427. Carbon




 There wasn't much time to spare.
 I didn't hesitate to close in on the dungeon master in his own form and shot countless bullets into his entire body at zero distance.

 I have no idea what works or where it works.
 Normal bullets, frozen bullets, flaming bullets, tracking bullets, growing bullets--.

 All kinds of bullets were shot into all kinds of places.

 And then time begins to move.

 The various bullets that had stopped on the surface of his body during the time stoppage began to move at once, piercing, burning, scraping and shattering the Dungeon Master.

 It was overkill.

 The Dungeon Master, shot with all sorts of offensive bullets, burst out of the dungeon master.
 The air returned to normal. I'm relieved that I was able to defeat it.
 By the way, Li-ching also disappeared.

 I found a ring on the ground where the dungeon master was.
 When I tried to pick it up as a drop item, the girl from earlier appeared on the spot, as if the transparency had snapped.

''What the hell!''

 The girl holds up her hand, screaming in the same tantrum-like screeching voice as ever.
 Once again, the Dungeon Master appears.

''Repetition!''

 As expected, there was no time to test this against this.
 I quickly cast the final lap magic Repetition.

 Earlier, I was invincible while transforming, but Repetition seemed to pass.
 The black mass before the transformation burst away. By the way, there was no drop this time.

 Repetition against a dungeon master, I felt a peculiar feeling of dizziness when my MP was wiped out with a single shot, but it was much better than dealing with a troublesome dungeon master.
 I filled my gun with infinite recovery rounds and fired at myself.

...... eh?

 Meanwhile, the girl was letting her voice trail off.

 The girl rolled her eyes as the dungeon master she was relying on was defeated before she could disappear again.
 After a while, the girl's expression changed drastically, as if she finally understood the situation.

'What, what was that? How did you do it?

 And as if he was a changed person, he was friendly and curious.
 I was puzzled, but I didn't have any malice or hostility in mind, so I decided to answer her.

"Well, it's that magic called repetition,
"Repetition.
Don't you know? It's a spell that can take down a monster once it's defeated, unconditionally.
'Wow! Is there such a thing?
Well, the more powerful the enemy, the higher the MP consumption--
Wow!

 A disadvantage, or perhaps a cost.
 I tried to explain that as well, but the girl didn't hear that at all and only got more and more gleeful.

''I've finally met you!''
What?
You're the man of my dreams!
...... Huh?

 This time it was going to be me who was going to be scowling.
 All of a sudden? The man of the month?

"Well, ......, that's some kind of metaphorical expression--
Stay with me!
No, no, you listen to me.

 The girl hugged me.
 It's a complete change from the previous days, and it looks like pure, innocent favoritism.

 Is it true? And.
 What does that mean? So.

 The two combined and I was in a bit of a bind.

'Well, you can't just stay here forever,'
Why?
My friends are waiting for me at home. I have to come home like normal for the evening.
No! I've finally found the one and only. I've finally found the One and Only who has overcome all the hardships and seven hardships that 'he' told me to go through!

 Who is that guy ...... and it's becoming more and more of a mystery.

'Well ...... I can't stay here all the time, but do you want to come to my house instead?'
Your house?
Yeah.
Of course that's impossible. I'm a genie.
Oh, I knew it was a genie. Carbon?

 The girl - Carbon nodded clearly.
 She's a girl with a clear body language, as well as the way she uses words and her expression changes all over the place.

'You can do it,'
No!
...... its hardship? What if I told you that you could also get over it?
'Really? How!

 What is your problem with ............?
 No, no, there's just something special about the way you say it, yeah.

'Put me back to where I was earlier.
Okay!

 It's still crappy - and as I was thinking about it, a bright white light filled my eyes and I returned to the stairs in the second basement of the carbon dungeon.

 I used the gate - it was all right.

 I left the dungeon.
 I left the dungeon and dashed as fast as I could towards Cyclo.
 On the way there, when I became breathless and tired, I shot a recovery round at myself and ran while maintaining my speed.

 It was about evening when I reached Cyclo, and I ran back to the mansion in a straight line and ran into the vanadium dungeon.

'I'm home!'
You're on your way home, sir.

 I heard Emily's voice, in the kitchen.
 When I got there, I saw that Emily was prepping the food and Vanadium was helping her with the preparation.

I'm home. Sorry Emily! Vanadium, can you come with me for a moment?
...... (country)

 Vanadium instantly nodded and stopped helping immediately, coming up to me and squeezing my sleeve.

 I still haven't said a word to Emily (、、、、), but it's okay now.

'Sorry Emily, I'm going to go for a few more.'
Yes, I'm making dinner and waiting for you.
I'm off!

 Take Vanadium, head to the transporter room, set up the carbon spirit room, and go through the gate.

 Then.

'Here we go again! Huh? What! How did you do that? You're not in the dungeon, are you!

 Carbon is surprised to see me show up again.

'And that boy ...... erythronium ...... that? Slightly different, eh, eh, eh!

 Now I'm surprised to see Vanadium.

"Vanadium, hold her. I'll bring her home.
...... (country)

 Just as Carbon can see that Vanadium is a genie, Vanadium can see that Carbon is the same as him.

 Vanadium doesn't want to be a human, but he doesn't refuse to take the genie back to his dungeon at all.
 With that, he grabbed Carbon's hand and hauled him back to the dungeon.

'Alright, let's go back.'

 Vanadium, Carbon and I walked through the gate back to the mansion.

...... Where am I?
Our home, well, in a dungeon of vanadium.
'What? Another dungeon? Am I allowed to leave? Why? What? Why?
Tadaimaima.
I'm back.

 As Carbon was completely bewildered, Aulum and Nifonium returned with Meeke, using the transporter room.

'Meaning, Aulum to Nihonium? What does it really mean?
'Huh? New faces?
Or, rather, a hint of knowing.

 Both Aulum and Nihonium seemed to recognize Carbon right away.

 To my surprise, Carbon popped his mouth open and turned to me with a giggle ...... and an awkwardness like a rusty hinge.

'Could it be ...... a very awesome person?'

 What did he say?