I ran out of potions.

First of all, I hear Mr. Martina can now move. She thought about it for just a moment and gave everyone a potion.

Then I woke up and asked Prine, who was crying, to lend me a hand and left the boss room with Mr. Martina and Mr. Jiji, who borrowed his shoulder from her. We're back at the savepoint.

Because there is a fountain of recovery there.

"Oh my God!

"Ra-kun!

My leg snapped and jumped out of my head.

Zappa.

"-Buhah!............... is that it?

When I got up from the water, I was completely happy. I felt reborn. I felt as clear as a New Year's morning.

Prine, Martina, and Jiji also drank water from springing springs (drinking water flowing from above because of me falling. I'm really sorry), full recovery for both HP/MP.

Return to the boss room again to retrieve the broken misrill sword. We open the back door.

There was a chest. Two.

Both, there were weapons inside.

It's "The Wand of Evil" for the sorcerer and "The Hand of the Teager" for the martial artist. It was an item named after the boss.

There were no items related to MesserDevil. I guess that guy was a 'dungeon bug' after all.

You can only get one rare item at a party, but as promised, we'll both take it and move on to the lower tier.

Down the road was another large stone room. There's a big magic formation at the center, and that seems to be the savepoint. When I prayed, it was well saved.

Returning to the second level on the teleport, we went outside the dungeon.

"Ha-ha-ha."

All sigh of relief. I managed to get back safely.

That's how I came to the Dungeon Guild.

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"Congratulations on the fifth tier attack!"

Pong, and it was Anna, the receptionist, who rang the cracker. The adventurers who were around also applauded me for "ooh". After all, completing the fifth tier seems special to the adventurer.

"Well, let me talk to you in the back. ♪ I have something to give you ♪"

And we'll be taken to the back private room.

Anna asks me about the boss fight and I start talking.

At first, Anna, who had asked, "Yeah, yeah," gradually.

"... Huh?

"... what's that, huh?

"There's a dungeon bug... Huh?

"Ah... demon...!?

"'Mastima'!? That's what you said!?

"Messer Devil is out. Ah!?

At the end of the day I stood up out loud.

"Ah, Anna, calm down..."

When I said, "Yes," I said.

"I'm sorry...... Yes, then you defeated the boss and returned with a metastatic crystal. No, of course not. I have no choice. The demon at the master's fingertips came out. I can't believe nobody said anything bad about you guys on the run..."

"I knocked him down..."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. The target is the devil. That's Mastima's cue, too. I did... what?

"I knocked him down."

"Knocked him out!? Mastima demons!? Messer Devil. Ooh!?

Standing up again, Mr. Anna.

"Damn... it's like being on the 50 tier, MesserDevil is...! I don't know how many low-level magic vegetables don't have the original power to... beginners...!

I'll check our status sheet again, Mr. Anna. It should have the name of the monster you defeated, and there must be a MesserDevil name there too.

"............... it's true"

"I'm not lying to you."

"I'm sorry, Larna. I suspected it again."

"That's all right."

"Well, let me say it again."

Pampers! and Anna raising her hand.

"Wow! Wow, you guys! I can't believe you didn't just clear the fifth layer, you even knocked out MesserDevil! Genius indeed!!

"Because we had the power of all the parties."

"Right! Prine, Jiji, Martina, you're brilliant! Oh, what a shame you two are going home!

Prines smiling like trouble.

I heard.

"Anna, you just said the 'Mastima' demon..."

Then she squeezed her face tight,

"Yes."

I nodded.

"The fifth tier - adventurers who have taken off their beginners have something to tell them"

With a serious face, the receptionist at the Dungeon Guild speaks.

"In this dungeon there is a demon sealed by God"

"That's the... mastima, is it?

Anna nods at my question.

"That's right. Deep in the dungeon, the evil god is sealed. We Dungeon Guilds and Adventurers can say that we are challenging the Dungeon to completely destroy the Mastima. - Don't talk about this to outsiders and beginners. Because it creates useless confusion."

"To destroy evil gods..."

"He is an evil god who proposed to 'stop the roots of man's breath'. Though sealed in the dungeon by our God, we look forward to the opportunity of resurrection and also have a variety of negative influences from the depths of the dungeon. Vegetables and monsters are one of them."

