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Chapter 632

Day 129 – Daytime, Dungeon, 50F

A charge battle, those fleeting instants where tension and impatience collide. Put simply: first come, first served. Unlike the runaway state earlier, now my body’s somewhat under control. There’s no crushing strain, I can move fine, but it still feels like borrowed strength, and the reckless momentum from before is gone.

Like skating across ice, I string together ultra-short Shukuchi steps, carving out dance-like footwork, gliding over the ground.

But, I don’t make it. The first strike is Slime-san’s Jiggle-Jiggle, the second Armored Pres-san’s pounding, the third a photo-finish tie between Sleepy-Girl-san’s pounding and Dancing-Girl-san’s shield-slam, and the floor boss smashes into the wall and turns to magic stone! Wasn’t that interference!? I demand a review with slow-motion photo finish, but everyone just shrugs me off!?

All that speed and power I’d just built up, wasted. I even tried to make it look youthfully dramatic, like a