Manowa

Chapter 80 - Meeting the Hidden Monster

「Goooooooooooooooooo!!!!」

「Are you serious!!!」

The roar and Kazane"s scream resounded together out of the hidden room to the other members .

「Wha, what is it?」

Tiara couldn"t answer Sieg"s question as her face paled .

「Zinray-kun . 」

「Seems like she"s done it now . 」

Zinray nodded at Louise"s gaze .

「Run away!」

And Yumika, who had entered with Kazane, shot out of the room forcefully like a bullet . Kazane successively dashed out .

「Zinray-san, I"m getting some distance . 」

Kazane said as she jumped in the air, grabbed Sieg, and rushed away .

「Oooooooooooooooonnn!!」

At the same time, a 4 meter giant with a bull"s face leapt from the hidden room and, without stopping, crashed into the wall .

「Is that a Minotaur?!」

Zinray and Louise looked at the monster as they withdrew .

「What"s this!? Minotaurs show up in this layer!?」

「It"s nothing like that, this guy is a layer 60 monster . In a B rank dungeon, it"s an enemy near the innermost sanctum . 」

Kazane had lost her composure as she asked her question, and Louise replied .

「Does it have a Childstone?」

『No, these guys appear normally down there . I thought I would die when we encountered them in succession . 』

Sieg and Tiara shuddered at Mefirus" remark . If such a thing appeared just like the Worker Ants,  meeting their end seemed inevitable .

「Rejoice, Yumika!! Kazane!!」

Meanwhile, Zinray alone shouted while glaring at the Minotaur .

「Umm, what?」

While Kazane asked what he was saying, Zinray readied his spear .

「If you can defeat this guy you"ll know you can match any enemy we might encounter up to the dragon . Perhaps you could think of it as a rehearsal for the deeper layers instead of an unfortunate development?」

Kazane clapped her hands together and nodded .

「I see . There is also that way to think about it . 」

「Guooooo」

In response to her voice the Minotaur started running towards Kazane with its huge halberd .

「Louise-san, take care of Tiara and Sieg . 」

「What . Do you think I wouldn"t do that unless I"m told?」

While making a bitter smile, Louise left the front lines with Tiara and Sieg as instructed by Kazane . As one would expect, it was impossible to fight that monster while protecting those two .

「b.u.mooooooooooooooo」

Kazane jumped aside and was affected by tremendous wind pressure as the halberd descended downward with a crash .

「Uwa, that"s frightening . 」

As one would expect, she felt a sudden chill . It was an attack that seemed able to blow her away with force alone .

「Yuuko-nee, help . 」

「Nyaaa!!!」

In response to Kazane"s words, Yuuko-nee suddenly appeared from the Childstone .

The Minotaur was visibly surprised for a moment at the sudden appearance of the huge cat, but swung its halberd again .

「Nya」

Yuuko-nee avoided the attack with exquisite timing . She managed to cause shallows cuts to the Minotaur"s body and blood spurted . She and Kazane"s ability to avoid attacks with Intuition was alive and well .

「Uorya」

Zinray quickly slipped near the Minotaur and released『Flash』 .

「b.u.moo」

The Minotaur staggered .

「Yosh, I will also」

「Don"t go . Withdraw!?」

Zinray shouted at the leaping Yumika .

「b.u.mooooooooooo」

With the Minotaur"s shout a magical light was emitted from its whole body .

「Tch」

Zinray guarded with his spear and didn"t move, but the leaping Yumika took the attack head on and was sent flying .

「Kua」

Yumika hit the wall and raised her voice in pain .

「b.u.moo」

Seeing that, the Minotaur started to run towards Yumika . It was a beast that knew nothing of words like mercy .

「Skill・Golem Maker・Nurikabe-kun」

Seeing the Minotaur"s charge, Kazane invoked Golem Maker, and a rock wall appeared in front of Yumika .

「b.u.mo」

But in the face of that the Minotaur simply used its horns and destroyed it with its charge . Its momentum was only slightly weakened .

