After checking if they’ve taken some distance behind me, I hold up my sword.
First… Yes, let’s try to attack normally.
“Uooh!”
I charge, and deliver a sweeping attack to the neck. Normally that would be enough to bisect an opponent.
Clank!
“So hard!”
My sword doesn’t slash the body of the golden worm, and the feeling of metal hitting metal sends shockwaves to my body.
I feel like I’m hitting a membrane the moment my sword hits it. Then the light around it disappears, and a strange feeling replaces it. I think it’s using a skill.
Even if its body is covered in a golden armor, it’s weird for it to come out unscathed considering my stats and weapon. I’m pretty sure that first wall I hit was the Adamantine Armor, and what I’m feeling now is either Adamantine Strength or Adamantine Wall.
If it’s directly related to combat, it must have a time limit like Super Strength. Let’s just hang on until it’s over!
Slither slither.
The golden worm slowly turns my way, like it has no patience to take my attacks. Its movements are sluggish, but its large body has a lot of intensity.
Bam!
As I expected, its movements are slow, and I have no problem dodging it. But its power isn’t normal.
The ground is carved like there was an explosion, it cracks, and rocks break and fly off like they were fired from a shotgun.
“Uoh.”
Bam bam bam!
Thanks to Swordsmanship and Physical Strengthening, I manage to block them somehow, even though it’s my first time seeing this.
But this attack power is abnormal. I doubt I could block it even if I was using Super Strength II.
“Are you all right, Shouta!?”
“I’m fine, Maki!”
It would be really bad if it also had high Agility.
Well then, if approaching it is dangerous, let’s fire magic here and there.
“Fireball.”
Boom!
Slither!?
It bends a lot when the Fireball hits. I don’t think it likes that. Maybe it’s because my Intelligence is higher, but it looks a lot stronger than when I first learned it. And it feels like it caused damage too, because there are burn marks on its body.
“Is it working? Let’s keep firing!”
“Bam! Bam! Babababababa!!”
Slither!!?
I hit about twenty Fireballs, and it looks pretty tattered. A few of them were sucked in by that membrane when it appeared, but one shot is enough to peel it, so I kept firing.
It’s trying to counterattack, but its movements are pitifully slow, and it can’t even get near me. My strategy of whittling it down with magic is working, but it’s far from decisive.
“I’m not really making progress…”
Just as I’m wondering how I’m going to finish it, the bad presence I was feeling from it dissipates.
“It’s my chance! Super Strength II, Swift II!”
Slash!
I get near the golden worm, and slash it with my skills.
It gets cut to pieces, and falls as it releases smoke.
【Level up】
【Leveled up from eight to forty】
“Uwah. Just how much experience did it give me?”
I savor my biggest level up yet, and feel something running towards me.
“Shouta!”
“You did it!
“Thanks you two! Wait, the timer.”
This is no time to let my emotions take over. I turn on the timer, and go to the edge of this open area with the two celebrating girls.”
“Shouta?”
“What are you doing?”
“Well, the next rare monster might spawn.”
“Eh? Next rare monster…?”
“What are you on about? I’ve never heard of that.”
So it really hasn’t happened in other dungeons? But just because it hasn’t happened, it doesn’t mean it won’t. You can never be too careful.
I explain that to them, and ask them to be careful.
“Aren’t you being paranoid, Shouta?”
“But Aki, we are having Shouta show us how he hunts. We should follow his methods.”
“I guess. Shouta’s always cautious, uh?”
“Yes. Well… It completely escapes me after a hard battle though.”
“Hm… Ah, the smoke’s clearing.”
As Aki says, the smoke is disappearing. It took… Six minutes. Does it really depend on the level?
It’s stronger and harder to take down than a murder rabbit, but unlike the other rare monsters, people could very well escape it if they decided to run away.
“As for the drops… Yep, it’s all of them.”
Four golden seeds and one golden cup.
Adamantine Strength, Adamantine Wall, and Adamantine Armor skill orbs, and one large magic stone.
Apparently skill orbs have different drop rates, so I’m glad it didn’t skimp out on any of them.
“Three skill orbs…”
“That’s amazing. You’re great, Shouta!”
“Are you done getting a record?”
“Of course. Are you using them?”
“Yes, I’m using them.”
And my SP is all going into Luck.
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Name：Shouta Amachi
Agility：261 (+218)
Intelligence：188 (+147)
Luck：518
Skills：Level Gacha, Appraisal Lv3, Appraisal Obstruction Lv5, Automatic Mapping, Adamantine Armor, Physical strengthening Lv7, Super Strength II, Adamantine Strength, Swift II, Adamantine Wall, Foresight, Swordsmanship Lv1, Throw Lv2, Fire Magic Lv1, Water Magic Lv1, Magic Energy Recovery Lv1, Magic Energy Transfer
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Yes, nice. But Adamantine Armor took that spot… Does that mean that rather than affect my stats, it’s like Super Strength? Is it going to make my body all golden and shiny? Please don’t.
Well, I can switch it on and off in my mind, so let’s check.
“Adamantine Armor, activate.”
I chant, and a glowing membrane covers my body.
…Ah, so it really is like this. It’s the light I felt from the golden worm at the start too. And I felt like it kept using it over and over in response to my Fireballs. And it disappeared every time I attacked.
Meaning its effect… Let’s try it.
“Aki, try hitting me.”
“Sure.”
She says before giving me a roundhouse kick.
Bam!
“So… Hard!!”
“Hey hey, are you all right?”
When her kick hits, the light membrane disappears. And I don’t feel any impact or take any damage.
“What was that!? It was stupidly hard!!”
“Hm… So it’s like an invincible barrier that blocks one attack. It probably takes a lot of magic energy to use, but it’s really good.”
But how much does it spend? Fifty? A hundred? Two hundred!?
I could find that out if I kept using it, but I don’t want to collapse in front of them.”
“How about we go back?”
“Shouta, my feet hurt. Carry me.”
“Yes yes. Then, you too, Maki.”
“Are you sure?”
Both hold on to my neck, and I hold them by the waist. It takes a lot of guts to hold two adult women like I would two kids. This position isn’t the best, but it’s a good chance to test drive Adamantine Strength too. And when I do, it becomes easy.
“Kyah, you’re so strong, Shouta!”
“Awesome!”
Also, Aki is holding the bag full of materials, and Maki is holding the golden seeds and golden cup that wouldn’t fit in it.
And we keep going, leaving the dungeon with a big haul.
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