Episode 48 Mid-Boss room battle

After that, the intense race continued. Those who were unlucky encounted swarms of monsters and powerful enemies and were stopped and started to fall behind. Maybe I was lucky, I was progressing smoothly without encountering any strong enemies or groups.

I finally caught up with the leading group when I went down to the 7th floor. This was an undead area. If there was a surprise attack by a Phantom, it would be the worst, so I proceeded with caution.

I thought I was proceeding cautiously, but I guess I was a little impatient. I was late in noticing the appearance of the Phantom, and just as I pulled out my Holy Silver Dagger, the Phantom touched my shoulder.

I cut it down with the Holy Silver Dagger while feeling the magical power being sucked out through my shoulder.

[ Aauuuuu. ]

The Phantom vanished, leaving behind a death cry and a yellow magic stone. I bit my lip.

"I messed up. Did that absorb about 30% of my magic power?"

It was a one-time failure, but losing 30% of my magical power hurts. Then I proceeded cautiously and descended to the 8th floor. Going that far, there were less signs of people.

I tried to speed up while defeating RedKongs and LizardSoldiers, but stopped.

"No, I'll go cautiously. I already decided not to aim for the championship this time."

I suppressed my swaying feelings and began to proceed cautiously. That was good. Suddenly a RedKong launched a surprise attack from the top of a tree.

If I had continued to speed up, I would have been hit by the surprise attack. I avoid the surprise attack at the last minute and counterattack with a QuintPush. The RedKong rolled on the ground after receiving the counterattack.

I slammed a QuintArrow into the face of the RedKong, that was standing up. It became a fatal blow and the RedKong disappeared.

I managed to reach the stairs in the deepest part of the 8th floor. Going down I reached the 9th floor.

While paying attention to the magic of HighGoblins, I proceeded through the maze, defeated 5 Goblins and 2 HighGoblins, and reached the Mid-Boss room.

Five teams of adventurers were waiting for their turn there. At the head of them all is the Tesshin Team.

"Are you the quickest, Tesshin-san?"

"No, the Academy Team is first. They just entered the Mid-Boss room."

It seems that Kazamatsuri and the others were first. Kazamatsuri entered through the entrance, and the entrance was closed.

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"Can't you see inside?"

"You can see it. There's fist-sized holes in the wall. Look inside from there."

The walls of the dungeon were about forty centimeters thick, and there were several holes in them. Some people were peeking through the holes. I approached one of them and took a peek inside.

Kazamatsuri and the others were heading towards the center of the room. I couldn't see the Mid-Boss. There was something like a huge pillar in the center, and it seemed that there was the Mid-Boss behind it.

Tesshin-san came next to me and started looking through another hole.

"Isn't Tesshin-san tired of looking?"

"Kinda. However, how the Academy Team will fight, I want to see that."

It seems that Tesshin-san was interested in Kazamatsuri and the others, not the Mid-Boss. On the other hand, what interested me was the strength of the Mid-Boss GoblinLord.

When Kazamatsuri and the others approached the central pillar, a monster appeared from behind it. It was two meters tall and had two twisted horns on its head. Its red-skinned face was ugly, and you could see the fangs sticking out of its mouth. It had a muscular body and a short spear in its hand.

Strong. It looks very strong.

"Is that the GoblinLord?"

When I turned my gaze to Tesshin-san, his face turned pale.

"What's wrong?"

"No. That's not a GoblinLord. That's a GoblinKing."

A GoblinKing is a monster that is several orders of magnitude stronger than a GoblinLord.

I checked on Kazamatsuri and the others through the peephole. They were panicking. It must be a strong monster if it frightens Kazamatsuri and the others.

The battle between the GoblinKing and Kazamatsuri's group began.

Kuraishi and Aoi, who were Muscle Wizards, strengthened their bodies with a magic called 'Power Tank'. It was a magic that strengthened muscles more than twice as much as 'Power Armor'.

Kuraishi approached the GoblinKing with a black iron sword, and Aoi with a black iron spear. The two swung their weapons. The GoblinKing caught and repelled the weapons of the two with amazing strength.

A fierce battle ensued. Kuraishi and Aoi were quite fast, but the GoblinKing was just as fast as them.

And the GoblinKing also uses magic. It can shoot fireballs from its mouth. These fireballs had the power to explode and blow away the surroundings when they hit.

A series of fireballs blew the two of them away. At that moment, Kazamatsuri-tachi's attack magic was activated aimed at the GoblinKing. Kurotsuki and Tsujimoto used 'Crash Bullet', and Kazamatsuri used 'Lightning Bomb'.

Activating 'Crash Bullet' shot out a black ball that exploded when it hit the GoblinKing. Its power was considerable, but the GoblinKing's whole body seemed to be covered with something like a magic barrier, and although its body was blown away by the explosion, it was unharmed.

A bolt of lightning shot from Kazamatsuri's hand when he activated 'Lightning Bomb', and when it hit the GoblinKing, it tried to inject a high-voltage current while scattering sparks. However, something like a magic barrier repelled the current.

Kuraishi and Aoi returned to the battle after being blown away by the fireball bullets. Kazamatsuri's group and the GoblinKing moved dizzyingly while engaging in a fierce battle.

"It's a great fight. But ... It's bad, the Academy Team is at a disadvantage."

Tesshin-san muttered. I couldn't believe it.

"Why? They at least look evenly matched."

"The GoblinKing's physical strength. It hasn't weakened at all, whereas the guys from the Academy are breathing heavily."

That's right. Looking at the faces of Kazamatsuri and the others they look impatient. I couldn't hear any voices, but I could see his friends yelling at each other.

Kazamatsuri took something from his waist pouch.

"That idiot, such a thing ..."

I learned later that what Kazamatsuri took out was called an 'Escape Ball'. It's a magic tool that has the power to transfer people around it, but it can also be used to escape from boss rooms.

However, since this Escape Ball also teleports humanoid monsters, there are times when it's senseless to use depending on the type of monster you're fighting. It's just a matter of changing where you fight. And the Escape Ball teleports to the nearest space.

"Escape Ball!"

Tesshin-san yelled and ran away. The other adventurers also escaped. I didn't know about the Escape Ball at that time, so I was late in escaping.

I felt a strong power being released in the Mid-Boss room. The next moment, Kazamatsuri and the others appeared in front of me. Then they started running away. Only I, who didn't understand the situation, was left behind.

The GoblinKing, who should have been in the Mid-Boss room, was standing in the space in front of the Mid-Boss room, where I was.

"You're kidding."

I hurriedly activated 'Auto Shield'. At that moment, the GoblinKing's spear was approaching in front of me. Nine D-Particle shields reacted and repelled the spear.

I couldn't see the GoblinKing's movements at close range. Up until now, I had been watching it from afar, so I knew what it was doing, but when I was up close, my eyes couldn't keep up.

I also activated 'Sensing Zone'. Now I know how the GoblinKing works. However, these two Life Magics consume a lot of magic power. They can't be activated for a long time. I fight with regret, thinking that if only I had the magical power that was sucked by the Phantom.

I fire a QuintArrow at the GoblinKing. It was repelled by the magic barrier. QuintJavelin didn't work either. I unleashed a SeventhPush towards the approaching GoblinKing.

The GoblinKing was repelled and flew through the air, crashing into the wall of the dungeon and shaking the entire space. The GoblinKing jumped up, grunted, then ran around behind me and tried to stab me with a spear.

I sensed the movement of the D-Particles and fired a SeventhPush at the GoblinKing without even turning around.

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