'Frieren'

The four members of Rienta explored the area without incident.

The greatest danger comes from the Mimic.

After exploring one floor, we were preparing to enter the next floor.

Frieren's gaze was drawn to a wall.

He said to Fern

"Fern, show me the map."

"Have we finished exploring this level?"

Although Fern had some doubts, he still summoned the magically created map.

Frieren carefully examined the wall in front of her, occasionally tapping on it.

Then, with a confident expression, he said:

"There's a hidden room behind this wall; it must be treasure."

"This feeling might indicate the presence of a very precious magic book."

Rienta looked at the map thoughtfully.

He said:

"Structurally speaking, there should indeed be a hidden room here."

Fern looked at the map for a while and added, "However, I don't see anything like an entrance on the map."

Just as the group was deep in thought...

Frieren accidentally rotated a relief on the wall.

Immediately afterwards, the entire ground began to shake.

The Goddess statues carved on the wall began to tilt and shift to both sides from the position where Frieren rotated the relief.

The wall behind it was revealed.

The stones on the wall began to be rearranged and combined.

Finally, it formed a corridor leading into the depths.

Frieren watched this scene with great pleasure as the wall calmed down.

Rienta a glance, and the two entered the corridor with excited expressions.

The four of them followed the corridor into a palace.

Frieren scanned the area but did not find the grimoire she had imagined.

Rienta looked around but didn't find anything of value.

The most valuable item is probably the huge mural on the wall.

But he couldn't take this thing with him.

He sighed helplessly.

"Lady Frieren is amazing."

Fern praised Frieren for discovering the hidden room.

They then began to admire the murals.

The examiner Sense, looked at the mural and said, "It depicts the achievements of the king who was buried here."

"This is the first time I've ever seen murals from a unified dynasty that are so well-preserved."

"This is a very valuable discovery."

"It's truly magnificent," Fern exclaimed.

Seeing Fern so happy, Rienta and Frieren exchanged a smile.

Stop dwelling on the fact that no treasure was found in this room.

The four admired the murals for a while longer before leaving the hidden room.

Continuing our exploration deeper into the royal tomb.

After turning a corner, the four saw Dunkel and his three companions sitting in front of a door.

As she got closer, Frieren asked curiously:

"What's wrong? Why are you all gathered here?"

Dunkel looked at Frieren with a hint of helplessness and said:

"Structurally speaking, the deepest part is just beyond the hall behind me."

"So?" Frieren didn't understand why Dunkel and the others weren't going in.

The four of them did not encounter any danger along the way.

Dunkel pointed to the hall behind him and said, "You'll see when you see it."

Upon hearing this, Frieren peeked into the hall through the crack in the door.

After seeing the situation inside, he chuckled and said:

Things are starting to get interesting.

"But that's what you call conquering a dungeon!"

Rienta and Fern also curiously peered through the crack in the door.

The two of them, one above the other, observed the situation inside the hall.

A figure, seemingly an avatar of Frieren, stood in the center of the hall.

After Dunkel finished explaining the situation, Rienta managed to suppress a laugh.

No wonder Dunkel and his friends stayed here.

It turns out they were frightened by the clone 'Frieren'.

After listening to Dunkel's account, Frieren said thoughtfully:

"A perfect replica... It certainly seems to possess power equal to mine."

Dunkel looked at Frieren and asked, "To reach the deepest part of the maze, we must deal with that clone. Do you have any ideas?"

"Let me think..." Frieren pondered for a moment and said:

"If that clone truly replicates me completely, then its weaknesses should be the same as those of a real mage."

A thought suddenly flashed through Rienta.

Mimic.

Richter said, "When dealing with mages stronger than yourself, using mind control magic or binding magic are good options."

Frieren nodded first, which was a sign of her agreement with Richter's idea.

He then said, "That is indeed one method, but I have resistance to both types of magic."

Dunkel, standing nearby, looked at Frieren and said, "But there might be a brief opening."

"With you here, we can defeat it even with just a momentary opening, right?"

After saying that, Dunkel looked at Mettrie and asked, "Mettrie, you're quite good at this type of magic, aren't you?"

"I wouldn't say I'm particularly good at it..."

After a few words of modesty, Mette-Taylor walked up to Frieren.

Please forgive my rudeness.

After saying that, he slowly embraced Frieren and began to release binding magic.

Rienta looked at the very older sister in front of her with a head full of question marks.

I don't understand why a hug is needed to cast a binding spell.

Soon, Mettti stopped thinking and said in a somewhat shocked tone:

"This is unbelievable, my binding magic has absolutely no effect."

"Generally speaking, this situation only occurs when there is a significant difference in magical power between the two parties..."

Just then...

Because of her height, after enjoying the face wash, Frieren murmured:

"(╯▽╰) It smells so good~..."

"Um?!!"

Hearing this, Fern glared angrily at the scene before him.

Seeing that the binding spell had failed, Metti stopped holding Frieren.

He crouched down slightly, looked into Frieren's eyes, and said:

"Miss Frieren, please look me in the eyes."

After a while, Mettti said with some helplessness:

"Mind control magic is useless."

"I cannot break through Miss Frieren's mental defenses."

Seeing that the experiment was over, Fern quickly went over and pulled Frieren was still standing there in a daze, back to her side.

And he held her tightly in his arms.

"Ara ara..."

Seeing this, Metteti gave the sulking Fern an apologetic smile.

Seeing this, Dunkel sighed helplessly, "Looks like they have a high resistance to both types of magic..."

After a moment's thought, Mettty said, "However, although Miss Frieren's mental defenses are extremely complex and robust, they are a rather ancient technique."

"Perhaps a mage specializing in mind control magic could find a loophole to exploit."

"Are there any mages among the candidates who specialize in this area?" Dunkel inquired.

After thinking for a moment, Metti said, "Ettylu, the second-level mage of Squad Seventeen, might have a solution."

"However, she's different from me; Etilius has almost no combat ability. It's hard to say whether she'll even make it here..."

"Furthermore, mind control magic cannot control things without minds. We're not even sure if the clones have minds at all..."

Upon hearing this, Dunkel sighed helplessly.

"The intelligence is far from sufficient..."