October 06, 2026
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　An EX monster was an aberration that surpassed human intellect.
　Its power transcended the framework of living creatures, to the point of being described as a “disaster.”
　In the past, the monster “Shoggoth” that rampaged in America had annihilated three cities, causing millions of casualties.
　Even multiple S-rank explorers working together could not bring it down; until Tanaka defeated it, EX-rank monsters were believed to be impossible to defeat.
　The Flame Dragon Kagutsuchi’s rank was “EX I.”
　Among EX ranks, it fell into the weakest category.
　Even so, its abilities were several tiers higher than an S-rank’s, and there were likely only a handful of explorers in the world capable of facing it head-on.
　And against such an aberration… Hoshino was clashing head-on.
“Haaaaaaah!!”
　Hoisting her greatsword, she brought it swinging down onto Kagutsuchi.
　Kagutsuchi caught the blow with its prized horns, but the impact transmitted to its brain, making it stagger slightly.
「Hang in there, Yui-chan!」
「You can totally do this, for real!」
「Blow that guy away!」
　The comment section was also hyped up by Hoshino’s heroic display.
　(I can do this! I will win…!)
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“So, are you alright?”
“……Yeah, no problem.”
　When I spoke to the rescued Mikami, he retorted with a sullen attitude.
　Whatever he was being stubborn about, he was an absolute pain to deal with.
「He’s probably sulking because getting beat up by Salamanders was streamed lol」
「Ehh… is he a kid?」
「Mikami-kun, that’s so uncool!」
「Make sure to properly say thank you, okay」
「Well, everyone has a phase like this」
　Most of the comments seemed sympathetic.
　Well, certainly, having what happened earlier broadcasted to the entire world would suck. He seemed to sell himself as a cool handsome guy, so his brand image was ruined. I felt a bit bad for him.
“I appreciate that you saved me. Thank… you.”
　Mikami offered his thanks, though it looked difficult for him to say.
　He just had a lot of pride; he wasn’t a bad guy deep down.
“However, even I could have defeated monsters of that caliber! I have soloed an A-rank monster before, you know!”
“Ah, yeah, yeah. Understood. For now, let’s treat your injuries.”
“Owwwww!”
　I forcefully rubbed recovery potion into his wounds.
　It stung, but this healed things fastest. He’d just have to bear it.
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Meanwhile, at around that time, Yui Hoshino was advancing through the dungeon’s lower level together with the explorers who had become her companions.
Along the way, several more explorers had regrouped with them, swelling their numbers into quite a large party.
“Hoshino-san! The path continues over here!”
“Please leave this monster to us!”
“If it’s traps, leave it to me! I hold a Pre-1st Class Trap Disarming Certification!”
“Ah, haha… thank you very much.”
Supported by her eager companions, Hoshino and the group advanced smoothly.
The monsters of the lower level were strong.
Even for seasoned explorers, a moment of carelessness could prove fatal, and plenty of people had lost their lives down here.
However, their current morale was remarkably high, allowing them to hold their own even in the lower level.
The biggest reason for that was likely the shared desire among everyone to support their leader, Hoshino, and make themselves useful to her.
「She’s crazy popular lol」
「When on earth did they develop this kind of relationship?」
「Circle princess of the explorers」
「They have better coordination than before they got stranded, which is hilarious」
October 03, 2026
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“Haaaaah!!”
Mikami slammed the sword in his hand against the Salamander.
While his movement was solid, whether due to exhaustion, there was no weight behind it. That single blow merely scratched the Salamander’s scales slightly, falling far short of inflicting actual damage.
“I-It’s too hard! There was nothing like this in the data!”
「lol」
「There are actually people who say manga-like lines like that for real? lol」
「Way too much of a data character, no matter how you look at it」
「Mikami was this much of a small fry…?」
「I was rooting for him, but I’m getting the ick lol」
「Hurry up and throw away the data」
Apparently Mikami could use magic as well, but it seemed he could only use flame magic.
Against a Salamander with scales of fire, flame magic was naturally of little effect. For Mikami, who possessed no other means of attack, the Salamanders were his natural enemy.
“Then how about this! Greatest Slash!”
Mikami raised his sword with bravado and swung it down onto the crown of the Salamander’s head.
The Salamander staggered slightly from the impact, but the wound was shallow. Letting out an angry hiss of 『Jua!』, the Salamander delivered a headbutt to Mikami’s abdomen, and taking the brunt of it, Mikami was blown away with a choked cry of “Guha!?”
October 03, 2026
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“Hmm, I’m lost.”
Scratching my head, I muttered that to myself.
Spreading out before my eyes was a vast expanse of lava and a path split into countless branches.
Because the scenery in the lava zone never changed at all, it was difficult to tell which way I had come from. Although I vaguely remembered the path I took, once you’re lost, you might even lose track of that.
「Not very cool, lol」
「No, but seriously, there’s no way to tell the path here」
「Isn’t it that way? (Random guess)」
「Don’t just guess randomly lol」
「Monster corpses just keep piling up endlessly lol」
「At first he was actually explaining the monsters, but he gradually started silently slicing them down, which is hilarious」
「It was touching when Lava Dragon-kun gave a thumbs-up as he sank into the lava」
「Was that Terminator? lol」
「I’ll be back」
「Way too much false memory lol」
I was fine with both the lava and the monsters, but not knowing the way was bad.
Normally, you explore a dungeon from top to bottom. Even if you don’t know whether you can reach your destination, you never lose the way back, because you just have to retrace the path you came from.
