On the outskirts of Cyclo, I was busily converting hagremonos into special bullets.
　The pandora boxes I received were a total of five, and I stuffed all the seeds into them, then took them out of the dungeon and turned them into hagremonos in an unpopular place.

　Since there were a good number of them, I did it box by box.
　The first and second boxes are skeletons, take them out, and fire them up with bullets to make a total of 100 frozen bullets.
　The third box was a zombie, this one I carefully took out with a headshot, making it 50 rounds of firebombs.

　And I was just about to take out the last box.
　A strange sensation went through my body.

　It was a strange sensation I had never felt before, and if I were to compare it to that, I would say I felt sub-zero cold for one second, accompanied by a strange cold.

　What the hell is this?
　I looked around and wondered.
　Then I saw Emily's little figure clattering in the distance.

'Ah, there you are, Mr. Yoda,'
Emily. What's going on?
As a matter of fact, there was a magical storm warning. That's what I'm here to tell you.
A magic storm?
'Yes, sir. I'm not going to be able to use magic around Cyclo for a while because of it. Yoda-san and I don't have much to do with it, but I'm here to teach you.

What's this magic storm?　Tell me about it, because I don't know in the first place.
Well, I don't know much about it either. I can't use magic, so I don't know that much about it.
Okay.

　It's a magic storm, and I can't use my magic.
　I was worried about this, so I stopped changing the last box of bullets into special bullets and returned to the city for the time being.

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　I went to Elsa's place because she was the easiest person to talk to.
　I invited Elsa, who was just coming home after work, and she was very happy to follow me.

　I came with her to a café in town and listened to her.

'Is it a magic storm?'
Yeah, I don't know, so why don't you tell me from the beginning?
'I understand!　We'll take care of it!

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it.

It's a natural phenomenon that happens very occasionally, and when it happens, the magic becomes unusable.
Does that mean I lose my magic?
'Yes, it becomes completely useless. Depending on the size of the city, you can use magic in the city and you can't use it in the city either.
'If it's a city, it's ...... a city. So that means it's a dungeon?

　Elsa nodded clearly.

''You will be completely useless in the dungeon. So when a magic storm is coming, wizard adventurers are forced to take a break.
I see.

　If you can't use magic in a dungeon, wizards can't do anything about it.
　There are characters in the world who look like professional wrestlers for all intents and purposes, or characters who are monks but are sanctioned with an iron fist or something like that, but basic wizards have poor physical bodies instead of being able to use magic.

　The traits I learned in the game were recognizable as they are in this world.
　'A wizard who can no longer use magic, is no better than a clunker.

'And it's a bit of a problem if you're a cyclo.
Why?
Do you know what a dungeon is called?　Monsters over there are almost ineffective except for magic, though magic is messed up and effective. That's why whenever I go there, it's always full of wizards.
'Oh, so that means that when there's a magic storm, silicon production stops completely.
'Exactly. Silicon is mostly a drop of leafy greens, so leafy greens are going to skyrocket for a while. Well, we'll know at least the day before, so it won't affect us that much once we get used to it.

　It's like a typhoon, I thought.

　But I get the point.
　There are natural phenomena, and this world is affected by these natural phenomena in various ways.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world and what's going on in the world.

　It's not my business since it's a magic story, so I'll know about it for now, and that's the end of the story since I've satisfied my thirst for knowledge.

　And then I thought.

"Huh?　I'm sorry, Mr. Lyota.

　Elsa got up and walked out of the store.
　I followed her out and saw Elsa talking to a certain man.

　The man was wearing a vestment that looked like a wizard and was holding a magic wand in his hand.

''Elsa-san!''
What's the matter, Mr. Reyes, you're in such a hurry.
Rosa was left in the silicone!

　The man called Reyes was pale and had a look of relief on his face.

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　His name is Rosa, and he is Reyes' partner.
　They are both wizards and recently came from another city and settled here in Cyclo after learning about a wizard's heaven-like dungeon called Silicon.

