novelraw Chapter 131
Chapter 131
Chapter 131
Hello there.
I'm Akagi Hideo, a young explorer who just broke the 1.1 billion yen mark in total assets.
Today, I was dragged away by a passionate beauty with a blazing crimson ponytail to a deserted spot behind a family restaurant.
What on earth is going to happen to me?
"Akagi-san, explain this squishiness right now!"
"Ahem. I didn't do anything wrong. I just defeated the dungeon boss, that's all... It's not like I went out of my way to unseal anything suspicious or dangerous."
"Really now?"
"What's with that suspicious look, Shurado-san?"
"But Akagi-san, you deliberately unsealed Shimaenaga-chan, didn't you?"
"That was Shimaenaga-san's fault. Not mine."
"Chii!?"
"Sigh, honestly, you really are a hopeless case, Akagi-san. To draw in Calamities like this one after another... You must have been born under that kind of star."
Shurado-san reached into her skirt and pulled out a backscratcher with a cheerful "heave-ho." I'm seriously curious about what's going on under there.
"Well, it can't be helped that the number of Calamities has increased. It'd be a pity if it triggered the camp alarm, so let's use 'Anatomical Identity.'"
'Anatomical Identity'—she used it before we entered the Chiba dungeon too.
"If you scratch an anomaly with this backscratcher, its abnormality decreases, right?"
"That's right~. Scratch 47 times and it'll obliterate anything into dust, tap 47 times and it'll shatter any living being into a state of ego loss—an amazing SCCL anomalous substance!"
Shurado-san said with a smile as she scratched little hedgehog's tummy with the backscratcher.
Every time she uses this thing, I can't help but worry something terrible will happen. Maybe that's just parental instinct. Actually, anyone would.
"Alright, now the abnormality in little hedgehog has been suppressed."
Shurado-san stowed 'Anatomical Identity' back into her skirt and straightened up with a "Now then."
"Looks like Akagi-san has had a spectacular level-up, so naturally, I'm curious about these little ones too~"
Shurado-san grabbed Shimaenaga-san, Gii-san, and little hedgehog all at once, holding them in her arms with a fearless grin.
"Chi, chii! (Translation: P-please have mercy, chii!)"
"Gii... (Translation: Shall I activate status concealment...?)"
"Kyuu (Translation: What are you two so afraid of, kyuu, Bird-dono, Bug-dono?)"
"Akagi-san, please display little hedgehog's status for now."
"Little hedgehog, pardon me for a moment."
"Kyuu! (Translation: Behold my glorious self, kyuu!)"
As I brought my finger close, a window appeared beside the soft belly showing 'Calamity of the Ancient Dragon.' I tapped it to view the status.
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little hedgehog
Level 0
HP 5/5
MP 20/20
Skills
'Salvation's Thunderclap'
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Still at level 0, huh.
Shimaenaga-san and Gii-san had a time like this too.
The skill is 'Salvation's Thunderclap,' huh?
Wonder what it does.
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'Salvation's Thunderclap'
An ancient legend dwelling in the storm
Unleashes lightning to destroy enemies
Conversion rate MP1: ATK100
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An offensive skill.
The format looks kind of familiar.
My finger snap was 'Finger Snap Lv2' with something like ATK5:HP1, if I recall. That's... odd...
"A skill that increases attack power in proportion to MP. This is a very dangerous type of skill—as you well know, Akagi-san."
"Yeah."
"If little hedgehog were to fall to the dark side, she would probably turn the land into scorched earth."
Shurado-san said while gazing at her phone.
"What're you looking at?"
I leaned over to peek.
But she quickly hid it with a flap.
"Nope! This is top secret!"
"Sorry..."
"You're so naughty, Akagi-san, honestly. I'm just checking the file I downloaded on the 'World's End Scenario.' It says the 'Calamity of the Ancient Dragon' destroyed an entire separate world and unleashed an unending storm for a million years. So Akagi-san, do your best to make sure that doesn't happen again, okay?"
"It'll be fine. I mean, she's this adorable. Right?"
"Kyukyukyuu!"
"Indeed, she's so cute it's hard to believe she could end the world. That's a relief!"
