Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”
Day 58 – Afternoon, Dungeon, 38F
Hmm, since I’m going to eventually remodel the place anyway, this is good enough to give it a passing mark, but the ceiling is too low. It might be because there are only a few large monsters, but lack of height creates a feeling of oppression? For private rooms that might be fine too… But I can’t help but compare it to the Great Dungeon. To that degree of perfection and its refined architecture. And then all the rough parts end up standing out, and the layout doesn’t appear that great as well. However, location-wise this place is better.
「Vanguard, get ready, charge at the same time with the arrow volley! Release! Also, the trio in the back, stop remodeling!」
「「「Roger! Moving out!」」」
Level 38 Bears are losing to them in strength and go flying. The heavyweight-class equipment combined with a high-speed charge scatters enemies with a terrible clash, the collision alone eliminating most of their HP.
This is the level wall, the irresistible overwhelming power.
It’s unfortunate, but it seems it did not reflect on their intelligence. Why would they go out of their way to bring boomerangs to a high-speed heavy infantry charge? Since when did this become a charge weapon? And just when are you going to throw it? Why would you switch to boomerangs without a hint of hesitation after I went through the trouble of making halberds and arming every frontliner with them? And they actually went and wiped them out with boomerangs. Just what are boomerangs supposed to be?
In this case, the boss fight on the 50th floor also shouldn’t pose much of a risk. As they are right now, they’d be able to overwhelm even the rafflesia, and even break through the sea of mummies. Well, Slime-san shouldn’t be viewed as the same category as other dungeon masters anymore, and even if they happen to encounter something like the Sand Giant, with their current strength they should be able to retreat.
They can withdraw while defending together, and that is the most important thing. Running away is perfectly fine in order to make it home alive.
And since I put simple barrier devices inside the fancy item bags, they should be able to buy them some time. It’s just that they are too large and can only last for a short amount of time, but they can help in an emergency. Meanwhile, there is no hope at the moment for the emergency escape devices. After all, I’m the only person who has 『Teleportation』, and even I can’t control it at all, which makes it too unreliable to assign to items.
It’s amazing that I managed to teleport to Stalker Girl back then. Since then there has been no successful mid-range jump, let alone long-range ones. Maybe it works better if there is a target?
But as I thought, this dungeon is deep, nowhere near 50 floors. How far should I take them? Yes, they are stronger than me, but eventually, they are going to be pushed back. Aside from the level difference, humans and monsters also have a difference in resilience and physical build, so eventually, they definitely will face pushback.
While they are on their way to becoming the greatest of heroes, they aren’t killers, if they can’t overpower the enemy, they lose. They can’t eliminate the enemy before the enemy resists. Because that’s cheating.
It’s possible if it’s us alone. Here I have Armored Pres-san with her unfair technique and Slime-san whose entire existence is like cheating. And then there is me, praised by the girls day and night as the winner of the triple crown of sneakiness, scumminess, and underhandedness. I’m exceedingly good at it. Wait, a moment? Now that I think of it, it’s not a praise at all!.. Let’s rip them off again tonight. And I was getting happy like a fool.
With this and that, we finally encountered the first hidden room on the 43rd floor. The monsters were already routed, battered, torn, shredded, and scattered to the wind. Everything is being resolved through an arrow volley followed by a charge. They are unrecognizably stronger. This is level 100, anyone would call them the strongest, this is the realm of strength that can be called transcendent.
「I’m ba~ack? The treasure was 『Windstorm Mace – PoW MiN InT 30% Up, +ATT, Windstorm, Shattering Impact, Weapons and Armor Internal Destruction』, isn’t this nasty? It probably won’t only destroy the armor but will also turn what’s inside it into a mashed ground meat hamburger or dumpling. This is harsh! What do you want for dinner today? Kind of?」
「「「Apologize to Hamburgers and Dumplings! And don’t bring up dinner after drawing such a scene! No ground meat today!」」」
With the deficit of hammers and maces this is a precious weapon, plus, since it came from a dungeon, it has good bonuses as well. I’d like an axe next, but we still need more gear too. The amount of swords is adequate, and armor or light armor is so-so. Gloves, boots, cloaks, are all in shortage, there were a few accessories, but that’s not enough. Even assuming that Armored Pres-san who already has ultimate equipment doesn’t need anything new, I still would like to fuse new items into my equipment if I find anything nice, so we need to gear more than 30 people. We might never have enough. Even so, there is no other choice but to gradually keep strengthening the equipment. As there is no such thing as absolute safety, there is no other choice but to keep going towards even greater safety. Therefore, dungeons.
