The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Translator: “Kell” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

Since then, I spent most of my days running around storing up LP . That included eating more bizarre foods and some loving from Emma, Luna-san, Laura-san, Alice, Maria-san, and Elna-sensei . To my surprise, I now had over 10,000 LP!

Even after learning【Courage】, I still had over 9,000 left which was great .

The only problem now was the【Dragon Slayer】skill . There was only five days left before the deadline . We had to go fight it soon . That way, even if we couldn’t retrieve a dragon fang, we’d still have time to hunt for the other materials .

Tomorrow was a day-off so we were finally going to hunt the dragon . The three of us went to the guild to formally accept the quest from Laura-san .

While I was out storing up LP, Emma and Luna-san went around gathering information, even some crucial ones .

「According to an adventurer who encountered it and made it back safely, lightning is effective against it . And it seems to really hate humans . When it sees one, it kills them no questions asked . 」Emma said .

「One of the people I was healing said that even though it’s a dragon it mostly stays on land . Its wings are too small to support its weight so it doesn’t fly much . 」Luna added .

Weak against lightning, hates humans, and moves primarily using its legs . We could now devise a plan with all this useful information . First up was the lightning . Between us three, is there any other lightning-based skills besides my【Purple Lightning】?

To be honest, I felt it wasn’t enough . I was thinking we needed to get something more powerful, but with Emma’s words, I changed my mind .

「Hey, maybe we could try laying a trap . 」Emma said .

「That’s an idea . 」

Attacking wasn’t the only option . For example, I could use the skill【Electrification】on something and utilize that . Master said its effectiveness depends on the materials I used it on . Most stuff would easily break down . Which means we have to choose properly which material to use the skill on .

「It’ll chase us if we run…」

「It’s small for a dragon . What about a pitfall trap?」Luna asked .

「Hmm, yes . 」

「You have an excavation skill, Noir!」Emma exclaimed .

「Just leave the digging to me . 」Noir said .

We proceeded from brainstorming to laying out a more detailed plan . As they say, two heads are better than one . Three, then, would be even better . After a while, we just about finished making the whole plan . The only thing left now was the【Dragon Slayer】skill .

「About the weapon… would a sword or a dagger work?」

「Hmm… I kinda doubt it . 」Emma said .

「Unless you’re competent, it would be better to use a longsword, spear, hammer, or an axe for close combat . 」Luna added .

I wasn’t good with a sword so I’d be going for a spear . We headed to a weapon shop to look for a durable one . After finding one, I bought it . As I was about to imbue it with the【Dragon Slayer】skill, I hesitated . Should I go for a Rank C or a Rank B?

「Either I attack with the spear while you two use magic and guns, or all three of us get spears imbued with the skill . Which one do you think is better?」

For the former, I would choose rank B which would cost me 5,000 LP . For the latter, I’d go for the rank C for all three of us which would cost 6,000 LP . Plus there was still the LP required for me to imbue the skill on our weapons . I would like to have some extra left for the trap and for contingency reasons .

「Spears I think would be good if we were to charge at it after it falls into the trap . I choose the latter . 」

「Me too! Let’s cheese our way to victory!」

And so we went for the latter option . We bought three spears with long handles then I imbued them with a rank C【Dragon Slayer】 skill . The amount of LP required to imbue it depended on the type of weapon . Creation and imbuing included, I used up around 7,500 LP .

We were now mostly done with the preparations .

「Let us work together tomorrow towards victory . 」Noir said .

「Let’s do our best! By the way, are we going there on Toramaru?」Emma asked .

「Actually, my family needs him as their ride tomorrow . 」

「I’ll get a carriage that can leave first thing in the morning, then . One of the healers is an expert on the matter . 」Luna said .

「Thanks . That would be great . 」

It seemed we’d have no problems with transportation . After parting with them, I went around some food stores in town, mostly looking for fruits and meat . As I was paying for them, I overheard a conversation from a group of boys on my side .

「This is bad, man . I could feel something growing inside me! I might have been a masochist all along!」a guy said .

He told his friends how he was surprisingly aroused when he asked her girlfriend to step on him and abuse him verbally . Basically an obscene topic .

That night, I sat on my bed, contemplating . I’m worried about my LP . There’s only 1,500 left for the battle tomorrow .

*knock knock*

I realized I was knocking on Alice’s door .

「What’s wrong?」

「Do you have a minute?」

「Come in . 」

I stepped into her room, shutting the door behind me . She cocked her head to the side, perplexed, then I told her something completely outrageous .

「Can you step on me?」

「Step… on you?」

「I want you to step on me . Not because it’s my fetish or anything . I need it to get stronger . 」

I was prepared for her to say something like “Gross! You’re crazy!”, but she simply smiled gently .

「I understand . I’m always ready . 」

「I lied down on my back . I glanced at Alice long legs . She was wearing pajamas . 」

「Where do you want me to step on you?」

「Let’s try the stomach first . 」

「Excuse me, then . 」

She stroked my stomach with her toes . She was too gentle so I asked her to not hold back . I felt immense pressure on my belly .

「Next, my chest . 」

I had a bit of trouble breathing from the pressure . She noticed that and relaxed a bit .

「That won’t do, Alice . You must think of me as your sworn enemy . 」

「O-Okay . 」

I was breathing wildly, puffing and panting . I checked my LP but got nothing . Damn it! It’s never easy .

「Step on my face next!」

My cheeks were being squished under her feet . It hurt a bit, but I was certain that the pain was necessary .

「Insult… me . 」

「I can’t . 」

「You can do it . I know you can!」

「…Don’t you feel ashamed asking your sister to do this to you?」

「Augh!」

「This’’ll be our little secret . I can’t possibly tell anyone that my brother enjoys being stepped on by her little sister…」

「Uggh!」

She’s moving to my forehead!

「Any last words?」

「Why do your feet smell good? I don’t understand!」

「I always take good care of them, in case of something like this . 」

「Damn, you really thought things through!」

I would’ve definitely been put off if her feet smelled bad . Thank god for Alice and her paying delicate attention to things .

I got what I wanted . My LP went up to just over 2,000 which raised a very curious question — should I be happy or sad about it?

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The next morning, we met up and left on a carriage . Inside, we hugged each other as some sort of a greeting and I got more LP .

It was already afternoon when we arrived at the foot of Treasure Mountain . We told the driver to wait for us then headed to the soldiers at the entrance . There were only two of them standing guard . The rest seemed to be resting at a nearby cabin .

「Who are you?」

「We want to get into the mountain . 」

We presented our IDs, showing that we had the qualifications necessary to enter . They asked about our purpose so I just straight-up told them that we were going to slay a dragon . Then they burst out in laughter .

「You may be members of Odin, but you’re only C ranks . Plus you’re too young . Nice joke, though . 」

「We can beat it . 」

He changed to a formal attitude, realizing that we weren’t kidding after seeing the looks on our faces .

「I see you’re serious . Then let me explain a few things . We’re not obliged to lend you a hand if you ask for help . We will prioritize our job here, which is to stand watch . Next, you can’t take anything from this mountain with you except for the materials you get from monsters . Lastly, you have to be back by evening . 」

「Roger that . 」

「Good luck . 」

We nodded and began our climb to the mountain with synchronized steps .