The vicinity was filled with the suffocating stench of blood.
Bits of carnage were scattered all over the floor.
Burnt, frozen, and cut up bodies were dropped here and there.
Breathing roughly, not caring about the blood that smeared my body, I mustered my strength to swing my weapon and fire magic.
The lower species of Goblins with childlike stature were marched on by those largely built, 2m tall monsters. The bigger bodies of the Knights and Generals of the superior goblin species were torn apart and flew about like garbage.
When Titan swings his ultra-heavy mace, superior species of Goblins and Orcs were equally met with gruesome ends.
The Lion King and Tiger King wrapped cloth on their right hands so that their blood soaked swords wouldn’t slip away, and wielded them in the front lines.
Their respective subordinates matched with opponents, defeating monsters one by one.
The Bear King, which wouldn’t lose to the physique of a Minotaur, routed monsters with a gigantic shield, and his subordinates deal the killing blows in those opportunities.
Brandishing a hexagonal magic steel rod, the Oni King and his red army smashed up the Ogres[1].
The bewitching Succubus Queen cruelly defeated monsters with magnificence.
The Devil King easily waved his long, hefty, all-metal weapon about.
About an hour after the battle started, there were only a countable number of monsters remaining in the baseball stadium-sized dome.
I was at a slightly distanced area from Titan, continuing to only defeat monsters.
Receiving Kaede’s support, I lunged, swept, and threw my Ice Spear.
While my magic spear was out, Sophia and the girls supported me with magic.
Just how many monsters were defeated already, I wonder. I used Spear Handling[2], Taijutsu, magic, and everything in my arsenal to annihilate the monsters that poured out.
Before long, the monsters’ cries ceased, the sounds of weapons swinging and slicing wind had lulled, the sounds of the monster slaughter had come to an end, leaving only the sound of ragged breathing. At last, I stopped moving and looked around.
I swung my ice spear 【Ice Bringer】 once, and the blood cleanly fell from the spearhead.
「……fuu, we pulled through somehow.」
I understood my comrades’ situations using Magic Perception and Presence Detection the entire time, so I knew everyone was fine, but when I looked back to check on them again, it seemed this fight was really tough as even Sophia and Maria who were high leveled and had excellent capabilities were also showing signs of being tired.
I approached Titan who was also fighting on the frontlines and used purifying magic to remove the blood on it.
「Ｔｈａｎｋ， ｙｏｕ ｖｅｒｙ， ｍｕｃｈ， Ｍａｓｔｅｒ．」
Afterwards, I returned to the girls and used purification on everyone.
「Thank you for your hard work, Takumi-sama. Are you injured?」
「Good work, Sophia. I’m fine and dandy.」
I thanked everyone, distributed Stamina Recovery potions, and we drank it.
「Puhaaa! Ahh, I’m pooped. Lulu, you okay?」
Just like an old man drinking milk after coming out of the bath, Akane drank the potion with an unladylike gesture and worried over Lulu-chan.
Akane, who was a diligent student council president-type when we first met, seemed like a boorish old man recently.
「Marnie, Laeva, you both okay too?」
「Yes, I was mainly supporting and attacking when there’s an opportunity, after all.」
While I was checking everyone’s condition, Queen Fraal and King Gandalf approached.
「Iruma-dono, we were saved because of you. We would like to thank you.」
Saying so, King Gandalf, who was impressive simply by standing in place, bowed his head.
「Truly, you saved us. For there to be a such a large-scale monster house trap, it was beyond expectations.」
「……I appreciate the assistance.」
Queen Fraal and the large, taciturn Bearkin Beast King Guzhr also came to thank us.
「Not at all, I’m glad everyone is safe.」
「Hah hah hah, what a narrow escape from death. Thanks, Human youth.」
Oni King Jairu moved beside me, patting me on the shoulder as he thanked me.
「Great moves there, Human lad.」
「Yeah, you joined the fray even earlier than us, you’re better than I thought.」
It seems that King Ryvar and King Deega evaluated my proactiveness to fight quite highly.
After confirming the safety of all the team members of in the six countries, we who had recovered with potions were pressed for time to process the scattered corpses of several hundreds of monsters.
If we didn’t hurry, the dungeon would consume even the valuable materials. So before that happens, the dismantling and stripping of materials had to be divided with everyone so we could get the needed materials.
Especially the superior Orc species, it was material that the people of any country was happy about, and the carcasses were dressed with glee.
With exception to the meat taken from the Orc-types, magic stones were the only things harvested from the monsters,
Among them, there were Onis that stripped the horns of superior Ogre species to process weapons, but because of the sheer amount of monsters, there wasn’t enough time to strip everything of their materials.
By the time the dungeon devoured the monsters scattered in the vast room, we were already preparing food.
Today, it was unanimously decided that we would rest in this place in an attempt to recover our stamina and vitality.
Taking out the portable barbeque grill from the Item Box, we began rubbing some homemade barbecue sauce into the freshly dressed orc meat.
I thought it was weird to have a barbecue in a dungeon, but it would probably take a while before monsters appear again, so everyone enjoyed themselves with peace of mind.
Let’s have a meal, some rest, and prepare for tomorrow, the final stages of the dungeon capture.
1. Typo maybe? it says 鬼の魔物.
2. This was a skill that already changed Spear King Technique, and Taijutsu is already upgraded to Fist King Technique.
Hello, thank you to Kifujin-san for bringing up that the translation of シドニア is not Sydnia but actually Cydonia (Κυδωνία) which is in reference to Athena. It is also connected to “Anat” (Light God/Evil Spirit) as it is the Canaanite equivalent of Athena. So, please just keep these references in mind while as you read this. I will leave it up to the readers if you want me to change from Sydnia to Cydonia for all future chapters. To my understanding, the origins of the name do not actually have as big of an impact to the story, aside from some cool facts, so I do not mind either way. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