CH 185

「Hmm? That’s…」

This time there were many black dwarfs. I thought I had seen them somewhere before, and when I appraised them, I found they were Hellgoblins. Come to think of it, they appeared in the last tower of trials… Yes, yes. Hundreds of them appeared like this…

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【Name】 Hellgoblin Archer LV. 125

【Weakness】 None

【Attribute Weakness】 Ice

【Description】 Hellgoblin Archers are said to inhabit a hell that exists somewhere in the world. Unlike ordinary Goblins, they are inferior in all aspects such as HP and STR, but the dangerous thing about Hellgoblins is their reproductive capacity. It is said that if you see one, there are 100 of them nearby. Also known as G.

HP: 4250

MP: 2130

STR: 975

VIT: 1240

DEF: 1765

AGI: 1239

INT: 2514

DEX: 3298

「H-Hey Ayane…?」

「… What?」

「I-I’m going back in the invent──」

「No way~」

「As I thought…」

「Gya! Gyagyaa!!!」

「Gyaagyaa!!!」

「Gyaggyaa!!」

「They’re coming, Iris!」

「I know, ru!」

Hordes of Black Goblins… The army of Black Goblins surrounds us in a truly military-like formation. The front, middle, and rear guards all show no openings and are closing in on us.

「It’s been a little while but…! 《Sword Hell》!」

「Then I’m going to sleep for a while, okay?」

As I chanted this, 20 swords appeared from the ground around me. I undertake half of them, 10 of them, and leave the rest to the spirits who are samurai under Iris. Iris changed from her doll body to her spirit body and told the spirits around her to control the swords.

Hmm? Isn’t that more than the last time we did this… Because? If you think I didn’t do anything in the real world too, you’re wrong! Because when I told my master that I have this kind of technique, which isn’t a trick, but he gave me some tips! According to him, you can fix a sword you don’t use around you and use it when you are defending yourself, or on the other hand, you can have it attack you with different moves when you are attacking in a row. It’s still awkward, but I can now keep the sword fixed around me. What makes me happy about doing that is that I don’t have to focus my attention on that fixed sword. And I can direct that to the sword I am using to attack, so in effect I only have to be conscious of 1 to 3 swords to move…

Oops, while I was talking at length, the Goblins seemed to have made a move. For now, let’s put Iris’s doll in the inventory. If I leave her on the ground or something, she’ll get her blonde hair dirty.

「Gya!? Gyaagyaagyaa!!」

「「「「「GyaaAAAAAA!!!!!」」」」」

───Hyunhyun!! Hyuhyun!!

「It’s useful right away… In two ways」

One is a dagger I recently built. It is easier to defend against such a large number of attacks with a dagger that is easy to wield and lightweight. And the other one is the swords I just brought out. Huh? It looks like they are pretty easy to defend against…?

Gan!! Gagagan! Gagagagagagaga!!!

I grip the dagger with one hand and slice off an arrow whose tip is lightly acidified? The arrow is cut down with one blade. In doing so, I flick it so that the blade does not hit the tip. Perhaps the Goblins are coating the arrows with poison or something. I don’t want to hit it with the dagger I just built against some unknown substance… Oh, and the regular sword, of course? Maybe the place where you hit it will get acidified or something.

On the other hand, the swords I conjured with my skill is hitting them head on… Because it looks like it would never acidify or anything like that, no?

「Gyaa!?」

「Gyaagyaa!?」

Far away from me… I think it’s in the far end of the place. I can hear the screams of the Goblins from there as well. Iris and the others seem to be doing their best.

───Zupan!!

「Gyaa!?」

「Fumu…」

───Zubabababa!!!

「GyaaAAAAAA!??!?!?!!?」

「Oh…! This is amazing… !」

When I try to make a series of attacks with the swords I conjured up with my skill, I find that I can do it unexpectedly. If I am not conscious of it, if I think, “Swords come,” the swords around me will move in front of me. And the swords that I no longer need will automatically come back to my surroundings. I can use it to make unlimited mid-range attacks. This is something I need to research… !

And as we continued to defeat them like that, the Goblins were finally gone. I wonder how many there were… Eh… Two hundred…

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「I finally found ittt!!」

「It’s entirely a forest, and it’s no wonder」

「And these aren’t ascending stairs, they’re descending stairs!」

The stairs I finally found were descending stairs for some reason. Last time there were only ascending stairs, but this time they were descending… What’s going on… ?

I wondered if I was going back to the 15th floor…? I descended fearfully, thinking that I was going back to the 15th floor, but to my surprise, the 16th floor was on the lower left! It turned out to be the 17th floor.

「Why not!」

「Uwa! You scared me! What’s wrong?」

「No… It’s nothing…」

「Eh~? Weird no~」

Thus, we entered the 17th level without clarification.

??? 「○○? It’s strong, isn’t it? I don’t think there’s any gap between the beginning, middle and end of the game. But… I won’t lose」

??? 「Pieces… I wish everyone could see my Shogi, with all the pieces in motion」