Weve encountered some orcs and goblins since then, but we mysteriously didnt meet any superior types.

Ive gotten used to hunting both orcs and goblins, but by using paste at the same time, we were able to easily hunt them as if it was work.

Name: Aisha Lorelle

Race: Hume

Age: 26 years

Her level increased from 28 to 29.

We defeated quite a lot including the first floor boss, isnt this quite the good pace? I thought.

There wasnt particularly any monsters who possessed different Skills, I repeated the work of pasting the Skills on pebbles.

About an hour passed since we descended to the basement.

Suddenly, we heard a different cry from an orc.

Thats an Ogre, no doubt.

Orcs are referred to as demon race which has its origin as pigs.

An orc is said to humes, beastmen, elf, dwarf, etc., which mutated by absorbing the so-called Evil Air, evil influence into their body.

Incidentally, miasma contains thick magical power.

Different from pigs, if an adventurer or knight does not have a certain amount of strength, they cant defeat it. Thats why not much of it is circulated, and it fetches a high price.

I also profited quite a lot thanks to orc meat.

The ogre we are aiming for is troublingly said to have its origins as a oni.

Oni here means something which is originally classified as the oni race, who built a favourable relationship with roughly us humes, elves, beastmen races.

If a part of the oni race absorbs miasma, and their figure changes, they will become monsters called ogres.

One theory states that the demon race secretly manouvered and captured the oni race when the dungeon was made and made them absorb miasma against their will.

An ogres traits are that they are extremely strong, quick-witted, agile, and burly, a triple threat.

The Skills they have specialise in attack, and their battle style seems to be triumphing with a one-hit knockout.

Putting it simply, something like an upgraded version of an orc,

That ogre appeared in front of us while letting out a terrifying roar.

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Gender

Skill

Strong ArmExtreme

Ability

As expected, its fairly strong.

Eh? The ogre swung its right hand greatly, and threw something towards us from that hand!

Aisha look out!

I hugged Aisha tightly and flopped to the side, evading the object that came flying.

The object that came flying passed above us at a high speed, and directly hit the rock wall behind us, spreading out a loud destruction noise to the surroundings and smashing it.

I think the thing that came flying was probably a gigantic boulder

When it appeared, such a gigantic boulder wasnt in its hand.

It might have appeared when it swung its right hand.

Perhaps, the attack just now was the Rock Smash it had.

Using it before I had examined it that was seriously dangerous.

Aisha, that guys mine. I think itd be disadvantageous fighting from a distance

Well, since Ive cut its Skill, theres no need to becautious about it anymore.

Thinking about its physical strength, itll be a wonder if it could throw the boulders which fell around that area.

After I confirmed that Aisha nodded and fell back, I equipped Lightning Edge on my right hand and ran towards the ogre.

It probably recognised me as a target, and started swinging its right hand greatly like before.

Too bad for you! You cant use that anymore!

While casting self-enhancements and running towards the ogre, I announced that, and as I did, the ogre who realised that it cant use the Skill let out a terrifying roar.

Slipping through the fist unleashed by the ogre with a violent force, I brandished Lightning Edge.

Although the steel dagger also had a tremendous sharpness, I can feel that this Lightning Edge was even sharper than that.

I planned to give it a fairly severe wound, but the ogre is still alive.

It didnt seem to care about its wound, it waved both of its hands around in hopes of catching me.

The attack would probably be a fatal wound for an orc, but this guy has a fearsome vitality.

From the looks of it, I judged that half-hearted attacks wont stop it, and I executed my next hand.

Yes, its Martial Art: Shark Glow!

Evading the swing of its somewhat large arm, I rushed into its bosom, and I struck it with a fatal blow.

A violent explosion sound resounded all around, and the ogre finally fell down on the spot.

Phew

Myne-kun, thank you for your hard work. Are you alright? Any injuries?

Aisha ran over here worriedly.

Un, Im fine

I replied with a smile, and threw the ogres corpse into my storage bag.

It was quite strong, huh

As I said that, she smiled wryly and replied It isnt quite, but a really strong monster, though.

While speaking about our thoughts on the first time fighting an ogre, as we advanced, we discovered the B1s boss room.

Huh? Thats quite a lot of people in front of the boss room.

Are they going to fight the boss, I wonder?

While we slowly got closer, the people in front of the boss room also seemed to have noticed us.

You guys, are you perhaps here to fight the boss?

