94. Two types of barrage




 Aurum Dungeon, second basement level.
 It was a long and narrow path, and a barrage of bullets flew in from beyond it.

 Glowing magic bullets flew in like a rainstorm.
 Next to the entrance of that narrow path, Alice and I were covering the wall.
 The balls of light that didn't hit the wall of the dungeon caused a series of small explosions.

'Is there a path ahead, leading to the third underground level?'
Yeah, I'm sure. As soon as I get through here.

 Alice, with her fellow monster on her shoulder, nods clearly.
 Her face isn't even, and she's scowling at the barrage of monsters that started as soon as she saw us.

''It's impossible to avoid these, isn't it?''
It's not impossible, but it's a lot more painful. It's faster to plow through it than that.
You're going to plow through it?
Yeah, we'll see.

 I equipped my slime tears and entered the narrow path, exposing myself in front of the barrage of bullets.

 Magic bullets of light rained down on my body, the pressure as if I was eating water released by the barrage of magic bullets, making it difficult to move forward.

 I didn't try to force myself to advance.
 I stood still and waited for the moment, periodically recovering with recovery bullets.

 After being hit by a magic bullet for about a minute, I felt something enter my pouch.
 A pouch that automatically recovers dropped items, and sand gold was inside.

 It was sparse at first, but the frequency gradually increased.
 With that, the barrage of bullets gradually became thinner and thinner.

 The barrage of bullets that seemed to make it impossible to walk properly became normal, and gradually the barrage decreased to the point where it was possible to run.

 By the time we left the narrow path, the barrage completely ceased to exist and the monster was no longer visible.
 Instead, the pouch was slightly chunkier than it was at the beginning.

 I held it in my hand and checked the weight, I guess I earned about 150,000 piro for just going through the narrow path of about 50 meters (、、、、、).

 By the way, we used two recovery rounds.
 I advanced while recovering, and I made 150,000 just by doing so.
 The second floor of the Aurum basement, maybe I'm a good match for it.

"Wow, this place should be like this!
''If only I had both HP and strength S and was equipped with the Tears of Slime.
...... and only Lyota can do that, right?
I think Alice has a chance. With a guts-slime on board.
She's the girl who doesn't die in one shot. She doesn't look like she's going to be one of us.
How do you know if it's not going to happen?
Sort of.

 Alice nodded clearly while saying that.
 When it comes to dungeons, Alice's "somehow" is not foolproof.
 There's a hundred percent chance of finding a way out of "vaguely", and it's more than ninety percent accurate whether there are monsters or not.
 The same is probably true for whether or not they'll join you.

 As I followed Alice's "vague" directions, I saw a path that led to the third underground level.

'We'll go ahead.'
'Hey, when Lyota went downstairs, the structure over here that was left didn't change.
Oh, really?

 Pick your jaw and think about it, which means that every time you enter a dungeon, the structure changes, or more correctly, every time someone enters a new level, the structure of that floor changes.
 I thought of it as every time I entered the dungeon, but it also meant every time I entered the basement floor from the outside.

'So, let's get Honehone and Pru-Pru to work.
...... Yeah.

 He popped his hand.

'That one when you first saved the villagers?
Yeah!
You're so smart.
Ehehehe ...... So that's what it's all about then.
Yeah.

 I went to the third basement floor first.
 The moment I stepped in, the landscape around me changed and I couldn't see the path I came down anymore.

 I waited right there, and after a while the landscape around me changed.
 Since it was my first time on this level, I waited while removing the porch, the landscape changed one by one.

 At the top, Alice took her fellow monsters down to the third floor.
 After dropping them off and changing the structure of the dungeon, I immediately made my fellow monsters SD size and called them back.
 Then she sent them further up to the third floor to change the structure of the dungeon.

 It was repeated a dozen times, and I came back to the path that led upward, where I could see Alice.

'Here you go,'
Good night.

 Alice came down from the second floor with a look of pride on her face.
 In a moment, the structure of the third basement floor changed again and they were both sent flying together.

 A monster appeared.

