Category: Umareta Chokugo ni Suterareta kedo, Zensei ga Taikensha datta node Yoyuu de Ikitemasu

“Hmm, I failed.”

I scratched my head.

The people who had been controlling the dungeon core were lying dead at my feet.

“It seems that they are completely a discarded piece.”

“That’s true. I never thought their hearts would suddenly explode and they’d die. It must have been planned beforehand. What a cruel thing to do.”

Shortly after Fana neutralized them, an explosion rang out and they fell to the ground.

“Who the hell were these guys……?”

“Who knows. Anyways, the operation of the dungeon core is over, so the city should be liberated safely. There must be a perpetrator on the ground.”

If Meltera had done well, she would have caught them as well.

It’s possible that they will self-destruct as well though…….

“Alright then, let’s head back to the surface.”

After defeating the dungeon boss, a direct route to the ground appeared. We passed through there and escaped to the surface. After leaving the dungeon, we found ourselves halfway up the volcano that Orion had mentioned before.

“Let’s ride this on the way back.”

I took out the airship from my subspace.

“W-what’s this!?”

“It’s a flying ship. If we board this on the way back, I think we’ll get to the Imperial City in about 30 minutes.”

“……A ship that flies in the sky? Isn’t it a legendary vehicle? Just who are you really……?”

“Ah? I’m just a cute baby.”

Urging the bewildered Orion, we all board the airship.

“Oh…… it’s really flying!?”

“Oniichan, you must be tired. If you head straight this hallway, there is a private room ahead, you can rest there.”

“I want to wash off my sweat in the shower! Even with the heat resistance magic, it was so hot there and I was sweating a lot!”

“Mm, me too.”

Anje and Fana went to take a shower.

“Do you even have a shower here ……?”

“Yes. What about you Oniichan? Won’t you take a bath?”

“O-oh, it’s true that I sweated a lot too but…. I’ve been on the move since that match so…..”

“Oh, that is why it smells a bit bad I guess.”

“Eeh? I-……I’m going to take a shower too!”

“Oh. Then while you are at it, why don’t you use the large public bath?”

“Public bath?”

“Yes. This way.”

I led Orion to the bathroom with the largest bath on the third floor.

“This is it.”

“There’s such a bath on this ship!?”

“Yes. Fana-oneechan and Anje-oneechan used the shower in their private room so Oniichan can use this. Feel free to use it as you like.”

“Is it really okay……? Okay then, I’ll take up on your offer.”

Leaving Orion behind, I leave the bathroom.

—Or so I pretend.

『Master? Why are you just standing there after leaving the changing room?』

Hmm, it must have been about three minutes now.

“……Now!”

I went to the public bath again.

『Master, what are you going to do? 』

Ignoring Lindwurm, I stripped off my clothes in the dressing room and dashed into the bathroom where Orion is!

“Oniichan! I think I’m just gonna join in after all~”

“~~~~~~!?”

Orion, who was soaking in the bathtub, was surprised by my intrusion.

The two twin hills that he hastily hid protrude from the gap between his pale arms. They couldn’t be hidden, and they bulge out from between his arms.

“Eeh~? Oniichan, you have something on your chest~? Oh~, then you are not a big brother, but you’re a big sister after all?”

“K-kyaaaaaaaahhhh!”

A high-pitched scream rang out of Orion’s mouth.

『…… I see. I was just wondering why Master would accompany a man…… So this is the case huh…… But how could you have realized that she is a woman? 』

(Kukuku~, did you really think I would miss those big breasts just because she hid them with her armor?)

『Is that so? 』

His, no, her two big breasts are no less than that of Anje’s or Lill’s.

In fact, it’s strange that I couldn’t see through it at first glance. Maybe I was misled because the hero, Leon, was undoubtedly a man.

(Sorry for upsetting you, okay? From now on, I’ll be rooting for Hero-oneechan!)

『That’s a bit of a turn of events. 』

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Looking down at the city from the top of the city walls, the leader of the group groaned in disbelief.

“…..The Phoenix was defeated? Such mythical monster that devoured all those black magic stones…… And it was a Fenrir who did it! ……C-could it be that someone in this city is controlling it……?”

