CH 189

「Bu, moo… o… !」

I put the corpse in the inventory and let Iris out in its place.

「Iris, are you all right now?」

「Ugh… Still a little bit of that… I’m okay now」

「Really? Then let’s go」

「I understand」

We spent about an hour exploring this level and found a staircase leading to the next level. Incidentally, the Biggest G-Orc was the only enemy in this level, and there were no mushrooms growing in clusters. However, the simplicity of the Biggest G-Orc was significant. Because there were only Biggest G-Orcs, there were no predators. If they lived in such an environment, they would multiply rapidly. By the way, I don’t know how these Biggest G-Orcs live in the level where only big trees and grass are growing.

And if everything is big, of course this level is big too… That’s why I spent so much time on this level. I hope I can find the stairs a little faster next time.

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And it has been another 2 hours since we explored. We are now on the 28th level.

「I have a bad feeling about this!」

「… Un」

The moment I arrived at the 28th floor. I felt something unpleasant. I don’t know what it was, but it seemed to be moving and looking at me from far away.

「…… Mu!」

「Hmm? What’s──」

──Gyaiiiiiiin!!

With a dagger in my hand, I repelled an attack that flew from diagonally behind me to my left. After that, I looked that way and saw nothing.

「… This is going to be a long one…」

「Yes…」

There is nothing special about this level except for the sudden flying attacks, so I decided to start exploring this level, keeping an eye out for those.

「I’m getting tired of being in the forest for so long…」

「Well, it can’t be helped…」

「Muu…」

Iris with her pouty face is adorable.

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「Oh, stairs!」

「Uhee~ … I’m mentally exhausted~ …」

「Yeah?」

Well, isn’t it tiring to be constantly on the lookout for an attack that could happen at any moment? I’m a master, right?

「Is the 29th floor next?」

「Yes, that’s right」

「Kyui」

「「Hmm?」」

──Brown body

──White spots on the back

──Slender physique

──Sparkling eyes

──Fine, curved antlers

──And a lovely voice

「Kyuikyuui!!」

「Aah!! You!!!」

「Iris. We still don’t know for sure that that’s the deer, okay?」

「Muu… ? But──」

「Even if a skewer is stuck in its neck…」

「Oh…」

「Kyui!」

With a single cry, the deer descended the stairs to the 29th level, where we were going.

Eh? That deer can cross over the levels… ?

「What on earth was that… ?」

「… If there is a next time, I’ll ■■■■ back」

「Eh? What?」

「Nothing?」

「R-Really?」

「L-Let’s go quickly too?」

I thought I heard a word that shouldn’t have come out of this girl’s mouth, but I’m sure it was just my imagination.

───I wonder what kind of monsters attacked us in this level… They seemed to be of fairly high level, since their attacks were quite accurate…

With this in mind, I headed for the 29th level. When I arrived at the 29th level, the deer that had appeared earlier was already gone. I had forgotten to do 《Appraisal》, so I was going to do it if it was there… Well, I’m sure we’ll meet again.

And so, only a few minutes into our exploration of the 29th level, we found a staircase leading to the next level.

「Eh? Isn’t that fast… ? I think it’s only been about 7 minutes…」

「Better sooner than later!」

「Ah, white stairs」

「Hmm? What’s wrong with white~?」

「Maybe a boss fight is next」

「Eh!? Really!?」

「Un. Because that was the case the last time I challenged this. But I’ve only done this once, so maybe it’s just a fluke」

「I see~. Then we have to be careful!」

「Un」

Thus we descended the stairs to the next level───the 30th level, where the boss would be.