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

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……?”

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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.

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“Is that…… mithril ore?”

“It’s beautiful.”

The brilliance of the ore is different from the surrounding walls so it is immediately recognizable even from a distance.

“Yes. I’m pretty sure it is Mithril ore.”

While being held by Fana, I reached out my hand and grabbed the mithril ore. I pulled a little harder and it popped right off.

“Eh? Is it that easy to take?”

“Yes. I’m different after all. This is true even with the power of a baby.”

“…..Don’t talk like you’re representing babies.”

However, the ore is only about the size of a baby’s fist at most. In other words, it is quite small.

“At this rate, it will take a long time to get the target amount. The monsters here are pretty strong so this is quite a difficult task……”

“Un. The remuneration amount is that much just because of that.”

Saying that, I stopped them as they tried to leave the area.

“Wait. Where are you going? We’ve already found the mithril ore.”

“Master?”

“What are you talking about? There’s nothing else here.”

The two of them tilt their heads in confusion.

“Don’t you know? It was said that if there is one mithril ore, you can think there are a hundred more.”

“Ah? What’s with that saying?”

“Are you talking about G?”

“No, that’s not it. Come here and take a look.”

I gathered magical power in my fist and vigorously punched the wall of the dungeon where the Mithril ore had been extracted earlier.

Boom!

Rumble…Crash…….

“You destroyed a dungeon wall again!”

Mixed in with the fragments of the crumbling dungeon, a few glittering things roll around at our feet. I picked up one of them and showed it to Fana and Anje.

“Mithril ore?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Does that mean they are inside the walls?”

“In fact, the main part of it are usually inside the wall. Only a small part of it is showing out. Come on, Oneechans can help too.”

I also urged them to help me with the mining.

“…..It’s hard.”

“Wait-, you can easily destroy something like this?!”

“The trick is to concentrate your magical power on one point as much as possible. Like this.”

Zugooooon!

rumble…….rumble…. crash.

“As expected of Master.”

“Kuuu…… Look at me! Haaaaaa!”

Dooon!

Clunk…….

“Hmm. You were able to scrape it a bit.”

“But that doesn’t mean I can’t break it at all!”

Then the three of us continued to destroy the wall. As a result, when we gathered them all, we obtained an amount of mithril ore that would be higher than my body.

“Haa-haa-…… That’s enough I think!”

“Un.”

They looked satisfied, but I looked at the mithril ore we had obtained and said,

“Well, we got it, but it doesn’t seem to be very pure. I think it’s purity is only about 40~50%. Given the magic concentration of this floor, it’s a given I guess.”

“Purity?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s about how much mithril is in this ore. The purer it is, the better the quality.”

Of course, ore is usually not used as it is collected, but is smelted into metal, and then further refined to increase its purity. However, in the case of mithril, the process of refining it is very difficult, so the purity at the time of acquisition is very important.

“If you want a higher-quality Mithril, we have to go deeper, because the deeper we go in a dungeon like this, the higher the magic concentration, and the higher the magic concentration, the purer the Mithril is.”

“As expected of Master, you’re so knowledgeable.”

“But how far do we have to dive?”

“Hmmm……let’s see…, I don’t really know until we dive deeper, but maybe if we go over the 60th level, we’ll get more than 80% Mithril.”

““60th Floor!?””

Anje came rushing in.

“Even if we are A-rank adventurers, the recommended level is barely up to 40^th floor! There is no way we can go that far!”

“Hmm, it’s certainly difficult with Oneechan’s ability now.”

“……That’s a very catchy way of saying it, isn’t it? Then are you saying that you can go there?”

“Yes, of course.”

Anyway, it’s better to create a weapon using the purest mithril possible.

Then I said,

“I’ve decided. I’ll go pick it up now.”

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“…..This is the thirtieth floor huh.”

“Hmm. It was pretty tough.”

“Well, it is a tier that is only recommended for adventurers of A rank and above after all.”

We had reached the thirtieth level of the dungeon. It is ten levels deeper than the two levels where we fought the Red Dragon. The more you dive into the lower floors, the more powerful the monsters that appear, and even Fana and Anje struggled a lot along the way. Moreover, it takes a whole day just to dive here. It is said that mithril ore can be obtained from this level, but for today we will camp here first, we will not search for it until tomorrow.

