Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 70

Chapter 5: The thunderstorm after the Guardian Battle

“Mu. Rion, Regulus, there are a lot of enemies ahead.”

“Oh, in that case… Guardians?”

After another hour. Although there were minor troubles, there were no major injuries and things were progressing smoothly, when Uru spoke.
Of course, it’s possible that it’s just a monster house, but it’s better to assume that there are guardians… in other words, powerful monsters ahead.

“Do you know how many there are?”

“Well… I think there is over twenty…”

“… As expected, it would be nothing more than a suicidal act to plunge into such a place. I will attract them with a bow little by little.”

This time, Uru-san it’s in take easy mode. So I decided to proceed with the method I used in my gaming days.
I eat the attack buff snacks, have Uru and Regulus wait behind me and cover the lantern with a cloth to reduce the amount of light as much as possible, and then I sneak ahead alone.
It’s dark and i can’t see them very well, but I can guess that there is a ton of them just by the sound and their echoes. I gulped nervously.
I put flame arrows??It doesn’t leak flames until it hits, and it also becomes a light source after it hits, so it’s useful in cases like this??On my bow, take a deep breath to calm myself down, and then quickly shoot five arrows.

Gugya! ?

Kishah!

The flames scattered along with the impact illuminate a part of the large cave and reveal Its habitants.
The types of monsters are almost the same as before. However, there was one difference.

In the deepest part, a giant centipede that seemed to be the boss??The Giant Centipede was undulating its gigantic body.

A centipede, a tenacious and disgusting is the enemy this time…!
I hurriedly retreated while confirming that several were heading towards me.

“Regulus!”

“Oou!”

After clashing his fists together, Regulus moved to confront the monsters replacing me.in the frontline.
Although it wasn’t to the point of saying that was an easily feat to he, the monsters who were preoccupied with me were kicked out by Regulus and send flying.

“I’ll keep calling more of them!”

I keep shooting arrows with the light from the previous flame arrow as a mark. While killing a few of them, the monsters turned their hate towards me because my arrows scratched or stuck the ground nearby.
When there were too many to deal, Uru casually stopped them by throwing stones.
I thought that we could defeat everyone but the Giant Centipede like this… But it didn’t go that well. Before we could defeat all the others monsters, the Giant Centipede began to move while making an unpleasant noise.

“Hit it!”

I tried to shoot an arrow at Its eye, but it was blocked by the fangs and it didn’t come true.
The distance between us, which was more than tens of meters, was reduced in an instant. Hell no! It is really disgusting when you see it up this close!

“Regulus, Its fangs are poisonous, so don’t get bite by them! Also, as expected your fists are too incompatible with that thing, so use weapons! Aim for the joints!”

“…As expected, I don’t want to challenge that stupid huge number of legs with my bare hands…”

Regulus pulled out his sub-weapon, a spear, while twitching the corners of his mouth. It seems that his skill is far from Lieze’s, or that what I heard.
I also switch from a bow to a halberd. The blade part is the fang of a wolf I defeated earlier. I don’t have a very high proficiency with this weapon, but it can’t be helped because the sword has a too short reach and the spear has a narrow range.

“… Rion’s ability to respond to all the situations is your good point, but the problem is that It’s too wide and you doesn’t have enough proficiency other weapons other than bows.”

That is absolutely true! However, I can’t do just like Uru and pulverize everything with only my body……!
I have to train too, but I’m also too busy because I have to raise each crafting skill level more than that!
Leaving the remaining small fish monsters to Uru, Regulus and I decided to face the Giant Centipede.

Gishagishagisha!

The giant centipede bent its long body like a whip and slammed into the ground where we were from the sky.
As expected, we were able to avoid it because It’s trajectory was obvious, but it immediately swept his body to the side??the direction Regulus had avoided.

“Ugh!?”

By using the hilt of the spear as a shield, Regulus barely manages to avoid being crushed by its fangs.

“This bastard!”

Then by kicking Its exposed chin, he succeeded blowing up Its head.
I thought about slashing at It in that gap, but Its tail was swung around and got in the way, and I was only able to reflect the hard carapace.
It moves so fast that it’s hard to aim at the joints, if you try to get close, it will repel you away, and if you try to move away, it will ram Its body at you and the battle that change offence and defense back and forth continues.

“Hey~, both Rion and Regulus should try to be better.”

“”Gununu…!””

Uru, who had already wiped out the small fry monsters, sent cheers from a slightly distant place like she was part of an audience.
We really can’t lose here! Regulus and I nodded at each other.

“Try to eat this!”

I threw multiple flame stones at the Giant Centipede.
In the first place, as Uru said, my ability to respond??my selling point is the large number of items that I have. There is absolutely no need to fight with only weapons, in a stupidly honest straight battle.

Pigyaah! !

The Giant Centipede writhes its body due to being burned alive.
At first glance, it looks like a great chance to attack, but it bounces irregularly, making it difficult to aim, making Regulus confused.

“H-hey Rion! It’s rampaging around and I can’t get close!?”

“In these cases It’s time for this.”

I climb up to the top by stacking stone stairs, which I’m becoming a expert at?, and then drop a number of stone blocks toward the giant centipede.
The Giant Centipede was crushed by the heavyweight items, and became unable to move.

Gigyaaaa! ?

“Look, Regulus, I’ve stopped moving! Let’s slash It!”

“… O-Oh.”

Along with Regulus, who gave a vaguely dumbfounded reply, we gradually destroyed the joints and by cutting off the magic stone, the giant centipede finally died.

“… How I can say this… Rion’s fighting style is a mess…”

“In a sense, you could say it’s ‘like her’. The idea is interesting, isn’t it?”

“That’s true.”

After successfully completing the core’s purification, the two, who were watching out for the attack of the remaining monsters behind me, were having such a conversation.
Ununu……Even though Uru has given me some training, my way of fighting is a self-taught one……. Even though this body is a god-created human(doll), my physical abilities are mediocre, so I had no choice but to use items to fight.
Well, I myself never thought that stone blocks would play such an important role!

“Well, the collecting is complete. It seems there’s nothing here to do anymore, so let’s go back to the above ground.”

“Umu.”

“Okay. Ah, I miss the sunlight…”

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any clues about our first goal, the whereabouts of a God, but I was able to crush one dungeon and get the materials, so it’s okay. I also had some experience in combat.
Even if you cleanse the core, the monsters won’t disappear right away. While being cautious on the way back, even through my body feels tired, I still feel mentaly lighter than when we entered the dungeon and we returned the way that we came.
A fresh breeze blows in, and the exit is almost there, but…

??Rumbling……

“Huh? This sound… could it be a thunder?”

When we proceeded to just before the exit, the sky was covered with dark clouds and we couldn’t see the sun for the first time in a long time. Instead, thunder ran through the clouds occasionally, illuminating the surroundings, and heavy thunder sounds resounded around.
The heavy rain was pouring down, the rainwater flowed into the dungeon, and our feets were completely muddy.

“Ahh… We shouldn’t go outside like this. Let’s take a break inside until the rain stops.”

“Uhee, it’s a really heavy rain.”

Regulus, who was right behind me, was also scratching his head while looking at the weather.
This dungeon continues downwards. In other words, if it continues like this, the rain will enter more and more.
The temperature had dropped and it was cold and I didn’t want to get covered in mud, so I put out a stone block to temporarily close the hole, but??

“Rion, don’t get too close to the exit! Hurry up to the back!!”

“Eh?”

At that moment when Uru’s most urgent warning was given.

??Doooooooooooon! !

With a deafening sound.

“??”

My whole body became hot and at the same time my consciousness was painted by a blinding white.