Seeker 58

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Chapter 58. 7th Floor (1)

The next morning.

When we gathered in front of the dungeon, Kodachi-san was unusually late.

It was only about 5 minutes late, but she seemed to have rushed over, bowing her head in heartfelt apology.

"It's very unusual for Kodachi-san to be late."

"Ugh ...... sorry."

"Nahihihi, what is it, Kazane-san~? Did you perhaps not sleep at night because you were writhing in agony at home all night after that?"

"Nyah! ......Ho, Hotaru-chan~? Let's shut up for a minute~."

"Mugu......! Fuguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......!"

Kodachi-san used her natural quickness to get behind Yuzuki and cover her target's mouth with her hand.

It was like the move of an assassin.

With this mysterious comedy unfolding, we went to the dungeon again today.

Today, we finally reached the 7th floor.

We landed at a relay point using a shifting magic circle and proceeded to the 5th and 6th floors to reach our destination.

The scenery of the 7th floor is still a forest dungeon.

Surrounded by the smell of fresh greenery, we begin our 7th floor exploration.

Speaking of the 7th floor, the case involving the "Dungeon Fairy" is waiting for us.

But first, we had to conquer the monsters of the 7th floor.

To reach the northeastern edge of the map and return, we will need to be able to explore the area full-time.

"On this 7th floor, the new monster was the Mutant Ape, wasn't it?"

"Yes. But the number of Death Spiders and Giant Vipers is also troubling."

"Instead, there is no Killer Wasps on this floor. It's nice that there are no enemies that attack with paralysis."

"Our party can cure paralysis with senpai's [Gaia Heal], but we have to rely on potions for poison. It's not a good match, is it?"

"That's right. I've taken some countermeasures, but we'll have to play the game as it comes out.

Kodachi-san and I, who are in the vanguard, equipped Poison Repellent Rings.

We had also prepared about 20 bottles of antidote potion just in case.

The cost of these potions alone was equivalent to 100,000 yen, but we couldn't turn our backs on them.

In addition, I had made preparations to deal with the monsters on this floor in terms of attack.

There is concern about Kodachi-san's lack of MP, but I would like to try it out and be flexible in dealing with the situation.

If it looks too tough, we'll probably go back to the 6th floor and try to raise our level a little more.

I hope we can somehow make it through with our current strength, but.

"It looks like the first guests have arrived. There are a lot of snakes."

Kodachi-san shouted a warning.

As soon as Yuzuki and I reacted to that voice and prepared ourselves, many giant snakes appeared at the end of the path in the forest dungeon.

They crawled on the ground and approached us at high speed.

We had spent 3 days exploring the 6th floor of the dungeon, and we were already familiar with these monsters, the giant vipers.

However, there were so many of them.

It's hard to tell the number because of the irregular trajectory, but Hino, Funo, Mino--7 in all.

"The largest number all of a sudden, huh? Yuzuki, Kodachi-san. The first 5, please."

"Roger!"

"Roger that!"

The two female seekers are covered in magic light.

I, too, increased the magic power in my body.

The number of giant vipers we encountered at the same time on the 7th floor is 5 to 7.

The number of giant vipers on the 6th floor is 3 to 5. So the number jumps up by about 50%.

When the number of monsters is large, our eradication capability cannot keep up, and the damage tends to increase from a certain point onward.

Giant viper, whose HP is higher than that of killer wasp, still cannot be eradicated with a single shot of Yuzuki's [Burn Blaze].

Even so, with the number of giant vipers encountered on the 6th floor, it was enough for Kodachi-san and me to destroy them individually by adding a single attack.

However, with 7 of them, that wouldn't be enough.

Then what should we do?

That's where Kodachi-san's new technique comes in.

"Let's go──I remember one thing, [Burn Blaze]!"

"Windblade storm cut through everything! [Windstorm]!"

Kodachi-san may have also picked up a little of Yuzuki's chuunibyo.

The only wording necessary for activating magic is the magic's name. Well, I do it too.

Aside from that.

The 7 giant vipers that coming toward us were scattered back and forth, left and right, and it was impossible to engulf them all with ranged magic.

Hence, the 5 that had approached ahead of us were the targets.

Yuzuki's fire magic and Kodachi-san's wind magic burst almost simultaneously, creating a storm of flames.