Whew, thank goodness. I was spared.
"Next is Gii-chan."
Shurado-san lifted Gii-san by the belly.
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Gii-san
Level 80
HP 3,021/54,100
MP 6,012/124,400
Skills
'Call of the Black Swamp'
'Black Swamp's Tragedy'
'Black Swamp's Armament'
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Huh?
Gii-san's status looks kinda off...
"Gii! (Translation: I'm a harmless Calamity! So there's absolutely no need for containment!)"
Gii-san, what cunning!
Faking her stats to look harmless!
"Mm! These are definitely fake! Skill activate—Appraisal!"
"Gii!"
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Gii-san
Level 91
HP 3,021/368,800
MP 6,012/636,400
Skills
'Call of the Black Swamp Lv3'
'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2'
'Black Swamp's Armament Lv5'
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Busted.
Even Gii-san couldn't fool Shurado-san's eyes after all.
"Gii... (Translation: Let's talk this over... Miss Shurado!)"
"Unbelievable! You've grown this much?! I'm checking everything! Gii-chan, don't move!"
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'Call of the Black Swamp Lv3'
Summons a portion of the Black Swamp monster to attack.
Can be used once every 2 hours. ATK 1–300,000
Stock 999
Resolve cooldown with 200 MP.
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'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2'
Summons the Black Swamp monster.
Can be used once every 2 hours.
Stock 999
Resolve cooldown with 200 MP.
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'Black Swamp's Armament Lv5'
Summons Black Swamp's Armament
MP 1–100,000
Can be used once every 2 hours.
Stock 999
Resolve cooldown with 200 MP.
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Apparently, defeating the dungeon boss made Gii-san even stronger.
It looks like Gii-san is using the skill point-like rewards from leveling up to power up existing skills.
"All of these are incredible skills. As expected of the Calamity Series. I'll be recording everything in the report, Gii-chan."
"G-Gii."
"'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2' and 'Black Swamp's Armament Lv5' appear to be summoning-type skills. Please go ahead and summon them. I'll record that too."
Shurado-san opened the camera app on her smartphone and got ready to film reference footage, saying, "Go ahead, go ahead," as she prompted Gii-san to demonstrate.
Gii-san used 'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2'.
The damp ground in the back alley began to bubble, and an abnormal figure emerged.
A humanoid monster with withered branch-like wings and black tentacles growing from around its mouth.
Its upper body was quite buff, with thick arms.
In contrast, its lower body was weak, so it moved by crawling.
Still, even crawling, it stood taller than me and Shurado-san.
It's a pretty intimidating monster.
With the original 'Black Swamp's Tragedy,' only standard humanoid-sized Black Swamp monsters nicknamed Breakdancers could be summoned, but now with 'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2,' it seems even more vicious and powerful ones like this can be summoned.
Well, I mean, even the Breakdancers were strong enough to overpower Vladimir Bazarov, Sita Chichigaski's close aide, when Gii-san rode them... I wonder how powerful they'd be if Gii-san rode this Black Swamp monster Lv2. Kind of scary, honestly.
"Hmm, hmm. A vicious summoned monster."
Shurado-san said that as she walked around the Black Swamp monster Lv2, pinched its wings to lift them, and asked, "Can you raise your arms?" while requesting different poses.
"This much footage should be good for reference. Ideally, I'd also like to record its attack methods, abilities, and other details, but this creature deserves some privacy too."
What a kind-hearted receptionist, respecting the privacy of such an ugly monster.
"I'd also like to know the power of 'Black Swamp's Armament Lv5.'"
Yeah, I totally agree.
I wanted to know that too.
"But, Shurado-san, Gii is a bit out of MP. She worked so hard in the dungeon."
"I see. In that case, let's use an Elixir!"
"An Elixir?"
Shurado-san pulled out a small vial of blue liquid from under her skirt.
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'Elixir'
A secret medicine created by an ancient sorcerer
Fully restores HP and MP and cures all status abnormalities
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"Fufufu, this is a very expensive anomalous substance! Ha!"