“Alright.”

I took out the safe house I stored in my subspace.

“……Did you put that whole thing in that subspace of yours?”

“Yes, it’s better than a tent, isn’t it? It’s made of material from a Trent, so even if a monster comes while we are sleeping, it won’t be easily destroyed.”

Trent, a tree monster with a human face. It can be turned into a super durable hard wood. In anticipation of such a situation, I processed it and made a hut in advance.

“It’s not that big, but it has a toilet and a shower room.”

“Mmm, it’s great.”

“What!? Toilet!? Can I use it!?”

Apparently, Anje had put up with it so far. It’s not uncommon for adventurers to do it in the bushes out there, but they’re still young, so they’re probably embarrassed. By the way, this toilet is a slime purification type. It is a mechanism in which a slime that absorbs anything lives under the toilet bowl and with it, the feces were disposed of. This is the easiest toilet to make. However, it is not very common because if left unchecked, the slime will run away or continue to grow to a dangerous size. It is also difficult to change the slime regularly, so it cannot be used as a normal household toilet.

“I want to take a shower.”

It must have taken a lot of sweat to get to this point, Fana immediately took off her clothes and walked into the shower room. However, when she went inside, there was no shower fixture itself.

“……Where would the hot water come from?”

“It’s okay, look.”

I magically rained hot water. Yes, this shower is human-powered. In other words, without me, she wouldn’t be able to take a shower.

“What do you think, Fana-oneechan? How is the temperature of the hot water?”

“Mmm, just right.”

At that moment, perhaps she heard our conversation, Anje’s shocked voice echoed from the bathroom next door.

“Hey, doesn’t that mean I have to go in with you!?”

“That’s right.”

“That’s right you say!?”

“Hmm, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to take a bath, you know?”

“Kuu……”

After that, when she saw Fana who seemed to be refreshed after the shower, I could tell that she wanted to take a shower as well. Anje then reluctantly used the shower room provided by me.

“Don’t look at me too much!”

“Babu?”

“Don’t just go on acting back like a baby of your age when it’s inconvenient…… tsk!”

The next morning, we began our exploration of the thirtieth floor. The 30^th level had a very complex structure with cave-like roads interwoven in three dimensions. If you go blindly, you will surely be in distress. Luckily, I can use exploration magic, so we didn’t get lost in the route. Even though the road in front of me was divided into seven prongs, I was able to choose the right path.

“It’s the second road from the right.”

“Okay.”

“…..I’d be horrified if I had to explore a place like this normally. I don’t have any confidence to come back to where I came from.”

Of course, the monsters that appear here are also much more powerful than the previous levels. With the current abilities of Fana and Anje, it would not be recommended to explore alone. In fact, they were almost in a pinch because of a swarm of black ogres.

“Well, don’t worry about it because I’m here. Most injuries can be healed quickly with healing magic.”

I’ve been looking for mithril for a while. Finally, I found a shiny, silvery white one on the dungeon wall.

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All of the requests in the booklet seem to be of low urgency. This is probably because in case of emergency, the A-rank adventurers will be the ones summoned directly, as it was the case the other day.

“Let’s see, let’s see…… Hmmm, obtaining materials from the Blood Griffon that inhabits the twenty-third floor…… Collecting high-level medicinal herbs growing on the twenty-eighth floor…… Obtain a magic stone that weighs more than two kilograms.”

“Hn. It’s all difficult.”

When it comes to A-rank-only requests, it seems that the majority of them are of high-difficulty and high-reward. And since it is a city with one of the largest dungeons in the country, most of the requests are related to the dungeon itself.

“Then there’s the collection of mithril ore found from the 30^th floor and up….…”

“Can we get Mithril?”

“Yes, it’s one of the biggest dungeons in the country after all.”

Mithril is a rare metal that boasts high magical conductivity and hardness. Even in the previous life, it was very useful for weapons.

“I want a sword made of mithril.”

“When it comes to A-rank adventurers, it seems that most of them use Mithril weapons. I don’t need them to fight though as I can do it with my bare hands.”

“Fana-oneechan, don’t you think you can buy it if you go to the weapon store?”

“I can’t buy it there. I looked at a few places, but I couldn’t find it at all.”

