"Oops!　'Here's Meira's team, get the second object!

　Meira and the others acquired the object and turned on their heels.
　This time, they went straight to the farthest point.
　The time is 30 beats.
　The actual time is 'good time!' and praised the Mayra team.
　However, it was one beat slower than Mayra's schedule.
　The target time was set at 45 beats.
　Preferably 42 and....

　Surely, that time would put me in the top spot for sure.
　I want to make it happen!
　Lasell believed in Meira and selected her to be on the team for the deepest part of the game.
　I want to live up to his expectations.

'Podium, you can pick up the pace,'

'What?　It's possible, but we may not be able to follow through in time.

I don't care. I'll force my way through.

Hmm.....

"?　What's so funny?

'No..... I thought you sounded like Mr. Lacelle.

Huh?

Okay. I'll come along. I'll do my best.

Thank you, Podium.

It's okay. I was going to tell you if you didn't.

Podium....

　Meira's eyes are burning.
　But it's not time to cry yet.
　We haven't won yet.

　The only time to cry is when she won the Kowloon Cup.
　And that was only when he won it all, which Lasell had raised.

　Meira cut the obi cord with her sword.
　The hakama falls neatly off.
　A siphon's traditional burying ritual appears.
　Podium is dismayed.
　But I could tell she was serious.
　The rest of the group seems to be the same.

　Meira picks up the pace.
　Furthermore, the entire party followed suit.

''Meira team, we've picked up the pace!　Fast, fast!　This is fast!　We're going to get under 50 beats!'

　Meira focused on running.
　In the darkness, she ran around while activating the magic of [Detection].
　As much as possible, the other companions also follow along.
　I sniped the demons coming out of the side hole one after another and made a path for Meira.

　Cutting off just a few beats of lag, Meira pushed forward.
　Minimizing the contact with the enemy and limiting it to only the demonic beasts standing in front of her, Podium and the others repeatedly sniped with high precision.

　It was beyond their usual strength.
　In the face of an intractable obstacle, Meira and the others were growing rapidly at this moment.

''I see it!

　Mayra exclaims.

'Time is 40 beats.'

'I can go!　Podium!

　Then, Podium activated multiple 【Strengthening of muscle mass】, 【Rise of leg strength】, and 【Acceleration】.
　The boy's body, strengthened by magic, swelled up.
　The goal is right in front of me.
　There's nothing to hesitate.
　I poured all the remaining magic power into it.

''Ikke ee!!!!

　Soon, Podium pushed Meira back as hard as she could.
　As it was, she flew like a cannonball and closed the distance at once.
　He splashed the demonic beast that appeared from the side and jumped into the innermost zone.

　Meira cut the tape as she fell down.

　But it only takes a moment for her to fall down.
　She quickly got up and checked the results.
　Podium and the others come into the farthest zone as well.

'What's the time!

　I shouted.
　Out of the corner of Meira's eye, there was an image of the [automatic writing] ticking time.
　Seeing the numbers engraved there, Meira and the others were in a state of excitement.

''Meira team, 42 beats!

　The voice of the real world echoed.

'This is a phenomenal number. No question about it, top time. This could have been a done deal.

　Meira and her friends each hug each other and rejoice.

　But they're still fast.
　Dungeon battles aren't just a competition won by the fastest team.
　The four objects and the number of demons defeated would be crucial.

　Meira and the others waited for the announcement of the overall points.
　They held their breath with bated breath.
　Then they heard the points and were astonished.


　◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆


Lacelle!　There are quite a few more demons out there.

　Rowan shouted to me, who was leading the way.
　My former roommate's role is to be a lord (shingari).
　I can clearly see the monster beast chasing after me from behind.

Yeah, I know. I know what I'm doing. I'm just going to draw them away!

That's very creepy.

It reminds me of the Night of the Hundred Demons in my story.

　Cecil and Sheila, flanked by Cecil and Sheila, speak up.

　I look back once more.
　I instruct Salasa.

'Sarasa, can you still go?'

That's all right, Racel.

　I nodded widely.
　An understanding of the situation through 【Future Vision】.
　Furthermore, support while activating 【Appraisal】.
　And then, 【Provocation】.

　This time, Sarasa's burden was greater.
　Even so, she still lived up to my expectations.

　[Provocation]

　Activate the [Scholars (Professor)] magic.
　The demons swarmed.
　As for the demons that become obstacles, Sheila and Cecil at the side beat them down.

　Then, I finally see them.
　An object.
　I hold up my hand.
　The blue ball glowed red.