And on the 48th floor was an axe, did I set a flag? Should I decide beforehand on what I want to find? However, to this day, no matter how hard I desired, there wasn’t a single Affection Rating boosting item! Did I block this flag somewhere?
But, conveniently, or perhaps this is the specialty of this dungeon, this is the second weapon in a row that comes with Weapons and Armor Destruction attached. I shouldn’t let that Internal Destruction part bother me. These weapons could be considered extremely useful in anti-human fights, or a war. Basically, if one can render the opponent powerless or weaken them by destroying their equipment, then it would allow carrying the fight in a favorable direction. Well, if insides get destroyed along the way too it’s a bit “that”, but these are still unmistakably strong weapons. And it seems there is a need for protection items for the lower half of the body, that Inside Destruction is scary! Actually, can the lower part properly Regenerate if crushed through the Internal Destruction? I don’t want to test that! Not only as a highschool boy, any man would be against that! That place is off-limits.
But well, even if we found some useful equipment, I have no intention whatsoever to let them go to war, but they became too strong. They aren’t going to obediently stay behind anymore. It felt long because they were stuck at level 99 for a while, but it’s been less than 2 months, the growth speed of Cheat owners greatly surpassed expectations. This was a miscalculation.
And this is another great find『Shattering Long Axe – ViT PoW DeX 30% Up, Physical Resistance (Greater), + ATT, Fracture, Weapons And Armor Destruction』, not only does it have good stats but also resistances, a skill, and on top of it weapon and armor destruction. This dungeon seems to be a jackpot in quite a few ways. That’s why it might be dangerous.
Now, the most efficient option would probably be to give the gear destruction weapons to Rhythm Gymnastics Girl, who can be seen as specializing in anti-personnel fighting, but she already has some sort of a weird personal weapon, which also had pretty good stats after being upgraded with mithril. And what’s more important, it goes well with her fighting style. A weird weapon that can freely change form. From a ball to a club, from a ribbon to a hoop, a Rhythm Gymnastics weapon. The hoop was the only form that I haven’t seen in use, so I thought that maybe she can’t fight with it, but as it turned out, it was the most vicious one. Even during sparring she was trying to catch the neck with it and then break it by throwing the opponent to the ground, or trying to catch an incoming sword or a spear to trap the arm so she could break it or the neck, it was really terrifying! That’s scary, the ribbon was crazy too, but when dealing with other humans the scariest one is the hoop. It was so brutal that it even got a nod of approval from Armored Pres-san. It didn’t even occur to me that a mere hoop can be this scary when handled with mastery.
Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”
Free-form, both her weapon and her fighting style are irregular, impossible to grasp, since she is bending backward, spinning around, leaping, and rolling, she is impossible to read, leading to the opponent being captured by her transforming weapon instead. As if in dance she is moving around killing enemies, toying with them, hypnotizing them with her unpredictable movements. If one engages her in combat, thinking that she is a human, they will immediately be hit with an attack from an unexpected position, from an unpredictable stance, and if one tries to attack her, she would bend and twist her body escaping the attack, following it with a counter of her own, luring the opponent into a trap, so it’s also impossible to apply pressure on her. If anything, her fighting style is the most similar to Slime-san. It’s truly terrifying for human opponents.
That’s why it’s better for her to stick with her current weapon. That combination of attacks leaves no room to even change weapons. She has a bow and a sword, but usually fights with the club form. Actually, should I make anti-monster weapons for her? She should be strong enough to handle swords, and a shotel or a khopesh would suit her. She also should be able to put『Windstorm Mace』to a good use, but is it a good idea. She is probably the only person who has a good understanding of her fighting style, so it would be better to directly ask her later. But for some reason, she gets angry when I call her Febreze? Even though that is supposed to be her nickname? I mean, Rhythm Gymnastic Girl is a pretty big mouthful to address someone?
