Episode 117 Kamijou's battle
One day before leaving Shibugami City, Kamijou received the magic circles and was taught by Grimm how to use Life Magics that he had not mastered.
Seeing Grimm fly around on the D-Particle Wing created by the magic of 'Wing', Kamijou decided to learn 'Wing'.
Kamijou returned to his hometown the next day and headed to the Adventurer's Guild. This was to obtain information on the team 'Shinra Banshou' to which Kamijou belonged.
"If it's 'Shinra Banshou', they went to the Shinyou Dungeon. I don't think they'll be back for about a week."
Kamijou drooped his shoulders when told such by the guild reception. If he knew this would happen, he could have stayed in Shibugami City for another week.
"Kamijou-san, the Branch Chief wants to meet you."
"I wonder why."
Kamijou went to the Branch Chief's office. When he entered the Branch Chief's office and sat on the sofa, an employee brought him coffee.
Kamijou turned his attention to the Branch Chief who was making a sour face. It seemed that this Branch Chief was a former adventurer and a Muscle Wizard.
"I have a favor to ask of you."
"What is it?"
"On the 15th floor of the Kaiho Dungeon, the Mid-Boss YellowOgre has revived. I want you to defeat it."
The intermediate dungeon Kaiho Dungeon was not very popular, and it seemed that none of the adventurers working there were able to defeat the Mid-Boss.
Since it was a request for cooperation from the guild, he accepted it. The reward was nothing more than a bargain, but it was foolish to decline and make the guild's impression worse. Plus, he might get good stuff from the boss drops.
The adventurers who received various information from the guild, and the guild, had a symbiotic relationship. A proper adventurer would accept a request for cooperation from the guild unless there was a good reason.
"It's going to be hard if you go solo, so please go with 'Battlefield's Fang'."
"I would be fine alone."
"Even if you say that, it's the Mid-Boss of an intermediate dungeon, you'll have to think about the consumption of magic to reach the 15th floor. I don't think they'll get in the way, so please take them with you."
"If it's just the YellowOgre, it's fine to go solo ..."
Kamijou smiled wryly and muttered.
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"Departure will be in two days. I'm counting on you."
An ogre's strength changed depending on the color of the horn that protruded from its head, and if an adventurer simply called it an Ogre, it would be a black ogre with black horns.
Also, their strength gradually increased in the order of Black, Yellow, Blue, Red, and Silver, so the YellowOgre was the fourth strongest. By the way, the skin color of most of them was dark green.
The next day, Kamijou went to the Kaiho Dungeon and hunted OrcKnights. He defeated them with only 'Thunder Bowl' and 'Blade' without using Muscle Magic.
Muscle Magic consumed a large amount of magical power to activate the magic. In return, you could defeat multiple monsters while the magic effect lasted.
When fighting swarms of monsters or formidable monsters, Muscle Magic showed tremendous power. So, when an adventurer like Kamijou encountered an OrcKnight, it was normal for him to hesitate about which magic to use.
"Before, I was worried about which magic to use, but now I don't have to worry about it anymore. I have to thank Hougetsu for informing me about Life Magic."
Kamijou hunted 12 OrcKnights, and his magic level became '7'. Now that he could use seven-fold activation, he started practicing things like SeventhPush and SeventhBlade.
As a C-class adventurer, Kamijou didn't think it was strange that his Life Magic level increased so quickly. Because he knew that the large amount of D-Particles and the enormous amount of mana accumulated in his body affected his magic level, making it easier for him to raise it.
The next day, when Kamijou went to the Kaiho Dungeon, the E-class adventurer team 'Battlefield's Fang' was waiting. A team of two Attack Wizards and one Muscle Wizard.
"Good morning. Thank you for your time today."
They seemed to be a team of well-mannered adventurers. All three were in their early twenties. They introduced themselves as Kimura Shougo and Ishii Megumi as the Attack Wizards and Jinnai Kazuya as the Muscle Wizard.
"Oh, nice to meet you."
After changing clothes at the Dungeon House, Kamijou dived into the dungeon with 'Battlefield's Fang'.
He decided to leave the 1st to 5th floors of the intermediate dungeon to the 'Battlefield's Fang'. There was also the fact that he conserved magical power, but he also wanted to know the power of 'Battlefield's Fang'.
Even though they struggled, they defeated an ArmorBoar, so it didn't seem like they've just become E-class.
"How long has it been since you became E-class?"
"It will be about a year."
Jinnai, the leader of 'Battlefield's Fang' answered. It had been a year since they became E-class, and if they could fight like this, they were standard. Kamijou remembered someone who became D-class in a short period of time, and thought that was an exception.
Kamijou also participated in the battle from the 6th floor. When Kamijou defeated a LizardSoldier with a QuintBlade, Jinnai looked puzzled.
"Kamijou-san, that magic just now wasn't Muscle Magic, was it?"
"Oh, it's Life Magic."
"You're kidding. Life Magic shouldn't have that kind of magic."
"It's a newly discovered Life Magic. I've been practicing Life Magic for about a month."
"Is that so. Life Magic ..."
Jinnai and the others did not understand the true value of Life Magic. However, they understood it by the time they reached the 15th floor. It was because Kamijou exterminated most of the monsters using Life Magic.
They arrived in front of the Mid-Boss room on the 15th floor. Normally, the first Mid-Boss room is on the 10th floor, but this Kaiji Dungeon had the first Mid-Boss room on the 15th floor.
"Are you ready?"
When Kamijou called out to the three, they nodded. When they entered the Mid-Boss room together, there was a YellowOgre standing in the center.
It was about three meters tall and had long arms. It held an iron warhammer in its hand. When Kamijou looked at Jinnai's face, he was slightly pale. Kamijou himself had gotten used to it, but he must be feeling something like an aura emitted by a strong monster from the YellowOgre.
"Kamijou-san, are you okay?"
"No problem. Don't any of you get involved."
Kamijou's fighting style was close combat, so friendly fire was scary. He only wanted to avoid being attacked by allies from behind.
Kamijou activated the defense-oriented 'Cosmo Guard' instead of the attack-oriented 'Power Tank'.
The YellowOgre roared, raised its warhammer and attacked. Kamijou unleashed a SeventhPush as a Palm Push that he learned from Master Mitsuhashi.
That one shot stopped the YellowOgre from rushing. However, it didn't do any damage, it just stopped it.
"SeventhPush is also effective."
Kamijou repeatedly hit it with SeventhPush. Each time it hit, the monster with a huge body retreated one step at a time. The angry YellowOgre crossed its arms in front of its face and stepped forward in a defensive posture.
Kamijou jumped in and slammed a SeventhBlade into its unguarded stomach. The V-shaped plate dug into the abdominal muscles of the YellowOgre and inflicted deep wounds. At that moment, the YellowOgre let out a scream of pain, and Kamijou frowned.
It wasn't mortally wounded. The yellow-horned ogre fought back, bleeding. It swung the warhammer down at Kamijou. Kamijou easily dodged. He wasn't as close as when he was fighting with only Muscle Magic, so he was able to dodge easily.
"This way of fighting is good."
Kamijou grinned and continued the fight. After that, he attacked with a SeventhBlade, and the moment the V-shaped plate cut off the YellowOgre's head, the match was decided.
The Mid-Boss' boss drops were holy silver shin guards and an intermediate healing magic potion. The shin guards were likely to be worth tens of millions, and the intermediate healing magic potion was worth millions.
There was one unfortunate thing for Kamijou. He expected that if he defeated the Mid-Boss, his magic level would rise, but it didn't. It must have been no good because he had just raised to magic level 7 just before.
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