Let's be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~

Chapter 111.2

111 Part 2

The specialty of the Centipede species such as Esta wasnt defense.

It was Armor Break.

When its carapace took damage

Esta would tell Haruki Its okay. Trust me.

So, Haruki believed in Esta.

He trusted that he would be able to destroy the knights weapon.

And Estas efforts had come to fruition.

The knights attack had been completely disrupted after its greatsword broke.

This caused the knight to leave its biggest opening so far in this battle.

Haruki didnt miss this chance.

Haruki swung down with his energized Magic Sword with all his strength.

Right before Harukis Magic Sword could come into contact with the knights armor

!?

The knight struggled.

It extended its open hand to try to catch Harukis short sword.

If he were to stop his attack with that, it would mean Haruki would have to go back to the drawing board.

However, Haruki didnt lose any momentum at all.

Thats because

*Ratatatat!!*

Whenever the clutches of evil would try to reach Haruki

Rhea would drive them away.

Rhea pulverized the knights hand.

The knight had literally nothing else to stop the blow with.

Its checkmate!

At the same time, Harukis Magic Sword touched the knights chest.

At that very moment

Weakness Exploits light flickered intensely.

Harukis attack cut through the knights chest, reaching the back of the armor on the other side.

And that wasnt all.

The remaining energy ended up splitting the knights armor in half.

The shock sent the knights torn armor flying back.

Harukis attack passed through the knights armor and again created a crack in a straight line on Kamui Rock.

On the other side of Harukis field of vision

A smile appeared on Cheps face, who until that point had remained expressionless, as if she had died.

She was a spirit.

Like an event-exclusive NPC inside the dungeon.

-So when this subjugation event is over, then

As if to affirm Harukis expectation, Cheps body silently began to fade until it disappeared.

The only thing she had left behind were the tears that had spilled from her eyes

Haruki cautiously got back up as soon as the shockwave had subsided.

He looked around and confirmed the silence of the shattered knight.

Haruki looked around and gazed at the landscape.

The river of Kamuikotan had regained its beautiful flow.

The landscape looked so natural and enormous.

Even if he were to reach out to it, there was no way he could touch it, but he would get the illusion that he was about to reach it.

Harukis heart was filled with even stronger emotions than when he unexpectedly arrived there for the first time.

The overflowing colors of life were more beautiful than any landscape photograph taken by a professional photographer he saw at his former job.

More than something he could have seen in a photograph, it felt like a landscape he had obtained with his own strength.

Did we win?

There werent any hostile entities within Harukis Detection range.

Taking a short breath of relief

Haruki collapsed onto the floor like a marionette whose strings had been cut loose.

Before his consciousness vanished, the sky reflected in Harukis eyes seemed to be so close that he felt as if he could reach it.

Immediately after defeating the black knight, Haruki and the others lost consciousness due to level-up sickness almost at the same time.

It was something usual for Haruki, but not so much for Karen, Rhea, or Esta. None of them had been knocked unconscious by it before.

You always faint due to level-up sickness like its no big deal, Karaboshi I thought I was going to die

It seemed to be the first time she had felt a pain so sharp that had caused her to faint.

Karen said that with a serious and pale face.

But its more comfortable than dying, dont you think?

Huh? So this feeling isnt strange for you, Karaboshi?

I mean, have you ever died before?

You wouldnt be here if you had.

Haruki and the others checked on themselves while telling such jokes.

First, they tended to their wounds.

Karens biggest injury was the one she sustained on her forehead, which seemed to have started to heal after they applied some ointment to it.

Many blood vessels are gathered on the head. As a result, a large amount of blood flowed out.

The wound disappeared completely, and Haruki let out a sigh of relief.

Rhea had a lot of damaged leaves. Some of her thinner stems had also been broken.

This was because when Haruki was blown away by his attack, and later fainted he had fallen on his back.

So it had been mostly because of Haruki.

Rares wounds got better by putting some of the recovery medicine purchased at the tool shop in her planters soil.

It was made from materials collected in the dungeon that could heal even the wounds of plants.

Next, it was Estas turn to get his broken carapace treated, but

Come on

Haruki applied the ointment to his carapace many times, but the cracks wouldnt heal.

Then he tried with the recovery medicine, but to no avail.

Moreover, the cracks in Estas carapace seemed to be growing larger.

Hey, Esta, are you okay!?

Ah, dont move!

Esta began to squirm away, almost as if he was feeling no pain despite his wounds.

After seeing that, Haruki and Karen tried to restrain him.

But it was too late.

Estas carapace made a loud noise as it split into two.

N No way!

Esta

Both of their faces went extremely pale.

Then

Slowly and steadily, Esta comes out of his broken carapace.

Huh?

Eh?

Neither Haruki nor Karen could understand what was happening in front of them.

It was as if another Esta had come out from inside, leaving the broken Estas body behind.

There was no way they could have understood what had happened at first.

The newly born Esta had turned into an even deeper shade of crimson than before.

And the broken carapace that he had left behind looked like some kind of cicada shell.

Dont tell me he was shedding his skin?

I got scared for a minute there

After realizing what had really happened, the two seemed relieved to see Esta squirming around looking for earthworms like usual.

Haruki stored Estas broken shell as it would surely be useful for something.

Then he collected the shattered pieces of the black knights armor.

After they were done collecting the shards, Karen looked at the center of Kamui Rock with a troubled expression.

Did Chep summon that monster here?

I dont think thats what Chep wanted to do. All Chep did was set the event in motion.

Cheps body had already disappeared.

Her body was gone shortly after the event had finished.

The Spirit skill that appeared on the Skill Board indicated she was the one who would play such a role during the event.

The reason why her abilities were displayed on the Skill Board wasnt because Haruki had tamed her.

It was because Harukis own spirit was directly related to the Spirit that would set the event in motion.

Thats the only thing that could explain the fact that Chep had seen Haruki in the hot springs, despite him not wearing his mask at the time, and Chep not having any Detection skills.

Still, Haruki couldnt understand what was the purpose of her Princess skill.

How could someone like her be a princess anyway?

Harukis heart felt a little heavy as that thought crossed his mind.

Haruki looked at the sunset-colored sky.

The sky, which had seemed to be so close before, now seemed to be very far away.

It feels a bit lonely around here, dont you think?