Dungeon attack, Day 16.

The 21st layer.

At the top of Mount Suribachi, there is a large lake.

The lake was surrounded by a dense forest.

At the entrance of the forest, there is a save point for the 21st layer.

We teleported there and entered the forest, comparing the map we had made with the newspaper that contained the strategy information.

As soon as we entered the forest, it became dark. It was night.

'Oh my god!
'It's okay, it's okay.

I patted Prine, who was scared and hugged me.

There is something more that catches my attention.

I looked to the right and saw the shadow of a monster in the distance.

It was a pack of high goblins. Literally, a higher species of goblin. They do not look so different.

There are four of them. They have hatchets and clubs.

Although they are small fry, they are monsters in the 20th level. They must be strong in their own way.

I call out to my partner.

Prine, I'll do it.
Yes!

Prine nodded and suddenly became invisible. She must have used her coat.

This is my first battle as a Mage. Let's see what this job is like. .......

I decided to attack them from the front, since sneaking up from behind the herd using my Shifu skill "invisibility" would be over in an instant.

Eltral sword in my right hand. In his left hand, he holds a holy spear. This is an application of the two-sword technique. The spear in his left hand is held in the middle of the hilt. It should be the same length as the sword.

He raises both weapons high in his hands and makes a cracking sound.

Immediately the High Goblins notice us and start to make noise. They came running at once.

I was the only one they were aiming at.

The first one, High Goblin A, was within five paces of me.

Yo!

I lightly jumped up to him and swung down my right-hand sword. I swung my right sword down.

The High Goblin immediately held up his club defensively. This is indeed the 20th level. Even small fry monsters react well. But I'm not serious either.

The sword slices the club and cuts the Hi-Goblin's body in two.

Goboo!

--Oh!

I'm faintly surprised.

This without any fighting skills. It's more powerful than when I first used "Attack"!

The monster's body slips away. --To the left!

Left.

He pierced the head of the approaching High Goblin B with a single thrust of his spear, almost without any preliminary movement.

He is three paces away from High Goblin B.

The monster was almost defenseless when it was attacked, and it died as if hanging from the spear.

The length of the spear is the same as that of the sword, but the distance between the two is not.

My left hand holds the hilt of the holy spear.

I was holding the middle of the hilt, and I slipped my left hand and ejected the spear like a cannonball. With a spearmanship level of 27, it was no problem for me to handle a long spear with one hand.

GAAHHHHH!

The rest of the High Goblins come from the right and the front. Surprisingly, they didn't run away. Maybe they didn't see what happened.

I dare to take their attack.

A light shock to the head and shoulders. And then a high-pitched noise.

My head is protected by a skull helmet. It is a helmet that completely covers my head.

My body is protected by a Skrill Mael. It covers my entire body, from my neck to my feet.

The hi-goblins who swung their hatchets were dismayed at the lack of response.

I didn't even flinch, let alone get a scratch on my helmet or armor.

Yeah... This gear is solid. It's good.

I nodded, and simultaneously thrust with my sword and spear. Both monsters were killed in an instant, each one through the neck.

Victory.

Though...hmmm.... I can't give my all against a foe like this. .......

The monsters and the flesh and blood on the swords and spears turn to mist. I sheathe my eltral sword and look from the side,

'Ra-kun, that's great!

Prine appeared and hugged me.

She turned around and kissed me.

She kissed me. It's different with armor and a helmet, isn't it? I feel more spirited.
'It's like, he's so alive!
''Yeah?''
Yes!

I put Prine down and patted him on the head.

'Well, let's go on.
Yes!

After that, we continued to defeat the monsters without a hitch.

Fireball!
'Me too! Fireball!

Monsters are scorched by mine and Prine's ball of flame.



The size of the two is very different, though. Of course, the Prine is much larger. About three times bigger.

But it's still quite fun to shoot magic with Prine.

You use magic too, don't you, Ra!
'Of course not, he's a magic warrior, right?
'Cool!
Yay!

