Chapter 69

Everyone, tomorrow is that day, right? Yes, it's February 14th, the day of the loincloth! ... It's a good day for war, isn't it? ^_^ I'll be off then.

"Umm, they're all full of holes, aren't they?" Nina asked, and Yuu made a bitter face.

It was good that they defeated the ogre, but the stone bolts Yuu fired made the ogre full of holes, and the skin that could be sold as material was also full of holes.

"Wow, you monks are amazing.

I failed to disarm the trap on the treasure chest. The alarm trap was activated, but this is the 11th floor underground, right? I thought if anything came, it would be high kobolds, but a group of ogres came.

I can handle 2-3 ogres at once, but there were so many. I couldn't use the transfer stone before being attacked, so I was prepared to die.

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Britt Fa of the Clan 'Steel.' By the way, my rank is D."

"Yuu Sato, rank D."

"I'm Nina Reba. I'm rank D."

"I'm Marifa Nagutsu. My rank is F."

Lena didn't even respond, and she was polishing Mild's staff and the mithril staff a little distance away.

Britt smiled wryly at her, but he didn't seem to be uncomfortable.

"To be rank D at your age... I can understand that strength.

Aren't you part of a clan?"

"Not interested."

"You guys must have a lot of offers.

I'm sorry for the help, but my companions will be worried if I don't return soon.

I'll definitely repay this favor. Let me know when you get back to Kammer. If I ask the guild to pass on a message, I can contact you."

Britt seemed to want to talk more, but he took out a transfer stone, activated it, and teleported.

"... Finally, that noisy old man is gone."

When Britt left, Lena moved to Yuu's side.

Marifa had thought Yuu was strong, but his strength exceeded her imagination, and she had already reached a level of reverence—no, worship. Her eyes were filled with admiration as she looked at Yuu.

After Yuu and Nina finished stripping the ogre, they resumed their exploration.

High kobolds continued to appear in groups, but they were defeated without much trouble.

Marifa seemed to be getting used to the dungeon, and her behavior began to change. Initially, she attacked before Nina and competed with Lena's magic to target the same enemy, but she stopped competing and began to focus on restraining and supporting.

"Uoooh!"

A high kobold soldier ran past Nina and attacked Lena.

Marifa's arrow hit the left shoulder, but the high kobold soldier continued to swing its sword without losing momentum.

As soon as the high kobold soldier's sword and Lena's barrier made contact, a flash of lightning erupted.

"Kyaan!"

The high kobold soldier didn't turn completely black, but its body was paralyzed and it couldn't move.

Taking advantage of this, Marifa fired an arrow that hit the high kobold soldier's neck.

"... Haha, adding lightning attribute to the barrier. Only a genius can do that."

Lena looked at Yuu with a smug expression, but Yuu only met her eyes for a moment before resuming potion creation.

"... Grrr."

(I've never seen anyone say 'grrr' before.

Still, even while maintaining multiple barriers and adding the lightning attribute, she still has plenty of room to spare.)

If it were the old Lena, she would have been pale by now, but thanks to her 2nd job as a witch, she still had plenty of MP left.

As they continued down the corridor, a large room came into view.

Nina's 'Detection' had already sensed the hostility coming from inside the room and signaled Lena and Marifa.

"There are about 5-6 of them, right?"

"... Preemptive attack."

Lena cast the second-level black magic 'Thunderbolt.'

The high-pitched voices of the high kobolds could be heard from inside the room.

"... Hmm, they're not dead."

When Yuu and the others entered the room, a high kobold soldier with a tower shield was standing there.

It seemed to have blocked Lena's magic with its shield, but it was groaning, apparently paralyzed by the electric shock.

Nina charged and attacked the high kobold soldier, but two high kobold fighters who were waiting in the back stepped forward to defend. In the rear, high kobold wizards began to cast the first-level black magic 'Fireball.' The high kobold priest healed the high kobold soldier with the first-level white magic 'Heal' and then began to cast a buff spell.

"We need to hurry or it'll get complicated."

"... I know."

