High School Hack and Slash Chapter 89 Part 2
―― labyrinth of Perforation Realm 『YGGDRASILL』, attached branch realm 『Yomotsu Hirasaka』 ――
――The『eighteenth』 stratum, 『uncharted』 domain――
「Looking at the project examples, as expected, selling items like a flea market would be a good idea, I suppose?」
Rinko-senpai, wearing a flashy bikini swimsuit, sticks out her buttocks and assumes a sexy pose.
「Hmm~, but that’s so normal, or like… It’s a school festival and all, so you’d want to do something more festival-like, right?!」
Mikan-senpai, who has already boarded on her『Armed Golem』, is wearing a cute tank top bikini.
From Goliath-kun’s boarding hatch that opens up with a psssh, she twists the upper half of her body and turns around.
Basically, the members with boing-boing bodies are gunning for risqué bikinis, while the members with loli-loli bodies are attacking with cute bikinis.
Even though the SP armoring serves as armor, these are certainly attires not suitable for the battlefield known as the dungeon.
However, if you think of it as a kind of pilot suit as they board and fight on the『Armed Golem』, there’s no problem.
「… I heard that you can board even if you are wearing a uniform, though.」
「Tell me about that~. But as expected, it’s a chance to make an appeal, after all?」
Next to the still-eyed Shizuka, Otoha-senpai, equipped with a colorfully designed Brazilian bikini, strikes a sexy pose.
She’s lacking in her boing level, but her stylishly toned limbs are wonderful.
It’s just that, I must say that it’s too healthy and the sexuality level is low.
And then, I can’t help but wonder that as a vanguard tank class, isn’t the defense power too low?
「No, no, no, to equip heavy armor in this stratum, isn’t that just unreasonable?」
Otoha-senpai, who is holding the『Draco Scale Piercing Whale Harpoon』, looks around the 18th stratum of the dungeon, which looks like a tropical resort.
Unlike the 17th stratum, which was completely submerged in water, the realm gate of the 18th stratum is on the ground.
It is, but the place where the realm gate is located is by no means a large island.
An island made of coral, I wonder if that’s what it is.
Beyond the flat sandy beach is an ever-stretching ocean.
And then, we can also see solitary islands just like this one here and there.
According to Natsumi’s『Search Guide (Navigate)』 and『Atlas』 skills, the nearest realm gate seems to be located at a place about four islands away.
The distance with the realm gate is simply way farther than the ones thus far.
「When it comes to the charted map under the management of the academy, though, it seems that suspension bridges and footholds that can be crossed on foot have been set up, you see.」
Yes, the sea at this stratum is different from the『Ether Sea』 at the 17th stratum, and if you go into the water, you will end up drowning normally.
It’s impossible to conquer it without some means of marine transportation.
「Hmm~, right about now, won’t it be fine even we move to this place called the charted map, too?」
Mai, wearing a tube-top bikini, is assuming a resort style as she inflates an air-type seat.
She’s a rogue who was in a vacation mood from the start.
「If we come to a dead end, then I guess we’ll have no other choice, but I can’t say that I’m too keen on the idea…. It seems that the ones who are using the stratums around this part as their main hunting ground are B-rank clubs. It’s said that making use of the terrain effect, they earn EXP against higher leveled monsters, well, it’s the so-called fucking hunt.」
Seiichi, who wears sloppy surf pants, has also been increasing in massiveness recently.
He must have been doing some muscle training in secret.
「Ah~, there are certainly clubs that like to monopolize efficient hunting grounds, right? You know, doing things like side-sweeping, the train, and the like. I’ve lost track on how many times I’ve been PK’d.」
These are troubles you’d often find in an MMO game.
Intentionally leading monsters and pushing them onto another party to kill them, such an act that’s known as MPK is well-known.
「That sounds like a pain….」
Otoha-senpai and Mai are relaxing while biting into their grilled corn.
Before I know it, the nice smell of burned soy sauce is drifting about.
Akehi-senpai and the others, who have assembled rocks from the beach and built a stove, have begun grilling corn that they have apparently brought from the dormitory field.
