Ch.99Spaceship Assault (1)

After hastily packing the necessary items, I headed straight home.

“Ah, Shota. Good work.”

Umi immediately ran toward me and threw herself into my arms.

“Yeah, yeah.”

I kissed Umi, feeling her breath. The key was to keep my hands busy. I patted Umi’s plump buttocks. It had a different appeal compared to Eri’s firm behind. I liked how it was plump like a rabbit’s. Her pale skin made her seem even more rabbit-like. Maybe I should have Umi dress up as a bunny girl sometime. That’s what I was thinking.

“Tomorrow’s the big day, right? Finally doing something productive during the break!”

Taiga stretched as he spoke. Because Eri was present, he was indirectly referring to our dungeon raid. He’s actually quite good at keeping secrets.

“Despite how he talks, Taiga works really hard. He’s been studying diligently at home.”

Eri looked at Taiga with warm approval and smiled.

“Ah… preparing for vocational school, I see.”

I smiled and patted Taiga’s head. It seemed like Taiga had truly reformed and was now taking proper steps toward his future. Apparently, he planned to graduate high school properly and then enter a vocational school to learn vehicle maintenance.

“D-don’t look at me with those warm eyes!!!”

Taiga immediately got angry. The guy was just embarrassed.

“Shota. You must be busy preparing for the tournament… and doing club activities at night.”

Eri said.

“I’m fine.”

I replied with a smile.

“Yeah, you look fine. Already so hard down here…”

Eri said while touching the firmness in my lower body.

“How could I not be energetic with such beautiful girlfriends around?”

I smiled and embraced my girlfriends tightly.

Then we headed straight to the bedroom.

After thoroughly enjoying our happy time, everyone fell into a deep sleep.

——–

As soon as I fell asleep, I opened my eyes in the secret dungeon.

“Can’t even rest while sleeping… is this the hustle life?”

I was feeling a bit self-indulgent.

“Ah. We meet again.”

Bluebeard greeted me.

“Oh my~ Mr. Bluebeard!!! Thank you so much for convincing Greenbeard with just one phone call!!”

I immediately clung to Bluebeard in my clingy mode.

“I warned Greenbeard. Told him it would be exhausting to antagonize a nuisance like you.”

Bluebeard said.

“Better to give you something and send you away…”

Bluebeard spoke with a distant look in his eyes.

“Anyway, are you raiding the dungeon again today?”

Bluebeard asked.

“Yes. I should start tackling the level 30 dungeon.”

I said while stretching.

I had purposes beyond just leveling up.

‘I need to get used to Kiryu Second too…’

This was also training for the tournament while improving my specs.

Monsters rushing at me with weapons, intent on killing me—there couldn’t be better practical opponents.

“Well… it’s funny to say this to a stubborn person like you who would bounce right back even if killed… but don’t die. If you die here, you really die.”

Bluebeard was kind enough to express concern. This guy is such a tsundere.

“Then let’s start the raid!!!”

I immediately opened the door to the level 30 dungeon with momentum.

Clunk-!!

As soon as I entered the dungeon, a dry message appeared in my field of vision.

‘Troll Fortress’

‘Recommended Level 30~40’

This… another fantasy-style dungeon has appeared. Last time it was Kobolds, now it’s Trolls.

Since this world is created by my inner mind… perhaps my inner self is somewhat bound to fantasy worldviews. That’s what I thought.

Well, the web novel I’m writing now is fantasy, and I wrote fantasy in my previous world too, so that must be it. I casually thought.

Clunk-!

As soon as I reached the entrance of the dungeon, a sword emerged. It was an old, crude sword. I couldn’t expect tomato-level performance, but it was usable enough. Not relying on equipment stats allows me to strengthen my skills more.

“Let’s do this.”

I sighed and opened the fortress gate.

“GRAAAARGH!!!”

“Fresh human meat!!!”

As soon as I entered, the trolls gave me a warm welcome.

Lean but muscular body structure, over 2 meters tall, and ugly creatures with clearly carnivorous teeth. Yes, they were trolls through and through.

The boils and pustules covering their skin like barnacles were just a bonus.

Yes, these are trolls. Recently, trolls have been portrayed too handsomely, which made me uncomfortable. They’ve even become playable races. What a degenerate world we live in.

“Capture that human right now!!!”

With one troll’s shout, they all drew their weapons and charged at me.

Clang!! Clang!!

While easily blocking weapons flying from all directions, I immediately charged my breathing.

“Haaaaaah…!!”

Thanks to my training at the kendo dojo, breathing now came naturally. Beyond filling my lungs, it was important to visualize oxygen spreading throughout my entire body.

Hissssss-!!

