Telldungeon, 7th floor underground.
　Similar to the sixth floor, with trees and pepper grass, an open-air-like dungeon, but it was snowing.

"Snow?　Even though we're in a dungeon?
It's dungeon snow. When you kill a monster and it doesn't drop anything, it's either air or water. Depending on the structure of the dungeon, there can be layers of snow in some of them.
'Come to think of it, the water was sucked into the ground, I see.

　It was a bit of fun.
　I caught the snow with my palm facing up. The moment I touched my palm, the snow melted away.

'It's not cold.'
'It's the snow that's grown from the nutrients and magic of the monsters that were defeated in the dungeon.
I thought it was the temperature.
'The tiers that Dungeonsnow descends on will strengthen both the adventurers and the monsters, because their bodies will receive that nourishment and magic.
Yeah. You're the expert, Celeste.
'Yeah, well, not really, but I did ...... and got a compliment.'

　Celeste blushes as her voice goes down the drain.
　As she and Emily and Eve proceeded through the dungeon together, they came across a face they had encountered sometime ago.

　It's a trio of men, a first-generation man and a young man and woman.
　They seemed to have just defeated a monster, and the first man picked up a dropped onion and put it in his magic cart.

''Well done!　I'm intensely moved now.
""Captain ......"

　The elderly man looked impressed and cried.
　The young man and woman looking at him - they looked even more haggard than the last time I saw them.
　They look ragged and their bodies are covered in fresh wounds, and they look like they've done something quite reckless.

It was hard, wasn't it? There were times when I defeated you and didn't drop it, there were times when I failed to take it down and let it go. I've been frustrated by your frustration and I've had a hard time with it all ...... I know all about it.
Captain ......
I feel the same way. I feel the same way every time you're in pain, I feel the same way. But I couldn't say it because I knew that if I said it, you would end up there.

　The first man cried even more tears, raggedly and with a full-blown lie.

''It must have been hard for the captain too: ......
"Don't worry about me!　You. I am proud of you for what you've accomplished, for what you've endured and grown!　I'm glad to have met you guys!
"Hey, Cap'n ...... No, we're the ones.
I'm glad I followed the captain.

　They were moved to tears by the old man's tears, and the three of them hugged each other there.

　I left as quickly as I could, having witnessed a disgusting scene.
　The word "brainwashing complete" came to mind.
　I almost felt like I was going through the motions again.

"...... I'll do a little bit of random stuff today, and if I don't see a rare monster, I'm out.
Yes, sir.
Hey, do you want to come to dinner with me? I found a tavern with a good view of the light in the dungeon, with Lyota.
I'm going back downstairs. I want to sleep with the carrots.

　The black emotions that had been hanging around my neck slowly faded away as Emily, Celeste and Eve each responded in their typical (...)

'Miss Yoda!　There's a monster!

　Emily's voice got everyone's attention in unison.
　As the dungeon snow was pouring down, it was a bit of a large but unremarkable slime that encircled.

　I decided to take the lead here, hard (,) I decided to take the lead.
　I sprinted to close the distance between me and the slime while shooting penetrating bullets with my two guns.
　The bullets penetrated the slime, but it didn't fall.

　Then, I jumped straight to the ground and gave a straight right as best I could.

''Eh?''

　I couldn't help myself. There was no response to the full force straight right.
　Haunted, this time I fired two pistols in rapid succession, firing all the loaded bullets I could find.
　--But no. I'm not sure if it's working at all after the first penetration round.
　So, I fired a penetration round, but this time it didn't penetrate.

What do you mean--

　In a bewildered moment, he was hit back by the slime. I quickly guarded the blow from close range with my arm and flew backwards with the momentum.

　My arm tingled. It hurts more than the father and son slime on the sixth basement floor.
　Maybe it's the effect of the dungeon snow.

''No, Ryota-san, you can't take down the Guts Slime alone!
What do you mean?
''Gutslime becomes invincible right before it's defeated. It will no longer accept any damage from the last person it attacks.
So you need a sharper and a driller.
Yes.

　Celeste said, and sent a small flaming bullet with her bicorn horn.
　The gut-slime that hadn't fallen under the barrage of bullets was knocked down intact.

