Daryl's ice magic stone needed for heavy armor cooling and Diniel's attribute arrows. Oli is checking everyone's spare equipment, a large amount of potions, and other heat protection equipment while taking notes.

　In the Clan House of the Infinite Circle, preparations were steadily being made for the 70th level, which they were going to take on this evening. After finishing the preparations in another hour or so, they would seek out the Black Gate at the sixty-nineth level, and then take on the seventyth level during the time when the spectators gathered in front of the Shintai.

　While preparations are being made for the equipment, Hanna and Amira seem restless, constantly moving their bodies. The two of them were almost bursting with anticipation to see how far this PT would be able to go at the 70th level.


''Ah!　I can't wait to get there!
Yeah!


　The clans that have currently broken through the seventy levels have not changed yet, with only Aldoret Crow and Silver Beast. Although the Golden Exam is competitive, it has yet to break through as it still collapses in the middle of the game. The Red Demons have also resurrected Alma to the first team, but they still have the Black Cane sealed, so only Weiss has high hopes for them.

　With the current situation, there is a good chance that they could be able to break into the third contention. So the two of them were excitedly discussing the dungeon attack.

　In contrast to the two of them, Daryl looked very nervous. It's a good thing that I was able to discuss with Amira at the volcano hierarchy, but I was told by Tsutomu to act to some extent alone against the hierarchical master.


(I must do well...)


　Daryl is so stiff and tense that his movements are somewhat dazed. He was sitting on the sofa with trembling hands as if he were praying, and everyone could see that he was nervous.

　Diniel, who was in front of Daryl, looked completely unchanged from his usual expression, sitting on the sofa, slumped in a daze. It was a position of pressure due to her role as the most important attacker in the 70th level, but she seemed to be willing to go to sleep if she told him it was her day off now.


''Tsutomu-san. I've finished my final check.
Thank you.


　And now that Oli's equipment check was over, everyone went back to their rooms to change into their equipment in order to dive into the dungeon. Diniel was the last of the five people to line up in the living room.

　Tsutomu is wearing a robe of burning rock that is extremely heat-resistant, and Daryl is wearing a heavy armor that is highly heat-resistant, which was made by investing materials at the Doren Workshop and going through many trials and errors. It's worth investing enough money to buy a cheap house, and the performance is better than the heat-resistant equipment that can currently be created.

　Diniel is wearing a fresh green shirt with an increase in DEX (Dexterity) and a shell bow dropped from a shell club treasure chest. It is one of the most valuable bows she has, and was used in fire dragon battles.

　Hannah and Amira's equipment is familiar and unchanged. You can't remove the equipment that looks like traditional costumes due to its role as an evasion tank, and Amira also patronizes red leather armor, so it hasn't changed.


The last thing we need to do is to go over the plan. Daryl. Please.
Yes, sir.


　Daryl nodded with a strong face as he decided on the flow of the battle of Mount Golem and the general plan of action. For the next thirty minutes or so, the strategy was confirmed. Hannah in particular was probably concerned about Diniel and asked Daryl a few questions along the way to get confirmation.

　Counting something on her fingers, Hannah was thinking about this and that. Diniel spoke to her with a narrowing of his eyes.


''It's my first time and I don't mind making a few mistakes. I'm sure you'll be able to grasp the minimum amount of flow. I'll go over the details.
Oh, really?
'It's more troublesome to think in vain and slow down your movements. If I lose mobility from you, it's worthless.
You might want to think about how you say it a little more.


　Hanna returned Diniel's relentless words in a dumbfounded manner. Diniel looked at her with a puzzled look in his eyes, and then thought for a moment. Then he looks back at Hannah to see if an idea has occurred to him.


'You can move as you please Hannah. I can match your arm with mine.
Is that what you think it is?
Hmm. What's the matter with you?


　Diniel shook his blonde ponytail and tilted his head in a heartfelt wonder, and Hannah held his head after giving him a look like he was looking at a disappointed child.


'Well, that's fine. Then I'll leave it to you.''
Yeah. I've got it.


　Despite the fact that Diniel's role was the most important one this time, he said so in a nonchalant tone, without seeming to be overawed. Hanna took a slow, deep breath and calmed herself down, slightly rivaling Diniel, who seemed to exude confidence.

　Daryl and Amira didn't have a particular conversation with each other. Amira rarely conversed unless Daryl spoke to her. Amira could see that Daryl was nervous, but she knew that it would go away when it came to the battle.

　When Tsutomu couldn't see that, he tried to relax, but when he spoke to him, the source of his nervousness, Daryl's expression became even harder. After thinking about what to do, Tsutomu turned to Amira.


'Amira. Daryl seems nervous, can you say something to him?
What?
Come on. It's not like I'm making it up as I go along.
I don't have to deal with that thing. They'll be fine once you're on the 70th level.
'I don't know...'


