Episode 88 Revenge

Shortly after summer vacation began, I joined up with Alisa and the others at the Adventurer's Guild. When Amane saw me, she spoke up.

"Grimm-sensei."

We entered the Adventurer's Guild's meeting room and started chatting, talking about how far I had conquered the Suigetsu Dungeon.

"I'm stuck in the desert on the 13th floor without being able to find the stairs."

After discovering the stairs on the 12th floor and descending, the 13th floor was a desert. Only this area didn't have the map sold at the Adventurer's Guild. There were no landmarks in the desert, so a map couldn't be made.

"I searched for a place near the center according to the guild's documents, but I couldn't find it."

Yukari nodded as if she had an idea.

"I'm sure you can find it with using magic."

The magic that Yukari was talking about was the Attack Magic 'Mana Watch'. The magic sensed the magical power emitted by monsters and magic devices.

If the staircase was a magic device, it should be possible to find it with 'Mana Watch'. I looked for the 13th floor materials in the reference room again. I looked for the place where the location of the stairs was written and examined it.

There, an annotation was added at the bottom of the page. Certainly, in order to find the stairs, it was written that you needed the Attack Magic 'Mana Watch' or a magic sensor. I missed the annotation.

A magic sensor was a magic tool created by a Bestowal Wizard. I'm sure it was sold at the Adventurer's Guild. The price should have been around 800,000 Yen.

"Grimm-sensei, I have a favor to ask of you."

Alisa's request was to learn how to defeat the Mid-Boss on the 20th floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon.

The Mid-Boss on the 20th floor was said to be the OrcKing. It was not always the case that the OrcKing would appear, but the records so far have been the OrcKing five times and the UltimateLizard once.(TN:These awesome Engrish names of monsters ... such naming sense ... wow.)

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The OrcKing was said to be a monster that was one step stronger than the OrcGeneral. I've heard that the UltimateLizard had enough fighting power to defeat half the adventurers that challenged it.

"The OrcKing or the UltimateLizard ... They are both formidable enemies. Why do you have to defeat the Mid-Boss on the 20th floor?"

Alisa looked me in the eye and spoke.

"My brother was an adventurer. But, two years ago, he challenged the Mid-Boss of the 20th floor, the OrcKing, and died."

I felt sorry for her, but I knew that there were many students at the academy who had similar experiences. That's how dangerous the profession of an adventurer was.

My face turned grim.(TN:No, your face has always been Grimm)

"Vengeance against the monsters in the dungeon is meaningless."

"I understand. But, if I defeat the OrcKing, I feel like I'll be able to find closure."

I understood that it was not just revenge, so I decided to cooperate.

"Let's cooperate. But, I've never fought an OrcKing either. From now on, there is no choice but to investigate and become stronger little by little."

"Yes, I'm looking forward to working with you."

"I will also cooperate." "Me too." "Me as well."

Amane, Chika, and Yukari also offered to cooperate.

"Then, let's go to the 13th floor. I want to find the stairs to the 14th floor."

First of all, it's meaningless unless we reach the 20th floor. We headed for the Suigetsu Dungeon. By the way, the activities of the Life Magic Club were continuing. It seemed that today, Karina was diving into the Giant Tree Dungeon with the third-year students.

We went down to the 13th floor from the hut near the orc castle on the 12th floor. Seeing the desert for the first time, Alisa and the others were surprised by its size.

"Grimm-sensei, are we walking here?"

Alisa asked. Among them, Alisa, who had the least confidence in her stamina, seemed to have become uneasy.

"Oh, it'll be about five kilometers to walk."

It's tough to walk five kilometers in the sandy desert. If you put weight on your feet, they will sink, so you will get more tired than walking on the normal ground.

"Yukari, isn't there an Attack Magic that's useful for movement?"

Amane asked with anticipation. After Yukari thought for a moment,

"With the magic of 'Fly', you can fly, but only one person."

Amane let out a sigh.

"No good. How about Grimm-sensei buying a car and bringing it in his Magic Pouch?"

In this era, it was no longer possible to mass-produce cars using computers and industrial robots. So there weren't many car owners.

"Impossible, there's no way a car can fit inside the Magic Pouch. A motorcycle would be the limit."

"Haa, is that so."

As expected of Amane, moving by continuously activating 'Catapult' wasn't mentioned. If you did that, you would run out of magical power.

As we were walking while talking like that, we encountered a SandWolf. It was a large wolf that seemed to weigh more than 100 kg. Because they moved so quickly, Attack Wizards had a hard time landing their spells.

However, the pattern was for the SandWolf to jump and attack after jumping, and when it jumped, it could be easily defeated by intercepting it with a PalmPush, hitting it with a QuintThunderBowl, and finishing it off after it couldn't move.

The method was difficult until I could grasp the timing of the first PalmPush. After defeating the OrcGeneral and obtaining the black scale armor 'Black Scale Armor' to increase my defensive power, it was a technique that I acquired through many battles.

If it was Alisa and the others, they would probably need to hone their skills using 'Auto Shield'.

Yukari looked at me,

"Grimm-sensei, you're amazing. By the way ... my Life Magic has reached magic level 5. Please give me the magic circles of 'Blade', 'Javelin', and 'Thunder Bowl' as well."

I wonder why that is? Yukari's talent lay in Attack Magic. I thought she should hone her Attack Magic without detouring to Life Magic. When I said so,

"Kurotsuki-senpai is also studying Attack Magic and Muscle Magic, isn't he. If I can use Attack Magic for long-range attacks and Life Magic for short-range and medium-range attacks, I will be invincible."(TN:Also, didn't Life Magic consume almost no magic power compared to other branches? There's no reason NOT to learn it for efficiency.)

If Yukari says she's aiming for that kind of fighting style, I'll cooperate. But, in Yukari's case, maybe she just didn't like being the only one out of the group? I thought so.

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