Earth With Dungeon: Saving the World With an Economic Boom

Chapter 27.
In The Dungeon

Like a gale, without stopping, Shizuku runs through the dungeon without hesitation.
She had a good grasp of the map, cutting down goblins and hobgoblins as she passed them, finding a staircase, and skipping down a few steps.

“From the 4th floor, there will be only goblin knights and goblin shamans.
From here, I’ll proceed to exterminate all of them.”

Shizuku smiles with a ruthless gaze.

[Isn’t it just the encounter battle?]

When Sakimori confirms Shizuku’s words, who until now has only defeated the enemies she has encountered, she nods.

“That’s right.
There’s no point in defeating goblins, but knights and shamans have higher stats than us.
It’s a chance to grow in adversity.
I want to defeat 200 of them.
Before I encounter the Goblin King.”

[Hmmm …… Do we get status points from time to time? How much?]

As an old man, I’m curious.
If I don’t need status-up potions.
This skill is more than useful.
It’s cheat level.

“It depends on the strength of the enemy.
That’s her guess, but it’s possible to get status points even if the disparity in status is a little far apart.
Adversarial growth is such a powerful skill.
They can conquer high-rank dungeons while neglecting us who conquer low-level dungeons.
They were a jerk, and I guess they died because he was such a horrible person.
That death was not in vain because it proved that you can’t win a high-ranked dungeon with high status alone.”

[Mystery is a mystery, doumo.]

Since Sakimori replied with a resigned voice, Shizuku remembered the map of this floor.
It’s a dungeon overflowing with monsters.
Enemies will be everywhere, but she wants to hunt them efficiently.

“Well, here I come.”

Kicking the floor with a thump, she runs, dragging her greatsword to the ground with a rattle.
The noise echoes through the cave, and she walks through the dimly lit passageway.

The monsters soon notice the girl running with a metallic sound, and goblin knights emerge from the corners of the passageway in a wrack of goblins.
Seeing the demons laughing eerily in the dim light, Shizuku approaches them undaunted.

“Gyagya!”

Goblin knights wear steel plates full of joints as armor.
Facing the approaching drops, they unleash a kesa slash from the right.
Their speed is not the speed of swinging heavy swords.
However, Shizuku keeps her smile and keeps going forward without stopping.

With a booming sound, Shizuku put strength into her legs and instantly accelerated in front of the swung sword in the wind.
It was a slight acceleration, but Goblin Knight, who knew the basics of the sword, was too accurate in his downswing.

“Hmph.”

She strikes the greatsword with a sideways cleave, and it dips into its torso.
Shizuku’s low status shouldn’t have been able to cut it down with the greatsword, but the sword strike was aimed at the gap in the creaking armor and twisted in the wrong way.

The steel plates that held the sword together broke apart, and she splits its huge body into pieces.
Shizuku spun her body and kicked it away.

Her physical strength beyond that of a human being blasts the goblin knight’s body like a cannonball, smashing it into the shaman behind it and knocking him down.

“Gawd!”

“Ha!”

Stepping in at once, she ignores the knights and rushes toward the shamans in the back row.
With the same momentum, she swings down at the shaman in front with a single blow, then turns her body around with her right leg as a fulcrum and swings her great sword like a tornado.

[Circle Blade]

The sword then spins around and cuts the remaining shamans into pieces.
The knights in the vanguard, who have returned hurriedly, are now cut down by the steel plates with the sword strike, which has increased its speed with the rotation.

Shizuku defeated 5 goblins knights, and 2 goblin shamans in a short time.

Shizuku brushes her hair back, looks at her status, and smiles good-humoredly.
The result of the current battle is displayed at the end of her cute smiling gaze.

[Gets 10 status points]

“The probability of defeating 3 monsters is 5… I see.
That’s the first time I’ve learned about this effect.
The dead guy didn’t let me analyze the details of the effects of his skills.”

Shizuku had thought this skill would be useful, but was surprised she acquired the status points more easily than expected.
And that is why she was also right in her guess since the owner of this skill was dead.

This skill also seems like a cheat, but it’s a trap.
Because by increasing the status too easily, the skill level will not be able to catch up and its owner will easily die in a high-rank dungeon.

[Hey, Shizuku-san, when and where were they fighting? Can you stop saying only suggestive words to the old man?]

As Shizuku mutters audibly, Sakimori’s astral body asks if he’d like to know, and asks her to share her secret with the old man, but she doesn’t need to tell me yet, so she smiles with an adorable smirk.

“Fufufufu.
It’s a secret.
The mysterious girl doesn’t have to tell you.”

The mysterious girl is better to be mysterious.
The girl beats her chest.
Please keep me interested more and more.

[If there is too much secrecy, people will hate you.]

“I believe you will not hate me, Sakimori-san.
My help is necessary for you.
Just as I need you.”

She becomes serious and answers.
We need each other’s strength in this dungeon-filled world.

[Well, you are right.
I need your power.]