High-five, high-five.

There were several treasure chests in the forest.

Steel armor!
'Middle potion!
'Poison extinguisher!
Morning Star!
'Mithril rod!
'Middle ether potion!

I'll get to it.

I don't want the steel armor. Sell it later. I'll throw it away when it becomes luggage.
'I see you have a poison remover, because Mr. High Goblin may use a poison weapon!
'Morning star. A close-range weapon that can be equipped by mages and monks. ....... Prine, do you want to use it?
'Hmmm. I might not need it. ......'
'It's stronger to hit with the staff of Raiden that I have now. Then I'll sell it too. I don't need the mithril rod for the same reason.
'I like all kinds of potions, no matter how much they cost!
Prine is right. Smart. Good.
'Heh heh heh. I'm so happy when Ra-kun praises me.

Keep the potions in the belt provided by Skrill Mail. This belt is very convenient.

Prine also put her potions in the inside of her coat. A glimpse of her skin color inside gives me a thrill. Come to think of it, last night I jumped into the sea alone with Prine, who was only covering her breasts with a shell. Dive to blue. No, I dove to Prine.

'mhehehe......'
'Does Ra-kun look happy?'

We move on.

According to the strategy information, we should be there soon.

'Ra-kun, there he is!
'Oh, that one.

Ahead of us, there was a swarm of monsters.

Prine pointed to a birdcage in the center of it.

Inside was not a bird, but a fairy.

The fairies are being held captive by the monsters.

Three blood jackals and a great demonologist. Prine, give me your ear!
'Hyaaan*'.

I give an earful of the plan to my partner, who makes a cute voice.

I understand! Lah, you think of interesting strategies!
'I want to try out some things for the future. Well then, let's get started.

I confirm that Prine has turned invisible, and I use stealth to flank the herd.

The monsters have big rocks on their backs. I climb up and stick to the rock. It is about 5 meltors high. My plain level can easily support myself on a small ledge. My sword is in its scabbard, and my spear is fixed to my back, so my hands are free.

I check the monsters below me.

The blood jackal, whose back is turned to us, is a dog-like monster with blood-red fur. There was another one like it in the lower level. Now there are three of them, standing guard in front of the cage containing the fairies. They seem to have caught our scent, but I doubt they can see us.

The one by the cage is a great demonologist, who is said to be the master of the Blood Jackal. He is an enhanced version of the boss of the 5th layer. He uses Photon Ray, Icicle Lance, Slowly, and Heal Wind.

He is a powerful and varied magician, but he has a weakness. MP is low.

So I cast a spell.

"--Novasteel".

My outstretched left hand and the archmage's body are enveloped in purple light.

As the name suggests, this is a magic to take away the opponent's magic power.

It's "Ma#kyu%bato", isn't it?

The great Satanist is astonished. Not yet.

The monster panics, but then its body turns purple again. As if on cue, Prine casts the same spell.

I fire another spell to capture magic. More and more magic is taken away from the enemy.

Rugaaaahhhhhhhh!

Bloodjackal C notices me. He turns and attacks me. A monster. It can leap 5 meltors with ease.

Oh, come on! From the front?

Freezing fire. Relentless cold heat. The flames that rage back recall the sharpness of zero degrees.

Chanting, increasing the power. Using the enemy's magic, I fire a spell.

Icicle Lance!

Kiddo!



I fired an ice spear into the mouth of Blood Jackal C, who had unintentionally jumped at me from the front.

Kyuun! ......!

That wasn't much of a blow. He's still breathing.

I kicked a rock and jumped. I pull out my eldritch sword and cut Jackal C in half.

As soon as I land, the archmage points his staff at me.

No, no, you shut up!

''--Novasteel!

My sword pointed at the enemy and the voice of Prine, who had only her staff coming out of the void, overlapped.

The archmage, who had been hit by both of our spells at the same time, was frozen in place with his staff pointed at me. He must have run out of magic.