Steam began to emit from my body.

“Kiryu… Second!!!”

After confirming I was doped up, I immediately dove between the trolls.

Whoosh!!!

From the moment I quickly moved behind the troll, the battle was already decided.

“Gack?! The human disappeared…!!”

“Where…”

The trolls couldn’t keep up with my speed.

“I’m here!! You idiots!!”

I swung my sword widely.

Slash!!!!

Speed was power. The speed and force of the sword strike were proportional. The slash, enhanced by Kiryu Second, cut through the trolls as it passed.

“Graargh….!!”

“Human… strong…!”

The trolls crawled along with their limbs severed.

Rumble-! Rumble-!

Then, something unbelievable happened.

“Holy moly!!!!!”

I shouted loudly without realizing it.

The trolls’ body parts slowly began to regenerate.

As expected of trolls. Their regenerative abilities followed the classic cliché.

Slash!!

To ensure they were dead, I brought my sword down on a troll’s head.

Splat-!

The troll’s head shattered into pieces, spraying blood and brain matter. In this way, I personally confirmed the kill of each troll.

Due to bursting each troll’s head one by one, my entire body was splattered with blood and brain matter.

Not only did it smell, but it felt extremely dirty.

“Really… this is too real.”

No one wants this level of realism.

Considering that this dungeon reflects my inner world… it became terribly depressing. I began to wonder if I might be a psychopath or have some personality defect.

“I’ve… lived my whole life as a good citizen.”

I thought about this while reflecting on my past actions.

Hmm… some unfavorable memories came to mind, but I lightly ignored them. As Sunghyun once said, one shouldn’t try to cover up the past.

——–

Anyway, I progressed smoothly through the dungeon on my first run.

My goal was obviously to kill everything and open all treasure chests.

“Kill the human!!!”

“Kill!!!”

An enormous number of trolls charged toward me.

While they had regenerative abilities, honestly, each individual wasn’t particularly strong. Well… I had just become incredibly strong.

Unless they ganged up on me, I didn’t even need to use Kiryu Second.

“Hyaaah!!!”

I delivered a clean head strike to an approaching troll.

Crack!!

The sword I swung shattered the troll’s skull as it passed through. This way, even trolls could be killed in one hit. Cutting off body parts wasn’t very effective due to their excellent regeneration. Destroying the head was a one-hit kill. I had figured out how to deal with trolls.

Whoosh-! Whoosh-!!

Seemingly shocked by the one-hit kill of their leader, the trolls’ weapon swings became quite sloppy.

“Hehehe!! You’re shaken!!”

I dodged the trolls’ sword strikes and swung my sword in sequence, smashing their heads.

———-

After speedily conquering the dungeon, I finally faced the boss.

“Filthy humans!!!! I’ll show you the power of trolls!!!”

A troll wielding two massive battle axes charged toward me.

“Haaaaaah…!!”

With limited night time, there was no need to drag things out. I immediately took a deep breath.

“Kiryu Second!!!!”

After fully enhancing my body, I closed the distance to the troll.

“Human… fast…!!”

The boss troll hurriedly tried to take a defensive stance. However, even those movements appeared slow to me.

It was a simple, brute-force strategy of charging at the neck area with my sword, but it was nonetheless threatening. The speed enhancement from Kiryu Second was simply broken. I was practically a human bullet.

Slash!!!

After cleanly cutting off the boss troll’s head, I landed behind the troll.

Thud….

As the troll’s ugly head rolled on the ground, its headless body collapsed heavily.

Ding-!!

After completing one run through the dungeon, my level immediately increased by 1.

My level became 31.

‘Well… now that I’ve got the hang of it, should I run through it a few more times?’

With that thought, I left the dungeon. The first run took only 30 minutes. Now that I understood the dungeon, subsequent runs would be even faster.

——–

“Is anybody there!!”

I boldly opened the door and stepped outside.

Bluebeard, who had been leisurely reading a book, looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Y-you’ve already completed the raid?”

Bluebeard said with his mouth wide open.

“Hmph. This level is nothing.”

Truthfully… if I hadn’t mastered Kiryu Second, the raid would have taken longer.

“After a short rest… I need to go through it one more time.”

I immediately lay down on the ground.

Honestly, I was extremely tired. Even though it was a dream, I could feel my body getting heavier in real-time. This was the after-effect of Kiryu Second. Even if used intermittently, exceeding a total of 3 minutes would make me rapidly exhausted.

Only after regulating my breathing and somehow recovering my stamina could I raid the dungeon again.

Somehow squeezing out my remaining energy, I completed five runs before ending my training in the dream.

My level reached 34. As expected, levels increased quickly here.