āIām going,ā Elland-san stepped forward with his beloved sword and lopped off the head of a Huge Black Thing.
Weāre making our way to the boss room and were basically smashing our way through all these Huge Black Things that sprang out of nowhere.
[6] There were even more of them!
As I had feared, there were so many that not even the combined effort of my three familiars could clear them all. [6] [1] A few managed to make it through the ultimate defence and several times I was saved by Elland-san. Naturally, I do have my vodka bottles. Unfortunately, it took me a few tries before I managed to work out the best way to throw said bottles.
Moreover, one bottle of vodka was not enough to stop a Huge Black Thing, I had to throw three or four bottles accurately to take one down. [1] Ugh, these things are just like the ones back in Japan. It takes a few tries to kill them!
[6] āMust kill!ā I howled while throwing a bottle of vodka at a slow-moving Huge Thing followed by a fireball.
[6] The resulting explosion wasā¦ not good.
[6] If not for the Absolute Barrier, I might have been toasted by now.
[6] I think dealing with Huge Things made me slightly insaneā¦
[6] Hahahaā¦
[4] āMukouda-san!ā Elland-san yelled. āUse your throwing attacks to slow them down, Iāll cut their heads off!ā
[4] I blinked, āO-oh! That makes sense. Yes! Iāll do that!ā
I quickly armed myself with bottles of vodka and Freezing Insecticide Sprays [5]. Together, Elland-san and I took down 10 of them this way.
āMukouda-san, the next one is coming!ā
āYes!ā Iām nearly out of vodka bottles, so out came the Freezing Sprays!
Hiiisssss, hissss, hisssss!
White frost struck the huge black bodies and spread rapidly across their carapaces, seeping into the joints and slowing them down. [5]
The more I sprayed, the slower the Big Thing became.
āElland-san!ā
āOn it,ā
Slash!
The body collapsed into two pieces before disappearing, leaving behind only a Carapace. I quickly grabbed it with my gloved hand and threw it into my [Item Box].
[6] What was that?
[6] Of course, Iām wearing gloves! Thereās no way Iām touching anything with bare hands here, Drop or not.
Even so, I knew that I canāt let fear overcome me. This is the last insect floor. Once we get through this, I donāt have to see another Huge Black Thing anymore.
[6] I kept telling myself this as we continue to advance.
[6] āIt will be over soon, it will be over soonā¦ā
āUmu, this is the last room,ā
āFinally!ā [5]
āExcellent, letās wipe them out and head downstairs,ā Fer was smirking. That was a smirk, isnāt it?
āāOu!āā
āāSui will do her best here too~āā
Iām so glad that my familiars are still so energetic. I have a feeling there will be piles and piles of Those Things on top of each otherā¦ yech!
[8] ā¦ I told myself not to look but curiosity overwhelmed me and I took a peek. [5] [6] āā¦ ā¦ā
[8] āAh, I see they have those too,ā Elland-san commented.
[6] āTh- thoseā¦ whatā¦ā
āThose are Gigantic Cockroaches, they are bigger and more ferocious than Giant Cockroaches. Normally you only get to see two or three of them in the boss room, but due to the special breeding cycle, their spawning rate must have been affected too.ā [5]
āTh- there are 10 of themā¦ā
āYes, and I do believe those brown capsule things are eggs. Well, capsules that contain eggs at any rate.ā
[6] āThis is horrifying!ā I said, staring at the brown things. Each was about 50cm long, those areā¦ egg containers? Containing what? Two eggs? Three?
[4] āHmm, I heard that each capsule has an average of 30 eggs in them,ā
[4] āUgh, this is disgusting. Why are there so many eggs?ā They are all so creepy looking, what if all of them decided to hatch at once?! Just the thought of it made the hairs on my body stand upā¦
āWith these many eggs, we can expect some good Drops from them.ā
āEh? Eggs will give Drops too?ā
āItās only something I read in a book. Itās said that the Drops from Cockroach eggs are gold.ā
[4] āEh? Gold from these dirty things?ā I really donāt understand dungeon logic.
However, thereās no way weāre going to leave those eggs alone, especially not when they could hatch into loads and loads of monstrous Big Things.
[8] āFer, Sui, Dora-chan, make sure to crush all those brown case things, alright?ā
āOh, those egg cases.Ā Umu, if they hatched, monsters could overflow from this dungeon into the city.ā
āEh? What? That could happen?ā [5] [8] āA monster stampedeā¦ well, nothing like this has happened in recent years, but as Fer-sama said. Itās possible.ā I must have a panicked expression on my face, because Elland-sama continued, āWith Adventurers actively challenging the dungeons in the past 100 years, the chances of it happening is rare.ā
āI- I see, thatās good to know.ā
[8] āStill, even if itās a coincidence, itās a good thing that you guys came to this dungeon. We can now avoid a second possible Rackam Tragedy.ā
[6] Oh yeah, I really donāt need a reminder that an entire town had disappeared due to theseā¦ thingsā¦
āUmu, letās crush them.ā
[6] Thatās the most sensible thing Iād ever heard Fer said all day!
Putting words to action, Fer leapt into the room along with Dora-chan and Sui to trash all the roaches.
āThatās right! Kill them all! Donāt leave a single one alive!ā I howled half coherently from behind Elland-san.
The unpleasantly large number of Giant Things and 10 Gigantic Things were wiped out in less than 10 minutes. Dora-chan flew over to the mountain of eggs and breathed fire over them. Not to be left out, Sui spat acid over the brown casings and that takes care of those damned eggs.
Once the eggs disappeared, large flat-ish lumps of gold coins about 2cm wide clattered to the floor.
[6] More clattering sounds were heard as bodies disappeared and Drops fell to the floor.
āSomehow,ā said Elland-san bemusedly. āI get the feeling that it will take us a lot more time to collect the Drops than to fight these monsters.ā [5]
Iām reluctant to even touch the gold, but, I guess I have no choice. As Elland-san and I collected the Drops like a pair of litter collectors, ([6] I gave him a pair of thongs so he didnāt have to keep stooping down), Dora-chan, Sui and even Fer came to help us.
Though I suspect Fer just thought we were being too slowā¦
āWell, I think thatās everything,ā said Elland-san cheerfully. Heās being too happy for my taste, but, Iām pretty happy about leaving this floor altogether!
āUmu,ā [6] was Ferā¦ vibrating?
āExcellent, weāll be facing the second Undead Floor in this dungeon. Mukouda-san, may I borrow that stamp thing?ā
āYes, here you go.ā
The Undead Floor might sound horrifying, but we have this literal gift from the gods!
With this secret weapon, weāre gonna crush them all!
With that thought in mind, I got ready to stamp everyone with my Holy Stamp.
[Gumihou: Lol, the ending is so anti-climactic]
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