Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: Rockgollem

Editors: Vysne, Gingery Klaus, Skythewood

Illustration: Shadowskyexe

Underground 2nd floor was an area that dog-faced kobolds ruled It was easy to get through them because if you show them the “Orc Lord’s Tooth”, they do not attack

The setting was that orc and the kobolds were fighting each other If you show the evidence that you had defeated the other side’s boss, they would consider you an ally Conversely, if you show the orcs “Kobold Lord’s Nose”, orcs won’t attack you

Also, to open the 3rd floor’s door, you only needed either the 1st floor or 2nd floor boss’ iteht to the 3rd floor, but I wanted to kill the Kobold Lord as well

Before I go over to the boss’ room, I went over to the room that contains monster that looked like poisonous red insect with a shell called “Rock Pain” They scuttled around the labyrinth with stones on their back and acted like hermit crabs

“Whoah-- it’s crawling with them”

I pulled one out and started punching it with my fist I could hit it with a weapon, but the rocks would chip the sword Even if it was a samurai sword, it would soon turn into a club

I continued hitting theit’s just another training The skins onpotion would healI would punch away until ic potion and repeat the process I could feel the skins on ressed

I remember when I took karate lessons I never reached the black belt because ofup too easily I took kendo, judo and aikido lessons as well, but gave up halfway

Only thing I kept up was jogging in thenever bored me for some reason Perhaps because it was one of natural hu I retained from my martial arts classes were basic stances, blocks and other half-assed movements

Trainings were a pain in the ass, but if it was in Geno-Real, I could bear with it I could probably become some sort of kick-asswas a joy

I simply punched away at the slow poisonous insect that , so I decided to switch it up to kicking instead These unarmed combat practice was to raise my acrobat skill

I struck with all ht until the skin broke, muscle felt weak and bones started to fracture I endured the pain and si that was no better than self-har

“Kuuh…”

“Rock Pain” was an appropriate name for it Its bite was poisonous, so you needed to be prepared to punch it until it died

I could fix most injury with health potions So I took this moment to train at an intensity that ers were broken, I would simply heal it up instantaneously

It was not only a physical training, but trainingpotions I could also heal ainst the insect’s weak poison to rank up round

I si up the Rock Pains until I couldn’t feel anything any by the time I had killed all the Rock Pains in the roo pain couldn’t sees started to shake

“Ha… this seems to be the limit”

I could use potions to stay awake for a bit longer, but it was better to take a rest I decided to collapse into the room with a door that opened via a switch

This was thepoint and there was even a fresh water source Water was necessary for all life Geno-Real tried to kill you at every opportunity, but killing via dehydration wasn’t part of the gaoal Thus, there were places to drink water every so often

It was probably part of the aquifer water circulating the dungeon Needless to say, the water didn’t contain any poison I scooped up the water with flasks and kept drinking

“Phew, I feel alive”

The water was only lukewarm and felt a little sliht now I quenched my thirst to heart’s content and simply passed out on the spot

“Mmm…”

I felt like I had just fallen asleep when I opened my eyes It see

My head felt clear, like a coround with the bag as a pillow, but it didn’t feel uncos had become harder and the muscles were now more visible It felt like I was in a different body

“I probably ranked up”

I went back to the room where I killed the Rock Pains and packed all the stones into , it was fairly heavy

“Huu… Ha-yah!”

I looked like so was fairly heavy as they were filled with rocks I could feel the sturdy straps of the backpack dig into ht, but I could handle the weight I’ve only been training for one, or was it two days, but the results of the training was impressive

“Haha, I can move all these rock at once”

I went into the big roo towards the corner of the rooe thud and a cloud of dust Then I jumped over the trap and proceeded to duround I repeated the steps of gathering the rocks and du them onto the corner

I actually enjoyed these siue accuetting stronger every time I used a stamina potion

Once there were small mountain of rocks in the room in front of kobold boss’, I was finished with the preparation It was tie the boss I went into the boss’ rooht

“Wooh-!”

The Kobold Lord decided I was an ene hit with a stone, but didn’t let out a cheap howl like the Orc Lord It gave off a low threatening voice as it swung its Screain and began running away

The boss had similar physique as the Orc Lord, but used a Screamer Shark with a small iron shi+eld It was the 2nd floor’s boss, so it was ile than the Orc Lord

I ran back into the big room and leapt over the floor trap to where I had piled up the rocks Nor over traps were not allowed in Geno-Real

I suppose I was cheating a bit Whether it was designed on purpose or coincidence, this rooet stuck in The area was surrounded with floor traps, so you couldn’t get to the point without ite ladder or ropes, but now I could simply jump over

I definitely had an advantage over rammed fashi+on Kobold Lord tried to attack lared atnoise

In lower floors, cheating acts like jue There were many traps on the first and second floor, but if you could memorize where they were, it became a weapon of sorts

The only things the Kobold Lord could do was just glare at s I leisurely picked up a stone from the pile and threw it at the Kobold Lord

“Eat this!”