Chapter 47

CHAPTER 47 – DUNGEON OF RIPPLES・CAPTURE 2

When the dawn breaks, we have a light breakfast and resume the capture .

Today, we are starting on the sixth floor .

It is originally a maze, but it’s getting slightly complicated . Hidden pa.s.sages are now harder to find .

「「Yaa!」」

Once they finished the magic training, Allen and Elena are free to fight as they like, causing their kicking style to explode . It seems they like martial arts more than magic .

But, they appear to remember my warnings about not approaching poison monsters as they are properly defeating them with magic .

「Oops, wait a moment!」

It’s Impact Sh.e.l.l . That’s a sh.e.l.l monster, but it releases a shock wave when hit . Because of that, you have to make a distance when attacking it .

「You have to attack that from bigger distance than usual」

「「Ye~s」」

I inform Allen and Elena, and they take distance from the Impact Sh.e.l.l . Then, I hit the Impact Sh.e.l.l with a light magic that wouldn’t defeat it .

And immediately, bon, the sound broke, and vibrations pa.s.sed through . It’s this faint because we are far away from it, the impact in the vicinity of the Impact Sh.e.l.l is considerably large .

「See? It’s okay when you defeat it in one blow, but as you have seen, you could get injured so let’s defeat it from a distance just in case, okay?」

「「Understood~」」

When Allen and Elena reply in consent, I shoot magic again and defeat the Impact Sh.e.l.l .

Which reminds me, I haven’t looked at Allen’s and Elena’s status for a while now . I though so and confirmed it――

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Status

【Name】Allen (Elena)

【Race】Human?

【Occupation】Fighter

【Age】5

【Level】25

【Skills】

Water Magic | Hand-to-hand Combat | Evasion

Throwing | Swimming | Presence Detection

Jumping | Telepathy

Gathering | Arithmetics

Abnormal Status Resistance

【t.i.tles】

Water G.o.d’s Child

Conqueror of Low-Grade Dungeon

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What I notice first is that the question marks have disappeared . It clearly states【Water G.o.d’s Child】now .

Although I don’t know if it’s because I figured out their ident.i.ty or because the level of my appraisal has increased .

I don’t think it’s about the amount of magical power like in Kaiser’s case .

…… Still, this is bad . I’m level 27 at the moment . It turns out that Allen’s and Elena’s level is not that different from mine now .

Even though it should have considerably increased when I defeated the Evil Viper . They caught up all too soon .

Is is that? The hunting compet.i.tion with Joule and others during our trip from s.h.i.+rin? They have defeated quite the number of monsters that time…… The monsters of Gaya Forest are overall strong, it seems they raised their levels smoothly .

But, even so, it’s impossible to level while the children sleep because they sleep sticking close to me .

U~n, this is difficult……

For now, let’s train at least the proficiencies . Because I don’t have to defeat monsters to train proficiencies, all I have to do is practice when I’m free . Un, let’s do that .

I have to be especially careful with the water magic!

「「This~」」

「Thank you」

Allen and Elena brought me the Impact Sh.e.l.l’s drop item .

It’s a string sticking out from cylinder made from paper…… This, this is a cracker, right?

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【Cracker】

When the string is pulled, a light exploding sound will come out from the cylinder part .

Just right for startling people .

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…………… It’s the very cracker, alright . A strange thing appeared again .

However, the description! “Just right for startling people,” that isn’t the original use!

A cracker is intended for parties, not for startling people . Although I have used it to startle people, state the original use in the description properly!

「「This, wha~t is?」」

「N? This is called a cracker, and when you pull this string, pan, it will make a loud sound . Do you want to try it?」

Since we obtained it, let’s try how much loud of a sound it makes .

「「Want~」」

「Then, turn this part away from you . You can’t aim it towards yourselves and other people, okay? Then, will you two pull the string together?」

「「Ye~s」」

While I hold the cylinder, Allen and Elena hold the string and at the count of『One~two』, Allen and Elena pull on the string .

――Paan!!

「!!!!」

「「Hiyaa!」」

The moment the string was pulled, the cracker made a loud explosive sound .

My ears are ringing .

The sound was louder than I expected . Allen and Elena scream in a startle, cling to my legs and tremble .

Who was the one who wrote the description Just right for startling people!?

This is already a lethal sound weapon! Moreover, not only the other party, you also inflict considerable self-damage .

「Allen, Elena, sorry . It startled you, didn’t it?」

「「Uu~」」

The two are slightly teary eyes . I’m really sorry .

Anyway, let’s embrace the two and soothe them .

Afterwards, when the defeated Impact Sh.e.l.l dropped Crackers, Allen and Elena didn’t approach them .

This didn’t become a trauma or something, right? They just don’t want to approach it, right?

I also thought about leaving the Crackers behind, but couldn’t this item be used by handing it to the opponent and letting him self-destruct? Because I thought so, I reconsidered and picked it up .

Since it’s not an excessively known item, I thought the opponent may want to get his hands on it out of curiosity .

Nothing in particular has happened after the Cracker incident and we have advanced smoothly .

Maa, the rate at which we encountered monsters has increased? Only to that degree .

So, we are currently on the ninth floor, but…… Oops, a Water Lizard is sticking to the ceiling .

At any rate, it’s huge . A lizard as big as a human child…… If I had to say, newt-ish?

It can stick to the ceiling without falling quite well~

「Allen, Elena . Look for a bit――《Water Needle》」

The water flowing in the waterway changes into a sharp needle and pierces the Water Lizard .

It’s a magic where you compress the original source of water and change its shape to attack .

I had defeated it properly as the Water Lizard turned into a drop item . “Water Lizard’s Tail,” it says . What can this item be used for? Maa, let’s put it in the《Infinite Storage》for now .

「Did you see it? Do you want to practice magic by changing the water’s shape like this?」

「「Un, will do~」」

Allen and Elena are already accustomed to the Water Ball enough, so I thought it’s time for them to learn something new .

「「《Wat~er Niidoru》」」

Allen and Elena turn towards a Water Lizard sticking to a wall and cast the spell .

Many Water Lizards are sticking on the walls as we advance . It’s a perfect place for Allen and Elena to practice so they take care of them one after another .