It was noon with only two days left until the announcement of the stampede by the security team. Stephanie had returned to the first army PT and had attacked the sixty-five levels, and now she was catching the black gate leading to the sixty-sixth level from a distance.

　However, here was a monster that looked like a combination of a loach and a catfish that the Red Demons were also struggling with. The name hadn't been decided yet as Amy hadn't yet appraised it, but 'Live Dungeon! In this case, it was a monster named Borseyeer.

　The borsayer prowls around the Black Gate, which leads to the sixty-sixth level, as if to protect the area near the Black Gate. And the Black Gate is standing in the middle of the terrain surrounded by donut-shaped magma. All around it, bolthayers are prowling around, burrowing into the magma, and you must defeat them.

　The only way to open the Black Gate is if the monster isn't pointing its hostile intent at you, and if it is, the Black Gate will not open. There was a way to open the black gate without being noticed by the Borseier, but Aldrete Crow chose to defeat it honestly.


''I'll handle the jumping at the opening, but everyone should be careful just in case. Then I'll catch it with a summoned beast and make that guy come out of that circle. After that, it's just a matter of getting out of the circle. Will it be okay like that?
'Well the two of you tanks, please try to avoid getting dropped by the magma as much as possible. And because of the lava bullets, it would be helpful if you were aware of your position so that you don't put your allies behind you. Of course, we'll be aware of that too.
Yes, sir.


　The Bittman and Tank women nodded at Stephanie's words. Luke watched in amazement as Stephanie openly expressed her opinion to the two tanks. It was because before she was the kind of person who felt inferior to the PT members and wouldn't voice her opinion unless asked for it.


'Stephanie. You've changed a lot, haven't you?　And the atmosphere.
...why are you asking me?


　Sauva is taking care of his great black sword while responding to Luke's earfuls with a cumbersome response. Since Sauva admires the Red Mage who can handle all weapons, he also practices a number of weapons. The great sword was the least skilled weapon among them, and he could fight sixty-five levels of monsters with it.

　And when everyone was ready, Luke summoned a few goblins and sent them towards the center of the circle. And as soon as the goblins arrived near the Black Gate, the two figures disappeared in an instant.

　A bolt-sayer that looked like a pitch-black serpent slipped out of the magma and popped the goblins in an instant. The remaining goblins fled outside under Luke's direction.

　But in the process, the goblins were swallowed whole by the slippery, slippery Borsayer, who crawled down the slippery slope and swallowed the goblins whole. The two tanks then unleashed a Combat Cry to get some hate on Borsayer, and Stephanie put some protection on the two tanks. Then she hazed Sova as she started to run.

　Borsayer has small, dull eyes and a long, slender beard from the tip of his nose. A long, slender, snake-like body with a red membrane of some sort attached to it.

　Sova comes around behind the Borsayer, who is being caught by the two tanks, and slashes at its black body with his great sword. However, contrary to its mollusk-like appearance, Bolsair's body was quite hard. Besides, there was a slime on its surface, and it felt as if some power was being released.

　The two tanks ducked and ducked while crawling, which is Bolsair's specialty. It's very unlikely that they would be able to receive a body hit while crawling as if sliding, so the two tanks were trying to avoid it.


''Summon (Samon) -- Slime.''


　After inserting the water magic stone into his staff, Luke cast a skill and summoned a slime, a blue slime creature. The slime bounced around and moved toward the bolthayer.

　However, it was crushed by the bolthayer and dared to disappear. The attacking Sova was also having trouble with its hard lava-like shell and the red slime secreting from its skin. Each time it attacked, its thin slimy membrane ripped open and bounced, burning Sova's body in places.


'Heel.'


　Stephanie, who has an area heel in place, sent her heel to Sova while getting in range of it. She then sends a medic to the tank, who continues to avoid the crawling attack and is becoming breathless.


'It wouldn't be wise to avoid them together at the moment!　I thought it would be better to take turns releasing the Combat Cry in turn and taking it in turns!　Bittman!　Can you do it for me?


　Without looking back, Bittman responded to Stephanie's suggestion by raising one hand in a thumbs-up and releasing the Combat Cry again to the Volsayer as he replied. Luke fumbled around in his magic bag, admiring Stephanie's instructions, and pulled out a medium-sized green magic stone and placed it on the ground to accompany his staff.


'Summon (Samon)--Orc.


　The green magic stone on the ground melted out of the ground and split apart with a doldrums and summoned three green orcs with three clubs. Those three orcs followed Luke's instructions and charged at him.

