Chapter 147 – Visitors From Another Dimension (1)
Contrary to what usually appears in games or movies, we descended from the top of the tower to the first floor.
I couldn’t help it because this place was a tower buried in the ground, but there were things I learned from searching like that.
“Here. I think the roof was right at the time of design.”
Fran, who looked around the room with a good eye, said.
This place, which the investigators arbitrarily called the first floor, was said to have been a rooftop, at least when it was just built. I don’t know because I don’t have an eye for it, but it must be because our franc says so.
Dana sighed briefly as she looked inside the mess the advance party had made.
“It’s very overturned. I expected it.”
On the first floor of the tower—I decided to call it the first floor for convenience—there was nothing in order. Since the investigators did not know the value of the item, they took it by ripping and breaking it at random.
Places that passed through the hands of violent people from another world usually had this shit.
In fact, Dana felt resentment over the loss of research materials, not over the destruction of the ruins. As the skinny man used to say while maintaining his form, exploration and damage in the modern world are one and the same.
“It would be a waste of time to keep going around here.”
After a rough look around the first floor, we came to such a tentative conclusion.
Since the building was designed as a tower from the beginning, there would be no secret exits or hidden spaces leading to the inside.
“Things that didn’t have the courage to move on to the next floor must have been disturbed. At least, if you don’t go to a place where people haven’t touched it and look for data, you’ll end up buying artifacts you missed with your research funds.”
“It’s difficult to use a small budget for that. Great. Do what you say.”
The client, Dana, agreed with my opinion, so we went down the stairs in search of the tower.
It’s good to find the historical value of the tower, but first of all, you can do it after securing the relic first. The guys who came to pick up the relics wouldn’t be interested in history.
That was when I came down the stairs and arrived at the second floor.
“——Wait, stop.”
Fran raised her hand and gave a stop sign.
Fran put her hand on her ring and raised her mana. Blue mana strengthened the rune of the mithril ring.
The effect of the ring that strengthens the five senses was activated more strongly and used like a radar. It is the rogue Fran’s job to locate the enemy. We waited patiently.
After concentrating for about a minute, Fran opened her eyes and spoke softly.
“It’s footsteps. A hard, irregular sound… It looks like a cloven-toed creature is approaching.”
“What about the numbers?”
“Even if you listen roughly, there are more than 10.”
With that said, we regrouped according to our positions. Dana and I are the front line, Fran and Lalilura are the lieutenants, and Tyrsi is the rear.
-Occipital. Laryngeal.
Strange footsteps that can only be expressed in words!
A single monster appeared from the doorway of the spacious room.
“——Korororok.”
Exactly as the skinny bastard described!
It was like a bipedal scarab with hair growing between its carapace. Its hands were pincers that opened left and right like the jaws of a stag beetle.
The other party members didn’t say it, but they all looked upset at the monster’s repulsive appearance. Still, I raised my spear, feeling relieved at the wide space I encountered with the enemy.
“Tsbalom, come and see. Why do you look like that?”
I was hoping for an answer. I thought I could interpret it with my translation skills.
However, the young bugs showed inorganic hostility toward us, befitting insects.
“──Korororororolak!!!”
─Doo-doo-doo! A monster from another world rushing!
In line with that, several more appeared where the light of the lantern couldn’t reach! 1 baby Sipal. The Merchant Guild guys I entered earlier managed to avoid them.
I held the spear with a long blade like the sword of the blue dragon and the moon.
“〈 Enchant 〉, Golden Sun’s breath.”
─Rest.
The rune of ᚨ (Ansuz) engraved on the tip of the spear enhances the effect of 〈Burning Hand〉.
A dark space and super-large carnivorous insects attacking from there!
It was a switch that stimulated my trauma. If it wasn’t for the fact that I met Fran and Tircy, it’s a memory I want to forget.
──But I am no longer the me at that time.
“I’ll be your Cesco.”
I threw down a spear that burned golden flames like a flag at the flying insect with its mouth wide open.
“Koroaaaaa lifes —!!”
─Perseok!!
A spear of golden flame shattered the hairy insect’s claws.
Do you know what is the most efficient way to get rid of pests?
It is toothpaste and fire. Fluorine and fire, which are effective in disinfecting filth, dealt special damage to living-filth-like insects.
Yahweh cleansed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone, but I will cleanse this nest of worms with flame and spear!
“Cororoaaaaak—!!”
─Perfect! Quick!
The mithril spear wielded with the power of beast return defeated the insect monsters.
Insects that break the cob like moths to the fire!
I didn’t know how to properly deal with these insect-type monsters because I thought they could only be found in Azteca, where there are many jungles.
But don’t bugs always say that you just have to smash their heads and kill them for confirmation!
Even the janitors can take down beehives by themselves with a lighter and an F-killer, so there’s no reason I can’t kill them with a Fire-Mithril Spear!
“Ha… Fuck. Ever since I started talking about bugs, I thought it was going to suck.”
Dana sighed and clenched her gauntlet-clad fist.
I didn’t know it well before, but now that I can feel mana, I can tell. The mana flowing under the gauntlet.
It didn’t appear outwardly like the return of the beast. Still, some kind of buff that additionally strengthened the body was working.
“Coruaaaaa!!!”
“Don’t open your mouth, it’s disgusting!!”
─Break!! Insects whose heads are bursting with merciless punches! When bodily fluids or something splashed on her body, Dana frowned.
“Ah!! It’s going to be so fucking creepy!!”
Without hiding her displeasure, Dana battled the monster head-on.
The punches filled with annoyance were fierce. Occasionally an insect attack landed on Dana where she wasn’t wearing her armor, but Dana was disgusted and showed no signs of pain.
I broke the insect’s head with a spear and giggled.
