Episode 161 The end of the battle

The magnetic barrier blocked the FireDrake's flame breath. The moment the flames that surged like muddy water during a flood disappeared, the dome-shaped magnetic barrier was released. Then the heat rushed over me.

I threw my body diagonally upward with QuintCatapult. In front of me who was thrown into the air was the huge body of the FireDrake. The monster seen up close had tremendous power.

I activated a SeventhColdShot towards the FireDrake. The D-Particle Cooling Pile flew at a tremendous speed and hit the right shoulder of the FireDrake.

The end of the D-Particle Cooling Pile opened like a cosmos flower, and its tremendous kinetic energy struck the FireDrake's right shoulder.

The bone of the right shoulder was shattered and collapsed. And, it showed an additional effect of freezing even the spurting blood. I landed with 'Airbag'.

The FireDrake began to rampage like crazy. It attacked towards me with its limbs and wings. I slammed a SeventhOgrePush into the FireDrake.

The weakened FireDrake staggered and fell backwards with the blow. It was a chance. I rushed over at once and fired a SeventhColdShot into the chest of the fallen FireDrake.

The blow was extremely effective. Its chest ribs were smashed, the center of its chest collapsed, and its heart and lungs were frozen. The FireDrake groaned weakly, but with a final glare towards me it disappeared.

I felt something inside my body emit a thumping sound. My magic level had risen. Relieved, I lost my strength and sat down on the spot.

[ That was splendid. ]

Metis' voice echoed in my head. It was then that I noticed that my face and hands were tingling. I seemed to have suffered minor burns when I was exposed to the heat of the flame breath.

I took out a plastic bottle of water from my Magic Pouch and poured water over the tingling areas to cool them down. I used two plastic bottles to cool them down, wiped the water off with a towel, and then applied the burn ointment I bought just in case.

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"Now, let's check the boss drops."

I went to the area where the FireDrake disappeared and looked for them. First, I found a black magic stone and picked it up. I would be able to play around with this alone for a few years.

Next, I found a Fang of the Fire Drake. This was proof that I defeated the FireDrake.

"What is this?"

The next thing I picked up was a hooded cloak.

I took out my appraisal monocle and examined it. It was a 'Heat Insulation Cloak'. Was it because I said it was cold on the 28th floor? Someone seemed to have been watching my actions. Did Gods live in dungeons?

[ What is that? ]

Metis asked a question.

"A cloak that keeps the temperature around the body constant. It seems that this can be used in both winter and summer."

[ If you wear this in the summer, you'll definitely be considered suspicious. ]

I imagined myself wearing the hooded cloak in the summer. A policeman may come running from the police box. I decided to avoid summer use.

The last thing I found was, a fashionable bracelet? No, it was an armlet that attached to the upper arm. It was made of slightly bluish gold metal.

When I checked it with my appraisal monocle, it was a Magic Equipment called a 'Storage Armlet'. I heard that dragons dropped Magic Bag-type Magic Tools, but I didn't know that FireDrakes dropped such things.

Maybe it was special because I defeated it solo. Looking at the detailed specs with the appraisal monocle, it seemed that it had a capacity of 10 meters in length, width, and height. It was extremely high performance. However, the flow of time was normal.

When I put it on my left upper arm, it automatically shrank to fit. It was easy to use. It seemed that if the user looked at what they wanted to store and thought about storing it, it would be stored, and it would come out just by looking at the place where you wanted to put it out.

After defeating the Mid-boss on the 30th floor, the last enemy in the Suigetsu Dungeon would be the Dungeon Boss. However, the Dungeon Boss here was troublesome.

It was an undead called a 'Lich' which was a wizard that had turned into a specter. It couldn't be beaten with normal swords or magic, you needed holy attribute weapons or Lifeblood Magic.

Moreover, since it could use powerful magic, it was said to be extremely difficult to defeat. The Adventurer's Guild had banned challenging this Dungeon Boss because the number of adventurers who died trying had increased.

[ Are you not interested in the area after the 30th floor? ]

Metis asked me.

"I am, but compared to advanced dungeons, it's like night and day."

The reason why many adventurers gathered to aim for new advanced dungeons was because the first treasure chests found in new dungeons might contain special items. When I told Metis about it, she seemed to be interested.

[ All that's left is to take the C-class promotion exam and pass it. ]

"That's right."

I spent two days returning to the surface. In the Adventurer's Guild, rumors of the Narukami Dungeon were flying around today as well. Akagi, a B-class adventurer, went down to the second floor and defeated a Salamander.

A Salamander was a monster that was stronger than an OrcKing but weaker than a FireDrake. I found Maria at the reception and asked to see the Branch Chief.

"Did something happen?"

"No, I have a promise with the Branch Chief."

I was guided to the Branch Chief's office.

"Grimm, a promise, no way, did you defeat that monster?"

"That's right. I defeated it."

I put the Black Magic Stone and the Fang of the Fire Drake on the table. Kondou was surprised and shook his head in disbelief.

"Did you really defeat the FireDrake. You were alone, weren't you. Well done."

"Branch Chief, you promised. Please give me the qualifications to take the C-class promotion exam."

"Alright. Let's do the procedure."

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