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 28

Chapter 28: Ocean Abyss Dungeon Part 6 – Gold, Once Again –

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“… Next on the news, due to the continuous downpour yesterday night, the Kamo River in Kyoto has overflowed and 200,000 people have been advised to evacuate…”

It was this, huh… so this is why Rena-chan-senpai couldn’t go to work… ah, my toast is ready. Today’s menu consists of a mini salad, corn soup, and butter on toast Mmm… yummy… It’s tasty but…

“… Let’s check out the weather forecast”

“(crunch…)”

The sounds of the news on TV, my munching, and the occasional self-motion appliances running in the back made me wonder if it was really okay for me to be in such a spectacular apartment. Hmm, it’s gonna rain in Tokyo tomorrow, huh… though it seems like it’ll clear up by Monday. I should be okay since I have enough food to hole myself indoors, so I won’t have to go outside…? Oh, I got a notification on my phone and it’s from Mayumi.

“We’ve got trouble! Did you know Napping-san logged out!? I’ve never seen her log out in the morning before! I’m worried she might have suffered harm from the storm…”

Now isn’t that a grave affair…!? Eh, is Napping-san alright? I was planning on taking a morning bath too but maybe I should hold off on that? I’ve gotta hurry back and listen in on the full story…? I’m getting another notification, ah, by the way, you can send messages through Meltis Online’s friend feature.

“Napping lives in Hokkaido so it’s unrelated.”

Geez, Pers-chan really jumped to conclusions there. She got me worried for no reason. I guess it’s fine as long as none of our guild members were hurt in this heavy downpour but… the weather’s sure been acting up recently.

“… I hear powered rescue units have already been sent to the disaster-stricken areas”

“That’s right, nowadays I rarely ever hear about tragedies involving the rescue team themselves after powered armor mechs could be dispatched to hazardous areas via the virtual dive machine.”

“The advancement of technology is amazing but I wonder why they don’t just do some construction work on the river so that it isn’t prone to flooding from heavy rain? Doesn’t that sound like the cheaper option?”

“They do but in this case, if the river bank is raised too high, the water has nowhere to go and the buildings lower than the embankment will be submerged by irregular downpour, basically forming a huge puddle.”

“Well, the detention basin for the rivers have been progressively deteriorating and in some areas, the renewal construction can’t make it in time…”

“Yeah, but–”

“And let’s not even get started on the budget–”

Hmm the news program started having a debate that’s hard to follow. I’ve always thought to myself that news stations should stick to news and leave this type of discussion to commentary programs… I sort of understand why they’d want an idol or critic as their morning host but it’s frustrating to be smothered in an idol’s screen time when you just wanna be informed about the news…

“For our next corner, we have cute baby puppies on display!”

“Waow they’re so cute! Their outfits are so adorable, they’re like little angels–”

Anti-angel systems activated. Proceeding to shut down television. Great, thanks for nothing. It managed to irritate me at the very last moment. I might be the only one in the entire nation who gets this disgruntled by something so trivial. Why do I even hate angels this much? Well, I can’t help hating something I hate and I can’t help being unable to deal with what I can’t handle. Anyways, let’s get back to business!

“Initiating scan to check vitals– No issues detected”

“Please note that the device’s bed will automatically move to shift the user periodically in order to prevent economy class syndrome”

“Virtual Dive System activating… Please begin to steadily close your eyes”

“Virtual Synchro commencing… complete”

“Welcome to the virtual space. You have requested to play Meltis Online”

“Accessing Meltis Online… Link complete”

Whenever the text gets read out in this robotic female voice it sort of tickles me and I get this exciting feeling like, “ah, here we go, I’m heading over to the virtual world”.

“Welcome back♡. Here’s some advice from your beloved Babylon-chan♡”

Ahn!!! I definitely prefer Babylon-chan’s voiceee!!!

“When it comes to magic, there’s combinations that work well with each other, you know? Of course, that goes for your own magic so have a looksie whenever you can, madwoman♡”

Babylon-chan is… so kind… I love it… How did this miraculously cute gothic lolita god of evil come to be anyways. Whoever designed Babylon-chan, you have my thanks… Seriously, I’ve got nothing but gratitude…

◆ Dreamscape Utopia Inn [Entrance] ◆

“Woufu! Woof woof woof!! (Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!!!)”

