Professor, don't act on your own. What were you going to do?"

I just thought I'd take a closer look."

It's dangerous. If they find you, they will kill you.

　Professors Morimoto and Sakagami are not gifted in magic, and Iguchi, the cameraman, can only use a little attack magic. If attacked by a war bear, they would surely die.

But to investigate, we need to get up close and personal.

　I studied the topography of the area and spotted a rocky hill on the left side of town. It is not very high, but it rises in the middle of the city. I could see what looked like a cave in the middle of the rocky hillside, from which I would be able to observe it.

　However, we should approach that rocky hill only after dark, otherwise we will be spotted by War Bear. Otherwise, War Bear would find us. Narukami dungeon is a rare dungeon that becomes dark at night, which is convenient in this case.

　We waited for night. When I let Elmore and Taaboy out of the shadows, I ask Taaboy to keep watch. The professors look surprised to see the shadow puppets, but when they realize they are shadow puppets, they lose interest, take out binoculars from their luggage, and start observing the city of War Bear.

　Me and Alisa started talking while watching the professors from behind.

What will Alisa do when she graduates from college?"

I can either stay at the university or continue my research while continuing as an adventurer."

Does staying at the university mean becoming a lecturer or an assistant professor?"

Yes, I am. But I'm worried that at a university I might not be free to do research."

　I heard that in a university, you get to be great in stages in the order of assistant professor, lecturer, associate professor, and professor. In that case, she would be forced to give lectures to students and help professors with their research, which is not the kind of work environment Alisa wants to be in.

Alisa could use her income as an adventurer to continue her research, couldn't she?"

Yes, but I've heard that universities have an advantage when it comes to getting the latest information on analytical magic.

　I grin when I hear that.

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If you just want to keep up to date, hire a professor or associate professor to write a report for you."

　Alisa rolls her eyes and looks at me.

I never thought of hiring a professor or associate professor. That might be a good idea."

　Me and Arisa looked at Professor Morimoto and Lecturer Sakagami. The two of them were observing and talking about the city of War Bear.

Look at that building near the square. The building near the square, that's a store."

Mmmm, that would mean that commerce is taking place. What about money?　No way it's barter."

　While listening to the conversation, Alisa and I started to cook a meal. Tonight's meal consisted of pork belly and vegetables, and rice cooked in an electric rice cooker.

　The power source is a generator that incorporates a magic stone reactor, a drop from Sand Gigarth. Since the electricity produced by the magical stone reactor is direct current, it needs to be converted to alternating current in order to use household electrical appliances. Therefore, a mechanism was added to the generator to convert the DC current of the magical stone reactor into AC.

　When the meal was ready, he called the professors over to begin eating.

"Well, I didn't think you could eat hot pot in a dungeon."

　The professors began to eat deliciously. After the meal, when it was dark, I got on the D-particle wing and headed for the rocky hill to investigate.

　It is not completely dark when it gets dark, but it is bright enough to see a few shadows, just like a night with a full moon shining. When I put on my night vision goggles and looked down at the rocky hill from above, I saw that the cave was about two meters in diameter. I think I can observe it well enough there. After landing in the cave, we enter and begin our investigation.

　About ten meters down the road, there was a large space, and there was a monster there. It was a monster called Arachne, a large spider with a human upper body on top. In the left hand of the upper body was a shield.

I didn't think there was a monster like this anywhere near the city of War Bear."

　I activate the "Flying Blade" and grab the Zangang blade formed by the D-particles.

　Arachne's face was as fearful as that of a demoness. I remembered the information that Arachne was quick and poured magic power into the "Vikaten ring.

　At that moment, the arachne begins to move at high speed. The arachne has two front legs of a spider that are sharply pointed like spears, and it attacked using them as weapons.

　He parries the attack with his zango- blade and unleashes a kesa-gatame slash in return. Arakune kicks the ground with his many feet and jumps backward.

　It moves quickly, but not as fast as the Silver Ogre. Applying the art of "Gale Dance," he runs after Arachne at high speed and cleaves her with his Zango-Blade to the side.

　Arachne caught the slash with her shield. The shield seems to have some kind of magical power working on it, and it catches the blade that has been given the characteristic.

　Suddenly, the arachnid turns its butt toward me. As I was on the lookout for what it was going to do, a thread flew out from the spider's butt. I hurriedly avoid it. Threads come flying after me, one after another. When this thread hit the wall, it stuck to the wall.

　As I continued to fight the arachne while moving around at high speed, I noticed a weakness in the arachne. When arachne leaps forward, it tilts its upper body forward.

　I waited for my chance. Then, the moment Arachne tilted her upper body, I released the "Crash Ball" toward Arachne. Arachne leaped and was hit by the D-particle vibration ball in mid-air.

　Naturally, he could not avoid it and had to catch it with his shield. The D-particle vibration ball that hit the shield released a spatial vibration wave that penetrated the shield and skewered Arachne's body.

　It inflicts a fatal wound through the humanoid's belly and down the spider's back. When the arachne disappeared, the red magic stone , a small leather bag, and a ring remained.

　When I opened the leather bag, I found rough diamonds and rubies. I would have to check the value of the gemstones to know for sure, but they might turn into a large sum of money.

　When the ring was examined in the appraisal monocle, it was labeled "War Bear Ring. This was a ring that, when placed on the finger, changed its appearance to look like a warbear.

　It is an item that allows you to enter the city of War Bear. If the dungeon prepared the "Ring of War Bear" on purpose, it may have something to tell the adventurers in the city.