Year 7445, Month 4, Day 20
It's already been close to five months since Basutoral started running with us.
The one I know is,
that one but it seems like there's a number of them.
"Really~ you are useless..Then as expected you know this one right, "Hakone Hachiri" is fine, so sing it."
"...Wa, yes..I'll sing!"
"The~ mountains~ of Hakonee~ something or other! Even though~ they have no~ borders~"
Basutoral started singing the marching song with a super cheerful melody. Everyone who started looking at me like a madman for suddenly telling him to sing are gradually singing along as well. It's a Japanese tradition from the past to sing out loud while running. Even during club activities you'll often yell out "One~Two~" as you pace yourself.
Zulu and Angela had no idea what was going on hearing a marching song for the first time but it seems they noticed that if they move their feet along with the rhythm things feel a bit easier. They originally just started to join me to try and act as a bodyguard for me but it seems they eventually heard from someone the meaning in training your body and recently have proactively tried to participate. Their expressions seemed to have gotten a bit softer.
"Very~high~mount~ains~ with~ a bottom~less~ravine.."
From the end of the group while running I glanced up at the second floor of Ronslail's store. It was too dark that I couldn't tell.
"Ora! You're voices are too small~!"
"Even~~dur~ng t~he day~ the~rows ~of ~cedar~ tre~es~re~ dark~!"
We've sung up to the second part.
"One more time!"
"..Wwa, yes!! "The mountains~ of Hakoneeee~ borders~!.."
Umu, singing as we run could improve lung capacity as well so it might be good to continue with.
After that I used an appropriate reason to separate from everyone, got my horse and went to the other side of the outer crater before training like crazy with magic.
Starting today we're entering the dungeon again. This time we're going to be exploring for 8 days until the 29th so we're carrying in more food than usual.
"Zulu, what were you doing yesterday and the day before that?"
"Since we were instructed by the madam, Maruso and I were in a bar called Barankusu."
"I see. And, how did things go?"
I start grinning while asking.
"I can't say anything at all. It seems we were noticed a decent amount."
"I see. Make sure you do it well. Ah, pull that leg back."
I have Zulu pull the leg of the Gargantuan Spider we just defeated and I stab my knife into it's body to gather the magic stone. When it comes to the weaklings like goblins and gnolls they're a waste of time so I just ignore them but when it comes to the magic stones with a decent value like hobgoblins, orks, and the room bosses we still gather them.
We arrive at the teleport room on the 3rd floor and secured a place for everyone to sleep. Soon after the rest of the members came along. It seems they're tired from all of the extra bags. We ate dinner with not much conversation and since we have to clear through the 4th and 5th floors tomorrow, excluding the lookouts we all went to sleep.
...........
Year 7445, Month 4, Day 23
In the early morning we brought along Basutoral and cleared through the 6th floor with the 10 of us then returned to the teleport room on the 5th floor again. This time we need to clear through the 6th floor again with Giberuti accompanying us. It's started to get troublesome, so I was thinking of firmly declaring I'd clear through it myself while the remaining 10 clear through together.
"Did they already go?"
Bel is confirming with Giberuti. She's probably asking if {Sun.Ray} has already gone to the 6th floor and isn't around anymore.
"Yes, Koloil-sama. Around one hour after everyone left they teleported. Since then, no one has come back here."
Giberuti picks up his bags while replying. There should have been injured among {Sun.Ray} as well but they must have decided the injuries weren't a big deal. The ones who were injured were some of the weaker members of the first party after all, I guess they're members that it isn't a big deal even if they're lost?
"Return us."
We teleported from the 1st floor into the teleport room on the side of the entrance. When coming out from the small room it was just as the rest of the {Slaughterers} came out of a different room. Since we have 11 people we can't avoid splitting the group up when we return. It's just a couple dozen seconds though.
We've already made preparations when one of the groups is late to return and confirm right away. Previously, just as we were ambushed by {Bright.Blade} in the dungeon before, even if I'm laughed at by everyone for thinking too far I've properly made it into a rule.
However, once we return to the entrance of the dungeon we can finally relax. We walk up the stairs with a harmonious atmosphere and inhale the fresh air.
"N~!!"
Ralpha stretches after coming outside.
Everyone was making bitter smiles. Zenom was silently hitting Ralpha's ass.
