Chapter 31
Dungeon Core
Translator : PolterGlast
"I've heard that
all heroes from another world have gifts, and it's also been confirmed that
they have multiple skills. They may still have little combat experience, but I
do think they have great potential..."
At this rate, there's
no doubt that my classmates will be challenging the [Knight’s Holy Remains].
I want to ask the king
of this country if he's out of his mind.
This is a place where
the knights, including Varietta-san, who have been working as combat
professionals in this country for a long time, couldn't even explore to the
end, even when they challenged it on a battalion scale--probably hundreds of
people.
There's no way they
can complete the exploration.
No matter how you look
at it, the only future is one of total annihilation.
If one thinks about it
with common sense, one should know that it's impossible.
"I don't think
they can win..."
"Hmm... I feel
the same way. I've heard that the heroes haven't even done any proper combat...
I've been doing various things using my connections, but it feels like I'm just
barely managing to postpone it."
What can I do now?
Should I use Shadow
Dive to tell everyone to run away?
From what I've heard,
the level of magic users in this country isn't very high.
If I can manage to
infiltrate, I might be able to enter the royal castle and encourage them to
escape.
But what good will
that do?
If they run away and
get put on the wanted list by the kingdom, what awaits them is a life on the
run.
I can easily imagine
being stoned by the classmates I saved.
I could picture the
girls asking me to feed them with the [Home] gift, the boys asking me to give
them a share.
What should I do?
Should I just quietly observe without doing anything...?
"Masaru-kun..."
In the midst of that,
a ray of light appeared in me.
I can see the figure
of Arisugawa Miku-san, the only one I trust among my classmates.
...That's right, I
just decided a moment ago.
I'll become strong
enough to repay her kindness.
I don't have any
obligation to take such risks for classmates I'm not very close to.
But for her, it's
worth the effort.
Because I haven't been
able to repay her kindness yet.
--I didn't realize it
when I was in Japan, but her smile was a big part of why I was able to enjoy my
solitary reclusive life... I realize that now.
(Then should I just
take Miku-san away with me? --No, there are too many uncertain factors. I don't
know if I can take her alone right now. But no matter what kind of power
Miku-san has, I don't think she's stronger than the royal knight's army. Is
there any way to prevent her from conquering the dungeon... hmm?)
What is it? What did I
catch on now?
I desperately try to
find the reason for the question that flashed through my mind.
That's right, the
reason why the king is so desperate to conquer this [Knight’s Holy Remains]...
"Is it true that
the successive kings have been so desperate to conquer the dungeon in order to
eliminate the [Knight’s Holy Remains]?"
"--Indeed. Even
though the undead have never come to Grisnia, there's no such thing as absolute
in anything. In order to remove the danger, the successive kings have tried to
destroy the dungeon core at the deepest part of the [Knight’s Holy Remains] and
eliminate the dungeon itself."
"In other words,
if you can go to the deepest part of the dungeon and destroy that dungeon core,
you can eliminate the dungeon, right?"
Varietta-san nods to
my words.
I see, this has
completely solidified my course of action.
I'll become strong
enough to repel unreasonable tyranny.
And I'll save
Miku-san, who will be forced to do a reckless dungeon exploration (and then, if
I can afford it, I'll save the other classmates as well).
In order to clear
these two objectives--I'm prepared for some danger, and I'll aim for the
complete conquest of the [Knight’s Holy Remains] and the elimination of the
dungeon by destroying the dungeon core.
Now that I've decided,
I don't even have time to go back and forth between the guild and the dungeon.
I'll report my
achievement at the guild once, and while I'm at it, I'll collect information on
the undead in the monster encyclopedia, and then I'll refrain from returning to
town until I've finished the conquest.
Because this conquest
has a time limit.
If the dungeon
exploration by Class 1-A starts before I finish conquering the [Knight's Holy
Remains], it's game over.
I used Cure to sober
up Varietta-san, and then he taught me the information from the sixth to the
tenth floor.
Since I didn't have
the leeway to hold back anymore, I took a good picture of the map he had with
the camera on my smartphone that I had put in my pocket.
I also took notes on
the potential monsters that were expected to appear ahead, and then ran to the
guild as quickly as possible.
Thanks to the increase
in agility from leveling up, I arrived at the guild in no time--.
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