Chapter 142
A few minutes after we parted ways with the adventurers who warned us .
We entered the ninth floor of the dungeon .
So far, I didn't sense any reaction from a strong monster at all .
"Well, guess it's not on this floor . "
"Looks like it hasn't gone up here . . . . "
I shot magic at a nearby monster, defeating it .
Right now, Iris and of course Alma too, could easily defeat monsters in this area .
Ruli is acting as Alma's support like the usual, but since there wasn't much need of arrows, her role didn't come up much .
The ninth floor is already nothing for them .
"I'd prefer if it stays like this and the monster doesn't show up . . . . "
"In that case . . . We'll keep going down until the monster does show up . "
"Eeh! Then, monster-san, please come out quick!"
We've got enough leeway to have such conversations while fighting .
The fact that Ruli and Alma are watching the surrounding mana reaction even during that might be a testament of them getting used to fighting .
Iris's detection is very poor . . . . but that's due to the injury on her wings, and it's not like she'd get a scratch from surprise attacks anyway, thus it's not really a problem .
That said, from my observation, we probably can only descend this calmly until the floor 18 .
Beyond that, we probably have to raise our battle experience and magical capability first .
Well, those stuff should go up by themselves as long as we keep fighting in the dungeon .
We kept descending the dungeon while I was thinking that, but . . . .
"No strong monster in sight . . . . "
"It's not showing up . . . I don't sense any through mana detection either . "
The monster in question isn't showing itself .
Even if there are cases of monsters climbing up the floors, they rarely ever go down .
I thought there was 90% chance the monster was in floor 11 or 10 . . . But I don't sense any presence that points to that at all even after coming to floor 11 .
Of course there are differences in the mana size of each monsters . . . But there's no mana reaction strong enough to warrant a subjugation quest by the entire adventurers of the dungeon city .
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Ruli speaks up in that situation .
"Mathi-kun, don't you think the monster reaction over there seems big?"
Ruli pointed diagonally after saying that .
The direction where she pointed at . . . True, that mana reaction is the strongest on this floor .
However, it's not at a level that warrants a large-scale subjugation effort .
They should be able to defeat it without much preparation .
"True, it's the most decent monster around here . I don't think it's our target, but . . . wanna have a go at it?"
"Can we, don't we need to preserve our mana?"
Ruli asked a question .
However . . . It should be fine .
Not like we need to consume much mana nor prepare to fight this monster .
"No problem . We can beat a monster of this level with our usual style . That said, you still cannot let your guard down . "
I calculate the dungeon structure with detection magic and proceed toward the monster through the shortest route .
And the one waiting there was . . . A huge bird monster two times larger than the monsters on this floor .
"I-it's huge . . . . "
"It's about as big as a smallish dragon!"
"Huge . . . Can we really fight it?"
The girls gave their impressions of the monster .
However, the fact that none of them tried to run from it must mean that they knew by intuition that this monster isn't that strong .
"Hmm . . . It's big alright . . . but it doesn't look that strong . "
It's on the bigger side of a monster .
However, judging from its mana reaction, it's neither sturdy or agile .
I should be able to kill it in one hit if I fight seriously .
. . . . Okay, let's use this guy as a practice stand .
"Alright then, you three, try defeating this monster without me!"
"Without Mathi-kun!?"
"That's impossible . . . or not, I think . I kinda feel like we could beat it if we gave it our all! Can we think up a plan for a bit?"
"How about we try punching it once!"
The three began their strategy meeting (Iris isn't really helping though) .
. . . Now then . Show me what you've got, girls .