CH 4

It is legally required to verify your identity at the entrance of the facility before diving through the dungeon gate. After that, it was customary for the JSDF personnel in front of the dungeon to read out what the guild had applied for in advance.

They check things, such as the length of stay in the dungeon, number of people, and purpose, and make sure the raid leader is correct.

Finally, each person will be presented with an ID card to check if there is any difference with the application form. Students such as Tenji and Asagiri will be presented with a student ID card from the Japan Explorer High School, and professional explorers will be presented with a special license card.

Once that’s done, you’ll be officially admitted to the dungeon.

“-Then, everyone from Chariot. Take care! “

When we went out from the entrance of the facility to the courtyard inside the wall, there was a huge jet-black dungeon gate that towered above me. It feels the same as looking up at the Tokyo Sky Tree.

Many JSDF personnel are guarding the courtyard, and there is a strict atmosphere.

When the 34 participants arrived, everyone’s eyes gathered on them. They walk to the front of the dungeon gate with a dignified look.

A self-defence official saluted there.

It seems that he’s seeing off the raid party.

With the salute of the Self-Defense Forces as a signal, the explorers dived into the gate with a calm expression without hesitation.

There is a strange black liquid oil film-like ink between the gates, but everyone knows that this is harmless. However, many explorers had the impression that it was slightly warm.

The leader of this time, Godo, will enter at the very beginning, followed by the 14 regular members of the chariot.

Immediately after that, Inagaki Rui also passed through the gate, and other explorers entered silently.

And finally, two people with luggage entered.

Tenji had a laid-back look, and Asagiri who stepped into the dungeon gate for the first time was tense.

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–Inside the Ochanomizu dungeon.

Inside the dungeon was a grey beautifully paved road.

The walls and ceiling are paved with similar stones, and it even seems to have been intentionally arranged this way.

The area near the entrance was wide enough to allow about 12 cars to pass through side by side.

Floating at regular intervals near the wall are warm-coloured light balls that light up the dungeon. It illuminated the path of the explorer reasonably well and keeps good visibility at all times.

If you smell the air, a slightly earthy, iron and a faint animal smell passes through your nose.

All 34 people had arrived safely after diving through such a dungeon gate.

When Godo checked everyone’s complexion, he exhaled in relief.

“Okay, no one was randomly transferred.”

“Masaki-san, isn’t there only one random transfer per year?”

“That’s right, but I’m scared of this every time. It’s always unpleasant to be alone.”

Laughters echoed in the dungeon.

Random transfer is a phenomenon that occurs rarely in the world and is a phenomenon in which a person is randomly transferred to somewhere in the dungeon after passing through the dungeon gate.

Even if you look around the world, it is reported once a year, but there is no doubt that it is a phenomenon of horror among explorers.

The reason is that the case fatality rate of explorers involved in random transfer exceeds 90%.

“Then, let’s go! For the time being, well being warming up with a team by team rotation. The Chariot team and I will go first.”

“Oh”

“Yeah, I’ll work hard!”

“Well, if you’re in a raid with Godo-san, you can fight without worries.”

“Students should look at our backs and learn!”

As soon as they talked about their enthusiasm, they began to move forward in a familiar way.

There are six people in five rows in the basic formation of a medium-sized raid.

It is a formation in which six people are placed in a row, and the five rows are arranged to advance at appropriate intervals. The team in this case refers to six people in a row, and they will entrust their lives as one team.

There are a total of 34 participants in this raid.

Among them, Kasane Inagaki, a student as an assistant explorer, will join the team in the second row, and only that team will face the monster with a special case consisting of 7 people.

Other students, Tenji and Asagiri, because they were vulnerable were placed between the 4th and 5th rows.

The remaining person is often a senior explorer who acts alone as a scout.

Their purpose is to reduce the raid’s injury rate by detecting traps and monsters further in front of the front row.

In this raid as well, the role of the scout this time is Numata Mai that has a third-grade calling 《Chief Thief》.

Other than the rock-solid lineup, there was a reason they were relieved.

It is the existence of a man named Godo who is the leader this time.

“… Three [Purple Dogs] will be coming from the front! Moiwa will tank! Oyama will snipe it! Kanda will fire magic at it! Lastly Ushiro will finish it! Properly warm yourself up!”

“Ohh!”

“Roger!”

“Yeahh!”

“Leave it to me!”

Godo with the second-grade, Commander, was very good at “commanding.”

He has skills like [five senses synchronization] that instantly gathers information on the battlefield by sharing the five senses with friends, [command transmission] that can give instructions without saying words, and [Inspiring language] to encourage people.

He also has the ability to buff to raise the talents of his peers to the upper limit. The skill [Talent Enhancement] brings a buff effect corresponding to the abilities of allies. He can increase the defence of the tank, increase the power of the magic of the mage, improve the power and speed of the archer, and increase the sharpness of the sword moves of a swordsman.

