I Defeated the Guide Angel and I Became a Necromancer ~ I Feel Like I'm Playing a Different Game from Everyone Else, but I'm Doing Fine ~ - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Ocean Abyss Dungeon Part 5 – There’s no such thing –

◆ [Ocean Abyss Dungeon [Floor 7] ◆

“[? Sword] has been obtained”

“[? Blunt Weapon] has been obtained”

“[? Book] has been obtained”

“[Proof Of Monarch] has been obtained”

“Ah, it’s a third Proof Of Monarch!”

“Haah… Thank goodness…!”

“Mm!! Good going!”

After our 19th Slaughter Taily Whaley, we finally got a third Proof Of Monarch… Man, what a relief, seriously…!!! Thank god for that, I didn’t think we’d need it so soon.

“Then, I’ll be taking this!”

“Indeed, by all means”

“Feel free”

“Good for you, onee-chan!”

“Woof! (Good for you? Good for you!)”

Why did we need this so badly? It’s because I reached level 75!!! The moment I hit level 75, “you guys work fast!?”. I received an instance of Babylon-chan’s exclamation of surprise before hearing her say, “you were just a little faster than what I expected but now’s a pretty good time to grant you awakening skills♡”. Wah Yippee Awakening skills!? That’s guaranteed to be strong!

Then, as I was rejoicing, she told me, “now, if you get your hands on a Proof Of Monarch, offer it to the fetish I gave you, okay?” … I instantly became pale. I had already given the Proof Of Monarch to Donta!!! Yet, out of the seven we took down, only two Proof Of Monarch dropped. I carelessly gave one to Donta earlier while also conceding the other one to Pers-chan and Rena-chan-senpai.

They promised me if another one drops, I could have it but as we’ve been progressing… we made it all the way to the 7th floor. You heard me, we’ve defeated a total of 19 of them but only three of these things appear on each floor!!!

“Nevertheless, it said that thing had a low chance of appearing, but wasn’t it actually pretty high!?”

“It had to have been in the double digits.”

“You can say that again… I wish I could’ve used the Conqueror one instead…”

In case you were wondering, I had a Proof Of Conqueror left over. That’s right… the second orca that chased us on the third floor was a red one… Since we didn’t expect it to appear, we were all annihilated with our guards down and in a real panic but thanks to the effects of Baldy-san’s Tough Shark Burger, the moment our HP depleted to 0, our health restored to half and that saved us… Really, you have our gratitude, Baldy-san.

Also, we got a chest. Gold. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a chest with ornaments around it and there wasn’t any stat increasing sausages in it. A single rainbow bordered item was in there though. We got three things out of it with [? Clothes] being the rainbow loot and the other items we got were [? Furniture] and [Proof Of Conqueror] . I feel like we might’ve really struck the rarest of rare drops back then…

“She’ll definitely ask for the Proof Of Conqueror next time, surely!”

“Mm… three of them… I’d rather have those than any of the other equipment…”

“Umm, I’m sorry! Such a valuable item was used on me…”

“It’s alright Lia-chan! We all came to a mutual agreement back then. It would be improper of us to complain and take it back!”

“She’s right. You don’t have to worry about it. Besides, even if we knew she needed it, you already used it”

“Please pardon my youngins for indulging so much…!”

“Its fine, not a matter of concern!”

“Exactly, no problem at all.”

“Everyone…! Thank you very much!”

“I’ll pat your head, Lia-chan… good girl, good girl.”

“Hwah…”

“Wooooof!!! (Do it to me!! Pat me!)”

“I’ll do it for you. Is this the spot? How ’bout here, huh?”

“Wooooooof♡♡♡”

“Mm… No matter how many times I see it, he really is just like a big doggy…”

The Proof Of Conqueror that Lia-chan used was sure to come up again as a demand in the future. Right now, we only have one but if we collect three of them, we’d have one for each of us.

Speaking of which, Aurelia-chan’s nickname has now become Lia-chan. Renachan-senpai kept calling her “Lia-chan, Lia-chann, Lia-chaaaan” and she looked delighted to have a nickname so it was decided. Incidentally, everyone here was called by a nickname but she was the only one that didn’t have one so she was probably feeling just a smidge lonely.

She couldn’t just say, “I want to be called by a nickname too” and was all fidgety about it which was so on-brand for Lia-chan that it was just adorable…! I totally get it, I’m part of the crowd that can’t freely voice that stuff either!

“…By the way, do you still have space?”

“My inventory is brimful!”

“Too many equipment drops… This wouldn’t ever happen normally… awesome…”

“I think I only have a slot left too. I might have to throw something away later.”