As she got stronger her individuality got stronger too. An assassin-type, more fit for fighting other humans, this makes her unable to keep up with the vanguard lately. That being the case, the vanguard is also getting stronger, but it can also be said that all of this makes coordination with middle guard and mobile units that much more difficult.
There also might be a need to reorganize parties, but forming new ones is a very complicated challenge since for their power they also have strong individualities.
However, the 49th floor is being conquered at a blinding speed. Since this dungeon has many grouping monsters it is possible to turn this into mass warfare and annihilate them in an instant. Seeing that 『Metal Worm Lv 49』are physically resistant, they immediately readied fire magic and purged the place with a single 『Incinerate them!』. But isn’t it an ill omen to make such an order while wearing armor? It’s fine since they won… But there is quite a bad pattern for that? Although it does suit her. [1]
And upon finally reaching the 50th floor, what we found there was, as expected, a floor master, a huge elephant. Well, elephants tend to be huge, but even so, the size of this one makes one think『isn’t this a bit too big?』 Naturally, it also has a very long trunk. No visuals of the mother elephant were confirmed, but it is quite probable that the mamma elephant has a long trunk as well. If the father elephant is the only one with a short trunk it would likely lead to a very heavy and serious family council. Is it where the secret of its birth would be revealed? But it might pass away before the birth secret comes to light. Ah, it went down.
「Encircle! Vanguard, hold it back with shields! Melees to the rear! Ranged at its stomach!」
「「「Taking the front!」」」
「「「We’re taking the back!」」」
「「「Belly group~ Gather up~」」」
It’s decided. But why do the idiots feel so natural hunting that『Blizzard Mammoth Lv50』? It doesn’t feel out of place at all. And I hate myself for not being surprised anymore by the way they pinned the enemy down by throwing spears and then went melee on it with boomerangs. In the first place, those are not javelins, those are halberds, weapons that should be used to directly attack the enemy! And the ones that you are clubbing the elephant-san with are ranged weapons! Also, you lot are swordsmen! Or rather, where did your swords go? I don’t remember seeing them even once lately? You surely wouldn’t tell me that you sold them, right?!
「Nice, way to mammoth~? Actually, this mammoth is really on its way now. Although the reason for it leaving us is a group assault and abuse, is it really the place to mammoth? Like, the way the mammoth went leads to eternal sleep? 」
「「「We are so beat. It was so huge, 2,000 HP is against the rules. And yes, being this much of a mammoth task, this is definitely the way to mammoth.」」」
It wasn’t wrong it seems. So the words 『mammoth task』 were about killing a mammoth. To think that the secret of the words 『mammoth task』would be revealed here, Or was it? Just who came up with that? Primitive man? Neanderthals? When is one supposed to use that? Still a mystery.
「What are you gonna do? I won’t stop you if you want to keep going, but if things get dangerous I’m going to step in, or rather, Armored Pres-san is on the verge of going berserk, this is rather serious? If you won’t let her join in on the fun, you’ll be at a real risk of eternal ONE MORE SET during today’s practice? But if you let her participate, the middle floors will be totally slaughtered leaving nothing for anyone, to which I, personally, am pretty used by now, having a rather lonely time in dungeons, so what will you do?」
「「「「Continue. We think we can handle it.」」」」
You think, huh. Unless they end up in a very bad matchup, beating monsters on 50-60 floors should be a breeze, but since they received a sudden drastic boost to their strength, their cooperation is in a bit of a disarray. It didn’t completely fall apart for now, but adjustments have to be made. I think that practicing versus levels 50 might be a bit tough, but they seem to be very motivated.
「Then, from here on it’s a race to the lower floors, the one who reaches, kills, and gets it first wins and gets it? Kind of? Well… Readysetgo!」
51F, 52F, 53F, 54F, 55F, 56F, and we reach 57F. Instakilling only enemies that blocked my way I make my breakthrough. Still going at high speed, making no effort to decelerate at all, I cut up the nearby monsters as I pass through them. The president and the others must still be on the 51st floor. I thought I’d just go ahead and take the boss on the 60th floor for myself, but finding a hidden room on the 57th floor, decided to check it out. The Appraisal can wait for later. Let’s hurry ahead.