Apparently, there is a shortage of mithril in today’s world. Even though the sword was labeled as made of mithril, it was actually only used in very small quantities and Fana couldn’t find a sword of the level she wanted.

“And I need two. I want the exact same ones.”

“It’s possible that your demands are too high……”

I then suggested,

“In that case, let’s take the request to collect mithril. I think it will be a good idea to bring in the extra amount and have a skilled blacksmith make the sword for you.”

“Yes. I’ll be happy to do that.”

“I don’t have any objections. But since we are going to dive to the 30^th floor, we can do other things along the way, let’s do it too.”

All of them are permanent requests. This type of thing can be taken at the same time and there is no penalty for failure. However, if you leave it unattended for too long, other adventurers may secure the required amount, and the quest may be terminated. By the way, most permanent requests can be accepted by multiple adventurers at the same time. 

There was a window in the private room, and as soon as we approached, the receptionist came from the back.

“That’s five requests in total, right? Well then, please be careful.”

So, in this way, we dive into the “Great Dungeon of Vegaltia” again.

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“I’ve heard that B-rank adventurers are being born from a city of this size…… Apparently the rumors were true.”

The adventurer girl who visited the city of Volante was amazed at the high level of adventurers based in the city.

“But why on earth is it from such small city…? There are no dungeons of great difficulty nearby too……”

“Ah, it’s all thanks to Baby Reus.”

“……Baby Reus?”

What she heard from the adventurers next was something she couldn’t believe.

“He’s a real baby that’s two months old or so at most. It is surprising that he can talk and walk normally, but what’s amazing is that he instantly become a B-rank adventurer. He even defeated wyverns, orc king and even a demon. It’s true. You can confirm it to the guild receptionist.”

It didn’t seem to the girl that the adventurer man was lying. The girl’s name is Chris. She is seventeen years old from the Brazel family, a well-known family of magic, and had just recently moved out of her parents’ house. Since she was not born in the main family, and as a woman, she has no choice but to marry into some aristocratic family in the future. But she didn’t like that, so she decided to become an adventurer. She is tall for a woman and has slender and long limbs. In addition to magic, she is also good at swordsmanship, and she is sometimes mistaken for a beautiful boy because she carries a karmic sword on her waist and is dressed in armor.

“Unfortunately, he has already left the city…… If there was such a baby, I would love to meet him.”

And then she remembered something.

“Speaking of which…… I can’t help but think of the first child of the owner who died of illness immediately after birth…… In fact, it was rumored that his magic aptitude value was so low that he was actually abandoned somewhere…… Reus…. I’m pretty sure his name is Reus!”

After contemplating about it for a while, she then shook her head.

“No, no, it’s just a coincidence.”

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After capturing the masterminds of Rebellion, Zebra and Mordea, and their members, we returned safely to the Adventurer’s Guild. And for the time being, they are thrown into a prison in the basement of the guild.

“The fact that the Adventurer’s Guild rules this city means that they will be judged here.”

“Perhaps it will be a death penalty?”

“I’m sure the executives will end with that. Anyways, that’s not something we need to worry about.”

“Un.”

It is said that from now on, the checkpoints when going out of the city will be very strict. Probably because there are still remnants of Rebellion in the city, and this is to prevent them from escaping.

The guild leader said that he wanted to ask me a lot of questions when we returned, so I thought it would be troublesome. But fortunately, I was not pursued deeply. Well, given that the deputy guild leader was an enemy executive, there might be other people in the guild who were cooperating with him. In this way, there was no time for him to question me.

After that, we were able to receive a considerable amount of compensation. According to Fana and Anje, this is the highest compensation they have ever received. However, for some reason, I was the only one who was paid twice as much as the two of them.

“Why though?”

“It’s because you have done a good job.”

“Un. There’s no doubt about that.”

While we were talking, Gain and Emily came over.

“I’m sorry both of you. I’m late.”

“Do excuse us, okay~. As you know, the guild is in a mess right now.”

““……?””

Fana and Anje tilted their heads in confusion, wondering what Emily and Gain are talking about. Seeing them that way, Gain asked, “Did you forget?”

“It’s the result of the exam.”

“For A-rank adventurer, remember?”

“Speaking of which….”

