Shinka no Mi

"Hmm? That..."

While Helen's level was well on the rise, as he was going through the dungeon, he could see something lying on the road.

"... what?

It looks like Al and the others saw it, and when we approached him with vigilance, a giant spider the size of us humans was flipping.

That spider, with its black body, sharp legs and vicious mouth, doesn't even move pickly, even though we're approaching.

"Duh, what's going on?

That's what Helen says as she stretches her face a little, but she can't answer anyone.

Then he approached as Al had decided and opened his eyes as he examined the spider's body.

"... he's dead"

"" "Huh!?" "

Is he dead? Well, he doesn't move because he sees it, and he's flipping, so I guess he is...

But that's not what surprised us.

"Duh, why do you have carcasses left?

Yes, in this world, the demon first disappears as a particle of light when defeated, and if you're lucky, you should leave a drop item.

... I don't know because I haven't seen it yet, but do humans also disappear as particles of light...?

Anyway, that doesn't change that the defeated demon disappears into a particle of light, becomes each EXP, and leaves more items.

But we do have the remains of spiders in front of us.

"I've never seen a demon like this before. I don't care what you think."

Originally living on Earth, I am now getting used to the common sense of different worlds, but Salia, Al, and Helen should have lived in the common sense that defeated demons become particles of light and disappear. That's why I'm more shocked and confused than I am.

As each was baffled by the spider's wreckage in front of him, the dungeon shook out loudly by accident.

"Hey, what!?"

"What the hell is going on...!

When we squatted on the spot and withstood the shake, the shake eventually subsided perfectly.

"What the hell is going on in this dungeon?

"I don't know... but it's also possible that the Lord of those footprints is involved. Just keep that in mind."

Al is right, it doesn't tie cheaply, but when something strange happened so far, it just seemed like the Lord in that footprint was involved.

After some testing, we moved on again.

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Sometimes on the road since then, there have been carcasses similar to those of the earlier spiders, and we are more and more alert to those who would be ahead.

"You're here to raise my level and it's strange..."

"I've never seen a demonic corpse before. I can't help it all."

"I, too, lived in the woods and some demons died of aging, but it also disappeared, so I've never seen a phenomenon like this..."

While the Al's face was somewhere strong, I was on the road to an idea.

This isn't a drop item, so in a way, you get it without extra material, right?

Of course, in this world where drop items are basic, nothing but creepy, but it's also a bargain in a way, isn't it?

The question is what kind of person is involved in this phenomenon......

Moving on with that in mind, he eventually came in front of a strangely lavish door.

"Something about a demon that could level Helen from halfway up stopped showing up and came in front of the boss room like this..."

"Speaking of which, how old is Helen now?

"Huh? Uh... 488."

"Uh... Didn't it reach 'Transcendental' yet"

I came here with the intention of making it 'transcendental', but I felt sorry for what I couldn't accomplish.

Some of the drop items didn't seem particularly useful to Helen, and then we turn around and wait for the demon to gush out again or we wait for the level to rise by defeating the boss who would be behind this door......

Then Helen says in a bit of a panic.

"No, still, I was originally 203. The level has risen to this point, and Makoto Sensei has made me strong enough."

"But then what? Turn around like this and defeat the gushing demon?

"I don't care if it's Salia's idea..."

Al looks at the door as he says so.

"... basically, there can only be one party in the boss's room. So by the time this door opens, the Lord in that footprint is a two-way wack between defeating the boss or being defeated... Thank you. I shouldn't have had a heartbeat. Hopefully, we want to gather the identity and information of the Lord of the Footprints, who will be responsible for the inexplicable phenomenon of demonic bodies on the road"

"But you can barely see that person when this door opens, can you?

"Sort of. Dead or alive, how long will I never see you again? But I still get the information. If you can defeat the boss of this dungeon, if you have that much strength and are dead... it's a cruel story, but only one less element to worry about"

Al exhales one thing like that and looks at us again.

"So I want to check the contents of this boss room once before turning back. Then I want to turn back and resume Helen's level increase...... you okay?

"Of course, I'll be fine with that. Yikes!

"Yeah, I'm fine with that, too"

"I'm no stranger, either. Besides, boss, it might be better to check the room and then turn around, 'cause there might be demons spreading in the dungeons."

We unanimously decided to look inside the door in front of us for the first time.

"Well, then wait a while before the door opens-"

The moment I nearly said that, the door in front of me slowly began to open.

"... apparently, the battle inside is over"

Once we look at each other, we squeeze our minds and step inside the door.

Then the meadows were spread out in the doors, as they did in the dungeons of Zola, even within the dungeons, as bright as day.

Al spoke to us in a nervous voice as he was surprised by the sudden changes in the environment because he had been on a cave-like path before.

"Hey... look at that..."

"Huh? Huh!?"

Encouraged by Al and looking in the same direction......

"Hey, what's up, alle..."

"Scary......"

Some of the blue-growing meadows were so full of grass as pocky holes, and all the demons of the worm lineage were scattered around them with giant bats and camels, beetles and walruses, all turned upside down.

And in the center of it stood a gray-haired, blue-eyed man, unarmed of anything.

"What the hell, dude... how come the door opened but it's still nasty...!?"

When Al asked that while maximizing his vigilance, the grey-haired man noticed us by now.

"Mm-hmm? Oh, here I come"

Despite being turned on alert by Al and Helen, the grey-haired man approached us as if he were going for a walk.

"Oh, don't stop by!

When Al lays down his weapon and shouts so, the grey-haired man stops at the spot.

"I'd be sad to be so vigilant"

"... that rolling demon or the demon on the road, is it your fault?

"Huh? Oh, this is it. Yeah, that's right."

The man who slowly admitted to clamming kept smiling with Nico.

"So... why are you still here when you cleared this boss's room?

If Al is right, by nature in the dungeon, the boss room can only challenge one party. That's why it's impossible to rendezvous with other parties in the boss room, and there's no way the door can open without the previously challenged party clearing and heading to the transfer room ahead or wiping it out altogether.

But the man briefly told without special concealment.

"Well then, I killed the rules of the dungeon (...)"

"Did you kill the rules?

As he twisted his neck into words that didn't make sense, the man deepened his grin and thanked him respectfully.

"I am the Destra of" Extiny Death ". Existence of the [Demonic Order] called the 'Gods'"

And he turned a cold glance at us everywhere.

"Well - will you die?