“Oh, our eyes are still fucking strong!”
“Fuck, don’t make me talk! I’m afraid it will splash in my mouth!”
“Heh. Sorry about that.”
From what I’ve heard from the skinny, these guys aren’t poisonous.
Even if it was a ball, there was Dana who could use detoxification magic, and she brought an antidote potion made with magic. I didn’t have to worry.
“Ugh!!”
With a flowing movement, Dana let go of the bug’s attack and struck him down, breaking his neck. No matter how big a bug is, it will be difficult to move after nerves are destroyed.
─That’s right.
In the tower where the melee broke out, Fran was the fastest.
When Fran was able to use mana, he actively used his nimble movements and physical strength. Fran threw the knife in his hand. The bugs that were aiming for a kill angle from behind were stopped when a knife was stuck in their thighs.
─Shukakak!
Fran knelt down and cut the insect’s body with the knives in both hands. As strength and speed were added to his exceptional dexterity, it was a blink of an eye for the insect to divide into its head, chest and belly.
Fran, who tested the enhanced movement in real combat, stepped back with a frown.
─Puff!
The reason was the same as Dana. Even with Fran’s skill, it seems difficult to stop the blood from splattering.
“Everybody~? They’re not very strong guys, so stay back!”
Ralilura said refreshingly, and Ringling activated Unit 3.5.
The puppet that caught the bug put a finger that had the ability to fire 〈 Magic Missiles 〉 to its chest. It fired like mana was pumping, bursting her torso.
“Rotten. I want to support from the rear. Sorry.”
After seeing that, Dana returned to her role as a healer. She must have done it because she was going to be showered with bug bodily fluids back and forth in that attack after fighting in front.
Thanks to the flames, I was less worried about bodily fluids splashing, so I freely practiced spearmanship, feeling relieved at the level of the monsters who were weaker than expected. Thanks to the relaxed battle, it even makes me think of other things.
‘Was the spear such an easy weapon to use?’
I thought there would be little room to wield the spear in a melee, but the power and range of the spear prevented the bugs from approaching.
As the limbs of those who attacked were sliced like butter, even the bugs who did not know fear hesitated to approach.
‘I really like it. I should have turned it into a spear long ago.’
The spear was the best weapon to use the spacing control ability learned from several real battles. It was also a big help that the party members supported the battle line.
‘Is it because it’s made of mithril? The power of the spear itself is amazing.’
It was on a different level from using a steel sword that was supplied as a supply in college to holding a weapon covered with high-quality materials.
─Stand up!
A spear that blows away both of the insect’s arms and pierces its head! Even when it was covered in bodily fluids, its sharpness did not fade in the slightest.
It was the thrill of cutting paper with old scissors and switching to new ones.
‘Still, stabbing is difficult to use in melee.’
After penetrating, it’s like a burden on the weapon, so it’s hard to stab it. I checked the battle situation and used my superhuman strength to swing the spear with all my might.
─It’s bitter!
The necks of the two worms flew at once.
If the war situation was dangerous, he planned to use magic, but it seemed like he could fight with the feeling of real combat and training. If you keep going down to the 3rd and 4th floors, you won’t have time to do this. Let’s invest a little more skill practice in this gap now.
“Corrrr.
─Puuong!!
The last one exploded after being hit by 〈 magic arrow 〉 cannon. Lingling 3.5 threw away the bug that had become a mop. Dana whistled at the power.
“The piloting skills are amazing, but the output from the puppet is amazing. Ralilura, are you really from the circus? Isn’t it an adventurer or a magician’s guild?”
“Aha♡! Yes? Awesome, right? Is this all thanks to the good core you received from your seniors~?”
Lalilura held the thread of 〈 Puppetry 〉 and gave me a provocative smile.
“Huheung. Senior~♡? Bet, you haven’t forgotten, have you?”
Bet? Oh right. I forgot. But I couldn’t even say that, so I decided to nod her head.
“The current score is 6 for me and 4 for seniors? Whoops. The difference has already widened! In return for sharing the core with me, can I pass on about 10 of them to you?”
“Oh, thank you. Then I have 14 and you have 6?”
When I simply accepted the concession, Larry Lura opened her mouth slightly and was dumbfounded. Hehe. You still don’t know my personality, Larilura?
“… Senior. At times like this, aren’t you usually bluffing and saying it’s okay? Do you want to beat me like that?”
“Uh. I want to win.”
This is to absolutely prohibit the mention of a proposal. He made a concession saying he liked it first, so why should I decline!
Of course, you might think it’s funny how a guy who calls himself a forager gets concessions from women. If it had been me four years ago, I would have said that.
However, I am a forager of another world, not a forager of the earth.
Being a forager in another world was a concept that existed somewhere between gender equality and machoism.
Therefore, there is no shame in my remarks!
“… Heh, huh? What the hell would you like to ask me for?”
Larry Lura couldn’t close her open mouth at those words and then turned her body back. ─Tok tok. The tips of her toes hit her floor reluctantly.
“Is this part of the operation? I’m not going to disturb my composure with just these words?”
“Whether or not I already have a 2x lead?”
“Huh. A difference of 10 dogs is yes, because if you fight 5 times, you can quickly reverse it, right? Just wait and see☆!”
“Don’t overdo it to win the bet.”
“Yes~♡! That’s why safety comes first.”
Larry Lura bit her tongue and agreed with a charming smile.
─Booooong.
Then the corpses of the bugs we defeated began to disappear as if they had been reverse summoned. Is it a creature summoned from another world, so when it dies, it returns to its original place?
“Whoa. Shit, is it fortunate among misfortunes?”
Thanks to the evaporation of bodily fluids splashed on her body, Dana wiped her chest.
Having won an overwhelming victory in the first battle, we continued our search for the second floor.