“A lot of things happened, so I forgot. Or rather, did the exam even happen in the first place? There was an irregularity, and the one who defeated the Red Dragon was Reus, who didn’t even take the exam.”

I just dealt the final blow in the end though.

“Yeah. Well, to be honest, it’s hard to say that the test itself was successful. However, given the performance of the two of you during the battle, we decided that there was no need to impose a retest.”

“Right. We are sure that you guys will pass anyway.”

“Then, that means….…”

Gain took out a piece of parchment with some letters written on it and handed it to the two of them.

“Of course, you both passed. Congratulations. As fellow A-rank adventurers, I hope you guys can continue to work hard from now on.”

“Congratulations! If you show that paper to the receptionist, I think you’ll get a new guild card.”

Apparently, the parchment looked like a passing certificate.

“Congratulations Fana-oneechan, Anje-oneechan.”

“And, this is for you.”

“……Eh?”

For some reason, a parchment is also given to me. It was exactly the same as Fana and Anje’s, the only difference is that the name part had “Reus” in it.

“What do you mean? I didn’t take the exam though.”

“It’s a special case. It is possible to be promoted to A-rank without taking the exam only if the guild leader approves it. Due to your great performance this time, thinking that it would be a shame to keep you in B rank, the guild leader made a special decision to promote you even though he was busy.”

Eeeeehhhhh…….

What a thankless nuisance.

“As expected of Master. I mean, it’s a matter of course.”

“That’s great.”

I had no choice but to receive the pass certificate. Then I went to the reception window for B-rank adventurers with Fana and Anje. We were then issued an A-rank guild card.

“Wow, it’s gold colored!”

“Un. It’s sparkling.”

The guild card seems to have a different color depending on the rank. It was silver when it was B-rank, but gold when it was A-rank.

“Let’s take some A-rank request.”

“Clever idea”

Leaving me completely withered, the two of them exitedly headed to the window for A-rank adventurers. Since I’m being held by Fana, I’m inevitably taken with her.

By the way, if there is even one person of that rank in the same party, it seems that it is possible to use a dedicated window. And apparently, all the A-rank counters were private rooms. When we entered, there was a sofa, and on the table was a request for A-rank compiled in a booklet.

Shortly after, a beautiful woman comes in, she then served us tea and sweets.

“It looks like we can take our time and choose our request here.”

“Un, it’s very satisfactory.”

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Bahamut swallowed the cursed magic sword.

『Nufuuuuuu! This magic sword is quite delicious!』

The sound of crunching metal resounds, followed by the sound of swallowing it.

“…… Huh?”

Zebra can’t believe what happened in front of him and keeps opening his mouth with a stupid look on his face for a while. As if finally knowing that it was real, he let out a scream.

“M-my m-magic sword…..it ate my swooooord!?”

Zebra trembles and his legs went limp.

“I-impossible!? What is that staff……!? That dragon head is not just a design!?”

“Yes, it’s not just a design. As you can see, it has a consciousness.”

“A staff that has consciousness!? Isn’t that a mythical level weapon?! No, impossible…… but still, there is no way it can eat that cursed magic sword and be fine!”

“Not really.”

It’s not like you control poison with poison, Bahamut, the dark dragon staff, is a staff that can be said to be a curse itself. With a magic sword of that caliber, it can only be easily taken in and used as food.

『Master! That man looks delicious, too! It’s a really ugly and filthy magical power that seems to have gathered all the negative emotions of humans and boiled it down! It’s my favorite food!』

It seems that the magic sword alone is not enough, and Bahamut licks his tongue in front of Zebra. As Zebra couldn’t hear our telepathy, I conveyed it to Zebra, whose body trembled and teeth clatters as he felt the unusual presence focused on him.

“It say it wants to eat Oji-chan too.”

“Hiii!”

Zebra squeals on the spot and plops down. Perhaps his hips gave up, and he can only retreat in the same position, so I approached him while holding up Bahamut.

“D-don’t come…… Please stop…… Oh, it was my fault…… t-that’s why….…”

“It’s okay, Bahamut. Eat this guy.”

“Hi-hiiiiiii!? ―Gulp”

In the end, the whites of his eyes turned up and he faints in fear. A foul-smelling puddle spread on the ground he was in.