That wasn’t the only thing he didn’t expect.

The five huge “Monster Vortex” that they had created with all their might were easily wiped out as well.

Since the strong people were gathering in the city for the martial arts tournament, he expected that one or two of them would be destroyed, but it was inconceivable that all five would disappear in such a short time.

“In addition, we have swallowed the city itself inside the dungeon so there is nowhere to escape. This will surely destroy the city and make it impossible for anyone to survive…… It should have been the case but…… Damn!”

On the contrary to their expectation, people have safely taken refuge in the ice fortresses that have emerged throughout the city, so the chaos only caused a little damage.

And so, in a desperate attempt to turn things around, they deployed the Phoenix that they had painstakingly cultivated.

“But, that doesn’t change the fact that this city has been swallowed up by the dungeon. If they can’t get in or out of this place, they will eventually run out of food and starve to death.….”

Of course, that would take much longer than they expected.

Just thinking about how he would report to his superiors that a major project that they had been preparing for several years and had been finally put into action had ended up in this state sent chills down his spine.

“And what if, by some chance….. well, this is truly a one in ten thousand possibility, the city’s dungeon-like state was also lifted then..…”

The man couldn’t help but murmur.

“Right…. The prince is said to be the reincarnation of a legendary hero… No matter how I look at it, it was the reincarnation of that hero who destroyed the Monster Vortex… Then if he noticed that this city has turned into the dungeon…. If he tries to clear it….. No, no, that can’t be possible…”

And then it happened.

People can be seen fleeing the city from one of the castle gates that had been blocked off.

“N-no way, right!?”

In addition, the monsters no longer spring up at all, and it can only be assumed that the dungeon transformation of the city has been lost.

“How can such dangerous dungeon be captured in such a short period of time!?”

The man shouted in shock.

“Finally found you.”

“Huh!?”

He quickly turned around when he heard a voice behind him.

What he saw was—

“A b-baby!?”

A six-month-old baby or so was standing on the ground, looking at him. The baby’s features are so distinct that it was hard to believe she’s a baby. Her ears are also pointed.

The man could guess that she might be an elf, but he has no idea that she is a high elf that had lived for hundreds of years.

“W-why is there a baby here? ……No, wait. Where are the others?”

“If you’re looking for your comrades, they’re frozen. Right over there.”

“Huh!?”

That’s when the man finally realized his current situation. A number of icicles appeared not far away behind the elf, and when he looked closely, he could see that his comrades were trapped inside it.

“No way, d-don’t tell me…. You created those ice fortresses in the city!?”

“Yes, it was made by my magic. More than that, I was finally able to catch the tail. Until now, I have always been a step late so I was not able to find the perpetrators.”

“Huh? Then…… Recently, I heard that the experiments in various places have been destroyed by someone…… Was it your doing as well?! ….Damn!”

“I’m not going to let you escape.”

The body of the man who turned on his heel and started running froze in an instant.

He was trapped inside an icicle.

“Well then, let me find out more details about you guys.”

These people were probably just perpetrators, Meltera thought.

Behind them must have been the person who had stolen the forbidden items from the Tower of the Great Sage.

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The phoenix continues to rain flaming arrows while soaring in the sky. Fenrir dodges the flaming arrows and waits for an opportunity to counterattack, but the rain of arrows is so intense that she couldn’t find the chance.

“Wauuuuuuu!”

At that moment, the Fenrir roared.

The aftermath of the roar caused the weak-willed humans in the ice fortress to faint.

“What an intimidating presence! ….As expected of a mythical monster.”

“Uh…… Take a look at the Phoenix!”

The Phoenix, hit by the directional roar, it is now falling headfirst to the ground. In such posture, it slammed into the ground hard.

“Gruaaaaahhhhhh!”

Having the phoenix fall to the ground, Fenrir seized the perfect opportunity to lunge at it with breakneck speed. The Phoenix barely regained consciousness, but there was no longer time to escape into the sky.

With the sharp claws, Fenrir tears the Phoenix’s body to shreds. Sparks flew around, burning the stone roads and buildings.

