Chapter 63 Straying Big Mist Garden and Life as a Betting Chip (1/2)

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“This is a really long flight of stairs. You could do some stair exercise here.” (Hikaru)

I was making really stupid comments as I went down, and I finally catch sight of the end.

It at the very least felt like there was a lot more distance here than going from the highest floor of my school to the lowest floor. I think I went down more than 100 meters.

“…This is impressive. It is a sight that I would find hard to believe is inside a dungeon. The 1st Floor was impressive as well, but this one is on a whole different level. Wonder who made it?” (Hikaru)

There was a green garden at the end of the stairs.

The sky is cloudy.

No, it isn’t exactly a sky. It is just that it looks that way from the mist covering the ceiling.

There’s a strange light source, and it isn’t as dark as the 2nd Floor.

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But the whole floor is ruled by a dense mist. The field of vision is bad.

I can only see around 100 meters ahead of me.

I see, so this is why it is the Straying Big Mist Garden.

I currently can’t tell if it has good compatibility with my abilities.

“Now then, let’s begin the exploration.” (Hikaru)

I am commenting in a lighthearted mood, but the truth is that I am pretty scared here.

An unknown floor.

I purposely didn’t even research what monsters show up here.

I haven’t prepared a Barrier Stone either.

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Betting my life is the only way I can think of to get viewers after all.

“For now, let’s search around the area close to the stairs…” (Hikaru)

The 3rd Floor is far brighter than the 2nd Floor.

Rifreya and Grapefull said that this floor has good compatibility with my abilities, but I feel like it would look unnatural if I were to activate dense darkness.

Won’t it instead be bad compatibility…?

I feel like that’s the case.

I take out my freshly baked shortsword, take stance in a way that I would be able to enter battle at any moment, and slowly advance.

The Straying Big Mist Garden is just as the name states, a vast garden. There were traces of a water fountain made of stone on the way, and structures that were around 10 steps of stairs. A floor that’s made like a western garden.

When I went a bit further, the stairs I went down from were now out of sight. With this, even if someone were to be mapping things, they would still end up getting lost.

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Also, I am obviously not mapping.

“There’s something there.” (Hikaru)

It is a monster. Also, a pretty big one.

There’s the chance that the other party will notice me if I close the distance too much.

It is important to observe your opponent at a certain distance. There’s no knowing what kind of enemy it is after all.

“That’s…a big fat man. I have not investigated the monsters of the 3rd Floor beforehand, so I don’t know what kind of monster it is, but it is big…and looks strong. A club that looks like a log. If I were to get hit by that, I would die instantly…” (Hikaru)

There’s big papers posted in the guild that have all the traits of the monsters written in it all the way to the 5th Floor, so everyone can check it out.

For the guild, monsters mean Spirit Stones. There’s no point in withholding that information. The most efficient ways to fight them are also written down, so it might take away the sense of achievement.

I heard about this from Rifreya, but I purposely didn’t look at that information.

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It is not like I am underestimating the dungeon. Me learning about that information means that my viewers learn about that info too. If you know everything beforehand, would that make an adventure interesting? Would it be fun to watch me easily avoiding dangers?

There’s no way that’s interesting. An adventure that has a proper margin of safety would fall into the level of a neighborhood walk.

“It seems like the weak point of monsters is in general where the Spirit Stone appears. That would be the base of the neck. It is hard to tell when the monster doesn’t have a set shape, but for monsters modelled after vertebrate animals, their weak points are easy to tell.” (Hikaru)

This is something I learned from Rifreya. I have been attacking the neck that looked like a weak point unconsciously, but to think that actually was the weak point. I was surprised when I first learned about this.

I don’t know why that place is their weak point.

I should ask Rifreya one day.

“Now then…how shall we challenge this? It will be impossible without abilities, so I will try doing it the same as usual.” (Hikaru)

I approached the monster while still covered in darkness.

The opponent is a giant man around 2 meters tall. I am around 170 cm tall, so I am at a height where I can barely manage to aim at the base of the neck.

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If a monster bigger than this one shows up, it would be better to ask the guild how to fight it.

(Now then, let’s see if this is a guy that can notice.) (Hikaru)

Whether his senses are sharp or dull; I won’t be able to tell unless I test it.

It would be easier for me if all monsters were dense though.

(It noticed me, huh.) (Hikaru)

Darkness getting closer must have been too unnatural, the other party directed its curiosity here. If I were to be hit by that 50 cm club, I would die without being able to do anything.

It is a big man that is packed with thick flesh all the way to its face, but its red shining eyes were sharp, and it was clear that it had its guard up over here.

Now then, what to do.

I move in a way as if drawing a circle with the monster at its center.

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But the giant man wasn’t taking its eyes off as if it could see me.

Even so, it isn’t proactively attacking me.

It seems to be plainly in wonder.

Now then, the problem is how to fight here.

From the nature of my attack, the chances of being hit if a monster goes wild is high. Just by swinging the weapon in circles, I, who had approached in the darkness, would be blown away without much I could do.

That’s why there’s the need to carry the situation in a manner that it doesn’t end up that way.

I dramatically increase the radius of my darkness and swallow the giant man.

The monster was surprised by the sudden darkness and looked around restlessly, seeking for light.

I saw that reaction and steel myself.

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