“… What’s up with that greeting, Donta”

“My, you’re back! I bid you a welcome home!”

Upon returning, Donta immediately flailed his front paw from where he was sitting and when I approached him, he flopped over and struck a pose that implied he wanted me to pat his belly. Come on, show me some of that kingly dignity once in a while, Donta-kun… Well, it is cute so whatever.

“Come here, where do you want it? Is this the spot?”

“Waauu♡”

“I see Donta-san is in complete bliss… Welcome back, onee-chan”

“I’m back, you want some pats too, Lia-chan?”

“Hnn!!! Nnn…!!!”

“I’ll give you some pats then, here comes the pats…”

“I’ll pet you too…”

“Woofwoofwfoowfowoof…♡”

“Hwah…”

“Everyone sure is heavy on the affection early in the morning…”

I petted Lia-chan while I was at it as well. The both of you are companions worthy of nuzzling… though aren’t they pretty much, no, a lot stronger than me at this point? Makes you wonder if they’re still okay with me being in charge of them.

“Donta, I’m surprised you still listen to me despite being stronger”

“Wooof!!! (It’s thanks to you that I got stronger, master! You’re the person I admire the most!)”

“What a good egg…”

“M-Me too, since I get pats if I listen to onee-chan!”

“… You’re a good egg too.”

“Mm… good boy, and he eats a lot.”

“He’s eaten ten servings of Insquidious since then.”

“Wow…”

“Woofwoof (They’re snacks!)”

“He says they’re snacks to him…”

“”Eeh…””

Geez, I’m baffled at how precious they are. I’d even gladly take them in IRL– actually, food and maintenance costs would probably look crazy so nevermind. The apartment is pretty cramped anyways, no way could I take them in, that’s just impossible… Once again I’m reminded of the scope of a virtual world and how great it is.

“Which floor should we start at today?”

“Floor 3, since chests spawn there?”

“We could farm Slaughter Taily Whales along the way too”

“I organized my inventory so I could probably hold up to 20 pieces of equipment if they’re not too heavy… maybe…”

“Same Forgetting to sort out my inventory hurt us a lot yesterday and I felt really bad about it. Sorry.”

“It’s not something you have to apologize for… ah, speaking of equipment, here, take this!”

“This is an… earring? Eh, it’s so strong… Are you sure you want me to have it?”

“It reduces slash damage though, is that okay?”

“I don’t have any slash damage anyways so I’m happy with this, thanks!!!”

Before we head off to Ocean Abyss Dungeon, I gave Rena-chan-senpai the Darkness Pearl that amplified pierce damage by 1.2x. Her marksman skill with the crazy power should have its damage further increased with this so that sounds promising.

“No worries, if anything it’s my thanks for the cosmetics you gave me last time!”

“Come to think of it, is that parasol a one-handed staff type?”

“It is! I’m using a Skull Staff +7 that I looted from the people I PK’d recently along with various enhanced equipment too. I also put some of it on Lia-chan”

“Yes, I’m shrewdly wearing them!”

“Shrewdly, huh”

“Which reminds me, the PK system has apparently been improved. It seems they did a live update and revised it this morning. In order to prevent people farming noobs, they’re adjusting it so that you can’t get your equipment stolen from a PK until you’re level 30. If you repeatedly commit malicious PKing, the street or town guard NPCs will start attacking you. I also heard that unless you die and fall below a certain check, they won’t stop.”

“I think it’s a good change. It’s rough when newbies quit after losing their equipment”

“I wonder if I’m in the clear since I did quite a lot of that”

“I don’t think it’s a problem since weren’t those PKs pretty much all self-defense? They picked the fight and you just answered them.”

“She’s right, don’t worry about itー”

“That’s a relief then…”

The PK system underwent a slight change. I thought it was a great system but… what if someone stops at level 30 and goes around killing people who were level 31, avoiding the penalty while still being able to loot their equipment? I guess that would be considered a malicious PK? If it was, they’d be unable to enter towns and chased around, making it hard to properly play. There was a penalty that seemingly only went away once you died a certain amount of times and I don’t doubt that your equipment would probably be seized during those deaths. I hope they figure these things out.

“Now then, let’s start at floor 3, shall we?”

“Floor 3”

“Are we going after the Slaughter Taily Whales too?”

“”We are!!””

“On that note, Donta, Lia-chan, we’re counting on you two today as well, okay?”