“Hmph.
You could propose to me that you need my heart too.
I’ll expect that part later.”

I can already hear the footsteps of the next group of monsters approaching.
This time there are more of them than now.

“We’ll start the attack the fastest and shortest way possible.”

Gripping her greatsword tightly, She regains her composure and mutters as she runs forward.

“Dexterously allocate and execute status points.”

She’s running while using her status points.

And so, in the dungeon, the goblins’ screams were heard, and after a while, there was silence.

A few moments later, Shizuku was standing at the far end of the dungeon, in front of the door where the boss was waiting.
The thick iron door was carved with a relief of a goblin holding a crown, and goblins were crawling around it.

[I’m at the deepest part of the dungeon for the first time, but it’s too soon.]

The fact Shizuku made it to the innermost part of the dungeon in the half-hour since then is a surprise to Sakimori.
The dungeon isn’t supposed to be such an easy place.

“Damn.
We’re running behind schedule.”

[How much time?]

“…… It’s nothing.
Tell me it’s not true, Sakimori-san.”

It seems that it was something that Sakimori didn’t understand again, and I laugh at Shizuku who turns away and feigns a grumpy look, but she’s a cute and beautiful girl, so I think such an appearance is also picturesque.

“To be serious, the goblin dungeon is a square dungeon with a distance of 5 km on each side.
Even though the terrain has changed, that hasn’t changed, and as long as I know where the stairs are, I can conquer it in 30 minutes with my current status.
This time, I took a detour to defeat the knights and shamans, so it took about an hour.”

[You got your status points easily, 220 huh……]

Sakimori can’t hide his surprise as he squints his eyes at a large amount of status points he got from the destruction of the knights and shamans.
He frowns, though he thinks if his status goes up so easily, he won’t have any enemies.

[Well, this is a trap.
Due to the characteristics of this skill, the status cannot be higher than that of the dungeon challenger.
And if the combat skill level doesn’t go up, then.]

It’s an unbelievable status for a human being.
There is no way they won’t be in good shape.
And the result is easily predictable.

“The more powerful the unique skills that humanity possesses, the more deadly the weakness.
My talent for combat is useless on its own.
Sakimori-san’ Equivalent Exchange Store can’t even raise his level without killing monsters endlessly and for a long time with no hands.
It’s easier to use mediocre skills.”

[That’s terrible.
Perhaps there is a trap in the status? Is there a reason for the dexterity swing?]

A picon and a monitor appear, displaying Shizuku’s current status.
At the sharp point made by Sakimori, Shizuku giggles and smiles.
Her mind is still quick as ever.

Amano Shizuku

Mana 100

Stamina 100

Strength 100

Dexterity 100 → 300

Magic 30 → 50

“If strength exceeds stamina, the person becomes obese and cannot move.
If strength exceeds dexterity, the person loses control of his body, and muscle rupture occurs.
Only mana, dexterity, and magic power are unaffected.
By nature, human status isn’t quantifiable.
So this is a numerical trap.
It is a disadvantage because it is quantified.”

[So the dungeon outbreak wasn’t just an apparent effect.
That’s a terrible story.
Then I’ll do this.]

Sakimori is dismayed by the story.
It’s a scary story.
Every matter is a trap.
If you act normally, you’ll get stuck.
I would like to have a strategy site.
So, I’m going to put it in my magic power.

Amano Sakimori

Mana 300

Stamina 30

Strength 30

Dexterity 30 → 40

Magic 40 -> 250

[Status point allocation.
Hey, the skills are all terrible traps too.
Were humans determined to lose?]

“That’s right.
There were times when I noticed the traps of skills, but there was nothing I could do about it.
That was solved when I met Sakimori-san.”

[Hmmm? Oops, did the status reflect that?]

While astral, Sakimori understands that his magical power has jumped.
Shizuku is used to it and doesn’t mind.

[Assuming Goblin King’s overall stats are at the expected value of 1000, what are his stats?]

“Maybe an average of 200 for stamina, strength, dexterity, around 300 for mana, and 100 for magical, and is predicted to be a specialized vanguard type.”

[Is Shizuku-san a monster researcher?]

“My head knows 103,000 species!”

With an awfully cute voice, Shizuku sighed and made a lovely expression.

[Heeeh.
That’s awesome.]

“Bwah-bwah.
You can lose your memory.
Totally, too~.”

Sniffling, Shizuku puts her hand on the iron door, and her expression becomes serious.

“So much for fun.
The enemy is goblin king.
There are 35 of them under its command.
Let’s go all out.”

[I know it’s dangerous, but it’s a dungeon attack.
I understand.]

She’s prepared.
You can’t attack a dungeon without being prepared to die.

“Then let’s use our special skills, shall we?”

Shizuku’s face smiled happily at that calm, usual guard.
She said it was good to meet Sakimori-san.
She doesn’t need a partner to be intimidated.

[Summon All Machines]

She muttered and opened the iron door.