“Then should we visit the 8th floor and head home?”

“Indeed, we should! Let’s go home!”

“The portal continuing to the 8th floor was… over there, right?”

“I’m surprised you remember, Lia-chan No matter where I look, it’s all water, ocean, sand, sand, the occasional seaweed, rock, coral!”

“Eheheh… remembering things is my strong suit”

“So we’ll head to the 8th floor, leave, go back to the guild house, and get our awakening skills”

“Absolutely! Let’s go with that!”

“Ohh… ah, found the portal.”

With that in mind, we’ll stop farming here. Nineteen [Slaughter Taily Whaley] and two [Obliterate Tailey Whaley] . Our levels shockingly went up to 79! Renachan-senpai too, got to level 76. Donta was at level 42 and Lia-chan had reached level 33. What a super-efficient farming run… Orca’s are yummy, orcas are the best… The red ones were scary but were worth almost six times as much so they’re also cream of the crop! Drop those rainbows!!

Apparently, the command to get our awakening skills, [Offer Proof Of Champion] can only be selected once we’re in town so we decided to do it in the guild house.

“You have reached Ocean Abyss Dungeon・Floor 8”
“There is a sign of a strong enemy. Please prepare yourself”
“As soon as you’re ready, please move over and access the boss area portal”

Eh, this is the boss area!? There’s no such thing… I refuse, it’s impossible. Excuse us, we’re going home.

“Huh… this is the inside of a cave, right…?”

“Woof?”

“W-What should we do…?”

“We’re going home I wanna throw things away Maybe tomorrow”

“Heading back is our only option. You can’t use your universal storage here, can you?”

“Indeed, they disable your access… When I purchased it, it properly stated in the precautions that you couldn’t use the universal storage in dungeons or other restricted areas…”

“So pay2win items aren’t omnipotent, I see…”

“Right, they pretty much only make things more convenient”

We arrived at the boss area but it was a complete flip considering we were sent from the large ocean map to a narrow cave-like room. This was probably where we would set up before challenging the boss yet I must apologize. Yes, my dearest apologies but we’ll be taking our leave…

“You wanna at least see the boss?”
“If we see it, we’ll want to beat it, so let’s just leave it be…?”

“We’ll definitely end up wanting to take it down… and once we do, we’ll encounter despair as the drops slip through our hands…”

“I can picture that happening… Let’s call it quits…?

I thought about just having a peek at how the boss looks but we have a bunch of battle junkies and we’ll end up wanting to defeat it so let’s stop with that idea. Even though we know we shouldn’t, we’ll probably go through with it. Then, we won’t be able to pick up the drops and cry about it…. let’s head back! We’re going home!!

“”Retire” has been selected”

“Deploying Retire Portal”

“Recording… You have reached Ocean Abyss Dungeon Boss Area Floor ”

“Well done. You will be teleported outside of the dungeon in 30 seconds”

“GJ. That was fun”

“Bravo!”

“Good work!”

“Well done, everyone!!!”

“Woofwoof woof woof!! (My voice impression! How is it! Good? Is it good!?)”

“Yeah, sure…”

Nicely done, everyone, truly. Donta also tried to recreate our felicitations with his barking. Hmm…. you’ll need to devote yourself to it some more…

◆ The Usual [Room 3] ◆

“The results are in”

“The results are certainly in!!!”

“The ones with the blue tags are what Rena-chan-senpai reserved and the ones with the red tags are Pers-chan’s!”

“Bring ’em out. I won’t let you off easy if there’s some embezzlement going on”

“I’m bringing them out!! Now, let the appraisals begin!!!”

Now, we’ve reported back at the guild house! When we came back, the guild members who had heard what happened with the reversal on Golden Wind’s attack and the 34 person PK incident were chuckling and poking fun at them.

Eris-san gave me a hug and said, “well done♡” as she stroked my head. Her carefree attitude despite being a mature onee-san and warmth painted her as a very sweet person… I figured I’d stay and chat it up with her for a bit but the complexion of her face suddenly took a turn and she left. It seems like she had something serious going on…

In the meantime, Donta and Lia-chan were messing about with the other guild members… Let’s do what we must! Thus, I decided to hold another appraisal convention in the usual room 3 of the guild house!!!!