　This is the object acquisition.

Here it comes!

　Rowan in the back row shouts.

'How old are you?'

I'm looking at about 30.

　That's less than I thought........
　I clicked my tongue lightly.

　We are activating [Provocation] while moving at high speed.
　Probably the slow-footed demonic beasts couldn't keep up with us.
　I see. This is going to be an issue for next year's Nine Dragons Cup.

　There is no time left to reflect and correct it.
　It's about Meira.
　She'll be aiming for 42, not 45.
　She will meet my expectations.
　I have faith in her.

　And so will I.

Okay. Let's do this.

My brother!

Sheila, take care of the rest.

'Yes, sir!　Leave it to me.

Rowan!　Give me a signal!

I get it!

　I activate the magic.
　I concocted the magic as best I could.
　Now, I'm kneading it with the intention of outputting all of my magic power.

　The more I visualize it, the more magical power it expands.
　It brightly illuminates the dungeon.

'Wha, what the heck!　Lacelle player, suddenly began to glow. This is a magical light!　It's unbelievable. I've never seen such an enormous amount of magic that I can see with my eyes before!''

　The voice of the actual event roared out.

　Even the students in the open air were amazed as they watched the images drawn by "Automatic Scribe".

　Back to the dungeon.

　Rowan shouted.

'They're coming!

　I output the concocted magic all at once.
　Activate the magic.

　[Duplicate]

　Advanced magic to duplicate weapons and tools.
　And I used it...

　I pointed it at the demonic beasts.

　There were more than 30 monsters that had come in.
　More and more of them are coming in.
　40, 50, 60....

　The number grew to nearly 70.

''Still Sheila!

Yes!

　My sister's crisp voice echoed through the dungeon.
　The twin fists already held a magical power second only to mine.

　Activate the magic.

　[Earth God, Thousand Blades]

　The magic power that slammed into the ground ran through the ground.
　The moment the strong green light shone, the ground rose up.
　What appeared was a thousand blades.
　The demonic beasts that rushed into the space where the objects were located were skewered one after another.

　Earth attribute annihilation magic.
　The magic, which is said to be of the highest level, flattened nearly seventy demonic beasts in an instant.
　The demonic beasts died without a scream.
　The only thing that could be heard was the sound of drops of blood dripping down.

''Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

　The exclamation of the actual situation echoed in the open air.
　The students who had been watching the video of the [automatic writing] also rolled their eyes and froze.
　There were even students who were uncomfortable with the difference in dimensions too much.

　It was a momentary annihilation drama.

　Not to mention Sheila, who had annihilated 70 demonic beasts.
　Most of the humans were surprised at what Lacelle Singh Stark had done.

''No way.''
A hexenbiest.
Oh..... Now that guy...!


'You replicated a hexenbiest, oh my God!


　I couldn't hear me in the dungeon, but I think I can hear my students' minds.

　I can't help but grin.

''I can't believe it. I didn't expect to use 【Duplicate】 to increase the number of magical beasts. No, I mean... I didn't know that you were able to【duplicate】that's right, a magical beast. I would never think of such a thing.''

　He commented on the actual situation as if it was a cop-out.
　The tone of his voice was low, as if he was surprised and tired.
　At the same time, the announcement of 'Finish' echoed through the dungeon.

　42 beats.

　As I thought, Meira seemed to have lived up to my expectations.

　Finally, the overall score would be announced.
　The voice of the actual person reading it out was trembling.

''A ridiculous number has come out.''

　Eventually, he began to read out carefully.


　Time, 42 beats, 258 points earned.
　4 objects, 400 points.


　And the number of demons killed was announced.

It's an unbelievable number, so listen carefully with your ears wide open. The number of defeats...


　109 bodies.........


''Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

　The crowd cheered as they were played.

''I've been doing the Kowloon Cup live for a long time. I've never seen such numbers!

　The fastest time of all time and the maximum number of defeats.
　And the number of points earned was also the highest score of all time.

　Defeated 109 demons, 545 points earned


　Total Points 1203


You're dreaming, I'm dreaming!　I've never seen more than 1,000 points without bonus points, eh!!!!'

　With the actual performance, the crowd's voltage went up as well.

　On the other hand, when the students saw the scores, their faces turned pale.
　Some of them even lost their will to fight and dropped to their knees.
　Both Iolada from our school and Lyna from Chapter 1 bit their lips without hiding their frustration.

　This was how the dungeon battle of Chapter 5 came to an end.