　We went to Silicon as usual on this day.
　Reyes brought the dropped items back to the city for a while, and then a magic storm broke out.

　Most wizards knew the magic storm was coming the day before, so they didn't go or cut loose early, but the two newcomers to Cyclo didn't grasp the means to catch the information, and the magic storm came when Rosa was diving deep.

　The result was that one wizard was left alone in a dungeon where magic couldn't be used, and that's what happened.

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It's a tragedy.

　I was listening to Elsa and Reyes when they spoke to me out of the blue from the side.
　The suspicion of homos*xuality hasn't cleared up in me yet, Neptune.

'Don't come out of nowhere, you'll be surprised.'
Are you ready to be mine?
You're not making any sense to me!　And now is not the time.

　I looked at Reyes.

'I can't help it, honestly.
I can't help it, just like that.
Silicon is the last place I'd want to be during a magical storm. It would take me more than 10 minutes to take down even the weakest monster in there.
...... even for you?

　I know about Neptune's powers, because we had a bit of a go at each other in the tavern.
　Even with him like that, it's still a dungeon that takes 10 minutes per body, ...... that's so tough on physical attacks.

So, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm an adventurer who hides in dungeons and fights monsters, so this kind of thing is a common occurrence.

　Neptune said Kellogg, he really seemed to think so.
　The other customers in the café, as well as passersby who were passing by the shop.
　Most of them look sorry for the situation, but they say it can't be helped.

　A value born in a world where dungeons and adventurers and all production is deadly.
　Somehow I felt that way.

　That's the natural way of life in this world, I thought.

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　It's one thing to think and another to accept.
　When I heard the location, I came to the Silicon Dungeon.
　The purpose, of course, was to help a female wizard named Rosa.

　I take a deep breath and go inside.

'I thought you said it was three floors underground.

　I proceeded through the dungeon, mumbling the stories I heard from Reyes.
　Silicon was a cave type dungeon, with natural earthen walls that stretched everywhere.

　A monster appeared immediately!

　It's a caterpillar in shape, about the size of a tissue box.
　It's not that big - it's too big for a caterpillar.
　It depends on how you feel about it, depending on which one you take, but right now is not the time to worry about it.
　I wanted to ignore it and move on.

　But the other side didn't miss it.
　I tried to turn around and move on, but that guy wandered around and then suddenly flew at me!

　Quickly, he hit it with a counter.
　I hit him with the full force of the force S.

　It didn't work.
　I punched him off and slammed him into the wall, but that guy was pinned down.

'You hit him with all your strength and almost didn't make it.

　It looks like you're not a fan of physical resistance.

　I can't go through with it, so I have to take it down.
　I raised my gun and fired a bullet into it.
　Even though it looked like a caterpillar, it was repelling bullets.

　Looks like regular bullets won't work, what do we do?
　Suddenly, I remembered that the moment the freezing and flaming bullets landed, a magic circle would appear.

　I loaded the flaming bullets and shot the flying caterpillar.
　It hit, the magic circle came out and the caterpillar burst into flames.
　In the process, it stalled and fell to the ground, convulsed and then stopped moving.

　And what dropped items.
　A leaf-centric silicon, the caterpillar on the ground floor looks like a cabbage.

　I didn't pick it up and moved on.
　Apparently the special bullets work.

　A special bullet that is unaffected by the magic storm that makes magic useless and is actually a magic attack.
　I was just a little relieved.
　I would - I'm the only one who can save her, I thought.

　I used two types of bullets to defeat the monsters that attacked me and move on.

　The monsters were persistent, and even if I tried to run away or ignore them, they would come at me from the other side.
　Normally I'd be happy to take them down and make money, but right now I'm annoyed.

　I can't avoid them, so I use freezing bullets and flaming bullets to take them all down.