Shurado-san splashed the blue liquid onto Gii-san. Liquid warmed under a beautiful girl's skirt. So full of wisdom. It was so valuable, I kind of wanted her to splash some on me too. But I held back—didn't want to seem like a creep.
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Gii-san
Level 91
HP 368,800 / 368,800
MP 636,400 / 636,400
Skills
'Call of the Black Swamp Lv3'
'Black Swamp's Tragedy Lv2'
'Black Swamp's Armament Lv5'
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Whoa, incredible.
She really did get fully restored.
I want an Elixir too.
"Gii (Translation: I'm good to go)"
Since Gii-san was ready, we had her summon the maximum MP 100,000 version of 'Black Swamp's Armament' right away.
The 100,000 MP weapon emerged from a rift in space.
Like a geyser erupting, black liquid gushed forth, and at the same time, a jet-black spear appeared.
It looked sinister, with two twisted tentacles forming into a single spear.
Once the spear fully emerged from the rift, the rift vanished, leaving only the black liquid behind.
I just now realized—these weapons have item names too.
Apparently, it's called 'Twisted Black Spear'. Let's check the details.
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'Twisted Black Spear'
One of the Black Swamp's Armaments
Only the true Warriors are permitted to wield it
ATK 10,000,000
The black tip pierces through all forms of defense
When thrown, has destructive power equivalent to 30 million ATK
Wow... what a calamity...
"This seems to be an armament from another world. I'd say it ranks around G4 class? It's an anomalous substance with research value. Gii-chan, can you summon a lot of these?"
"Gii (Translation: I'm just bringing them over from the other side)"
"I see! Then, may I have one? I think Jigokudo would love it! Oh, of course, I'll pay!"
"Gii (Translation: My lord decides everything. What do you wish to do?)"
"Me? Hmm... well then, maybe around 10,000 yen..."
Was that too expensive...? I'm not strapped for cash, so I wouldn't mind giving it for free... but I don't want to seem stingy either...
"Ahem. Actually, let's make it 1,000 yen."
"Yay! Thank you, Akagi-san, Gii-chan!"
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'Twisted Black Spear' 1,000 yen
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Dungeon Bank Account Balance: 31,622,636 yen
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Shurado Investment: 1,070,245,631 yen
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Total Assets: 1,101,868,267 yen
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If it makes Shurado happy, I'll give her anything.
"Chi-chi-chi (Translation: Chi is not the kind of heroine who gets greedy. Forget about that receptionist and realize who the true main heroine is already—Chi!)"
"Ah, next I'll check on Shimaenaga-chan~"
"C-Chi!!"
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Shimaenaga-san
Level 140
HP 30,002/1,443,500
MP 741/1,421,700
Skills
'Blasphemous Morning Star Lv4'
'Blasphemous Pact'
'Blasphemous Gaze'
'Blasphemous Regeneration'
'Blasphemous Counterattack'
'Blasphemous Sword Dance'
'Blasphemous Flash Lv2'
'Blasphemous Change of Heart Lv3'
Equipment
'Calamity Beast'
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Level 140, huh.
HP 1,443,500 and MP 1,421,700...... seriously?
Her skills have increased a ton too......
I did think the dungeon boss exp was weirdly low.
I mean, that Dark Knight Holy Dragon (tentative name) even ate the silver dungeon boss, right? And on top of that, the Salvation dungeon boss and the monsters from the 30th floor......
"Shimaenaga-chan...... I think we might need to bring you to a special containment facility for a full debrief......"
Ah...... so she's getting arrested.
Well, can't be helped.
I wish she'd at least tried to act harmless—stupid menace-bird.
"Chi-chi-chi! (Translation: Chi didn't do anything wrong—Chi!)"
Ah, Shimaenaga-san just made a run for it!
She took off into the sky and instantly puffed up.
Whoa, that's huge.
She's about the size of a small office building now.
"You're not getting away! Hyaaah!"
Shurado leapt high into the air, pulled a sledgehammer out of nowhere, and swung it wide.
With a single flash, the massive Enaga was slammed into the ground, buried deep into the road in Chiba's city center.
There's no talking your way out of that one... goodbye, Shimaenaga-san.