''Whoa! There's a lot of stuff!
Monster House again.

 The destination was a large space like a gymnasium. And inside is crawling with little devils that have the same form as the two floors above.
 One of the little devils swung his hand down and fired a bullet.
 Unlike the glowing bullets on the two basement floors, this time it was a surprisingly black ball.
 It's a black ball like the 'black that doesn't reflect all kinds of light' that I saw on the internet before.

'Another long-range attack, convenient. Alice, get behind me.
Yeah!

 Making sure she was properly equipped with the slime tears, she received a black ball in a defensive position to protect her.

''--gahaha!

 Instantly, a shock went through my brain.
 A shock that made my eyes go blank in front of me for a moment, I don't know what happened.

'Lyota!'
Haha!
I'm fine, Lyota!
No problem!

 I notice that the corners of my mouth are wet, and when I wipe them with the back of my hand, they are sticky with bright red blood.

'Damage? And it's huge.
Really?
'Oh ...... it's been a long time since you've done any damage now, ...... more than a dungeon master? No, that's ridiculous.

 Look around, the monster house is crawling with little devils.
 There are more than fifty of them at a glance.
 The firepower of the monsters varies a bit, but it's almost the same.
 Does that mean that all of these guys have more firepower than the Dungeon Master?

That's ridiculous.

 The same line came out of his mouth again.

 More black balls flew in, this time three.
 I deliberately hit one of them while dodging two as if defending Alice.

 --!

 Another shock went through my brain, this time I was clenching my teeth, so I got right back on track.

'Lyota!'
I'm fine. ......

 He hit himself with a recovery round and regained his strength.

''Without a doubt, these guys have more firepower than the Dungeon Master.
'It's not like that ...... huh? No?
What do you mean it's not?

 I asked Alice back, and I could see her talking to the monster on her shoulder, an SD-sized skeleton and a slime.

'Is it a magical attack?'
What do you mean?
Well, physical attacks are physical, but magical attacks are mental.
...... So that's what it means!

 It took me a second to understand.
 I've been putting it off because I've been at F until now, but I guess that means my strength is physical defense and my spirit is more magical defense.
 And I've raised my physical strength to S, but my spirit is still at F.

 It's a good thing I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it.

 Not good. That's not good.

"This is not good.
Yeah, let's get out of here...

 As soon as I said that, black balls flew in from all directions.

 It was the same barrage of bullets from all directions as it was on the second basement floor.
 If you take all of this--even if your HP is S, you'll die!

-Oh!
Hi!

 Gritting my teeth, I put my arms around Alice's waist and held her close.
 And then - I dodged.

 I dodged the black ball that flew at me and dodged the barrage of magic balls.

 The dodged ball hits the wall and creates a small explosion. The scale of the explosion is on the same level as a ball of light.
 The firepower is the same, it's just a difference between my strength (S) and my mind (F).

 If it hits you, you'll get out of there, or in fact, you'll die.
 But...

 I've got an "F" in my mind, but I'm an "S" in my speed.

Lyota.
Hold on tight!

 Swimming through the barrage of bullets with Alice in your arms...
 You'll be able to dodge the incoming barrage of bullets one after another, dodging the dense rain-like barrage at full speed.

It's amazing: ......

 Alice was stunned, her tongue wagging at my moves to avoid the barrage of bullets with paperwork.

 Of course I didn't just avoid them, I found an opening and counterattacked with my other gun.
 With my concentration heightened in the midst of dodging as hard as I can, I headshot the little devil who's hitting me with the black ball.

 His head is blown off and disappears, and golden gold is dropped.
 Next, my concentration increases to the limit and I enter the zone (,).

 Everything you see, hear and feel has become an enemy, a monster.

 Dodge and shoot.
 Dodge and shoot.

 I repeated it incessantly.

'It's like a great ...... dance.'

 I started to avoid it, and I annihilated the monster with no damage through the barrage, but instead I was more tired than ever before - or in other words, exhausted.

 Because of this, I didn't make much money this day, and I ended up with a third of yesterday's earnings, 300,000 piro per day.