Chapter 183
Huge Animals Dungeon 9
“Our objective is the twelfth floor because of the Flamesaurus, but if I am not mistaken, don’t they appear on this floor as well?”
“Yeah, that’s correct . The highest encounter rate is on the twelfth floor, but they do apparently appear on lower floors too . ”
“I see . And so, if we encounter a lone Flamesaurus, we should leave it to you then, Al-sama?”
“Please do that . I may have three people following me, but taking on several opponents wouldn’t be possible for me, after all . ”
We were approaching the objective at last, so I decided to confirm the course of actions .
“Will collect a lot~”
“Delish~ meat~”
Allen and Elena heard that the Flamesaurus meat is tasty, so they were in high spirits .
“If a Flamesaurus appears, you two have to leave it to Al-sama, okay?”
“”We know~ If two appear~?””
“I’m fine with securing meat only of a single animal, so I don’t mind if you defeat the second one if it appears . ”
“”Ya~y♪ Al-sama, you are so futoi hara (fat belly)~””
“”Eh!?””
“”Uniyu?””
Al-sama and I opened our eyes wide in surprise after hearing Allen and Elena’s words .
… Futoi hara? Did they perhaps mean——
“… Allen, Elena . Did you mean ‘futoppara’ (magnanimous)?”
“”Ah, that~””
When I pointed it out, Allen and Elena said “Mixed it up” and stuck out their tongues
At the same time, I heard several voices that went “Bufu” . It was Najack-sama, Claudio-sama, and Kevin-sama .
Trying to endure their laughter but failing, Najack-sama and Claudio-sama started coughing violently .
“Your cooking is too delicious, so I have been overeating since entering the dungeon . I thought got fatter because of that . ”
Al-sama lowered his eyebrows while patting his stomach .
“Is fine~”
“Al-sama, is thi~n!”
“Ah, yep, thank you . ”
With Allen and Elena’s follow-up, Al-sama’s face got increasingly troubled .
“Ah~ Al-sama, the two mean no harm, so…”
“It’s fine . I know that——hey, you guys, stop laughing and let’s go . ”
“””Y, yes . ”””
Al-sama brought the three knights who were laughing too much, even choking, back to life .
Then, the three put their flustered breathing back in order .
“”That way~””
Allen and Elena’s remark was the reason behind the collapse of the knights, but… the three did not seem to mind it at all as they normally identified the direction .
“… Al-sama, it seems we are going left . ”
“Left it is . Alright, let’s go then . ”
Well, being laughed at was inevitable, so it couldn’t be helped?
The capture of the eleventh floor went as usual from the very beginning . While Allen and Elena were rushing at the monsters the moment they found them, we quickly advanced . And then…——
“”Whoa~♪””
An enormous lizard with bright red scales appeared .
“Whoa~ that is a big one, isn’t it~…”
“”So many~””
“It should be considered a good fortune to encounter a Flamesaurus on the eleventh floor, but isn’t there a little too many of them?”
“Nono, Al-sama . You can’t leave it at a little . ”
From the looks of it, there’s about ten-odd of them . You can’t categorize it as ‘a little too many’ anymore, right?
Their movements are slow, so there’s no need to panic, but the red wall was slowly approaching us .
“First of all, should I decrease their numbers a little?”
“N? Ahh, I don’t mind, but…”
“”Ehh~””
“I will only decrease their numbers, won’t defeat them all, okay?——Air Shot . ”
If I let this opportunity slip away, the level difference between the children and me will only extend . With the intentions of leaving only several Flamesauri in the vanguard, I aimed at the Flamesauri in the behind and fired my magic .
The magic hit nicely just as I wanted, and as I predicted, five Flamesauri were left .
“… This is also a quick defeat~”
“… More terrific than I thought . ”
“… It makes you feel that he really is the elder brother of those twins, huh~
“… Yes, indeed . ”
But, Al-sama and the three knights were dumbfounded for some reason .
It’s not like I defeated all of the Flamesauri, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right?
“Errr… can we leave the one in the front to Al-sama?”
“… Yeah, got it . ”
“Then, the remaining four…——”
“”Can defeat?””
“Sure . But, be careful around the scales, okay?”
As planned, Al-sama was in charge of the one animal in the front, while Allen and Elena rushed towards the remaining four .
“Let us go too!”
“””Y, yes!”””
Following after the children, Al-sama’s group faced the Flamesaurus in a hurry .
I followed after everyone from a position where I could lend a hand immediately while picking up the loot from the Flamesauri I just killed . The loot was, of course, their meat, though~
“”Yaa!””
Before long, Allen and Elena defeated the four Flamesauri and happily run over to me while holding the meat .
“So many . ”
“Meat~”
One of the meats looked just like a lizard’s tail that got cut off, but… well, let’s not mind it .
“Ha!”
In the meanwhile, the three knights restrained the Flamesaurus’ movements, while Al-sama attacked… they repeated such actions, but their cooperation was splendid .
It went little by little, but Al-sama’s attacks were definitely effective .
“”Ah!””
“Oh!”
At that moment, the Flamesaurus spat fire .
Al-sama seemed to be expecting it though as he easily dodged .
“Fuu~…”
Then, exploiting the opening created when the Flamesaurus ended spitting fire, Al-sama delivered a stab, causing the Flamesaurus to collapse . After that, he let out a big sigh .
“”He did it~””
“I somehow managed to defeat it . ”
“Splendid work . With this, you have achieved your goal . ”
“Yeah, I can finally feel at peace . ”
Al-sama showed relief .
“We had a fortunate encounter, so we finished earlier than expected, didn’t we?”
“Indeed . If we go back to the tenth floor’s transfer device, it won’t take that much time to return . ”
“Yeah, I planned on staying here twice as long . Haha, Elder brother will be startled by our fast return . ”
“”Eeeh!?””
Hearing the conversation between Al-sama and the three knights, Allen and Elena let out a big voice .
They were showing whole-faced smiles just a little while ago, but now they looked like crying .
“”Going back-?””
“Ah~ sorry, but that is the case…”
“”Let’s go deeper~?””
“I would like to, but there’s something I have to settle as soon as possible…”
Seeing the children who were about to cry, Al-sama was overwhelmed . However, he accomplished his goal, and he has to return back, so he somehow tried to make the children understand .
“Now, now, Allen, Elena . You mustn’t trouble Al-sama . Let’s go out and send Al-sama back to the castle, we can come here after that again . ”
“”Au~””
“The next time, you can play with Joule and others to your heart’s content too… okay?”
“”… You promise?””
“Yeah, I promise . ”
Holding Allen and Elena up in my arms and confirming that the two consented, Al-sama’s group hurried to the tenth floor from which we returned on the surface, and we safely escorted him back to the castle . With this, the request is pretty much complete .