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Teruru Dungeon, first floor .
It has been a long time since I did my usual work in going into the dungeon, using the Transportation Room to earn monster’s drops .
While equipping Leia, her arm was holding on the revolvers .
And that arm of hers are moving around .
[Aren’t you strangely hype?] (Ryouta)
『That is not the case . 』 (Leia)
Though she was her usual self with her polite way of speaking, I just felt like she’s more fired up than usual .
Well it’s fine, that’s a good thing .
Alright, let’s quickly defeat some monsters .
[Uwaaaa!]
[Can we even handle it!]
For some reason adventurers were running away further in front of us .
It wasn’t just one or two, but the entire adventurers in this floor were running the opposite direction from us .
[What happened . ] (Ryouta)
Since I’ve been in Teruru’s first floor for some time, I can see some familiar faces, so I asked one of them who was running towards us .
[Aah, Ryoutsan . ]
[What’s happening?] (Ryouta)
[It’s a rogue monster . ]
[A rogue monster?] (Ryouta)
[There was a reckless adventurer yesterday where he was having a hard time with a monster, and ran away as a result . Then that adventurer left his equipment in the dungeon which created the rogue monsters . ]
[… . . Aaaah . ] (Ryouta)
I get the situation now .
There’s another reason why adventurers in this world don’t push themselves .
The equipment of the adventurers is also a drop from monsters .
If left in a place where there’s nobody, it’ll naturally hatch into a rogue monster .
For example, if a strong adventurer dives into a dungeon and dies, the equipment will become a large group of rogue monster which will cause a second disaster .
Because of that, adventurers in this world try not to push themselves .
Still, there are bound to be mistakes from human beings, and such incident will still happen which would make the adventurer drop their equipment without them even noticing .
And because of that, the adventurers are fleeing .
Can’t be helped, someone has to stop it .
I ran to where the adventurers were running away .
After awhile, I saw an unfamiliar monster .
It was a strange almost humanoid monster .
If someone say its human, then you wouldn’t be wrong .
The size is almost the same as a young girl .
But it has one wing on its back, and that wing is a butterfly wing which is only on its right side .
The hair style is also that of a girl, and its tied on the same side as the wings .
[Can you talk?] (Ryouta)
[——————-]
The monster opened its mouth, but the voice is incomprehensible, and soon after it rushed to attack me .
It was fast! I thought as I immediately kicked the ground and jumped to the side .
Although I moved earlier than it, its speed was almost the same as me .
I instinctively moved my hands and block my face—–
My guard was blown away .
Then, my arms were shaking, and my entire body felt jittery from the impact .
Since the distance was too near, I couldn’t take out my revolver in time, so I tried to take some distance, but our speed matched .
Leia tried using her arms to fire, but she can’t aim well at such fast target .
If my revolver can’t be used, then it’s CQC then .
Strength SS, Speed SS, and Stamina SS .
Even if I switched my tactics, my status can handle this switch .
I dodged the monster’s arm and did a right hook . As it tried to guard, I grabbed its arm and swung it around, knocking it on the ground—-but .
The monster counterattack by following the axis of my swing, and spun around before flying away .
Not only is it fast, it’s strong as well .
If I’m SS, then the monster is all S .
If I don’t get serious, I might not lose, but it’s gonna take some time .
[———Then!] (Ryouta)
At the same time it attack, I pulled out my revolver and fired myself .
What I shot myself was the Speed Up bullet, and everything around me became slow-mo .
Even monsters with Speed S is about the speed of a child in this fast-paced world .
In this state, bullets aren’t reliable as well, so its all on CQC again .
Approaching close to the monster, I punched it a 100 times .
In just 1 second, all 100 punches connected, and the monster slowly flew and sunk into the wall .
Then, the Speed Up bullet’s effect gradually diminished .
[Phew……that was a strong opponent . ] (Ryouta)
Following the effect of the acceleration disappearing, the monster disappeared as well, and I muttered to myself while wiping away my forehead sweat with the back of my hand .
It was a monster whose name I didn’t know, but it might be a Dungeon Master class in terms of strength .
But since the Slimes were still there, it doesn’t seem to be a Dungeon Master .
