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It has been 30 minutes since Luke’s group entered the dungeon.

When considering the battles that occur within a dungeon, 30 minutes feels quite ordinary, just like with other groups. However, given the members in our party, they should not be taking this long.

What do you mean they’re taking the same amount of time as everyone else when the First Best, Second Best, and the protagonist are all in the group?

That makes absolutely no sense!

There can only be one reason for this delay.

That event I know about must be in progress.

“The ones who went this time are supposed to be much stronger than the others, yet they’re taking forever…?”

Yui, who had been quietly standing beside me until now, was the first to voice her thoughts.

“Maybe they’re just having a grand time amongst themselves.”

Dungeon Yass.

It’s a romantic notion.

The darker and gloomier the atmosphere, the more it tends to heat up.

“Wow…”

Just kidding.

If that simple joke makes her blush, how pure can she be?

“More importantly… could you let go of my tail now?”

“Why?”

“My tail is starting to get hot…”

Instead of petting Yui’s head any longer, I decided to shift my focus to Luna’s tail, which was softer and more enjoyable to touch.

There are no fidget spinners around, so just standing here doing absolutely nothing is really boring, isn’t it?

Fiddling with something using my hands makes the time pass quicker.

“But seriously, is something wrong?”

“There’s probably a Demon inside right now.”

If my memory serves me correctly.

“Y-Yes…? Isn’t that a huge problem?”

“What’s so huge about a Demon?”

Actually, isn’t it better if more Demons appear at the Academy?

Since I came here to get stronger, the tougher the opponents, the quicker I can grow.

Even if that Battle-Maniac Alien obsessed with collecting Dragon Balls is a lunatic, fighting strong opponents is a verified method of rapid growth.

“Ugh… if you’re really that concerned, I guess I have no choice.”

I pulled out a sack of flour from my Inventory.

“Alright, let’s go!”

“Wait a moment…!”

“What?”

“If you do something like that, everyone inside will get killed!”

“People don’t die that easily.”

Isn’t it said that after watching a fire, watching an explosion is the most fun?

Besides, the bald guy survived, right?

The ones inside are probably stronger than that bald guy, so they’ll manage on their own.

“…If you blow it up, won’t our reward money get blown away too?”

“Nowadays, it seems any little thing makes the reward money disappear.”

Why are they worrying about other people’s money?

“Ugh… does that mean you want to go in? That’s really inefficient.”

“How about we inform the professors?”

“Do you think they’d believe it when there are no signs of anything unusual?”

Well, if there was a foul magical energy spilling out from inside, that would be a different story.

Since they’re using all the Magical Tools that the professors have put inside, they probably wouldn’t know what’s happening in there for life.

They would just think everything is functioning fine.

The professors are also watching other groups right now, so they wouldn’t come to check for something uncertain.

“This side is our responsibility anyway.”

“Today, you’re surprisingly on point.”

“I always speak the truth.”

When have I ever been wrong?

I’ve never failed by sticking to my words.

“Umm… how about we save them and get a bigger reward…?”

“Oh! Yui, that’s a nice idea!”

Since those who just went in are the last group, it doesn’t really matter if we go in.

“We’re going in right now!”

I confidently headed towards the dungeon entrance.

In the novel, a magical barrier is set up so that one can’t leave from the inside to the outside.

Then here’s a question.

Is it really impossible to enter from the outside just because you can’t exit from the inside?

In the novel, no one was willing to enter until Arthur dealt with the necromancer, so there’s no way to know.

So, is that kind of thing really possible?

In my previous life, there were glasses that you couldn’t see through from outside but could see outside from inside.

To cite the most familiar analogy, if a car window has tinting done, you can barely see outside, but you can see somewhat from the inside.

It operates on a similar principle.

But would a necromancer intentionally allow intruders to enter like that?

I think they’d have made it so that it’s beneficial for them.

Given the nature of the necromancer’s profession, clueless intruders would make perfect corpses to utilize.

If it were me, I’d even make a welcoming banner and spread my arms wide open.

“Luna, Yui, do you feel anything?”

“Umm… I don’t feel any magical barrier, but I do feel heavier the further we go in.”

“I feel perfectly fine.”

In reality, we had no trouble entering the dungeon at all.

If anything, it was too easy that I started to wonder if an event was really occurring.

But as we went a little deeper, it was clear that an event was indeed happening.

“What is this…?”

“Wow! Skeletons!”