A man in his prime who was wearing an extravagant armour called out to us.

Aisha who saw his figure raised her voice as she said Ara.

Hm? Sacred Bow, huh. I heard youve quit being an adventurer, so what are you doing in such a place?

It seems that hes an acquaintance of Aisha.

Theres an errandI guess. Since youre here, that means these people are the Soaring Sandstorm, am I right?

Hm? Soaring Sandstorm I think Ive heard it somewhere before.

And it seems quite recent what was it again.

Yeah, a request came in for the Clan.

At any rate, it is a rare monster its not coming out at all.

We shouldnt have accepted such a request, good grief (TLN: Seems like a pun on cockatrice)

Aah, I remember.

The Clan a former A-rank adventurer formed.

If I remember correctly, the leaders someone by the name Cass or something.

Name: Cass

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Age: 32 years

Occupation: Commander

Skill

Trap Production Lv5

Aah, as I expected, this man is the leader Cass.

At any rate, hes amazing.

As expected of a former A-rank adventurer.

He even has three strong-looking Skills.

That aside, Aisha. Are there only the two of you? You coming here means that youre after the boss, right?

With just two people, rather than harsh, itll be impossible, you know

He seems to be worried about us.

Hes making a stern face, but hes quite the nice person, huh?

Well, well somehow manage. By the way, whats the situation right now?

As Aisha asked that, Cass-san sighed and explained the situation.

Since a week ago, theyve fought the boss and it seems that theyre gradually getting tired.

Well, thats understandable. After all, itll be tiring secluding yourself in a dungeon for a week and continuing to hunt the same monster over and over.

Thats why, theyre taking a break right now.

Well then, it wont be a problem for us to enter the boss room, right?

Well, I dont mind, but Are you seriously planning on enter with two people? Youll die

Cass-san then shrugged his shoulders after understanding that we are serious.

Okay, I know I know. Well then, lets go in together. Since if you die itll leave a bad aftertaste

No, thatll be a problem.

I appreciate his feelings, but Ill have to firmly reject it.

No thank you, itll be alright with just the two of us, so

I interrupted their conversation here.

Since I suddenly interupted them, he were surprised.

He looked at me with eyes as if saying Whats with this guy?.

Although I dont know who you are, dont you look down on the boss.

I cant just let her go knowing shell die, can I?

Cass-san answered me with a tone as if shocked and a little angry.

Cass, its not that were going without any chances of success.

Since itll be a waste of time conversing

Being told that by Aisha after me, Cass reluctantly withdrew.

Since it seemed like he had something else to say, we immediately entered the boss room.

The Soaring Sandstorms members also seemed to look at us with inquisitive eyes.

Well, challenging an enemy which they needed a whole Clan to fight against with just two people is normally insane, after all.

I wonder if I can understand their feelings.

Looking at their inquisitive looks from the corner of my eyes, the both of us stepped into the boss room.

By the way, once a battle starts in a boss room, the door wont open.

Until the boss or the challenger dies, the door will stay closed.

Now then, whats the boss?

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Gender:

Skill

Rush

Ability

Petrifaction

It seems to have a dangerous ability named petrifaction.

Lets steal them for now.

If not, well be scared and cant get close to it.

Myne-kun, that rare boss as expected, isnt it too strong?

Aisha asked me worriedly.

Itll be alright. Its a cockatrice-type monster, isnt it?

If thats the case, it might have a petrifaction attack, so lets defeat it by focusing on long range attacks

As I said that, I activated Sorcery Extremity LV2.

Well then, Im going in

I then fired MagicFire rapidly just like I did when I defeated the OrcGenerals.

I chose MagicFire because I somehow have a feeling that birds feathers will burn well.

For a short while, a thunderous roar resounded, and after I stopped attacking, what was left was a scorched, staggering Cocka Grice.

I used Strong ArmExtreme LV2 Body EnhancementLarge LV2 Physical Strength EnhancementExtreme LV2 to finish it off, and charged in instantly.

I then aimed at the Cocka Grices base of the throat, and brandished Lightning Edge.

Myne-kun, you overdid it

Aishas muttering resounded through the boss room.

AN:

Thank you for reading as always.

Please take care of me too after this m(_ _)m

So that I can receive pointing out from impressions, I borrowed skill, weapon names, etc. from the netgame FF11 Ive played before.

There is no effect on the story.

I am very sorry.

I also thank those who pointed out from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you very much.

