Day 521-530/Day 528

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"The 58th day / 520th day" Around the evening, we arrived at the 50th floor. Looking up from the stairs connecting to the 49th floor, it is a rooftop where you can not only feel the flowing wind, but also see the sun setting in the mountains and the stars shining in the sky.

That is outside. It has a flat floor, about 200 meters in diameter, with no fencing or walls surrounding it. I thought that anyone who could fly would be able to come in directly, but when I concentrated well and observed, there was something faint at the outer edge. Is it good to say that it is like transparent glass? Is it a barrier or something like that?

Throw pebbles all the way to make sure. Gust boosted the flight distance and extended it to the outside with plenty of room. The momentum would have been enough. However, the pebble did not go outside and bounced off something. Hard sound resounds. There must be something like a barrier or something like that. I thought, but the bird entered and passed without any obstacles. Well, I'm not sure, but let's be careful about falling.

I looked around again and looked around, but there was no other staircase above, so this is definitely the top floor where the ancient detonation controlled Emperor Astrakium should be.

I decided to rest on the stairs once to prepare. Take out a lot of delicious parts from the dungeon monsters you've killed so far and eat them. He began to check his equipment, filling his stomach and storing material for recovery. No matter how hard you cut, sharpen the tip of the vermilion spear that does not damage any blade with a whetstone, and wipe it with a clean cloth without any dirt. After preparing other large swords, cloaks, venom scales and other healing agents, take a nap for about an hour. The physical strength that had been consumed by abilities during nap was enhanced. When ready, step into the fifty-floor to defeat the ancient Ascension Bomber-controlled Ascension.

The sun has already set, and the moon is shining in the night sky. It's a fantastic sight that will blow away the mental fatigue of a few days of capture, but when you walk near the center you can not afford to enjoy the surroundings.

Suddenly, a sphere of light that glows in a color mixture of white, black, and gray, which is generated in the sky over several tens of meters.

From there emerged a human-type "Astrakium" that would have a height of 4 meters with different features on the left and right sides of the body, separated by a gray midline about 3 cm wide. "Astrakium" could be described as a figure of a united angel and devil.

The right half is an angel. On the face of a beautiful woman, four wings of pure white that can not be found from the back, and one hand that has no scarring and white soft skin hold a shining holy sword decorated like a gray balance, white And clothes colored in silver. The left half is a demon. On the face of a man of evil, from his back, four wings with black, distorted hands, and a muscular, muscular, red-black metal hand hold a gray, skull with a black deformed skull leaning on one side Clothes painted in black and red, with a shield with a scale drawn.

The appearance of a balance between the left and right was reminiscent of the structure of the labyrinth.

When I saw that figure, my throat sounded unintentionally. A feeling of pressure that can be understood just by confronting. The density and quality of the magical power released is among the best in memory, stating that the olfactory, which has eaten many prey so far, is the finest prey. Then you have to eat. She grabbed Vermilion and ran without hesitation.

With a laugh, peel the fangs.

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“五十八日目　／　五■二■八■目” 夕方頃、五十階に到着した. 四十九階と繋がっている階段から覗いたそこは屋上となっていて、流れていく風を感じるだけでなく、山陰に沈んでいく夕日や空に光る星も見える.

つまり外だ. 直径で二百メートル程度の平らな床が広がり、周囲を囲う柵や壁はない. 飛行可能な者なら直接やって来れそうだ、とも思ったが、よくよく集中して観察すると、外縁部には薄らとした何かがある. 透明なガラスのような、と言えば良いのか. 結界とかそんな感じの物なのだろうか.

ちょっと確かめる為、小石を全力投球. 突風で後押しして飛距離を伸ばし、外まで余裕をもって届かせた. 勢いは十分あっただろう. しかし小石は外に出ず、何かに当たって跳ね返った. 硬質な音が響く. やはり結界とかそんな感じの物があるのだろう. と思ったが、小鳥が何の障害も無く入り込み、通過していく. うーむ、よく分からんが、とりあえず落下には気を付けるとしよう.

気を取り直して周囲を観察したが、上に続く階段は他に見当たらない為、ここが古代爆雷制調天帝“アストラキウム”が居るはずの最上階で間違いない.

準備を行うため、一度階段で休息する事にした. これまで仕留めたダンジョンモンスターの中から美味かった部位を大量に取り出し、ガツガツ喰う. 腹を満たし、回復のための材料を蓄えながら装備の点検を始めた. どれほど硬い物を斬っても刃毀れ一つ無い朱槍の穂先を一応砥石で研ぎ、汚れ一つ無いが綺麗な布で拭く. その他大剣や外套、毒鱗やその他回復薬やらを用意してから、一時間ほど仮眠する. 仮眠でもアビリティによって消耗していた体力は充実した. 準備が整ったので、古代爆雷制調天帝“アストラキウム”を討伐するべく五十階に足を踏み入れる.

既に日は沈み、夜空には星月が輝いている. 数日間の攻略による精神的な疲労も吹っ飛ぶような幻想的な光景だが、中央付近まで歩いてくると周囲を楽しむ余裕はなくなった.

突如、数十メートルほど斜め上空に生じた白と黒と灰色が混ざった色合いに輝く光の球体.

そこから顔を出したのは、三センチ程の幅がある灰色の正中線を区切りとして、身体の左右で特徴の異なる身の丈四メートルはあるだろうヒト型の“アストラキウム”だった. “アストラキウム”は天使と悪魔が合体したような姿をしている、と表現できた.

右半身は天使だ. 美しい女の顔に、背中からは穢れ一つ見当たらない純白の翼が四翼、傷一つない白い柔肌の手が握るのは灰色の天秤のような装飾が施された輝ける聖剣であり、白と銀で彩られた衣服. 左半身は悪魔だ. 禍々しい男の顔に、背中からは黒く歪な手のような形状の翼が四翼、筋骨隆々で赤黒い金属のような手が握るのは黒い異形の頭蓋骨が片方に乗って傾いた灰色の天秤が描かれた盾であり、黒と赤で彩られた衣服.

まるで左右でバランスをとっているようなその姿は、これまでの迷宮の構成を彷彿とさせた.

その姿を見て、ゴクリ、と思わず喉が鳴る. 対峙しただけで分かる重圧感. 放出される魔力の密度と質は記憶にある中でも最上であり、これまで数多の獲物を喰ってきた嗅覚が最高級の獲物であると告げている. だったら喰うしかない. 朱槍を握りしめ、躊躇いなく駆け出した.

笑いを浮かべ、牙を剥く.