By any chance, I wonder if everyone is in a vacation mood from the very beginning.
「It’s so sweet and delicious~!」
「It’s hard to believe that we are in the dungeon, it is.」
「I’m really glad I was allowed to join this Adept Orders~.」
The new club members, clad in swimsuits, also seem to have ended up getting accustomed to our style completely.
During their first dive, they went down due to miasma intoxication, but it seems that forcefully leveling them up has been a good idea.
「Yes yes… Just like that. This child is our other self, that’s why, you’ll come to be able to do it naturally.」
「Mm, it’s difficult.」
Mirin’s golem, which is simple and one size smaller compared to the Senpais’ golems, is falling on its backside on the sandy beach.
Ichiko-senpai and Touka-senpai are currently watching over her by her side, instructing her.
Looking at things like this, I can tell that as expected, the『Armed Golem』 of the Senpais, who have accumulated experience and raised their level, have evolved to be more sturdy, or rather powerful.
As a matter of fact, I was also thinking that perhaps it would be a good idea to become a Craftsman when I lost my class, but the mysterious『Indra』 remains fixed in place, refusing to even budge.
Things truly don’t always turn out as one wishes.
「I caught a strange octopus~.」
「I got a turban shell-like something.」
「I got a sea urchin-like something, too.」
Saki and the others who have been playing in the foreshore come back with their catch.
I guess these marine product-like creatures are the null mobs of this stratum.
At once, a beach grilling commences using the stove.
The smell of soy sauce is even violent.
I have been having this feeling since long ago, but if it’s our club members, I think they’ll be able to live even in the dungeon.
「Here you go. Touma-san.」
Shizuka, wearing a pareo and a separate swimsuit, brings me a huge tsuboyaki (shellfish cooked in its own shell).
This, when pulled out, I wonder if the tail-like grotesque part will also be huge.
I’m a little hesitant.
「Is something the matter?」
The swimsuit of Shizuka-san, who tilts her head cutely, may look innocent, but under the pareo is a string-like thong.
「No, I’m just wondering what to do to conquer this stratum.」
「Given things, I suppose we’d need a ship, as expected.」
「It gets deeper all at once, more than what we expected, after all, right?」
Rinko-senpai and Mikan-senpai, who have been diving in the sea to investigate the surrounding area, come down from the golems that are dripping with seawater.
「A ship, is it?」
「Well, speaking of whether there is already a ship or not, there certainly is, but….」
The ship created by the Senpais during the raid quest『Demon of the Deep』.
The『Whaling Ship Neo Pequod』 is in slumber in my Item Box.
Upon being subjected to remodeling here and there, as the Senpais seemed to have recalled it, it has now turned into a complete battleship.
「… The problem is, that stubborn pipsqueak, huh….」
Shizuka-san quietly mutters in a low voice.
It seems that reconciliation is impossible.
「Well, for that part, we’ve been purposely steering clear of it, but…. If we have that, I suppose we’ll be able to conquer this stratum in one go.」
The reason why I ended up offending Yuki-chan was partly because I was inconsiderate of her.
I ought to have a heart-to-heart talk with her for once and properly say I’m sorry.
「Sigh…. Inevitable. I thought it would’ve been a good idea to just ignore such a spoiled brat, though.」
「Ahaha. I don’t quite get it, but good luck, Touma-kun.」
Mikan-senpai words of encouragement permeate my heart.
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The second open air bath of Asagi-sou.
The place is the banquet hall on the second floor of the annex building, which was built under the name of an after-bath rest area.
It also serves as a lodging place for when the quartet or Doggy-senpai and the others come to play.
It’s also popular with dorm residents who want to drink and make merry, and there’s a need to submit a prior application in the schedule table, which is akin to an inn register divided by time slots.
The shy Yuki-chan would be embarrassed if there are public gazes, so the room is reserved for the whole night.
In the center of the tatami-matted room, a special seat where zabutons are placed on top of each other has been arranged.
On the ozen trays that have been arranged, there are all sorts of Japanese and Western sweets that I’ve asked Meiron-senpai to make.
