Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 50
A powerful monster that begins appearing in a dungeon each time a person dies there and the corpse is absorbed.
In contrast to the Demon King outside, it’s apparently called a Demon.
If you defeat it, that individual will never appear again, and the dungeon maintenance cost—raised by the fact that someone died—will also go back down.
So you’d think it would be best to actively hunt it, but no one knows where it will appear, and it’s simply strong.
This was back in the old days, before the knowledge had spread, but people would challenge it and get wiped out, and as a result it seems dungeon collapses happened frequently.
Sometimes it disappears before you even realize it, and in the lower or deep layers where few people explore, it’s often left alone.
However, if it’s in the upper or middle layer, there’s a real risk of casualties before it vanishes.
So if anything abnormal occurs, they investigate in advance, and then send a large force made up of elites and support.
Even so, it often ends up being a wild goose chase, and apparently it’s rare for things to develop into battle—let alone a subjugation.
That’s why there’s still hardly any information about Demons.
The one thing people do know is that they’re insanely strong.
At the start of the fight, it was mostly long-range attacks from Luban and Marida’s magic, but magic doesn’t seem very effective, so now Alec, Luban, and Minea are taking it on in close combat.
Even so, despite it being three against one, it’s skillfully fending them off with its club and shield.
When it switches to offense, anyone but Alec gets blown away even if they manage to block one of its wide, heavy swings.
Its physical ability and technique are both way too high.
Isn’t this thing absurdly strong?
This is seriously a boss character.
“Hm?”
I’d been watching from above, thinking maybe we should’ve just run for it as a group, trying to see if there was any opening—but then I noticed packs of monsters watching the battle from a distance.
So this is what they meant by keeping watch of the surroundings.
I’m worried about how the boss fight will go, but I can’t let them get distracted by the peanut gallery.
I’ll handle this side.
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I moved in with that intention, but… there are quite a lot.
Ten wolves.
That’s two packs’ worth.
And behind them, four boars.
Boars alone would be one thing, but wolves…
Getting careless and closing in is a bit dangerous.
Which means… I have to do that!
“Toooooooryaaahhh!!”
Aiming for the center of the wolves, I rode 【Floating Orb】 with 【Scarlet Bee Needle】 activated and charged in, poised for a flying kick.
The shout is just for charm.
I’ve managed to activate it silently now, but combining it with 【Floating Orb】 still feels a little unreliable.
-Gyan⁉-
“Hah!”
I immediately activated 【Shadow Sword】 as well, spun sideways once like a top, and then pulled straight up to disengage.
It’s a tactic I came up with after reaching the royal capital, for dealing with groups of monsters.
With this, even with my clumsy technique, I can fight safely!
There’s a solid sensation in my clenched left hand.
If I got Holy Coins, that means I took down a few with that single sequence.
When I look down, there are three wolf corpses.
I couldn’t destroy their cores, but it still works even against upper-layer monsters.
All right—keep chipping away without overdoing it.
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“Hah!”
I finished off the wolves as a group, then dealt with the boars one by one, and now I’ve taken down the last one.
I got splashed with some blood, but it’s a flawless victory—no injuries.
Not bad!
It shouldn’t have been that long, and I’m still worried about the boss fight over there.
Even if it’s not doing damage, I’ve been seeing flashes of magic light now and then—so it should still be going.
At this rate, I could probably manage at least a flying kick myself, so I’ll go support them.
With that thought, I raised my altitude, but…
Even more monsters are gathering.
It looks like it’s not just this hall—more are coming in from outside too.
I just saw a huge cow enter from the corridor leading out.
“So there’s seconds, huh…”
And a heaping serving, at that.
Yeah… I can see why you’d need a large support force.
When I looked toward the boss fight, the shapes of the five and the boss looked small in the distance.
I can’t tell their condition, but everyone still seems to be alive.
All right—one more push from me too!
“Taahhh!!”
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Sera・【Hideout】【Prayer】・【Floating Orb】【Shadow Sword】【Scarlet Bee Needle】・8 cards
Seriana・【Range Identification】・【】・13 cards
Elena・【】・【Green Fang】・0 cards
Alec・【】・【Red Shield】・1 card
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