Episode 43 Skeleton Dungeon final layer

The 3rd floor of the Skeleton Dungeon was the same graveyard area as the 7th floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon. However, compared to the graveyard area of the Suigetsu Dungeon, it was small.

"There are SkeletonSoldiers and Phantoms in this graveyard area. I'll leave the Phantoms to you."

I said such to Yukari.

"My magic power has decreased a little, but please leave it to me."

We proceeded to the back of the graveyard with the stairs. This graveyard area has an area that is shaded by trees. It seems that there is a monster lurking there.

"It's creepy."

Amane whispered. A SkeletonSoldier came out from behind the tree in response. The SkeletonSoldier is a Skeleton with a height of about 180 centimeters and equipped with leather armor and a short sword.

Its movement is smoother than that of a normal skeleton, and it seems to be familiar with sword handling. Without magic, you'll have a hard time defeating it.

Chika stepped forward. She seems to want to try fighting as a swordsman.

"Please leave this to me."

Chika, who activated 'Power Armor' and strengthened her whole body, jumped on the SkeletonSoldier and chopped at its neck with her sword.

The SkeletonSoldier caught the katana with its short sword. Chika pushed away and took distance. Chika tried to defeat the SkeletonSoldier with only her swordsmanship and Muscle Magic, but she hesitated.

The SkeletonSoldier blocked Chika's slash with its short sword and swung it down from above her. Chika dodged with her footwork alone and slashes with her sword from below.

The slash cut through the SkeletonSoldier's leather armor, but it wasn't fatal. She exchanged slashes several times, but the match was never won. Chika reluctantly cracked its skull with a TripleBlade.

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"... I thought I could decapitate it, but it didn't work."

"You had speed, but your movements were too linear."

When I said that, Chika dropped her shoulders and nodded.

After that, we encountered some SkeletonSoldiers. This monster wasn't a scary opponent if you didn't let it enter the range of its short sword. TriplePush and TripleArrow seems to be enough.

When we reached halfway through the graveyard, we encountered a translucent shadow-like being. It's definitely a Phantom. If you come into contact with this Phantom, your magical power will be absorbed.

"Yukari, Phantom."

Alisa announced Yukari's turn.

The Phantom attacks when Yukari steps forward. Holding her hand out, Yukari activates 'Turn Undead'. Granis of yellow light were emitted from her hand like a shower.

[ Auuuu ]

A strange voice echoed in our heads, and the shadow of the Phantom disappeared. And then with a 'Potori', a yellow magic stone fell to the ground.(TN:A plopping sound.)

I felt uncomfortable. I don't understand why an insubstantial Phantom left behind a real magic stone when it died. Whatever. I know very little about monsters.

"Sensei, is it true that Life Magic doesn't work on Phantoms?"

Amane seemed to have doubts about Life Magic vs Phantoms.

"Well, I haven't tried it before. Let's try it the next time we meet a Phantom."

After we decided who would use Life Magic, we moved on. After about five minutes, we encountered a Phantom again. As we had discussed in advance, Life Magic was activated.

Alisa's TripleJavelin passed through the Phantom, and Amane's TripleArrow also passed through. Chika's TripleBlade didn't work, and my TriplePush didn't work either.

At the very end, Yukari activated 'Turn Undead' and defeated the Phantom.

"As expected, Life Magic is no good either."

Amane said regretfully.

We left the Phantoms to Yukari and proceeded to the back of the graveyard.

"Look, the stairs."

Amane found the stairs first. We went down the stairs and headed to the 4th floor.

The 4th floor was a battlefield. The monsters we encountered there were SkeletonSoldiers and OrcSkeletons. It seems that this was a battlefield where humans and orcs fought.

The OrcSkeleton was stronger than the SkeletonSoldier, but their skill with the sword was poor.

"After all, it's a beginner's dungeon. Even though we've defeated this many monsters, my magic level hasn't risen."

"It can't be helped. We can't go up in beginner dungeons. We're thinking of raising our adventurer rank, but what do you think?"

I nodded in agreement with Alisa's question.

"Yeah. That might be good."

While answering, I thought it was bad. I'll be caught up with by my students. I'll aim higher and challenge E-Class.

We smashed the monsters we encountered and traversed the 4th floor. Then we found the stairs and went down. The next layer, the 5th layer, was the final layer of the Skeleton Dungeon.

This final layer is a city of ruins. It seems that it was not a deserted village like the 2nd floor, but a fairly large town, with a shopping district and a temple near its center. However, since it's a ruin, the buildings are broken.

It seems that the boss room is in the temple. On our way to the temple, we encountered OrcSkeletons and Phantoms. The Phantoms were defeated with 'Turn Undead', and the OrcSkeletons were defeated with TriplePush and QuadArrow.

An OrcSkeleton's skull is strong, and sometimes it can't be killed with a TripleArrow. That's why I had them use QuadArrow. It seems that Amane and the others are also practicing, but it seems that they still need a little accumulation time.

Then, we finally arrived at the temple. When we went to the back of the half-destroyed temple, there was a door. When we pushed open the door, there was the DungeonBoss. As I checked in the Adventurer's Guild reference room, it's a Twin-HeadedSkeleton.

A Skeleton with two skulls, over two meters in size. It has a longsword in its right hand and a shortsword in its left.

"is this guy dual wielding?"

Since the Skeleton's skull has no contents, I wondered if it could wield two swords. However, Amane had a different opinion.

"This guy can handle a sword with each head."

Oh really? But, they both have no brains. ―――When you think about it, even though the SkeletonSoldier doesn't have a brain, it manipulates a shortsword. Monsters are beyond human comprehension.

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