And then a variety of banquet dishes I’ve asked Kurumi-senpai to make.
The ones who insisted that omiki (sacred sake) was absolutely necessary were Miharu and Natsumi, who have put the arrangements in order.
They worked hard on a lot of things, from the menu composition to the decoration of the banquet hall.
Though, I think it’s still too early for Yuki-chan to drink some alcohol.
If I remember it correctly, they said something like, 『Th’re is nay god without omiki』, but I don’t know what it meant.
There is morijio (salt pile), raw rice, and even raw eggs arranged like offerings.
However, it’s a mystery that the room miraculously ends up turning into a cozy and comfortable space.
It’s like it somehow makes you feel high, making you subconsciously want to drop some divine punishment or something.
「Hmm.」
The preparations are complete, and as I’m wondering how to get Yuki-chan out of the Item Box, before I know it, she’s sitting on top of the zabuton.
Hugging a pillow and puffing out her cheeks, Yuki-chan turns her face away in a huff.
It’s the very picture of the sulking condition.
Before anything else, I guess I ought to first show my sincerity.
Getting on a seiza and straightening myself up, I swiftly put my hands on the tatami and bow my head.
「I am sorry.」
It’s a forehead-slanting dogeza.
As I hear a faint groan-like cute voice, I’m subjected to a spoiled child’s punch over and over.
And then, it seems that she forgives me.
「…..」
「I see.」
Yuki-chan, settled on my lap, is gulping down on the omiki while alternately eating ohagi (rice cakes) and cream puffs.
It seems that she is the type of person who can take sweet things as a snack.
「…..」
「So it is.」
A major earthquake occurred and almost destroyed everything, it seems that she’d protected me by using Yuki-chan World as a cushion, and so on, I don’t quite get it, but it looks like I’ve ended up being in her care.
Salmon and rice are delicious.
「Iyou.」
When I’m thinking that as expected I wouldn’t be able to finish all the food, some sort of big child makes an entrance.
Having the furs on its front paw, which is stretched out toward a plate filled with a heap of torikara (finger-sized fried chicken breast), plucked by Yuki-chan, it raises a pitiful scream.
I thought I haven’t seen it recently, but it seems that it was caught up in Yuki-chan’s strike and was unable to come out.
Coiling a bottle of sake with its snake-like tail, it dexterously gulps the content down in one breath.
As the scurrying about konnyaku-man and tire-man come along into the room, the chaos vibe rises quite a bit.
Baby Nue and paper lantern-man are fighting over the torikara, but I hope the paper lantern-man can be careful as to not set the place on fire as it bounces about upon receiving a swift cat punch.
Before I know it, the fixtures in the banquet hall have also increased.
I think the folding screen with a picture of a woman on it is elegant, but having a rock lantern set up here is a little out of place.
The tea kettle raccoon that’s kicked by the rock lantern slams against the picture of the woman, who is laughing ohohoho with her hand on her cheek, and rips it.
I hope they get along without fighting.
In the direction of the stairway, there stuck a human-face skull that is bigger than baby Nue.
Wriggling like a snake, something that looks like an obi of a kimono is fluttering about as if to tease the skull, which seems to have ended up getting stuck.
The biwa-like something is beginning to play a strangely metallic melody, but it’s mistaken in its choice of genre.
By now, the banquet hall is bustling with guys drinking and making merry.
Yuki-chan, who has eaten a belly full of sweets, must have been satisfied.
Grabbing tightly onto my cloth and leaning against my chest, with slightly flushing cheeks, she’s resting peacefully.
Everyone, be a little more quiet.
When I’m about to provide an extra bottle of sake from the Item Box, the creepy Doll-kun, who before I know it has joined the merry, laboriously carries it for me.
The banquet continues on, but it seems that everyone, who has been making a racket, has also lowered the tension a little bit.
Getting a glass of sake poured for me from a mysterious being who looks like a fusion of Daruma and Mokugyo (wooden fish), I look up at the night sky through the window with Yuki-chan on my lap.
It’s a nice, zestful full moon.
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