Chapter 47
CHAPTER 47 – DUNGEON OF RIPPLES・CAPTURE 2
When the dawn breaks, we have a light breakfast and resume the capture .
Today, we are starting on the sixth floor .
It is originally a maze, but it’s getting slightly complicated . Hidden pa.s.sages are now harder to find .
「「Yaa!」」
Once they finished the magic training, Allen and Elena are free to fight as they like, causing their kicking style to explode . It seems they like martial arts more than magic .
But, they appear to remember my warnings about not approaching poison monsters as they are properly defeating them with magic .
「Oops, wait a moment!」
It’s Impact Sh.e.l.l . That’s a sh.e.l.l monster, but it releases a shock wave when hit . Because of that, you have to make a distance when attacking it .
「You have to attack that from bigger distance than usual」
「「Ye~s」」
I inform Allen and Elena, and they take distance from the Impact Sh.e.l.l . Then, I hit the Impact Sh.e.l.l with a light magic that wouldn’t defeat it .
And immediately, bon, the sound broke, and vibrations pa.s.sed through . It’s this faint because we are far away from it, the impact in the vicinity of the Impact Sh.e.l.l is considerably large .
「See? It’s okay when you defeat it in one blow, but as you have seen, you could get injured so let’s defeat it from a distance just in case, okay?」
「「Understood~」」
When Allen and Elena reply in consent, I shoot magic again and defeat the Impact Sh.e.l.l .
Which reminds me, I haven’t looked at Allen’s and Elena’s status for a while now . I though so and confirmed it――
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Status
【Name】Allen (Elena)
【Race】Human?
【Occupation】Fighter
【Age】5
【Level】25
【Skills】
Water Magic | Hand-to-hand Combat | Evasion
Throwing | Swimming | Presence Detection
Jumping | Telepathy
Gathering | Arithmetics
Abnormal Status Resistance
【t.i.tles】
Water G.o.d’s Child
Conqueror of Low-Grade Dungeon
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What I notice first is that the question marks have disappeared . It clearly states【Water G.o.d’s Child】now .
Although I don’t know if it’s because I figured out their ident.i.ty or because the level of my appraisal has increased .
I don’t think it’s about the amount of magical power like in Kaiser’s case .
…… Still, this is bad . I’m level 27 at the moment . It turns out that Allen’s and Elena’s level is not that different from mine now .
Even though it should have considerably increased when I defeated the Evil Viper . They caught up all too soon .
Is is that? The hunting compet.i.tion with Joule and others during our trip from s.h.i.+rin? They have defeated quite the number of monsters that time…… The monsters of Gaya Forest are overall strong, it seems they raised their levels smoothly .
As expected, being lower level than the two would be uncool…… But, you see…… these children love fighting so much, refraining them would be a bit, right~But, even so, it’s impossible to level while the children sleep because they sleep sticking close to me .
U~n, this is difficult……
For now, let’s train at least the proficiencies . Because I don’t have to defeat monsters to train proficiencies, all I have to do is practice when I’m free . Un, let’s do that .
I have to be especially careful with the water magic!
「「This~」」
「Thank you」
Allen and Elena brought me the Impact Sh.e.l.l’s drop item .
It’s a string sticking out from cylinder made from paper…… This, this is a cracker, right?
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【Cracker】
When the string is pulled, a light exploding sound will come out from the cylinder part .
Just right for startling people .
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…………… It’s the very cracker, alright . A strange thing appeared again .
However, the description! “Just right for startling people,” that isn’t the original use!
A cracker is intended for parties, not for startling people . Although I have used it to startle people, state the original use in the description properly!
「「This, wha~t is?」」
「N? This is called a cracker, and when you pull this string, pan, it will make a loud sound . Do you want to try it?」
Since we obtained it, let’s try how much loud of a sound it makes .
「「Want~」」
「Then, turn this part away from you . You can’t aim it towards yourselves and other people, okay? Then, will you two pull the string together?」
「「Ye~s」」
While I hold the cylinder, Allen and Elena hold the string and at the count of『One~two』, Allen and Elena pull on the string .
――Paan!!
「!!!!」
「「Hiyaa!」」
The moment the string was pulled, the cracker made a loud explosive sound .
My ears are ringing .
The sound was louder than I expected . Allen and Elena scream in a startle, cling to my legs and tremble .
Who was the one who wrote the description Just right for startling people!?
This is already a lethal sound weapon! Moreover, not only the other party, you also inflict considerable self-damage .
「Allen, Elena, sorry . It startled you, didn’t it?」
「「Uu~」」
The two are slightly teary eyes . I’m really sorry .
Anyway, let’s embrace the two and soothe them .
Afterwards, when the defeated Impact Sh.e.l.l dropped Crackers, Allen and Elena didn’t approach them .
This didn’t become a trauma or something, right? They just don’t want to approach it, right?
I also thought about leaving the Crackers behind, but couldn’t this item be used by handing it to the opponent and letting him self-destruct? Because I thought so, I reconsidered and picked it up .
I thought using it when coming across a nasty fellow like Baron Gilbert .Since it’s not an excessively known item, I thought the opponent may want to get his hands on it out of curiosity .
Nothing in particular has happened after the Cracker incident and we have advanced smoothly .
Maa, the rate at which we encountered monsters has increased? Only to that degree .
So, we are currently on the ninth floor, but…… Oops, a Water Lizard is sticking to the ceiling .
At any rate, it’s huge . A lizard as big as a human child…… If I had to say, newt-ish?
It can stick to the ceiling without falling quite well~
「Allen, Elena . Look for a bit――《Water Needle》」
The water flowing in the waterway changes into a sharp needle and pierces the Water Lizard .
It’s a magic where you compress the original source of water and change its shape to attack .
I had defeated it properly as the Water Lizard turned into a drop item . “Water Lizard’s Tail,” it says . What can this item be used for? Maa, let’s put it in the《Infinite Storage》for now .
「Did you see it? Do you want to practice magic by changing the water’s shape like this?」
「「Un, will do~」」
Allen and Elena are already accustomed to the Water Ball enough, so I thought it’s time for them to learn something new .
「「《Wat~er Niidoru》」」
Allen and Elena turn towards a Water Lizard sticking to a wall and cast the spell .
Many Water Lizards are sticking on the walls as we advance . It’s a perfect place for Allen and Elena to practice so they take care of them one after another .