“……I’m just kidding.”

The worst case scenario is whether they are alive or dead, but if possible, it would be better to catch them properly and have them judged by the Adventurer’s Guild. Above all, ending things like “My staff ate him so there’s no corpse left” would be troublesome later on.

『I can’t eat him……? Then, the elf over there…….』

Bahamut spoke sadly but for the time being, I asked him to return into the subspace.

“Phew! We finally cleaned them up.”

“Hmm. It was a struggle.”

Apparently, while I was dealing with Zebra, Anje and the others have annihilated all the enemies. Well, no matter how much sense of pain can be turned off by that magic potion, they are not immortal. Once they took too much damage and their body itself can’t move, they won’t be able to fight anymore.

“This…… It can’t be like this…… Uh! Damn iiiiiiit!”

All of his allies were killed, and Mordea now fled in a panic. However, the guild leader stood in front of him.

“Mordea, I won’t let you go.”

“Ark…… uh!”

Apparently, the guild leader has recovered from his paralysis.

“T-thunder paralyze!”

Mordea unleashes another paralyzing lightning strike. But the guild leader had read it, so he easily avoided it.

“Hmmph! Unless it’s a sneak attack, I’d never eat something like that again.”

“T-then, how about this, Lightning—”

“Slow”

“~~~~!?”

The guild leader, who had closed the distance in an instant, kicked him in the stomach, and Mordea was blown away. He rolled several times on the ground and was unconscious when he finally stopped.

“…Hmm. At one point I thought their evil was going to end, but it seems like it’s all over now somehow. That’s all thanks to you.”

“M-Me? Ahaha, I didn’t do anything big though—”

“Are you kidding me? Well, there are a lot of things I want to ask you, but I’ll have all that after we get back to the guild. Let’s go home for now.”

Hmmm, maybe I’ve gone a little too far again. 

While reflecting, I returned to the ground with everyone while being held by Fana.

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“Why is a baby in a place like this? I mean, were you talking just now?”

“Yes, I’m a baby who can talk.”

“~~!?”

Mordea warns Zebra, who is startled.

“Be careful! He is not just a baby!”

“I know that when I saw him! Can an ordinary baby talk!?”

“No, it’s not that point of reference. That baby is a B-rank adventurer.”

“Huh? You’re a B-rank adventurer!? Such a suckling baby like you!?”

“He is not only a B rank, it is more likely that he could even be higher than that. It is said that this baby played an active role when the strengthened red dragon we set up was defeated…”

“O-oi, if that’s true, why did you bring him here?”

“It can’t be helped. That baby was the one who found this place.”

From the beginning, they had planned to kill the guild leader through Mordea’s sneak attack. However, the unexpected fact that I was able to locate the base made him decide to do it in a hurry.

So far, their plan was foolproof. If it hadn’t been for me, it would have been exactly what they had planned.

“It is true that the strength of that baby is unknown, but with the two of us, it should be easy and—”

Dooooooon!

With a boom, Zebra was blown away and he crashed into the wall of the dungeon several dozens of meters away. Then he just stopped moving.

“…… Huh? Zebra-shi……?”

“Oh, sorry, sorry. I’ve already defeated him.”

“~~~~!?”

Mordea’s eyes widened, but he still refused to believe it.

“You only have the power of a B-rank adventurer, right?”

“I wonder?”

Mordea raised his staff.

“Thunder Paralyze!”

It’s the magic he used on the guild leader earlier. A paralyzing lightning strike flies at me, but I catch it with Bahamut I’ve taken out of my subspace.

『Ahhhhhhhhhh Master, Ahh Ahh Master, Aaaaaaaaah Master, Ahhhh Masteeeeeeeeeeeer. I-I’m so excited. Haa-, haa-, maybe this stimulus is…… the proof of master’s love!?』

(No, it’s just a lightning strike fired by the enemy.)

My staff, Bahamut, is immune to all kinds of magic. Receiving that level of magic is nothing but a tickle to it.

“W-wa-wa-what is that staff!? I’ve never seen a staff with such a terrifying presence…… Hiii!”

Mordea retreats, trembling.

『That guy…… is he perhaps…… Master’s enemy? ……I’m going to kill him!』

I hurriedly stopped Bahamut as it tried to exhale a breath of darkness from its mouth.

