The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 136

Chapter 136

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Weasalopes”

On Sunday morning I help with Rare Shop .

I put for sale raw materials that I gathered from goblin thieves and monsters that I defeated in the dungeon . There are also magic herbs and the ingredients from monsters hunted by Toramaru .

I can also use alchemy, so it might be a good idea to transmute something and put in on sale as well .

The sales seem to be good lately, so the clothes father and mother are wearing keep upgrading day by day . They even began wearing furs . Even though it’s so hot outside……

「Then, Toramaru, I’m going back . I leave the rest to you . 」

『Yes, be careful . 』

After saying goodbye to Toramaru, who by now became quite good with attracting customers, I returned home .

I decided to increase my LP while having a meal .

I have 【Gold to LP Conversion】 and 【Item to LP Conversion】, but the former is only for emergency use, I wouldn’t use it normally .

I mean, 1 LP = 100,000 ria after all .

My savings currently amount to several dozens of millions ria, but even if I converted all of them, it wouldn’t give me even 1000 LP .

If I use it, then only at times when I have no means of LP replenishment and still need it .

The current LP is 3400 .

I used up some of it during the recent 【Create】, but with hugs and kisses with Emma, I steadily kept regaining it .

For conversion, I will use items .

The octopus killing harpoon served me well on the underwater floor, but since then the frequency of its use is pretty low .

With good condition and S skill attached I can get 2800 LP from it . No hesitation – conversion .

「Converting weapons with skills might be not a bad idea . 」

And then again, there is alchemy, I definitely can now do a lot more .

……I wonder who is that? A loud voice is coming from the other side of the garden .

「I came to play!」

「I, as well, came for（lewd）plays!」

「Did you just say lewd?!」

「Eeh, did I?」

The voices were too familiar, so I went outside, and as expected, it turned out to be Emma and Laura-san . I asked them what’s going on, and both said that they came to see me .

And by chance, run into each other .

「Well, come inside . I’ll make tea . 」

Leading them to the living room I make black tea . I also offer them sweets purchased by father . Both of them happily clasped their hands .

「Ah, how about this as well? A boiled grasshopper, mother made it . 」

「……I, I’d pass on it this time . 」

「Me too… Though many of auntie’s dishes are delicious, some of them…… Well…」

And sometimes she makes gross mistakes . Well, though I found the grasshopper to be pretty delicious .

So the three of us had some casual talk while eating sweets . The girls kept talking about all sorts of things, so it was hard to stick to a single topic .

From the father getting more recognition after becoming rich to who is dating who in the Odin .

After about one hour passed, Laura suddenly stood up, as if realizing something .

「Oh no! I didn’t come to Noir-san for something like this . It was to help you with saving Olivia-san . 」

「Olivia? What do you mean?」

「Sorry, I didn’t explain it to Emma yet . 」

I briefly explained my current situation .

Since the master is suffering, I want to save her . So for that, I want to reach the 15th floor .

「I will help as well! What do I have to do?」

「Yes, yes, Emma-san, please leave that for some other day . Today is my turn . 」

Having said that, she grasped my hand and tried to leave the room with me . Probably getting some kind of a guess, Emma grabbed my other hand, stopping us .

「Wait, I don’t know what you are about to do, but do that here . 」

「Oh, really? Then, excuse me . 」

Then, Laura-san put on me a blindfold that she prepared beforehand .

Not being able to see anything makes me a bit nervous . I feel something warm on my cheeks . She is probably touching me with her hand .

「Please, relax . No need to be afraid . It’s just a method to gain LP that I thought up . Emma-san, will you do it as well?」

「Y-yes . I don’t get it, but I’ll try . 」

Looks like Emma will participate as well . First, the rules .

They will hide a cookie somewhere on their bodies, and I will have to find it in 30 seconds .

Of course, I can’t use my eyes, so I will have to rely on other senses .

False guidance with words also seems to be allowed .

If I can’t find a cookie in time it’s their win, which will be followed by a penalty . For penalty, the girls can thoroughly touch a part of my body of their choice .

Though I feel like it hardly counts as a penalty .

「Then, let’s start!」

The game started with a signal from Laura-san .

*Pic goes here?*

I’ll skip the details, but cookies were hidden in pretty risky places .

I acquired 800 LP .

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I strengthened my abilities, so I’m considering giving the 14th floor a try .

I move to the 14th floor right away . The other day I couldn’t calmly survey it, but the passage was a direct unforked road with a sign at its end .

Past that, the path split into four with numbers being written on the floor of each passage .

From left to right 1, 2, 3, 4 .

『Different trials await there . If solo then 1, if there are two of you go 2, if there 3 of you go 3, if there four of your go 4 . 』

So spoke the signboard-sama . Since I came alone, I’m forced to take path number 1 .

It’s a straight path, but it’s somehow excessively long . I guess I walked for about 10 minutes . And about time I began suspecting something, the surroundings changed .

The path turned . Moreover, there was another signboard .

