Episode 104 The 19th floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon

The 18th floor was a canyon area. The place where we went down the stairs was on the cliff, it seemed that we would go down the cliff road to the valley and look for the stairs.

"The problem is that there are countless MusaNezumi burrows on the cliff road, and the MusaNezumi jump out of there and try to push the adventurers down to the bottom of the valley."(TN:Filthy/dirty mice/rats.)

It seemed that this cliff was like a huge mansion for the MusaNezumis the size of sheep. It was said that a number of adventurers had fallen into the valley after being attacked by a MusaNezumi that jumped out of its burrow.

"If the adventurer avoids it, the MusaNezumi will fall to the bottom of the valley, won't it? Does that MusaNezumi have suicidal tendencies?"

"No, even though it's called MusaNezumi it's a large rat like a Japanese flying squirrel, it can fly like a flying squirrel."

I dislike rats. That's what I thought, and I came up with a way to dodge the MusaNezumi's attacks. However, Hougetsu couldn't use that method.

"I came up with a good idea. You can fly with 'Wing'."

It seemed that Hougetsu was also thinking the same thing I was thinking.

"I see, Hougetsu-san, will you fly with 'Fly'?"

"No, I will also fly with 'Wing'."

I didn't understand what Hougetsu was saying. But I understood after listening to the explanation. The idea was to attach something lke a swing made of rope to the D-Particle Wing and have Hougetsu ride underneath it.

"But, it's dangerous if a MusaNezumi attacks you along the way."

"I will shoot down such monsters."

"I feel it would be better to fly with 'Fly' to be honest."

"I don't like 'Fly' because it consumes a lot of magical power."

It seemed that Hougetsu came up with the idea in order to preserve his magical power. Well, if he fell, he could descend with 'Fly', so it should be fine.

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Hougetsu seemed to dislike consuming his magical power. As a solo adventurer, that must be natural for him. Adventurers who have run out of magical power are powerless.

We made an improvised swing with a rope, hung Hougetsu on the D-Particle Wing, and flew towards the bottom of the valley. When I looked at Hougetsu, he was wary of his surroundings.

At that moment, from one of the many holes in the cliff, a MusaNezumi jumped out and glided through the air.

"Keep flying."

Hougetsu said such and easily shot it down with a magic bullet.

After three such incidents, we landed at the bottom of the valley. There were also MusaNezumi at the bottom of the valley, but they weren't scary when the footing was solid. We exterminated them and made it down the stairs.

We completely ignored it, but there seemed to be a maze-like thing on the cliff, and there seemed to be a treasure chest there. It was a little intriguing, but we ignored it this time.

We went down to the 19th floor, which was our destination. The 19th floor was a world of rocky mountains and snow. The temperature was below zero, so I took out a large down jacket from my Magic Pouch and put it on.

Hougetsu also put on expensive-looking winter clothes.

"The monsters we will encounter here are SnowLeapard and WhiteBoar

The ground was covered with snow, making it difficult to walk. It was said that the location of the Blue Silver deposit was about 30 minutes on foot.

"Something's coming."

Hougetsu raised a warning voice.

I felt something running from far away, drawing closer. When I looked in that direction, I saw a WhiteBoar. It was a large white boar with a body length of 2 meters.

The sight of the snow flying and approaching was impressive. I shot a SeventhJavelin. That one blow was the end.

"That's so powerful ..."

"This is what it's like for wild boar monsters. The one I have to be careful about is the SnowLeopard."

We arrived at the mine when we were tired from walking. But, it was past nine o'clock at night. We decided to camp there and start mining the next day.

Hougetsu took out a large white tent and set it up. It was said to be a tough one made of monster leather. Also, it had a stove.

We started boiling water on the stove. Dinner was ready. I made cup noodles. I had a lot of onigiri in my Magic Pouch, so I planned to eat it with the onigiri. Onigiri and cup noodles, it was a dreary meal, but it couldn't be helped because it was a meal in the dungeon.(TN:Fuhito begs to differ, and wonders why you eat such lame food. Also, onigiri = rice balls.)

By the way, if I stored the onigiri in the Magic Pouch, they should be fine for about three days, so I bought a lot of onigiri.

Hougetsu took out something that looked like a magic tool and set it outside the tent.

"What is that?"

"It's a monster detection device. When a monster approaches, it emits an alarm."

It was an essential magic tool for solo adventurers. I wanted one too, but I let out a sigh when I heard the price. One was about 30 million Yen, and two were needed.

In the tent, we ate dinner and slept. I slept for about six hours, but my sleep was shallow and I didn't wake up feeling refreshed.

The mining began. In one corner of the rocky mountain, there was a vein that shone silver, and it was dug up. We didn't use magic, we dug it manually. I'm trying to save the mana to use 'Pure', but Hougetsu seemed to be saving it in preparation for the appearance of monsters.

'Pure' began to take out the blue silver particles from the mined ore. Hougetsu needed about 6 kilograms, so if I included mine, we would have to collect about 8 kilograms.

It took a day and a half to collect 8 kilograms of Blue Silver. When we got what we needed and were about to return to our tent, we encountered a SnowLeopard.

It was a white leopard the size of a tiger. The SnowLeopard approaching silently through the snow was difficult to spot. I activated 'Sensing Zone' and 'Auto Shield'.

Hougetsu fired a magic bullet, but it seemed to have the ability to sense magic and avoided it. I also fired a QuadJavelin, but it was easily dodged. It's fast.

The SnowLeopard seemed to have chosen me as its prey. The SnowLeopard that jumped at me was blocked by the D-Particle Shield of 'Auto Shield' and was killed by my 'Rapier Thrust' of the Black Thoughts Staff.(TN:Would it sound better if I left it as 'Saiken Tsuki' instead of 'Rapier Thrust'?)

Rapier Thrust was a technique that unleashed a thrust like a pile bunker by transforming the Black Staff into a Black Rapier.

"Hee, is that Magic Equipment."

"Yeah, it's a Magic Equipment that can only be used by Life Wizards."

We put away the tent and returned to the 18th floor. The 19th floor was too cold to take a break. We flew to the top of the cliff on the 18th floor with 'Wing' again. After spending the night there, we returned to the ground.

I learned a lot during my expedition with Hougetsu. I was glad I accepted the job.

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