(Wait, wait! Don’t kill him. More than that—)

I swung Bahamut up and guarded against an attack from behind.

Gakiiiiiiiin!

“Tch!”

It was Zebra who clicked his tongue and jumped back to distance himself.

“Zebra……!”

“Ojichan, you’re still alive!”

“To be able to take that attack just now…… As expected, you’re not just a baby no matter how I think about it!”

Zebra roared excitedly as he held a sword with an ominous design that I had not seen before.

“…… Hmm, that’s a pretty dangerous sword, isn’t it?”

“Kukuku, you’re right. This is a cursed magic sword that grants tremendous power in exchange for the lifespan of the person who wields it…… I didn’t want to use it if possible, but at this point, it can’t be helped!”

A tremendous and terrifying magical power swells from the magic sword. In exchange, Zebra’s face becomes more and more distorted.

“Die! You damn braaaaaaat!”

Blood vessels protrude from Zebra’s whole body as he leap forward.

『Can Bahamut eat it?』

(Of course. Enjoy your meal.)

The next moment, the dragon head shaped part of the staff became huge. It stretched out like a whip and with its mouth wide open, it attacked Zebra and—

Gulp.

―it swallowed the cursed magic sword in his hand.

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The lightning strike that Mordea fired hit the guild leader, not Zebra.

“W-what…… what is the meaning…… of this…… Mordea?”

“Hyahahaha, I’ve been waiting for this moment!”

As if he had shed his mask of being an intelligent half-elf, he scoffed,

“Who is the accomplice in the Adventurer’s Guild? The answer is…… dandarandan, me, the deputy guild leader! Hyahahaha!”

“What……!? I-impossible…… why… how could it be you…… Since when……?”

“Since when? From the beginning! Originally, I had a very close relationship with Zebra-shi. You see, the magic potion he was distributing and selling was created by me in the first place.”

“….…”

By the way, magic potion is a general term for magical drugs that have various effects when drunk. Potions are one of them, and many of them are very useful. But some of them are dangerous.There are some dangerous drugs that are intentionally addictive and make it impossible to stop drinking once you start drinking them, and I think they created a lot of addicts in my previous life.

“That magic potion was a good thing. Especially the fact that it was very inexpensive to make and that anyone could easily get their hands on it. If the number of users continued to increase as it is, eventually, the whole city, both the nobles and commoners, would have soaked in magic drugs. If that were the case, it would not have been a dream to take over the entire country one day.”

“You……”

“But unfortunately, you showed up right at that peak moment. That was when I made a wise decision on my part. I thought that I would not be able to face a former S-rank adventurer head-on, so I decided to take your side. Fortunately, unlike Zebra-shi, I am not acting openly. We were all waiting for an opportunity to get rid of you. You did not even know you are being deceived, what a really stupid old man you are.”

“Mordea…… you bastard….…”

The guild leader expresses his anger at Mordea, who confesses to him, but he is paralyzed and cannot even move.

“Hahaha, thank you for going out of your way to come to me. You also only brought the most skilled adventurers with you. Thanks to you, we can kill them all together here.”

“Stop messing around, you bastards…… Guaa!?”

Kicked by Zebra, the guild leader rolls on the ground.

“Guild Leader! Damn it! ……I didn’t expect that the deputy guild leader was a traitor…… Tch! You’re in the way!”

“I mean, aren’t these guys weird!?”

Gain tries to rescue the guild leader but is stopped by the members of the Rebellion. It was Emily who blurted out her uneasiness as she unleashes her offensive magic.

“It looks like my attacks hasn’t worked at all since a while ago!”

She’s not the only one confused. The adventurers were supposed to have the upper hand in the battle, but now the tables are starting to turn. Because, as Emily said, no matter how much damage they did, their oponents could get up quickly.

“Hehe, this is good. I can’t believe I don’t feel any pain at all!”

“Hey, cmon! Is that the extent of the power of an A-rank adventurer!?”

“Hyahaaa”

The members of the Rebellion eyes were bloodshot with excitement.

“Hyahahaha! What a pretty amazing effect! That’s the new potion I made!”

Apparently, it was also due to a magic potion created by Mordea. By unusually uplifting their mind, it may be temporarily turning off their sense of pain.

