CH 92

Appointment

“So this is the B-rank dungeon. Great Demon Dungeon…”

The next day, after waking up early in the morning, taking a shower, and getting ready to explore the dungeon, I left my house to arrive 30 minutes before the appointed time at one of the B-rank dungeons, Great Demon Dungeon.

“Well, I heard that there are …… Astral’s explorers…”

I looked around as I muttered this, but no group looked like that.

The only people there were just ordinary explorers, and they had not gathered that many people in front of the dungeon, perhaps because it was still early in the day.

“…Did I come a little too early?”

Well, it’s a waste of time to sit here in a daze until it’s time to go and kill some time at random.

“…Okay.”

I decided so, and after propping up the Dragon Tree Bow, the landmark that is me, at an angle on a bench near the entrance to the dungeon, I sat down and took out my phone.

Then, while operating the smartphone, and organize my mind about the information on B-rank monsters that I had researched yesterday.

“First of all, the monsters that appear in the rigid dungeon were ogres, right?”

I look at my phone and mouth the name of the monster that is said to be one of the strongest among the B-rank monsters.

The strength and the types of monsters that appear vary from dungeon to dungeon, but the ogre is one of the strongest B-rank monsters.

Unlike goblins, which are said to be the weakest monsters in the ogre lineage, these monsters have high attack power and high defense.

However, they cannot use magic, and their intelligence is not that high, so their main method of combat is melee combat.

“Shhhh… I knew that when it comes to B-rank dungeons, the number of videos posted during the battle is getting smaller.”

Up until now, I have been watching videos of monsters in a battle to use them as a reference when fighting monsters.

But when it comes to B-rank dungeons, the number of posted videos is also decreasing, perhaps because the number of explorers who can dive is decreasing.

“Well, that’s inevitable. I wouldn’t have come here today if I wasn’t supposed to arrive at Astral like this.”

After muttering this, I put my phone away in my pocket, then turned my face up from looking down to look at my phone and looked around.

“Hmm~! Well, it should be here by now…”

Time-wise, it was ten minutes before the designated meeting time.

So it shouldn’t be surprising that the Astral’s explorers have arrived.

“Ah!”

As I was thinking this, I saw a group approaching from the distance, the leader waving his hand widely.

At the front of the group were a brown-haired man and a blonde-haired woman.

The man is the one waving his hand, and the woman is walking behind him, lightly bailing towards me.

“…Are those the Astral’s explorers President Kamisaka was talking about…?”

The two men followed behind me and stopped there as they approached where I was standing.

The group following them glanced at us but didn’t pay any particular attention, and waited a short distance away.

“Amamiya Kaede-san, is that correct?”

The one who approached me was the woman who had walked in the lead.

“Yes. And you are?”

“I’m sorry, I’m late. I belong to Astral, and my name is Shinomiya Akari, the director of this B-rank party [Kurogane].”

The woman who bowed politely to me after saying so was probably in her early twenties in appearance.

She is tall and slender like a model.

“And this guy over here…”

“Nice to meet you. My name is Kanzaki Tetsuya. I’m going to be Kaede’s escort this time. Nice to meet you!”

“I see. I’m looking forward to working with you this time.”

“Oh!”

The man who said that and held out his hand to me had brown hair that was bristling with wax, and his physique was quite solid.

I’d guess his age to be around 30 or so.

And they are both stronger than me. Kanzaki-san looks badass. At least, I can’t get a hold of him now.

“Well then, let’s get going. We will guide you, so please come along. Tetsuya, make sure you escort Amamiya-san, okay?”

“I know. I’ll leave it to you.”

“Then, let’s go. Amamiya-san, you said you’ll follow us this time. Are you sure?

“Yeah. Of course, it’s not a problem. I’d like to ask you to help me, so please help me out.”

Shinomiya-san smiled and said, “I understand,” and then proceeded to lead the group into the dungeon.

Kanzaki-san followed and began to walk as well.

“…I’ll have to do my best too.”

I muttered to myself as I watched their backs.

“This is the Great Demon Dungeon…”

I can’t help but exclaim in admiration as I look at the scene before me.

The atmosphere was different from the C-rank dungeons I had dived into before.

The presence of the monsters is somewhat tense, and I get the strong feeling that this is one of the top-ranked dungeons among all dungeons.

“Hm? Are you freaking out?”

“…… No, I’m not. I just thought it was awesome and watched it.”

“Ha! I see. Well, that’s not too much to ask. I’ve seen a lot of people who were taken by the atmosphere of this dungeon. By the way, Kaede, you’ve got a lot of guts.

“Even so, I’ve been through my fair share of rough spots, and I’m used to it.”

I’ve been in a lot more danger this year than I was last year.

“Oh~ that’s encouraging.”

“Tetsuya! Amamiya-san! Please stop wasting time there! I’m leaving you here!”

“Yeeahh yeaaah.”

“I’m sorry! I’ll be right there!”

While I’m talking with Kanzaki-san, I heard Shinomiya-san’s sharp voice, Kanzaki-san and I rushed out.