Episode 191 Strategy for the giant turtle

The day after I talked with Metis, I went to the 3rd floor of the Narukami Dungeon. I decided to follow Branch Chief Kondou's words and find the stairs to the 4th floor.

[ Why did the Branch Chief advise you to look for the stairs? ]

"Maybe it's because I'm inexperienced."

[ What do you mean? ]

"For someone like me, who has little experience, it should take more time to clear areas the deeper you go. In that case, the Branch Chief thought that the chances of finding a new staircase would be limited to shallow floors."

[ I see, understood. But, why are veteran adventurers more interested in treasure chests than achievements? ]

"The veterans aren't trying to reach A-class in a short period of time like I am. As for the Branch Chief, he's hoping that I'll become an A-class."

[ How will you find the stairs? ]

"I have no choice but to stubbornly search the islands. I'm thinking of flying to the farthest island and trying to find it on the way back."

I activated 'Wing', put a saddle on the D-Particle Wing and straddled it. There were nine islands in this sea area. I didn't think I could fly to the 9th island in one flight, so I planned to fly to the 7th island and then activate 'Wing' again.

I flew towards the 7th island. Other adventurers had finished exploring up to the 3rd island, so there were six islands I had to investigate.

The reason why the investigation of the islands stopped at three was that after investigating the three islands, a treasure chest was discovered in the sea, and the adventurers' search target became the sea.

On the way to the 7th island, I would fly over the 3rd and 6th islands, and I flew while observing the state of the islands. When I was flying over the 6th island, I noticed that there was a giant turtle monster in the center of the island.

Curious about the monster, I landed near the island's coast and looked around. It was an empty island except for shrubs and weeds.

Metis brought Komugi out of my shadow. It seemed she was going to join the investigation herself.

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Komugi went in the grass. I pushed my way through the weeds and headed towards the center of the island. Komugi moved smoothly, but I struggled with the weeds and shrubs.

[ I found the giant turtle seen from the sky. ]

"I'm on my way."

I chased Komugi. Then, I encountered a giant turtle. It was about 5 meters long and sat in the center of the island.

[ It's a monster that I don't know of. What should we do? ]

The monster didn't move even when I approached it. Could it be that there were stairs under the turtle?

"Kill it."

I fired a SeventhPileShot from a distance. The high-speed D-Particle Pile hit the giant turtle's shell, but it was repelled.

"No way. SeventhPileShot is the magic that has the highest penetration power.

The moment I said that, the turtle retracted its head, legs, and tail into its shell.

It seemed that the turtle had taken a defensive posture.

The turtle's head and legs were also covered in armor. When the giant turtle was in a defensive posture, it looked like it would be difficult to kill. Did this monster have a strategy of letting itself be attacked, depleting your magical power and physical strength, and then counterattacking?

I turned my attention to the shell and head armor. I decided to aim at the retracted turtle's head without even thinking about which one had the higher defensive power.

"Just in case, let's use this thing."

I took out the D-Particle Collector from my Magic Pouch. Using the D-Particles collected in the D-Particle Collector, I fired a NinthColdShot at the head that was retracted into its shell.

The D-Particle Cooling Pile pierced the giant turtle's skull, and when the stopper opened, the giant turtle's body moved backwards. And then, the cooling effect froze its brain.

The stifling giant turtle disappeared, and for a moment I could see the stairs. However, the next moment, a huge shell covered the stairs.

"What does this mean?"

I didn't understand the meaning and asked a question. As if to answer that, Metis began to speak.

[ This is a drop from the giant turtle. Only the back side of the shell appeared as a drop item. ]

"This dungeon is nasty. Is it trying to make you destroy the shell."

[ It seems so. ]

I grinned. There was one thing the dungeon forgot. It was that some adventurers had large-capacity magic-bag-type magic tools.

I put the huge shell in the storage armlet. A red magic stone was also dropped, so I picked it up.

[ Grimm-sensei, a group of Mermen is approaching from the sea. ]

At that time, I understood the giant turtle's tactics. It intended to defeat the enemy in cooperation with the Mermen after having them attack and deplete their magical power and physical strength.

I activated 'Flying Blade'. A large amount of D-Particles gathered from the surroundings, forming a red sword about two meters long. I grabbed the hilt and swung the Slash Strengthened Blade once before taking a stance.

The Mermen, with spears in their hands, attacked in groups of twenty or so. The Slash Strengthened Blade danced in the air and slashed the Mermen. When I stretched the Slash Strengthened Blade to its maximum length of five meters and swung it at the Mermen, two or three were slashed to the ground at once.

The Slash Strengthened Blade lost its sharpness when extended. It couldn't be helped because the thickness of the D-Particles with the property became thinner, but it still had more than enough power against Mermen.

After defeating all the Mermen in about five minutes, I took a deep breath. After collecting the Mermen's magic stones using 'Magic Stone', I went down the stairs.

The moment I descended to the 4th floor, I felt a sullen heat. The 4th floor was a desert area. The distant scenery was obscured by a dusty haze. The sandy wind made me feel like I needed goggles.

In the desert area of the Suigetsu Dungeon, there was almost no wind, so I didn't feel the need to protect my eyes, but it seemed necessary in this desert.

Feeling thirsty, I took out the Immutable Bottle and drank the all-purpose recovery medicine. I thought I should recover my magical power.

When I drank the all-purpose recovery medicine, my head was somewhat refreshed.

[ Do you want to turn back like this? ]

"No, let's scout from the sky and just confirm what kind of monsters are here."

I used 'Wing' and went out for reconnaissance from the sky. Visibility was poor because of the wind mixed with sand. The sky was still fine, but if I moved on the ground, I might lose track of my way back.

I saw something triangular in the distance. As I got closer, I realized it looked like a pyramid. A gigantic bird flew from the pyramid.

"What is that?"

[ It's a Wyvern. ]

"... Are there Wyverns here too."

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