When people generally think of undead, they usually imagine corpses resembling zombies.

Surprisingly, that’s not the case.

Necromancy only controls already dead corpses, so would a corpse even have flesh left?

They’re all just bones, like skeletons.

If a corpse with flesh were to appear, it would have to be a recently dead person buried nearby, but why would there be such a thing right in the middle of the academy?

“The monsters that usually appear here… can’t be, right?”

“If the professors have a twisted preference for corpses, it isn’t impossible.”

The deeper we went into the dungeon, the more bones we encountered.

Moreover, unlike the skeletons we saw earlier, they were clad in rusty armor and had old swords, indicating multiple battles had taken place.

As we approached the innermost part of the cave, we heard the sounds of clashing swords.

The battle with the necromancer must have already begun.

We hurried to move further inside, finding bright light that seemed unbelievable for a cave.

It was Arthur’s light magic.

A knight wearing large armor without a neck was clashing with Arthur.

The knight swung a greatsword as big as his own body with one hand, but it was evident how strong he was, for even with assistance from the heroines, Arthur could only focus on defense.

“Hahaha!! How do you like my masterpiece, Dullahan!!”

And behind him was the necromancer, who seemed to be the master of the Dullahan, dancing merrily.

“What the heck is that?”

In the original story, it was supposed to be a samurai-like warrior using a katana instead of a headless knight.

And he wasn’t even that big.

I was wondering why the one who consumed the opportunity wasn’t showing up, but it turns out he couldn’t show up.

“Now that we’ve reached our destination—”

I once again pulled out a sack of flour from my Inventory.

“Allahu—!”

“Wait, just a moment!!”

“Ah, no…!!”

This time Luna and Yui grabbed my arms to stop me.

“Why again?”

“It might be fine for you, Luke, but we’ll die!”

“That’s right! We don’t want to blow up in a place like this!!”

“Eh? Isn’t it enough if we just don’t do it outside?”

“Can’t you just not do it…?”

“Please…!”

Tch. I guess there’s no helping it.

I simply moved along the walls of the dungeon toward the direction where the necromancer was.

People surprisingly don’t notice their surroundings when they’re focused.

Isn’t he happily admiring the Dullahan he summoned?

Arthur and the heroines must be engrossed in battle, so the surroundings wouldn’t even enter their line of sight.

Even if we openly walked around like this, as long as we didn’t step into the middle of the battlefield, we shouldn’t get caught.

At least, that’s what I thought.

“You—who are you?! When did you enter?!”

“Uh oh! We’ve been discovered! Let’s throw a real punch now!!”

“Graah!!”

What does it matter if I have the Dullahan?

The main body is this weak!

As I approached the fallen necromancer, I pulled out a greatsword from my Inventory.

“I’m Dick!!!”

“Wait, just a second…!”

“A second? No way!”

Without hesitation, I severed his neck.

[Level Up! Check your status!]

[Level Up! Check your status!]

[Level Up! Checking status…!]

If you’re going to face a summoner, you should attack the main body; that’s why it took so long to deal with him, just blindly hitting the summoned creature.

Having killed the necromancer, the Dullahan should disappear soon.

“Ugh… I’m not done yet…!”

“What are you saying, just die already.”

Thinking he was dead, the necromancer suddenly rose up and began chanting some kind of spell, so I kicked his head, causing it to fly and hit the dungeon wall.

I thought it was about time for the Dullahan to disappear, but—

“Why hasn’t it disappeared?”

Before the necromancer died, he must have cast a spell or done something because even though the summoner was dead, the Dullahan remained intact.

‘Isn’t it unfair to resurrect and chant spells after having your head cut off? What the hell?’

This is just irritating.

“Damn it!”

Feeling this sudden rage was shocking; maybe I really do have anger management issues?

“What, what are you doing?! When did you get in here!?”

It seemed they had just noticed I was here while they were preoccupied with the Dullahan, and it was already too late.

My mood had hit rock bottom.

I had to find some way to vent this frustration, so I definitely had to explode.

“Do something to protect yourself with magic if you want to live!!”

“Wait, Luke! If you explode here, you’ll get caught up in it too!!”

“Eek!!”

Well, it’s already too late~

When Luna and Yui called out to me, the dungeon interior was filled with a dense powder.

Even if explosions have the properties of a game, I might get lucky and survive~

Despite their attempts to stop me, I took out a match.

“Allahu—!”

-Boom!!!

 

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