Rush through 58F, pass 59F, and there is the 60th floor. Meanwhile, the president and the others must still be busy with their extermination work on the 51st floor. If it’s about passing through without farming every single monster then it takes only a short while. I mean, Armored Pres-san and Slime-san are even faster than me where it comes to stealing a good part.
「Aaah, should we leave it for them? I mean, they seem to be good with such monsters, and it has appropriate strength? It also doesn’t seem to have anything of value, so how about we go back and pick up the pres and the others? Or rather, I don’t want to charge at that! And the way it moves is so irritating! But it also has such a perfectly adequate level of strength, that instantly killing it seems like a waste? Alright, let’s get everyone, and then push it onto them!」
It was a huge fly. It’s probably going to fight in high-speed air combat. An evasion-based build, susceptible to physical and magical attacks without any special skills, so it’s optimal for the president and the others! We totally aren’t pushing it on others because Armored Pres-san and I are grossed out by the fly and Slime-san is shaking, refusing to eat it! This is the beauty of humility, the spirit of give and take, so we give, give, give, and push it onto them! Alright, let’s go back!
(Nod, nod) (Jiggle, Jiggle)
Yup, unanimous. Oh, just how considerate is everyone? They are brimming with care for others. Definitely. That’s what I decided to think! I mean, flies aren’t going to get hit by Wire Cutter, and insecticides have little effect on them, the second place in 『I want nothing to do with them, ever』ranking, right after cockroaches. And it’s so big and gross! We probably can kill it in one hit, but it’s going to spit juices everyone, I don’t want to cut that. Armored Pres-san already escaped as well. Yes, we are retreating for the sake of our comrades!
[TL Notes:
[1] A wild Nausicaa reference, Kushana, an Imperial Princess of Torumekia, ordered a beam attack with those words to burn incoming insects, but things didn’t go as planned…
]
Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”
Day 58 – Afternoon, Dungeon, 38F
Hmm, since I’m going to eventually remodel the place anyway, this is good enough to give it a passing mark, but the ceiling is too low. It might be because there are only a few large monsters, but lack of height creates a feeling of oppression? For private rooms that might be fine too… But I can’t help but compare it to the Great Dungeon. To that degree of perfection and its refined architecture. And then all the rough parts end up standing out, and the layout doesn’t appear that great as well. However, location-wise this place is better.
「Vanguard, get ready, charge at the same time with the arrow volley! Release! Also, the trio in the back, stop remodeling!」
「「「Roger! Moving out!」」」
Level 38 Bears are losing to them in strength and go flying. The heavyweight-class equipment combined with a high-speed charge scatters enemies with a terrible clash, the collision alone eliminating most of their HP.
This is the level wall, the irresistible overwhelming power.
It’s unfortunate, but it seems it did not reflect on their intelligence. Why would they go out of their way to bring boomerangs to a high-speed heavy infantry charge? Since when did this become a charge weapon? And just when are you going to throw it? Why would you switch to boomerangs without a hint of hesitation after I went through the trouble of making halberds and arming every frontliner with them? And they actually went and wiped them out with boomerangs. Just what are boomerangs supposed to be?
In this case, the boss fight on the 50th floor also shouldn’t pose much of a risk. As they are right now, they’d be able to overwhelm even the rafflesia, and even break through the sea of mummies. Well, Slime-san shouldn’t be viewed as the same category as other dungeon masters anymore, and even if they happen to encounter something like the Sand Giant, with their current strength they should be able to retreat.
They can withdraw while defending together, and that is the most important thing. Running away is perfectly fine in order to make it home alive.
And since I put simple barrier devices inside the fancy item bags, they should be able to buy them some time. It’s just that they are too large and can only last for a short amount of time, but they can help in an emergency. Meanwhile, there is no hope at the moment for the emergency escape devices. After all, I’m the only person who has 『Teleportation』, and even I can’t control it at all, which makes it too unreliable to assign to items.
