My name is Hakua.
　I'm a dragon of the White Dragon species.

　I'm very strong. By the way, it's hard for me to move around in dungeons as a dragon, so I usually take on human form.

　I'm in charge of this dungeon under the orders of the Creation God, the most powerful god in the world.

　Originally, the red dragon's grandfather was the dungeon master, but he was defeated by a brave man about a hundred years ago.

　It seems that it was Uncle Red Dragon's job to be defeated by a brave man. The raison d'etre of this dungeon is to make the brave man stronger.

　Of course, my uncle didn't lose on purpose. He fought the brave man with all his might and still lost. The brave man said he was strong.

　By the way, my uncle was defeated, but God the Creator brought him back to life and he now serves God the Creator. It's a great honor for the dragon tribe to serve the God of Creation directly.

　There was no administrator left in this dungeon, so God the Creator chose me to be the next administrator.

　I don't have much of a job as an administrator, though. I place the demons spontaneously generated from the dungeon's mana at each level, give orders to the demons under my command to put items into treasure chests, and so on...

　Oh, it's also my job to occasionally go out of the dungeon to scout out strong-looking monsters and hexenbiests and place them as the boss of each level.

　I prepared for the next brave person to come at any time. But it seems that normal adventurers can't get into this dungeon, so I'm very busy.

　Demons need to be defeated to keep the number of monsters from growing beyond a certain number. But there's no one to defeat them, so no new monsters are created.

　Then, I don't have to do any work to place the monsters. Of course, the contents of the treasure chest won't be reduced, so the chest will stay that way forever.

　By the way, treasure chests are enchanted to prevent the contents from deteriorating, so if you put in a new one, it will stay new until the time the brave man gets the contents. Isn't that great?

　Well, it's all thanks to the power of the Creator God.

　I've been bored, and I have a lot of free time on my hands.
　Until today.


　Today, for the first time in a long time, I felt a sign of a human entering this dungeon. I'm a little excited. It's my first job.

　I wonder if he'll make it to the last layer?

　If you come this far, you'll take on the form of a dragon and say, "Guhahahahaha, welcome to the world, brave man! Now, defeat me and conquer this dungeon" - that's what I dream of saying.

　To be honest, I'm much stronger than the red dragon uncle. Even among the dragon tribe, I was called a child prodigy.

　However, when he was revived by the Creation God, his existence was raised to that of a divine dragon, so I don't think he can win now.

　Still, I'm much stronger than my uncle when he was a dungeon master, so there's no way I could lose to a human.

　The fact that I'm in this dungeon means that at least the King of the Beastmen's Land (Bestieth) has recognized my power, so I have some hope for you.

　Now, let's see what you've got.


　Yeah.

　...........

　Wait, wait!

　Wait, wait, wait, wait!

　The first layer of goblin fighters were killed in the blink of an eye. Well, I wasn't surprised by that.

　The problem was that they barely got sidetracked from the second level to the fifth level and went straight to the boss's room, killing all the bosses in the blink of an eye!

　And without ever setting foot in the boss's office...

　What the hell?
　The bosses of the fifth level are warwolves.

　They move really fast, you know?
　Dozens of them coming at you in perfect coordination?

　I fought them too when I brought War Wolf to this dungeon as a boss, but I had a lot of trouble....

　And now they're attacking this dungeon, and they wiped them out with just a few magic shots.

　That's impossible.
　What the hell is that attack speed........

　I am now operating the terminal in the master room of this dungeon with a sense of unease. This terminal can check the information about monsters and people in the dungeon. Only the dungeon master can use it.

　As a result of checking them with the terminal...


　Let me guess, level 250?
　Are you saying that Tina...

　I knew it! That's the same half-elf who walked through this dungeon a hundred years ago!

　And why is it coming back!

　I was surprised that the half-elf named Tina, who once cleared this dungeon, had come again, but that wasn't all.

　What, what's going on?
　Besides Tina, there are three others who are over level 100....

　A wise apprentice human race, a dragonoid, and that woman...

　A nine-tailed fox?

　Why is a disaster coming to this dungeon with a human?

　I don't know what you mean.

　And then...


　Huh?　This Human Halt he's a level 1.

　One of the human race was a level 1 man.

　

　While they were thinking about this, they had reached the sixth level of the boss room.

　Ah, they're attacking!

　Level 1 Halt, along with Tina and the others, were attacking the sixth layer bosses, Mahnome and a demon named Killenou. But...

　Oh, I knew it was just Tina's attack. And Halt's level hasn't gone up.

　You can't damage a mahonome with a level 1 magic attack power, so you'll never get any experience.......I feel bad for you.

　A group of abnormal forces were attacking us and it was scary, but Halt's presence made me feel better. Hurt was a level 1, but he and Tina and the others, who were level 250, were trying their best to cast magic. I was kind of soothed by the way Hurt was working so hard.

　At this rate, we're going to get to the last layer today, right?　That would mean I'd have to fight Tina as hard as I could, but I wouldn't want to involve Hurt if possible.

　The aftermath of the fight alone could kill a level 1 Halt. And if his level doesn't go up at all, he probably won't be able to get a party together.

　Then there's a chance that he won't be able to recover from his friends if he gets injured, right?

　So I'm going to let Hurt go before the battle starts.

　And when I let him go, I'll have to advise him to defeat monsters of the right level to raise their levels.

　Don't be fooled into thinking that you can become stronger by following a strong person! You have to work hard and become strong enough to protect yourself...


　***

　I want to punch myself for thinking such a stupid idea.

　Hurt was... no, Mr. Hurt was a very powerful man.

　He's a hell of a man.

　To be honest, I think he's even more of a monster than Tina.

　I mean, aren't Tina Elnor and Halt Elnor married?

　How can a mere level 1 human race be married to a level 250 half-elf?

　Yeah, Master Hurt wasn't just a human being.

　A real monster.


　Because he created a hundred magical knights who were at the delicate level of being able to win even if I fought them with all my might.

　How is that possible?
　If there are three of them, let alone a hundred, I'm going to lose.

　The hundred knights overran the eighth layer.
　In a few minutes, the monsters on the eighth layer were wiped out.

　And those knights formed a line in front of the boss's room on the eighth layer.

　While I was watching the scene on the terminal in the master room, I received a call from the 8th level boss ogre.

　"Help me...".

　With the help of the Creator God, the bosses at each level of this dungeon can be resurrected even if they are defeated. But that's only if they have the will to live.

　If a boss is defeated and is satisfied with the life he had before, or if he despairs of the life he has afterwards, he cannot be resurrected, even if he is the boss.

　The Ogre said that if he was attacked by those hundred knights, he would easily give up on life.

　You can't blame them for that.

　I think I'm the same way.


　That's why I've decided to surrender to Master Halt.