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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 34 Part 4

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Pasifista

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I split Cloud-san in the air.

By kicking the Cloud-san splits that act as the footholds in the manner of a triangle jump, I run around the chamber space with a three dimensional dash.

「… U, waah….」

「There, something like that.」

Landing on the floor, srsshhh, I let my body slide according to the inertia.

「My new power is not a skill, but the result of spreading the wings of my imagination.」

「That’s so cool!」

Saki’s tension is at max, but that of the rest of the party seems to be some mysterious put off tension.

「No, for example, you see. I can still somewhat understand if it was a『Grappler』 or something…. But in your case – seeing a heavily armored, full-body armored man going swoosh swoosh flying through the sky – it’s not a matter of being out of place feeling.」

「So Mach’s Iron Lump Punch became Mach’s 3D Iron Lump Punch, huh….」

「No, if I had to put it, I think it’s more like a freestanding homing railgun.」

「Just what kind of nightmare incarnation is that?」

The fame doesn’t seem very good at the moment, but it just so happens that a wandering monster comes tottering into the chamber from the corridor.

A lot of the animal-type monsters on this stratum are of large size, and the coming in hard, solid armadillo is also about a meter tall.

Right now it is in a defensive form, or perhaps a mobile form, at any rate it is curled up into a spherical shape.

They are monsters that specialize in defense, so when it’s in the rolling ball form, even if Seiichi stabs them with his knife, the blade will not pass through.

This form doesn’t boast significant movement speed as well, so it can be easily defeated by pinning it down and roasting it with fire.

It’s a pain since it takes a lot of time, so it seems to be usually ignored, though.

For now, before the lively solid armadillo can release its defensive form and come attacking, let’s soar in the cross-arm block style.

Granting high weighting on the『Armor of Heavy Pressure (Stressor Armor)』, I perform a diving body splash.

「Like this, it enables me to move around without any problems even as I serve as a tank.」

「You, don’t you think that you misunderstand, the definition of a tank?」

「… The monster is left in a splash and splatter state, though, I told you that gore depiction is a no go, didn’t I?」

I was intending to pin it down, but it going bang, bursting like a water balloon, was out of my calculation.

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「Oh. More or less, a sword? This thing.」

A long weapon was taken out from the treasure chest, which was opened after the trap was disarmed without any sort of incident.

It was a fantastic sight to see a large, crooked sword close to two meters long coming out of a chest that is about a meter wide and not even half a meter deep.

Mai, who was peeking in from behind, quickly lost interest.

「Hmm, a bust, huh.」

「Oioi, it’s a weapon and on top of that a sword, so it’s a plain hit, isn’t it?」

Seiichi smiled bitterly at her realist act of the lack of attachment to rare items that were not relevant to her.

The ratio of category of items appearing from the dungeon treasure chests had been statisticized.

Change could be seen depending on the age, but at present it was 50% weapon, 20% armoring, and 30% other.

In the breakdown of weapon, about 50% of the rate was that of『sword』, this figure included one-handed, two-handed, short sword and even katana.

Lances, axes, blunt weapons, and other peculiar shaped weapons were said to be harder to appear.

Armoring included armor and shields, but in the case of armor, in addition to the one set of whole body parts, there were cases where only parts such as hand armor, leg armor, and helmets appeared.

There were also series-type equipment which had inscriptions on them, and if all parts of the set were assembled, they would display some special abilities.

The categorization other than those was of the consumable type such as talisman, magic items – various tools imbued with magical energy – and potions.

Amulets that granted skills that can be used over and over again, and the『seed』 series, which permanently increased one’s attribute values, were popular.

「Seems strong, it is.」

「Its appearance is cool, but it seems hard to use.」

It was a broadsword, it possessed no scabbard and its bare blade was that of a straight sword.

It was a so-called『Two-handed sword』, with a guard engraved with a lion’s face, and a sword blade inscribed with profound characters.

It was a shiny silver thick blade, but it was lighter than it looked as it had been granted a weight reduction attribute.

It was a good looking Magic Sword that looked like the ones appearing in video games.

「It seems that these kinds of large swords are becoming more and more common these days, you see. I’d say this design is still on the moderate side.」

「Ah, yes. Sometimes there are people who carry huge weapons with intense chuuni visual style to them, right?」

Normally, people had no such thing as a space hangar that could store everything, so them carrying around high rarity equipment even on their way to and from school was only natural.

Equipment’s care was one’s own responsibility, so if you left it in the locker room, there was also the risk of it getting stolen.

「I don’t know how much of this is true, but it’s said that the changing of fads of the age are also reflected in the items in the dungeon.」

「What’s with that fishy setting?」

Especially on the outer layer of the branch realm, it was strongly influenced by the reflection of the collective unconscious of the world it attached to.

It was a consideration for the challengers of the dungeon, as well as an architecture to cope with the universe with its infinite varieties.

The influence faded as one moved from the deep level to the true realm, as it shifted to a more primeval template.

The reason why『sword』 took a large part in the weapon category was because it was recognized as a universal symbol of weaponry.

「First of all, we’ll take it to『Adept Workers』 and have it appraised, but what to do with it afterward? Anyone going to use it?」

If it were a normal party, it was a Maken that wouldn’t be strange even if a strive rose for it, but unfortunately, it was an abnormal party.

「It doesn’t suit my style, and I guess it’s not good for Himecchi either.」

「It feels like Touma-san will end up equipping just about anything, though.」

It was also a mystery as to whether there were any class-specific weapon bindings to it.

The gaze of the group was somehow or other directed toward a corner of the chamber.

Bending over a little with her hands placed on her kneecaps, Saki, whose buttocks were stickily bared, was being copulated by Touma.

It was a merging scene that the group had gotten familiar with and were not particularly bothered by it.

「No, letting Touma wield a weapon may also be a good idea.」

「Just like Hime-chan, don’t you think that Touma-kun doesn’t particularly need any strong sword either?」

No one could refute Mai’s remark, which was said with no malice whatsoever.

He was an absurd incarnate who at present, even if you stripped him of his equipment and tossed him into a boss battle in nude, he might still end up forcing it to submission.

「That’s exactly why. If we let him wield a sword, he might fight in a little more civilized manner.」

「… Ah.」

「Wanushi-sama. Seems not going to like it.」

「It has the appearance like that of a holy sword, but if Touma-san were to wield it, I feel that it will create none other than the visual of a holy knight who has fallen into darkness.」

「As it stands, though, he’s like the Son Goku who has fallen into darkness.」

It was not the transforming alien with back hair, but the Seiten Taisei version of the Journey to the West.

「He also rides a cloud that looks like an ink painting, after all….」

「Well. Whether we use it or sell it, that comes after we appraise it. If we don’t end the break soon, Himecchi will become a useless one.」

Saki shook her ponytail around and let out adorable moans like a puppy, but her sensitively excellent flesh qualities had turned into a bottleneck, rendering her to possess low endurance for pleasure.

「Now then, Nacchan. I’m counting on you. If there is any treasure chest nearby, to there, if not, let’s head to the realm gate.」

「Yes. 』Search Guide (Navigate)』, it is.」

Natsumi closed her eyes and clasped her hands together as if in prayer.

*Ping*, with Natsumi at the center, ripples-like concentric circles were released, slipping through the walls of the dungeon.

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