Earth Dungeon 109.2

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Chapter 109.2. Guardian

Therefore, she closed the lid on the box, stored it in the rice bag, and closed the bag. She thought that Sakimori-shan would surely pat her on the head, so she smiled mischievously.

She decided to use the power of the fire magic she had just acquired.

"I will protect Sakimori-shan!"

She tightly clenched her small fist and used magic. This house was hers to protect.

[Home Security]

Using the flame magic, she spread mana throughout the entire house. It was the magic of the young girl who could sense malicious enemies.

Then, she frowned with a displeased expression, as if faced with a disliked food.

"[Alarm] triggered! Mike~"

Hastily moving her short legs, she went outside the penthouse. She hopped onto Mike's back which tilted its head as if asking what happened.

"Good to go. My flame magic worked! Snake-chan and cat-chan are in trouble!"

Five malicious humans had infiltrated. They were climbing up, defeating Shadow Cats and Snakes one by one. It was urgent. Although they were using concealment skills and weren't noticed by ordinary people, they were discovered by cat-shan and snake-shan, so they were climbing up while defeating them.

Defeating Cat-shan and Snake-shan was terrible, and the young girl gets annoyed.

"Nyan."

Mike quickly responded to those words and started running. The young girl immediately thought of the next magic and clapped her hands.

[Confusing Path]

She activated magic towards the humans climbing up. At level 1, it had only a slight effect, but it was sufficient. It worked well against opponents using concealment skills. There was a fatal weakness in that resistance was almost zero during concealment. The young girl instinctively understood that even a level 1 spell would work on opponents with virtually no resistance.

She had climbed up to the 17th floor, but the men were affected by the magic. They started going down one staircase and then up the other. It would be a time-consuming process.

"I will protect Sakimori-shan!"

Hanging onto Mike, she arrived at the 17th floor. It seemed like an ordinary appearance, somewhat dirty around here, but the short sword and handgun they held indicated they were not ordinary people.

While riding on Mike, the young girl, with a cute snorting sound, confronted the men wandering around. At level 1, [Confusing Path] was about to wear off.

So, she introduced herself.

"I will protect Sakimori-shan!"

"Nyan nyan."

Confidently arching her flat chest as she introduced herself with Mike, the men got taken aback as if waking from a dream and quickly aimed their guns.

"What the hell? How did a little girl suddenly appear in front of us?"

"It's a mental magic!"

"There's a tiger too!"

To the surprised men, the young girl exhaled with a smug expression and kindly explained.

"I'm a flame magicyan! I will protect Sakimori-shan!"

"You brat!"

The men pulled the trigger without hesitation. The silenced guns made a "psh psh" sound as they released bullets toward the young girl. Just as they thought they had hit and knocked down the girl and Mie, the bullets made a clinking sound, shattered like glass, and disappeared.

"Flame magic, [Mirror House]. Yu won't invaded my hous."

The slightly lisping voice echoed through the corridor, and the men looked around in surprise and confusion.

Suddenly, Mike burst out from the space and slammed into one of the men, sending him flying. Then, it promptly disappeared into the wall.

"W-What?"

"Don't hesitate!"

Immediately, Mike reappeared from another location, body-slamming into another man and vanishing into the wall again.

"Damn, what's going on?"

The men fired bullets at the spot where Mike disappeared. A clinking sound echoed, and the wall, which seemed like glass, shattered. A real wall appeared, making them realize what was happening.

"She's creating fake walls!"

"Leave it to me!"

One of the men drew a wand from his waist, concentrating mana.

[Stone Skin]

[Home Howling]

As the man was about to cast a spell, he heard a scraping sound like glass scratching his ears, causing discomfort and unintentionally dispersing his mana.

"Nyan nyan."

Mike appeared again, knocking away the man who was about to cast magic. The thrown man collapsed, involving his other companions, groaning in pain.

"Usyeless. This magic, you can't defeat me."

Another voice echoed from somewhere, and the men's expressions turned from anger to fear.

"Fool! Could it be the Jester Knight Order? They're too experienced in battles at that age!"

"Retreat! Before other members arrive!"

"We'll bring this information back!"

Realizing they got outmatched, the enemies quickly decided to flee. They seemed to be skilled operatives.

One of them took out a flash grenade from his pocket and threw it to the ground. A powerful flash illuminated the corridor.

The men immediately turned on their heels, opened the door labeled 'Emergency Exit', and jumped out. The emergency exit that hadn't existed a moment ago.

"Huh?"

"Whoa!"

"Ahh!"

"There's no staircase!"

There was nothing there. No stairs, nothing below.

While screaming, one of the men used magic.

[Fall Mitigation]

All of them were affected by the spell and gently descended to the ground. Panicking and bewildered, they ran away.

From the emergency exit, the young girl on Mike popped her head out and proudly puffed out her chest.

"[Fake Emergency Exit]. Flame magic amazing! I will protect Sakimori-shan!"

"Nyan nyan."

The small guardian snorted proudly with a triumphant expression.

Afterward, rumors spread about powerful warriors residing in this building—members of the Jester Knight Order.