Earth Dungeon 160

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Chapter 160. Undeads

Even though it's an oil field dungeon, resource extraction isn't possible. The oil is too thin, floating in the swamp, making it unusable at the level for extraction and utilization. It's a dungeon unfriendly to humanity, where guns can't be used. On the contrary, it's a dungeon that can be easily defeated by launching missiles.

This time, the goal is the oil field that should appear after conquering. Since it's impossible to use a tactic where the oil field might catch fire, it turned into a strategy of overwhelming numbers.

It turned into a strategy of overwhelming numbers.

Undead like mummies are tough, resilient, and fast. If it weren't for their extreme weakness to fire and holy attacks, they would have the strength of at least C rank. It's like in a game, where points earned by adding weaknesses to fire and divine attacks are allocated to other stats and skills.

Mummy men wrapped in bandages move at an impossible speed, attacking with claws that easily paralyze humans with poison. Because they're undead, they don't flinch from attacks and even regenerate some damage, making them formidable foes.

Honestly, I think they're monsters lurking in the pyramid, but they appear in the oil swamp terrain. There's an obvious intent to prevent the use of the oil field, like harassment. It's similar to water monsters appearing in water bodies.

However, the inner town wants to obtain the oil field, so they've decided to attack with overwhelming numbers.

Repeatedly, with overwhelming numbers. They've forcibly come to conquer with many skilled individuals. There are divine skill users among them, but few are high-level. There are only two or three in other households. Since holy magic works on undead, they level up less. Healing magic and holy magic being separate means even less utility.

Overwhelming numbers... attacking with many people.

It's not called overwhelming numbers when one person charges ahead.

The Konoha were dumbfounded, gazing at the girl in front of them.

Around them, Tar Trents grew like dead trees here and there, the ground was a swamp sinking up to their knees. Oil floated on the water's surface, and even wearing gas masks, everyone wrinkled their noses at the smell of oil.

In the midst of it all, a mummy noticed the Konoha's and rushed towards them. Covered in tar and oil, the mummy man wrapped in bandages sprinted while splashing mud and water. Its claws, dripping with a thick, yellowish poison, extended long, and receiving a blow from them would likely be dangerous.

Raising groans as if crawling out from the depths of hell, five mummies approached. In contrast, the Konoha's didn't even bother to brace themselves.

"Tei."

Extending a watery blade about 20 meters long, Rei gracefully swung his dagger. The dagger swung at a blur-like speed and approached the mummy's neck, which noticed the attack and raised its arm to guard. However, it pierced through the arm smoothly without stopping, passing through the neck and severing it.

With each swishing sound of the wind cutting, the mummies were decapitated and fell. The Tar Trents, too, made a slight move to defeat Rei but were swiftly cut down, their trunks falling with a satisfying sound.

The mummies couldn't even approach Rei and were easily wiped out. This scene had been repeating since earlier.

Her overwhelming power was both reassuring and awe-inspiring.

It seemed there was no role for her to play. Konoha was once again impressed by Rei's strength, and as the tension of the surroundings eased, her subordinates began to relax.

When the swamp swelled significantly, something emerged.

"Voo!"

The one screaming was a grotesque humanoid creature with several human faces plastered on its body, all contorted in agony. It was a monster shaped like a mountain about five meters tall. Its body split vertically with a gaping mouth filled with rows of sharp teeth. If caught in its red-black mouth, one would easily be turned into a mashed-up lump of flesh and devoured. It was eerie yet undeniably powerful.

"A formidable enemy! Everyone, attack!"

[Control Storm Blade]

Rei narrowed her eyes, a fierce light gleaming deep within them, as he leaped into the enemy's midst and forcefully plunged her foot into the swamp. Despite the considerable force, the water surface only rippled slightly. The swung sword, surrounded by a storm, combined countless strikes into a single trajectory, hitting the enemy.

Like a chainsaw, it scraped the enemy's body, scattering chunks of flesh around and dismembering them.

The split enemy staggered and collapsed into the swamp, splashing mud and water.

As blood flowed into the swamp, Ray exhaled softly.

"It's a Soul Eater. It instantly recovers with each defeated enemy's soul eaten. However, the stock is limited to five people."

Approaching the Soul Eater's flesh mass, Rei took out a monster core as a memento and put it in his pocket. Despite being covered in splattered blood and mud, her figure was beautiful. A strong beast stood there.

"Eh? I didn't recover, you know? I didn't defeat them in one blow, did I?"

Konoha raised a bewildered voice, thinking she used a martial art to defeat them in one blow, but Rei rubbed the eye part of her gas mask, answering indifferently.

"It wasn't one blow. I struck them repeatedly. The Soul Eater repeated the process of recovering and being cut. Knowing the Soul Eater's ability, I used area martial arts to attack continuously."

"Area martial arts? It didn't look like area martial arts?"