However, Phoenix is said to be immortal. As soon as the flames covered the wound, it quickly reverted to its original form.

“At this rate, Fenrir will never be able to defeat it…! And even though Fenrir is the one attacking, its body is now starting to burn…!”

Although it seemed like Fenrir is unilaterally dealing damage to her opponent, she was actually being bathed in the Phoenix’s flames. Her beautiful white and silver hair is now charred black.

“Queeeee!!”

The phoenix cried, as if to say that Fenrir’s attack is useless.

“Waauuuuuuun! (Useless? Don’t make laugh. Do you think your flames will work on me?)”

However, Fenrir doesn’t care and continues her attacks on the Phoenix. She bit into the Phoenix throat and ripped it apart with all her might.

The tossed head disappears, and a new head grows in its place.

“It seems like there’s no way to defeat the Phoenix after all.”

“No…… I don’t think so.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Look at it carefully. The Phoenix’s body is now a lot smaller than it was at the beginning.”

“Oh, it’s true!”

At first, the Phoenix was comparable in size to Fenrir, but now it was half that size, if not smaller. In addition, the repair of its wounds is slowing down.

“The flames are getting weaker too……”

“That’s right. With each damage, it’s going to get smaller and smaller.”

Finally, the phoenix had become the size of an ordinary bird, and Fenrir swallowed it whole.

“……Ugh (What a disgusting bird).”

Fenrir’s body began to shrink again. She returned to her original beastman beauty.

Meltera hurriedly ran to her.

“Did you defeat it?”

“Yes. As you can see.”

“The opponent is a phoenix which is a mythical monster, right? I never thought it would be that easy…..”

To Meltera’s surprise, Fenrir shook her head.

“No, it’s not a Phoenix. I wouldn’t be able to defeat a real Phoenix at my level now.”

“What? Wasn’t it a Phoenix?”

“Perhaps they forcibly evolved a similar bird monster to become a pseudo phoenix.”

“I see.…”

Meltera was convinced. If the black magic stone had been used to create it, such result would not be impossible indeed.

“However, it seems that it wasn’t possible to create a true mythical monster huh.”

And then at that moment, Meltera sensed that the magic that had been filling her surroundings for a long time suddenly faded and disappeared.

“It has been resolved. Reus-sama must have done a good job down there.”

There are still monsters roaming around now, but nothing more will born again.

“There’s an ice fortress so the rest of the monsters would be easy to deal with. By the way, I….…”

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While Reus and his party are heading to the bottom of the dungeon. Meltera is very active in the city that has been swallowed up by dungeon.

“What an incredible magic! To be able to create such a huge shelter, you’re really amazing.”

“It’s just a simple one so it can’t withstand the attack of vicious monsters like dragons. But I think it should be enough to defend against the monsters that are currently emerging in the city.”

As she explains, Meltera created another ice fortress. 

The maximum capacity of the fortress easily exceeds 1,000 people and the thick ice doors prevented the monsters from entering. It’s made of ice, so it’s pretty cool inside. It’s close to summer so it’s comfortable staying inside it. There are more than fifty of these fortresses in various parts of the city. Thanks to that, most of the population have already been evacuated by now.

“Kuruaaaaahh!”

A monster suddenly emerged and was about to attack one of these fortresses.

“O-oi…… That’s a phoenix, right!? Why is there such a monster here!?”

It’s no wonder Goritia was surprised. 

Phoenix is a humungous fiery bird, a monster that only appeared in myth. 

Right now, such creature which is over ten meters long is flying leisurely above their heads and even though it is still quite far away, it was sending out an intense hot wind.

“That is…… There is no way the fortress can prevent something like that.”

Meltera’s ice fortress could be melted down very easily.

“Kuu…… No, I’ve got to do it!”

Goritia decides to fight. That said, fighting a giant monster that flies through the sky is quite a disadvantage on its own.

Not to mention, it’s a Phoenix.

“Human, leave it to me.”

“……You? I believe you are Reus-sama’s….…”

“Yes. Well, for a reason, I’m following my Master.”

