Chapter 6

「Exploring a dungeon huh〜I feel like my adventure had begun!」

Using the only three thousand gold, she bought potion to be sure .

HP is only 40 so even the lowest kind of potion is enough .

There is the ring of the giant bee and there is also 【Meditation】 .

She finished preparing and went to the dungeon . Her aim was the 【Maze of the Poison Dragon】 that was written in the information bulletin board .

「I have 【Poison Resistance (Medium)】 so it is alright!」

Dungeon, here I come, with that feeling she jumped outside of the town .

*TekuTeku* she walked towards the opposite direction of the forest . If this weren’t a game, Kaede who was only holding a large shield and short sword can only be seen as an elementary school student .

She was attacked by a few monsters on the way, but they did no damage so without defeating them, she ignored them .

The monsters in this area seem to be more intelligent than the monsters in the forest, so went they understood that the attack wouldn’t go through, they went away .

There was no witnesses so Kaede’s abnormal defense power wasn’t found out .

When Kaede was walking like that, the trees around had gradually withered and she noticed that the landscape was becoming deserted .

She also saw swamps that sound *PokoPoko* on their ground .

She walked like that by ten minutes .

She saw that there was one part of the ground was opened wide like a mouth .

「Is that it huh?」

Kaede entered inside, the inside had a taller ceiling that she thought, so she could properly make a stance with her large shield .

When she enters further, slimes with poisonous hues and lizards was crawling from the walls and the ground and charges an attack .

「Ei!! ya!!」

She stabbed the blade to the slime but she couldn’t aim its core that was moves around in its body like it was drifting so she couldn’t deal damage . But, the slime’s tackle also, doesn’t deal damage .

「Mu……this had become my last will . Eat this! Large Shield Preeeeess!!」

Together with the large shield she fell over the slime and covered all its body . There wasn’t a skill or anything so power couldn’t be expected, and it’s an attack that makes a lot of chances because of falling down on enemy lines .

But, that wasn’t relevant to Kaede who only receives no damage to normal attacks or venom .

Shield attack had very little damage, but it seems it was enough to destroy the slime’s core .

「Yo〜sh! Let’s go further more〜!」

Finding out how to deal with the slime, Kaede went further and further to the back . By the way, Kaede gave up on defeating the lizards . Her AGI was not enough, and before she attack, *SuruSuru* it ran away and because she couldn’t hit it .

Wondering how many times it had been, she falls to the ground with the shield . At that time .

『Skill 【Shield Attack】 had been acquired』

Kaede immediately read the skill’s explanation . She guessed the contents of it from its name, but to be sure .

【Shield Attack】

Attack using a shield . Power is dependent to STR . Knockback effect (Small) .

Skill Requirement

Using shield attack, deal end damage to monsters 15 times .

「It doesn’t seem very useful…but knockback looks strong!」

While she moved further and further inside, there was like a violet flower that released a very clear poisonous-like mist, and spits poison .

Like fishes that were swimming on poison swamps .

And while getting past those, she reached the deepest area .

In front of her, a door three times higher than Kaede’s height .

She put force to that double door to open it .

*GiGiGi* while sounding like its oil had dried, the door opened completely, and the inside of the room became clear .

There was poison swamps here and there, and was full of light violet liquid .

At the same time that Kaede entered that room carefully .

Behind her, the door closed with momentum .

「Hyan!?」

As if to erase that short scream, a dragon that has its body melted in some parts appeared from the poison swamp .

「T-This is the Poison Dragon?!」

Without caring about Kaede’s distress, a very deep violet breath was shot .

Kaede herself was almost without scratch, but her equipments couldn’t go that way .

「T-The large shield and short sword……」

Corroded to tatters and broke down, those wouldn’t mean anything as an equipment anymore . Fortunately, the ring that she was wearing under her glove was fine .

And on this instance .

Kaede’s large shield【VIT 28】 is quadrupled by the effect of 【Absolute Defense】 and 【Giant Killing (OomonoKurai)】 . It means it dropped by 112 .

With that, the damage from the breath shot by the Poison Dragon passed through further .

Every time she receives is it was 3 damage . Kaede’s HP had been reduced by 1 by the first breath shot .

It means, if it goes like this, she would surely be killed within 13 shots .

「Fu〜……concentrate! 【Meditation】!!」

Kaede closed her eyes and heightens her concentration .

This time, it would be a 【Meditation】 while pain is going through her body . 【Meditation】 wouldn’t show its effects if concentration isn’t heightened .

The ring and 【Meditation】, and the potion that she bought with all her money . Using all of that, her only chance of winning is to get the higher 【Poison Resistance】 .

While she uses 【Meditation】, the fear had gradually disappeared . Just as if Kaede’s body was melting, she stopped feeling anything .

Just like that she continuously endured, and by the time her HP is under 20% left, she drank the potion .

She repeated that .

The amount of recovery couldn’t catch up . Is it the potion running out, or will she gain the resistance .

It is whichever was faster .

After she endured for a while, a voice echoed in her head .

『Skill 【Poison Resistance (Medium)】 had evolved to 【Poison Resistance (Large)】』

With that voice that she was wishing for, but Kaede was not glad .

The pain of her skin being burned still remains .

Her resistance is still not enough .

It is unknown whether the resistance will grow further, but Kaede could only bet on that .

By the time that the last potion bottle was emptied .

「Haha……I did it……」

What echoed to Kaede’s head was the skill acquisition of 【Poison Nullification】 .

If it was right now, the breath that fell to her felt good .

But, she couldn’t help it just resting . While recovering her HP, Kaede thought .

Right . In this time that her weapon is destroyed . What should she do to defeat the dragon, it was about that . The dragon’s attack was no damage . Kaede’s attack was also no damage .

It won’t get anywhere .

In addition, she could only kill it or die to get out of this room . This is was a happening that the developer did not expect .

「Ugugu…well, let’s try a lot of things! Tomorrow is rest day too!」

Right, fortunately, it is still rest day for the students tomorrow . She can take a lot of time slowly .

This and that, Kaede thought and tried, and finally, she did a specific move .

「Dragon’s meat, looks tender and juicy…maybe I could eat it with 【Poison Nullification】!」

While being exploited to its breath, she approached the body of the Poison Dragon .

And . Kaede placed her palms together .

「……Itadakimasu」

Chomps at its back .