By the way, the unidentified items got a slight update. Any item that was unidentified would show up with a [?] icon in your inventory now and when you take them out, the item would be displayed in a similar fashion as a big box with a question mark on it. Apparently, it’s so you can’t just instantly tell what it is based on its shape even without appraising it and to not spoil the excitement! What a nice update…

Once we laid out the unidentified items on the table and lined them up, the table was crammed full of boxes with question marks on them!! This was almost all boss drops!!! Amazing–!!! There were also some chests that were scattered around the map but those were all wooden ones and we didn’t have many of them so I wasn’t expecting much out of them. My main focus is on these boss drops!

“How many do we even have…?”

“71”

“You’re pretty quick at counting!”

“I was counting them before you said anything since I got curious myself”

We miraculously got 71 of them and on a related note, before we started appraising them, we had tags stuck onto them. The rainbow [? Bracelet] with the blue tag was reserved by Rena-chan-senpai, the rainbow [? Ring] with the red tag was set aside for Pers-chan, the ones with the yellow tags were the rainbow [? Book] as well as the [? Clothes] which nobody reserved, and the sausage belonged to Donta’s stomach. We didn’t place any specific order for the rest of the other items.

“Which one should we start with…?”

“The rainbow items should be set for last, right!?”

“They have to be. They definitely have to be.”

“Then, should we go in order starting from the top left?”

“Let’s do that”

Without further ado, the appraisal convention kicks off!

“[? Katana] was identified to be [Crabby Blade] “1

“[? Accessory] was identified to be [Broken Toy Ring] ”

“[? Book] was identified to be [Domillederta’s Lightning] ”

“[? Dagger] was identified to be [★Unstoppable Slaughter] . Congratulations!”

“There it is.”

“It’s legendary, I say!”

“Ohhh!!!”

We immediately got one. It had a super terrifying name but was this perhaps… an exclusive drop from Slaughter Taily Whaley? It had slaughter attached to its name like the Jaws Of The Slaughterer I got before and it’s also a legendary so let’s just call these boss legendaries, “boss legends” for now! I’ll call it this in my mind! Now, what about its capabilities…?

[★ Unstoppable Slaughter] (Artisan・Legendary・Empty Slots 3 [○○○] )

・Unnequipable if you have not learned the skill, [Concealed Weapon User]
・Amplifies slash damage (1.2x + 0.0x)
・Amplifies pierce damage (1.2x + 0.0x)
・On a direct hit, inflicts target with [Severe Bleed]
・On a direct hit, has a very low chance to inflict target with [Instant Death]
・Extremely light
・Empty
・Empty
・Empty

Can be enhanced・Weight 0.2kg

Nn, it’s strong… Its effects were similar to the claw after all, I knew it had to be part of a series or something. Anyways, despite the fact that it said dagger when I appraised it, it was actually classified as a concealed weapon equipment-wise. It didn’t look anything different from a dagger besides its color being black though…

Uwah, I thought about equipping and trying it out but it instantly repelled away from me. I guess this is what happens when you’re not qualified to equip things… It only allowed you to hold it but wouldn’t even let you use it by throwing it. Interesting…

“On-hold?”

“To the back-burner, it goes!”

Since we didn’t know if anyone could even use it, we left it aside for now. If there’s a guild member that could use it, we’ll sell it to them… Moving on!

“[? Spear] was identified to be [Broken Harpoon] ”

“[? Axe] was identified to be [Rusty Axe] ”

“[? Broom] was identified to be [Witch Broom] ”

“[? Shield] was identified to be [★ Imitation Urchin] . Congratulations!”

“I don’t even have to look to understand…”

“I kind of don’t want to know about its effects…”

“What is this… well, it’s a sea urchin, I guess…”

“[? Claw] was identified to be [Shark Tooth] ”

“[? Earrings] was identified to be [Pearl Earrings] ”

“[? Necklace] was identified to be [Pearl Necklace] ”

“[? Book] was identified to be [Chef Of The Sea・Volume 3] ”

“[? Book] was identified to be [Like A Storm!] ”

“[? Sword] was identified–”

[Chef Of The Sea – Volume 3] is obviously going to Baldy-san and [Like A Storm!] seemed to be a spellbook on wind magic so that was going to donated to the members who were mages but for the time being, I’m gonna hand it over to Aurelia-chan to read.

However, after that, the storm of duds appearing would not cease… None of them were legendaries nor even uniques. All of them turned out to be let-downs until we ended up with only twenty left. Being thrashed under a sea of common and uncommon equipment made me think that it was hopeless but suddenly,

“[? Furniture] was identified to be [★Obliterate Tailey Whaley Plushie – True Size] !

Congratulations!”

“Uoh”

“Oh”

“What a grand size!!!”

