Volume 2 - CH 216

I was running!

With all my might!

That’s right!

Like the title say, Full-Speed-Ahead!!

Can you guess why?

Correct!

Because this time it’s a race against time!

No exaggeration to say that this battle will be decided by how fast we can destroy that magic crystal or whatever it’s called!

HOWEVER!

I’m the slowest out of all of us!

“NUOOOOOOOO!!”

“……, if you’re struggling ……, do you want to take a break …….?”

“We don’t have time for that!”

“Reizen, do your best!”

“It’s not fair to be flying, Alena! DAAAAANG IIIIIT!!”

Uchikage is an Oni.

In addition, he specializes in speed.

There’s no way a guy like that could get tired easily!

Alena is floating with her body as light as possible. ……

I envy her.

I want to fly too!

I wonder if it’s impossible for a tortoise?

I don’t think so. ……

“! Over here!”

“Then please! Alena, please figure out the next direction!”

“Got it!’

“Come – [Earth Spirit]!”

Darn!

Consuming 100 MP is hard!

I only have a little over 400 MP, so I won’t be able to use it anymore. ……

I have a skill called [Magic Absorb] but I can’t use it now because it’s a skill to squeeze magic from the opponent. ……

But the earth spirit can continue to be used for a while after activation!

Although the effect wears off after the time it takes to move. ……

I think they are placed at intervals.

It’s a real pain when the effect wears off before we get to the next place. ……

“Found it!”

This time, there is a bird with strange feathers inside.

The moment I put it on the ground, Uchikage hits it with his bare hand and destroys it.

We do it over and over again.

“This is the fourth one. …… Alena, Reizen-dono, are you okay?”

“*Wheeze *wheeze,……, I- I’m fine,……, *wheeze,…….”

“I think it would be better to take a break  ……”

I shouldn’t rest, but my …… body doesn’t listen to me. ……

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a monster or not, but I could run much longer than in my previous life,…… and it’s exhausting,…….

Not good. ……

It’s hard to stand up now. ……

“Ha ……, ha …….”

“Here you go, water.”

“Thank you. ……”

I gulped down the bag of water Alena gave me.

Some of the water spilled out of my mouth, but it felt good when it touched my body, so I let it be.

Anyway, I kept drinking more and more water.

“Puaaah! Ha, ha. ……”

“As I thought, it would be better to rest for a while. Your body has reached its limit.”

“Ugh ……. It can’t be helped. I will rest for a while. ……”

In fact, I barely have any MP, so taking a break is certainly the right thing to do.

I mean, I can’t raise my level at all these days. ……

When I was in the monster form, I could raise my level just by eating, so it was pretty easy. ……

But when I took human form, I had to defeat the enemies to raise my level.

If the enemy is not of a certain level, there is no experience value.

In human form, I can’t expect to gain any more levels.

Well, I can still fight as is, so it’s fine, for now. ……

In fact, I’m not so sure about the tortoise form either.

Aaahhh…

Houen is a phoenix, and aniki is a dragon.

I’m the only one who feels pity?

“The fourth floor ……. In just a little while, we can capture the fourth floor”

“There are two on the third layer and two on the fourth ……. If we assume that there are two in each layer, we can go to the fifth floor, but it would be better to go all the way through.”

“Yeah, I think it’s good too. Come to think of it, can Uchikage run while Reizen is on your back?”

“It’s because Reizen-dono’s skill, it seems, can only be activated when his feet are on the ground.  It is useless if I carry him on my back.”

“I see.”

When I hear that it’s still the fourth floor after all that running, I feel like I’m in a slump. ……

I think there’s still time to spare, but I can’t take it easy.

But it’s hard for Alena if she doesn’t get some sleep, right?

Alena’s sleep is important to us, so we will sleep as well.

As I recall, the fifth floor is where the centipedes came out.

I don’t know if they will come out again, but if they do, they will be a nuisance.

We haven’t encountered a single monster so far, so I don’t think there are any in the fifth floor either. ……

By the way, I thought the fifth layer was a short distance away, right?

We spent an unbelievable amount of time dealing with the centipedes. ……

“Reizen-dono. How is your magic?”

“I don’t think I can use the earth spirit until about another hour. …… It will take a little more time to fully recover. ……”

“Hmm-. Reizen-dono.Could you take mymagic power by using magic absorb?”

“Eh, are you okay with that?” 

“Yes, it’s about 400, so if you take too much, I’ll pass out. ……”

I appreciate the offer, though.

Uchikage don’t use magic very often.

Well, then, I’ll take it without reservation.

“I understand. [Magic Absorb].”

When I activated the skill, my magic power recovered immediately.

But the speed of recovery is not that fast.

It recovers 3 MP per second.

But I’m thankful for this.

If I keep using this for a while, I will be able to use the earth spirit again.

“‘aight. Is Uchikage alright??

“…… Yes. It seems to be all right. Only about half of it was taken away, is that enough?”

“It can be used twice now. I think we should aim to conquer the fifth layer today.”

“Alena also agree with that! I’m hungry. ……”

The time intervals in the caves can be very confusing. ……

By the way, I’m pretty hungry too.

“Hm………. Then let’s take a break and have a snack.”

“”Agree””

I’ve packed various things in the magic bag that aniki gave me.

If we have this much, we can afford to conquer the dungeon.

After eating, we’ll run again!!