CH 277

The 202nd dungeon level.

The group had been advancing for half a day, avoiding most of the monsters using Tauro’s “True Eye”, a combination of “Anti-Inhibition” and “presence Detection”.

Some of the scenes were fought by the escort team, because it would be quicker to take them down than take the long way around.

Tauro had initially intended to participate in the battle, albeit in a minor way.

Tauro had raised his basic stats considerably with the armor he had modified himself, so he thought he could help them a little.

However, the escort team was agile, powerful, and efficient, and they were able to analyze the monsters’ weaknesses in no time at all.

Tauro had planned to join in whenever he had the chance, but the monster was vanquished before he had a chance to do so.

“You are all very quick. I was going to participate in the attack a little myself, but it was no use at all.”

Tauro praised the coordination of the escort team.

“Ha ha. Except for our daily lives, we are members who have been doing only combat training. We also study Monsters . If it is a monster we have knowledge on, most of us understand our roles and can move instantly.”

As Tsugumi, the captain of the escort team, said, these two teams protecting Tauro were perfect, working together with few words

There was no room for Tauro, who had some confidence in his standing, so it was a considerable amount.

“Tauro-dono’s ability is great enough, too. Even our search ability is not perfect against inhibition skills, so we all rely on our intuition at the end of the day. But Tauro-dono can also sense monsters with high inhibition systems. That alone is a big help to us.”

Tsugumi admired Tauro and praised him.

“I’m still not sure about my ‘anti-inhibition’ ability myself. Because I occasionally react to rocks and stones. I’m not sure if it’s too sensitive, or does the rock or stones contain some kind of inhibition ore…… See, even that rock over there reacts when I look at it through my ‘true eye.’.”

Tauro points to a nearby rock.

“…… that rock?”

Tsugumi stares at the rock near Tauro.

The other members also looked at the rock Tauro pointed to.

For a moment, the rock seemed to move.

“It’s a rock hedgehog!”

It was not long before Tsugumi warned the members of the group.

Suddenly, countless needles shot out from the rock at high speed.

Tauro was too close to react.

But Tauro’s partner, Pela of the Slime Emperor subspecies, was different.

Pella, which was mimicking the surface of Tauro’s leather armor, broke its mimicry the next instant and spread thinly, creating a wall in front of Tauro.

It was a membrane that half covered the rock.

The thinly spread Pella rrepelled all the attacks that flew at Tauro while making a lot of high-pitched sounds of metals colliding with needles that were fired at high speed.

After repelling the attacks, Pella  bounce off Tauro’s leather armor and return to it’s mimicry, as if it’s role was over.

The rock Hedgehog , which had broken out of its rock disguise, was literally a large rat covered in needles.

Since most of the attacks were blocked by Pella, it fled in an instant with quick movements, as if it thought it was at a disadvantage.

Tauro calmly took out Artemis’ bow from the magic storage and fixed the arrow.

The arrow was immediately covered with the “Arrow of Light”.

But instead of the usual blurry light, the arrow is covered with a beautiful film.

Tauro sharpened the power of the arrow with “magic manipulation (extreme)”.

Tauro took aim and fired the arrow at the rock hedgehog.

The arrow followed the fleeing monster in a single curved line and pierced it.

However, the Rock Hedgehog didn’t flinch and moved away from him.

“…… surprising. I can’t believe that arrow couldn’t kill it even with the increased power…”

Tauro stared at the monster as it moved away from him.

“Tauro-dono, are you okay!… It doesn’t look like you are injured. ──The wounded must be treated immediately! The needles have poison, paralysis, and other abnormalities attached to them, so be on your guard!”

When the captain of the escort, Tsugumi, confirmed that Tauro was unharmed, he immediately urged those around him to treat the wounded, as some of them had been attacked without even Pella being able to prevent it.

“I also have ‘status ailment recovery’ magic, so I will help.”

As soon as Tauro said this, he walked up to the injured person, pulled out a needle, and cast a spell.

The needle had a barb on it, and when I pulled it out, it looked pretty painful, but the dragon people didn’t  even move an eyebrow.

On the other hand, “Kill me…” was the cry from the mouths of not only the wounded but also the rest of the dragon people, who were ashamed that they had not noticed the monster in their vicinity.

“…Even so, as I heard in the report, is this a subspecies of the Slime Emperor? I’m surprised that this quintessential deep level Monster could react so instantly and protect Tauro-dono. Thanks to you, those of us who were in the line of fire with  Tauro-dono were not harmed. I was too weak to defend myself, sorry.”

Captain Tsugumi expressed his remorse.

“No, it’s amazing that you were able to react and prevent that thing from happening. I couldn’t do anything. Thank you, Pella.”

Tauro chuckled and stroked the leather armor that Pella had mimicked.

The surface of the leather armor rippled, perhaps because she was happy to be thanked.

“…It really is a subspecies of the Slime Emperor, isn’t it? Ordinary Slime Emperors are weak in physical attacks and can’t even mimic, but witnessing the scene just now, there is no doubt that it is a new species. Thank you for protecting Tauro-dono.”

Tsugumi was amazed by Tauro’s partner, but thanked Pella for protecting the target they were supposed to protect.