Chapter 183

Third Dungeon Battle: Battle 6

I caused a water current to start up in the submerged floor . Water’s just coming in from the floor above though .

If I let the water drain down from above into the drainage traps, the water will flow downward .

Is it hard for them to hold their ground underwater? The Skeletons were sliced into small pieces by the orichalcum wire like gelatin .

… Fufufu, this wire’s super effective…!

“Orichalcum thread… it’s good that you could prepare such fine thread . ”

“Yeah, there’s a skilled master blacksmith at our village . ”

Let’s go with that . Well, I’m the one that actually made it of course .

Taking out the four orichalcum coins that Rokuko got from the 1,000 DP gacha, I tried out making them into superfine threads like fiberglass . It was enough just making it thin enough that it started drooping . It looked like what I saw on TV before .

Using [Create Golem] to manipulate the orichalcum’s even easier than the normal way used to forge iron, I’m in full control too .

I was a bit worried about its strength since it was so thin, but it almost sliced through my fingers when I tried picking it up . Rather, it’s at the point that Iron Golem would easily get sliced up .

And that’s all despite it being thinner than a hair . Orichalcum is scary .

I was somehow able to pick it up after attaching handles to both ends of the one meter long orichalcum wire . I ended up making a crazy level wire .

(Keeping it cheap by using iron for the handles, I made it by having it adhere to the orichalcum . )

“Maybe I should have something made next time?”

“Please ask through me, that person is a little obstinate . Even if you talked to him directly, he’d just say stuff like [It can’t be made!] . ”

“Really? Well, keeping capable craftsmen on a leash is important . I’ll leave the ordering to Kehma-san when the time comes, then . ”

Concerning the orichalcum processing, I already more or less revealed it with the ring .

Eh, well, there’s a pretty big difference in difficulty between making a ring and making a wire that’s thinner than a hair though .

“Hey Kehma . It’s a middle level at this submerged floor right?”

“Yeah, it’s that kind of feeling . ”

“So then that means it’s turning around? What’s it like on enemies’ sides?”

“Let’s see what’s going on in Team Dragon King’s dungeon . Meat?”

“… First of all, we reached the seventh floor in Team Dragon King’s dungeon . It is the seventh floor, but this boss room isn’t a miniboss, it’s the dungeon’s last boss . ”

… There weren’t any decent gimmicks in their maze at all . They were all meant to be used against humanoids, so they practically didn’t affect the fish at all . Even for Team Demon King’s Black Armor, its armor’s strength was so strong that it was unhurt . The only effective trap against it was the skewer trap, but that’s normal .

I never thought that we’d make it that far so easily .

Now we only need to look forward to the dungeon boss, but the Black Armor’s super motivated and swinging its black sword around . Our turn isn’t going to show up, is it?

I mean, there’s a decent chance that it’ll turn on us if we tried interrupting the fight .

Let’s let it do whatever .

“How is it progressing in Team Demon King’s dungeon?”

“Nn, we’re at another boss-like room on the fifth floor . Feels miniboss-ish . ”

There’s a big skeleton guarding the door that leads farther in .

It’s probably a boss monster they prepared to use from the start, unlike the bone fish from the second floor .

Unlike how the bone fish felt like it was prepared after seeing their dungeon get flooded, this one feels like it belongs in this dungeon .

Although this dungeon had the usual traps like spring noose traps, pitfall traps, and traps that would shoot arrows at you if you touched a wire, they were all just shabby .

I don’t know what’ll happen after this, but I won’t be careless .

More of those Black Armor monsters might appear as the dungeon boss .

“! Kehma! The Black Armor that was in Team Demon King’s dungeon entrance came to our dungeon!”

Seriously? They’re finally going to try and capture us seriously huh . Taking a look, a Black Armor was walking into our dungeon with a lot of Skeletons . It was surrounded by the Skeletons, so it looks like it’s wary of traps .

“Let’s try giving them a dose of water to chew on . Open the first floodgate . ”

“Kay~”

I added a Barrel Gargoyles while we were at it . Now then, what’ll they do?

Their response appeared immediately .

A few of the skeletons in the front were struck by the barrel, but the Black Armor cutting the Gargoyle that appeared from inside it in half with its sword . Then, they probably replenished their forces through a summon-type skill like [Summon Skeleton] .

It was used a lot during that fight at Team Demon Lord’s dungeon entrance, but summon-type skills really are strong, huh . They can keep on replenishing pawns for free .

I followed their lead and used [Summon Gargoyle] . If a single Barrel Gargoyle’s no good, what about five? What about ten? Well, it probably won’t have much effect, but… Gargoyle-kuns . I’ll leave it to you .

… It feels like they’re resenting me from being used as sacrifices, so don’t come back even if you survive, kay?

Aah, if that’s the case maybe it’s easier using [Summon Skeleton] like this? They’re dead from the start after all . Ah, but there’s that scary grudge feeling huh . Which way would be better then… Hmm .

“What now? Gonna keep the water goin’?”

“No, it’s better if we keep them going only for short intervals rather than constantly flowing . The strongest thing about it is the initial punch of the water current after all . And so—take out [The Big Ball] . We’ll be using it here . ”

“Finally! [The Big Ball], go!”

Rokuko manipulated the monitor in glee and and room that stored [The Big Ball]—it was placed on the ceiling—swung open .

Then, [The Big Ball]… a gigantic ball of iron, fell down the slope .

It’s something pretty common in certain adventure films .

Following the obvious combination of [Gravity + Slope + Ball], [The Big Ball] slowly rolled down the hill .

To say it another way, the ball was a huge bowling ball . The enemies? Our pins .

While on the subject, it’s made to be just barely the same size as the passage . It can’t be avoided unless you’re in a room . Even if you cut in half, its crazy momentum would stay the same!

[The Big Ball] moved slowly at first, but it gradually picked up speed . By the time it encountered that Black Armor it’d be strong enough to knock them into their next life .

What, even though it just barely fits the passage, that means there’s a little room in the corners? Those are blocked, so don’t worry . There’s no room to dodge . The remnants of those snakes are all just red spots now!

Moreover, this trap was Haku-san’s idea . She recommended it because I’d already prepared the slope, which it needed . It really is stronger than a water current .

“Fufufu, the fusion of my idea for a trap and Rokuko-chan’s dungeon… this is wonderful . ”

“Y-yeah . ”

“Gooo! [The Big Ball]! Realize my and Haku Ane-sama’s strength~!”

Its momentum at the max, the iron ball encountered the Black Armor-led group of Skeletons .