Chapter 166

Touring the Imperial Capital 7

Idiot, a Dungeon Master wouldn’t fight you head on .

It doesn’t matter how well you prepare your stance if the foundation under you overturns .

“Yep, my win . ”

“Crafty, as expected of Kehma . No one beats you when it comes to unfair victories!”

Rokuko smiled .

Was that meant to be a compliment? It probably was . Stuff like cowardice and cunning are just compliments to Dungeon Masters .

“… Oh my, oh my . It looks like you were defeated, Misha?”

“No, uhh—! I was just tricked right!?”

“Taking even a single step would count as a loss . Did you not take more than a single step? You would be a splendid loser by stopping there though? To start with, it was worse for you to not be vigilant of earth magic after hearing the rules . Fufu, with this, do you see just how absurd resourceful generals can be, Misha?”

“Uwaaahn…”

Misha started sobbing, but Haku-san’s judgement wasn’t budged .

“So then, now to talk about Core 666, is it? What do you want to hear? I’ll teach you anything that I can answer . ”

“First thing’s first then, what kind of Dungeon Core is Core 666?”

When I asked that, Haku-san closed her eyes a bit and hummed as though trying to recall .

“Mm, I only vaguely remember what she is since she uses humanization . First off is the Demon King Faction, they are material-type or demon-type . ”

“Material-type? What’s that?”

“I have a Living Armor as well, it’s like that . Other than that, there are things like Mimics—imitation treasure chests—as well . ”

So they were something like that huh . Maybe I should assume something like that will appear in the Dungeon Battle?

“Yeah, and this is something that Rokuko-chan knows as well, but… she has a blazing magic sword and red hair . Also, the victory condition this time is [The Destruction of the Dummy Core] . It was No . 666 that had destruction be the condition rather than touching . ”

“Oh yeah, that’s right huh! She definitely wants do crush and smash it somehow . ”

“Oi Rokuko, there’s some important info there . ”

“Eh, her wanting to crush it?”

“No, her going with the destruction method . ”

Since she suggested it, there’s got to be some hidden intention there .

On the other hand, I could also suspect that she wants me to think that… but even so there’s some meaning to it .

At the very least, I can’t win by having rats suicide attack the dummy core . Rats don’t actually have much offensive power .

“Mm, I can’t say anything more about 666 . It is a breach of etiquette to discuss the true form of a core that uses humanization in the first place . ”

That said, Haku-san ended our talk .

It’d be great if she taught me more about their etiquette, but at least she told me the essentials for this .

“Rather, Kehma-san, that was a splendid [Create Golem] . ”

“Yeah, [Create Golem] is my specialty . ”

I wound up showing one of my hands, but I’d originally planned to show that one .

I can add golems without using DP, so that would be exposed immediately . In truth, even though this skill is a little rare, it’s not like there aren’t any adventurers that know it .

You can get it through DP, so Haku-san, a Dungeon Core, would obviously know about the skill .

“You can augment your monster forces without needing to use much DP if you have a create or summon-type skill… fufu, I haven’t done it recently, but I used to use that method a lot in the past . ”

Right? There’s no way that Haku-san wouldn’t have used such a great cost-to-performance method .

The summon-type one is a magic skill that is able to summon monsters that exist somewhere on this world . It’s not as convenient for dungeons as it continues to consume magical power while being used, but it’s not a problem if you pinpoint summon something as a boss when needed . Also, the amount of magical power needed changes depending on the strength of the monster you summon .

“Please let me know if you have any other recommended creation or summon-type skills for me . ”

“Oh my, they are in the DP catalog though? I recommend all of them . ”

… Maybe it’d be fine to use up all of this time’s 500,000 DP on those . Even if the dungeon gets taken away, it’s not like I’d be losing anything after using the scrolls on myself .

“By the way, [Summon Golem] is upwardly compatible with [Create Golem] . If you are skilled, you could even summon stone and iron golems . ”

“That’s a good thing to know . ”

I might even be able to summon a mithril or orichalcum golem . It might also be a good idea to use one as a boss monster for the dungeon if I can .

When I thought about something like that, Meat was asking to be able to practice with Misha . ”

“Misha-sama, I, want to get stronger… Please . ”

“Sure~ . Beastkin and Werebeasts are like relatives after all . Let’s get along, Kuroinu-chan . ”

Misha held out her hand . Meat nodded and shook hands with her .

Then, Misha continued by striking Meat in the head just like that .

Meat was blown back about three meters .

“Hyaaha~! There’s no need for first-class practice for a lowly doggy! I’m a battle junkie that won’t even go easy on children! Losing your focus in a field is inexcusable~!”

“Guh… I let my guard down…”

“You can still stand? I’ll go juuust soft enough so you won’t get seriously hurt, so be don’t go and get too bashed up now . Excellent adventurers are the Adventurer Guild’s treasures after all . I’m beat it into your soul that kitties are better than doggies!”

“I look forward… to that…!”

So there’s a discord between cats and dogs in this world too huh . Misha was practicing with the high-spirited Meat as though she were trying to bully her .

When she was too injured to continue, Haku-san would heal her with [Healing], allowing for Meat to become battered yet again .

This continued on until evening .

Meat wasn’t able to land even a single blow on Misha the whole time .

“… Phew, your reactions are pretty great… for a doggy . I’ll be looking forward to your growth . ”

“Yes… thank you…”

Meat spoke while laying stretched out on the group . Good work . Seriously, good work . Tonight’s dinner will be an all-you-can-eat of Meat’s favorite, hamburgers .

Meanwhile, Rokuko was sleeping with her head on Haku-san’s lap . Must be nice~ .

Well, that’s something that’ll be exclusive to Rokuko .

“… Ah, it’s over?”

“Oh? You woke up . They just finished, Rokuko-chan . ”

“… Ah, s-sorry, Haku Ane-sama, drool—! I’ll [Clean—”

“Fufu, I don’t mind . ”

By the way, I heard that Misha is able to keep fighting for seven days straight without rest .

Being able to fight without sleeping for a whole week, she’s inhuman… Ah, she’s a Werecat .

… I’m tired just from watching it all . Let’s sleep with Meat as a hug pillow when we get back .