Chapter 178

Third Dungeon Battle: Battle 1

Well now, our troops (fish and Golems) were taken into the enemy dungeons after being swept up by the water .

Team Dragon King had tons of snakes and frogs .

There’s probably some slugs, too . Salt should be effective against them, but I wonder if seawater is too? I haven’t seen any appear yet though .

Team Demon King just has skeletons .

… So that’s what demon-types are like? Salt should be effective against them in another meaning, but seawater… well, I don’t know . It’s not working .

“Kehma, the dungeon maps for our opponents’ first floors are done! Their descent on the stairs to the second floor is going nicely too!”

“Yeah, they can keep on going . ”

Once we reach the point that they can’t go any farther, it’ll be the Golem and Sahagin Corps’ turn . The dungeon capture’s progressing smoothly so far .

“I was a little doubtful about this strategy when I first heard you talk about it, but this flooding strategy does look quite strong… you might win with this alone, no?”

“No no, Haku-san . As you can see, there’s a lot weak points to it… It doesn’t seem to be effective against those Skeletons . ”

It looked like the Skeletons were able to move around just fine in Team Demon King’s now-underwater room .

And there were two knights clad in full body black armor . They really do feel like Demon King army material, so cool… Those guys don’t look like the water’s bothering them at all either .

However, it looks like they aren’t able to deal with the water either . If things keep up like this, their whole dungeon’s going to be submerged… No, maybe that’s their plan? The water won’t flow anymore once the dungeon is fully submerged . It’ll give my fish-type troops an advantage, but maybe they have some plan to reverse the situation?

“Let’s stop the water for now . I’ll lure them out and wash them all back with a slope . ”

“Okaaay~ . The door’s ready to be opened whenever, Kehma!”

Stopping the water, I decided to have the Golems advance to check on them after the water settles down . I’m still holding the Gargoyles back .

… Ah, the fish that were exploring Team Demon Lord’s dungeon found the boss room on the second floor . Looks like the boss is a huge bone fish . Wonder if they set that up on the spot to deal with the flooding?

On Team Dragon King’s side, we hit the third floor . They’re doing their best in draining the seawater, so it’s decreasing bit by bit . Looks like they’re collecting the water in places that we don’t have any troops in .

Now then, I wonder how many floors each side has?

… The water settled down, so I had our Golems advance into the enemy dungeons . I can only see the map, so I just had them take the shortest routes—but our opponents obviously wouldn’t be so docile .

In Team Dragon King’s dungeon, frogs appeared, pushing their way through drowned snakes . They swung their tongues like blunt weapons to smash the golems… . Tongue Blackjacks?

In Team Demon King’s dungeon, the two black armored monsters fought like paragons . They mowed everything down by brandishing their black swords . The bare-handed Clay Golems operated by meat don’t have any chance of winning against them .

“Setting aside Team Demon King, Team Dragon King is harder than I thought it’d be too…”

“Kehma-san… Team Dragon King has Core 5 . He’s a muscle-brain, but his specialty is accordingly fighting . As such, they should be able to fight after receiving his teaching . ”

“G-got it, Haku-san . I won’t let my guard down . ”

Being vigilant towards Team Dragon King, I had the fish and Clay Golems go to places they could . There should be traps that 5 taught them about, too .

Let’s try sending some sharks over to Team Demon King’s side to see if we can defeat that boss .

“Ichika, are the sharks ready? We’re in a stand-off right now, so send three small ones in . Press in . ”

“Aye! Sharks, going~!”

Three shark fins—err, three small sharks headed into Team Demon King’s gate . The dungeon’s turned into a fully submerged dungeon, so the small sharks she be able to perform well while our enemies should have their movements dulled by the water resistance .

Two of them were slain by the black armors, but one of them was able to make its way through .

Hmm? Come to think of it, that’s the first time we lost DP, huh . Ah, right, I lost the magic stone costs for those Golems . I got rid of a lot of our opponent’s Skeletons too though .

“I’ll leave that bone mini-boss to you, Ichika . ”

“Aye, I got it~ . I’ll crunchy crunch it with my shark~!”

As that happened, our opponent made a move as well . One of the black armors dove into Team Dragon King’s dungeon .

It then started slaughtering our other opponent’s snakes and frogs… Yep, she probably sunk a ton of DP into that thing . It’s seriously strong .

“Kehma, our first room’s defenses were broken through!”

Turning the remaining Golems in our first room into our assault, our defenses had been thinned out quite a lot .

Enemy Skeletons and snakes were diving into our dungeon too . Looks like we lured them in nicely .

“… Well, pour Stock 1 . ”

“Okay~ . Opening Stock 1 room’s door~”

A lot of fluid spilled out .

“… Oh? Kehma-san . Is… that what I think it is? Tentacle Slime body fluids?”

“Yeah, it is . ”

“Going onto… the slope?”

“Yep . ”

Other than the Tentacle Slime’s body of slime, its body fluids almost completely nullify physical attacks .

A Tentacle Slime’s body fluids are very slippery and, well, slimy .

Slippery stuff . By the way, it’s also effective in improving blood circulation, but let’s ignore that .

What would happen if it was poured onto a slope?

—Well, we should take a look at the mass of bones and snakes on the monitor for our answer .