Although we were surprised by the unexpected appearance of the rare boss, we were able to defeat the B1 boss.

I was told off by Aisha for overdoing it, but since it was completely better than dying or getting injured, I didnt regret it.

I smiled and dodged Aishas question.

Nows the long awaited drops.

Although the Speed Shoes Cass-san was talking about seem like it will drop, I have the drop increasing Skills Probability.

Ill be happy with anything good, though.

Agility: +12

Attribute:

Special effects: Movement Speed 2 Up

Name: Ciel Sourie (TLN: I have no idea what this even is:

Grade: Ultra

Special Effects: Movement Speed 3 Up

These two are the drops.

Both of them are shoes. One of them is the Speed Shoes we heard before entering.

I wonder if movement speed increase is something like the Swift Feet Skill?

I see, Skills dont raise the ability, but equipment can.

And the other one, I think its probably a rare drop, but I wonder if its a superior version of Speed Shoes?

Eh? Air Walk? that means, I can walk on air with this!?

This is amazing.

For now, lets put this into the storage bag.

Letting Aisha and Sylphy use them sounds good.

I feel a little bad for Cass-san and the others

As I said that, Aisha shook her head and told me This is how dungeon explorings like.

Certainly, therell be no end to it if we start talking about it.

Ill be troubling if he said since we lined up beforehand, that is ours.

Pulling myself together, we decided to head to the next level.

The level containing the trolls we are aiming for.

Touching the transfer stone, we headed to the next level.

As expected, I should have stopped them with all my might.

Even if Aisha is strong and called the Sacred Bow, its been several years since she retired as an adventurer.

Moreover, she specialises in archery as her nickname suggests.

No matter what, due to a bows nature, theres no choice but to take a distance from the target.

To make use of that ability, she will need an excellent tank. That is absolute.

Even so, the person in the same party as Aisha was a young lad who may or may not have come of age.

No matter how I think, I cant imagine him being a tank.

Even if he has a tanks Skill and can play his part as one, the boss which appears here is the superior type of Power Ogre, the Strong Ogre.

A monster which possesses atrocious physical strength and defence.

Its a formidable enemy that even our twenty people can only somehow defeat it.

It is by no means an enemy two people can challenge.

However, Aisha and that lad said that they completely dont need backup.

If they declared as that, I dont have the right nor qualification to hinder their actions.

Challenging a dungeon is ones own responsibility, after all.

However, seeing them off into the boss room, I succumbed to the regret.

Putting that lad aside, Ive only met him for a short while, but Aisha is a friend from way back.

I cannot help the aftertaste of watching over her going to her death and regretting while doing nothing.

A few minutes after they entered the boss room, I heard a thunderous roar similar to something exploding from inside the room.

I wonder if that was the sound of a magic explosion?

Ive never heard of Aisha using offensive magic.

If thats the case its reasonable to assume that the lad uses magic.

I see, that lad isnt a tank, but a damage dealer, huh.

That means, their strategy is probably a short decisive battle with Aishas archery and the boys magic.

Then, as expected, five minutes after thethunderous roar resounded, silence returned to the surroundings.

The boss rooms doors rock then cleared, and as I peeked inside it, their figure was nowhere to be found.

If the challenger loses to the floor boss, their corpse will remaind in the room for a while, and will be absorbed by the dungeon for a fixed period.

Them not being inside means that they obtained victory without problems.

Instead of thinking that it was good that an acquaintance didnt die, I felt fear towards their strength that could suppress a boss with just two people.

#Dungeon of Strength, B2

Weve somehow arrived at the level we were aiming for, thats good

We dont particularly need to capture this floor.

In the end, our target is the trolls.

By the way, trolls are generally huge.

Orc Kings are around 5 metres.

Smaller trolls are of approximately the same size as Orc Kings.

However, trolls instead have extremely dull movements and have considerably low defence compared to orcs.

Despite that, they are said to be higher rank monsters compared to orcs. There are reasons for that.

One of the reasons is that they have a high regeneration ability, they can quickly recovery even if they receive damage.

Also, they can release a strong shock wave from the one large eye which takes up not less than 1/3 of its face.

These two abilities raises the difficulty level for subjugating trolls.

In reality, trolls cannot be defeated by half-baked firepower.

There are also many parties which could not defeat it after a long, continuous battle, and have gotten themselves wiped out.

Therefore, they are recognised as higher rank monsters than orcs.

