Read Novel Full Vol 15 Chapter 22
Vol 15 Chapter 22
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Chapter 22 – Retaliation
At first glance, the final challenge of the castle pass quest seemed innocuous enough, but of course, it wasn’t. A cruel and deadly plot lurked behind the scenes. In retaliation for the summoning of a luxury liner, the dungeon sent out a large number of monsters to destroy the entire plan.
“Everyone, thank you for your hard work. Are you hurt?”
I summoned the Hideaway and evacuated with Ilma-san, Ines, and Felicia, and a little later, Alessia-san and the others literally jumped into the Hideaway.
The physical abilities of adventurers in this world are amazing.
I’m sure I could do it, but… I’m afraid I’d hit my head somewhere and be embarrassed, so I won’t try it.
“Yes, it’s no problem. Dorothea and Marina are fine, right?”
“Yes, luckily, I’m not hurt at all.”
“Me too.”
Alessia-san asks on everyone’s behalf. The reason why she didn’t ask anyone other than Dorothea-san and Marina-san is because she knew that they were aware of the situation and that they were unharmed.
“That’s good to hear. Now, what about this?”
The fact that Alessia-san and the others jumped in meant that the horde of monsters that had been chasing them had arrived as well.
The Hideaway is currently surrounded by monsters. But it is much better than when we were in the Demon Forest.
Back then, the barriers were all filled with giant insects, but this time, the flying monsters are trying to get into the ship and are being repelled by the barriers, and the non-flying monsters are trying to jump like Alessia-san and the others and are being repelled by the barriers.
The feeling of being surrounded is still the same, but the visuals are completely different.
“Of course, we’re going to smash them. Both Wataru and Rimu-chan are good for leveling up, so just spread out the attacks as you see fit.”
“…Um, yeah. I understand.”
Alessia-san smiles very happily.
Normally, this would be a tough situation, but with the Ship Summoning barrier, it’s like a bonus stage, so I don’t know how to feel about it.
But I wish she would calm down a little more because there are glimpses of wildness in her smile.
“Okay, everybody, get ready for destruction. Let’s take out all the frustration that’s built up in this joke of a dungeon.”
Ah, I see. They are happy to have the opportunity to release their stress.
We all know it’s a dungeon, so we know it’s dangerous. But she said she didn’t like the way this dungeon was set up.
The other members of the group were also more or less stressed out, and they happily started preparing to destroy the monsters outside.
“Master. Since we’re inside the barriers, we can move around as we please, right?”
Ines also seemed to want to join the attack.
“Yes. Do what you want. Felicia and Rimu can do whatever you want as long as you don’t leave the barrier area.”
“I understand.”
“…Rimu, fight…”
Felicia laughed a little happily, and Rimu jumped off my shoulder, looking very motivated, and joined Fuu-chan and Beni-chan.
It seems that they want to fight as a slime trio.
“Wataru. I’m going to make a big move right away, so please attack first.”
Luckily, they seemed to want to share the experience with me.
It would make it even more difficult to control my power, but I had heard that it would also prolong my life, so there was no reason for me to refuse. I summoned a rubber boat filled with a large number of stones and threw them from one end to the other.
The outside is filled with monsters, so it’s easy to hit them even if I don’t aim at them.
“It’s about time. Let’s start then.”
Just when I got tired of throwing rocks, Alessia-san gave the order, and the simultaneous attack began.
I’ve seen the same scene many times when defeating the monsters gathered around the luxury liner, but today, everyone’s attack was much more spectacular than usual.
The skills and magic that were hurled at the hordes of monsters literally smashed them to pieces.
At this rate, I thought we’d be able to clear them out in no time…but the dungeon seems to have no intention of backing down, sending monster after monster in to fill the holes left by these attacks.
The bonus stage seems to be special this time.
I can drop a summoned ship on a bunch of monsters and even attack them with a bow, albeit a poor one, so maybe I should join the attack instead of just throwing rocks at them?
…It does not seem good, and the mass destruction with the summoned ship will interfere with the stress relief of Alessia-san and the others.
Let’s just throw rocks.
I have a lot of free time to just throw rocks, so I watch the monsters gathering around.
After all, there are a large number of monsters that I have not seen in the previous trials.
There are many other trials, so I guess some of the monsters are from those trials, but there are also a lot of monsters that look evil, subordinates of the demon king, or something like that! I am sure they are sent from other places as well.
Come to think of it, how many floors are there in this dungeon?
It seems like we are already full on the first floor, but in terms of the number of days, we are facing the final test in less than ten days.
It may be that we have a lot of competent people, but it’s simple enough that completing the six trials is next, and there’s a good chance that the future is deeper.
