Chapter 3

"No, I really don't know what to do. It's so hot, and there are some really dangerous monsters down there."

I don't have any unfinished business, but I still don't want to die. I'm 17 and still a virgin. I don't want to drop out of high school.

Still, I can understand that the situation is dire. I can also understand that it will be difficult to survive from here on out. I get it.

But I don't want to die.

I can't die gracefully. As long as I have the will to live, I don't want to waste this life.

"Sorry, everyone. This is a reality I brought upon myself through my carelessness, but I hope you can help me."

I don't know where the camera is, but I bow my head anyway. The mysterious function that automatically captures my surroundings is now frustrating. Thanks to this, the listeners can also grasp the surroundings.

Comments:

- Well, it's good since I have nothing to do.

- N-no, it's not for you!

- ↑ Typical tsundere

- [Yukikaze] Of course I'll help.

- Yukikaze! This is your fault!

- This all started because of your words.

- Honestly, you could be arrested.

- Tell us how you feel about leading someone to ruin?

"Wait, wait, hold on! Sure, I might have acted on Yukikaze's words, but if I had properly taken the training, I could have avoided this. It's my fault for rushing in recklessly. What happens in the dungeon is my responsibility, right? It's not something to blame on Yukikaze."

I sense the comments becoming spicy and try to stop them. While there are some teasing comments, most of them blame Yukikaze.

This isn't just an emotional statement because I respect this person.

The fact is, it's my fault. Of course, if asked whether Yukikaze is completely blameless, society probably wouldn't forgive it...

Comments:

- Well, let's talk about the host's escape first.

- If you can get out alive, you'll be exonerated.

- If you can escape from here, you'll both be heroes, right? www

I feel relieved by the calmer atmosphere and look around again.

It's not as if the air is burning hot, but there's an unpleasant feeling like being hit by the intense summer sun.

"Basically, it's magma-based, but there is a path I can walk on. The temperature feels like about 35°C. The only monsters are big wolf-like ones."

Comments:

- Surprisingly low temperature for a place with magma.

- It seems the dungeon is designed to be a barely survivable environment for humans. The upper limit is 40°C, and the lower limit is -10°C.

- That's true. I read it somewhere.

- How convenient.

- It seems the premise is to escape without encountering monsters.

- What are your stats? What skills do you have?

Wow, there are such facts about temperature.

Well, dying instantly upon entering would be too harsh.

"My stats... I'm level 2. My skills are [Appraisal] and [Item Box], just two of them."

Comments:

- Convenient, but totally non-combat oriented wwwwwww

- You can't do anything, can you? www

- You sound like a protagonist from a light novel 40 years ago, man www

- Using the Item Box for dimensional separation, huh? wwwwwww

- Can you read the enemy's movements with Appraisal? wwwwwww

"Hey, you're making fun of me!! Do you even want to help!? And I don't understand what you're saying!"

[Appraisal] is a skill that lets me know the name and level of monsters.

[Item Box] is a skill that can store a certain weight of items.

They are all convenient, but they are indeed completely non-combat oriented skills.

There's a premise that only those whose skills have manifested can become explorers and enter the dungeon.

My skills manifested two years ago.

Honestly, I was just happy to be able to explore the dungeon, so I was satisfied even with non-combat skills... I didn't expect this to happen.

Comments:

- [Yukikaze] You can acquire skills after birth, so it's not something to be pessimistic about.

- If you have good luck.

- But the goal is to escape, so you don't need to get stronger, right?

- What about the floor boss?

- ↑ Forgot about that w

- No way w

"Do I have to defeat the floor boss when I return?"

Comments:

- You don't need to if you've defeated it once.

- But you haven't, have you...

The floor boss is a particularly strong monster that must be defeated to move to the next floor. For the first floor, it's a slightly larger slime, but in these lower floors, it's undoubtedly much stronger than I can imagine.

"Is this a dead end?"

Comments:

- That's what I'm thinking.

- Isn't the number of concurrent viewers crazy?

- That's true. What's going on all of a sudden?

Concurrent viewers?

I finally notice the staggering number '150,860' in the comments.

"What is this!?"

Comments:

- They're showing it on the news right now.

"Huh!?"

That one comment almost made me lose my mind.