Chapter 11 – Dungeon O (4)

I stretched out my hand toward the shimmer behind the altar.

The moment your hand touches the distortion in the air.

“Huh?”

Vision has changed.

The dark and damp basement is nowhere to be found, and before you know it, you are standing in a swamp filled with the smell of rotting water and dampness.

And as soon as I realized this, I heard a familiar sound.

Tring!

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【Discover Hidden Dungeon!】

-You’ve tracked down rumors about Geff City and you’ve come to the realization of the terrifying truth!

-The ghost story is true, and the culprits are the followers of the turbid unity.

– Kill the cultists to stop the weakening of the seal. … Or clearing the dungeon itself would be nice.

– Either way, the gods will reward your hard work.

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“Wow. I finally see this.”

A notification that appears when entering a dungeon.

He hadn’t even dared to enter the dungeon before, so he was a guy I hadn’t seen in 3 years.

However, was the system inflexible?

Even though I skipped all the troublesome steps and found the dungeon in an unusual way, the same phrase came to mind as when I tracked it normally.

Even if it’s a set phrase, it’s nice to see you.

As I was taking out the items I had prepared from the inventory one by one with a feeling of emotion, Karla followed shortly after.

“Heeep!”

“… Do you still hiccup?”

“It’s almost stopped now….”

Carla blurted out her words as if embarrassed. But even in the midst of that, she must have learned well at the academy to observe her surroundings calmly.

The area where you first set foot after entering the dungeon is a kind of safe zone.

Of course, if I stay in the safe zone, I can’t clear it, so I’ll have to move someday… Wouldn’t it be possible to do some preparation before that?

Therefore, the standard strategy is to understand the surroundings and come up with a plan that suits the environment.

Since this is something you learn at the academy, even Carol must be familiar with it.

I passed the items I took out of her inventory one by one to Carla, who was quietly raising her mana beside me.

“Cancel the detection magic because there is no need to use it. Drink this instead.”

“Portion? Master, it’s such a waste to drink an enhancement potion already… Uh huh one more? Two? No, why do you keep giving me?!”

“It’s a potion, so you can drink one more each time the effect ends. We have enough stock, so take it now.”

The potions given to Carla, who was frightened, were in turn.

A body strengthening potion, a sense enhancing potion, a deodorant potion, a continuous stamina recovery potion, and a continuous magic recovery potion.

A combination that increases your overall specs, allows you to avoid being ambushed, and even pumps your ability to sustain combat.

These are potions that were commonly called national rule sets in the game days.

However, this is all about versatility.

Minor adjustments are required to suit the specifics of each dungeon.

For that reason, I pulled out a few scrolls from my inventory.

“Master? Maybe that scroll… ?”

“I know that. Activate everything.”

“…….”

Tearing the scroll with trembling hands… Carla is dying while trying.

“I… Master?”

“The duration is short, why is that?”

“Oh, maybe. I really don’t know what to say… Later, if the owner ran out of money, you wouldn’t sell me or something like that, would you? Yes?”

“Ok?”

“But… Isn’t it? Master, I heard you are younger than me… He looks like an aristocrat, but he’s not an aristocrat… ! What do you do when you run out of money after spending money like this? .”

“I said something.”

Of course, there will be absolutely no way to sell Carla back. Her gold in her inventory is still plenty.

But seeing him so anxious, it’s also true that I want to play a little.

“Of course, I’ll have to sell it when I run out of money.”

“Huh… !”

“But the money will never run out.”

“Huh… ?”

Carla tilted her head with a stupid sound.

She raised the corner of her smirk as she looked at her platinum-colored hair.

“Carlaya Carlaya. It means you are my slave until you die of old age. If you don’t want to get tired of the rest of your slave life, don’t worry and tear up the scroll.”

“Until I die of old age… ? Really? Hmmm. In that case, it would be rude to comment further on Master’s decision.”

“?”

What. Why did you threaten me?

I don’t know why, but Karla, full of motivation, began tearing her scrolls one by one.

Ugh. Uh. Whoops.

Lightweight, Haste, Invisible, Eagle Vision, Shield.

It is a combination that prevents you from falling into a swamp, allows you to blow first bread, and strengthens your eyesight to increase your accuracy. Although the shield is simple insurance.

While gazing at the buffs overlapping with Karla, I drank my portion of the potion.

After receiving all of her buffs, Karla moved her body around and used simple magic to learn a different sense from her body.

Unlike a little while ago, his expression was quite serious.

After all, people are different when it comes to magic.

