YLTESCIA: A Reincarnator's Tale in the Lands of Merusia

Chapter 59: Treasures, Treasures, and More Treasures!

Dimly lit hallways as far as the eyes could see, only illuminated by the red crystals embedded into the walls. Like an ant's nest, the labyrinth stretched out into halls and chambers far and wide.

In these hallways, the sound of sharp shrieks and metals clanging echoed throughout the almost still air, creating a chaotic melody as it spread through all the chambers. The sounds only became more quiet as the numbers of dancing in a dreadful battle dwindled.

"Yuna, four more behind you!" ［Grey］

"Un!" ［Yuna］

After blasting an orc towards the wall, Yuna twisted her body around and vigilantly looked out for the ones Grey mentioned, and when she found them...

《Icicle Shotgun!》 ［Yuna］

... A valley of ice flew towards their direction, impaling their large bodies and killing them in an instant. All that was left of them was the drops they had left behind as they vanished into thin air.

Grey and Yuna were currently in a red zone on the second floor. It was an area which was once swarmed with orcs and other G-ranked monsters. All of which have been wiped out by Grey and Yuna without breaking a sweat.

As each floor rises in difficulty, the 1st floor will only be filled with H-rank monsters, the 2nd would be G-ranks at most, and so on and so forth, up until the 10th and final floor which contains contains monsters up until Calamity Class, except for the boss which was a Disaster Class.

Each zone could also be designated by the color of torchstones imbedded on the walls. In the blue zone, bright blue crystals will illuminate the surroundings and no monsters will spawn. While the black zones are devoid of any light and monsters spawn rates are off the charts.

Monsters also couldn't leave their zones, that is why blue zones could also be called safe zones as participants can rest there at ease. Each floor is connected by stairs which are also one of the precious blue zones.

"Was that all of them, Grey?" ［Yuna］

"Yeah. I couldn't see any more monsters nearby. There also isn't anything to take note of. Let's just head to the next floor." ［Grey］

Seeing how barren the floor has become, Grey and Yuna decided to descend down the stairs towards the 3rd floor. They didn't even bother to pick up the monsters' drops as they were aiming to head the deepest floor they could.

Although it is forbidden to steal other's loot, higher ranked participants sometimes leave loot that they don't want just anywhere. And since the owners don't want it, other participants are free to take it.

It is also the reason why weaker participants stay vigilant each floor. They would be able to profit without risking their lives to a great extent. This in turn lowered the death rates from participants who were desperate to earn some money.

It has been almost an hour since Grey and Yuna had gone inside the labyrinth, and thanks to Grey's "Heaven's Eye", they were able to easily traverse the labyrinth as Grey looked out for dead ends and the stairs.

Of course, Grey also kept his eye peeled for secret treasure rooms. With his ability to view the work in a bird's eye view, he could bypass any walls and see the whole layout as if he was looking at a map. It was very useful to locate secrets.

There are also three types of treasure rooms. The first type is the easiest one where it only contains the treasure. The second type is laden with traps. And the third one is a monster ranch where the treasure will only appear once the monsters are defeated. But all of these treasure rooms have one thing in common, they become blue zones once the treasure is taken.