Volume 4 Chapter 4 (2/2)

[You’ll just have to work hard. It’s fine since you have much more talent with the bow than I do. For now, even if you don’t hit the three points you can focus on firing three arrows at the same time. Now then, the second swordsman is rushing over here, please go ahead.] (Phil)

Even while teary-eyed, Til fired three arrows towards the zombie swordsman right on target, however since they weren’t fired towards the crucial points the zombie swordsman continues moving forward without being paralyzed.

[KYUU]

Erik jumped from Luna’s head, releasing a breath of blue wind towards the zombie. It was an ability called Stun Breath, it was capable of stunning a monster for a moment even if it was a boss. Since it was Erik’s skill, it was extremely useful however since we couldn’t control its timing it is relatively ineffective but it has great potential.

[Thank you, Erik. Yosh, I can do this. This time I’ll do it] (Til)

Til tried again and managed to land another two arrows onto the zombie as it turned into blue particles.

[Uuww. As expected it’s impossible. But I’ll catch up eventually!] (Til)

[Yes, I’m looking forward to it but training will be difficult for that end.] (Phil)

[Although the training is already difficult!?[ (Til)

[Well, you’ll be able to do it when the time comes.] (Phil)

It seems that Phil was quite spartan-like in some way. Thanks to that, Til’s archery skills were becoming much better. Surely she’ll overtake Phil in the future.

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Afterward, the path to the exit was smooth as we arrived on the seventh floor.

The seventh floor looked like a gigantic pit filled with magma while a temple was floating on the surface of the magma.

As one would expect, the temple at the entrance of the dungeon was merely a display whereas this was the actual Temple of the Primal Flame.

[We’ve finally arrived. In that temple we’ll find the torch holding the Primal Flame.] (Yuuya)

[Hurray! Yuuya, let’s hurry up and retrieve the torch and go home!] (Luna)

[Uhn uhn. I thought that this was impossible however we’ve finally achieved our goal.] (Til)

We finally arrived at our goal at the cost of all of our resources as we’ve used up all of our recovery potions. The war against the horde of ghouls earlier was the main culprit as the fifth and sixth floor mainly consisted of riddles and problem-solving gimmicks making the trip here smooth aside. Furthermore what made this dungeon exhausting was battling consecutive battles against powerful monsters while being on the watch for dangerous traps as moving forward in an advanced dungeon ignorantly causes you to suffer the consequences.

If we had to challenge another floor before arriving at the temple, I would have backed out without any hesitation.

Stone scaffolding floated on the surface towards the temple from the edge of the lake as we walked carefully towards the temple. Of course, one misstep meant it was over. The path was risk-free as we arrived at the temple and I placed my hand on the door.

However, I hesitated at that moment without opening the door.

The main purpose of the dungeon was to provide trials for the attempting adventurers, testing a different aspect of their personalities. For example, the endless labyrinth on the fourth floor tested the person’s wisdom while the fifth floor tested the person’s courage. This floor’s main theme was to test the adventurer’s strength. After clearing the monsters in this floor, each of them would drop a material needed to create a dagger and combining all of the materials would be sufficient to craft the dagger.

This was a special test which could be the easiest or worst test depending on the parties. And there could even be no end to the test depending on what happens. There is no advice or instruction I could give to the girls for this trial.

[Yuuya, what’s wrong?] (Luna)

Luna looked up towards me in concern.

[Yuuya-niisan, what’s wrong? Are you afraid of the final test or are you relieved that we’re finally here? Cause I’m relieved you know.] (Til)

[Could it be that Yuuya-ojisama is worried about us? Don’t worry as we’ve been trained by you personally all this time. There’s no way we’ll be defeated in this trial now that we’ve come this far.] (Selene)

I let out a slight smile as I was worrying too much. Selene was right. There was no way they would lose after being single handed trained by me. I’ve made sure to train them and honed their true strength. Furthermore, they’ve also put in a lot of effort to keep up with my expectations.

[You’re right. Let’s go then!] (Yuuya)

Believing in their spirits, let’s challenge the final trial and finish this!