Best Friend (Arifureta x Male oc)

Chapter-7 Lizard And Food

3RD POV

It had been three days since Hajime and Yn have meet. YN and Hajime decided to create a party which consists of them.

Hajime: "Dammit, why can't we find it...?"

It had been three days since Hajime and Yn reunion. After explaining each other's situation and goals there both decided to create a party of two of them. There both will help each other to get back at their world, their planet, their home called Earth.

There has already searched the whole floor. There have already found the stairs that went downwards but there still hasn't find the stairs upwards which there wants to find it. There want to just get out of this labyrinth. 

Hajime had already tried transmuting his own staircase up to the floor above, ignoring the rules of the dungeon. The only thing he had discovered as a result was that past a certain point, whether he tried to climb up or down, the walls around him simply stopped responding tohis transmute skill. He could transmute as much as he liked within the confines of the floor, but the layers that separated the floors seemed to have some kind of magical protection cast on them. The Great Orcus Labyrinth had been created during the Age of the Gods. So it wasn't that odd for it to have some mysteries still.

YN: "It seems we have no choice but to go downstairs."

Yn and Hajime had already hunted the monsters which resided in the floor. Yn has also eaten the monsters that lived in this floor gaining their strength.

Hajime: "You are right."

The staircase that Hajime discovered two days ago was very roughly carved. It was closer to a bumpy slope than an actual staircase. Moreover, there was no green glowstone lighting the way, and the descent was steeped in darkness, giving off an ominous atmosphere. The darkness and shape of it made the entrance resemble the gaping jaws of some humungous beast. It felt as if once there entered, there would never be able to come back out.

Hajime: "Hah! Bring it on! I'll devour anything you throw at me!"

YN: "I'm ready. Let's go."

Once there started down the staircase, the darkness enveloped them fully. While it generally made sense for an underground labyrinth to be dark, every floor Hajime had passed so far had been lit with glowstone. Even if it hadn't been bright, it had never been so fully dark that Hajime couldn't even see his hand in front of his face.

But to YN it was not even a problem. He has Forsight and Sound Control which helps him to see even in the dark. In that strange world YN have gone to many places where there was not a single bit of light. Still, he survived it by using his skills and instincts. For him the darkness in front of him is now a common view.

Hajime who can't see anything in the darkness left with no choice but to rely on YN. But this strategy has a fatal flaw. Which is Hajime can't sense YN. So, he decided to switch the plan. He informed YN to stop to which YN understood the reason and stopped.

Hajime dug around in his makeshift rucksack, created from bear leather and transmuted wire, and pulled out a green glowstone to light his surroundings.

Carrying a light source in the darkness was tantamount to suicide, but Hajime reasoned that he had no other means of catching to YN who is moving forward. However, he decided to make sure to at least keep his right hand free, so he tied the glowstone to the stump of his left arm.

After a while of walking forward, YN and Hajime both saw something glint in the darkness, deeper down the passageway. Hajime strained his senses, suddenly vigilant.