“Woof!!! (Leave it to me!)”

“Understood!”

“We don’t have any Tough Shark Burgers today, so let’s tread carefully”

“Ah! That’s right. We won’t have any life insurance this time! We’ll have to stay on our toes.”
“If the red one comes, I’ll snipe it. Pers-chan will cover Don-chan with Aegis, Lia-chan will focus on evasion, Don-chan will do his best to run away and Rin-chan… will hold onto me.”

“Hold on tight? Got it!”

“Isn’t that the best role…!?”

“We’ll leave the black whales all to Rin-chan while the rest of us give it our all for the red ones. It’s nicely balanced.”

“This farming method only works because Donta’s constantly running. In actuality, Donta’s the shadow MVP of this operation…”

“””True.”””

“Woof? Wooof!!! (I get food if I run? I’ll do my best!)”

“Good boy, you’re gonna be in for another day of hard work…”

With our strategy meeting out of the way, it was now 7:10! We should get going. Today, starting on the 3rd floor, onwards to Ocean Abyss Dungeon!

◆ Ocean Abyss Dungeon [Floor 7] ◆

Incredible. What’s incredible you ask? The drop rates were awful today. 0 Proof Of Monarch and 3 Proof Of Victors. On top of that, as we defeated 14 Slaughter Taily Whales on our way through the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th floors, we only found 3 silver chests while the rest were all wooden…

“It’s the desire sensor…”

“Desire sensor?”

“Yesterday, our goal was to level up, right? Today, if we had to say, our goal wasn’t levels but rather to find chests so since we’re looking for rare items, we’re not getting any and it only tends to happen in times of want, which is why people refer to this phenomenon as being detected by the desire sensor”

“It doesn’t actually exist but it does happen often… It’s a phrase that’s existed before our birth”

“That long ago…?”

In case you were wondering, we’ve farmed up until we were level 80, Donta was level 45, and Lia-chan was level 35. It was ridiculous how our EXP gauges barely moved at level 79. Rena-chan-senpai just narrowly inched into 80 and ever since we hit 80, our EXP bars have made absolutely no progress towards 81. It seems like the amount we’ll need from now on was going to be incomparable… this might be the wall.

“Although this is off-topic, I know our levels were hardly growing right now but the stretch from level 60 was pretty bad too.”

“Baldy said that too, how he couldn’t progress from 60. This was probably a week ago, I think?”

“Eh? What level is Baldy-san now!?”

“70, it’s unfair how he gets EXP just from cooking but I can’t cook so I’m jealous Baldy can.”

“I don’t believe I’ve ever made a meal before…”

“… I don’t think I’ve really done it that much either.”

“Can’t we just leave to people who can!?”

“Indeed, those who can, should.”

“Exactly, that’s right… surely…”

“I’ve never done it either! Eheheh, we’re all the same”

“Lia-chan hasn’t cooked either, I suppose. Ah! Hyper Slash!!”

“Perseus used [Hyper Slash] and dealt 10148 damage to Bayblade, Let It Rip!, defeating it. 19950 EXP obtained”

“Nice one”

“Leave it to Pers-chan and her amazing reaction speed”

“Fufunn♪”

As I thought, each level interval has some sort of wall and the reason behind the design of these walls must be to lightly urge you to move onto the next farming spot. Ah, and to the starfish that Pers-chan blasted away, thank you for your service. The starfish that came flying at you on the 7th floor were pretty annoying. They usually launch themselves all willy-nilly but since they’re occasionally on the mark, it’s a pain to deal with them.

“Woof!!! (I smell the red one!! The glowing thing!!!)”

Ah, now it makes its appearance, huh… The red one, the Obliterate Taily Whale is coming and that glowing Crimson Blaster is annoying isn’t it, Donta.

“Aegis!!”

“Donta gained the effect [Penetrate – 3] ”

“I-It’s shining!!!”

“Eh!? It’s already gonna fire one!?”

“Hold me steady. Here glows hunting…!?!?”

“Rena-chan-senpai, now’s not the time for wordplay, hurry up and shoot!”

“N-No, it’s shining! It’s actually shining!”

“Like I said, It’s gonna use Crimson Blas――――Eeeeeehh!?”

“What’s going on!? E-Ehhh!?”

That’s what you mean by shining, Donta!? I-I can’t believe this!?

