「Ku ha ha ha ha ha! This is so fun! It’s overflowing!」
With each swing of the solid hexagonal, all-metal rod, monster heads were crushed.
King Jairu fought while coating his weapon with fighting spirit which was characteristic to the Oni Tribe.
Beside him was King Gandalf brandishing a magic-power infused halberd.
「Hmph! They’re getting along well.」
Queen Fraal was in a foul mood as she watched the two kings merrily fight an Earth Dragon. It seems she’s expecting her turn in fights would decrease.
Titan and Tsubaki were covering the two, but were in a bad mood at being used by King Jairu and King Gandalf.
「Even so, isn’t it about time we get closer?」
「Well, they’re having fun, but the area is still dangerous.」
Sophia and I were at a slightly farther area, watching the two kings fight.
The ranks of incoming monsters were rising, and things would be getting too close for comfort even for the kings of their fighting style if not for our follow ups.
「For some reason, it’s like entertaining corporate higher ups.」
As we were watching the spectacle, I remembered business golfing.
The Earth Dragon fell, and above it were two old men who had satisfied smiles as they hoisted their weapons. Yup, even I’m getting annoyed.
Maybe because King Jairu and King Gandalf were satisfied and began taking a break, Titan, Tsubaki, and Kaede charged at the next prey discovered. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩
「Uwaa, ……that can’t be called a dragon, right?」
「No, it is a kind of Ground Dragon[1].」
The reason I was recoiling was because its appearance which didn’t sit well with me.
After descending to a lower floor, we encountered a monster that Sophia said was a kind of Ground Dragon. A 6m round, 30m long writhing earthworm-like Ground Dragon. It was a monster known as a Huge Gluttony Wyrm, but it was eyeless and had fangs lined up in rows inside its circular mouth. Queen Fraal’s close aide Ryuka-san explained that it was a monster that would eat anything, be it rocks, soil, or monsters.
Kaede limited its movement with her threads, and Titan struck it with a giant mace. With Tsubaki stabbing it with her horn and Sophia’s familiar, the Thunder Eagle Gloam, striking it with lightning, the Wyrm convulsed. At that critical moment, Akane’s familiar the giant Luna Wolf Ferryl and Laeva’s familiar large cat-like monster Serval Seru ran to inflict their own attacks.
If I had to say where I was, I was grimacing in a place slightly farther away from that disgusting thing. My plan was that if things were to get dangerous for everyone, I would step into the fray without question, but my real intention was to avoid getting close to it as much as possible.
I’ll put it bluntly. There were a lot of Huge Gluttony Wyrms. They’re wriggling all around. Unable to tolerate it, I exterminated them by doing a saturated attack using magic together with Sophia and Maria. What remained afterwards were only chunks of meat and magic stones.
「Iruma-dono, please have a bit more moderation.」
I ended up being scolded by Ryuka-san.
「The ones defeated first are still whole so it was okay, but they can’t be eaten if they’re that tattered.」
「Huh!? T-that’s edible?!」
「Isn’t that obvious? It’s a Ground Dragon. It’s a high-class ingredient.」
It seems she got mad because I wasted food.
「Lulu wants to try it too, nya.」
「Ehh~ I don’t want it either.」
Perhaps because Lulu-wanted to try it , she pleaded Akane to hunt one more. Laeva, who was ever brimming with curiosity, was also interested.
In the end, we hunted two more of those Huge Gluttony Wyrms, and their whole corpses went into my Item Box……
The dragon species that appeared were Fire Dragons and Lightning Dragons which were higher ranked among the attribute dragons, and when Ice Dragons also started appearing, we all fought to the best of our abilities.
I blocked the strong Breath attacks with my full strength magic barrier; Akane and Laeva supported with magic; Sophia and Maria maneuvered themselves with a hit and run strategy as they used their magic spears clad in fire and wind to attack and evade.
From behind, Titan fired himself like a bullet and attacked the huge 30m long Fire Dragon.
Kaede’s threads sewed the Fire Dragon onto the ground, not allowing it to fly to the sky.
The moment the light in the Fire Dragon’s eyes disappeared and its body collapsed to the ground, we all sank down to the floor.
「Haa haa haa, that was quite the high ranking dragon.」
「……yes, I suppose this is a good place to stop for now.」
Sophia and I judged that our dungeon diving should only be to this point.
「Muu, as expected, with enemies of this class, you can’t have burdens.」
「I can use magic so I’m better, but Jairu is solely focused on hand-to-hand combat.」
King Jairu and King Gandalf had no objections to turning back here.
Queen Fraal and Ryuka-san were looking quite pleased with obtaining materials from the Fire Dragon, but they couldn’t hide the exhaustion from their face.
Our objective of gathering magic stones was achieved, so we’re going out of the dungeon.
Now that we’re walking, I’m a bit afraid of the two kings who were approaching with smiles on their faces.
1. This Ground Dragon (地竜) can also be read as Earth Dragon, but the usual spelling that Author uses is アースドラゴン, so I’ll use “ground” for distinction.