Finally, I also reaffirmed my fighting spirit by tearing up a few necessary scrolls.

It’s starting soon.

The first dungeon raid in this world.

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The attack itself was easy.

Thanks to his excellent memory, he could still clearly recall the strategy route from his game days even though it had been three years since he had fallen into this world.

Thanks to this, I run non-stop toward the boss, knocking down monsters I encounter occasionally, and knocking down monsters I run into while running again….

How many repetitions of such a forced march?

“Go Carla! Fireball!”

“Woe, flames! Burn up! Explode! Fireball!”

Carla, who crossed the swamp with light steps, as if jumping on her water, reflexively recited her incantation.

I used it a lot, so I must have gotten used to it in the meantime.

The heat gathered above the staff that shimmered in golden yellow.

It was already too late when Big Mouth, who was wandering aimlessly in the distance, noticed Karla’s magic.

Big Mouth is a monster that waddles and can’t even jump on the subject of a frog because of its abnormally huge head. It is said that there is no choice but to be sluggish when it comes to changing direction due to the structure of the body.

The targeted Big Mouse rolls to the side belatedly, but… I couldn’t avoid it completely and eventually gave up my side head.

Wow!

“Queeeeek!!”

The explosion covered Big Mouth’s huge head.

And a flame that burns fiercely as if white phosphorus had been sprinkled on it.

Big Mouth plunged his burning head into the swamp, trying to put it out somehow, but the flames did not die out.

Rather, because of the flammable mucus, the flames spread throughout the body.

“Ahhhhh….”

In the end, one Big Mouth was engulfed in flames, slowly shrinking to a black ashes.

“OMG… No matter how many times I watch it, I can’t get used to it. No matter how weak Big Mouth is to fire magic, it’s a fire that doesn’t go out even underwater….”

As Carla said, this is inherently impossible.

Fireball is a useful magic because it has a physical impact from explosion and a slight knockback effect in addition to flame.

Anyway, low-level magic.

No matter how much Karla is a middle-ranking mage, the power of the magic she cast while running like she is now must be strong. However.

“The ring of oversaturation, the necklace of the flame spirit, and the bracelet of blows. There’s even stealth crit. This is more than enough for one cut.”

“Still, it’s not very efficient, Master… I thought I could use this to fight the boss monster.”

That’s not wrong.

The Ring of Oversaturation is a magic tool that doubles magic power consumption and increases magic power by 1.2 times.

The flame spirit’s necklace enhances fire magic by 20%, but increases all magical power consumption by 20%.

If you charge up your magic power in advance, the one-hit bracelet has the effect of automatically injecting additional magic power into your next spell.

Since Karla’s magic, which had been amplified three times, was a surprise hit, her mid-lower level monster, Big Mouth, could not stand it.

However, H&A is a game that is very sensitive to balance.

There are no unconditionally beneficial effects. In any case, there are always side effects.

Just like when I made a character with only magician traits, I added the inability to respond to magic as a starting penalty so that I couldn’t use magic.

All of the power-amplifying magic tools are highly efficient.

That’s why it’s standard to only use it against strong enemies for a while….

Such minor problems can be solved with money.

“You don’t have enough magic power? Then drink the magic potion. Oh, don’t worry about potion addiction. I deliberately bought it as a high-quality potion with little to no poisoning effect.”

“Turn it off… Another potion….”

“Ah, now that I think of it, it’s time to refill the buffs.”

After taking out her magic potion and buff potion, Karla’s face turned white.

“Now, wait a minute, Master! The potion is dripping in my stomach right now… ? More drinks here?!”

“Uh huh. If the cycle is interrupted, the efficiency drops drastically. Still, we’ll be in front of the boss soon, so this is the end.”

When she picked up her potion and brought it to her lips, Karla cried and shook her head.

“It’s a group now… ! Then… There’s no way something like that could happen!”

“It’s okay. Because everything has to go in. Don’t talk nonsense, just spread it out.”

“Ah, I don’t know… Hag play….”

Come to think of it, I ate a little too much when I ate at the inn yesterday. It may have been less digestible.

I’m a little sorry, but I can’t help it.

In the first place, this attack was planned on the premise of a full buff.

“Ugh….”

I brushed the back of Karla who was blocking her mouth and hurried her steps.
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And as expected, I was able to arrive in front of the boss shortly after.

“I will kill you! I will kill you! Then you don’t have to drink more?! Please don’t stop, Master!”

“Uh, yes.”

With Carla, who has a chubby stomach.