Volume 5, Chapter 1 - Trying Out Going to the Dungeon – Part 6
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「《Explosion》!!」
Three days later──
Within the desert, that building existed as if it were added after the fact. On the triangular structure that looked like a pyramid, a stone door was attached.
What protected the door was a lion statue.
Diablo’s magic made it burst.
An explosive flame spread out.
The moving stone statue that was encamped in front of the building was blown away, and scattered about on top of the sand.
Since it possessed the wings of an eagle, and its tail was a snake, it was a so-called chimera. It used Petrification Breath and lightning magic──That was the configuration, but it wasn’t given a chance to counterattack.
The moving stone statue became unable to move.
Horun clapped his hands.
「Uhyoh~!! That’s incredible -ssu, Danna!」
「Naturally. It isn’t even a warm-up.」
「Last time, I came here with the town’s strongest Warriors, and defeated it after quite a bit of hardship -ssu yoー.」
「When you say Zircon Tower City’s best, around what level were they?」
「I think they were about level 80 -ssu.」
「Fumu……」
That was by no means a low level.
Possibly, could their weapons have been bad. The circulated arms in this other world were of low quality when compared to the game.
Diablo’s dungeon adjusted the monsters’ strength to match the game’s Players.
He didn’t understand the theory behind it but──Most likely, the dungeon that Diablo created in his personal space.
By gathering the special items, the 《Treasure Map Fragments》, in the game, the other Players would obtain the right to challenge it.
(Since Diablo’s group currently didn’t possess the 《Treasure Map Fragments》, it seems that setting was restricted to the game.)
The result of capturing a Player owned dungeon was being a means of being able to fight against the producer──in this case, against Diablo.
Incidentally, while the special item was needed, Players that captured the dungeon once would be able to apply for a rematch at any time.
In any case, in the MMORPG Cross Reverie, scenarios where defeating large-scale monsters by cooperating with a great number of people was the standard. There were personal battle events as well, but it wasn’t a game that made that the main part of it.
Normally, it was rare for challengers to appear but……
Since Diablo did a Demon King role play, he became a famous person, and he was often challenged to battles in the game.
──To think that I would have to capture this dungeon myself.
In the game, he was able to freely go in and out of his personal space, and he was even able to go into the deepest area in an instant.
However, in this other world, even if Diablo visited it, nothing happened. No, if something like a status terminal screen or dialogue saying “Which floor will you go to?” were to suddenly appear, that would be more surprising though.
Diablo became uneasy.
──Is this really my dungeon? Well, I guess there’s no other choice but to try going inside.
The scorched lion statue unsteadily returned to its original spot.
Its once splendid mane was broken.
If it were the game, the stone statue would wait for the next challenger in no time at all, but in this world, it understandably had exhaustion.
Would it eventually be completely destroyed. Or was there some sort of means of recovery for it.
The stone statue was silent.
Shera headed towards the gate doors.
「So this place is that dungeon, right!? We’ve finally arrived~.」
「I’m sorry, all because my legs were slow, it took us four days……」
「Ahaha! It isn’t Lumachina-chan’s fault. It’s fine, it’s fine. It’ll all work out even if we take a bit more time!」
Shera baselessly encouraged Lumachina.
A pragmatic view was needed, but Diablo recognized the there was a meaning to words like that. At the very least, the mood of the girls didn’t become worse.
However, the nevi that surfaced onto Lumachina’s skin increased to five……only four more to go.
While heading to the gate doors of the dungeon, Rem talked to Horun.
「……That was unexpected.」
「Hoe, what was -ssu ka?」
「With all due respect……In these past few days, I was thinking that your abilities were around level 20.」
「Eh!? Ah, well, as a Warrior……That’s the way it is. I’m, a Seeker after all -ssu!」
「……Putting it bluntly, I thought you would be “useless at anything other than being a guide”. I am terribly sorry.」
「Ugh!? Ha, haha……O, oh please~, I, I’m super useful, you know?」
「Yes. The fact that you grouped up in a party with level 80 Warriors, it means that they recognized that you have that much ability. I expect great things from you. If there is anything you need, please say it without any hesitation.」
「Ah, uh……Th, thank you -ssu.」
Horun showed a forced smile.
Diablo had a memory of that sort of expression.
──That’s the face of someone that is expected of doing something even though they don’t have the confidence to do it, but can’t say that they can’t do it.
Most likely, Horun’s abilities probably really are around level 20.
Diablo remembered something.
In town, Horun had a dispute over the dungeon capture reward. He was cursed at as being “useless” by the Pantherian Warrior.
The Pantherian at that time might have been the level 80 town’s best Warrior.
