Volume 2 - CH 314

Chapter 7-34. Alena’s New Skill

This dungeon, which has four floors in total, is quite large.

It was difficult to find stairs and ladders to go below floor level.

There are many paths and forks in the dungeon, so it took us too long to reach the second floor.

Since Alena wanted to fill in all the maps, it was inevitable that it would take a long time.

I wonder if this map would sell for a lot of money if we sold it off somewhere. ……

We might as well sell it, since it’s a dungeon that I don’t think we’ll be coming back to.

“Alright! Two floors completed! Ouren, let’s go to the third floor!”

[All right, all right.]

Since we have already found the stairs to go to the third floor, we can quickly get there if we rely on the map.

The map is accurate, so we can’t be wrong.

So we went down to the third floor right away, and this place is no different from ordinary caves.

But we have been able to come this far without sleeping a wink since then.

I guess that’s fast as far as speed of exploration goes, right?

I haven’t felt sleepy yet, and it’s probably still late in the evening.

My gut clock may be unreliable, though.

I look at Alena’s face, but she still looks like she has plenty of energy left in her.

I’m not sure how much longer we can go.

[Hmm……?]

“Huh ……? What’s wrong?”

My haze detected a human being.

I immediately put my tail in front of Alena to stop her movement.

Since it was a strange reaction, I had her stop for the moment.

Although she is holding a weapon, we are not confronting a monster.

I was sure of this because there was no reaction from the monsters around us.

Their position was the corner that we had to pass through.

There, two people are waiting for us.

It-is-that-isn’t-it?

[They’re after us?]

Yep, that’s more likely the case.

Probably one of the two has sensing skills.

What a pain.

I immediately create a map of where we are on the ground with infinite water manipulation to let Alena know this.

I then created the location of the people who might be targeting us, and expanded our position on the map as well.

Alena crouched down and looked at the simplified map I had created, and tilted her head, making a little gesture of thinking.

“…… are there monsters there?”

[Hmmm, this is a bit complicated to explain, ……. How can I tell it’s human? What do you usually do, create a life-size human being?]

“Thanks for letting me know! Then let’s get right to it …….”

[Eh-?]

Wait a minute.

No, that’s not monsters!

No matter how much I shouted, my words were not going to be heard, and Alena floated away, heading for the human who was probably waiting for her.

I immediately go after her too, but I fail because I’m in a panic like this.

The moment I put my strength into chasing after her, I flew away like a bullet and crashed into a wall.

There was no way I could correct my trajectory, and I was flying in a strange direction.

[Ouch!]

Why the hell is this species wasting time on those fast legs!

More importantly, where’s Alena!

Ah Hell Nah!

She’s already confronting them!

When I probed the situation with my haze, I found that Alena and the humans were already engaging each other.

Their distance was quite close.

While I was confused, they could have been in close combat, but this was not a good idea.

I carefully chased after them on foot this time.

Just by walking, I could run as fast as a human could, so this was enough for me.

[Alena! Are you okay?]

“[Gravity Manipulation.]”

“”GYAAAAAH!””

[Whoaa]

When I rushed over, there was a strange attack spreading out there.

The person who had ambushed us, dressed like an adventurer, was being chased around by the shuriken that Alena was carrying.

The shurikens were changing trajectories over and over again, coming at the adventurers.

From the looks of it, the adventurers were not that skillful, and were being chased around by the flying shuriken.

“Aah, Ouren! They weren’t monsters!”

[Yea, I know]

“But they attacked me. What should I do in a situation like this?”

[Eh, I’m not really sure ……]

We hadn’t heard about quarrels in the dungeon. ……

However, let me tell you, what these guys were trying to do was a crime, right?

Well, let’s see… ……

[[Pneumatic Barrier.]]

“”Beugh!?””

Two people were hit hard in the face by the barrier that suddenly appeared.

At least we succeeded in confining them for now, so …… the rest is …….

Ah shoot, what am I going to do now?

We can’t take them around with us, and it’s too much trouble to bring them to the ground. ……

Can we just leave them there?

If they are lucky, someone else should be able to help them. ……

Nope, these guys tried to commit a crime.

Well, they won’t be able to break my barrier, so I’ll just go home and report it to the guild and everything will be fine.

I really want to tie them up, but if they can’t get out, it’s the same thing.

“Hey! What the hell!”

“Ouch, ……”

“Hmm …… Ah. Uhm, these people are criminals. Don’t help them, okay? Slap.”

Alena took out a piece of paper she was carrying to use as a map and wrote large letters on it.

Then she tried to paste it, but since she didn’t even use glue, it peeled right off.

So I created another sheet of pneumatic barrier and held it in place by sandwiching it.

This way, even if somebody comes in, they’ll see this letter.

Nice one, Alena.

Well, I guess we’ll move on then.

I mean, these guys are bandits who target low-level adventurers.

So terrifying……

“Tch, we’re going home.”

“I guess so.”

Eh?

The two of them took out a magic stone from their pockets.

By the time I noticed it, they had already gone to warp and were gone. ……

I had completely forgotten about it.

“Ah …….

[Did they take countermeasures, ……? We were so naive …….]

I mean, are they okay with this?

It’s being misused in a crime. ……

This is something I’m going to have to explain to the church members when I get back.

Anyway, I’m curious about Alena’s skill earlier.

What was that ……?

I imitated Alena’s skill I had just seen with infinite water manipulation and asked Alena.

She seemed to immediately understand what I was trying to say and explained it to me.

“That thing? That was gravity manipulation! It’s a useful skill that moves the shuriken in the direction I want to move it. It doesn’t seem to work on living things, though.”

[…… ohfff ……. What a frightening thing …….]

If you add heavy weight to gravity manipulation, it’s going to be a hell of an attack power. ……

Or is it?

Does it mean that she can change the direction of gravity?

Whatever it is, …… she has some pretty cheat skills, doesn’t she?