　Although Tsutomu felt a bit uneasy with Daryl, who looked more nervous than the previous fire dragon battle, he decided to head to the guild since it was time to go.

　When I arrived at the guild, Garum, Amy and Camille were seated in the cafeteria getting ready to watch the game. Tsutomu thought it would be a chance to relieve Daryl's nerves, so he headed towards the three of them after he finished his PT application.


'Thanks. I see we're all off today.
"You're going to take on the 70th level!　That's because we all need a break!


　Amy exclaimed cheerfully as she lifted the bag containing a bunch of potato fries. Tsutomu then shared a seat with the three of them for a little while.

　Daryl, as expected, seemed to have lost some of his nervousness by talking to Garum. He still looks nervous, but it's a lot better than the deathly look he had earlier.

　Amira exchanged a few words with a smiling Camille and then quickly returned and poked Tsutomu, who was watching her smiling, in the side with her hand sword.


'Don't look at me, baka.
Ouch.


　When Tsutomu didn't want to be poked on the bone in a targeted manner, Camille came closer and mixed it up. As soon as she did, Amira made a blatantly bitter expression and quickly left. Camille smiled bitterly at her daughter's situation and spoke to Tsutomu.


I'm glad to see that things are going well, although I haven't been able to see Kamidai lately. If possible, I would like to ask you to continue to take care of my daughter.
Yeah. Yeah, you too.
f*ck.


　Seeing Tsutomu and Camille shaking hands with each other, Amira opened her mouth wide and pretended to gape, as if to say she felt nauseated.

　And after Tsutomu exchanged a light conversation with all of them, the infinite circle dived into the 69th level and began to search for the black gate to the 70th level.


　--▽▽▽--


　The Infinite Circle explored the sixty-nine levels that they had already become accustomed to seeing, and they were able to find the black gate that existed in a row of red rocks. It was finally time to enter the seventy levels for the first time. Only Tsutomu and Diniel were unenthusiastic, while the other three seemed a bit nervous. Daryl is rubbing his hands together as if he remembers a chill.


'Alright, let's go.'
Hey!
Oh!


　Hannah and Amira replied loudly, blowing away the tension, and Diniel nodded daintily. Daryl also nodded and replied, barely recognizing his voice.

　With Tsutomu in the lead, they entered the Black Gate, and the Infinite Circle stepped into the seventy levels where the hierarchical master of the volcano resided.

　A place where rocks were stacked like a dome, making it impossible to see the sky. In front of Tsutomu and the others, the lava spread out like the ocean, and behind them, the land existed like a beach. While Tsutomu was placing his hand on Daryl's heavy armor to provide a barrier, a vibration came to the five men's feet with a thud.

　The vibrations shook the five men's feet at regular intervals. Then, slowly, from within the vast lava, the head of the Mounted Golem with a pitch-black exterior began to appear. A mounted golem that walked up from the lava more and more and came up from the lava. Its appearance is the largest I've ever seen. From Tsutomu's point of view, it was as powerful as if a building were moving.

　Hanna, Amira and Daryl were taken aback by the sight of this huge mounted golem, while Diniel was also observing it with interest. In the meantime, Tsutomu had everyone's equipment equipped with a barrier. With this, if it's a few attacks, the barrier will protect them on its own, so they can limit the damage.

　With a slow movement, the Mounted Golem revealed its full form from the lava and stepped onto land, botching down the lava on its head and shoulders. As Tsutomu's haste and protection spread to all of them, the mounted golem swung its massive arms heavily. Then a series of round chunks of rock were released from its arms.


'Hannah, take care of the Mounted Golem. Daryl is--''
I know!
Okay. I'll let you handle some of it.


　Tsutomu rolled his eyes as Daryl returned with a strong word, then said that and positioned himself to avoid hitting the flying round rock. The cracked round rock fell to the ground and gradually formed into a golem of hands, feet and a head.

　Tsutomu went up on the fly and watched the golem form one after another, while Amira and Diniel crushed rock after rock before it became a golem. Hannah hates at one of the mounted golems, and Daryl unleashes a wide range of combat cries to attract the formed golems.

　There are two main divisions of combat in the Mounted Golem battle, one is Hannah and Diniel, who cut down on the main body mount golem. The other is Daryl and Amira, who attract the golems that form from the mounted golem.

　Since the Mounted Golem is slow to move in the early stages, even a poorly trained tank will be able to attract it easily and unharmed. However, instead, they create various golems one after another, which is more troublesome at first.

　There are many types of golems, such as magma golems, bomb golems, and slow golems, which are found in the volcanic hierarchy, as well as humanoid golems made up of common rocks. The most troublesome monsters among them are the bomb golem and the slow golem.