By the way, this floors boss seems to be Troll Gazer.

Normal trolls already have troubling damage regeneration ability, but this guy seems to have even an even stronger regeneration ability.

It is common sense that rare monsters are usually stronger than a dungeon boss, but rare monsters seem to be easier to defeat than this guy.

Actually, there are almost no parties which broke through this floor.

Practically all who managed to break through had coincidentally encountered rare monsters, and there is only a small number who managed to defeat the Troll Gazer and break through.

While we carefully observed the surroundings, we advanced to the second floor.

We wandered about the floor for about 10 minutes, and finally managed to encounter our target, a troll.

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Gender

Skill

Magic Eye of Shock

Strong ArmExtreme

Ability

Fa!?

I accidentally shouted.

Eh? Whats shock and magic eye!?

Aisha made a puzzled face at my sudden shout.

Whats wrong? Myne-kun

While I flusteredly shook my head, I dodged the question by saying Nothing.

Its a secret that I retorted myself by saying No, theres no way its nothing in my mind.

Now then, let me see the reason theyre called higher rank monsters compared to orcs, the rumoured regeneration ability and shock wave.

Firstly, before I steal its Skills, I want to confirm that power with my own eyes.

Since its called regeneration, it should recover from wounds, I wonder what about the damaged parts?

If it could recover even lost arms or legs, I would understand the wonder compared to orcs.

Even if I experiment after stealing it, as expected, I dont feel like trying it out on my own body.

Since theres an eye attached to Magic Eye, I want to confirm how it activates.

If its a Skill where something rushes out from the eyes, theres no way I can show it with others present.

Aisha, lets go!

As I said that, I charged at the troll and Aisha drew her bow to the limit and started attacking.

Before I started, the arrows Aisha shot continuous hit the troll.

Un, as I have heard, its movements are pretty dull.

If its just this, then it could be said that orcs and ogres are stronger than it.

However!

The parts Aishas attack wounded visibly recovered.

I see Just as the rumours say, it has an amazing recovery power.

Next, receive my attack!

Lightning Edge in my right hand, and the Dagger of Origin on my left.

I try to favourably hit the dull troll from left and right continuously.

Though the attack was loaded with only Twin SwordsExtreme, because the level difference is big, considerable damage was delivered.

If this attack hits, orcs would have long been defeated, but the troll still held out.

Moreover, at that time, it rushed to deliver damage.

Something hit me, and I was blown off. And at the same time a violent pain ran through my whole body.

Put into words, its exactly Shock.

Something like a mass of invisible power.

Its a different thing from the similarly invisible wind magic, so this is Magic Eye of Shock.

Myne-kun!!

Aisha rushed over to me and helped me recover using MagicLarge Recovery Lv4.

Ow ow ow ow Thanks, Aisha

This is very troubling, isnt it.

I feel like it activated without any preparation movements.

Hey, Aisha. Did you see that guys attack just now?

I felt like its eyes shined for a moment, but I couldnt see it at all

She probably understood what I wanted to say, and instantly replied with the answer I wanted.

The shine in its eyes was probably its preparation movement, but since its an invisible attack, I cant clearly conclude.

On the contrary, even its seen when I am outside where Im worried about, they wont know what I did.

It certainly is more troublesome than orcs

Even though I slashed at it to that extent and drove it until it was almost defeated, I could see that it has considerably recovered with such little time.

Since I was sent flying by the Magic Eye, I couldnt confirm the damaged parts, but it recovered with that much vigour, huh.

Theres a similar Skill, Support MagicGradual Recovery Large (Vitality), but I think Regeneration has a better effect. (TLN: Previously Restoration not recovery)

Yosh, with this, I understand the Skills well.

I quickly cut Regeneration and Magic Eye of Shock and pasted it on myself.

I pasted Strong ArmExtreme onto a pebble as usual and tossed it into my storage bag.

The other party, the troll, seemed to be perplexed as his Regeneration disappeared before it finished recovering.

Yosh, next is to defeat it in one go!

I piled Strong ArmExtreme Body EnhancementLarge Physical Strength EnhancementExtreme and raised my attack strength.

I also activated Kings Intimidation.

As I did that, the troll started trembling and couldnt move at all.

I picked up a large stone off the ground, and aimed at its chest where I think its heart is at, and threw it at full strength.

The rock hit it with force incomparable to when I defeated the Slime with a pebble, and the troll fell forwards, defeated.