“””It’s a golden shachihoko!”””

“Kuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaa!!!”

“It’s gonna fire at us!! The timing was bad, next one…!”

“Donta, dodge counter-clockwise!”

“Woof!!! (The glowing is scaaary!!)”

There’s a golden Obliterate Taily Whale on the line now!? I’m talking about a GOLDEN Obliterate Taily Whale, you hear me!? I can’t believe this thing even exists!! Even bosses can turn into rare monsters!?

“Rhadha – Nadha Syerena!!! Ewules!!! Mute Blizzard!!! (Quell the masses for eternity!!! White Silence!!!)”

Lia-chan just spoke in the dragon language she learned and used dragon magic! That was such a cool chant, but what did she even say? All I got was the mute blizzard part and if we’re talking blizzards, that means ice! Maybe it’s an upgraded version of Blizzard Cracker!?

“Aurelia used [Perfect Chant – Mute Blizzard] ”

“Weak!!! ☆4 Obliterate Taily Whale (LV. 111) has taken 6771 damage and been enclosed in ice”

This upgraded version of blizzard cracker was one quiet spell… uwaah, that’s amazing… the freeze will actually work if you use it like this…

The space around the Obliterate Taily Whale became frozen solid. The whale itself couldn’t be frozen but if you freeze the area around it, it won’t be able to move, huh… Still, it’ll probably break out of it. Cracks are starting to form in the frozen encasement after all.

“Ah, it’s mouth is open. Perfect, it’s over.”

“07XB785Y used [Deadend Shot] ”

“Critical!!! Weak!!! ☆4 Obliterate Taily Whale (LV. 111) has taken 58,912 damage”

“07XB785Y used [Cooldown Reset] and [Deadend Shot] ”

“Critical!!! Weak!!! ☆4 Obliterate Taily Whale (LV. 111) has taken 59,224 damage and was defeated. 6,666,666 EXP obtained”

… What a flawless subjugation. The first time, we took a gamble and defeated it through a long drawn-out fight. The second time, we somehow beat it after carelessly getting wiped out. This time, how do I explain this? Were bosses always this easy to take down once you learn the strategy…? Moreover, no one leveled up from that. Eh? That only got us to half way? You’re kidding me with this EXP, aren’t you…?

“That was perfect! After onee-chan fell asleep yesterday, I tested a bunch of things out with Mute Blizzard and it worked out!”

“Flawless… Once you learn and establish a strategy, it’s easy peasy”

“I can’t believe that went so smooth… Aegis.”

“Perseus used [Aegis] and has gained the effect [Penetrate – 10] ”

“Wuufwaofwoofwoof, wooooooof!!! (Look look, it’s amazingly shiny!!)”

“O-Ohh…!? Oooooo!!!”

Right, we killed it so effortlessly but it’s a golden whale, you know!? The chest has got to be amazing! Here it comes! Here it is, here it is!!

“It’s a jeweled chest”

“It’s a jewelry box, indeed!”

“Is that the official name?”

“Jewelry box”

“Jewelry box sounds better… it’s not its official name but it’s what I call it!”

The jewelry box dropped!!! The last time a jewelry box appeared, I attested it was all to beginner’s luck but today’s drops were typically all wood, wood, silver, wood…! Which is why the jewelry box this time gives off such an uplifting feeling. They have it all figured out after all! Of course they did, designing it in a way that engages the player!

“Woof woof!!♡ (It’s the one with the sausage!)”

“Donta, there’s no guarantee that it’ll have a sausage again”

“Sorry Don-chan, but if we get another sausage…”

“Rock paper scissors”

“Rock paper scissors…? What’s a rock paper scissors?”

“Aah, it doesn’t exist in your world, Lia-chan? It’s a game to decide a winner and loser through gestures of a rock, paper, and scissors.”

“Ah! A trilemma game, is it? We have that too but it’s peace, war, famine.”

“Well that’s grim!?”

“That’s quite the realistic trilemma…”

“Certainly…”

Isn’t the rock paper scissors in this world pretty brutal…!? Though, I sort of get why their three options are like that…

“Anyways, let’s open it up!”

“It’s time to panpakapan!”

“Panpakapan… Do you wanna try opening it, Lia-chan?”

“Eeh, can I…?”

“Woof woof! (Open it! Gimme sausage!)”