After saying that, something strange happened to her body. Her mouth protrudes forward, and her whole body is now covered with white fur. Her hips swelled, her upper body fell forward, and her arms and legs touched the ground, making her body even bigger.

“This is….…”

“Wauuuu!!”

What appeared there was a giant silver wolf.

“Fenrir!?”

“O-oi….. not only a Phoenix, but there’s a Fenrir too!? Aaah! I’m at my wit’s end!”

Perhaps because he didn’t see Lill transform, Goritia shouts with a pale face.

“……No, you don’t have to worry about that. That Fenrir is on our side.”

“Eh?”

The next moment, the Fenrir kicked the ground. With a tremendous leaping force, she soars through the sky at once and leaps into the phoenix.

“Quee!”

The phoenix immediately turns around and dodged the Fenrir.

“Gruaaaaahhhh! (That’s useless!)”

When the Fenrir swung her front legs, it created a vacuum wave that tore apart the wings of the Phoenix that is already a distance away.

“Queeeee!?”

The Phoenix cried out in response to the damage it had received despite dodging. One of its wings was damaged. It lost its balance and staggered but it quickly regained its footing.

If you look closely, you can see that the wound inflicted by the Fenrir has been repaired.

“Ah! The wound has healed!”

“It is said that phoenix is an immortal monster that comes back to life from the flames no matter how many times it dies……”

“If that’s the case…..then no matter how hard we try, we won’t be able to defeat it!”

Fenrir, on the other hand, had landed on the ground. Watching the Phoenix’s wounds heal, she doesn’t seem to be fazed at all.

“Queeeeeeeee!”

This time it was the Phoenix who launched an attack. It spread its wings widely and flutters it, raining down flaming arrows to the ground.

The fenrir dodges it with agile movements. But with such a heavy rain of flames, she can’t leap as close as she did before.

“Even if it’s the same mythical monster, the phoenix can fly and the Fenrir doesn’t have an advantage at all!”

“That maybe right…… but, judging by the looks of it, Fenrir might have a plan up her sleeve…”

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“Fuu…… I managed to beat it.”

I let out a sigh. I was so exhausted there.

I walked back to Fana and the others. Having defeated the giant cyclops, the golems had stopped moving. Their bodies are scattered all over the place, and it was clear at a glance that a fierce battle had taken place here.

“Fana-oneechan, I’m tired.”

“Mm, Master. Thanks for the hard work.”

I jumped to Fana’s chest, making her catch and hug me.

Guhehehe…… This is the best way to restore strength.

『More than that Master, shouldn’t you hurry up and find the Dungeon Core as soon as possible? 』

(Oops, you’re right.)

The dungeon is controlled by interfering with the heart of the dungeon, so to speak, called the dungeon core.

“Hey, I’ve never heard of Dungeon Core before though?”

“That’s to be expected, I guess. Even if you conquer a dungeon, the dungeon core won’t appear after all.”

“Then where is it?”

The location of dungeon cores varies from dungeon to dungeon. It is usually near the boss room, but it’s not necessarily in a place where you can see it.

“Well, dungeon core is like a mass of magical power. If you look for a place with a high concentration of magic, you will find it for sure. ……Un, yes, this way.”

The three of them followed the direction I pointed to.

“Mm, now that you mentioned it, I feel like its indeed the case.”

“Yes. I feel like there’s more magical power over here.”

Fana and Anje are nodding because they both understand the flow of magic. 

Orion, on the other hand, looked very confused.

“The magical power here is stronger?  ……I don’t feel it though.”

He doesn’t seem to be able to pinpoint the difference in the magic density. Well, it’s normal, I guess. You don’t have to be too conscious of magic to use magic after all.

“It looks like it is on the other side of this wall.”

“O-On the other side of the wall you say? T-then, there’s nothing we can do about it!”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, the walls of the dungeon can’t be destroyed so……”

That’s when Anje cut in.

“I used to think so too. But that’s not really the case.”

“Oneechan, are you planning on trying it?”

“Yes. I feel like I can do it now.”

Saying that, Anje stepped forward and she begins to accumulate her qi.

“It can’t be…. Oneechan you—”

“Haaaaaahhhh!”