It might be a trap, while one’s attention is taken by the writing, an enemy that hides behind the corner, would attack . Using 【Eyesight Adjustment】 I read the message from afar .

『Don’t kill even a single one . Otherwise, restart from the beginning . 』

What is this about . Anyway, I carefully turn the corner .

That moment, I gulped, presented with the bizarre spectacle that filled my whole field of vision .

　*Rustle Rustle, Wriggle Wriggle, Whoosh Whoosh*

I wonder what would be the best way to describe this?

The entirety of the passage was moving—is not quite accurate .

A massive number of living creatures on the walls of the passage were moving, thus making it look that way .

A countless number of snakes on the ground, spiders, and lizards on the walls and some weird black bugs on the ceiling .

The number was just enormous, with them fully covering every inch of the passage .

The sight of black bugs dropping from the ceiling one after another is something I’d like to call the black rain .

The scene sent shivers down my spine . If it’s only a few bugs, then I would’ve been fine no matter what they are . But here strength speaks through numbers .

As expected, this is so disgusting, that I involuntarily step back .

「I have no other option but to burn this— Ah . 」

Here, I recall the warning . Don’t kill even a single one .

No, no, that is just impossible . With bugs and ants crawling on the floor I won’t be able to clear it in all eternity .

And even if they weren’t there, I’m not even allowed to fend off snakes or squash approaching bugs .

Become friends with them? That might be difficult even for me .

I stood stock-still on the spot . I thought about creating some kind of skill, but no good idea came to mind .

Since I won’t die from that, I decided to kill a single bug out of curiosity .

「Muu……」

For a moment a strange feeling overcame me . Something similar to that feeling of falling from a height . Furthermore, the scenery distorted a bit .

But that didn’t last for long, and the next thing I noticed I was already transferred .

「The entrance to the 14th floor . So I really can’t kill even a single one……」

Somehow, this is the most despairing it ever got .

Not feeling like making another attempt, I sit down for a while . And after wracking my brains, I moved to the 2nd floor by Dungeon Portal .

『Papparaan . Noir has been summoned . 』

「You look lively . But I’m not that much . 」

『Oh my, oh my, what’s wrong? You can cry while burrowing your face into my chest if you want?』

I’ll refrain from dealing with her chest, but I’ll seek her advice .

『Maybe wearing armor . Ah, but if they get in through the gaps it would be the worst . 』

Exactly . Moreover, not killing a single one on the floor is the problem . I guess if I could temporarily put them into a state close to death it would be the best .

But with those numbers, the degree of difficulty is quite high .

『How about choosing another route? Noir-kun, don’t you have friends?』

「I do, but…… I don’t really want them to enter here . This place is dangerous . 」

『I understand you, but you have to trust them . I didn’t have anyone like that . So I might want you to pick a path that is unlike mine . 』

I vaguely agreed with her and left the dungeon .

The master is extraordinarily strong, so she couldn’t find anyone to entrust her back . And even that master got caught in a trap on the second floor of the dungeon . 　

So no matter how strong you are, you shouldn’t be careless . And I’m still very far from being the strongest .

It’s probably best to follow the master’s advice and seek assistance . On my way back, wishing to see beautiful scenery, I stop by a meadow .

There, I notice a person locked in a fierce fight with a monster .

With noticeable red clothes, I could tell even from afar that that was Emma .

She is fighting big rabbits . Previously she had a hard time with that opponent .

But now Emma is overwhelming her enemy, making that past hard to believe . She is likely using 【Wind Run】 to make herself faster .

Her movements are nimble . While leading the enemy, she uses her specialty, 【Wind Strike】 to break its horn . It took her only one hit . 　

「Hey . That was perfect . 」

I appraised her upon approaching, and turns out, her level reached 69 .

And she was 68 just a while ago .

「Why are you here?」

「I stuck at the dungeon capture . So I came here for a change of mood, and found you . 」

「There are no monsters, so let’s relax . 」

「Yeah . 」

Sitting together on the meadow we enjoy the gentle breeze . The sun will begin setting soon .

Emma’s beautiful blonde hair sways in the air .

Her profile illuminated by the sun looks fantastic . No, her profile as well, huh . She has tons of fans .

Being childhood friends with such a girl, I probably burned a lot of my luck in the early years of my life .

「I know that you want to save Olivia-san, but don’t do anything too rash?」

「It’s fine . You know my personality . 」

「It’s precisely because I know it . When it comes to yourself, you are careful, but when it’s about others, you often do crazy things . 」

Really?…… No, she is probably right . My own image of myself might be quite different from what I am in reality . That’s enlightening .

「But you have me . Tell me when you are in trouble . 」

Having said that, Emma pleasantly smiled . Overcome with emotion I hug Emma on the spur of the moment .

「……Something happened?」

After holding Emma without saying a word for a while, I then voice my request .

「Come with me to the hidden dungeon . I will definitely protect you when it gets dangerous . 」

「Sure . I will follow you even to the end of the world . 」

「Thank you . 」

　I once again hug Emma .

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