Chapter 35: Goblin Subjugation - Storming in

Mllhild:

To the one below: Just write more chapters and shut up .

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Author's Note:

No way, ranked 1st in the daily ranking?

Every time I said it, it has a certain feeling to it, but this is also thanks to the help of everyone!

For the second consecutive day, I cried .

Also thanks for the many impressions/thoughts .

Steadily, it's getting harder and harder to reply . Therefore, I'm incredibly sorry, but I'll have put a stop to answering questions and such . Please consider that if I did, it would cut into the time I have to write . I'm still looking over all of the comments, so please rest assured that I'm paying attention .

Next, thank you very much for pointing out the misspellings/typos .

I was shocked at how insufficient my own check had been .

The fact is that I thought I had decreased the errors as much as possible, and yet...

From here on also, please point out and I will revise every such part, so please, if you could not abandon me I would be happy .

「Haaa!」

「Gukya-!」

『Fire・Javelin!』

I scatter spells with short chanting times, shaving down the numbers of goblins . Fran cleans up the approaching goblins missed by my barrage . Together, we are cooperating well .

We didn't end up stowing away all the corpses, either . If we didn't leave behind a share for the guys coming in later, it would only incur more enmity than necessary . Moreover, the limit of our storing space isn't yet grasped . If the time came that we couldn't store any more, it would be quite unpleasant . However, all corpses whose magic stones I absorbed, we made sure to collect .

I use Appraisal during combat, checking our opponent's statuses and briefly identifying their skills . If I find one with anything useful, then their magic stone is cut through, as to absorb it before its corpse is stowed away . The bodies are stored to destroy the evidence . Once the process is finished, I put Appraisal back to work on those that aren't cut down yet .

Repeating the above over and over again, I've become strangely adept at using Thought Division . Now, casting two spells with large chants at once is possible . Since spell chants need considerable concentration, I had thought that even with Thought Division, 2 simultaneous arias would be impossible, and yet...

As expected, hard-to-use skills need practice to fully master them, or else their true potential can't be displayed .

『Hahahaha, Fire・Javelin x2!』

Nearly 20 flame lances pour down on the Hobgoblin crowd at my shout .

「Teacher: amazing . 」

『Before long, Fran will be able to do this as well!』

「Gives headache . Kiーn[1]...」

『Well, that's a feeling I don't know, so~』

Thanks to the fact that I don't have a brain, I don't get things like headaches . It's likely because of that that I have a higher compatibility with Thought Division, too . There's also the possibility that I'm having an easier time because I have the Sorcery skill .

「While fighting: aiming for lower grade spell arias . 」

『My next target is chanting different spells simultaneously . 』

「Do your best . 」

『Ou . Leave it to me . 』

Fortunately, we don't have to worry about running out of sparring partners here .

Just like that, with Fran continuing to be peerless, we pushed deeper into the dungeon .

Just in case, I had used Echolocation to investigate the topography of the cave, but at Lv . 1 no detailed information could be gained . Given that, Presence, Vibration and Heat Perception are being used to head towards areas with a high number of Hobgoblins .

「Teacher, found stairs . 」

『So it had a second floor...』

The second floor seems to be just like the first . Maybe it was made simply because the density of Hobgoblins increased?

Well, either way, it's good for me . I'll be able to gather even more Skills, after all .

「Teacher, there . 」

『Oh, that's... A treasure chest!』

At a dead end, an enshrined chest stands alone . It's made out of old looking wood, and is around the size of a microwave . Its metal fittings are covered in rust, giving it a certain charm .

『Hm, hm! This is the ultimate charm of dungeons! Right!』

「Teacher occasionally becomes like this . 」

『Hahaha! So, what now? Open it? How do we unlock it?』

「Possibly a trap . 」

『Hmm . That's right』

Well, in my case that's no problem . If I use Telekinesis, then it can be opened from a remote location .

『Fran, take some distance . 』

「Nn . 」

『Now, let's open it!』

*GiGii......*

*Hyun!*

From inside the treasure chest, a single arrow flies out . If someone opened it by hand, the arrow would have passed right through the middle of their head .

『So, it was an arrow trap . 』

「Cliché . 」

『Now then, shall we see what's inside?』

「Excited . 」

Inside of the chest was... A small black stone .

The result of Appraisal was that it's a『Pocket Heating Stone』 . It's a body-warmer type magical tool that seems to emit a scarce amount of heat when it's charged with magical power .

In town, it would probably go for around 1,000 Gorudo . Maybe a freshly made dungeon only has things like this?

「Dull . 」

With a flop, Fran's cat ears hung flat . Truly, a disappointment .

『For gold and silver treasures or strong magic items, it seems that we'll have to wait until a large dungeon』

「Nn . At least: experience earned . 」

『That's the spirit! Let's keep going!』

Afterwards, as if to release her disappointment, Fran went into an even more peerless state against the Hobgoblins . Before I noticed it, it reached the point that Hobgoblins started to flee as soon as they saw Fran's small figure . Maybe information about her spread? Well, even so, Fran chased the fleeing Hobgoblins and finished them with a single strike to their backs .

