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Volume 10 Chapter 303

Hero’s Dungeon Exploration

「Akari, they’re coming from the right!」
「R-Right!」
「…….Three, two, one. Now!」
「Take this!」
Akari delivered a flick in the direction Tet indicated.
In the next moment, the goblin that appeared on the spot vanished with a *poof*.
Akari had defeated the goblin.

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Moments ago when Akari stepped foot into the dungeon.
「Tet, I think…… I might not be able to defeat monsters after all」
Akari began to feel intimidated by the unique atmosphere of the dungeon.
Although she had received the skill from the goddess, which prevented her from falling into a state of fear and rendered her immune to paralysis regardless of the monsters she faced, whether or not she actually acted was entirely up to her own will.
Having lived in a peaceful world, Akari had no experience of killing animals with her own hands. But here, in this unforgiving world, she couldn’t afford such naive sentiments. To survive, she needed to acquire the means to protect herself.
—-However, Akari possessed an abnormal level of defense and equipment that rendered her impervious to attacks from several demon lords.
With such extraordinary defensive capabilities alone, she could navigate through the dungeon without any issues. However, since her goal was to obtain gem-filled treasure chests, she needed to defeat the floor bosses at least twice to progress through the floors.
This meant that she had to kill monsters.
「Akari, try flicking over there, toward that statue」
Tet pointed to a knight-shaped statue about ten meters away.
「From here?」
「Yeah. Imagine hitting it with a bang」
Although she didn’t fully understand, Akari decided to follow Tet’s instructions. She extended her arm, aimed, and held her middle finger with her thumb.
「H-here goes!」
As Akari released the power stored in her middle finger, a shockwave flew out.
And just like that, the statue shattered into pieces.
This statue was a very sturdy artificial monster golem created by Haruto and Tina for training adventurers and new recruits in Vestier. When fighting seriously, it ranked as the third strongest in the dungeon, following Citri, the final boss, and Orga, the floor boss of the 18th floor.
By the way, it was possible to progress through the dungeon without fighting this golem. Additionally, if one desired combat training in this area, they could fight this statue as much as they liked. Even if defeated, they wouldn’t be killed.
However, winning was absolutely impossible. That was how Haruto had designed it.
There were soldiers and adventurers who tasted defeat for the first time by losing to this golem.
Not knowing defeat made one susceptible to arrogance, and arrogance led to complacency. In this world, complacency led to death.
Haruto wanted people in this world to understand that there were enemies they couldn’t defeat, no matter how well-prepared they were.
However, this golem was ultimately made from materials found in this world. While it was made of orichalcum and mithril, it wasn’t made using Scarlet Gold.
Given that Akari’s attack power at level 300 was before the durability of tofu to the golem.
「Akari, looking good!」
「A-amazing……」
「Follow Tet’s cues and just flick from a distance, Akari」
「Okay. Got it」
「And try to avoid monsters as much as possible」
Since Akari was level 300, she didn’t need to defeat monsters to level up. Except when attacked or when it was unavoidable to progress, she didn’t need to engage in combat.
「Tet, I’m counting on you」
「Leave it to me!」

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Afterwards, Akari reached the boss room on the first floor. The floor boss was a slime.
Her first battle with a monster since coming to this world was—-
「Ei!」
One second after stepping into the boss room, it was over.
The attack power capable of shattering a golem made of orichalcum and mithril.
There was no way the slime could endure it.
As if the slime had never been there in the first place, it disappeared without a trace, leaving no fragments behind.
Just by flicking from a distance, monsters would disappear without their body parts or blood splattering, greatly reducing Akari’s mental burden.
「Akari, nice!」
「Th-Thank goodness…… I hit it properly, Tet」
「Yeah. When you get to the lower floors, enemies that move faster will appear. But, since you’re Akari, you’ll be fine. Stay calm and flick」
For Akari, who possessed the skill , the speed of attacks and movements of monsters in this dungeon were not a problem.
The fastest being capable of attacking at world-class speed was Leo, the beast king clad in the gale lightning magic cloak. But Akari could move at even faster speeds.
As fast as Fenrir Shiro, the divine beast.
「Calm down and flick. Calm down and flick. Calm down…… Tet, understood!」
「Alright. Then, let’s go to the next floor!」
「OK!」
And so, the dungeon conquest of the strongest hero began.
Monsters with a certain level of intelligence and the ability to sense enemies’ power immediately fled from Akari’s path.
Monsters without intelligence or those unlucky enough to be in Akari’s path disappeared without even knowing what happened.
The floor boss of the second floor, the Goblin Fighter, vanished along with its equipment.
Although Akari and her companions reached the third floor, unfortunately, a few moments before their arrival, another group of adventurers had already collected all the contents of the treasure chest on the third floor.
By the way, unlucky refers to the floor bosses of this dungeon.
Since she couldn’t obtain the desired gems, Akari decided to conquer even lower floors.
Monsters wandering the floors could escape from Akari if they had the intelligence and ability to perceive danger.
She wouldn’t go out of her way to defeat monsters that didn’t appear in front of her.
However, the floor boss was different.
They had no choice but to confront Akari.
Furthermore, in this dungeon, gems could only be obtained from treasure chests on the third and seventeenth floors.
So, when Akari failed to achieve her goal on the third floor—-
The disappearance of the floor boss up to the sixteenth floor was imminent.