The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

　I want to become stronger . Because without strength one might be unable to protect people important to him .

　I became conscious of that but the essence does not change suddenly . I am a coward by nature so training methods that require to tread between life and death are simply scary for me .

　So I guess that makes a steady LP raising the best shortcut .

　When I get up in the morning, I first knock on Alice’s room door . Since she already woke up, I seek a hug .

「Good morning . 」

「G-Good morning . You are assertive today . 」

「I thought that a proactive approach might be necessary . 」

「That’s great . It would be even better if you were to take a defensive stance to everyone except me . 」

　Alice, that is impossible . Anyway, it’s important to steadily increase LP . I also hugged mother in the living room, fluffed Toramaru’s fur and ignored father .

　While I was thinking if I should go to the hidden dungeon today, father abruptly said .

「By the way, this morning a blonde haired girl came looking for Noir . 」

「Who was it?」

「I missed my chance to ask . When I said that you are still sleeping she left right away . Will come again, was what she said . 」

　Going from her features I feel like that was Layla-san .

「Good morning . 」

　Talk about the devil, her voice was already coming from the front door, so I fixed my bed hair and headed there .

「So it really was Layla-san . 」

　And her younger brother Nell-kun also came along .

「Sorry for coming so suddenly . Since I heard from my younger brother where your house is I came for a visit . 」

「Not a problem, it’s a small house, but come in . 」

「No, I have a job after this . I just wanted to thank you first . 」

　For the incident with the mysterious thief Phantom, I am the one who wants to say thanks . When I tilt my head wondering what might it be about she speaks excitedly .

「My younger brother, after that he strangely stopped encountering bad situations . Noir-san, didn’t you tell us about【Misfortune】 . It’s not that I was doubting you, but it was true after all . 」

　Since I destroyed skill【Misfortune】 Nell has returned to his proper state . Nell-kun also bows with a smile .

「Thank you, very much . 」

「That’s good . That guy who was bullying you was the reason for it, but since I destroyed his skill as well you don’t have to worry . 」

「Oh boy, this is the first time we were treated with such kindness after coming here . 」

　Perhaps, Layla-san, who was so thoughtful of her brother, got overcome with emotion, but she became teary-eyed .

「I want to thank you somehow . 」

「Can you teach me how to fight from time to time?」

「Of course! You being from a rival guild is a bit that… But let’s get along . 」

「Please take care of my sister . 」

　I really would like to get along, even Nell-kun asked me to .

　After the two of them left, I went to the town, found a shop selling harpoons and made a purchase . It was hard to find and expensive, but it was necessary .

　After preparations were all in order, I traveled to the hidden dungeon .

　First, I skillfully hunt golden slimes on the 1st floor and

「Is this all of them?」

「Kappuuyaaaa . 」

「Whooa?!」

　I retreat with a back-step . Because liquid containing strong acid was falling from the ceiling . I was surprised that a slime was stuck there .

　I calmly attack with【Purple lightning】and electrify it to death . There also were smart types? In a dungeon, as time goes by, monsters will appear, it seems that occasionally unique specimen will appear as well .

　Previously a boss-like one appeared .

　Being mostly done with hunting I head to master Olivia .

『Cuuuuuuuuuuurse upon yooooou . 』

「…」

　Oops . it seems that the master is going berserk . I turn around and prepare to leave .

『Don’t leeeeeave!　 Don’t gooooooooo . 』

「Master, today you are in an even stranger mood than ever . 」

『Because Noir-kun doesn’t come to see me, Olivia went crazy, ooooooh . 』

　Master went crazy even before we met… No, this, I must not say no matter what .

「I want your advice . The 9th floor is filled with water, so I’m unable to explore it for a prolonged period of time . 」

『Take branchial respiration . 』

　So with【Create】I can make even that sort of thing . After I checked it in hurry I realized that it was teacher’s joke . Because it required thirty million LP .

「That is too expensive!」

『Nahaha~, because that’s basically like quitting being human . 』

「So you are teasing me? I am seriously troubled . I want to catch something there . Because I am opening a shop selling rare materials . 」

『The plan is progressing smoothly, I see . Well, then I recommend taking【Diving】and【Null Breathing】』

　I had about 7000 LP at the moment so I can easily afford both .

　Diving……500

　Null Breathing……1000

　If I take them I will get better at diving and will be able to stay underwater without breathing for longer .

『By the way, for how long you can dive right now?』

「Two minutes… No, about three minutes is the limit . 」

『Supported by skills you will be able to go for 20 minutes, I think . But you shouldn’t overdo it . 』

　Support from skills was stronger than I expected which filled me with excitement .

『By the way, I could easily dive for more than two hours . 』

「A monster . 」

『How rude to say that to a beauty . But since it’s Noir-kun I guess I’ll forgive you . You can’t wait to test it out, right?』

「As expected from master . You can easily read my sentiments . I’ll be going!」

『Break a leg . 』

　Using the portal skill I arrive at the 9th floor . Arriving inside water right away is still something I cannot get used to .

　First I make sure I have no problem with breathing . Yeah, I can feel a lot of leeway . But as master advised, let’s not overextend .

　First, check the stairs leading to the 8th floor . I won’t be able to use movement-type skills for a while, so when I won’t have enough air I’ll use the stairs .

　However, the water is as clean as always and has a lot of fish .

「Cobocobobobo（What is that?!）」

　A mysterious fish with a red head, blue in the middle, and a yellow tail was smoothly swimming around . I took out a harpoon that I prepared and tried to stab it .

　Oh, I got it rather easily . In front of my eyes, other unusual fishes were swimming as well, so I try to catch them . As could be expected, they escape .

　The depth was considerable and there was bad visibility down below . I was a little scared so I will swim on top . Nonetheless,【Diving】is nice as well . I’m glad that I can dive better .

「Oh?」

　There is a fish that was only bones! About thirty centimeters, swimming alone . Or rather, it was heading right here . Looking closely there are fangs in its mouth… It is open…

　It intends to eat me, huh . It doesn’t seem strong, but I appraise it just in case . It’s called Bone Fish, level 12 . No skills .

　I try to stab it with the harpoon head on . Avoided . As expected, in the water it was faster than me . …Where did it go?

　CHOMP . When I thought that I have lost sight of it, it bit my ass . It hurts, but it’s not unendurable . I grab it by hand and snap .

　I won too easily . Though it was broken it’s still valuable so I store it . I still have enough breath, but let’s go back to the stairs .

「Zeーhaー, suーhaー . 」

　I take a breath and a breather on the surface . Clothes were heavy with water .

　At the moment there are no strong enemies so I will dive deeper next time . I’ll be happy if there are treasure or stairs… But as experience tells it won’t go all that smooth .