The ticket and the seed, the two strayed from the light as if they were resonating.
　Without having time to think deeply about what that meant, things went on further.

　Both the ticket and the seed disappeared, and a monster appeared, just as it did with the ticket alone.

''Mmm.''

　What appeared was the first monster I had ever seen.
　First of all, a chariot.
　It wasn't a chariot as a modern weapon, but a chariot of the chariot type - chariot-like, pulled by a few horses.

　The one riding on top of that chariot was - an orc.

　At first glance, they look obese, but in fact they are muscular and sturdy.
　It is built like a sumo wrestler.

　On top of his body is a pig's head.
　The monster on top of the chariot is a monster that can be recognized at first glance as an orc.

''It's a good thing Sakura isn't here.

　It was definitely someone who would get very excited and say cluck cluck cluck.

　This orc was not just any orc.
　He was not just an orc, he had a crown on top of his pig's head and a cloak on his back.
　I wondered if he was the king of orcs, a monster that could be called the Orc King.

''Whoa!''

　As I stared at the sight, an orc chariot rushed forward.

　If you look closely, you can see three "harpoons" sticking out of the end of the chariot.
　It rushed at me.

　I dodged them on the spur of the moment.
　The chariot's harpoons rammed straight into the dungeon wall.
　The wall was half destroyed in an instant.

"That's a lot of power!

　The tank turned dexterously, pointed the harpoon at us again, and then rushed in further.

　While dodging the rush, I first fired a series of normal bullets to check it out.
　Then the Orc King swung his whip vigorously and flung every single bullet out of the harpoon.

"How about this!

　Normal bullets couldn't get through, then he fired a growth bullet of higher firepower.

　The Orc King tried to raise his whip, but he stopped midway.
　Instead, he circled his chariot and struck the harpoon with a growth bullet.

　The growth bullets and the harpoon collided.
　They let out a high-pitched metallic sound and sent sparks into the air in a big way.

Don't do it.

　More tanks rushing towards me.
　This time I didn't dodge it.

　I shot head-on at the harpoon's ramming trajectory with a few steel bullets.

　Gakkien!

　More noise and sparks than before, the tank was stopped by a steel wall bullet.

''--!

　The Oak King's face was clearly tinted with astonishment.
　A face that said he hadn't the faintest idea that the rush would be stopped.

　A gap!

　I stepped in, got behind the tank, and fired the same ironclad rounds into it.
　It was a pincer of ironclad bullets from the front and back, just as I had done when I went through the cracked stone.

　The tank made a grinding noise and was caught in a gash, unable to move.

　I quickly chased after it.
　They fired a series of tracking rounds into a barrage of cover, and the Orc King was thin on the ground.
　As the tracking rounds are knocked down by the whip one after another, I give a full-bodied blow to the body.

''Hard!''


　The moment I hit him, it felt as if I had hit a large rock or something.
　But it was not ineffective.

　The orc didn't blow up, but it wobbled on the tank and twisted its face.

　The whip flew in a counterattack.
　He kicked the chariot and dodged, jumping away from the chariot in one go for nearly five meters.

　As he landed, he quickly charged again.

　The orc carriage is still stuck, the orc king was momentarily distracted by it, trying to move it somehow.

　He took advantage of that moment and fired an accelerator round at himself as soon as he pounced.

　The world accelerated.
　He slammed a series of punches into the Oak King on top of the carriage.

　The Oak King was so hard that his fist zinged, but the response was sufficient.

　But the moment I nudged him with about ten shots, I was sent flying.

　There's still time left for acceleration, I try to chase after it, but the Oak King's body is engulfed in light.

　I shoot the gun, hitting it even more fleshily.
　All the attacks didn't work.

　I had no choice but to keep my distance and be alert, and the light increased even more, and soon the carriage was gone as if it were melting away, and I was sucked into the Oak King as light.

　Almost as soon as the acceleration broke, the light on the other side subsided.
　The Oak King, which had landed and was only on two legs, had a far greater presence than before.

''Transformation and invincibility time?''

　Somehow those words popped into my head.
　There are many monsters that have to be defeated in two stages and have an invincibility time in between.
　This Orc King would be one of them.

　The Orc King raised his whip.
　Instead of waving it at me, he raised it as if he were commanding something, thrusting it up to the heavens.

　What kind of--

　Instantly, an uncomfortable feeling enveloped me.
　My thoughts are awfully fast, and my body barely moves - only very slowly.
　The Orc King's movements also look awfully slow.

　The accelerator bullets should have run out by now - no, if they are accelerator bullets, it's strange that my body doesn't move.
　This is like a runner - just when I thought that this was like a runner - my eyes caught something.

　There was a ball of light at the end of the Orc King's thrust.

　The ball of light was swelling at a tremendous speed, ready to fill the dungeon at any moment.

　A chill ran down my spine.

　A running horse, and possibly an attack by the Oak King.
　What does that indicate ......?

'Gwaaahhhh!'

　The next thing I knew, the pain hit me as if my blood was boiling all over my body.
　An unprecedented amount of pain hit me and went through my entire body.

''Ugh.''

　After the light subsided, I fell to my knees.

'Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...... haha!

　Just before the light enveloped my body, I quickly grabbed the Stone of Absolute Rock and went into absolute defense mode, but the light dealt enough damage to pierce it.

　If I hadn't used the Absolute Rock Stone, I would have died instantly. That's the damage that convinced me of that.
　My whole body hurts, I hurt all over the place.

　I'm afraid to look at what's happening to my body.
　That much damage had come.

　With a trembling hand, I load the recovery bullet and shoot at myself.

　The damage is so great that even if I fired continuously, my recovery was not able to keep up with it at first.

'Phew. ......'

　Somehow I managed to recover.
　I could finally see myself after the pain was gone, but my clothes were mostly erased and only a few apologetic rags were stuck to my body.

　If my clothes were like this, I'd believe them when they told me that my body would be half blown off before I recovered.

　The Orc King waved his whip at me in surprise.
　A whip that wriggles like a living thing, though the trajectory reminds me of that of an expert, or rather a master.

'That's a relief,'

　I identified the tip of the whip, which was probably beyond the speed of sound, and grabbed it with a gulp.
　Compared to the light of instant death, the whip is totally within the realm of being able to deal with it.

　And.

'That light doesn't seem to be able to fire continuously.

　I was relieved, and with a sense of relief, I had a chance to win.