Chapter 182

Third Dungeon Battle: Battle 5

The water was unexpectedly troublesome .

Even though they could deal with it, they couldn’t advance . By the time that the water had finally stopped, Team Demon King’s dungeon was underwater all the way to the third floor, so another bone fish boss would go there . This time, they learned from their opponent and went with mixing a single boss in with sardine-like small fish .

“… Haah, it looks like the DP I was saving till today is running out too . ”

Core 666 let out a sigh .

For now, she summoned some more Skeletons and sent them into Team Sovereign’s dungeon .

The Skeletons were all moving together like a centipede and somehow the water current and advance .

… But thanks to that, she realized a new way to deal with the water . She could use this .

“695 is fit to be my rival after all…”

When Core 666 had the Skeletons advance forward, she found a small room near a stairway . The stairs descended into water . It appeared she took the wrong way—or maybe not . Perhaps the floor was pre-submerged?

At any rate, the Skeletons were basically expendable, so Core 666 sent the Skeletons in .

It was like the bottom of the sea .

There was practically no light and there was seaweed growing in it . It all shook side to side, making the visibility even worse .

When they looked up from in the water, there appeared to be a small room with light coming from it, looking like moonlight .

“This is a very stylish floor . ”

However, it was still a dungeon . Naturally, it would have traps .

When she tried having the Skeletons use their hands to push the seaweed aside and open a path, their hands abruptly fell off .

“…? Did something happen? No—is something there?”

She had the Skeletons advance further to make sure, but their arms fell off just like their hands had .

“… That’s… Jiji-sama, what is that?”

Hearing Core 666’s question Core 6 looked at the monitor .

It was hard to see, but 6 was able to see something .

It was thread—orichalcum-made thread that had been stretched incredibly thin .

“Hoh . It appears to be thread made from orichalcum… How was it made so thin, though?”

“Orichalcum!? Come to think of it, 695 was wearing an orichalcum ring, Jiji-sama . ”

“She was? Perhaps she has a skilled master dwarf blacksmith… Right, I’ll show you an orichalcum ingot next time, it looks quite lovely . ”

“Fufu, sounds fun . It’s a promise . ”

Still, thread? She didn’t even have a way to cut it, it was orichalcum .

No matter how thin it was, orichalcum couldn’t be broken without the dwarves’ processing methods . In other words, there was no way for her to remove the thread .

When she looked around, the passage divided into the current way and a side path . The current way was filled with the thread . And ahead, the path that was divided in two merged back together .

The thread was placed like some sort of crude web .

It didn’t matter for the Skeletons, but there appeared to be a small room beyond the web that you could take a breath in .

So if you tried to run straight through the passage to try and get a breath of air—you would be sliced into small pieces .

“… So that’s it . ”

Core 666 guessed that it could also be used with the water trap .

The thread was sharp enough to slice through bone just by touching it . If they were pressed against it by the force of the water, they’d likely turn into mesh-shaped mincemeat (bone in this case) . Just imagining it was gross . It was wonderful .

“Jiji-sama, what if I used my magic sword?”

“You should avoid it . My magic sword has the [Indestructible] property, so it could do it, but even so, breaking through orichalcum takes too much effort . ”

“Heeh… even Jiji-sama’s magic sword…”

Using [Summon Skeleton] yet again, Core 666 smiled daringly .