　A summoner is a job that can summon a specific summoned beast based on the size, quality, and nature of the magic stone in addition to mental power. Although the number of monsters that can be summoned is limited depending on the rank of the summoned beast, the ability to summon monsters beyond the boundaries of a five-person PT is a significant advantage.

　However, the Summoner's attack and defense methods are poor, and it consumes magical stones in addition to mental power, so if you don't have the financial resources, it is difficult to operate this card. Summons can be summoned without magical stones, but in addition to consuming a great deal of mental energy, summoners can only summon summon monsters that are not monsters.

　Most summoner-specific monsters are holy beast-like summons that are mainly used for recovery and support. However, their support and recovery abilities do not reach the level of other jobs, and they are only auxiliary to the summoner. By the way, these holy beasts can reduce their mental power consumption by using colorless magical stones.

　In turns, the tanks will take over the Borseyeur's crawling attack, and the orcs summoned by Sova and Luke will attack. Then the bolthayer suddenly went pitter-patter, as if its batteries had run out.


''Break away!''


　A blazing hot wind blew from Borsayer's body. The two tanks dropped back with their hands in front of their faces, and Sova dropped back quickly in response to their voices. The three orcs took the flame-heat and disappeared as particles of light.

　Stephanie released an airblaze over the mouth of the large-mouthed Borthayer while sending her heels flying at the two tanks.

　Borthayer, who had been skidding on the ground trying to swallow the two frightened tanks whole from the flame-hot wind, was frightened by a high key scream as the wind blade hit him head on. In the meantime, Stephanie reapplied her support skills.

　Bolsair slid back and dove into the magma, then quickly came face to face with it.

　Then, shaking the magma from its long beard, Borthayer vigorously spat out a mouthful of reddened rock. The woman's tank, the target of the fast attack, avoided a direct hit but was blown wide open, and the rock fragments hit Bittman's shoulder with such force that he was blown away as well.


'Heel, heel,'


　Stephanie sent her heels flying at the two tanks, but Borsayer recoiled her body and sent a series of lava bullets flying. Bittman moved quickly to avoid the lava bullets falling like a cannonball, but he couldn't avoid the debris and was being chipped away at.

　The heavy knight woman stabbed her large shield into the ground to catch it head on, but she lost her momentum and ended up under the lava shell. Then she was steamed to death by the lava shells which had a high temperature.


'Summon (Samon) -- Wyvern.


　Luke used three green medium magic stones to summon a wyvern and halfway into the magma to turn it toward the bolthayer, which was turning into a fixed turret. Sova also jumped on that wyvern and managed to force it to stop its bombardment.

　The wyvern glides left and right to avoid the lava bullets. Then Sauva jumped off the wyvern on the way and caught the Borsayer in the forehead area with his big sword.

　But Borsayer is unharmed. And he opens his mouth so that his jaw almost comes off. The Wyvern pushes Sauva away. The Wyvern is sucked into Borthayer's mouth.

　The Wyvern is then burned by the lava that floods out of his mouth, and it turns into particles as he screams in agony. Sova frowned at the attack, which didn't get through at all, and planted the great sword in her magic bag and took out her longsword. Even the great sword can use the swordsman's skills, but the longsword is the most useful.


''Enchanted Earth.''


　Sova, who had been enchanted to increase the strength of her sword, held up her longsword and delivered a thrust to her face, but the red slime prevented the longsword from piercing her face.


''Screw this guy!''


　Sauva broke away, frustrated that his attack didn't work. But his long, elastic black beard tangled around Sauva's leg.


'Raise,'


　Stephanie quickly released a raise when she saw that Sova was trapped. A pillar of light shot up into the sky, gathering particles of light to revive those in the tank.

　Borsayer, who was about to drag Sauva into the magma, moved his giddy little eyes and headed in a straight line to Stephanie, who used the Raise. Sauva was still caught by his beard and dragged to the ground by his legs, but he avoided being dropped to his death by the magma.


'Bittman!　I'll need a couple of combat cries, please!
"Combat Cry.
"Summoning a Giant Golem.


　At Stephanie's words, Bittman unleashed his Combat Cry, and Luke began to form a giant earthen human form using the great earth-colored magical stone to protect Stephanie.

　Then the bolthayer plunges into the giant golem in the middle of formation and stops its movement, dropping pieces of rock with a parachute. While there, Sauva slashed at the beard tangled in his leg with his longsword, and Borsayer twisted his body to loosen his beard, as if he didn't want to.

　After escaping from his restraints, Sauva stopped moving and began attacking Borsayer's beard. Borsayer twisted his body as if he didn't like the attack.


'Here!　I'm going to cut you right off!