「Yumika!?」

However, that slight time was enough for her to activate her bangle .

「Oooooonn!!」

At the same moment the Minotaur swung the halberd down a silver light suddenly appeared . The halberd only hit the wall . Yumika, who was the target, successfully evacuated that spot with enhanced leg strength .

「Silver wolves, it"s your turn . 」

At the Wolf G.o.d Transformed Yumika"s cry two silver wolves jumped out from her shadow . The Wolf G.o.d retainers flanked Yumika on both sides .

「Do it!」

At Yumika"s voice the two silver wolves ran towards the Minotaur . Yuuko-nee also joined in the  attack, and the Minotaur wasn"t able to handle them and randomly swung its halberd around . It was like a storm, a muscle-powered storm of destruction .

「That"s scary . 」

Kazane said, then asked Zinray .

「What was that just now?」

「It"s a considerably powerful defensive magic . It"s a quite useful cla.s.s of magic . Well, that guy can use that same one repeatedly . 」

Magic was the activation of power fueled by Magic Power . Although monsters didn"t use spells, there were monsters that could use some magic like the Minotaur .

「Ah, that nasty thing . 」

Kazane remembered receiving the same attack in the game .

(Once he"s received enough damage he"ll continuously use it, and when his health reaches the limit he"ll start rampaging)

「Skill・Golem maker・Tatsuyoshi-kun」

After some careful thought Kazane activated Tatsuyoshi-kun .

「What will you do?」

「This . Tatsuyoshi-kun, Human Dive start!」

With a nod Tatsuyoshi-kun picked up Kazane .

「H, hey?」

Zinray said while fl.u.s.tered at the situation . Kazane said「Skill・Charge,」and at those words Tatsuyoshi-kun turned towards the Minotaur and set up, then threw Kazane with all its might . Both of Kazane"s legs were protruding forward and she shouted

「KILLING LEEEGGGG!!!!」

and fired a Killing Leg with doubled power by using both feet .

The crash of shattering metal rang out, followed by the sound of metal piercing flesh .

「b.u.moooooooooooo」

「Uwa!?」

The halberd was destroyed, the Minotaur shouted as the fragments pierced its body, and Kazane jumped in the air to rebuild her posture and returned to the ground .

「Uryaaaa」

「Uoooooooooo」

Not missing the opportunity, Wolf G.o.d Yumika and Zinray, along with the silver wolves and Yuuko-nee, attacked at the same time .

「b.u.mo, b.u.momomooo」

The Minotaur fell into a panic and swung the handle of the destroyed halberd while continuously activating its defensive magic .

「I wasn"t able to defeat it?」

Kazane, who had fled from the influence of the defensive magic, said with disappointment . By all rights that attack should have defeated it, but it was blocked by the halberd and didn"t go through .

Kazane, who had fled from the influence of the defensive magic, said with disappointment . By all rights that attack should have defeated it, but it was blocked by the halberd and didn"t go through .

「Kazane, what was that earlier?」

Yumika entrusted the diversion to the silver wolves and withdrew to ask her .

「A combination technique with Tatsuyoshi-kun called『Kazane Bazooka . 』With Charge plus both legs it is a drop kick that is 4 times more powerful!」

The 4 times calculation was doubtful, but the power was definitely visible .

「It was certainly tremendous, but what now? We can"t get close . 」

Zinray pointed at the Minotaur . Because of the halberd"s handle and the defensive magic they couldn"t get close . The only option seemed to be to wait for it to run out of strength and then attack, but

「No, it only defends against Physical attacks, so magic can get through . 」

Saying that, Kazane took out her staff .

「Its body looks like it has been softened up enough to kill it with this . 」

(Famous last words)

Setting Yumika"s thought aside,

「Spell・Firestorm・Slicer!」

Kazane shouted and thrust her staff .

For a moment the Minotaur could see something like a red fog, but it instantly turned into a red line . From the side, it could be seen that it turned into an incredibly thin perfect circle instead of a line, a circle with an edge made of fire . Custom magic『Slicer,』which reduced the extent and increased the strength to the limit . Yuuko-nee"s advice was to add more rotation to stabilize it and further increase the strength . A sharp sound continued to resound .