In the next moment, a mass of qi released from Anje’s fist struck the wall of the dungeon.

Dogooon!

It was exactly the same as the technique that Goritia used to release qi. To think that she’d managed to comprehend it this fast….

“Phew…… It was my first time, but it seems to have worked.”

There was a hole in the wall. 

Although it’s only big enough for one person to crawl through, but just making a hole in the solid wall of the dungeon was an accomplishment in itself.

Moreover, she kept her consciousness properly. Many have tried doing this technique and at first try, they use too much qi and faints right after doing it.

“Oneechan, you’ve grown. As your Master, I’m proud of you.”

“……W-Why are you trying to bury your face in my chest while saying that!?”

“It’s baby’s instinct.”

“Be either a master or a baby!”

No way! I’ll have the best of both worlds!

“Hmm, is that the dungeon core you’re talking about?”

“It’s beautiful..…”

There is a small room at the back of the hole, in which the dungeon core is floating. It doesn’t look like it was made naturally, it’s like a huge beautifully cut gem. Each dungeon has a different color, but the dungeon core here is red like a blazing fire.

And right next to such a dungeon core—

“W-Who are you guys!?”

“Why are there people here!?”

There were a few suspicious people next to the dungeon core. Apparently, these guys are the ones who are controlling the dungeon core.

“I-impossible! ……You guys conquered the dungeon and made it all to the way here!? We took every precaution to make sure no one could get here…… Just how on earth….?”

An elderly man who seems to be the leader of this group retreats in shock. 

No matter how I looked at it, this incident was too large for a single perpetrator. Apparently, it is indeed planned by an organization. I had a feeling that this was the case, seeing as incidents involving taboo items were occurring in various places.

“Should we defeat them?”

“That’s right, Fana-oneechan. But I want to hear the details later, so please don’t kill them.”

“Mm, I understand.”

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“Uwoooooooo!!”

The one-eyed giant Magma Cyclops was engulfed in flames. As if in response to its roar, a pillar of flame rises from the surrounding magma pools. It looked like this giant was controlling it, and magma is now attacking from all directions. In addition, chunks of rock began to rain down one after another from the ceiling.

“No! This is bad!”

“What the hell is this thing? It’s absurd!”

In addition, the lumps of lava rocks that have fallen begin to move. Apparently, those lump of lava rocks, are golems.

“M-Magma Golem!? Kuu…. there are so many of them!”

“I’ll take down the boss. I’ll leave the golem to you Oneechans.”

“Understood.”

“Got it!”

Fana and Anje responded vigorously. Orion, on the other hand, has a pale face.

“Oniichan, do your best to escape.”

“Ugh…… I never thought I’ll just be a hindrance……”

I ignored Orion’s frustrated expression and got on Lindwurm. I quickly charged towards the giant. 

“Ice Arrow!”

I shot an ice arrow into its body. Well, it wasn’t really an arrow, it was more like a spear, but it melted away before it got close to the cyclops’s body.

“It seems like it is hotter than I expected.”

I thought ice would be its weak attribute…..

It seems that unless it was ice magic on par with Meltera’s, it would be nullified. 

“Then…… Explosive arrows!””

The arrows hit the giant’s chest causing a terrific explosion. Unfortunately, the enemy was still completely unscathed.

“That lava armor is pretty hard…… Oops!”

Just when I thought I had dodged the stiff arm that was trying to knock me down, it spewed flames out of its mouth. I dodged that too and quickly approached its one eye.

“It’s common knowledge that the eyes are a weak point for these kinds of creatures.”

I turned Lindwurm into sword mode and tried to stab it into its only eye.

Gakin!!

“Eh?”

However, his eyelids closed just before I can do so and the tip of the sword is repelled.

“Even the eyelids are hard…… But the fact that it defended in that way means that it’s a weak spot.”

I aimed at its closed eyelids and cast spells over and over again, slashing at it with my sword over and over again at the same time. No matter how hard it is, it shouldn’t be unbreakable. 

As expected, the eyelids eventually cracked open, revealing the eyeballs.

“Uwoooooo!!!”