It’s here, it appeared! Super-sized plushie 2.0! This time, we got an Obliterate Taily Whaley! When we brought this out of room 3, everyone couldn’t help but laugh at it or have a dumbfounded reaction to it… raving about it and saying things like, “it’s red”, “looks 3x as fast”, “it must be strong”, “cute”, “adorable!!”, or “having both of them lined up provides the ultimate cuteness!!!”.

Napping-san was occupying the black orca and sleeping on it. As I placed the other one next to it, she woke up surprised, muttering, “Mmeh…!? Fwecha…!? Fwnn… mmm.. mmgh…” before going back to sleep. That was cute.

“We only have 19 left…”

“I have a lot of equipment to rent out now”

“Speaking of, why do you rent out equipment to newbies, Rena-chan-senpai?”

“Eh? It’s a hassle to sell so I’m just getting rid of them. They feel indebted to me and if I get money later for it, isn’t that great?”

“Common and uncommon rarities sell for dirt cheap but equipment is a matter of life or death for beginners, right? That’s why its more beneficial to loan them out rather than selling them to NPCs.”

“Exactly, NPCs can even sometimes be reluctant to buy them so selling them can be a pain”
“I see… so that was your reasoning. I was curious about it and wanted to ask. Thanks, that cleared things up for me!”

“Mm…”

I asked why Rena-chan-senpai distributed equipment out and apparently, common and uncommon equipment were difficult to sell to NPCs. It was better to give away unwanted equipment rather than sell it to NPCs which might cause your favorability with them to go down if you sell them dirt cheap stuff. That makes sense… I got my question answered and with that… let’s continue!

“(Omitted garbage equipment)”

“[? Book] was identified to be [On A Moonlit Night] ”

“[? Sword] was identified to be [Claymore] ”

“[? Clothes] was identified to be [Merman Suit] ”

“[? Earrings] was identified to be [Rusted Iron Earrings] ”

“[? Spear] was identified to be [Harpoon] ”

“[? Sword] was identified to be [Rusted Longsword] ”

“[? Bracelet] was identified to be [Handcuffs] ”

“[? Shoes] was identified to be [Sandal] ”

“[? Shield] was identified to be [★ Imitation Urchin] ”

“Uwah, there it is again.”

“Uwah, it made another appearance”

“Uwah, it showed up again.

“[? Katana] was identified to be [★Whale Devourer] . Congratulations!”

“[? Blunt Weapon] was identified to be [★Gigantic Skillet] . Congratulations!”

“””Oooooh!!!!”””

At the very end, two legendaries came out! The [★Whale Devourer] was an incredibly beautiful katana that had a ripple pattern which was reminiscent of a killer whale… [★ Gigantic Skillet] was basically just a huge iron frying pan. If you cooked with this thing, there’s no doubt you’d end up with a huge, colossal meal…

[★Whale Devourer] (Artisan・Legendary・Empty Slots 3 [○○○] )

・Unnequipable if you have not learned the skill, [Odachi Proficiency]
・Amplifies slash damage (1.2x + 0.0x)
・Amplifies pierce damage (1.2x + 0.0x)
・Ignores size penalty
・Empty
・Empty
・Empty
Can be enhanced・Weight 4.0kg

[★Gigantic Skillet] (Artisan・Legendary・Empty Slots 3 [○○○] )
・Unnequipable if you have not learned the skill, [Iron Chef]
・Amplifies blunt damage (1.5x + 0.0x)
・When dealing a blunt attack, ignore the target’s blunt resistance by 25% +0%
・ [Super Enormous Cooking] can be crafted
・Empty
・Empty
・Empty
　… What on earth are you made out of…? And no, I’m not asking about the ingredients in the food.
Can be enhanced・Weight 10.0kg

“Baldy has Iron Chef.”

“He has it!?”

“Mm, It’s a unique class where when he cooks, he levels up and learns new skills.”

“Eh, so it’s actually an unknown class…”

“That’s right, it’s nowhere on the information sites.”

“”Eehh…””

Baldy-san can actually use such a huge and heavy frying pan then… Well, I certainly don’t doubt he could wield it considering his muscles but Baldy-san… aren’t you gradually becoming sort of a meme character…!?

“It’s all done…”

“We still have the main course!”

“Ah, I forgot.”

“It’s supposed to be the main event though!?”

“Completely slipped my mind.”

Well then, we’ve finally made it to today’s main event! An appraisal of the items with the rainbow [?] icon! Let’s review what’s for who. [? Bracelet] for Rena-chan-senpai, [? Ring] for Pers-chan, [? Book] and [? Clothes] are unclaimed, sausage for Donta’s tummy! Grrrr…

“This is mine!”

