Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 419: Stronger Monsters

The cold and crazed monsters didn’t stop charging the Urus Keep until night fell and sank the fortress into darkness barely kept at bay with a sea of lanterns. As soon as the monsters withdrew into the darkness down the mountain, Nessa, Violina, Anerias, and Dukiel regrouped with Zach.

Zach told them about Soara’s analysis. The mere mention of the monsters’ similarity to the Basilisk and the Underworld’s artificial life project was enough to make their blood boil and raise their spirits again despite fighting for a day without a break.

But they soon calmed down and told Zach about how it had gone for them. Anerias and Nessa were the only ones who had difficulty keeping up with the avalanche of monsters. But the soldiers of the Keep noticed which side was a little behind and threw most of their support that way.

The soldiers didn’t interact with them and didn’t respond when talked to. They went about their business as if Zach and the others didn’t exist. If they tried to forcefully move the soldiers, they would freeze up until released.

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Then Alzara and Nora reported their findings from the inspection of the Keep. There were rations and supplies for at least several weeks. It was a big fortress. Read new chapters at novelbuddy

But there didn’t seem to be any central authoritative figure controlling the soldiers. There were also civilians hiding inside the fortress. There weren’t many and there weren’t many who could move. It seemed like every person who could still do anything was contributing to the fight against the monsters.

The atmosphere in the fortress, other than the five summoners, was glum and filled with despair. Still, no one stopped fighting. They hadn’t given up yet, even when it all seemed hopeless.

Without Zach and the other summoners, it was hard to tell if the Keep would have made it through this wave unscathed. And if the rising strength of each successive monster was any indication, the monsters would only grow stronger with each passing day.

What kept the soldiers going? What gave them hope?

What were the monsters and where were they coming from?

The directive given by the Labyrinth itself seemed simple. Defend as long as possible.

It seemed like they would get their rewards when they could no longer defend and the fortress was overtaken or they died. The longer they survived and defended the Keep, the better their rewards. Also simple.

But Zach and the others had no intention of failing. They didn’t enter the Labyrinth for sightseeing purposes.

They had heard a little about what to expect since the only thing about the Labyrinth of Vidur that was dangerous was getting to it. They knew that it wasn’t meant to be ’completed’ like the Trials of Syst or the floors of Jira. It was an endurance test.

People had looked for other solutions. Maybe there was a specific part of the Keep they needed to defend. Maybe there was something or someone outside the fortress that would come and help after a certain time that they could find in advance to speed up the process.

Small elite groups had tried. Large groups of semi-elites had tried.

It was a Labyrinth, so it wasn’t a waste, even if they never gained anything others hadn’t already gotten. It was also a great training exercise.

But throughout the years the Labyrinth of Vidur had rested on the Vidur mountain range, no one had reached a conclusion other than the best to do would be to last as long as possible.

Naturally, Zach and the others were going to do their best to break the record and stay for as long as they could.

But their instincts were telling them that it wasn’t as simple as that. There had to be more to it.

And if it was impossible to defeat the endless hordes of monsters…They already knew how to do the impossible. There was a solution somewhere in the Labyrinth and they would find it. Just because everyone who came before them had found nothing, it didn’t mean they wouldn’t.

But they were still testing the waters and seeing what the Labyrinth of Vidur was all about, so, the young summoners decided to rest for now and then when morning came, look and decide. If they needed to defend against the monsters, there wasn’t much anyone could do. It would also be rough if the monsters continued growing stronger.

Almost as soon as the light of the sun made it through the thick clouds covering the sky and mountain, the bell tower in the center of the fortress started ringing, signaling the start of the monsters’ siege.

The summoners had managed to find heat and some rooms inside the fortress and slept well after a day of fighting. They were ready to continue. The only one who was still tired was Zach, but that had nothing to do with yesterday.

He sat on a chair on the wall with Nora and Yanael to keep him and his cup of hot water company. He looked out over the battlefield and when he could feel the chill creep into his bones from the cold floor, he got up and took a walk around the walls, looking at the others.

Even before the end of the day and the siege, he could confirm that the monsters were stronger than yesterday.

If it continued like this, they would be too busy protecting the Keep to investigate the Labyrinth’s interior. They had to act quickly if they wanted to do something other than bathe in the frozen blood of the reanimated monsters.

But for today, they would keep killing and fending off the monsters until the sun sank behind the horizon. They would need to take some time when the monsters halted their attacks to plan and organize.

Zach was hopeful. Nessa and Anerias were struggling a little to keep up with the amount of monsters, but they still weren’t letting any up the walls and into the fortress. The others were doing more than fine.

He had kind of cleared the Labyrinth of Syst, and he had been the first to do it. Maybe he could repeat that achievement with the Labyrinth of Vidur.