239. Mike Aurum




 Telldungeon, basement level.
 I was in spectator mode, watching the mini-sages battle.

 The level-canned mini-sages were strong.
 He can use his sword for melee combat, and his magic is versatile enough to attack, assist and heal.
 He can do everything and is strong, but if I had to choose, I'd say he can do everything, but none of them are quite at the "masterful" level, and he seems to be a bit of a poor handyman.

 The mini-wise man was dropping more and more bean sprouts against the slime.

"Amazing.
'Yeah, ......, ah, cell.'

 I suddenly heard a voice from right beside me and turned around to see the head of the dungeon association's cell standing in a line, looking at the mini-wise man.

''Having heard the rumors and come here, it's a sight beyond my expectations, isn't it?''
Really?
'It's already unheard of for a human-kept (、、、、) haggler to soar back into a dungeon, and I've never even imagined it producing as well as an adventurer. Can you go ...... downstairs?
"Oh, mini wise guy.

 I called out, and a mini-sage who had just finished the battle came towards me.

'What is it?'
My name is Cell Stema. I'm the president of the Cyclodungeon Society.
'What? Oh, I'm Meeke, a mini-wise man. It's nice to meet you.
'I need to ask you a question, can you move up the hierarchy?'
Yes ......

 What does it matter? I look at the cell as I answer, "I'm not sure.

'Do you ever go in and out of the dungeon?'
I can, but you can go to ......
Will you try?

 Meeke looked at me with a slightly puzzled expression.
 I don't know why Cell would ask that, either, but I said to Meeke anyway.

'Let's see it.'
I understand.

 Meeke walked out and headed for the dungeon's entrance.
 When he came to the entrance, Meeke went in and out of the dungeon in the same way as before, jumping in and out of the dungeon in a repetitive fashion.

'...... awesome,'
What?
I've never heard of this kind of haggling. Even the Dungeon Master can move through the levels, but he can't get out.
I see.

 Suddenly, I remembered Aulum.
 Arum is even higher than the dungeon master, and even she can't get out of the dungeon on her own.

 So every time I changed her into a gold nugget, I took her out and hatched her, and when I was busy, I couldn't pick her up and drop her off.
 I'm doing her a favor, but it's not a complete ...... situation.

Meeke is amazing when you think about it.
It's not a level of greatness. And what's truly amazing is Sato-sama for making it so.

Meeke, that's enough.
Yes, sir.

 Meeke said and came back from outside the dungeon.
 Then a slime jumped on him.

 Meeke jumped out of Meeke's blind spot, a body attack, catching him off guard, Meeke tangled with the slime, fell down and went out of the dungeon.

 After tangling and falling together at the side of the dungeon, Meeke kicked the slime away.
 As it was, "Irruption! and chanting an attack magic to take out the slime in one blow.

'Fufu...... surprised me.'
Are you okay, Meeke?
'Don't worry, it's just a surprise all of a sudden. It was just a slime.
I see.

 He wasn't injured on a quick glance, and it happened just as he self-reported.
 A little happening, and that's the end of the story--.

Why?

 -- of which, it was supposed to be.
 We turned around with Meeke and were about to go back into the dungeon, and waiting for us was a deathly surprised Cell.

'Yeah, what's going on?'
Why don't you just disappear?
What?

 I looked at Meeke. My eyes met Meeke's as he looked up at me.

'No, I explained that it won't disappear, and I've been showing you that for a while now.
No, I'm not talking about a mini-wise guy. It's a slime.
'Slime? --oh.

 I huffed.
 Yes, the slime.

 Meeke killed the slime - outside the dungeon.

 Monsters disappear when they leave the dungeon.
 Aside from Meeke, who was a unique monster and had a special ability, the slime should have disappeared the moment it left the dungeon.

 But it didn't disappear.
 It existed normally until Meeke kicked it away and chanted a spell - and it was defeated normally.

'What do you mean?'
Maybe that's what the boy can do.
Me?

 You might be right, Meeke.

"Let's test it. Let's try to recreate the same situation as before--no.

 You should look at something more essential.

'Let's just grab the slime and go straight out.
Yes!
'Yeah, let's get them together. We'll catch two of them, throw one of them outside, and the other one will stay out while we catch it.
I understand.

 I switched to my usual ability testing mode and instructed Meeke with an idea.
 I moved back into the cave with Cell and watched Meeke's test.

 As instructed, Meeke caught two slimes.
 After casting a restraining spell to prevent them from moving, he caught them and headed to the entrance of the dungeon.

 He threw one of them as it was - the slime disappeared.

 As if there was something there, the slime disappeared without a trace as soon as it passed through the entrance.

 Meeke looked at me anxiously.

"It's okay, next.
Yes!

 Meeke, whose anxiety was removed after I told her to, got her mind back on track and walked out with another slime in her grasp - holding it in her hand, as if to say.

 As it was, I walked through the entrance.

''Wow.''
"Hmm.

 Meeke raises his voice, Cell snarling and nodding quietly.

 The slime that Meeke had caught did not disappear.

''What do you mean by this?''
In other words, the monster Meeke is touching doesn't disappear when it goes outside. Maybe, but it's safe to move across the hierarchy.
I'll try it!

 Meeke jumped into the dungeon like the wind and came right back.

''Lyota-sama!''

 The one I presented with puppy dog eyes that wanted to be praised was a sleeping slime.
 It's a monster that lives in the basement two floors.
 I'm going to have to say that I've been dragged here from the second underground level to this point.

You mean we can span the layers?
Yes!
It's amazing.
No, you're the great one, Mr. Sato.


 Cell interrupted.

'Really?'
'Unique monsters, or mutants. There had been a good number of them until now. But they were all within the framework of 'monsters'. As long as they were monsters, they couldn't escape the logic of the dungeon and the world. The one who removed that framework is Sato-sama, and the one who should be praised as truly amazing is still Sato-sama.
Master Lyota, that's amazing!

 I was a little itchy when Cel and Meeke both praised me.

 I didn't feel bad, but I was embarrassed, so let's deflect the conversation.
 With that in mind, I quickly looked around for a topic of conversation, and the sunset caught my eye.

 It's almost the end of the day, and since I'm free from the black business, I don't work at night, it's time for me to go home.
 I'm going to go home and pick up Aurum and--

Mmm.
What is it, Master Lyota?

 Meeke asked with a tilt of his head.
 He stared at her for a moment, then turned to Sel.

I might add a genie to the mix.
"Law.

 Cell was not surprised, "Who is that? He stared back at me like.

'It's Meeke,'

 I took Meeke to Aulum's room.
 Meeke took me by the hand and brought Aulum back to the mansion.

 I had been taking him to and from the house by going through the process of being knocked down by me and hatching as a haglemono.
 With Meeke, all I had to do was hold her hand.

 Aulum was greatly pleased with this.

 With a genie, Meeke Aulum was born.