I need to quickly calm them down.
【Male/14/2/7428 ・ Human ・ Viscount Greed Family Second Son】
【Age： 17 Years Old】
【HP： 206(206) MP： 7447(7447)】
【Speed： 48】
【Endurance： 34】
【Unique Ability： Gift of Natural Talent (MAX)】
【Special Ability： Water Magic (MAX)】
【Special Ability： Wind Magic (MAX)】
【Experience： 2146471(2200000)】
【Female/14/2/7428 ・ Dark Elf ・ Lail Kingdom Commoner {Lilac}】
【Age： 17 Years Old】
【HP： 149(149) MP： 263(263)】
【Speed： 36】
【Endurance： 24】
【Special Ability： Infrared Vision】
【Special Ability： Earth Magic (Lv. 5)】
【Special Ability： Fire Magic (Lv. 5)】
【Special Ability： Void Magic (Lv. 6)】
*Since she hasn't been injured much since coming to Baldukk her Speed and Endurance are going up quite a bit. She practices her Unique Ability on days off with extra MP.
【Zenom.Firefreed/5/4/7416】
【Condition: Good】
【Level: 20】
【Strength: 27】
【Dexterity: 29】
【Special Skill: Infrared Sight】
【Experience: 1175862(1260000)】
【Female/14/2/7428 ・ Human ・ Firefreed Family Eldest Daughter】
【Age： 17 Years Old】
【HP： 159(159) MP： 25(25)】
【Speed： 29】
【Endurance： 25】
【Special Ability： Earth Magic (Lv. 3)】
【Special Ability： Void Magic (Lv. 4)】
【Female/14/2/7428 ・ Rabbit-People ・ Sub-Baron Koloil Family Second Daughter】
【Age： 17 Years Old】
【HP： 146(146) MP： 91(91)】
【Speed： 31】
【Endurance： 21】
【Special Ability： Super Sense of Hearing】
【Special Ability： Water Magic(Lv.4)】
【Special Ability: Void Magic(Lv.5)】
【Male/14/2/7428 · Elf · Viscount Kalstalan Family Third Son】
【Age: 17 Years Old】
【HP: 150(150) MP: 50(50)】
【Speed: 29】
【Endurance: 23】
【Special Ability： Earth Magic(Lv.3)】
【Special Ability： Wind Magic(Lv.3)】
【Special Ability: Infrared Vision】
【Female/14/2/7428 · Dwarf · Rombert Kingdom Duke Rombert Territory Registered Free Person】
【Age: 17 Years Old】
【HP: 159(159) MP: 33(33)】
【Speed: 19】
【Endurance: 27】
【Special Ability： Wind Magic(Lv.3)】
【Special Ability: Void Magic(Lv.3)】
【Experience: 578456(680000)】
【Male/14/2/7428 · Cat-People · Rombert Kingdom Duke Rombert Territory Registered Free Person】
【Age: 17 Years Old】
【HP: 121(121) MP: 13(13)】
【Speed: 25】
【Endurance: 18】
【Special Ability： Small Magic】
【Special Ability: Night Vision】
*He's started learning magic. After hearing about his Unique Ability the MC is creating ice for him occasionally to practice it but since it's a waste of mana he's fundamentally using it for magic training. Also, through the level up of his passive type ability the MC was able to identify it.
【Dadino.Zulu/3/6/7442 Dadino.Zulu/20/7/7422 】
【Status：Normal】
【Level： 17】
【Strength： 29】
【Dexterity： 15】
【Special Ability： Small Magic】
【Special Ability： Night Vision】
【Female/14/9/7422 ・ Dog-People Race ・ Viscount Greed Family Owned Slave】
【Age： 24 Years Old】
【HP： 134(134) MP： 5(5)】
【Speed： 28】
【Endurance： 21】
【Special Ability： Super Sense of Smell】
*She's gaining quite a bit of experience from accompanying the MC and Miduchi in the dungeon on their days off.
【Lorence.Giberuti/5/5/7444 Lorence.Giberuti/23/10/7419】
【Status：Normal】
【Level： 4】
【Strength： 16】
【Dexterity： 10】
【Special Ability： Small Magic】
【Experience： 17712(18000)】
*Experience gain isn't much different from when he was a carpenter but he occasionally finishes off monsters when their HP is negative while gathering magic stones.