hotmtlnovel Chapter 129.1 - Jungle's Historic Ruins
Chapter 129.1 - Jungle's Historic Ruins
Chapter 129.1 - Jungle's Historic Ruins
Palace area's boss, it was a three metres tall living armor with tough defense and top notch skill but... it was tragically defeated facing us who were fully prepared.
「How should I say, number is power huh.」
「Yeah, to be honest, the trio that we encountered before feels stronger than this.」
I couldn't help but agree with Class Rep's disappointed remark.
Even though it had a bigger physique, the boss fought by itself. On the contrary, all of us were focusing our attack on the boss. Though the boss was the strongest one we had encountered thus far, its offensive ability was completely sealed off by the barrage of our attack.
「Sorry for putting such heavy burden on you, Futaba-san.」
「No problem, I'm the only one with a shield after all. Rather, I think it's easier to take it down thanks to your light's sword, Souma-kun.」
Futaba-san replied with a smile on her face.
True enough, the one who finished off the boss was my 『Cross Calibur(Light's Holy Sword)』 and 『Nero Lightning(Instant Slash)』. But it was only because the boss was being held back by Futaba-san that I could land a critical hit.
I was more or less starting to master it but still, my mana still gushed out like a raging stream whenever I unleashed 『Cross Calibur』. I also felt that my strength was slowly getting stronger the deeper we dove into the dungeon and yet, it felt like 『Cross Caliber』's power was also growing along with me.
Yes, it was only getting stronger, I has yet to perfectly master this skill. Maybe I need more training like swordsmanship... or something else, something that was completely unrelated with effort.
For that reason, I needed the assistance of my comrades to attack with the maximum power of that skill. And Futaba-san was the only one suited for this role.
This wasn't the time to bask in the glory of this victory. There were so many points of reflection.
「Guys, let's postpone our review meeting and use the transfer magic circle first.」
Class rep could still keep her cool like usual, she clapped her hands few times to break the festive air around us. Thus, we left the palace area as soon as we collected the magic core from the boss.
「――Jungle area, huh.」
The next area we were teleported to couldn't be described as anything but jungle.
「It's good that we're teleported to outdoor but... it's a little bit warmer in this area huh.」
「Hey, since we're teleported outside, doesn't that mean we're already leaving the dungeon?」
「I'm not sure about that. Even though this area is seemingly completely different from all the areas we came to so far, we can only know the answer after we reach the end of this area.」
「But of course, we still have to follow this magic compass.」
「Yeah, I think Kotori is right about this compass. The same goes for Class Rep!」
I mean, this was the first time we saw the blue sky and the sun after we came to this world, it was only natural for us to have various speculations in mind. Natsukawa-san's doubt was right too but... For me, the fact that I could see the green jungle and blue sky was enough to calm my heart.
「Anyway, even though the 『Heavenly Escape Gate』 is failing, I think we can escape by foot from this jungle.」
「Yeah. I mean an even crueler environment such as scorching hot dessert, or intensely cold snowy mountain might be waiting for us right after this jungle.」
Class Rep was also agreeing with me, we could traverse this jungle as if we did survival training.
Though I heard that there was a human country called Astria in this world, I literally had no idea where that kingdom was located. In fact, there was a possibility that we could only enjoy the clean air, water, and comfortable atmosphere in this very dungeon, the outside of this dungeon might be as well a ruined alien world with monsters running rampant on its surface... Just kidding, it seems I read too much SF story to the point that it was starting to affect my train of thought.
「Yeah, at least we can hope that we're already outsi――」
At that moment, piercing cries resounded around us. Those cries carried along an overwhelming presence, to the point that it struck deep into my heart.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com
And when I was wondering what in the world were those cries, we saw a huge figure flying right above us.
「Is that... a dragon?」
「He~」
I harked back to our school life upon seeing Natsukawa-san give a half-hearted reply to Class Rep's explanation. It seems that our heart was slowly getting used to this situation as we became stronger.
「It seems we're entering ruin area beyond this point. Is something the matter, kotori?」
「Uhm, I can feel the faint amount of mana flow from the activation of the magic tool, in addition, it seems we're still inside the dungeon.」
Upon hearing Asuna's question, Kotori-san replied while closing her eyes as if she was sending a telepathic message.
All we could see in this place was ruin and then ruin, we're literally surrounded by ruins. The three-story building was especially conspicuous, but nothing special aside from that one. The non-existence of trap and treasures aside, we also didn't find a trace of another human visiting this place before. Maybe Momokawa or the other classmates never passed this part of the jungle either.
「I found a place that looks like a fairy plaza.」
「The ruin in this area might be simply just abandoned ruin.」
「Uuhm, there's no way that's true, Ryoko-chan! My thief instinct is ringing, there must be something around this area!」
The place that Natsukawa-san's finger pointed at was a box-shaped building, surely, it was different from the other building since it had a cylindrical tower built on top of it.
And then, a giant monster appeared right from behind that tower.
「... Sure enough, there's something in it.」
「Awawa, that monster looks so strong.」
It was a huge, hairy rhinoceros-like monster with a single horn growing out from its head. Naturally, furry rhinoceros should've been extinct animals back in our world. They were the representative of the ice age along with mammoth but... No matter how you looked at this guy, it was definitely a violent monster who was ready to rampage anytime soon.
「BRRRRRRRRR!」
From the rough breathing of that rhino-like monster, I guess it was ready to rush towards us anytime soon. I guess it might be a violent monster by nature, or else, it was only protecting its nest during the breeding season but whichever was the truth amongst those two possibilities, we had no way to settle this peacefully.
「Asuna, dodge to the side in case that guy is rushing toward us and cut its leg.」
「Understood, leave it to me. Kotori and Co. should retreat further.」
「Let me stop its rush then.」
「Eh?」
When both Asuna and I stepped forward, Futaba-san stepped forward in front of us along with her mega shield.
「Futaba-san, trying to stop that monster charging attack from the front is way too re――」
「BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
The rhino-like monster had already rushed towards us before I managed to finish my sentence. Upon a closer look, it was even bigger than my original estimation, and yet, it was quite fast too. Now it really looked like a dump truck rushing at us at full throttle.
No matter how powerful Futaba-san's 『Berserker』 power, the difference between their mass was too overwhelming.
「HUMPH!」
And yet, she stopped it.
The loud crashing sound resounded along with the impact between two parties. Her 『Dark Tower Shield』 was standing tall as it stopped the rushing giant monster.
「Fuu, Haaa...」
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TN : Will Futaba become the MC which made the hero's heart goes "Kyun"? find out next week!