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Chapter 617

Day 127 – Afternoon, Dungeon, 89F

I lunged in with a shoulder tackle, and got blasted back instead, stumbling. My body moved on its own, remembering without thinking. The Taikyokuken step-in into a shoulder strike… but this body isn’t the same anymore. What came out was a clumsy excuse of a shoulder tackle, and of course it bounced harmlessly off the giant frame of the Hammer Ape Lv. 89.

My posture broke, instantly, Nemurikko-san’s blade cut in, cleaving off the ape’s hammer-arm, while Dancing Girl-san’s chains lashed out to drive back the others. Behind me, Armored Pres-san’s sword flashed to cover my retreat. And perched on my head, Slime-san bounced about, keeping guard… yeah, I messed up. The blow didn’t hurt, since my shoulder was protected by the Aegis Shoulder-Linked Sword, but the others had all leapt to shield me in a split second. If they reacted like that, it must