“.…Then why are you so confident proceeding forward?”
The answer to Orion’s question is simple.
“I’m using exploration magic.”
“……A-are you really a baby?”
“Yes. Master is amazing.”
“H-he’s your master!?”
As we descended to the lower levels, the temperature grew hotter and hotter. Eventually, we reached a level where scorching lava flows.
“No wonder it’s so hot, there’s a floor like this!”
“This lava field…… C-could this be the 『Scorching cave』!?”
“Oniichan, do you know this place?”
“……It’s a huge volcano in the southeast of the Empire. The dungeon’s entrance is in the middle of it. As you can see here, there are floors where lava flows from the lower levels, and it is known as an ultra-difficult dungeon that cannot even be challenged unless you take some kind of special measures. The only party that has captured this place in the past is the party of the legendary hero, Leon……”
Orion shook his head.
“This task impossible…… Even the hero Leon is said to have had a hard time in this dungeon. So, to say that you’ll conquer this dungeon at first try…… Moreover, we do not even have a way to protect ourselves against high temperature!”
“Okay. Here, Heat-resistant magic!”
“Huh!? W-what happened? My body…. Suddenly, I now feel cool?”
“With this, I think you’ll be protected from the heat.”
But if it’s Meltera, she can use magic to completely nullify fire and heat. Well, this can’t be helped.
“I can’t believe you can even use magic like this…… Who are you really……?”
“I’m just a baby though.”
“There’s no way that’s true!”
Ignoring Orion, who seemed curious to know who I really am, I continued through the lava field.
I couldn’t afford to take it easy after all.
And that’s when it happened.
“Oaaaaa!”
An ear-splitting roar echoed out. Almost at the same time, something huge jumped out of the magma pond where magma had accumulated.
“Watch out! I’ve heard that red dragons live in this dungeon!”
Orion exclaimed.
Immediately after he said so, a dragon with bright red scales appeared.
“But isn’t it a little too big!?”
“Hmm, it’s a lot bigger than the one we fought last time.”
Previously, the promotion exam to A-rank adventurer was held at the lower level of the dungeon of Vegaltia. The Red Dragon we fought at that time was also a special individual strengthened with magic stones.
But this guy is much bigger than that.
No, that’s not all.
““““Oaaaaaa””””
“I-impossible! It has multiple heads!? Two, three, four……seven, eight……uh!! E-eight-headed red dragon!?”
Eight heads grew out of its huge body.
“……Orion-oniichan, have you heard that there is such a red dragon living in this dungeon?”
“There’s no way I’ve heard of that!”
“Well, I guess so.”
Red dragons don’t become like this in normal evolution. In other words, it was forcibly evolved in an unusual way.
『Is it the black magic stone? 』
(Probably. That’s the only thing I can think of too. Oh well, there are so many taboo items being used, so it’s not surprising.)
Just as the trent evolved into Ancient Trent, the Black Magic Stone has the power to force monsters to evolve into higher species, but it can also cause unusual evolution like this one.
““““Oaaaa!””””
“Oh uh……. Breath is coming!”
The eight heads flexed their necks at the same time and then exhaled a fierce breath of fire in unison.
Of course, there was no place for us to escape the widespread, tsunami-like flame breath.
“But we don’t have to run away.”
I put up a barrier to prevent it from harming us.
“W-what a powerful barrier…… I can’t believe it can withstand such powerful breaths…… Still, how are we going to fight such monster!?”
“We don’t need to deal with this guy in the first place. Okay, let’s move on.”
“Eh?”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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