Author: SS Samurai	Original Source: Syosetu
Translator: rm31439	English Source: Re:Library

It was the second day of our dungeon exploration/training.

Last night, I had purchased magic beast materials from Ruin and the others and then sold them equipment centered around the Little Metal Dragon. I adjusted my skill so everything turned out around national treasure grade, which probably wouldn’t break the balance.

Naturally, we went into the bath afterwards where talk about our female assets took place (though I noticed Myuri didn’t seem to be bothered much by it), before diving into the bed and falling asleep with the usual two flowers in my arms.

Before that, I was contacted by Shuu who informed me that Rir had managed to gain enough experience points to reincarnate 20 times in that single day.

As a result of me giving them devices that let them save up exp and Kanata and Sakura joining Shuu and Rir’s party – the nonsensically named Red Ears – rounds through their dungeon suddenly became much easier thanks to Kanata’s teleportation and Sakura’s buffs.

Since they had a ten times multiplier on their exp gain, plus me giving them equipment that raised their stats and some other things that made going through the dungeon less painful, well, they’d probably reach a sufficient reincarnation count before long.

“Let me think… For now, you should keep doing rounds up to the point where the Little Metal Dragon spawns until you get to level 85,” I recommended during our strategy meeting.

On that note, clearing this dungeon up to that enemy gave you 36’000 exp. Just by doing 200-300 rounds of that, they’d reach the point where they could use Reincarnation. It was quite easy.

“Ah… uhm, how many times would we need to repeat this until we reach level 85?” Myuri asked.
“Let’s see… about 15 times, I guess?” I told her.
“Fif-… 15…!? S-Still, it’s faster than hunting magic beasts normally…” Lilo reacted in shock.

They looked at me as if I had asked something outrageous of them.
What’s with that weak reaction? It’s a mere 15 rounds. Easy-peasy, right?

“Hrm… At this point, Lilo can attack about seven times with highest rank magic… with level ups on the way, that might reach eight,” Ruin summarized. “If she takes four shots in total to defeat the C- and B-Rank subspecies… that means we can do two rounds without a break.”
“That’s if we only rely on magic for those,” Orgo¹ added. “Still… we got our swords, too. Alim, at what point would just us sword users be able to take down the C-Rank subspecies?”
“You’re right, it should be possible with a few more levels,” I agreed. “If you want to defeat it without sustaining any injuries, that is. To go up against the B-Rank subspecies would take about 15 more levels.”
“…I see.”

Indeed, I’m happy that he thinks so, too. That’s the reason they can’t stop leveling up!

“Let’s do it, then. For the first two rounds, we’ll rely on Lilo. Please use four casts each round,” Ruin proposed. “Then, once we had a break, us sword users will clear everything up till the B-Rank subspecies and Lilo will only cast magic twice on it. We’ll finish it off… How does that sound? Obviously, that’s with Myuri’s support magic in mind.”
“Y-Yes! My Extreme Enhancement Magic has reached its maximum, so the magic’s duration has been increased. You can count on me!”
“Heh-heh-heh~, I’ll be a key player today, too~!” Lilo chuckled. “Not a bad feeling.”

Great, all of them are motivated. That’s good, very good.
In that case.

“Then, let’s start right away!” I cheered them on.
“””Alright!”””

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“Good, only the B-Rank one is left,” Ruin commented.

It was the first round of the day. Lilo had blown away the Iron Golem and we were going back the way we had come.

Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks.

“Alim, is something wrong?” Mika asked, walking up to me.
“Well… we still haven’t found a hidden room, right? It feels like there should be one.”
“You think so? Couldn’t it be further in, where we haven’t been yet? Still, you’re right, I also feel like there should be one.”

As she spoke, she joined me in looking around the dead-end.
Hm~, if the two of us are searching here, there’s no one watching over Ruin and the others.

“Mika, I’ll search this place, so could you go and observe what the others are doing?”
“Hm, sure!”

She gave a lively nod and pressed a kiss on my lips before following the rest of our group.

Now. First things first, where could it be?

Behind the wall?
I struck the wall as hard as I could. With a loud crack, a fissure appeared, but it gradually fixed itself again.

Then… under the floor?
The floor yielded the same result. I randomly tried hitting walls but was left with nothing to show for it.

In that case… the treasure chest? What could I do with it?
Try to break it? Maybe push it down or pull it up? Or move it?

For the time being, I went with the assumption that the treasure chest acted like a button and tried pushing it down with full power. With a scraping sound, the chest sank into the floor. At the same time, I could hear the click of some mechanism.

A few seconds later, the ceiling split in two and a spiral staircase was gently lowered from above.
…In the end, dungeons are incomprehensible.

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Footnotes:

From the personal pronoun, this should be Orgo, but the sentence uses polite speech, which he never does. One of both is likely an error, but it’s impossible to say which, so this could also be Karua speaking.