“The lava……”

The giant roared and the surrounding lava quickly flew towards its head. Eventually, like a helmet, the head is completely covered by lava.

“For real? It understood that its eye was being targeted so it was quickly protected.”

『That’s pretty clever. Is this also the power of the black magic stone?』

By the way, while I was taking a little time, Fana and Anje were in a pretty pinch situation as they are surrounded by golems. As for Orion, he is now desperately trying to escape. It would have been better if he had waited in front of the boss room.

『What are you going to do, Master? You look quite tired. If it is the previous you, you should be able to defeat monster of this level without any problems. You must have been exhausted after destroying three monster vortex of that magnitude and diving all the way here without a break. 』

“You’re right. With this baby body..… it looks like I’ve pushed myself too hard.”

『If you order me, I’ll use my breath to destroy that disturbing armor. I’m fully packed with magic so there is no need to worry about me going into hibernation.』

“Okay, please do so. We don’t have time to waste right now.”

『As you wish Master.』

Once back in wand mode, Lindwurm’s dragon head opens its mouth wide. A tremendous amount of energy focused in his mouth, and it was released at the giant’s eye.

“~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!?”

The lava helmet that covered its head completely disappeared, and his only eye comes out again. I rushed in as hard as I could.

The giant somehow managed to protect itself with its cracked eyelid. However, sewing through the gap, the tip of the Lindwurm, which had once again transformed into sword mode, pierced the eyeball.

“Uwooooooooo!?”

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I decided to ignore the eight-headed red dragon and move on.

““““Oaaaaaaaa!!!””””

“It seems really angry and kind of telling us not to ignore it……”

“Just leave it alone.”

Soon, I found the staircase leading to the lower level and we all head down it. The Red Dragon’s massive body couldn’t pass through the stairs, so it could only roar in anger.

But the lava field continued all the way from there.

Well, that was to be expected, since it was that kind of dungeon.

Perhaps the culprit of all this didn’t think that someone would be able to get past the level where the red dragon is, because even when we descended to the following lower levels, we didn’t encounter any monsters that seemed to have ingested the black magic stone.

Of course, the dungeon itself was extremely difficult as all the monsters that stood in our way were ferocious monsters, but it was enough for Fana and Anje to deal with them.

“Haa, haa, haa……”

In the midst of all this, only Orion is breathing heavily.

“Are you okay? You look pretty exhausted.”

“D-don’t wo..rry……”

“Your movements are sluggish. You’re like a different person from when we fought in the ring.”

Fana was right. Orion was clearly not moving well. I don’t think he was even fighting with Fana in the match in the first place.

“I see. So Oniichan, you can’t use the power of the hero armor for long huh.”

“Uh-…… W-why do you….?”

When I pointed it out, Orion gasped in surprise.

“What do you mean?”

“This armor isn’t just made of Orichalcum and has great offensive and defensive power. When you wear it, it should greatly increase your stats as well.”

“Ours is also granted with such spells. Master made it.”

“Yes, but Fana-oneechan’s and Anje-oneechan’s weapons are made of mithril, and to be honest, it’s just a bit of a relief. This hero armor is on a different level though.”

It may be able to bring out double or even more than your original ability.

“However, it can’t be unconditional. When it comes to armors like that, it requires a certain amount of ability from the user, and there are restrictions as well.”

“……”

“You probably weren’t planning on keeping it on for this long. You should have just stayed on the ground and not pushed yourself too hard.”

“….…”

Orion’s face contorts in frustration.

“Y-you’re really amazing…… You were able to see through me so easily.…”

Orion confesses in a contemplative manner.

He faced Fana saying, “You’re right. With my current abilities, I can’t use this armor for long. Besides, without it, my true strength wouldn’t even come close to yours.”

The reason why he was able to compete evenly with Fana and why he was able to win four consecutive titles in the past was probably because of the significant stat boost provided by this armor.

“Well, now that we’ve found out, just take it off. Just wearing it will drain your strength, right?”

“No, no, I won’t do that! B-because I don’t have anything else to wear……!”

“Oh? Then if it’s just the clothes, I’ll lend you some clothes. Is that okay now?”