Diablo thought about such a thing while walking behind everyone.
Shera pushed the stone gate doors.
「Eiyahー!!」
While making a creaking sound, the heavy looking stone doors opened up.
Rem shrugged her shoulders.
「……Have you thought about the possibility of traps?」
「Hie!?」
「……That was a joke. Since Horun who has already come here once is here, he would have said if there was a trap.」
「J, jeez, don’t scare me like that!」
「……Please be cautious from now on. I don’t want to be dragged into something after all.」
「Uu～」
Shera groaned.
Lumachina made a wry smile.
「Although she says it like that, Rem-san really does worry about you, Shera-san, doesn’t she.」
「Eh? Is that true?」
「Fufu, yes it is.」
「I seeー」
Going *Ehehe*, Shera expressed a smile.
Rem made a displeased face and passed by beside them.
「……Lumachina, please don’t say such strange things. I really just don’t want to get dragged into the stupid Elf’s mistakes. Horun, could I ask you to do the guiding?」
「Got it -ssu!」
Leaving behind the four that were conversing, Diablo went on inside.
He descended the stone staircase.
It was a place where the ceiling was dimly lit, and it wasn’t dark enough that one couldn’t see.
Rem and the others rushed to follow him.
「P, please wait up, Diablo……Why did you go on ahead?」
「Mu? It’s not like there will be any enemies that will be a particular problem though?」
「……That is……I fully understand that you are strong. But, aren’t dungeons places where one should proceed carefully?」
In the end, he didn’t explain that “this dungeon was created by him” to Rem and the others. It was because he didn’t know how he should tell them.
He memorized the arrangement of the monsters and traps──There was no way he could say something like that.
If that were the case, why was there a need to ask Horun about its location? Why didn’t he have any confidence in its existence up until now? If he were asked those questions, he would be at a loss on how to answer.
He couldn’t say “it was because I made the choices from a list on the menu screen in the game”.
Since he had no other choice, he overcame it like a Demon King.
「Do not be mistaken, I am not a companion to all of you. I am simply allowing you all to follow along after me. You should just keep quiet and walk behind me!」
──Since I know everything about this dungeon, it’ll be safe if you just follow behind me, is what I wanted to say but……was that transmitted? It’d be nice if it was.
Diablo had low communication skills.
Rem lowered her panther ears.
「……Yes, I’m sorry.」
Shera and Lumachina also made uneasy faces. Horun was completely frightened.
So he failed.
He made a complicated atmosphere with just a few words.
──This is why doing a party play is an impossible game for me! Charging at the last boss solo is a whole lot better! is what Diablo shouted in his mind.
Even while he was thinking about various things in his mind, he silently walked.
Rem and the others followed after him.
Over the past few days, with Shera enlivening things and with Lumachina behaving stout-heartedly, the atmosphere that was somehow preserved a brightness to it, quickly turned heavy due to Diablo’s few words.
However, their lineup wasn’t bad.
At the lead was the sturdy Diablo that was familiar with the dungeon. Next was the Summoner Rem. After her was (although the person herself insists that she’s a Summoner) the high leveled Archer Shera. And then, the Healer Lumachina. And lastly was the Seeker Horun who excelled at sensing things.
Maybe because the atmosphere had become heavy, or maybe because they had entered the dungeon, the conversations disappeared.
There wasn’t any sounds of wind or vegetation.
Come to think of it, there wasn’t any BGM in this world──is what Diablo thought.
The music of the MMORPG Cross Reverie had fair degree of perfection, and its ratings from the Players was high.
It was enough that in the real world, music events would be opened, and there would be musical performances by the orchestra, and live performances by voice actors.
Of course, he had never gone. There was no way a hikikomori gamer would go to that sort of riajuu event.
He had seen a relay broadcasted video but……
There were also Players that seemed to be participating as a couple in there.
For the Players that had written things like 『I went to the live event with my girlfriend!』 in their game profile field, he ended up wanting to cast maximum magic on them even if it was in the middle of town.
──If you’re happy in real life, then become unhappy in the game.
That pessimistic and pitch dark sentiment that no one would praise him for had stimulated Diablo.
Rem and Shera had a secret talk in whispers.
「Hey, hey, Diablo is really scary, you know?」
「……I wonder what could have happened? He’s been strange ever since we entered the dungeon.」
「Do you think, we did something wrong?」
「……I don’t know.」
There was an awkwardness.
I want to make a follow-up somehow──is what Diablo thought, but he couldn’t come up with words of good sense that would make the atmosphere better.
──Argh, I hate the guys that can walk while having fun with girls!
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