Yagami, with eyes full of grief and a pain that could not be described by any words, buried Yuji.
He picked up a piece of wood, tied Yuji's cloth to it, and planted it above the grave as a marker.
He stood there silently for a few moments…
and softly said:
"Sleep peacefully… brother."
Then, without hesitation, he stepped onto a new path…
a dark, unknown, and dangerous place.
A place similar to the previous labyrinth—one he had failed to conquer even in that world.
Yagami, with flames of rage erupting inside him like a volcano, entered the heart of the labyrinth.
The first creature appeared before him: a massive and terrifying monster.
Level: S
Level: null
XP: 1000
HP: 180
Skill: High physical strength
But Yagami neither feared nor hesitated.
He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword… and in a fraction of a second, attacked.
He struck once—so powerful that not only the axe, but the monster itself was split in two.
Without even looking back, he moved forward calmly.
Like a wounded and enraged lion, he roared through the labyrinth… mercilessly slaughtering every monster in his path.
When he reached the main gate, two guards stood in his way:
an archer and a mage, both at SS+ level.
Archer:
Level: S+
XP: 11000
HP: 1230
Skill: High-speed archery
Special Skill: Continuous firing
Mage:
Level: S+
Level: null
XP: 12000
HP: 1355
Magic Power: Control of fire, plants, lightning, water, earth, and healing magic
Special Skill: Simultaneous control of two elements
Yagami instantly drew both of his swords.
Above each blade, he chanted a forbidden spell…
and immediately, a crimson, deadly aura formed around the edges.
When the mage saw that aura, he panicked and instantly activated his lightning magic.
A violent bolt of lightning came crashing toward Yagami.
Upon impact, thick dust filled the area. The mage and archer could see nothing…
The mage said to the archer:
"That forbidden magic!! …We must not underestimate him!"
Suddenly—right in front of the mage's face—
a blade-shaped spell flew toward him.
The mage quickly used his earth element and sank into the ground,
and the magical blade struck the massive door where the king resided.
The archer calmly fired arrows at Yagami without giving him any chance to attack.
Yagami activated his magic skill and raised the ground into a shield to block the arrows.
The mage emerged from the ground again, cast a spell onto one of the archer's arrows, and ran his hand along it.
The arrow gained a strange aura, and when fired, it turned into a flaming arrow, shattering Yagami's earth shield—
but Yagami was no longer there.
Suddenly, he appeared behind them and severed the mage's arm.
He then kicked the archer.
While being sent flying backward, the archer quickly fired an arrow toward Yagami.
Yagami activated his archery skill and fired two arrows back.
The first arrow split the archer's arrow cleanly in half and continued forward.
The archer dodged, but before he could relax, the second arrow struck directly into his eye!
With a painful scream, he clutched his face and said:
"I… even with just one eye, I can still—"
But Yagami gave him no chance.
In a flash, he leapt forward and swung his sword with full force across the archer's neck, severing his head instantly.
A few seconds later, the head—eyes wide open and mouth twisted in pain—hit the ground.
The mage stared in shock at the archer's headless body.
He attacked, but Yagami quickly jumped back.
The mage immediately cast healing magic, regenerating his right arm that had been severed earlier.
With a contemptuous glance at the archer's corpse, he said:
"Without me, he didn't even last two minutes… worthless animal!"
Yagami laughed and said:
"You think if you were in his place, you'd last any longer?"
The mage shouted:
"Of course! Because my power surpasses yours and his—"
Before he could finish, Yagami appeared like a deadly shadow and instantly beheaded the mage as well.
Blood sprayed into the air… and a deadly silence fell over the battlefield.
Yagami reversed his sword and said coldly:
"The battlefield is no place for words. You act—or you die, bastard."
He took the mage's right eye and the archer's left eye and placed them into the mechanism required to open the door.
As the door opened with a loud, thunderous roar,
Yagami stood before it without a single trace of fear.
(To be continued…)