266. Believe me




 There was a girl in the room at the bottom of the stairs.
 She looks young, close to Alice, and is about fourteen or five years old.

 Her hair is long enough to hang down to the ground, and her clothes are "Japanese" - close to twelve.
 A dolphin doll or an old Japanese princess.
 A girl who looks like that.

'Prumbum?'
The human ...... has come to dabble in mistresses again.

 That girl - the girl from Spirit Purumbum, no doubt in terms of location - was staring at me with hostility bared in her eyes.

 But then I understood one thing.
 Plumbum didn't lose the monster to avoid me.
 He did it to reject humans.

'Trickery? Did something happen to you with humans in the past?
What are you doing?

 Plumbum raised his hand.
 A moment later, a wind pressure hits me.

 I cross my arms and stay on my feet - but.

''Gaha!''

 Pain shot through every part of my body.
 I looked over and saw that the fish-type monsters that had existed in the Plumbum dungeons so far had appeared out of nowhere and were hitting me in the body.

''Wait! My story--
Leave! You have nothing to talk to a human being about!

 Prumbum, still in a rage, waved his hands in the air further.
 The second attack, I instantly switched my attention to my surroundings.

 Multiple monsters came out in all directions and surrounded me.

 Kicking the ground and flying backwards, I draw my two pistols and fire a growth round and a normal round.
 I intercept and knock down the monsters that hit me physically.

'You did it. ......'
d*mn!

 This is not going to end well.
 He fires special bullets on the spot.

The shot was a restraining round.
 A rope of light restrained Plumbum.

 Plumbum tried to raise his hands, but they didn't move, and he stared at me with more intense and angry eyes.
 It's a look with a pretty intense will to reject.
 I stare back into those eyes, which would normally make me feel depressed, and ask.

'What happened to you? Let me hear it. I might be able to help you in some cases.
"Don't be coy, man, no matter how nice they may be to you, in the end they will betray you.
...... betrayed you?
Yes!

 He's even more agitated, and he opens his eyes so wide that he looks like he's going to blow fire out of them.

'Tell me that story.'
...... Very well. If you insist, you will be acquainted with the sins of man.

 Plumbum spoke with his furious eyes, in response to my questions.

Once, a man came to my mistress. He was a strong and brave man.

 So she's a seasoned adventurer.

That's the first time I've had any contact with a human. The man told her many things about humans, and showed her a world she had never known. He told her many things about humans, and showed her a world that she had never seen before. And in return, he gave her a power that she can only display here in Plumbum.

 You gave him a genie with a spirit.

The man said he was leaving.

 Yeah?
 What's the wind up of the ...... story?

I said I'd be back. I promised her I'd be back. She believed it, and sent him off... but!

 Purrumbum raging, the wind pressure in sync with the anger assaulting me.

He never came back. He used all the power that straw gave him and never came back - until he died.
...... recently dead.
That's right. The power she gave you has returned. Do you understand now? You are a man of few words, then.
That's not true.
What's the difference!
'The man couldn't come back even if he wanted to. People have a very hard time coming here.
"Bullshit! He said, 'I could have come if I'd done it normally.'
They just don't know it was a lucky break--
Don't say that!

 Plumbumbum's anger bolstered more and more.
 She wasn't lying, but it irritated her to the contrary.

'Even if that person was, I wouldn't do that. What I'm going to say is absolutely--'
Don't ever be tricked again by a mortal.

 Plumbum raised his hand.
 He quickly braced himself. The monster didn't fly, but instead a turtle appeared in front of Plumbum.

'Repetition!'

 The most powerful lap magic, Repetition.
 The strongest magic to defeat monsters once defeated unconditionally - but it didn't work.
 I'm not going to be able to get my hands on any of them. Is it a different monster?

 It's a different monster, but its abilities were similar.
 The turtle multiplied faster than the guy from earlier, doubling in size at a rate of one per second.
 It shoots guns, and its hardness is no less than that of a winner.
 This is unstoppable--that's when I thought.

 A staircase appeared in front of me.
 The stairs back to the top appeared in a doubled-up turtle.

'Get out of my mistress's sight! The "human
-Oh!

 Repetition doesn't work, the tortoise is equally hard and multiplies at about five times the rate.
 The consequences of what that meant--.
 I gritted my teeth and ran up the stairs that Plumbum gave me.

 When I got out of the stairs, I walked out of the dungeon.
 I'm going to pull up and plan a countermeasure for now.

 With that in mind, I turned myself around and walked out with my back to the dungeon - but.

......

 Stay, stay.
 Just turn your head and look at the dungeon.

 It's ...... no good.

 Plumbum feels betrayed by the humans.
 If she backed down here, she would really think, "See, I was right.
 I can't back down, I have to go to see her.

 I have to make her understand.

 I went back to the dungeon.
 All at once, I ran through the Plumbum dungeon and came to the lowest level.

 I put down the only two bottles of goat's milk left in the city, and since I'd used one, I put down the milk that was now a legitimate last bottle.

 The hagremonos hatched and the repetition killed them instantly.
 The stairs were out.

 I went down, and there was a turtle that multiplied, but Repetition killed that too, in the blink of an eye.

 I came back to Prunbhum's place.

"What do you think you're doing?
Listen to me.
Yeah, shut up!

 Plumbum brought out the turtles again.
 Turtles that couldn't be taken down immediately, turtles that doubled in size at a tremendous rate.

 The stairs were still out.

'Leave!'
I'm not leaving.

 I said quietly, but clearly.
 Plumbum flinched, I could see his hesitation.

 All the while, the turtles continued to multiply, filling Plumbum's room.

 Stone of Absolute Rock, and HP and Strength SS.
 I decided to activate the invincibility mode and endure it.

 Mitchi--.

 An unpleasant sound could be heard from my body's core.
 Invincibility Mode + HP SS + Strength SS.

 Even so, the pressure was enough to make my body creak.

''Gaha.''

 I coughed up blood. The taste of iron filled my mouth.

'Nah, why are you there ......'

 Prumbum exclaims.

'I can't overlook someone like you.
"Wow, like a mistress ......?
'I'm forced to be in this place, not seeing the people I want to see, being forced to be in an unfortunate environment where our differences hurt my heart.

 I look straight at Prumbum.

I can't let that happen.
-Oh!
So I'll deal with it. This is nothing compared to that--

 The words are cut off.
 My eyes become hazy and distant, distant in consciousness.
 The turtle continues to multiply all the while, and I can feel the pressure growing stronger.

 Plumbum is unaffected, of course, but the pressure hits me in such a way that my body feels like it's going to be messed up.

 The limit comes, I let go of my consciousness--.

 Gili!
 I grit my teeth. I gather up all my energy and hold on to my consciousness.

You have to trust me.
"-Oh!

 The moment I finished, I wandered off and lost the feeling in my feet.

 I've gone over the edge, I thought - so far.

'...... really?'

 I can hear Plumbum's feeble voice.

'Huh?'
Are you sure you can trust him?
...... Yeah.
Come to see me again?
I'll come. There may be some days I won't be able to come, but when I do, I'll have my guys come.
Inside.
Yeah, or I'll take you out of here if you want.
That's not ...... but it's ......

 That's what Prumbum mumbles.
 She seems similar to Aulum, but a bit different.

 She seems to have little interest in the outside world.
 Someone is coming to visit her.
 That's all she wants, it seems.

...... wow.
What?
I'll trust you at .......
...... Yeah, trust me.

 I struggled to stay on my wobbly feet and said strongly to Prumbum.

 She gave me a smile, as if the snow had melted.

 She smiled at me, as if the snow had melted.