The King and Queen also ended up being easily hunted down . Even if they're said to be somewhat strong, in the end they're only Hobgoblins . With this, is the commission considered complete? The cave keeps on going, though...

『Shouldn't the end be around here?』

「More ahead . 」

『Could the Dungeon Master be ahead...?』

「Going while possible . 」

『Alright, let's keep going!』

Like that, we continued pushing further into the second floor until we discovered a gate .

「Big door . 」

『Is it a boss at last? Just in case, let's ready the Feather of Return . 』

「Nn . 」

*Gigigiii...*

Using my Telekinesis to push open the gate, the door slowly opens while making a creaking sound . Beyond it is a somewhat wide room, and inside is... Nothing? No, there're tiny presences of demonic beasts . Maybe they're Insect types?

『Don't lose focus, get it?』

「Of course . 」

*Batan!*

Ooh! Suddenly the gate closed . Maybe it's one of those . 'A door that won't open back up until you defeat the boss' type of trap .

『But weren't we told that there weren't any traps?』

「Imprisoned?」

『Fran, calm down . 』

「It's alight . Just need to defeat everything . Nothing changed . No problem . 」

Right, Fran has nerves of steel after all .

*BuBuBuBuBuuu*

「?」

『Seems that they're coming . 』

Gushing into the room, insect type demonic beasts with green carapaces appeared . Sprouting horns, they looked like softball-sized ladybugs . However, on the other side, a Giant Isopod-looking insect appears . Extremely disgusting .

Race: Army Beetle Leader : Calamity insect : Demonic beast Lv5HP: 8 MP: 20 STR: 4 END: 3 AGI: 22 DEX: 11 INT: 5 MGC: 12Skills:Wind Magic Lv . 1, Summon Kin Lv . 5, Leadership Lv . 1, Cooperation Lv . 1, Acid FangRace: Army Beetle : Calamity insect : Demonic beast Lv2HP: 6 MP: 10 STR: 3 END: 3 AGI: 20 DEX: 10 INT: 2 MGC: 4Skills:Hardening Lv . 1, Acid FangRace: Army Beetle Medic : Calamity insect : Demonic beast Lv4HP: 10 MP: 15 STR: 1 END: 7 AGI: 20 DEX: 10 INT: 4 MGC: 8Skills:Recovery Magic Lv . 2, Acid FangRace: Army Beetle Shooter : Calamity insect : Demonic beast Lv4HP: 3 MP: 18 STR: 2 END: 2 AGI: 20 DEX: 10 INT: 3 MGC: 10Skills:Wind Magic Lv . 3, Acid Fang

They're small fry, but their number is no joke: they easily surpass 100 . Not only that, the leader has Summon Kin . If it's not immediately destroyed, it'll have a snowballing effect .

「Interesting . 」

It seems Fran is already firmly walking the path of a battle junkie . Thrusting herself into the army of disgusting insects, she joyfully started to fight . As for me, I keep using Telekinesis to seal the movement of the insects as assistance .

If they're this small, even Telekinesis at its lowest output could prevent their movement . When the opponents are larger, it's more efficient to just throw the usual spells, but...

「Sh! Haaa!」

After stopping their movements, Fran pierces their magic stones . For once, an unusual demonic beast has appeared, so we've left behind about half of the materials to be collected .

The most troublesome ones are the Shooter's Wind Magic, but its power is exceedingly weak . On top of that, their MP is low, so they run out after shooting only a couple of times . Honestly, it's nothing more than a distraction in the end .

The Leaders keeps summoning subordinates one after the other, but that's more of a reward rather than a punishment . The magic stones just keep piling up .

30 minutes later, on the other side of the gate, the presences of several people appeared .

「Shit! It won't open!」

Donna and the others seem to have arrived .

『It can't be helped . Let's end this . 』

「Bonus stage......」

『Now, now . I feel the same, but...』

「Nn......」

That marked the beginning of the extermination . In rapid succession, Fire Magic and wide ranged Sword Techniques were released one after another . It was finished in no time at all . Not even lasting 5 minutes, the ~200 remaining bugs were obliterated .

Before anyone noticed, my Wind Magic had risen to Lv . 7 . That's just how many magic stones were absorbed .

*Gashan*

『Huh? That side opened?』

The gate that Donna's group was intensely striking against remained shut just like before . Instead, a gate hidden in the wall of the opposing side opened .

「Amazingly strong magical power . 」

『This strength of magical power... It must be equal to a C rank demonic beast — no, even higher . 』

From the opponents I've come across until now, the one with the strongest magical power was the gluttonous Slime Lord . The magical power coming from beyond the gate, however, exceeds it .

『No way... For a recently created dungeon to have a being with such high magical power...』

「Itching to fight . 」

『Wait, this time the enemy is really dangerous . We have to prepare properly . 』

Antideath , status raising series, regeneration, invalidation of status abnormalities at fixed intervals and so on . Having put on as many buffs as possible, we enter the room .

[1] Not sure what this sound effect is for, but I'm thinking that it has something to do with the ringing one would hear when experiencing a headache .