'Goa%dooooooooo!

The jackals dance at the side of the dismayed mage.

Hmph!

I easily cut them down with my eltral sword.

Thuddingly, behind me, a dead jackal's head and body separated from the body flew away with the same momentum from my leap.

'Fu#gua%he%......?

The mage backs away. Behind him,

'Yes, yes!

Prine hits him on the head with the staff of Raiden. The archmage twitched and then faded into mist.

Victory! Yay!
Yee-ha ha!

High five.

'Prine, you don't like to hit?
'Um, I'm not sure if that ...... ...... is a good idea.'
'You're so sweet, Prine.'
'That's not true. ......'
'But you know, getting used to hitting people helps in situations where you can't use magic.
'Yes, that's right. ......!
'Not only in the dungeon, but also when you are attacked in the city.
'Wow, okay. ......! Thank you for thinking of me, Mr. Ra!

Prine hugs me.

I held her gently so as not to crush her with my armor and kissed her.

Well...

I opened the birdcage and a fairy jumped out from inside.

'........................'

The fairy seems to be fluttering around and saying hello to us.

'Um, ...... "thanks""for saving me"?
'Wow, Prine, you know what I mean?'
'Huh? Ler, don't you hear voices in your head?'
'Nothing. ...... Oh, that's right, it was in the strategy information. It says that mages with high magic power sometimes get noises in their heads. Is this it?
'Maybe it is? But I don't think it's noise, I think it's a word similar to the ancient Luthenian language.'
'...... that's probably noise to a lot of people.'

Even as a level 20 Mage, I've never heard of Ancient Lutenese. .......

'So you're saying that fairies really did speak the language, but only a few mages with high magical power could hear them, and even mages of that level couldn't understand what they were saying.
'Yes, is that so?'
'So, Prine can hear the words and understand what they are saying.
''Maybe?
'Prine awesome!
'Hiyoh! Oh, thank you, Ra-kun! Hahaha!'

He lifted the prine and made it taller.

Then, the fairies also flew around Prine.

Oh, he's got a good attitude!
'Ha ha ha ha!
'..................'

'Um, "ahead", "car"? Carriage? "Fairy forest?"
'You say there's a carriage and a fairy forest ahead?'
''Maybe?''
'Yeah. Just like in the guide. I knew it! Prine is a good translator!
'Heh heh, good!

We drop off Prine and continue on our way.

After walking for a while, we came to a thicket of trees.

We waded through the bushes,

--Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

'Is this the carriage ......?'

What we saw in front of us was the sight of several connected carts running.

Each cart was considerably larger than an ordinary carriage.

It looked as if it could hold a dozen or more adults. They were so tall that even if I carried Prine on my shoulders, there would still be room to spare.

The carriage was going quite fast. I don't know if Prine would be able to catch up with them even if she ran as fast as she could.

I can't see the lead. It is beyond the forest and the darkness of the night.

'How far does it go?
'Mr. Ra, the fairy...'

Fairies were flapping their wings and darting about.

Prine translates the fairy's words for me.

''Jump in the carriage,'' ''go through the rooms,'' ''go to the front of the line.
I see. So this is the articulated carriage that was mentioned in the strategy information.

Look at the carriage. It is going quite fast, but Prine's flight magic should be able to keep up with it.

Prine, please.
Yes! --Photon Wing!

The wings on Prine's back--her new equipment, "Cat Angel's Wings"--spread out. Her body is enveloped in a pale light.



'Ra-kun'.
'Oh'.

I hold hands with the floating Prine, and my body floats up too.

--And then I float up.

We flew to the top of the carriage and landed. That's Prine. She's pretty fast.

That's good.

We landed in the middle of the carriage, but strangely enough, we seem to be in the last cabin.

In front of me is a door leading to the guest room. Do I really have to enter from here? It's no use.

Let's go, Prine.
Yes, yes!

We nodded to each other and opened the door.