“Don’t hold back and give it your best panpakapan”

“T-Then! Hnn… panpaka… pan”

Lia-chan embarrassingly sounding out panpakapan was so cute. Donta, no matter how much you dig at it with your front paws, begging, we don’t even know if it’s even gonna be in there so sit down and be patient! Even then, you’ll only get to chow down on it if I win at rock paper scissors later!

“Pick them up”

“Even though I emptied out so much, it’s already bursting at the seams!”

“Ah, okay!”

Both of their inventories were already packed to the brim. I wonder if it’s because they had spare equipment in the equipment tab. For the time being, I’ll just pick those up for them! Hmm, let’s see what we have here…?

” [? Dagger] has been obtained”

” [? Blunt Weapon] has been obtained”

” [? Instrument] has been obtained”

” [? Furniture] has been obtained”

” [? Book] has been obtained”

” [★★ Bright Red Fish Sausage – Gold Flavor, Bargain Sale!] has been obtained”

“””Gold Flavor…”””

“Donta-san, there’s food!”

“Woooooooooof!!! Wooouuuuuuuufffff!!!♡♡♡”

Uwaa, uwah, it actually dropped and it’s even gold flavored. It’s way better than the one we found last time wasn’t it… In addition to its rainbow border, the [?] icon was gold as well. This thing has to be amazing… ah but this…

“This sausage… has a rainbow border with a golden icon. As for the others, the dagger had a rainbow border, the furniture was rainbow and the book was rainbow.”

“… I’m not losing this one, absolutely not!”

“I want it so bad… but it’s so big… I probably won’t be able to finish it…”

“By the way, this is what the description says.”

“”Uwahh…””

[★★ Bright Red Fish Sausage – Gold Flavor, Bargain Sale!] (Meal – Mystic)

The ever popular Bright Red Fish Sausage, now available in gold flavor!

Also in a bargain sale size! Eat all of it and you’ll be able to obtain a golden power! Please consume immediately after opening.

Cannot be processed・Obtain a skill upon consuming all of it・10 minute time limit after opening・Weight 10.0kg

“This isn’t a food made for humans, is it?”

“10 kilograms in 10 minutes…”

“No way”

“This isn’t an amount that humans could normally eat… but if it’s Donta-san…”

“I’m stepping down from this one!”

“I also yield”

“It’s impossible for me too…”

“Woof…♡”

“””Someone looks happy…”””

“He looks really pleased…”

This wasn’t something you could hurriedly finish eating right after opening it up. Are you seriously telling me that you wouldn’t obtain the skill unless you completely eat the whole thing? That’s just insane. They have zero plans letting a player actually obtain the skill, do they… Fine then, Donta. It’s going to Donta. End of story.

“Donta, sit.”

“Uuuwooof!! (I’m sitting!)”

“Paw?”

“Wuu wooof!!! (Paw! Good? Did I do good?)”

“Which paw do you use when you want seconds?”

“Woof woof woof!! (Left paw!!)”

“High five”

“Wuoof!!! (The one where I use both paws!)”

“Bang.”

“Kyuun (The one where I fall over!)”

“Sit. Wait…”

“… (Drool…)”

“It’s a doggy…”

“Doggy…”

“He really is a doggy…”

Ohh, he’s learned how to do all of them. Good boy, Donta… You can do anything you set your mind to if it’s for the sake of food, huh… Then, here’s a reward for being a good boy… go ahead and take it!!

“Okay, go!!!”

“Woofwoof woof woof♡ Onomnomonom♡”

It’s disappearing. The 10 kilograms of meat are vanishing into Donta’s stomach… How is it, Donta? Was the gold flavor good…? Half of it is pretty much gone already though. Is it that yummy…? Whoa whoa whoa, he downed the last remaining half!!! Is he going to be alright!? Well, I guess so, it is Donta after all…

“Donta’s stats have increased”

“Donta has acquired the passive skill [Golden Right Foot] ”

“Woooof…♡♡♡”

“Golden Right Foot…!?”

“Golden Right Foot, you say!?

“Golden… Right Foot… Is he going to become a pro football player?”

“Golden Right Foot, was it?”

Golden Right Foot…!? Is it finally time for you to become a pro football player…!? He does seem like he’d be tremendous when it comes to breaking through defense…! Then again, I wouldn’t put it past him to score a goal with the ball in his mouth.