Volume 1 - CH 39

Chapter 39-Strange Floor Plans and Strange Demons

(TL:By Rafael)

I followed Nene in silence.

We walked through an indoor forest, down a corridor that looked like the inside of a wooden house, and through a dark little room that looked like an underground canal with puddles of water everywhere.

Here and there, there were remnants of demons that had already been taken care of, and we proceeded to collect them. Some of them I had seen before, some I hadn't.

It might have been better to have "Gopuro-kun" for Nene.

I'll make a plan to prepare it before the next dungeon attack.

"We'll stop here."(Nene)

Nene stopped us at a corner of the passage that had somehow become a wall of earth.

She seems to be holding out a hand mirror at the corner and looking ahead.

"It looks like he's been staying in the room.. There's no way to avoid this place, so I guess we'll just have to destroy it."(Nene)

When prompted, I looked in the mirror and saw a demon monster I'd never seen before sitting on the other side of the bend in a ...... slightly open, room-like area.

I searched through my record logs and memories of the delivery, trying desperately to turn my head, but I still couldn't think of anything.

"What do you think it is?"(Nene)

"I think it's some kind of synthetic beast, a chimera or a demon ."(Yuki)

I'm sure that's a reasonable line of thinking.

It has the head of a hammerhead shark and a large, hairy body. It stands upright and holds a large axe in its hand.

It's a strange creature, like a long-haired minotaur with its head replaced by a hammerhead shark.

"I don't know the rank of the monster, ....... We'll have to defeat it."(Yuki)

If we assume that it was a Minotaur, the demon monster's defeat rank is B. 

If you think of it that way, it's about the same as Zarnag, but I'm not sure I'd be able to keep up with my first challenge in a dungeon, where my party's first battle was with an unidentified creature that I'd never seen before.

Or should I say, it's on me.

This could be some kind of documentation..

Think about how you will fight while granting enhancements.

"......?"(Yuki)

Looking down the aisle, I search for a sense of discomfort.

The passage we're in is quite narrow compared to where the demon monster is.

It's a good thing we're not in the same room.

"We'll kill it in the passage. We'll attack with magic and bows."(Yuki)

"Marina-san can't wield the sword if we don't go to the room, right?"(Nene)

"No, we can do it, right? Marina."(Yuki)

Marina nodded in response to my question.

In order to be able to fight in such a confined space, Marina also has a different weapon.

"If anything, it's more dangerous to have that big axe swinging wildly. It wouldn't work so well in this corridor, would it?"(Yuki)

"I see. I'll support you with my ninjutsu."(Nene)

The ninja, like the samurai, is a profession that originated in the East and can be described in one word: super job.

In addition to a high level of scouting ability, the ninja has the same technical skills as the bandit thief, and can use swords, small knives, and throwing knives called shuriken in combat, and can use a unique system of magic called ninjutsu, which is a little like alchemy.

...... People who can manifest this profession are extremely rare.

It's a talent that was either forcibly dug up or implanted by Mamaru, as Nene says she changed from a "bandit thief" to a "ninja.

After all, her mentor as an adventurer was the legendary Ninja "Gray Hermit" 

"Ok, use that Ninjutsu. Rain, compact attack magic, please. Silk will attack with her bow as usual. Aim for the head if you can. Marina, it's time for your new weapon."(Yuki)

"Leave it to me!"(Marina)

I take out a bulky crossbow from my magic bag and give it to Marina.

It's a magical crossbow from a dungeon that I found in a street market bazaar and I restored it.

It is quite heavy and difficult to handle, so it can only be used in surprise attacks. ...... With this, Marina can also participate in long-distance combat.

We all nodded at each other, and I started chanting my magic.

"──Rozaj folioj, hurlantaj nigraj hundoj, la maro glutanta la sunsubiron, blanka miksaĵo kun nigro, stagno kun helaj koloroj...! ...!"(Yuki)

This time we have enough time. After carefully and carefully constructing the magic formula, I jumped out of the corner of the road and fired the "Prismatic Missile", the arrow of distorted light, at the monster.

The demon rushed into the passage after discovering us, but the light of the unholy iris was sucked into the strange demon that had lost its way of escape. ...... The next moment, the monster fell to its knees.

This time, the magic is firmly woven into it. If it is not resisted, it should be effective enough to decide the game.

"Bubba ...... vah!"

The demon collapsed while blowing purple smoke and bubbles from its seven pores, and its body trembled as if it was convulsing.

Then, Rain's Flame Javelin, Marina's large crossbow quarrel, and Silk's three arrows gave chase.

"...... va ......!"

(TL: What about monster rights)

The demon's body trembled greatly, and it stopped moving, and I could feel the weak magic breaking.

"All right, we've defeated it."(Yuki)

While granting myself and Rain the magic of continuous magic recovery" refresh mana", I approached the unidentifiable creature. The more I look at it, the stranger the creature seems.

"I'll collect them in a reference bag, just in case."(Yuki)

I muttered to myself for the stream, and stored the corpse in my spare magic bag.

"I've never had a chance to attack ....... What's with the magic?"(Nene)

"I'm not sure if I've ever shown it to Nene. That's a magic called Prismatic Missile, ...... I made it."(Yuki)

"What?"(Nene)

Nene's eyes narrowed vertically.

(TL: waifu is kawaii)

She looks very cat like

(TL: She has cat ears genius)

"You see, I also do alchemy, don't I?"(Yuki)

"I'm sure you do."(Nene)

"So I applied it and mixed it up and it came out."(Yuki)

"What?"(Nene)

I got my second "What? For the second time today.

"Nene. If I pay attention to every single thing Yuk does, you'll get ...... sick. Just go with the flow, okay?"(Marina))

"Yes, I guess so. If you only look at the results, there's no point in worrying about the source."(Rain)

"Yeah. I don't know what's going on anyway."(Nene)

It's funny, I thought I explained it to Rain once.

I guess I didn't explain it well enough.

"Please wait in this room for a while. I'm going to be on lookout."(Nene)

"Will you be okay?"(Yuki)

"I'm not exhausted, so no problem! You can all rest."(Nene)

I waved Nene off as she disappeared into the passage.

Just having one good scout  makes all the difference in the sense of fatigue, after all.

When I was in Thunderpike, I used to act as a scout.

"Everyone, please come!"(Nene)

Nene, who had gone out for a scouting, came back in a short time.

"Nene, what's up?"(Yuki)

"I found a treasure chest and also a safe room like the safe zone I saw in the documents."(Nene)

A treasure chest on the first level is quite lucky.

It's our first achievement in the colorless darkness that I've longed to explore . I'm starting to look forward to the content of the chest.

"Okay, we'll go to  that  place and then take a break."(Yuki)