An Adventurer Mom, Who Awakened [Housewife] Skill Through a Login Bonus, Is Making the Most of Her Adventurer Life With the Weekly Flyers She Gets! - Chapter 36

The Rare-Rare Mushroom gathering mission had begun.

Gamma Team, along with Jessica and Cliff, assembled in front of Dungeon Loa on the morning of the operation.

“Let’s go.”

As soon as they entered the first floor, Kachua and the others were transported directly to the thirtieth floor by Jessica’s magic.

“Uwaa―”

“So this is the place.”

They had been teleported into a deep forest.

With its slightly dim atmosphere, it was a type of outdoor map that was commonly seen.

But…

Having made it all the way to the twenty-fifth floor, Kachua and her team understood something important.

In truth, maps with very few distinctive features were often the ones where troublesome monsters tended to appear.

“The《Rare-Rare Mushrooms》appear in the grasslands over there.”

Since powerful monsters besides the《Rare-Rare Mushrooms》could also appear in the grasslands, it would be dangerous if they were surrounded right after teleporting. Therefore, the teleportation magic’s access point was set within a relatively safe part of the forest, a little away from the target area.

If they made noise, the monster encounter rate would increase.

A fundamental rule in dungeon exploration is to move as quietly as possible until reaching the destination, but…

“No waaaaahhh!”

A deep voice echoed through the forest.

“That’s a Mystic Pixie, isn’t it?! Ultra rare! This is the first time I’ve seen one!”

The one shouting was Cliff.

Cliff was clearly excited!

Floating gently in the direction of Cliff’s gaze was a rare variant of the fairy monster Pixie – a 『Mystic Pixie』.

“Hey, wait! I’m gonna catch you!”

Cliff tried to dash toward the Mystic Pixie but Ann grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.

“Cliff-san, was it? Not now.”

“But…”

Cliff turned back to Ann, eyes bloodshot.

“Did you forget our objective? Weren’t we supposed to be collecting《Rare-Rare Mushrooms》?”

At Ann’s words, Cliff came to his senses.

“R-right. But no mistake, that was a Mystic Pixie. Such an insanely rare type just suddenly showed up, I lost my composure. Sorry.”

Cliff apologized to everyone.

He was the leader of the B-rank adventurer team 『Leopard Corps of the Falling Snow』.

Normally, he was calm and cautious by nature. However, even he couldn’t help getting excited upon seeing the Mystic Pixie, said to be a phantom Pixie even among rare species.

Jessica muttered in a daze.

“For a Mystic Pixie to appear on such a low floor… This must be the power of Rare Week. If this keeps up, we might actually be able to obtain a《Rare-Rare Mushrooms》. Let’s go!”

Since Kachua was wearing the Absolute Defense Armor, her movements were slower than usual.

As they matched their pace to Kachua, the group advanced through the forest at a leisurely speed, heading toward the grasslands.

What awaited Kachua and the others as they emerged into the grasslands were the shadows of monsters and people.

“Huh?”

“Is someone there?”

About ten members of what appeared to be another adventurer team were engaged in battle with monsters!

The adventurer team was in tatters, all of them writhing on the ground. They were on the verge of total annihilation.

What they were fighting was a swarm of snakes.

Snakes that dwell on the thirtieth floor—『Sugoroku Snakes』.

TL: Funnily enough. Sugoroku Snakesすごろく蛇 is a japanese snake from a board game like snake and ladder.

Each Sugoroku Snake was about fifty centimeters long.

They weren’t particularly large snakes, but there were a lot of them.

Easily more than a hundred.

According to the information from Jessica beforehand, they were dangerous snake monsters with deadly poison.

And then…

Jessica gasped.

Standing a little apart from the adventurers, surrounded by Sugoroku Snakes as if using them as a personal defense force, was an enormous mushroom.

“That’s it!《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe…!》”

It was a rare variant of the《Rare-Rare Mushroom》: 《the Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》.

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“Even the regular《Rare-Rare Mushroom》is rare, but this one’s a deluxe variant!”

Rare Week is just too good…!

Jessica and Cliff were trembling in shock.

Jessica and the others recognized the adventurer team currently engaged with the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》.