「Go」

When Kazane stuck out her staff, the huge round cutter pushed towards the Minotaur .

「b.u.mooo!?」

Its weakened magic defense was unable to stop it, and the Minotaur"s body was sliced in half .

「We did it . 」

Kazane, who confirmed that her level went up, took a breath and sat down . She hadn"t fought any enemies of this cla.s.s since the Berserk Ogre . She was worn out .

「Umu . Splendid . 」

Zinray said . The Wolf G.o.d Yumika said「it"s over」and used her spear to support herself as she sank to the floor . The silver wolves had already dematerialized .

「Muu, I got a skill . Was that thing called『Material Shield』?」

She was thankful that the skill seemed to be a Pa.s.sive skill .

「It says it repels anything that approaches?」

When Kazane pushed her hands out the light of magical power came out and made a barrier . It immediately disappeared .

(It happens for only a moment, is only a small amount of Magic Power necessary? I might even be able to run it continuously . )

She would have to keep in mind that it only repelled physical objects . There was no effect on magic .

「But I did not expect to come across a Minotaur here . 」

「Is it normal for monsters to hide in a hidden room?」

Kazane asked what she was curious about, and Zinray nodded .

「It"s the first time I"ve encountered a high level monster like this, but I have heard of it happening . Although with the pace that we discover hidden rooms maybe this was expected . 」

Zinray never found a hidden room during his dungeon exploration era . Kazane"s pace of discovery was abnormal .
「It"s the first time I"ve encountered a high level monster like this, but I have heard of it happening . Although with the pace that we discover hidden rooms maybe this was expected . 」

Zinray never found a hidden room during his dungeon exploration era . Kazane"s pace of discovery was abnormal .

「Well then . 」

Kazane stood up after she composed herself .

「We need to look for Tiara and the rest . 」

「Ah, we need to immediately meet with them . 」

Wolf G.o.d Yumika nodded at Kazane"s remark .

「While you do that I will stay here and harvest the Minotaur"s horns . 」

The Minotaur"s useful material was its hard horn . There was also the halberd, but Kazane accidentally destroyed it .

「When you finish please head inside the hidden room . There was a treasure chest behind Mino-san . 」

Kazane and the Wolf G.o.d Yumika entrusted that place to Zinray and started following the scent of their companions .   

On the way Yumika"s Wolf G.o.d Transformation ended . After that they saw Louise, Tiara, and Sieg .

「Was it all right?」

Sieg and Tiara rushed over, and Kazane spread her arms wide and said「as you can see . 」Tiara hugged Kazane tightly, and Sieg was also caught and turned bright red as he stiffened .

「Youth」

Yumika thought that Louise had a strangely bitter smile and earnestly thought(she must be feeling her age) . What a rude girl .

The treasure chest in the hidden room was a Mimic . Zinray managed to kill it by himself, but he was nearly dead when they returned, and everyone was seriously scared .

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Silver Breastplate, Silver Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Carapace Bull Trousers, Berserk Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, War Spirit Summoning Ring

Level : 24

Health: 83

Magic Power: 140+300

Strength: 40

Agility: 30

Endurance: 21

Wisdom : 41

Dexterity : 25

Spell : 『Fly』 『Torch』 『Fire』 『Heal』『Firestorm』

Skill : 『Warrior"s Memory』 『Night Vision』 『Crushing Blow』 『Dog’s Sense of Smell』 『Golem Maker: Lv2』 『Rush』 『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』 『Healing Principle: Second Chapter』 『Air Jump』 『Killing Leg』 『Fear Voice』 『Invisible』 『Tiger Eye』 『Wall Walking』 『Intuition』 『Cheat Death』 『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield』

Kazane:「These days Mimics have long slender limbs, and if you"re in a rush you should kick treasure chests or otherwise hit them . 」

Yumika:「There"s only one game that"s relevant to these days . 」