“In that case, let’s start with the bracelet? Here we go…!”

Now, what kind of equipment will this be! Show us what you’re made of–!!!

“[? Bracelet] was identified to be [★★ Time Reversing Clock Hand – Crimson] ! It’s a Mystic item! Congratulations!”

“… It looks like a watch?”

“A watch? But I do like the gothic design… this is good…!”

“I-It’s great, isn’t it…!? I love the design!”

“Fufufu…♪”

[★★ Time Reversing Clock Hand・Crimson] (Artisan・Mystic・Empty Slots None [●] )
・Enables the use of [Cooldown Reset]
・ [Slaughter Taily Whaley Card] Critical damage increased by 50%
… Even though I harbored faith that I could see you with this…
Cannot be enhanced・Bound to [07XB785Y] ・Weight 0.1kg

It’s plain as day how broken this is. It even has a [Slaughter Tailey Whaley Card] lodged in it… Eh, I didn’t know something like this was actually possible…

“Ah, it has a card in it… so there can be boss ones too…”

“Boss cards can sometimes be affixed too! That’s why it costs so much to remove a card… eh!? You have one already provided!?”

“Look”

“Fwaaaa…!? Mine will surely come with one too, right!?”

It’d be nice if Pers-chan’s came with a card too… With that in mind, onto Pers-chan’s ring!

“[? Ring] was identified to be [★★ Mermaid Tear] ! It’s a Mystic item! Congratulations!”

“Waah… what a nice gem… It’s in the shape of a beautiful teardrop…”

“… There’s no card.”

“It’s not something so common…”

“Grrrr…”

“Yaaaay…”

“Well, you can’t equip bracelets anyways, Pers-chan…”

“Ah…!”

“Ah, so that gauntlet really is considered a bracelet…”

Pers-chan’s ring was a pale silver, with a design that incorporated a gemstone in the shape of a teardrop which changed color depending on the angle you looked at it in. Since she couldn’t equip it on her left hand, it was equipped on her right, and she meticulously gazed over its effects… Let me see those effects too!

[★★ Mermaid Tear] (Artisan・Mystic・Empty Slot 1 [○] )
・20% chance to completely nullify direct attacks
・Empty
　… I beg you, please forgive me for leaving you behind…
Cannot be enhanced・Bound to [Perseus] ・Weight 0.1kg

Considering the flavor text, this was meant to go together with the bracelet from before, wasn’t it. They’re part of a set, aren’t they? They can’t see each other even through death, huh. These pieces of equipment… are kind of sombering… Hold on a second though? What? It completely negates direct attacks? On top of having Aegis, this girl’s got more defensive options…!?

“Hwah…”

“T-That’s strong…”

“Isn’t it!? 20% is way too strong, right!?”

“You shouldn’t be the one to equip that when you already have Aegis, Pers-chan…”

“Fufufufu…! Now it makes no difference whether it has a card or not since it’s so powerful!”
“My cooldown reset has a cooldown time of only one minute itself…”

“Eh, that’s pretty insane too…”

“I expect nothing less from mystic equipment!! This certainly wasn’t something you could just go out and find!”

“Let’s look at the book too”

Onto the next! The next one in line was the [? Book] … I’ve never even seen a legendary book before but I wouldn’t be upset if I got to see a mystic book before that. Wouldn’t that be nice? Well, let’s have a look and see…

“[? Book] was identified to be [★★ Draconic Dictionary] ! It’s a Mystic item! Congratulations!”

Ah…? Draconic Dictionary…? Eh…?

“Even if we have a Draconic Dictionary… there’s no one we could speak the language to…”

“Indeed… was this mystic perhaps a dud…?”

“Ah… aah…”

No way, you’re kidding me, right? How could this happen… If only I didn’t get rid of Lia-chan’s dragon attribute back then, made her learn dragon magic and turned her into a Dragonar・Witch… ugh, ogh… gbah…!!

“Ah, s-she fainted…”

“Wait, Rinne-san!? Why have you suddenly collapsed… ah, aaaaaaaaaah–!!!! Was it the draconic language!?!?”

I’ll… appraise the [? Clothes] and get my awakening skill a little later. Sorry, but my heart can’t take this… I’m just going to lay down for a bit… Aaahhh… there’s no way this is happeeening…

[★ Imitation・Urchin] (Superior・Legendary・Empty Slots 1 [○] )

・Absorbs water damage
・Slash resistance -50%
・Blunt resistance -50%
・Pierce resistance -50%
・When the shield receives a direct hit, half of the damage is reflected back.

　… No matter how you look at it… this is a sea urchin…