
The piled-up earth and sand were pushed back, creating a ceiling a head’s height above the catwoman’s head, with room to spare.
The floor was paved with stone. The walls on both sides were made of tamped earth.
Passage Expansion was truly terrifying.
“I won’t let you hoard all the credit for yourself~~♪”
The intruder’s invasion route. If she crushed the base beyond that.
Her spoils of war would be greater than just a single head.
Even if they were merely the following combatants who had invaded the base.
The second floor of the Underground Kingdom.
The catwoman had successfully infiltrated McGillis’s underground base.
McGillis certainly wouldn’t have expected to be counter-attacked this quickly.
Because. It was them who were invading.
Once they obtained the treasures from the treasure vault, they would promptly move the entire Underground Kingdom.
If their location couldn’t be discovered.
Counter-attack. They couldn’t possibly attack to reclaim the treasures.
“Ngh! A labyrinth…”
So close.
Just what kind of labyrinth was it?
It was on the land being expanded by the Demon King, the master of the Labyrinth of Power.
“Just this information alone can be considered spoils of war, right? ♪”
If it’s a labyrinth, then monsters would be deployed.
Defeating one, or even a single one, and bringing it back would be tangible proof that the information was correct.
“Where are the monsters? Preferably something manageable… ♪ Found… you ♪”
The unfortunate half-Blood of the Dark Tribe and Human Race.
It was his misfortune to have come to see the expanding second floor after finishing dinner with McGillis.
“Pigiyyy――”
With a strength unimaginable from the catwoman’s slender arms, she snapped his neck.
From the Labyrinth of Power.
Every single one of them possessed incredible strength that defied their appearance.
And if they wielded a weapon. They were truly unmatched.
Adventurers of Silver rank or lower would be better off not challenging them.
Those who did were driven by the desire for a massive fortune and the title of hero.
The Labyrinth of Power within the Tartarus Kingdom chose its challengers.
The weak and cowardly would falter on the first floor. The probability of returning to the entrance was about fifty-fifty.
“It’s completely black~. Its eyes and tongue are red.”
Though not particularly interesting.
It had distinct features.
If she showed this corpse to the Demon King.
Whose labyrinth had expanded its influence this far?
Was that my imagination? I could have sworn I felt someone’s gaze just now?
The catwoman, regaining her composure.
She tried to return through the hole she had entered, but her steps halted when she realized the hole was sealed.
“It was me who invaded. Have they already noticed? Faster than the Demon King――?! Kyaaaa!”
The catwoman was suddenly sent flying to her left with a sideways blow, skidding across the ground.
Her skin tore, and red blood oozed from the wounds.
“It hurrrts! What was that? I didn’t sense any presence or hear any footsteps~~”
An Undead type.
Had a form of floating spirit, with no legs, used a technique that blew away an object called “Shock”?
“I’m sorry, but I can’t fight an opponent I can’t hit~… Show yourself!? You coward!”
…Silence…
“Wh-What the?! ”
An impact to the stomach.
If this continued, she’d be turned into a punching bag!
The catwoman, while rushing towards the blocked hole, screamed.
“Kin Authority. Passage Expansh―― Bufuu!”
A powerful pain on her right cheek.
Passage Expansion failed (canceled).
“Gufuu. So, you won’t let me escape.”
Fight and defeat it. Escape before reinforcements arrive!
Her weapon was gauntlets.
If she could discern its form or location.
A Higher Species of floating spirit.
Even a Shinigami could be defeated by my fists.
Shinigami.
An Undead type.
The final evolution of floating spirits like Wraith and Ghost.
If we were to assign levels in an RPG style.
Level 80.
It would appear with low probability in the late stages of a story.
Skills:
Inflict impact on objects – Shock.
Move surrounding objects – Poltergeist.
Inflict a death curse on the target – Death Count.
Inflict a curse of misfortune on the target – Curse Spell.
A scythe that has a low probability of instantly killing the target – Death Scythe.
Summon souls before they are called to reincarnation and turn them into obedient pawns – Summon Soul.
Dark Magic.
Non-elemental Magic.
The catwoman looked at her gauntlets.
Then, thinking it was possible, she prepared to deliver a counter-attack that would certainly annihilate the enemy in a single blow when it attacked next, all while the enemy remained invisible and its location unknown.
The magic within her body.
The life energy emitting from her soul… Aura.
She mixed these two powers into both gauntlets.
The gauntlets began to glow faintly.
This would expose her attack intentions to the unseen enemy.
But if the enemy didn’t attack, she couldn’t counter.
(Now, attack me from wherever you want.)
Full concentration.
She would sense the enemy’s attack and strike the stored power in her gauntlets in that direction, or launch it.
If she missed, she would repeat until she hit.
Meanwhile.
The identity of the invisible enemy was Rayos, who could use Possession Ability.
He was possessing dust.
If the ceiling light had been a little stronger.
It would have been possible to see a person-sized cloud of dust floating in the air.
“I heard a scream, so I came to check the situation.”
Who is this woman?!
He rejoiced for a moment.
But she was gripping her son’s corpse in her hand.
He’d accidentally possessed the dust and beat him up.
Ah~, the gauntlets are imbued with magic.
They’re glowing beautifully. I don’t need the will to fight you.
Besides. You can’t kill me, right?!
Rayos leaped forward from in front of the catwoman to deliver a flying kick.
“Ngh! Cheerio—!”
Rayos’s flying kick was invisible, but she immediately sensed the flow of air, a pressure that could be called wind, approaching her with full concentration.
She thrust out her right gauntlet, preparing to counter.
“—Nnnnnngh!”
The dust he possessed diffused and melted at high temperatures.
Forced possession release.
“Possession.”
Even if released from possession.
Rayos possessed the dust floating in the air once again.
If there wasn’t enough in the air, he used the dust on the ground to create a person-sized body.
“—Killing intent!”
Hyaun! The catwoman instinctively pulled back.
As a result, she dodged Rayos’s counter.
“Alright! Sei-yaaa!”
“Ugh. K-This! Don’t get cockyyyyyy!”
No matter how much power they held, the attacks couldn’t wound the soul.
Even if the body he inhabited was destroyed, he could immediately transfer to a new vessel.
Attacking consumed physical strength and magic power.
By exchanging vessels, his physical strength didn’t decrease at least.
“Haa, haa. This… Guh.”
The catwoman had a 0% chance of winning against Rayos.
“You lasted surprisingly long. And then…”
Why were the tunnels I sealed.
Now have more magnificent passages than I created?
The construction of the passages was the same as the labyrinth that had been opened.
In other words, I was counter-attacked. In such a short time.
“I need to hurry and go get the treasure from the treasure vault.”
He possessed his son’s corpse.
His neck throbbed. He couldn’t see straight ahead.
Crackle, crackle. He forcibly realigned the bones of his broken neck, though crooked.
His remaining possessed magic power was depleted.
While naturally recovering, he restrained the intruder, the woman with cat ears and a tail.
To be safe. He should probably gouge her tendons.
She was incredibly strong. It would be the worst if my wives were killed while I was away.
“You’ll be imprisoned in the depths of this deep hole.”
Surely, she couldn’t move even if her tendons were cut, right?
The wound was stopped from bleeding.
But if she moved violently, the wound would reopen.
“It’s a race against time.”
McGillis was fast asleep in his room’s bed.
Until tomorrow morning was the time limit.
Rayos re-entered the second floor of the Labyrinth of Power.
He collapsed the passage the catwoman had created.