　When Sauva found a weakness and was about to give further chase, the Borsayer began to bounce his body like a fish washed ashore. Sensing that the attack was working, Sauva gave further chase.

　At that moment, Borsayer used the recoil from the bouncing and jumped up high in the sky.


''Nunn.''


　That voice was Sova's last words. The giant body stomped on him from above and Sova was crushed to death. And the giant rock that had been the giant golem also popped off from the impact, and Luke, who had been hit by the rock's ricochets in his body, was blown away and sank into the magma.

　Stephanie, too, was battered by the rock ricochets all over her body. Bittman was slightly injured, but the woman in the tank who couldn't wear her equipment was holding her stomach in pain.


'Ray ... heel,'


　In the past, it would have been standard practice to use a raise here to attract the Volsayer himself, and then use the opportunity to collect the equipment to the two tanks and have them run away. However, Stephanie healed her own wounds with her heel and then added protection to the two tanks.


'Bittman!　I don't mind drinking the blue potion, so I'll have to ask for that guy in Combat Cry somehow!
Copy that. Combat Cry.


　Bittman gulped down the not-so-tasty blue potion without a care in the world and hit a series of combat cries. Stephanie avoided Borsayer's attacks for about thirty seconds, and then after multiple combat cries, Borsayer finally took his gaze off Stephanie.


'Tank two, please avoid the attacks and Combat Cry all you can!　We'll get you back on your feet!


　The female tanker didn't have time to collect her equipment, so she faced the bolthayer in a single flaxen cloth suit. She poured all the stationary mental power she had just before she died into Combat Cry.

　Stephanie then chanted the Raise twice, about fifty seconds after Sova and Luke had died. With a particle of light, they came back to life, and Stephanie sipped the blue potion as she held her head down.

　The increase in hate in the raise was the highest of all the heel hates, but it was also due to the hate that was earned by the one who brought them back to life further. So if you're in all three roles, you don't earn that much hate if you bring an attacker back to life. That's why Stephanie could bring them back to life with a raise and not be targeted thanks to the two tanks.

　Luke and Sova had thought that they were going to be brought back to life in the guild, and they were stunned to be resurrected in the dungeon with the roaring sound rolling in.


'Huh?'
Mr. Luke!　The equipment is over there. Please hurry!
Yes, yes, yes!


　Luke jumped up as Stephanie hurried him to jump up and head to retrieve his equipment. Sova looked at Stephanie, who was unsure whether to send her heels to the two tanks or manage the hate.


'....Ha!


　After shouting that he couldn't be defeated, Sova put on his equipment and headed for the Borseyeer to cover the two tanks, who were beginning to breathe uncontrollably.

　After that, however, they couldn't find an effective means of attack against the Borseyeur, and despite persisting for several minutes, Aldrete Crow's army of PTs was wiped out.

　The five men with their flaxen garments and magic bags came out of the guild's black gates to be spat out. The five of them pulled out their equipment from the guild's depository and put it on, then sat down at the guild's round table with a sigh of disappointment.

　Then Sova bowed stiffly.


'I'm sorry. I'm sorry, it's my fault. It's not as if the attack didn't work.'
'No, no, I'm sorry too. The giant golem was a bad idea.
'That red slime is a nuisance. It's being used for both offense and defense, so we need to do something about that. From what I've seen, it probably replenishes that slime when it dives into the magma. I'm hoping that somehow we can keep them from diving into the magma.
''Well you certainly dove into magma a few times during the battle. Now it would be interesting to try and cool it down with my summoning (Samon).
'Well the beard should be a clear weakness. I felt a response.
And then there's the mouth. And the airblade seemed to be getting through.


　As she said this, the other PT members stared at Stephanie as she put her hand to her chin and thoughtfully stared at her. Stephanie, who had been thinking for a while, suddenly looked up and noticed that the gaze was focused on her, and she jumped up on her shoulders as if surprised.


'What, what is it?'
'No, Stephanie, that's great. Especially when me and Sova died, I honestly thought it was over, you know? But it was a fight from there, and no, it was awesome.
That's ... thank you very much.
'Stephanie, that was an excellent decision and instruction. Thanks to you, I didn't get lost either.
d*mn it. I'll give you that. But don't get carried away. There's a chance it won't work out so well next time.
Stephanie, you're awesome!


　Stephanie was so confused by the goofy praise from the PT members that she almost said a word of humility, but she swallowed it down.


'Thank you. Now, shall we continue the discussion?
'Oh.....
You're a father?


　Luke mimicked Stephanie's confident expression by squirming and crying, and Sova plunged in quietly.