“N-no, I’m fine! And even if it doesn’t have a stat boost, it’s a strong enough piece of armor! I don’t have to worry about my physical strength yet!”

Tsk. Quite stubborn.

『Master? Why do you want to strip him naked so much? 』

I had no choice, so I decided to move on.

“Well, we are almost at the bottom.”

Eventually, we made it to the boss’s room.

There is a huge double door in front of us, and a boss monster should be waiting for us ahead.

I’ve heard that Leon the hero had a hard time, but it wasn’t such a difficult dungeon. It’s a dungeon close to the hero’s hometown, and he may have tried it early on.

“Haa-, Haaa-….…”

Orion is kind of exhausted.

Looks like this has been quite a tough dungeon for him after losing the benefits of the hero armor.

“Uooooh!”

Waiting in the boss room was a one-eyed giant whose entire body was engulfed in flames.

It’s a monster called Magma Cyclops.

Moreover, looking closely, I can see that its whole body is covered with solidified lava, making it look like armor.

“It doesn’t look like an ordinary magma cyclops.”

This guy must have been forced to eat black magic stone as well.

Hmmm, it doesn’t seem to be easy to conquer.

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“.…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?”

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“……Take me with you as well!”

It was Orion the hero who insisted.

“As a hero, I want to fight to protect the people of this city!”

“Really? Okay, you can come with me then.”

“For real?”

『That’s unusual of you, Master. You will really allow a man to accompany you? I thought for sure that you’d refuse him. 』

On the other hand, it seems that Meltera intends to remain on the ground.

“I would like to stay on the ground and do my best to defeat the monsters showing up here and evacuate the residents to a safe area as soon as possible.”

Then she spoke to me telepathically.

『And…… This is the first time that they have used taboo items on such a large scale. I’m sure we’ll be able to find a clue to the culprit this time.』

『I see. Alright, I’ll leave it to you.』

Goritia also wants to remain on the ground.

“I’d like to accompany you guys, but I think I’ll have to give up for now.”

“That’s a good idea! You just came back from the brink of death!”

Uh-, I won’t let him accompany me anyway, you know?

“So, how do we get to the lower levels? You said that this city is connected to the dungeon, right?”

“Yes. Actually, I have an idea, follow me.”

I head to the route which I suspect that leads to the dungeon underground.

Orion and the others followed after me.

“By the way, I know this is too late of me to ask but…… why is a baby talking and running around like this!?”

“That’s really too late to ask……”

“This is…… Sewer?”

“Yes, that’s right. It looks like it leads to the lower level from here.”

I took the three of them to the sewer system that runs beneath the city.

“……It stinks.”

“It’s a sewer, so it can’t be helped. But what a really terrible stench……”

Fana and Anje frowned hard. In addition to the strong stench of sewage, there are rats running around and insects are flying everywhere too.

“Huh? There are monsters too!”

“Slime?”

“It’s a shit slime, they eat filth. Oh and, they spit out filthy water.”

“That’s the last thing I want to fight!”

As we walked further through the sewer, we eventually discovered a large hole in the middle of an artificial underground tunnel. When I look into the hole, I saw a rugged rock surface.

“This seems to be the junction. Let’s hurry up.”

Without hesitation, I jump into the hole and heads for the deepest part of the dungeon. The others also followed behind.

“By the way, the original dungeon should have been expanded and connected to this city…… Is there a dungeon like that nearby?”

“There are several dungeons around here. However, the closest one is probably several dozen kilometers away. To expand it to this extent….”

“Hmmm. I’m sure they’ve been planning this for a long time now.”

I voiced my opinion on Orion, who shuddered by the thought of it.

“I’ve heard about it from Meltera-san, but I honestly can’t believe that the mysterious vortex and all this are the work of someone. For what purpose does the city have to do with it…”

I was the one who developed it in my previous life. I’m not sure what their purpose is myself. 

According to Meltera, she has encountered many incidents in the past where a taboo item has been used, but this is the first time that more than one has been used simultaneously.

I don’t know what they’re aiming for, but it may be that the culprit has finally made a real move.

“But I don’t think the other party expected the vortex to be destroyed so quickly.”

