| Name: Daishi Ajiri Class: Cleric Level: 10 HP: 350/350 MP: 0/200 Strength: 999 Endurance: 400 Agility: 180 Intelligence: 130 Burial Power: 999 Skills: 【Burial Fist (LV1)】 【Retribution (LV1)】 【Requiem (LV1)】 【Return (LV2)】 【Cremation (LV2)】 【Clairvoyance (LV4)】 |
“Y-You! Why didn’t you increase your MP when you leveled up?!”
We had already broken through the labyrinth zone and were descending the stairs leading underground. After utterly demolishing the dungeon, I suddenly wondered what had happened to my MP, so I opened the status screen.
Satsuki-chan immediately yelled at me.
“I-I mean… from my past experience…”
“Does Strength at 999 even matter?! You need to actually think about this stuff!”
Why am I the one getting yelled at? I did my best, you know. It’s not like I need skills if my Strength is at 999 anyway. My Endurance is high too, so I should be fine in close combat. A pure brute-force, one-punch, instant-kill build—simple and reliable.
But still, why did my MP drop to zero?
It’s probably just that either [Return] or [Burial Fist] had absurdly heavy consumption.
But which one was it?
Both of them are way too dangerous to tell.
By the way, I didn’t level up in the Labyrinth Zone. I was supposedly “sending off” not just walls, but monsters and traps all at once, so I thought I’d level up for sure.
Well, maybe the monsters there were just too weak for me to level up?
As we made our way over the rubble, I noticed scattered remains that looked like monsters—but they were so badly destroyed that I couldn’t even tell what they originally were.
“Maybe it just looked fancy on the outside, but there was nothing inside?”
> Didn’t you get a bit carried away after reaching Nether Class?
> Like the rabbit said, dungeon exploration isn’t just about stats and skills.
> You can’t get overconfident with your abilities.
> Also, pick up the deep-sea super-ore lol
> It’s a super rare material (laughs)
> There might’ve been some good loot too
> After causing that level of destruction, I kinda get why you’d just zone out though
> You two are basically failing as explorers
> It feels like things are going too smoothly… there’s probably a trap coming
> It almost feels like it’s been set up
> Is this dungeon just for middle-aged men??
> Something must’ve happened here five years ago…
> Daishi-san is handsome so it’s fine
> That dungeon destruction was cool too!
It seemed like the viewers were giving all kinds of criticism and advice.
But the word “handsome” was shining brighter than anything else. And before I knew it, I was grinning without even realizing it.
“Are you seriously just checking the comments again… why are you grinning like that… gghhh—”
Hn?
That “gghhh” sound just now came from Satsuki-chan’s stomach.
Ah? Don’t tell me… she’s hungry!
“W-wait! That’s not it!”
“Not what?”
“My stomach didn’t just make that sound!”
“Relax, it’s fine. You’re human. Of course your stomach growls when you’re hungry.”
“That’s not the point! Geez… Daishi-san, you really don’t understand a girl’s feelings!”
Girl’s feelings, huh?
A bit late for that though. She’s a good kid, sure… but in my head she’s already firmly in the “little devil” category.
“But yeah… I am kinda hungry too.”
I entered the West Tokyo Fourth Beginner Dungeon around 10 a.m. It had already been about two hours, so it’s probably time for lunch.
“I’ve got some portable nutrient rations. Want some?”
“I have my own too, so I’m fine.”
“I see. Then let’s eat before we reach the third basement floor.”
“…Yeah.”
For some reason, Satsuki-chan looked a little disappointed.
But it’s not like we’re short on food, so there’s no reason for that reaction. Modern portable rations don’t even taste that bad. A bit dry, sure—but you just wash it down with water and it’s fine.
“…Sigh. If this were a normal dungeon, I was hoping we could enjoy some wild boar meat or something.”
“Wild boar?”
“Yeah. It’s a monster that shows up fairly often below the second basement floor in this dungeon.”
“You mean you eat it?”
“Of course. You hunt it, cook it, eat it. Pretty standard for explorers.”
So monsters can be eaten huh.
Well… slimes and skeletons are probably off the menu. But beast-type monsters might be fair game.
Wild boar… yeah, that sounds like a pig.
“But from what we’ve seen so far, it doesn’t look like anything edible is going to show up…”
“Guess we’ll stick with rations then.”
“Sigh. What a let down.”
Honestly, I wasn’t too keen on eating monsters anyway, so these stick-shaped cookie-like rations are more than enough.
…Let’s just forget that raw liver incident.
“Alright, I’ll eat mine—huh? Sniff sniff…”
“Don’t you smell something?”
“Yeah… something like really good meat roasting…”
Below the spiral staircase we were descending. A thin trail of white smoke drifted upward, carrying an irresistible BBQ-like aroma that tickled the nose.
“Oh! Maybe!”
“You know something, Satsuki-chan?”
“This is perfect timing! Yes!”
She pumped her fist like she’d figured everything out.
What’s down there?
At least tell me too!
> Is this a gourmet house??
> Perfect timing lol
> You can recover MP from this!
> Maybe even stat boosts!
> Hope there’s good ingredients
> I wanna try dungeon gourmet too
> A rare “gourmet room” equivalent to unique rooms
> This stream is gonna blow up again
“Daishi-san! Let’s go!”
“O-okay…”
She grabbed my hand and dashed toward the third basement floor. I almost tripped trying to keep up, but we reached the door.
The smoke was clearly seeping out from beyond it. Whatever was ahead… it definitely wasn’t combat.
For the first time, it felt like we might actually get a break.
“Open!”
Satsuki-chan shoved the wooden door open with force.
Light spilled out from within.
The moment we saw what was inside—
“…Woah!”
This… might be paradise.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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