Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

The next day I woke up early in the morning and we started investigating Rock Mountain.

Start by heading along the mountain, in the direction where the river was.

And I reached from the rift in Rock Mountain to where the river was pouring out, but unfortunately, in the meantime, there was no place I could climb or care about.

Back to no choice, now to the other side.

When I walked around the slightly curved mountain hem, about an hour from where I camped, it appeared.

Pokémon holes in rocky skin.

Beautifully made to say cave.

Similar to the entrance to the dungeon here, but smoother and artificial with respect to floors, ceilings, and walls.

"It's not the entrance to the dungeon, is it? It's already in the dungeon."

"Yes. The surroundings look like natural forests, though. This must be a dungeon aisle, something like,"

This is not so surprising since up to ten layers were like this...

"This is the only way in, isn't it? Probably the road that leads up there, right?

"Yes, I think so...... In the direction, there are two layers of entrances ahead."

Natsuki pointed to it on a rocky mountain.

There must be a regular route from there to here.

Because it's a dungeon.

No way, even down that high cliff, down the river to get here is the regular route, this entrance continues further down... Oh, my God, I don't think so.

"Coming in...?

"It will be the only way. It's not a bad condition."

Fortunately, no demons appeared along the rocky mountains, so no magic consumption.

Even when it comes to strength, I simply walked for about an hour or two.

If we can't move forward in this state, there's nothing more we can do. It is packed.

Me and Natsuki look at each other, nodding gently and breaking into the aisle.

A passage about two metres high and wide, not very wide.

Minutes to proceed carefully there.

Beyond that was a small room with a pre-existing sense of vision.

Doors on the front, crates on the right, possibly a transfer formation on the left -.

"What, this is the boss room... the room ahead of you?

"Oh, yeah, I feel like that...?

This situation, which would normally be a delight, was so unexpected that it is more confusing than delightful to be floating in Natsuki's face.

And that would be the same for me.

"Uh-huh, now you don't have to worry about returning... something, clap it out?

"If you think about it, if you go back down the route, there can be situations like this, but until now it's been in a hierarchical divide."

There have been exceptions: One Skeleton King, Two Tyrant Pickaw, but there hasn't been a boss in a row since, and I doubt I can call One Skeleton King the boss.

Besides, this time there are no stairs down the lower level.

Does it feel like the area within the same hierarchy is separated by a boss room?

"Whatever it is, keep the chest recovered"

"Right. Er... Is this War Hammer?"

Natsuki took it from the crate with a hammer with a pattern length all the way around Natsuki's jaw.

The head part is about two minutes of my grip, and even from its shape, she's right, a hammer as a weapon, the so-called gavel.

"Give me a loan. Hmm... that sounds easier to use than I thought."

If you swing it gently to try it, you can swing it pretty well, whether the weight balance is just right or even me, the weak one in the party.

Of course, if I fight the demons around here with this weapon, which is' pretty much 'and I'm not trained to do anything, I don't think I'm hurt.

Conversely, if you have as much strength as Toya, you might be able to handle it without skills.

"From previous patterns, it could have some special effect, and this needs to be taken back and appraised"

"Ah. For now, let's do it."

If you store the hammer in a magic bag, all you have to worry about is one door.

This one, too, from previous patterns...

"There's a boss over there, I guess."

"Yeah, probably. … confirm, would you like to?

To Natsuki, who looks at my face, I roar "uh-huh" for a while, then snort reluctantly.

"Whether you fight or not, you can't possibly not see it"

If you mean stopping exploring this dungeon in the future, then deciding not to see that door and escaping back in the transfer formation is one option.

But we're just too young to set our limits.

Besides, if you check here, you can temporarily interrupt exploration and encourage leveling if something is too bad.

"When it's dangerous, jump into the transfer formation. That's good, right?

"Yes."

Me and Natsuki stood by the door and took a position where we could both glance through the gap.

"... so we can open it?

Slowly open the door to create a gap of about a few centimeters so as not to sound as loud as possible, and face there.

What I saw from there was a big room just like the usual boss room.

Immediately noticed are six pedestals lining the inner circumferential portion of that room.

One right next to the door, one in the original inlet area visible to the front, and two on the left and right walls.

On its pedestal, about fifty centimetres high, was placed a clear ball about thirty centimetres in diameter, and a stone statue was made to hold the ball.

The statue is about a meter in size in a seated position.

It has wings and two horns, and a long tail.

At first glance, it looks like gargoyle, but it's quite massive, and my impression is that it looks one way or another like a demon.

They're the only ones in the room, and I don't see any demons.

The bosses so far have been all big demons, so if you're here, you can't even overlook them...

"Nah, that doesn't feel right."

"Me too. Would you like to attack from here? That stone statue. I don't care what you think."

"Yeah. If that wasn't the enemy, you'd be more surprised - no, this suspicious placement. Something comes up from the center as soon as you get into the room?

That ball, being summoned with its strange power or something...?

So either way, there's no harm in destroying it.

"... no, well, it is"

Somehow, it feels like attacking a transformed hero during his transformation.

But more profitable than romance.

On one side of the scale, if we have our own lives on it, we don't hesitate.

"If it's this pattern, would you prefer" Spatial Split "Plain Shift"...?

If the enemy (presumed) is not moving, this is a good opportunity to use the magic of maximum power.

I aim for the nearest pedestal, the carcass of the stone statue on it, and go into magic preparation.

"... Ah, it's moving!

You sensed I was about to attack, and Natsuki was right, all the stone statues were starting to move.

But the movement is still slow...

"" Spatial Split "Plain Shift"!

Magic activates, at that moment.

All the stone statues jumped in unison.

"Come on!"

The magic activation was slow for a moment, but succeeds in cutting from the knee of the targeted stone statue to the bottom and the tip of the tail.

But to what extent is the damage caused?

The stone statue, like the other five bodies, leaves its wings glistened and floating in the air.

I could [nurse] it by moving it out, but the subject still seemed to be Gargoyle.

In addition to the skill of [Flight], I can also see the skill of [Nail Strike] or [Tail Strike].

Regardless of the former, would the latter be an attack by tail......?

"- Hurry! -"

It was only a short time before Gargoyle was stuck in the air.

Looking towards us all at once, we glide all at once...

Gun! Gun! Gun! Gun!

It was Natsuki who shut the door quickly before the attack reached.

Hold the door down. Help Natsuki. Hold the door down, too, and there will be three heavy sounds of something hitting the door. A dull vibration is transmitted.

The material in the door here is stone-like, concrete-like, hard-looking material.

But honestly, I can't forgive you if you keep taking attacks like this.

The biggest problem in the first place is our muscle strength.

Even if the two of us hold it down, every time an attack is applied, the door opens slightly, so if it's a force push by all six, we won't be able to support it.

"Natsuki! We're getting away!!"

"Yes! It counts! - Three, two, one!

At zero timing, we walk away from the door and run to the transfer.

As soon as I jumped in there, the door was banged open, the gargoyle landing on the ground like a clash.

But the next moment, we disappeared from the room.