''Wow, it went down.''
'No soloing hierarchy. Occasionally it happens.

　Emily and Eve spoke up.

'That's why we'll take care of this floor. The best person to be the last man standing is Lyota with that.
Well, if that's the case, I guess I'll have to do it.

　The three of us and I walk through the snow.
　As I observe my surroundings for some reason, I notice that there are two kinds of adventurers.

　One is a stable-minded production adventurer who normally hunts the monsters they encounter and puts the drops into a magic cart.
　The other is the adventurer who ignores the gutsy slime he encounters and aims for something with the eyes of a bird of prey. They're probably aiming for a harvest festival rare drop and hitting one big one - they must be the ones who are going for the big one.

　We decided to take the guts-slime that these adventurers had missed.
　Emily jumps out, whirls the hammer around and smashes it with great force.
　The slime is half flipped off, and Emily is hit back at the same time.

'Emily,'
And I'm going to finish him off!

　Emily screams as she distances herself from the slime.
　I hold the gun in both hands.

　I fired a recovery shot at Emily, then a normal shot at the slime.
　Emily heals, and multiple onions drop from the slime.

'Are you alright Emily?'
'Yes, sir. It was more successful than that.
Well, it's not that strong of an opponent if you know your way around.
It's a hierarchy that I can't help but be alone.

Onions: ......
Do you like onions, Eve?
All I need is a carrot.
You sound like a person.
"Rabaa.
'Don't tell me that with your cheeks dyed!

In that case, I'll have curry tonight. It's a curry with potatoes, onions, and carrots in abundance.
Roly-Poly Carrots: ......

　Eve slobbered in a julienne, and Emily hurriedly wiped it away.
　It's a surreal sight to see a big drool ...... in a bunny suit on your own bunny suit.

'We'll make it together,'
I'm good at cutting.

　Eve then cut the onion with a quick (,) chop.

'Hiya ...... na, I'm crying.'
Sorry.

　The onions that Eve mangled brought tears to my eyes as she was struck by the onions, and I could see the tears streaming down from the nape of her neck as well as her own .......
　I'm not sure what I'm doing, but I'm smiling a little bit.

Celeste loves curry.
Watch out!

　Almost as soon as I was paying attention, something hit me from the side.
　It swooped off with the impact and plunged into the ground, causing a cloud of dust.

'Mr. Yoda!'
Carrots!
I'll be fine!　Call me something else!

　I jumped up from the ground.
　My side throbbed with complete surprise.

'Tsk,'

　I heard a cluck of tongues from close by.
　I looked at the adventurer, who was looking for a shot, and saw a frustrated look on his face.

　I turned around and saw a different slime where I had been.
　A rare monster from the seventh floor!

"The lucky guy.

　The adventurer said with a sulking look on his face.
　So, you're frustrated because I got caught by surprise and I got the right to attack the monsters.

　Well, that's just a bit of luck.
　Feeling only slightly sorry for the man, I returned to the others.
　Before attacking, I asked Celeste.

'How do you defeat this guy?'
'High gut slime. It's the same thing with Todome being a different person, but be careful, it will reflect an entire attack when you exceed the limit of your strength or become invincible, so be careful.
You've got to be very careful.
I'll take care of it. I know his level of fitness.

　Eve said and then jumped out of the way.

'Do you grasp it?'
I've done this before. Roughly this much.

　Eve let go of the chop.
　She let off a chop that was medium fast - a little slower than when she struck me, and a little faster than when she was at full force.
　It cracked the slime over my head.
　The slime, which turned into a pomegranate, tried to fight back, but Eve quickly dodged it.

'Oops!'
Oh.

　You raise the gun and pull the trigger.
　A normal round is launched and shoots out a rare monster.

　Tears spilled from the slime's eyes.
　The large tears fell to the ground almost at the same time as the slime's body disappeared and froze in place.

''That gemstone is a drop, and when equipped, it has the effect of reflecting some of the attacks.
Yeah.

　The rare monster on the seventh floor underground, its drop had a bit of an interesting effect.
　HP and Strength S, it was an effect that he wanted to use in combination with it.