Lena wanted to cast a spell, but she couldn't because Nina was fighting. Just as the high kobold wizards' casting was about to complete, arrows pierced their eyes.

"Leave it to me."

Marifa's bow skill LV1 'Indirect Shot' was fired one after another. The arrows avoided the fighting Nina and hit the high kobold wizards and the high kobold priest in the rear.

"Marifa, good job."

Marifa didn't respond, but her ears were as red as usual, indicating she was pleased.

Lena, standing next to Marifa, looked frustrated.

Without the support from the rear, the high kobold fighters were easily defeated by Nina.

They continued to progress smoothly and reached the 19th floor transfer point. Yuu used necromancy to revive a high kobold fighter and sent it ahead to transfer.

After a while, he confirmed that the connection to the high kobold fighter's magic power had been severed.

"There's a boss. Update the buffs before transferring."

When they transferred into the room, the body of a high kobold fighter, crushed as if by a massive blunt weapon, was lying on the ground.

A monster appeared from the back of the room. It was an ogre (subspecies), holding a blood-stained mace about two meters in diameter in its right hand.

"A red ogre... a subspecies."

"... The ogre (subspecies) has high magic resistance. I'm getting excited."

Despite the appearance of a monster with high magic resistance, Lena seemed to be in high spirits, but she didn't let her guard down and began to prepare her magic.

"Ooooh!"

The ogre (subspecies) used the skill 'Roar.' Lena and Marifa shuddered, and Lena's spell was interrupted. Marifa, with her sensitive ears, was in considerable pain, covering her ears and crouching.

Nina dodged the roar and approached the ogre (subspecies) unnoticed using the assassination skill 'Stealth.' She attacked, but the ogre (subspecies) was too tall, and she couldn't reach its neck, so she slashed its right arm.

The skin of an ogre is tough and often used for armor. As a subspecies, it was even stronger and had magic resistance. Despite this, Nina's Damascus dagger cleanly sliced through the ogre (subspecies)'s right arm.

"Kyaah!?"

The ogre (subspecies) seemed to have a lot of confidence in its physical strength and was looking at the wound on its right arm, which had been easily cut.

Taking advantage of this, Marifa, who had recovered from her shudder, fired an arrow, but it didn't pierce the ogre (subspecies)'s bulging chest muscles and fell to the ground.

The ogre (subspecies) seemed to judge that Marifa was not a threat and swung its mace at Nina with all its might.

Despite the mace coming at her with deadly speed, Nina dodged it calmly.

"Can you withstand this?"

Marifa fired another arrow.

The arrow headed for the ogre (subspecies)'s chest muscles, but there were two differences from the previous shot.

This time, Marifa's arrow was a composite skill, using the bow skill LV1 'Strong Bow' and wrapping it with wind spirit magic.

The arrow pierced the ogre (subspecies)'s chest muscles and embedded itself halfway.

"Kyaah!"

"... Annoying."

Lena cast the third-level black magic 'Thunderclap.'

Even though the ogre (subspecies)'s skin had magic resistance, the inside was not immune.

The room was illuminated by a flash of lightning, but the ogre (subspecies) was in no condition to care. Black smoke rose from its body as it knelt on one knee.

"Hehe, I can finally reach the neck."

Nina's mithril dagger, held in her left hand, silently decapitated the ogre (subspecies).

Name: Marifa Nagutsu

Race: Dark Elf

Job: Trainer

Level: 12

HP: 110

MP: 85

Strength: 26

Agility: 42

Stamina: 23

Intelligence: 32

Magic: 52

Luck: 3

Passive Skills:

Archery LV2

Magic Eye LV1

Active Skills:

Bow Techniques LV2 ↑UP

Spirit Magic LV1

Unique Skills:

None

Weapon: Elven Bow (Level 6): None

Armor: Leather Jacket (Level 6): Increased Defense

Leather Boots (Level 6): Increased Agility

Leather Gauntlets (Level 6): Increased HP

Accessories: Leather Choker (Level 6): Increased Strength

Leather Bracelet (Level 6): Increased Magic Resistance