"But the magic vegetables..."

"It can also be a factor in increasing job levels. It was our God who made it. to counter the masticators."

"Is God trying to destroy us? Not doing it with your own hands?

'Cause you're mean.'

"Oh no..."

"That's half a joke. They used their power to seal the masticators, and now they're restoring it in heaven."

"With our hands such a powerful evil god..."

"That's why Job - an adventurer. Dive deep into the dungeon and the magic vegetables will thicken and the monsters will become stronger. But for that matter, it's easier for adventurers to rise."

Sure it is. In the tenth hierarchy, which fought Assassin, the sea level rose all at once.

But the crux is:

"Is' The Sage Seed 'under the Evil God?

Our purpose is the Sage Seed. As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to challenge the dungeon offense, but the top priority is Mary's life.

Ms. Anna shook her head.

"I don't know. It is said that it is at the bottom that there is a" seed of the wise, "and that the evil gods are also sealed in a deep hierarchy. Maybe we can't move on without destroying the mastimat."

"No... The dungeon is for the mastimat seal..."

"It's not like that. It is only this dungeon that the mastimator was sealed. Perhaps you sealed it here where it was originally made."

"Really..."

"You're worried about me, Larna."

And Anna looks at me.

"The mastermind knew you."

Yes, the enemy knew me. He came to the fifth floor after me. [M]

To kill me.

"You with [breathing] skills, that you can breathe wherever you are"

That explains it to Jiji and Martina. Surprisingly, I could really breathe in the Fountain of Recovery. She also told Anna about it.

"The enemy thinks you'll be a threat. That's why the devil even came to a shallow hierarchy called Fifth Floor. - I'm worried, very much."

"Thank you, Anna"

I said.

"But I'm fine. And there's Prine."

".................. Yes"

Quietly nodding prine. I'm concerned she's not well, but she went on.

"Besides, maybe, if the magic vegetables aren't thick like that - that's what I don't think you can do if they're not as thick as right after you defeat the boss"

Anna asked in surprise.

"Prine, do you know that?

"Somehow...... Besides magic vegetables, I felt like another 'wave'. That demon feels like he's come to the fifth level on that wave."

"That's, you know, when you're coming?

"I rarely come. That may be less than a bug...... but if you come, you'll see. I already remember."

"Yes..."

Anna sighed like a ho,

"Don't worry about it for now. It's only tentative, but the conditions under which the demons of the Mastima will come...

① Immediately after defeating the boss

② Dungeon bug

③ A 'wave' occurs when Prine says

- When these three are all here. "

I ask Prine. [M]

"Is a wave different from a magic vegetable?

Prine shook her neck sideways,

"Yeah. More like this, something completely different. It's like another concept..."

And I said, looking away somewhere.

Even Prine hasn't grabbed that yet, but it's comforting when it comes to finding out if the waves come.

Anna,

"But there are as many exceptions as there are. Rana-kun. Be really careful. And Prine."

and smiled.

When I nodded, I slapped my hand that this story was over.

"Now wait, I give you the" Testimony of the Adventurer ""

Anna putting the crate on the table.

Inside, there were four medals.

Each with an engraved name.

Of course it's the name of the four of us.

"Yes, Larna. Happy beginner graduation. Keep up the good work."

And Anna put a stringed medal around my neck.

"Thank you"

I'll thank you and bow my head.

Kind of glad. No, I'm pretty glad.

Then Anna congratulated one person at a time and gave her the medal.

Mr. Martina is proud and Jiji seems happy.

…………

Prine just isn't well after all. I'm watching with my medal in my hand. I need to talk to you later.

Anna,

"After a few days, I have an 'award ceremony'. A party to celebrate the adventurers who graduated from novice school. Join us. Maybe some of the synchronizers gave me skills together."

and smiled pleasantly.

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That night.

The four of us had dinner together as a celebration of the fifth tier offense.

Prine, who was somewhat depressed, also got better and better as she talked to us about Jiji's tricks, delicious food, and finally we all laughed at each other.

After the meal, I said something. Mr. Martina did, but look at me - look at the prine pinching my clothes behind me.

"I knew I'd do it again."

And smiled as I gave up. What is it?

It bothered me that Prine looked sorry and bowed her head.