We reached the 3rd underground floor. Although one of us suffered some mental damage, thereâs no problem for us to proceed into the dungeon. There are some Blue Slimes, which is the variant species of the Slime appeared after the Dazzle Mushroom, but it can be easily finished with flame magic.[T.N: I think it sounds better than Misguided Mushroom. The correct term the should be something like Hallucination Mushroom, but Dazzle sounds better to me.]
âHow many hours had passed since we enter the dungeon?â
âAround 12 hours. Itâs been almost half a day.â
Itâs hard to measure the accurate time in the dungeon. Then how do we measure the time? Thatâs because pocket watch exist. Unlike the mechanical type in the previous world, itâs just a simple device using the monster core.Although there might be some slight error in case of the lack of quality of the monster core, we wonât be lacking monster cores to be used a the battery as long as weâre in the dungeon.
âOnce we find the next rest area, letâs sleep there for todayâ
Did everyoneâs fatigue got piled up? The answer I got back lacks any power. No wonder. Although thereâs a lantern, we have been walking and fighting in the darkness for a long time. Itâs natural to be worn out.
At the rest area, thereâs already another party resting there before us.
âYo, thanks for the hard work.â
An onii-san whoâs slightly older than me called out to us, and it seems their party also consist of 4 people like us. With a glance I could tell that their party consist of 2 warriors, 1 thief and one priest.
I thought she was a man at first, but it seems like one of the warriors is a woman. Sheâs huge! Maybe almost 2 meters tall? All the other members are men. This woman seems to have the strongest build amongst them. The average level are around 12, around the same as Amyl?
âHello. Can we take a break here too?â
âOf course. Itâs not like it belongs to anyone. Feel free to use it.â
I stopped at the corner when he said so. Theyâre good people. When weâre preparing for the meal, the slightly older onii-san from before comes near, and it looks like heâs trying to trade.
âOur party is on our way back, do you want to buy the leftover food? Iâll make it cheapâ
Somehow, it seems like theyâve been working hard in the dungeon for about 2 weeks and raise their level by 1. Since theyâre only focusing on the first 5th underground floor with the safety zone, it seems like they didnât get that much experience value. As I thought we need to go deeper underground if we really want to raise our level.
Aside from dried meat and cheese, the only things that can be stored for a long time were beans. It seems like thereâs rice crop somewhere. As it seems to have been widespread around the world, its not that rare too. However it looks like the only thing made from it was rice gruel as the cooking method for it was not established yet.
While keeping watch in turns between the 2 parties, we decided to take a rest that day. This is because you must not neglect caution even in the safety zone.
Next morning, although it was pitch black, as the pocket watch indicates 6:00 am, we decided to leave. We only had simple meal by eating hard bread poured with water and cheese. I aim towards the lower floor while waving my hand on them whoâs going back to town.
We immediately descend to the 4th floor, as suddenly enemy reaction appeared at close range.
âThereâs enemy! Itâs near. I canât figure out what it is!?â
I immediately warned my companions. Suddenly a part of the passage after the stairs began to move, taking a humanoid shape and attacked. Â Itâs golems.
âSince it doesnât react until we approach it, the Map skill might have not been able to recognize it as enemy before.â
Although Lelena calmly pointed that out, we postponed the inspection and give priorities on intercepting it for now. The size of the golems are around 2.5 meter? Although the movement is dull, its power is huge. This thing can easily crush a rock. Since itâs made of stone, neither sword nor magic are too effective on it. Thereâs 2 of them. The level is 15. To be honest, itâs not an enemy that is at the lower hierarchy of monsters.
I whoâs the strongest in the party taunts the enemy. I hit the sword on the shield, making some loud noise to attract the attention of the enemy.
âOver here! Bring it on!â
Did it recognize me as the main target? The 2 golems are headed to my way. Anyway Iâm done for if I receive a direct attack, so i can do nothing but putting my all in evading. Although I keep on throwing fire ball towards the approaching golems, it doesnât seems like theyâve received any damage aside from the slight burnt on the surfaced.
âTake this!â
Although Amyl swings his sword from the back, it only shaves a bit of its back. The golem didnât even consider it a threat to turn around. Lelena and Claire also attacks it aiming for the golemâs foot, but it was easily warded off since it lacks power.
When I was exchanging blow with a golem, the other golem drove its fist consecutively towards me. As  I was desperately continue exchanging blows, I could do nothing aside from receiving it with my shield.
âGuh!â
I got blown off a few meters before getting smashed against the wall. I felt a tingling sensation from my arm with the shield. Can I handle this? I felt dizzy in the head, like I just got hit by a car. The golem walks slowly, did it plan to give the finishing blow? Isnât this dangerous?
âMaster!â
Claire jumped at the head of the golem without a thought. She swings her weapon even when the golem just peels her off. Although the golem keep on flinging its fist at Clair whoâs smashing its head, Clair just jumps back before that.
The golem lost its balance and fall once the crumbling sound was heard, Â revealing a shiny stone at the feet of the golem.
âDestroy it!â
Amyl and Lelena both shout and swings their weapon towards the shining stone at the same time. When I heard a cracking sound, the golems falls down and immediately stopped moving.
âIs that its weak point!?â
Using recovery magic on myself, I managed to return to battle somehow. If I know the weak point, I could manage somehow. I sneak behind the golem whoâs receiving attacks from my companions, and drove my sword inserting it between the golems crotch area. Although I worry that it might get broken, it canât be exchanged with a life.
The golem that got caught by the sword tried to hit Lelena while it falls, but Claire promptly approaches it and gives the finishing blow. The golem stopped moving once a shattering sound was heard.
When I pick up the sword, thereâs no noticeable damage. Thank goodness. Please give me a break from having to buy  this again.
âMaster, do you get injured anywhere!?â
Claire runs up to me and starts checking my body here and there. Iâm fine you know? I wonât just die and leave you. She seemed to be relieved when I patted her head telling her Iâm fine.
âThat was dangerous, I thought you were dead.â
âI was about to die just now. For now letâs collect the monster core.â
Although I get tired seeing the small heap of mountain that previously was a golem, I canât really leave such a precious loot either.
Since we canât really act like innocent toddlers playing in sandbox, Â we dig it up silently.
âFound it.â
âI found this one too.â
Unlike the monster cores that  we collected so far, it emits a faint light. This seems like it could fetch a good price. Although we encountered an unexpectedly powerful enemies, it seems like we also managed to acquire large amount of experience point from it too.
Est: Level 18HPă280/280MPă210/210Strengthă122Speedă130Dexterityă129Defenseă133Wisdomă125Luckă71
Skill Possessed:ăArcheryïŒLevel 1ăăEvasionïŒLevel 1ă[T.N: Raws said âăżăăăâ(Mikawashi), google said itâs related to the armor in DQ thatâs somehow related to evasion so thatâs my best guess.]
Amyl rose from Level 12 to 14. Lelena also went up from 11 to 13 respectively. Claire seems to have acquired a new skill. Is it because it managed to avoid the golems attack at that time causing to to self destruct? If her security increases then its all good.
I strongly realize the lack of defense this time. Although we might be able to handle the golem once weâre at high level, we canât afford to raise that many level for now. Lets cover it up with technique.  So with that, I acquired ăShieldïŒLevel 2ă.
T.N: Having translated this, I found out that its one of the most easily translated among all the one Iâve translated(And I only translates the easy one). My machine translator didnât even have any problem translating it, making the editing process so smooth. If itâs like this then I might have some motivation to translate this faster