　Upstairs in the basement are flies about the size of a softball.
　This one isn't that big either, but it's too big to be a fly.

　The flies can be defeated with only freezer bullets and flaming bullets, as punches and regular bullets are almost ineffective.
　By the way, the drop is spinach, naturally ignored.

　When I was loading the bullets, I suddenly realized that the items dropped after defeating the monster were like a signpost.

　I froze it with a frozen bullet and went around.
　It would be bad if these guys turned into hagglers later on.

　I don't know if I could freeze them and stop them, but I did it anyway.
　The pathway became a path of ice.

　And then the third basement floor.

　And now a grasshopper the size of a three-year-old!
　It's huge!

　Defeat it with firebombs and freeze the drop items with freezing bullets.
　By the way, the drop is Chinese cabbage.

　That's how I proceed.

''Rosa!　Rosa, where are you?

　He must be on the third basement floor, so I called out loudly.
　I called out and walked around and looked for them.
　Every once in a while a grasshopper would come out, take it down, and freeze the drop.

　Then I searched all three basement floors.

'Rosa--there she is!

　I found the female wizard in a bit of a jam-packed area.
　The woman is on the ground, unconscious.

　She's breathing hard and her chest is rising and falling - she's alive!
　All right, now all I have to do is bring her home.

　But then the grasshopper showed up again.
　Let's take her down, I'm going to pull her back and I'll just use the flaming bullets--.

"Out of ammunition?

　There were no firebombs, and there were no frozen bullets.
　I panned out both of them in the middle of the process, which caused me to cut both of them off.

　The grasshopper jumped on me, pretty fast!

　I duck and punch him away, and then fire a series of regular bullets at him.
　But it doesn't work.
　It doesn't work at all with force S or normal bullets.

　Just a bonus, it's fast!
　Just as I was trying to figure out what to do, we got hit!
　It's a much heavier blow than the slime guys and a lot heavier than the zombies.

　I don't think I'll be able to handle it right away since my strength is also S, but there's nothing I can do about it.

　I kept firing normal bullets to see if I could somehow defeat them.
　I shot and shot and shot, dodging and shooting, and before I knew it, I'd fired more than a hundred rounds, and the area around me was covered in nitrous smoke.

'You did it,'

　But no.
　A grasshopper flew through the smoke.

　Oh, no! What do we do now?
　Do you want to carry Rosa and protect her while you run?
　You're a strength S. Do you think you'll be able to hold on until you're on the ground?

　Yeah, don't even think about it, if we can't beat it, we have to run!

　With that thought, he dismissed the grasshopper once and ran to Rosa.
　He carried her unconscious and tried to get away.

'...... Oh my god, so much.'

　There were more grasshoppers.
　Five in all. They all converged on me and surrounded me.

　One grasshopper was in trouble, but five?
　This is ...... not good.

　What to do?　What should I do?
　Just as I was thinking this, I heard a horde in the distance.
　A sign of a monster, and a horde.

　More to come!

　But then a zombie came.
　A zombie?　Why zombies?

Mr. Yoda!
Emily?
I've got Yoda's box!
"--Hey!　Thank you!

　In an instant, I fought off the grasshoppers in front of me and killed the haggle-headed zombie Emily had brought with her, turning it into a fireball.

　I'm on my own.
　First I used flameballs to kill the grasshoppers, then I wiped out the zombies.
　With the recovered flameballs, Emily, Rosa and the three of us escaped.

　We turned into Hagremonos from a drop on the way, but we managed to use the remaining flameballs to get through and escape from the dungeon.

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'Thank you!　Thank you!
Thank you, you are ...... a lifesaver. ......

　Reyes and Rosa thanked me so much.

Just go to a hospital or something.
'Yes!　Let's go, Rosa!
Yes. ......

　Reyes took Rosa with him.
　They kept looking back and thanking me until the end, when they disappeared into the city.

　I was relieved that I had been rescued.