Anyways, with that—-
[Uwaaaaa!]
[Help me!]
This time, the adventurers were escaping from the second floor .
No way! I thought as I ran down to the second floor, and there was a monster there .
This time, it was a pretty humanoid monster—
And the butterfly wing and the pony tail was at the same side but—
[It’s on the left now . ] (Ryouta)
It reminds me of a twin character .
Seeing that, I had a bad feeling, an incredibly bad feeling .
And that premonition was right .
[Kyaaaa!]
Again, another scream came from one floor below .
Near the entrance of Teruru Dungeon, outside of the dungeon .
[It’s a monster called the Unison Twin . ] (Celeste)
Celeste who heard about the incident came over .
The wisdom of our family who is knowledgeable about every monster of the world, answered .
[Is it a monster that regenerates?] (Ryouta)
[In a sense, yeah . Hearing about stories, it seems that they are one of the same body . ] (Celeste)
[1 body?… . Aah, so like the Parent-Child Slime . ] (Ryouta)
[Basically that . But for the Parent-Child Slime, they have the same pattern and they move together with the parent slime, but this is different . ] (Celeste)
[Which means if I don’t defeat it at the same time, they’ll revive no matter how many times we defeat it . ] (Ryouta)
[Yes . ] (Celeste)
[And if it’s not the same person defeating it, it doesn’t work as well?] (Ryouta)
[Yeap, because usually it stays in the same floor . ] (Celeste)
As Celeste was explaining, the adventurers were gossiping about .
[You got to be kidding me… . . ]
[Even when Ryouta Satou has defeated the monster, he has to defeat both at the same time?]
[Even if it’s Ryouta Satou, it’s impossible for him to split himself . ]
[How are we going to deal with this… . . ]
[… . . Even if it’s dangerous, but with Mike . ] (Ryouta)
[Yeah, it’s dangerous but . ] (Celeste)
Mike Aurum .
A recent member of our family, an evolved unique monster with the ability to move between floors and bringing other monsters if it touches them .
[If that child touches the Unison Twins to move it to the upper floor, then Ryoutsan can defeat them . ] (Celeste)
Celeste’s words were cheerful .
It was a voice that has solved a solution .
But it’s still a little dangerous .
Mike is only Level 50, and its ability is around C and B .
The Unison Twins are pretty strong, from what I’ve experienced .
So it might be dangerous to Mike .
Isn’t there a better way? And using the Speed Up Bullet has some limitations…
[I’ve heard of your predicament~] (Alice)
Alice appeared as if to save my troubles .
Her fellow monsters on her shoulders, and her bright tone .
[Leave it to me~] (Alice)
[To Alice?] (Ryouta)
[Yeap, remember what I have?] (Alice)
[… . . Right!] (Ryouta)
I remembered .
And I thought it’s worth a shot .
Entering the dungeon, both of us needed to separated in the first and second floor .
Alice is on the second floor, and I will go the first .
[How about the timing?] (Alice)
[If it’s about the timing, I’ll use my Speed Up Bullet . The moment the effect ends, immediately kill it . ] (Ryouta)
[Okei! Ryo-chan!] (Alice)
Alice used her summoning magic
The moment she used it, a distorted version of me appeared .
[With that, Let’s do this~~~~and begin!] (Ryouta)
With my mark, I fired the Speed Up Bullet on Ryo-chan and me at the same time .
Leaving Alice there, I went to the first floor .
Then I found the Unison Twin moving slowly in the accelerated world .
I know the timer for the effect .
Before it runs out, I’ll defeat it with CQC .
This time I didn’t use Repetition .
Cause even though I’ve defeated it once, it wasn’t necessary to use it .
I know it’s crazy .
In the accelerated world, I punched the Unison Twins without it unable to fight back .
And, as soon as the effect ran out—–I used my entire strength to deal the last blow .
The time returned and the Unison Twin disappeared .
After awhile, it didn’t revive .
[Yaho~~~] (Alice)
Alice then came up from the lower floor .
I showed a thumbs up .
[Phew… . ] (Ryouta)
After defeating the troublesome monster, the adventurers cheered for Alice and I .