It’s amazing that I managed to teleport to Stalker Girl back then. Since then there has been no successful mid-range jump, let alone long-range ones. Maybe it works better if there is a target?
But as I thought, this dungeon is deep, nowhere near 50 floors. How far should I take them? Yes, they are stronger than me, but eventually, they are going to be pushed back. Aside from the level difference, humans and monsters also have a difference in resilience and physical build, so eventually, they definitely will face pushback.
While they are on their way to becoming the greatest of heroes, they aren’t killers, if they can’t overpower the enemy, they lose. They can’t eliminate the enemy before the enemy resists. Because that’s cheating.
It’s possible if it’s us alone. Here I have Armored Pres-san with her unfair technique and Slime-san whose entire existence is like cheating. And then there is me, praised by the girls day and night as the winner of the triple crown of sneakiness, scumminess, and underhandedness. I’m exceedingly good at it. Wait, a moment? Now that I think of it, it’s not a praise at all!.. Let’s rip them off again tonight. And I was getting happy like a fool.
With this and that, we finally encountered the first hidden room on the 43rd floor. The monsters were already routed, battered, torn, shredded, and scattered to the wind. Everything is being resolved through an arrow volley followed by a charge. They are unrecognizably stronger. This is level 100, anyone would call them the strongest, this is the realm of strength that can be called transcendent.
「I’m ba~ack? The treasure was 『Windstorm Mace – PoW MiN InT 30% Up, +ATT, Windstorm, Shattering Impact, Weapons and Armor Internal Destruction』, isn’t this nasty? It probably won’t only destroy the armor but will also turn what’s inside it into a mashed ground meat hamburger or dumpling. This is harsh! What do you want for dinner today? Kind of?」
「「「Apologize to Hamburgers and Dumplings! And don’t bring up dinner after drawing such a scene! No ground meat today!」」」
With the deficit of hammers and maces this is a precious weapon, plus, since it came from a dungeon, it has good bonuses as well. I’d like an axe next, but we still need more gear too. The amount of swords is adequate, and armor or light armor is so-so. Gloves, boots, cloaks, are all in shortage, there were a few accessories, but that’s not enough. Even assuming that Armored Pres-san who already has ultimate equipment doesn’t need anything new, I still would like to fuse new items into my equipment if I find anything nice, so we need to gear more than 30 people. We might never have enough. Even so, there is no other choice but to gradually keep strengthening the equipment. As there is no such thing as absolute safety, there is no other choice but to keep going towards even greater safety. Therefore, dungeons.
And on the 48th floor was an axe, did I set a flag? Should I decide beforehand on what I want to find? However, to this day, no matter how hard I desired, there wasn’t a single Affection Rating boosting item! Did I block this flag somewhere?
But, conveniently, or perhaps this is the specialty of this dungeon, this is the second weapon in a row that comes with Weapons and Armor Destruction attached. I shouldn’t let that Internal Destruction part bother me. These weapons could be considered extremely useful in anti-human fights, or a war. Basically, if one can render the opponent powerless or weaken them by destroying their equipment, then it would allow carrying the fight in a favorable direction. Well, if insides get destroyed along the way too it’s a bit “that”, but these are still unmistakably strong weapons. And it seems there is a need for protection items for the lower half of the body, that Inside Destruction is scary! Actually, can the lower part properly Regenerate if crushed through the Internal Destruction? I don’t want to test that! Not only as a highschool boy, any man would be against that! That place is off-limits.
But well, even if we found some useful equipment, I have no intention whatsoever to let them go to war, but they became too strong. They aren’t going to obediently stay behind anymore. It felt long because they were stuck at level 99 for a while, but it’s been less than 2 months, the growth speed of Cheat owners greatly surpassed expectations. This was a miscalculation.
And this is another great find『Shattering Long Axe – ViT PoW DeX 30% Up, Physical Resistance (Greater), + ATT, Fracture, Weapons And Armor Destruction』, not only does it have good stats but also resistances, a skill, and on top of it weapon and armor destruction. This dungeon seems to be a jackpot in quite a few ways. That’s why it might be dangerous.
