Leaving Fana and Anje on the thirtieth floor, I tackled the lower levels.
“Guruaaaaaa”
Straddling Bahamut, I fly at high speed and proceeds at once. I ignored the monsters that stood in my way and walked past them. In this way, I traversed the 40th and 50th floor, and eventually reach my target, the 60th floor.
“Nice. With this magic concentration, I think I can get some pure mithril here.”
I nodded, satisfied with the intensity of magic around me.
““Shaaaa shaaaahh””
“Oops, it seems that the monsters here are quite powerful as expected.”
While fending off the fangs of the two-headed snake that attacked me, I flew to the depths of the floor. After searching the hierarchy for a while, I eventually found a glint of the ore I targeted.
“It’s mithril ore. Good, it definitely got a different brilliance. It seems to be close to 90% purity.”
When I took it out of the wall and examined it lightly, it was of a different quality than what I had found on the 30th floor earlier.
“Bahamut, I ask you to breathe against the wall.”
『Got iiit~』
Bahamut’s dragon head opens its mouth and releases a jet-black breath. Of course, with this much magical power concentration, the walls of this floor cannot be broken down with ease.
Zudooong!
With a roar, the walls shattered. Searching through the rubble, I found high purity mithril ore one after another.
“Okay, okay, big catch, big catch ♪.”
In the midst of all this, I discovered a stone that glows black.
“Is this……?”
◇◇◇
My name is Bazara. I’m an A-rank solo adventurer. It’s already been half a year since I dived into the Great Labyrinth of Vegaltia. Many adventurers would probably consider it reckless to tackle this dungeon alone for such a long period of time since the difficulty increases with each deeper level. In fact, the Adventurer’s Guild even stopped me.
You might think I’m dead by now. However, although I encountered many life-threatening situations along the way, I am still vigorously pursuing my search. Finally, I was about to reach the 60th floor.
According to past records, the highest record for a solo adventurer is 55 levels. I’m trying to surpass it and set another big record.
“This will be a great achievement and if I can get back safely, I might be able to see a promotion to S-rank. ……No, don’t think about it. I have to stay alert until the end and focus on the present moment.”
Suppressing the feeling of fame that wells up inside me, I finally calmed down. Considering the danger of the monsters that haunt this level, a little carelessness can be fatal. Of course, I have to be very careful about traps as well.
I don’t know where the stairs to go down to the next level is in this vast floor. Therefore, I had no choice but to make a map so that I wouldn’t get lost easily and just keep walking around and look for it. After several days of exploring the 59th floor, I finally found the staircase.
“Oh! Found it…… uh-!”
I suppressed my excitement as I descended the stairs leading to the sixtieth floor. Going solo till the sixtieth floor is unprecedented. Fufufu. This is mine. My glory is here.
“This is the place…… Sixtieth floor huh……”
It was with deep emotion that I took my first step. Then—
“Oh, hello.”
A baby straddling on a staff flew towards me from the front, and with such a casual greeting, he went right past me. He then continued up the stairs headed to the 59th floor.
I stood there for a while, unable to understand what had happened, and then I screamed.
“W-what was that just now!? I mean, a baby, really? Why is a baby on such a level!? And he was talking normally!?”
Even if I blurted it out, I still can’t understand what had happened. It didn’t seem real.
“No, there’s no way…… Oh! I see….. I’m sure it’s just my hallucination……. That’s right…… There is no way there is a human baby flying in a place like this. Sigh. Seems like I’m too tired……”
Apparently, fatigue had accumulated more than I had expected. Now that I’ve reached my goal of reaching the 60th level, it’s time to turn back and return to the surface.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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