[Letâs take a look at the other floors. I wish to understand the situation on each floor.]Â (Ryouta)
[Yeah, that is a good idea.]Â (Celeste)
Celeste and Eve agreed and we headed down to another floor in Plumbum.
All of the dungeonâs floors were [breathable under water].
Though our movement has slowed down, at least Celeste could still cast her various magics, though not as effective.
Even my bullets have slowed down by quite a bit, probably around half of its original powers.
Furthermore, even moving at full speed, the resistance from the water is consuming a great deal of our stamina.
So, itâs better to move slowly and at a constant speed.
Itâs similar to walking in a pool.
Also, what we found was that the monsters are all [fish].
Thereâs goldfish with horns, or whales with wings in the water, but ultimately theyâre all fish type monsters.
Whatâs more, they have the exact same characteristics, where they will split if you donât defeat them in one hit.
Even if I tried defeating them with a single blow, I often lose my momentum, and just barely defeat them with wounds on myself.
[The problem here is really the splitting characteristics of the monsters.]Â (Celeste)
While we were proceeding, Celeste said what I was thinking.
[Thatâs right.]Â (Ryouta)
[Itâll be great if we can change that, but how can we change the characteristics of the monsters?]Â (Celeste)
[I guess I can try to see if breeding can be done here. Maybe we can change the monster itself.]Â (Ryouta)
[Then we need to call two more people from the mansion.]Â (Celeste)
[Thatâs unnecessary.]Â (Ryouta)
Eve suddenly tilted her neck in confusion.
[In order to breed, we need 2 or more spirit name holders, thatâs Shikuroâs rule. But since weâre at Tetramine, I doubt that such a rule has been introduced yet.]Â (Ryouta)
[So low level âŠis enough for the job.] (Eve)
[So youâre leaving it to me only?]Â (Ryouta)
I bitterly laughed as I retorted.
[Low level can do it. Bunny believes.]Â (Eve)
[I mean, I can do something about it, but I do need help when needed. Iâll give you as much carrots as you want.]Â (Ryouta)
[Rabbitâs motivation has surpassed even the gods.]Â (Eve)
Though itâs cheap, I added Eveâs cooperation.
With the three of us, we chatted whilst defeating the monsters and continued descending to the lower floors.
The Dungeon Snow phenomenon is present here, and as usual we can breathe underwater.
[So this is the last floor.]Â (Ryouta)
[Based on what was told, this is the last floor.]Â (Celeste)
[The monsters are fish, but they look like dogs.]Â (Ryouta)
[What a strange sight.]Â (Celeste)
So what Eve said was right.
The last floor is a monster fish, but it has limbs.
The hands were hairy, and the feet have fishnet tights.
Itâs weird that the dog is swimmingââwith limbs.
[At least itâs a fishâŠ. I guess.] (Ryouta)
[Letâs just defeat it and bookmark it.]Â (Ryouta)
Thinking whether I should use it, I decided to at least defeat it once so I could use Repetition.
The revolver is loaded with the Homing Bullets.
After various tests, in this âunderwaterâ where my bullets speed drop, the Homing Bullet deals the most damage.
Of course, if we get used to it, I can use other bullets, but I want to bookmark it first.
Putting my finger on the trigger, I held my revolverâ-
[It-It disappeared!]Â (Celeste)
Celeste and I were surprised at the same time.
When I was aiming at the monster, it suddenly disappeared.
[Low level, take a closer look.]Â (Eve)
[âŠ. It completely disappeared?] (Ryouta)
When being pointed out, I noticed that the monster had completely disappeared.
[Ah, a Dungeon Master is around.]Â (Celeste)
[I see. It would be bad if we let a Dungeon Master go rampant, so letâs find it and kill it.](Ryouta)
[Canât be helped.]Â (Eve)
For the time being, it doesnât seem to be on this floor, so we went back up one floor at a time.
I was surprised by the situation.
On the higher floors, the fish monsters were swimming normally as if nothing ever happened.
[Thereâs monsters? But isnât there a Dungeon Master?]Â (Ryouta)
[Yeah⊠Thatâs supposed to be it.] (Celeste)
Itâs surprising that the dungeon doesnât adhere to normal dungeons.
[Letâs try going back down.]Â (Ryouta)
Celeste nodded, and Eve was silent.
Again there were no monsters. Only the Dungeon Snow was falling.
[Whatâs going on?]Â (Ryouta)
[Rabbit will ask the townâs people.]Â (Eve)
Eve said and turned around, walking up the stairs.
Then after around 10 minutes, Eve returned.
[So how was it?]Â (Ryouta)
[No one knows, this has never happened before.]Â (Eve)
[Such a strange phenomenon. It only happened when Ryouta-san held his gun.]Â (Celeste)
[Aah, youâre right.]Â (Ryouta)
[Itâs as though they do not want Ryouta-san to defeat them.]Â (Celeste)
[âŠ. They do not want me to beat them? Here?] (Ryouta)
[YeahâŠ. Aah.] (Celeste)
Celeste noticed something.
There is another reason why the other floors are alright but not the final floor.
The road leading to the spiritâs room is a major premise.
With me having Drop S, it is much easier to open the path down to the spiritâs room.
This world is inflexible.
If I have Drop S, then if thereâs no monster, I canât see the spirit.
And, the person who is controlling this is.
[The spirit here, Plumbum. It doesnât want to meet with me?]Â (Ryouta)
[That might be the case. Similar to what Aurum has done in the past, she could control the monster and drops in the dungeon. So itâs normal for this spirit to stop monsters from spawning.]Â (Celeste)
[If monster is set up, low level may inadvertently break through.]Â (Eve)
[So set it so that monsters will never spawn here forever?]Â (Ryouta)
The more we brainstorm, the more we were convinced.
[But what should we do? Iâm happy that it is being wary of Ryouta-san, but we canât do anything without monsters.]Â (Celeste)
[Nah, I donât think thereâs any problem.]Â (Ryouta)
[Low level sure loves using people.]Â (Eve)
Even then turned up again and climbed the stairs.
[What does that mean Ryouta-san?]Â (Celeste)
[Bad potatoes.]Â (Ryouta)
[Bad potatoesâŠ. Aah, bring a drop from this floor and leave it there.] (Celeste)
[Yes. We can hatch a monster using this floorâs own drop.]Â (Ryouta)
[I see, but I wonder if that would go well.It might take some time to do that, so isnât it necessary to do it on the spot?]Â (Celeste)
[âŠ.. Itâs alright.] (Ryouta)
I felt like I could do it.
This Dungeon Spirit who is avoiding me.
Eve came back with a bottle of white liquid.
[Is this the drop of this floor?]Â (Ryouta)
[Yes, goat milk. There were only two left.]Â (Eve)
[Only 2? I see, there arenât many people in Tetramine, so production for this is hard to come by⊠Are you sure itâs going to be alright Ryouta-san?] (Celeste)
[Yeah, Iâll use it wiselyââ And I think itâs enough to use only one.]Â (Ryouta)
I took the goat milk, placed it on the ground, and we walked to a distance.
After awhile, the dog like fish with limbs was hatched.
I held my revolver, fired the Homing Bullet and defeated the fish.
[Iâm sure the Dungeon Spirit erased all the monsters is because itâs afraid that this would open immediately.]Â (Ryouta)
[I see now! Amazing, Ryouta-san!]Â (Celeste)
[Well then, shall we?]Â (Ryouta)
Letâs head to the spirit who is trying to avoid me.
If nothing goes wrong, it would be a cinch, but since weâre here, letâs at least go in once.