Once we entered a cave-like path, it was almost a straight route. This is probably due to the fact that the dungeon was expanded in the shortest possible distance and connected to the city.

As we continued to run in a straight line, we eventually came to a large space.

“We finally reached the original dungeon.”

“……It’s kind of hot.”

It certainly feels like the temperature has risen suddenly.

From here, it’s a normal dungeon strategy. I don’t have time to take any detours, so I have no choice but to find the stairs in the shortest possible time and go down to the lower floors.

“Next is this way. Then this way. Okay, now we’ll go straight from here and then the next one will be on the left.”

“W-wait a second. How do you know that? Have you ever been to this dungeon?”

“Nope. This is my first time here.”

“.…T-then why are you so confident proceeding forward!?”

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“Oh my God, you were such a nuisance! I almost got some milk, you know? What more, she had amazingly large breasts!”

『That’s very disgusting, Master. And I don’t think she would have given it to you anyway because it’s gross. 』

I’ve missed such beautiful chance to breastfeed. Lindwurm is really such a bitter one.

“But why was there a monster there? I should have killed all the monsters that came out of the vortex with my magic……”

I tilted my head as I wonder and looked down at the ground. Coincidentally, something is happening in a vacant lot surrounded by houses. Just as something appears to be emerging from the ground, a werewolf monster appeared.

“…Huh?”

『Monster…… A monster was born! 』

Both me and Lindwurm can’t believe our eyes.

“No, wait a minute. What does this mean? Monsters being born in the city? What more, if felt like the monster appearing in a dungeon……”

Having said that, I was stunned.

“Wait, a dungeon? Don’t tell me…… Linlin! To the sky!”

『Got it.』

I ordered Lindwurm to fly higher at once. But once we got to a certain point, we couldn’t gain any more altitude.

『Master, it seems that this is the limit. 』

“Seriously? Linlin, take a look. The entrance to this city is….”

There are seven gates in this city, located to the north, south, east and west part. In response to the sudden outbreak of monsters, people are rushing there right now.

『Even though the gates are supposed to be open, it looks like they can’t get out. Just what could this be? 』

I answered Lindwurm’s question.

“Dungeon. The city itself has been swallowed up by a dungeon.”

It’s likely that two dungeon-related technologies are behind this phenomenon.

One is dungeon control technology. As the word suggests, it is a technology that allows you to modify the dungeon to your liking.

The other is the technology to extend dungeons above ground.

Originally, dungeons exist in closed spaces such as underground and inside buildings, but this technology expands them to open spaces such as above ground.

Since the latter is a technology based on the premise of the former, if the city itself is now a dungeon, both technologies will inevitably be used.

“And dungeons can only be entered and exited from certain places.”

『Is that why they can’t get out of this city?』

“That’s exactly right.”

Incidentally, the two techniques related to this dungeon were also taboo.

The Monster Vortices and this must have something to do with the culprit of the stolen items from the Tower of  Great Sage that Meltera is tracking down.

Alright. Let’s head back to the arena first.

★★★

I land on the top of the ring.

“Reus-sama”

“Oh, Meltera. You’re back as well huh.”

“I’m sure you already know.”

“Yeah, I know. Even if we eliminate all the vortices, there will still be monsters appearing up here.”

Apparently, Meltera is also aware of this phenomenon. And it seems that she has already explained it to everyone.

Thank goodness, things got done quickly. It’s very helpful as now, it’s easy to talk.

“It doesn’t make sense that the whole city will be swallowed up by a dungeon! What are we going to do!?”

“There’s only one way to solve this. Go to the bottom of the dungeon, find the dungeon core, and overwrite it.”

But until then, no one can escape from this city.

Well, of course, it’s possible to get out through the only entrance, but everyone still needs to go underground first. In other words, the people of this city will be in danger for a long time.

“Time is tight. I’m heading straight for the bottom level of the dungeon.”

“I’m going too.”

“Me too!”

Fana and Anje raised their hands.

“That’s fine. But I’m going to go all out, so if you fall behind, I’ll leave you. Is that clear?”

Then Orion opens his mouth.

“……Take me with you as well!”

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