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Chapter 86. A Dog In A Neighbor's House

Kazane-san cautiously reached out her hand toward the treasure chest. 

She resembled a child extending their hand with trepidation towards a dog kept in a neighboring house. 

However, unfortunately, the treasure chest was not as adorable as a dog kept in the neighborhood house. 

It was when Kazane-san slightly opened the lid of the treasure chest. 

The lid opened on its own with a snap. 

Rows of sharp, jagged fangs grew between the lid and the box as if the chest intended to bite Fuune-san.

"Ugh, just as I thought!"

Kazane-san instinctively evaded the attack. 

She narrowly success with her reaction barely in time. 

"Here it comes, Mimic! [Flame Lance]!" 

"Hah!"

Without delay, Yamizuki's magic attack and my spear strike struck mimic. 

Mimic's movements were extremely fast, and my spear almost missed, but that's where [Accuracy Enhancement] came in handy. 

However, even so, mimic didn't go down. 

With our current strength, we should be able to defeat even a mutant ape with these two attacks.

But unfortunately, mimic's stats far surpassed those of a mutant ape.

"You! Be quiet!"

Furthermore, Kazane-san, who immediately adjusted her posture, attacked mimic with her dual daggers. 

After receiving this attack, mimic turned into a black mist and disappeared. 

The battle was over. 

Three of us heaved a sigh of relief. 

Even though we defeated mimic, no magic stone dropped, but a new treasure chest appeared. 

It didn't turn into an infinite mimic. It seemed to be a safe one that appeared like this. 

As a precaution, we were on guard as we opened it, but it was a regular treasure chest, just as the previous information indicated. 

Kazane-san took out the contents from the chest.

"Is this an MP Potion? Hotaru-chan, could you appraise it just in case?" 

"Sure thing! [Item Appraisal]! Mm, it's an MP Potion."

What came out of the treasure chest was an MP Potion. It was quite a valuable treasure.

As a consumable item, MP Potions were considered quite high-end.

However, we couldn't say they're a good cost-performance ratio. 

Specifically, the selling price at the armor shop was 20,000 yen, and the effect was to restore around 10 MP. 

If we used such an item regularly. We'll rapidly deplete our daily earnings.

Therefore, like the Pearl Of Return, people primarily used it as emergency escape items when necessary. 

For example, if you were in a pinch with low MP but could escape from the dungeon with a little more, using a 20,000 yen MP Potion would be slightly cheaper than a 100,000 yen Pearl Of Return. 

We stored the obtained MP Potion in the [Item Box] and resumed our exploration of the 9th floor. 

Well, it was more of a taste test or scouting, and we had already accomplished that to a considerable extent.

The only troublesome enemy was the Flame Skull, and it became clear that the Gargoyle was hardly a threat to our party.

With this, I could keep my MP consumption at a reasonable level.

I could consider buying an Anti-Magic Ring as a countermeasure against the Flame Skull. If there was enough budget. 

We explored the ninth floor for about three hours and then returned. 

All the combat scenes, a total of six battles, were within the range our current strength could handle. 

At this rate, we should be able to aim for the target area tomorrow. 

Kazane-san, Yuzuki, and I agreed about tomorrow's exploration. We decided to head to the southwestern edge of the 9th floor.