Tsutomu and his PTs had been hunting for nearly three hours for the monsters that appeared in the passage at the 96th level. After hunting various monsters and retrieving the magical stones of each attribute, Tsutomu called out to the others when he had gone around the donut-shaped passage three times.


''Let's see if it's like this. Amy and Xeno, go north, and Garum and Amira, carry this to the south.''
Tsk.
I'm sorry to put you through the wringer. You'll have to forgive me, I'm sure you'll do it with a flourish from now on.


　Amira, who hadn't been told anything until now to prevent any information leaks, clicked her tongue with the cold eyes of a rebellious daughter, but she was reluctant to follow the instructions. The other three understood this and didn't seem particularly bothered by it, but they seemed to have been warmed by Amira's attitude.

　The ninety-sixth level was 'Live Dungeon! It's a stress-relieving donkey festival place. That's what the management has designed it to be, so let's give the dragons outside a magic stone and kill the monsters anyway!　It was clear that it was intended to be

'Live Dungeon!' In the first level, you will be given five minutes to fight against monsters to accumulate magic stones, then you will be divided into two groups: one group to eradicate the attacking monsters by using dragons that can fill up with magic stones, and another group to procure magic stones from the passage to defend the old castle so that it will not decrease its durability.

　If you use defense weapons and procure magic stones quickly, you will be able to capture the battle easily and efficiently, and the rewards are delicious. In those days, Tsutomu made sure to turn it around at least once a day.

　However, in this world, there was no such thing as an announcement to defend an old castle, or perhaps it was because there was no such thing as a monster invading from the outside after five minutes. Tsutomu noticed this the first time he went under the sea, and as a result of his investigations while hiding information, he discovered that no outside monsters would appear unless the magic stone came into contact with the dragon. After that, he broke through the 96th level while trying not to give out any information and used it to stop Aldrete Crow.

　But now that he had already served as a stall, Tsutomu let the magic stones he had accumulated for three hours be carried to the north and south to prepare for a perfect defense. ''Live Dungeon!'' In this world, it is difficult to break through unless there is a group of people who understand the process, because you have to secure the magical stones at the same time as defense. However, in this world, they don't have a five-minute time limit to bring in the magical stones, so they can accumulate and release magical stones as much as they want.


(I'm feeling like a tyrannical dragon.)


　Recalling the tyrannical dragon of yesteryear, Tsutomu had Amy and Zeno earnestly take the magic stone out of the magic bag and fill it up by pressing it directly onto the stone statue of the dragon, which was breathing as if it were alive. Then, while explaining to Amy, who was familiar with the God's Eye, that this was the same kind of thing, he had her actually move it around as she wanted and release a ball of fire using the magic stone of fire at the monster that had begun to appear outside in a puff.

　The way the dragon's stone statue was handled was the same as the Eye of God, and since it moved with respect to our clear intentions, Amy learned how to control it without difficulty. Since Zeno is also good at controlling the Eye of God, we left the rest to the two of them to use this dragon to intercept the monsters outside, and headed towards Amira and the others.

　When they arrived towards the south to bypass the outside of the old castle on the fly, Amira, who looked slightly surprised by Tsutomu who flew in, immediately returned to her sullen expression and pointed outside.


''What's going on, there's a bunch of monsters coming from outside. Do you want to go down and fight?''
No, that's the one we're going to intercept. Can you follow me for a minute?


　Even with Tsutomu's words, Amira still didn't lose her suspicious look, but once she learned that she could control the dragon's stone statue after receiving the explanation of the ninety-sixth level, she operated it for a while as if she were enjoying an attraction. But when he got bored of that, he returned with a subtle look on Galum's behalf.


''Are you saying you're going to use that to slay the monsters?''
Yes.
Well, I don't like it, but I don't really like it.
'Hmm, well, it's certainly more like a slaughter than a battle, so it might not be suitable for Amira. If that's the case, there's a chance that Amy and the others will have to fight directly with more and more monsters, so can you go and cover us?
Yeah, I'll do that.


　When he said that, Amira turned into a dragon and sprouted red wings and quickly flew away with the aid of her fly. Then, as Garum and the dragon took over the controls of the dragon and burned the monster with a flaming ball, Garum looked at the invading horde from outside with a divine look on his face.


''At this rate, though, we're going to be invaded by numbers. The scale will continue to increase, won't it?'
Oh, I'll be fine about that. I'm going to level up soon.


　As he said this and continued to incessantly release the ball of fire, the dragon's stone statue began to change. The horns that were growing out of its head cracked and began to change color as if it had been burned to crimson. At the same time as that change occurred, the fireball that was fired increased in size, and what was previously on a scale that could barely engulf a few bodies became something that could engulf ten. Garum was horrified by the sudden increase in size of the fireball.


'All the experience of the monsters outside is being sucked out by this dragon, but it will grow and become stronger in return. Now if we can just repeat the process, we can handle the hordes that will come later, the dimensions.


　If they couldn't figure out the specs of being able to control it as well as the Eye of God and leveling it up, this dragon would be reduced to a glorified defense weapon. Aldrete Crow was trying to get by with just the explorer as before, and since he hadn't been able to figure out the specifications of this dragon, he hadn't been able to use it as well.

　But once you've steadily defeated the monsters and completed the first level up, the rest of the game is a breeze to defeat. Then I occasionally take over for Garum to check on Amy and the others to make sure there are no problems, while steadily raising the level of the dragon.

　The dragons that used to look like moving stone statues transformed into powerful forms over time, and the scale of their attacks changed to a frightening degree.


''Nagiharae!''


　Along with Tsutomu's distracted voice, the dragon unleashes a pure magic cannon, twisting its neck as it is and releasing a white ray of light to reappear. Thousands of monsters were obliterated at once by that attack, and Tsutomu and Garum's hair fluttered from the impact.


''........Awesome.''
'Maybe Corina and the others' PT would be even more awesome. This hierarchy was pretty well understood by all three of us.


　Leleia and Diniel were above slaughter, and Daryl was also very serious, so he would carefully level up his dragons. Tsutomu continued to use the dragon to slaughter monsters while imagining Corina saying, "Whew........

　And when he decimated the army of monsters, which the explorers couldn't hold very well alone, the dragon also disappeared at the same time and a black gate appeared in its place. After that, he joined up with Amy, a joke who pretended to be a commander, and they proceeded to the 97th level.