The sword was covered in a storm, becoming a powerful blow. There didn't seem to be any area attack.

"I just concentrated all area attacks into one point. Did I do something?"

Laughing as if bursting out in the middle of the dialogue. Something seemed to have touched the strings of her heart.

"Oh, I see... I'll stop being surprised by your power... anymore..."

However, Konoha's group didn't have time to worry about such things. They simply realized that this girl was a powerful person beyond common sense. The soldiers under her were also astonished by the unconventional girl. They were also highly skilled. They knew that concentrating all area attacks into one point was not something ordinary.

"It's good that you're on our side..."

While feeling relieved that she was on their side, Konoha firmly vowed never to become an enemy and strongly advised her mother. She couldn't imagine winning if she ever became Rei's opponent.

"I'll work for the reward."

Splashing through the mud, Rei advanced ahead, and just as Konoha's group followed Rei's instructions, they arrived at the boss's room on the lowest floor in just one hour.

"Tou."

[Multi-Body Up]

[Accelerator]

[Dance of Storm Swords]

She wasn't sure what kind of boss it was. Rei opened the door, jumped in, leaving afterimages and tiny footprints on the water's surface, and instantly closed in on the enemy. Then, swinging her sword at an unseen speed, she sliced the enemy, covered in countless limbs, eyes, and mouths, into tiny pieces.

With a splash, the minced flesh fell into the mud, and the battle ended. The fight ended before Konoha's group even entered the door.

"Whew, that was a tough enemy. It would have been troublesome if it had dragged on. It was the type that transformed its body to attack, and I didn't want it to transform against quick monsters."

As Rei pretended to wipe nonexistent sweat off his forehead, those around him felt their mouths finally close shut.

"I see."

"If you talk about winning with strategy, it's me. It's okay to praise genius Rei with an intelligence quotient of 240, you know? It's okay to Sieg Rei with both hands raised, you know?"

"Yay, Sieg Rei!"

Konoha stopped thinking. She had thought it would definitely be an easy victory even if the enemy transformed.

Even though she didn't say it, both the maids and the soldiers cheered and Sieg Rei in a dry voice, so it didn't matter.

In the end, they obtained the desired monster core and obtained skill level-up potions from the dungeon core. Konoha's dungeon conquest was complete.

The communication soldiers confirmed the situation, and they were indeed the fastest. Of course, they had no doubts, so it was natural.

For some reason, subordinates who had been waiting in the helicopter began to take out machines and explore the surroundings. What were they doing? What was this elaborate machinery they were setting up?

"It would be great if there were oil fields."

As she wondered what they were doing with such machinery, Ray approached. Oil fields?

"It seems everyone thought the oil fields were coming back. Using the core to expand the core store lineup was just dummy information."

Ray's matter-of-fact words were surprising, but Konoha quickly understood and smiled wryly.

"...I guess I was getting manipulated by my mother."

She had thought it was a bit strange herself. There was no point in conquering the dungeon with such a large force. They just needed to conquer one dungeon. It seemed she had been deceived.

"Even if we're family, it's better to be a little suspicious. Unless it's a Geass."

"Geass? Do you mean mind-control magic? Mind control magic wears off quickly, so it's useless."

She shrugged and chuckled dryly. No wonder she had been chosen. Even though she was a member of the Taira clan, she got accustomed to intrigue. She intended to collect this debt properly.

"Well, it's not much of a conspiracy, so I'll protest to my mother later."

It was an easy mission.

"Hmm... That's right, as the leader said. It's not much of a conspiracy. It's good that Konoha understands better."

"Rei would never say that the story is different. Vice Captain Rei, who calls forth miracles, never breaks his promises."

"Well, Mother should understand that."

She might have thought it was dangerous if someone else had made the deal, but Ray didn't have a problem with that.

However, there was something she was curious about. Even if there were oil fields here, how were they planning to extract them? And how would they transport them? There must be a way. Well, they would find out later.

While waiting for the results of whether the oil field existed, reports from other households came in.

Second was the Minamoto family. It seemed that Minamoto Fuuka had conquered it using her Black Familiar. Third was the Oda family. It was said that the Sword Saint, Yoko, had been active. Finally, the Ashikaga family. It seemed that Ashikaga Teru had cleared it. Other households gave up on dungeon conquest due to heavy casualties. It was incomplete information, but it was a surprising result. Since they were able to conquer it easily, they didn't perceive it as difficult.

Honestly, she didn't really understand. It was all thanks to Ray.

It seemed that the oil fields obtained by Konoha's group had indeed been revived. The soldiers were excited, so there was no doubt about it.

Thus, they obtained their goal, and although they tried putting the monster core into the core store, nothing happened. Disappointed, she slumped her shoulders, but since she had expected it, she didn't feel too down. Her position had improved.

The trouble began two weeks later in Niigata. Unexpected things happened there, as reported later.