Now, the most efficient option would probably be to give the gear destruction weapons to Rhythm Gymnastics Girl, who can be seen as specializing in anti-personnel fighting, but she already has some sort of a weird personal weapon, which also had pretty good stats after being upgraded with mithril. And what’s more important, it goes well with her fighting style. A weird weapon that can freely change form. From a ball to a club, from a ribbon to a hoop, a Rhythm Gymnastics weapon. The hoop was the only form that I haven’t seen in use, so I thought that maybe she can’t fight with it, but as it turned out, it was the most vicious one. Even during sparring she was trying to catch the neck with it and then break it by throwing the opponent to the ground, or trying to catch an incoming sword or a spear to trap the arm so she could break it or the neck, it was really terrifying! That’s scary, the ribbon was crazy too, but when dealing with other humans the scariest one is the hoop. It was so brutal that it even got a nod of approval from Armored Pres-san. It didn’t even occur to me that a mere hoop can be this scary when handled with mastery.
Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”
Free-form, both her weapon and her fighting style are irregular, impossible to grasp, since she is bending backward, spinning around, leaping, and rolling, she is impossible to read, leading to the opponent being captured by her transforming weapon instead. As if in dance she is moving around killing enemies, toying with them, hypnotizing them with her unpredictable movements. If one engages her in combat, thinking that she is a human, they will immediately be hit with an attack from an unexpected position, from an unpredictable stance, and if one tries to attack her, she would bend and twist her body escaping the attack, following it with a counter of her own, luring the opponent into a trap, so it’s also impossible to apply pressure on her. If anything, her fighting style is the most similar to Slime-san. It’s truly terrifying for human opponents.
That’s why it’s better for her to stick with her current weapon. That combination of attacks leaves no room to even change weapons. She has a bow and a sword, but usually fights with the club form. Actually, should I make anti-monster weapons for her? She should be strong enough to handle swords, and a shotel or a khopesh would suit her. She also should be able to put『Windstorm Mace』to a good use, but is it a good idea. She is probably the only person who has a good understanding of her fighting style, so it would be better to directly ask her later. But for some reason, she gets angry when I call her Febreze? Even though that is supposed to be her nickname? I mean, Rhythm Gymnastic Girl is a pretty big mouthful to address someone?
As she got stronger her individuality got stronger too. An assassin-type, more fit for fighting other humans, this makes her unable to keep up with the vanguard lately. That being the case, the vanguard is also getting stronger, but it can also be said that all of this makes coordination with middle guard and mobile units that much more difficult.
There also might be a need to reorganize parties, but forming new ones is a very complicated challenge since for their power they also have strong individualities.
However, the 49th floor is being conquered at a blinding speed. Since this dungeon has many grouping monsters it is possible to turn this into mass warfare and annihilate them in an instant. Seeing that 『Metal Worm Lv 49』are physically resistant, they immediately readied fire magic and purged the place with a single 『Incinerate them!』. But isn’t it an ill omen to make such an order while wearing armor? It’s fine since they won… But there is quite a bad pattern for that? Although it does suit her. [1]
And upon finally reaching the 50th floor, what we found there was, as expected, a floor master, a huge elephant. Well, elephants tend to be huge, but even so, the size of this one makes one think『isn’t this a bit too big?』 Naturally, it also has a very long trunk. No visuals of the mother elephant were confirmed, but it is quite probable that the mamma elephant has a long trunk as well. If the father elephant is the only one with a short trunk it would likely lead to a very heavy and serious family council. Is it where the secret of its birth would be revealed? But it might pass away before the birth secret comes to light. Ah, it went down.
「Encircle! Vanguard, hold it back with shields! Melees to the rear! Ranged at its stomach!」
「「「Taking the front!」」」
「「「We’re taking the back!」」」
「「「Belly group~ Gather up~」」」
It’s decided. But why do the idiots feel so natural hunting that『Blizzard Mammoth Lv50』? It doesn’t feel out of place at all. And I hate myself for not being surprised anymore by the way they pinned the enemy down by throwing spears and then went melee on it with boomerangs. In the first place, those are not javelins, those are halberds, weapons that should be used to directly attack the enemy! And the ones that you are clubbing the elephant-san with are ranged weapons! Also, you lot are swordsmen! Or rather, where did your swords go? I don’t remember seeing them even once lately? You surely wouldn’t tell me that you sold them, right?!