“It’s like a zombie!”

“Hmm. There’s no end to it.”

Anje and Fana are also struggling. In the meantime, Zebra was about to stab the immobilized guild leader.

“Alright, time to die, old man.”

“Kuu….…”

“Goodbye then. ……Hn?”

Zebra, who was about to swing his sword down, suddenly stopped his hand.

“……What’s this guy?”

He frowned as he looked at his feet. There, he saw a lovely baby—me.

“Hello~”

“Wha-!?  ……W-what is this baby!?”

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There were a lot of tents that adventurers often use. The two men who were on guard noticed us and raised their voices.

“H-how……”

“W-Why are you here!? Uh! Enemy attack! Everyone, it’s an enemy attack!”

People rushed out of the tent one after another in a panic. Among them were the ones who attacked us the other day on our way back to the surface.

“Did you just say that the adventurers are here!?”

“How the hell did you know this place!?”

“We’ve just changed base too!”

The members of Rebellion are confused but they still immediately raised their weapons. Then, from the largest tent at the far end, a man emerged.

“Hah, I didn’t expect that you guys will be able to locate the base. Moreover, the Guild Leader’s appearance in person is quite encouraging, isn’t it?”

He is a skinhead with striped tattoos on his face and body. The guild leader frowns and glares at the man.

“You were indeed the mastermind, Zebra.”

“Kuku, that’s damn right, Ark-old man. Since I was expelled from the guild because of you, I created this Rebellion. I gathered my comrades who were also exiled.”

A man called Zebra. It seems that this guy is the leader of the Anti-Adventurers Guild.

“You deserve to be expelled! Murder, violence, rape, theft…… on top of it, you even started producing and selling dangerous magic potions. How much do you think the name of the Adventurer’s Guild has been tainted because of you?”

“Tsk tsk. You’re still as serious as ever old man…… Puu! So distasteful!”

Zebra continued with a sneer,

“If you hadn’t come to this city, I’d be the head of the guild by now. If that have been the case, this city and the guild would have been much more developed than they are now, you know?”

“Developed? How miserable it would have been if you had ruled….…”

“Kuku~, it may have been a tough city for the weak, but that is because they’re weak. The weak are exploited and oppressed by the strong. That’s the way things are in the world.”

“……I see. If that’s the case, then Zebra, it’s only natural that you, who is weaker than me, should be expelled. The fact that you run away to a place like this and sneak around to make trouble, you should be captured and thrown into a filthy prison after losing to me again.”

The guild leader holds a spear while provoking Zebra. But Zebra didn’t take it, he started grinning instead.

“Kuhahaha, congratulations then? Tsk. Tsk. Old man, did you really think that you’ve cornered me this time? It’s the other way around, you know. You were the one that was lured out.”

“……What? Stop bluffing. Apart from you, most of them are former adventurers below B-rank. In addition to me, there are five other active A-rank adventurers on my side. No matter how I think about it, you’re going to be cornered here in any minute.”

There were about 25 people on the other side who jumped out of the tent. Although we are outnumbered as we only have fifteen people in our group, we are all elite. 

The guild leader seems to be convinced that we have a clear advantage.

“Kuku, you underestimate me too much. Guys, show them! It’s not like we were based in a dungeon just for the sake of it.”

Following Zebra’s orders, his members attacked all at once. Of course, we also greet them.

“Your opponent is me!”

“Hah, that’s what I meant from the beginning, old man!”

The guild leader leaps towards Zebra. In an instant, he closed the distance and delivered a series of stabs.

“-uh…… Kuhahaha…… It seems that you have not weakened at all…… tsu!”

Zebra laughs as he dodges the attack but he is not able to completely dodge it, blood splatters from all over his body.

“Hmph! I can’t lose to the young guys yet. Haaa!”

“Gaa!?”

Hit by an unexpected kick, Zebra rolls on the ground. 

It looks like the guild leader is far more skilled than him. Looking around, the adventurers also had the upper hand over the Rebellion side.

“Looks like it was just a bluff after all.”

“Heh, I wonder if it is so? Kukuku.”

Zebra chuckled.

“Guild Leader. Leave the rest to me.”

“Mordea?”