It was none other than the treasure-hunting specialist adventurer team they had commissioned to gather《Rare-Rare Mushroom》—『Gamble Corps of the Dawn』.

The team was led by gamblers, merchants, jesters—members with high luck stats.

Because many of them were support-type classes, they were often thought to be weak in combat. However, the team also included powerful types like beast tamers, muscle-bound strongmen and intellectual mages. Thanks to the gold and rare items they’d collected, their gear was top-notch.

Their average individual level was also high, and the team ranked as B-rank.

They were a renowned and respected team in the Labyrinth City of Loa.

“Acquaintances of yours, Jessica?”

“Let’s help them!”

“Hey! You okay?!”

The Gamma Team split into two groups.

Laura, the healer, and her bodyguards Jessica and Cliff rushed over to the Gamble Corps of the Dawn.

Meanwhile, Rick, Og and the others took on the role of protecting the Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe and stalling the Sugoroku Hebi, in order to protect Laura’s group and the injured.

As for Kachua, clad in the Absolute Defense Armor, she was slowly lumbering behind the rest of the group.

“Jack-san, are you alright?”

“You okay?”

Jessica and Cliff called out to the gambler and leader, Jack.

Jack seemed to be in a lot of pain, rolling on the ground and unable to get up.

“You guys are… from the『Leopard Corps of the Falling Snow』…?”

“What happened?”

“I don’t know. We were looking for Rare-Rare Mushrooms, and then that huge thing suddenly appeared.”

It seemed Jack and his team had been caught up in the effect of Gamma Team’s flyer campaign and ended up encountering the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》.

At that moment, Rick dodged the attack of a Sugoroku Snake.

For Rick, dressed in the ninja gear『Jounin』, it was a speed easily avoided.

The Rare-Rare Mushroom, and even its rare variant the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》, are said to be no different from ordinary mushroom monsters—aside from their special abilities.

“I’m gonna try attacking it once!”

With that, Rick charged straight at the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》.

Rick was the scout of the Gamma Team. Making use of his speed, his role was to be the first to initiate combat.

However—

Upon seeing this, Jack’s expression changed as he shouted in alarm.

“Idiot! Stop! Don’t attack it!”

But Rick had already begun his dash toward the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》.

The moment Rick approached, the《Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe》shifted its giant mushroom cap and released a『shuuuu』of scattered spores.

Rick was bathed in those spores.

And then—

“Uwah!”

Rick, known for his agility and superb balance as a thief, tripped over nothing and fell.

At that moment, a Sugoroku Snake lunged at him. Unable to dodge, Rick was bitten.

“Rick!”

The Gamma Team turned pale but if they rushed in carelessly, they’d suffer the same fate as Rick.

Rick writhed on the ground and cried out.

“It itches!”

Jack muttered as he scratched the bite marks from the snake.

“Told ya. That’s the first attack of the Sugoroku Snake. It hits you with a sequence of nasty effects like『itching』, 『stinging』and『muscle cramps』. And on top of that, it’s got a hell of a final weapon too.”

“What was that spore earlier?”

Jessica asked Jack.

Jack and his team were treasure hunters.

They were highly knowledgeable about monsters that drop valuable items.

“The spores from a regular Rare-Rare Mushroom nullify support effects by disabling stat manipulation on our end. But the rare variant, the Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe, has something even worse. Super Misfortune Spores that lower your luck.”

The effect of the Super Misfortune Spores was: Luck -100.

That effect was what caused Rick—normally agile and light on his feet—to suffer an impossible stroke of bad luck and trip over nothing.

“No way…”

“And don’t underestimate the Sugoroku Snake. Its final attack,『Goal』, is a deadly poison that causes instant death.”

Most of the Sugoroku Snake’s attacks weren’t immediately life-threatening. But after wearing down its targets with status effects, it would deliver a fatal dose of poison as its finishing move.

There was also a faint element of mind control mixed into the Super Misfortune Spores.

Though the amount was minuscule and didn’t affect larger creatures like humans, smaller beings such as the Sugoroku Snake could be fully brainwashed.

Using that mind control effect, the Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe commanded the Sugoroku Snake to act as its protectors.

The Sugoroku Snake writhed in swarms, surrounding the Rare-Rare Mushroom Deluxe.

It was truly an impenetrable formation…!