Chapter 208: Bubbling girls who are going kya-kya-kya all covered in foam don't know that it's actually mushroom juice.

Day 57 Evening, White Weirdo Inn, Girls-Only Gathering.

Everyone rushed into the bath without waiting for dinner. Although we'll have to take a bath again after the training, we need to take it right now anyway.

On top of stinking like crazy it also was all slippery and trying to ensnare us, can it get any worse? Not only am I all sticky but all of my gear and clothes are covered in goo too?

Aa~h, I saw Haruka-kun making a signEquipment cleaning service, only now for a special rip-off price of 2000 ere!with a very sly smile.

He is totally coming to rip us off! But I'm going to ask him anyway.

After all, no one wants to touch that viscous liquid. But Haruka-kun can quickly wash it without touching it. And the result is perfect too. However, the usual price is 1,000 ere.

It's really a very special, very rip-off price, but everyone probably will request it anyway. He must have a very evil-looking grin right now, I can almost see that.

We were reviewing the fight on our way back, and while there were a lot of issues, the reason for our defeat lies in the fact that no one was monitoring underground activity. We were too naive.

To think we'd get attacked by tentacles from the ground? And there were way too many of them!

Forgive me, it didn't even occur to me that roots might counterattack.

Don't worry about it, no one could've guessed that! It's amazing that you even realized that roots were there!

It was replenishing its magic power through the roots spread underground, supporting its regeneration, that's why we tried to cut off the roots, but they emerged from the ground, surrounding and scattering us through that attack.

The unforeseen and utterly unpredictable attack was so unexpected that the formation immediately collapsed. We failed again.

But he burned it, right? When you think about it, we just had to use non-magic fire?

Yeah, his way of thinking is different, after all, he was sayingIf you can't burn it through magic, then pour oil on it? by M-san.

Ah~, M-san's idea, huh~, never thought of it!

No, no, M-san never said such a thing, okay? That's just Haruka-kun making things up. But I definitely didn't consider that, or rather, I was convinced that since it can absorb magic, then fire magic won't work on it, hence it can't be burned.

Despite hearing of that method, it didn't occur to me at all, even though we didn't know any magic before coming here.

So when toldObviously, burn it with oil, everyone was shocked, that there was such a way, and that they forgot such an obvious thing.

Still unable to reach a conclusion, we decided to end the meeting and head to the dining hall, which was transformed into a bargain sale venue! This is a trap more dangerous than the rafflesia!

After all, the man behind it all has a smile more sinister than a dungeon master, I'm confident that after witnessing that smile most of the dungeon masters would appear like good people. After all, he has a very evil smile.

Here comes the long-awaited anklet sale? There are cheap ones for everyday wear, but there are also equipment versions with various effects likeFast MovementorEvasion.

And today's featured productFancy Item Bag, with this you'll be able to carry around your weapons even in casual clothes, and if you Store your gear in it, there'll be nothing to fear? I guess? I mean, Bitch Leader was rejecting plain bags?

This time it's mostly messenger-types and orthodox shoulder-types, but each of them is a fine article, so struggle and fight, first come first serveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Haruka-kun was swallowed by the girls' onslaught, but he was asking for it with that talk about fine articles and first come first served.

He probably prepared a whole lot, so he let his guard down, thinking that it will be alright, but no matter how much stock he has, there will be a bloodbath for each noteworthy item? He shouldn't have uttered that in front of the girls, the thing already turned into a full-blown stampede.

And thus, Haruka-kun disappeared in it, while he managed to fight off the monsters' stampede all on his own, it looks like he was no match for the girls' stampede. SpE stat is on full display, aided by PoW.

We could've won if we were able to do the same during our battle with the rafflesia, as I thought, an all-out blitz was necessary! But this is mine! I was the one who took it first! I won't hand it over!

Protect!

And also, this and that are mine, don't touch them! I'm calling dibs on it!

I can't decide which one I should take, but the moment I let go of either one I won't see it again! But I ca~n't decide.

Give me that blue one! No, don't steal it! Nooo! Aah~Leap!

The struggle escalated to using skills! But if it comes to using magic as well I'll be at a disadvantage, I'd like to reach the register (Haruka-kun), but the register (Haruka-kun) is buried under the swarm of schoolgirls.

From time to time the register (Haruka-kun) would poke out his hand or face, as if in absolute horror, and then sink again, squashed and crushed under the human tsunami.

And since the register (Haruka-kun) is nowhere to be seen, there is no way to stop the stampede on the venue. The fighting is intensifying, pushing the register (Haruka-kun) even further away. Just how far is he going to drift away?

While his HP is still fine being squashed by schoolgirls like that must've given him mental damage. Losing his composure he can't get away and is being crushed and swallowed by the crowd just like that, disappearing from sight. Hm, he isn't coming up? Was he downed?

Ah, he emerged again? He is struggling? Looks like he has no calm to make that evil smile anymore.

But please process my purchases quicker? If the register (Haruka-kun) gets carried away, there will be no stopping schoolgirls' stampede for eternity?