Shujinkou Janai!

ese techniques, all these magics, we still can’t defeat this one single Slime.

 

 

I could feel sweat beads on my forehead from the heat.

The long battle is nerve-wracking, and I’m slowly losing my concentration.

“”

 

 

What is worse is the amount of MP we have remaining.

Because we’re using Arts that were originally far above our strength, the consumption of magic power is severe.

 

 

(This is the difference in basic strength huh)

 

 

It’s relatively easy to recover stamina with magic, but lost magic power can’t be easily replenished.

The amount of MP that can be recovered over time is minimal, and all the potions to restore MP aren’t for sale.

Although we do carry MP recovery potions just in case, they aren’t something we could just comfortably use.

 

 

Besides, while recovery potions are powerful, they have the limitation that “they lose their effectiveness if used consecutively over a short period of time”.

Tactics that rely on MP recovery potions aren’t viable in the first place.

 

 

(I have a feeling that we have used 30% of our resources.)

 

 

Out of the dozens of Slimes that have taken root in this dungeon, we have only fought one of them.

However, to defeat that one slime, I feel like we have used 30%.

 

 

But even so, we can’t stop here.

This Slime has the ability to self-regenerate, so a prolonged battle wouldn’t be good.

Besides, a prolonged battle may even catch the attention of another Slime.

 

 

That’s why I continue to unleash my Arts as hard as I can without worrying about my MP consumption.

 

 

(Almost there! We should be almost there!)

 

 

I see that the Big Blue Slime’s movements are even slower than it was at first, and its outer body is covered with injuries that can’t be hidden.

If we push through here……

 

 

[It’s Acid! Please dodge!]

 

 

I wonder if it was because I had such wicked thoughts in mind.

I was so flustered that I left at Mana’s words of warning……

 

 

[……Ah.]

 

 

—–and my feet getting caught with the difference in step, I tripped.

 

 

That was the worst timing for that to happen.

“”

Acid was spat out toward me, and I quickly shielded my face with my left hand.

 

 

[Guaaaahhh!]

 

 

The Acid that splashed on my left hand entered through the gap in my armor and burned my skin.

 

 

[Radd-kun!]

 

 

Mana screamed.

Frantically stifling down the pain, I stood up.

It was fortunate that one of the Enchanted rings I had equipped increased VIT, and it didn’t do as much damage as I thought it would.

 

 

However……

 

 

[Oh no! The barrier……]

 

 

The that had protected me all this time had already lost its effect.

At the same time, a green mist is sprayed from the slime with great force.

 

 

[Ghaaak!]

 

 

There was no way for me to protect myself from the smoke billowing in all directions.

The poisonous smoke entering my lungs seemed to burn me from the inside out.

 

 

[I’ll heal you! Move back!]

 

 

However, even within the constant pain, I shook my head.

Once the barrier of the is broken, it can no longer be reapplied during the battle.

That means, right now, what I should do is……

 

 

 

————attack!

 

 

 

I readied my sword in my tear-stained vision.

In the midst of the pain that stirred up my thoughts however, the movements that had become ingrained in me didn’t betray me.

 

 

 

[———–!!!]

 

 

 

A satisfactory Art pierced into the Slime.

The blow severed the blue monster’s life, and the blue monster that had tormented us for so long finally ceased to live.

 

 

After witnessing this, I frantically jumped out of the range of the enemy’s poisonous mist and hurriedly removed the from my finger before putting it back on.

Rex told us that once the barrier was destroyed, it wouldn’t reappear for 10 minutes, but that by removing it during non-combat, you could reapply it quickly.

 

 

When I felt the barrier reappear just as Rex said, I breathed a sigh of relief.

There, my friends, worried about me, came rushing to my side.

 

 

[Geez, that’s bad for our hearts!]

[You’re being too reckless!]

 

 

I bowed to the two of them and said “Sorry”, before continuing with a “but……”.

Turning around, the lifeless monster turned into particles of light, which were sucked in toward our left hand.

 

 

Just as I thought the light had settled on our bodies, my heart pulsed strongly with a thump.

There, I felt a familiar sensation in my body.

 

 

 

[———–I leveled up.]

 

 

 

Power welled up from the depths of my body, and at the same time, I felt that the poison that had been eating away at me disappeared completely, and on the contrary, I felt my stamina and MP, which I should have lost, fill up.

 

 

When level-up occurs, in its aftermath, vitality and MP are fully restored, and state ailments are also cured.

This phenomenon is called the “Level-up Recovery” and it was the main reason why Rex sent us to this dungeon “now”.

 

 

Levels apparently rise quickly in the beginning, but once you exceed Lv 10, the pace slows down as the EXP required increases.

However, while our level is low and it’s easy to make use of “Level-up Recovery”, we can continue to move forward without needing recovery supplies.

 

 

[Radd, are you okay? If you say it’s impossible, we can turn back……]

[No, let’s go.]

 

 

I shook my head at Nuku, who asked me with concern.

 

 

Rex had said it.

This is a battle we can have “because we are inexperienced”, and it’s the “shortest path” for us to grow.

We’re not the type of Adventurers that would let this ultimate chance pass us by.

 

 

We haven’t fought enough, and we haven’t leveled up enough.

I’m not satisfied with just fighting one monster, nor do I want to leave any monster we could fight behind.

“”

 

 

 

[———–All the EXP in this dungeon are ours!]