This was the reason why Godo was fully trusted.

When they fight with him, they feel stronger than usual, and their brain naturally misunderstands that they are in good shape.

“Ho … So this is a professional explorer, isn’t it?”

Asagiri looked in admiration as if she was looking at an idol.

Due to the buff effect of Godo, something like green steam appeared to rise from the bodies of the 4 people.

There, a huge man with a silver shield of the size of the body—Moiwa Takashi, 28 years old, has hobby of raising parakeets – Thrust his shield on the ground with a bam.

He took a deep breath and yelled to provoke the enemy.

“[Induction]!”

Red ripples spread through the air from his mouth, causing vibrations that shook the walls and his silver shield shone lightly.

The light of the Great Shield naturally attracts the monster’s line of sight, and all enemies rushed straight to Moiwa.

The purple dog has a coat of purple fur over its body and is about the size of a golden retriever. Through the gaps in his mouth, you can see its fangs, and his eyes appeared to shine purple.

Purple, meaning the monster grade of purple dog is a fifth-grade monster.

For them, it’s just a small fry for warm-up.

“Oyama, Kanda!”

There, Godo took command.

The person holding a bow behind the team Oyama Yuuki – heartbroken because he was dumped by his girlfriend – pulled the bow to the maximum and released it.

The green mist that had sprung up from Oyama’s body moved to the arrow and pierced the purple dog at a speed that the naked eye couldn’t see.

Shortly after the enemy raised his voice, half of his body was shaved off

After it falls on the ground, its body will gradually harden and turn purple.

Almost at the same time, the rod that the magician often has glowed strongly.

“[Wind Blade]!”

The surrounding wind gathered rapidly on the rod, creating white wind crystals. It was transformed into a single wind blade in such a short time that in a blink, was released.

“Kyun!?”

It slashed the body of the purple dog in half from the side.

As soon as the monster falls to the ground, its body hardened and turned purple.

“Moiwa! Ushiro!”

“Got it!”

The last remaining purple dog rushed into the Moiwa shield.

Moiwa detects it in advance and activates the skill at the same time as the collision.

“[Counter push]!”

Donn, the monster that collided with it was shocked and blown backwards. In a hurry, he tried to land on the nearby ground, but a person quickly approached it.

The person was a handsome explorer with a light blue bellows sword, Ushiro Hasuke – 26 years old, a pervert that girls love.

“Moiwa! Nice!”

Ushiro slashed the purple dog, which was still trying to recover, in half in the air.

It was clear from Tenji’s eyes that he was a swordsman with speed and power that could hardly be thought of as human movement.

–The explorer who has been given a calling is not human.

It’s a word spoken by a critic.

Of course, the critic was fired and banished from the industry

But everyone knew. The explorer who has been given a calling is many times and dozens of times stronger than human beings.

A paper published by an American research institute describes the calculation results as follows.

When the physical ability of a professional athlete is set to “1”.

The explorer with a fifth-grade calling is “2”, a fourth-grade is “6”, a third-grade is “20”, and a second-grade is “40”.

All the members of the chariot who fought now have a third-grade calling or higher.

This is because one of the conditions for joining the chariot is to possess a third-grade calling or higher.

Therefore, they are more than 20 times stronger than normal people.

“Oh, everyone looks good!”

“Well, with Godo-san. There won’t be any problems.”

“I feel like I can exert more power than usual!”

“Hahaha, It’s always exaggerated. At most, it’s about 1.2 times the usual amount.”

All that was left behind were three hardened monsters. After a few minutes, the bodies became a small purple jewel about a 500-yen coin.

They collected it and deposited it in Tenji’s bag.

This is a gem that is also the reason why explorers continue to dive into the dungeon.

After the death of the monster, there is a 50% chance that the corpse will begin to harden and eventually become a small gem with a diameter of about 1 cm. It has received a great deal of attention as a next-generation energy source, and it was discovered 22 years ago that simply immersing it in water produces enormous amounts of energy.

It doesn’t emit any harmful substances, and its energy efficiency cannot be compared to others.

Military use, space use, natural development use, global warming countermeasures, this gem called a magic stone, is attracting a lot of attention.

Of course, the higher the monster grade, the more energy-efficient it is and the higher it will sell.

This magic ore is a very important source of funding for the average explorer, so it is recommended that you take it home as much as possible.

This raid was no exception, and due to the stance of “let’s bring back what we can bring back,” we picked them up one by one.

And them–.

We sail smoothly through the dungeon.

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–Day 2.

We have reached our goal, the fifteenth floor.

“We came here so smoothly “

“Well, it’s Godo-san’s raid party. It would be weird if things didn’t go smoothly.”

The chariots were also happy that they were stronger than usual, and the air was a little loose.

No … maybe it was too loose.

Until it came–.

Zuzuzuzuzuzuzuzu.

–The earth began to shake