「Nice, way to mammoth~? Actually, this mammoth is really on its way now. Although the reason for it leaving us is a group assault and abuse, is it really the place to mammoth? Like, the way the mammoth went leads to eternal sleep? 」
「「「We are so beat. It was so huge, 2,000 HP is against the rules. And yes, being this much of a mammoth task, this is definitely the way to mammoth.」」」
It wasn’t wrong it seems. So the words 『mammoth task』 were about killing a mammoth. To think that the secret of the words 『mammoth task』would be revealed here, Or was it? Just who came up with that? Primitive man? Neanderthals? When is one supposed to use that? Still a mystery.
「What are you gonna do? I won’t stop you if you want to keep going, but if things get dangerous I’m going to step in, or rather, Armored Pres-san is on the verge of going berserk, this is rather serious? If you won’t let her join in on the fun, you’ll be at a real risk of eternal ONE MORE SET during today’s practice? But if you let her participate, the middle floors will be totally slaughtered leaving nothing for anyone, to which I, personally, am pretty used by now, having a rather lonely time in dungeons, so what will you do?」
「「「「Continue. We think we can handle it.」」」」
You think, huh. Unless they end up in a very bad matchup, beating monsters on 50-60 floors should be a breeze, but since they received a sudden drastic boost to their strength, their cooperation is in a bit of a disarray. It didn’t completely fall apart for now, but adjustments have to be made. I think that practicing versus levels 50 might be a bit tough, but they seem to be very motivated.
「Then, from here on it’s a race to the lower floors, the one who reaches, kills, and gets it first wins and gets it? Kind of? Well… Readysetgo!」
51F, 52F, 53F, 54F, 55F, 56F, and we reach 57F. Instakilling only enemies that blocked my way I make my breakthrough. Still going at high speed, making no effort to decelerate at all, I cut up the nearby monsters as I pass through them. The president and the others must still be on the 51st floor. I thought I’d just go ahead and take the boss on the 60th floor for myself, but finding a hidden room on the 57th floor, decided to check it out. The Appraisal can wait for later. Let’s hurry ahead.
Rush through 58F, pass 59F, and there is the 60th floor. Meanwhile, the president and the others must still be busy with their extermination work on the 51st floor. If it’s about passing through without farming every single monster then it takes only a short while. I mean, Armored Pres-san and Slime-san are even faster than me where it comes to stealing a good part.
「Aaah, should we leave it for them? I mean, they seem to be good with such monsters, and it has appropriate strength? It also doesn’t seem to have anything of value, so how about we go back and pick up the pres and the others? Or rather, I don’t want to charge at that! And the way it moves is so irritating! But it also has such a perfectly adequate level of strength, that instantly killing it seems like a waste? Alright, let’s get everyone, and then push it onto them!」
It was a huge fly. It’s probably going to fight in high-speed air combat. An evasion-based build, susceptible to physical and magical attacks without any special skills, so it’s optimal for the president and the others! We totally aren’t pushing it on others because Armored Pres-san and I are grossed out by the fly and Slime-san is shaking, refusing to eat it! This is the beauty of humility, the spirit of give and take, so we give, give, give, and push it onto them! Alright, let’s go back!
(Nod, nod) (Jiggle, Jiggle)
Yup, unanimous. Oh, just how considerate is everyone? They are brimming with care for others. Definitely. That’s what I decided to think! I mean, flies aren’t going to get hit by Wire Cutter, and insecticides have little effect on them, the second place in 『I want nothing to do with them, ever』ranking, right after cockroaches. And it’s so big and gross! We probably can kill it in one hit, but it’s going to spit juices everyone, I don’t want to cut that. Armored Pres-san already escaped as well. Yes, we are retreating for the sake of our comrades!
[TL Notes:
[1] A wild Nausicaa reference, Kushana, an Imperial Princess of Torumekia, ordered a beam attack with those words to burn incoming insects, but things didn’t go as planned…
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