“He’s a cunning guy. You never know what’s going to come at you. If I paralyze him with my lightning magic, he won’t be able to do what he wanted to do.”

“Hmm, guess so.”

Although the guild leader know that it was a bluff, it seems that he decided to go along with Mordea’s strategy. Perhaps because he was still curious about the true meaning of Zebra’s statement earlier that he was “lured” here instead.

“Eat it. Thunder Paralyze!”

The lightning that Mordea released didn’t hit Zebra directly.

“Guaaaaa!?”

—it was the guild leader who bathed in it instead.

“W-What…… what is the meaning…… of this…… Mordea?”

“Hi, hihi……hyahahaha!”

The guild leader asks in shock as he falls to the ground, and Mordea lets out a loud laugh.

“Hyahahaha, I’ve been waiting for this moment!”

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“Alright. Everyone, are you ready?”

The half-elf deputy guild leader, Mordea, called out to the adventurers gathered at the entrance of the dungeon. 

“There are a few A-rank adventurers based in this city huh…… It is quite an impressive lineup.”

“Yeah. I guess that’s how high-spirited the guild is. Even the guild leader and the deputy guild leader are participating after all.”

“Rumor has it that he’s still as good as he was when he was active.”

In order to destroy the anti-adventurer guild organization “Rebellion”, the plan was to attack their stronghold which was said to be inside the dungeon. In just two days, in addition to the five A-rank adventurers, ten of the most talented B-rank adventurers were summoned. Among those five are Gain and Emily. On the other hand, among the ten selected from the B rank, there were Fana, Anje and me. By the way, the guild leader, whose name is apparently Ark, is a former S-rank adventurer but he has already retired. Mordea on the other hand is a former A-rank.

When it was time to leave, the guild leader spoke.

“You might be thinking that with this much force, we can win but….. don’t let your guard down. If my predictions are right, their leader is a former A-rank adventurer. I know him well, in addition to his high combat ability, he’s quite cunning and quick-witted. Don’t think this mission will be so easy. Please brace yourselves.”

“““Y-yes!”””

When the tension was high, the guild leader turned to me and said,

“Alright, I’ll ask you to lead the way.”

“Leave it to me.”

The mark hasn’t moved for a while. They probably moved from one base to another shortly after that encounter. After changing their location drastically, they stayed in the same place all the time. In terms of depth, they are around the 10th level.

While giving instructions to Fana, who is holding me, we led the group through the dungeon.

“…..But is it really possible to track someone? Tracking magic is by no means perfect. Even for a skilled magician, the limit is only about one kilometer on a flat surface. And after a few hours, the target gets difficult to track. What’s more, in our case, two days have passed since then. The dungeon has layers, so three-dimensional tracking is required, not to mention, in a place with such strong magical power, it should be even more difficult to track…”

Mordea whispered in the guild leader’s ear.

I can hear you, you know.

“We may be wasting our efforts while gathering this much force.”

“Normally, that would be the case. But that baby is probably not normal. That’s what my intuition tells me. If by any chance I end up wasting my time, I’ll think of what to do at that time.” 

“..…”

Eventually, we reached the tenth floor. Various parts of the cave are submerged in water, which is why it is a floor where a half-man half-fish monster called Sahagin often appears. 

While kicking off the Sahagin who was trying to attack us while screaming “Gyogyogyo!”, I eventually asked Fana to stop in front of a certain pool of water.

“They are at the bottom of this pool of water.”

“……Do you mean, we need to swim?”

“No, there’s no need for that. Fana-oneechan, just go in.”

“Okay”

I shake my head at Mordea, who looks at me disgustedly, before giving instructions to Fana. As soon as she jumped in, I used water magic to split the pool of water in half. Fana steadily lands at the bottom of the pool. Looking left and right, I saw a group of Sahagin in the water who looked astonished.

“Everyone follows.”

“U-Unbelievable…., I never thought he’d be able to manipulate this amount of water……”

“It’s like the legendary hero who split the sea.”

“Did that baby really do it……?”

For some reason, they are overly surprised. Regardless of the sea, with only this amount of water, I don’t think it’s a big deal. Then we eventually passed through the submerged place. Finally, we arrived at our destination.

“There’s a tent!”

“No doubt about it. It’s their base!”

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