I’ve been thinking about this, and I’m getting depressed. Let’s focus on the monster in front of us now.
There are a lot of monsters that unleash some kind of awesome attack on us, and maybe the dungeon will send a monster that will be the trump card.
Well, all the attacks of those powerful-looking monsters are blocked by the barriers, and they also stand out and disappear after being attacked intensively by everyone…
When I see the monsters disappear without any results, I realize once again that Ship Summoning is really a cheat. In a way, it’s great because I feel like I’m doing something terrible to the monsters, even though they’re monsters.
Well, I still throw rocks. Because the experience is very tasty.
“Phew. Let’s take a break now, shall we? Wataru, can I use your bath?”
“Yes, feel free to use it.”
When the large amount of stones I had collected had almost reached the bottom, Alessia-san announced that we were taking a break. I was tired of throwing rocks and observing, so it seemed like a good time to take a break.
I wanted to take a hot bath and refresh myself.
“Oh, yes, Wataru. Let’s have a barbecue on the deck of the Hideaway today.”
“? Yes, that’s fine, but…”
“Then it’s decided. We’re tired, and we’ll have a few drinks.”
Alessia-san and the others were in a good mood as they headed for the Jacuzzi. I guess they are getting ready for the bath.
“Master, what’s wrong with your strange look?”
“No, I don’t mind taking a break and having a bath, but in the middle of it, Alessia-san gave me a meaningful smile. And I don’t think it’s like Alessia-san and the others to barbecue and drink alcohol when we’re surrounded by monsters, even though we’re safe. What do you think, Ines?”
Even the serious Dorothea-san and Claretta-san don’t seem to be stopping her, and I feel something is wrong.
Even though they sometimes act wildly, they are basically serious people, so I can’t help but feel that something is not quite right.
“I see what you mean. Alessia is just trying to stir things up.”
Ines, who had been thinking about it for a while, gave me an answer as if she understood, but I didn’t understand what she meant.
“Stir things up? Stir what? Oh, the monsters outside. I know they’re stressed, but we’re attacking them all the time, so there’s no need to stir them up, right?”
It’s a one-sided attack from us, and it’s a slaughter, so it feels like kicking a corpse, and that doesn’t feel very pleasant.
Well, I’m just one of those people who throws stones to relieve stress, but I don’t think we should overdo it.
“No, it’s not that. It’s the dungeon she wants to stir up. We haven’t figured it out yet, but you know that dungeons can have a will, right, Master?”
“Yes, Ilma-san told me.”
Well, it is not absolutely certain because there are many dungeons that clearly do not have a will, but there are definitely dungeons that are suspected of having a will.
“But there shouldn’t be a lot of room in a dormant dungeon. Still, they’ve been fighting back against the Master’s attacks with everything they’ve got. And in the middle of all that, what if the opponent was taking a bath, having a barbecue, and drinking?”
That’s so messed up and irritating.
“…You mean maybe they’re trying to provoke the dungeon to bring out more monsters to wear down the dungeon in their favor?”
“Maybe that wouldn’t be wrong.”
Alessia-san, you’ve come up with something outrageous. There’s a difference between an incitement and a temptation, but it’s like making a tasty offer to a person who’s in debt and can’t get his head around it to get him to spend more money.
Or would it be like gorging on meat, carbohydrates, and sweets in front of someone on a diet?
It sounds different, but it would not be wrong in terms of leading people to ruin by pushing them into a corner.
It’s a pretty bad character move based on the fact that the dungeon is dormant, and resources are scarce on the dungeon side.
…Normally, I would back off, but when this dungeon is my opponent, I don’t have a problem with it. Or rather, I would like to cooperate.
Let’s see, if we’re going to provoke the dungeon, the more obvious and blatant, the better.
Let’s offer the supplies I’ve gathered from the ferry and the luxury liner without hesitation.
The requested barbecue is a given, but other items such as meat, sushi, and, oh, desserts would also be provocative because they are conspicuous from the outside.
I think it would be fun to arrange desserts from each ship and make it a buffet.
Since they said they would be drinking alcohol as well, this would also be a big release of canned beer and branded alcohol bought from each ship.
I think a bar style would be good here.
This time, I’m not going to say anything that will take away from the fun, like “Don’t drink too much.” You can drink all you want.
I’d like to put on some music and maybe do some simple decorations.
It’s starting to feel like we’re planning a party, and it’s going to be a lot of fun.
Just watch, Dungeon. I’m going to double or even triple the stress you’ve put us through.
All you can do is watch as we enjoy ourselves to the fullest.