　The Bomb Golem, as its name suggests, can generate explosive rocks and has the habit of self-destructing when cornered. The Slow Golem is a monster that specializes in long-range attacks by throwing rocks generated by itself.

　And since the two are basically created and ejected as a set, the combination of the bomb rock generated by the Bomb Golem and the Slow Golem throwing the bomb rock is extremely troublesome. They explode in the air and scatter rock fragments, making it nearly impossible to avoid them all, and they are very powerful.


'Combat Cry!'


　Such wide-area attacks are not good for Hannah, who has low VIT (sturdiness). Therefore, the flow of the battle was that Daryl would attract the growing Golem Legion to him.

　Daryl's Combat Cry is very well controlled, and he is able to avoid the mounted golems and only attract the golem army.


''Oraa!''


　Amira targets the weak joints of the golems one after another with her steel greatsword, slaughtering them more and more. Diniel also takes down the golems with Amira in the early stages, when there is a lot of golem generation.

　Hannah will face the mounted golem alone, but her opponent's movements are very slow. Even Tsutomu can only attack her in such a way that she can easily avoid them, so it is impossible for her to die.


''Countbuster!''


　Hannah uses a variety of skills to accumulate combos and occasionally mixes in the new Count Buster skill for damage. However, blows and slashes are hard to get through to the mounted golem, so she can't earn that much damage.

　After that, Hannah continued to hit the Mounted Golem like a sandbag away from the four of them. The Mounted Golem stretched out his arms to grab Hannah, who was moving a little bit, but he avoided it with plenty of time to spare and was met with a kick to the head.

　One by one, grainy round rocks fell from the Mounted Golem's back and legs, which became golems and occasionally threw rocks and other objects at Hannah. But for the most part, Daryl would catch them with his additional Combat Cry and Warrior Howl, so Hannah was able to handle the battle with ease and not have her flying gear blown away too much.

　Unlike Hannah, the four of them were becoming a moderately frustrating battle. Diniel banned his arrows as if he was fed up with the golems walking everywhere he looked, and Amira released her dragonization and took down the visible golems one after another with reckless attacks.


''Holy Wing.''


　Tsutomu also used his attack skills to cover him without cutting off his support recovery, but the number of golems didn't increase, but it didn't diminish either. Anyway, they were being generated from the mounted golems one after another, so he was busy dealing with them.

　Daryl, who has been collecting the hate of the golem army all over, seemed to be getting hurt one-sidedly by getting bomb rocks thrown at him one after another, or being punched away directly. However, with Vit and Tsutomu's recovery, which rose to A with protection, there is not the slightest sign of collapse.

　A red luminous bomb golem rolls in a rumble and self-destructs near Daryl. Daryl is blown away by the blast, but he quickly takes a passive position and stands up and reasserts his large shield firmly.

　He also pays attention to the mounted golems that Hannah is attracting, regularly attracting the golems generated by the Warrior Howl. While he was hammering away at his heavy armor and large shield, another bomb golem with one arm missing rolled in and self-destructed.

　Two self-destructing stance bomb golems roll in to chase after Daryl as he is blown away. Daryl looked around his field of vision and grasped the position of Amira and Diniel and held the large shield in front of him.


''Shield bash!''


　Daryl caught one of them with his large shield and aimed it at where the other golems were and pushed them away. The bomb golem blew itself up, engulfing the others.

　However, the other bomb golem, after hitting Daryl in the side of his body, blew itself up, spewing white light from its cracked body.


''Ugh!


　Eating the most powerful self-destruct at close range works no matter how sturdy Daryl is. The green gas instantly landed on Daryl's body, and his injuries were healed and the pain was gone. However, Daryl felt that his chances of being self-destructed by the Bomb Golem had increased a lot more than before.

　Daryl turned his eyes to the dragonized Amira and let his gaze wander for a moment to consider the reason for this, and then he shouted while catching the rock that flew at him with his large shield.


'Diniel-san!　For a while, we'll focus on the bomb golem that Amira-san failed to finish off!　Please take it down!
Okay. Double Arrow.


　At Daryl's request, Diniel shoots a series of ice arrows to defuse the red bomb golem. When the bomb golem takes a certain amount of damage, its body glows red and prepares to self-destruct, then rushes forward and self-destructs nearby.

　However, self-destruction requires heat, so if it is cooled down, it will not be able to detonate. Therefore, the bomb golem that was pierced by the two ice arrows fired by Diniel was unable to self-destruct as the red luminescence subsided. In the meantime, Diniel fired one arrow after another, knocking down the bomb golem and turning it into particles.

　Since Amira instinctively attacked while being turned into a dragon, she sometimes failed to finish it off by shifting her eyes. Thanks to Daryl's instructions, who understood this, he was able to limit the burden of the bomb golem's self-destruction.

　And as time passed, the number of golems being generated decreased, Diniel began to head towards the mounted golems under Tsutomu's direction.