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 72

Chapter 72: Emergency Quest 1 – Shocking –

◆ Lorelei Coast, Dragon Emergency Venue ◆

Just as the shock from Incident Room 201 had settled down, another shock hit us at the Dragon Subjugation Emergency Venue.

“…It’s not working.”

“Aww, really?”

“Wow, I thought it had been ages since we used it, but no effect, that’s harsh.”

“Well, if it had an effect forever, it would throw off the balance, right?”

“Do we need even higher-grade materials?”

“Maybe.”

“Waauuu!! It’s delicious!! Isn’t it?!”

“Not bad at all, Don-chan. It’s delicious, but something else unfortunate happened.”

“Kuunn…? Waau!! So that’s it? If you’re not going to eat it, can I have it?!”

“You’re hopeless…”

To our surprise, even after eating the “Tough Shark Burger”, the effects of “HP doubled” and “once-only revival with HP 1” were not activated. The cause was over-leveling; it clearly indicated that the effects do not apply to players who have already exceeded level 75 and undergone secondary awakening. Just as high-level players cannot gain experience points from monsters that are too far apart in level, it seems that dishes prepared for players with significantly different levels also lose their effects. Well, if they didn’t do that, it would be outrageous if characters like Babylon-chan or instructor NPCs started becoming HP-doubling revivers by eating this.

“So, now we know how to cook this. Go ahead and try it.”

“Oh…? What’s this?”

“It’s a secret. Here, Don-chan, there’s a big one here just for you.”

“Waauuuuuuu!! ♡”

“Ah…”

“I have one for Chiyo-san too.”

“And one for you! Thank you, Baldy!”

“Here.”

“Wow, thank you so much!”

“Received 20 ‘Probably Fish Sausages’ from Baldy.”

Hmm… Baldy-san, what are these made from…!? ‘Probably,’ what does that even mean!? Well, I’ll eat it anyway… Oh, it’s delicious! It seems safe to feed it to Lia-chan too. Probably.

“Yes, I think it’s safe to eat. This one’s for Lia-chan.”

“Thank you so much! It’s different from the bright red thing I saw before…”

“It seems so. It was delicious. Don-chan and Chiyo-chan got theirs directly, Oniichan… Ah~”

(´∀｀)

Oniichan’s biggest weakness is not being able to eat at times like this, right? Sometimes he forgets he can’t eat himself and ends up reaching out. Sorry, I’m a bad master for smiling at that.

(´～｀) Chewing

Frioniel absorbed the ‘Probably Fish Sausages’ with the flame of the soul.

Frioniel will be in ‘Damage Cut – 999’ state for 3 hours.

(˘︶˘).。.:*♡

“Ehhhh…”

H-he ate it…!? Oniichan opened the visor of his helmet, directly inserted it into his soul, burned it, and absorbed it…!? Oniichan has an eating function… No way, did Oniichan go to ask Babylon-chan for something!?

[★Demon Commander]
・Shield Assault [Stun, Stagger]
・Multi-Counter [Stagger, Reflect]
　………

　……
・Demon Worship – Super [Passive: Karma Value -300]
・Blessing of the Demon [Removes Weakness to Holy Attribute]
・Soul-Burning Recreation [Enjoying Meals, Bathing, Sleep]

Th-this is it!!! Soul-burning recreation!!! Being able to enjoy meals, bathing, and sleep!? I see, I understand now why Oniichan went to the bath at that time… Maybe he was happy to receive this skill and went straight to the bath… Yeah, everyone else enjoys things like meals, bathing, and sleep… Oniichan used to naturally do these things in his lifetime, so it must have been tough when he couldn’t…

“For 3 hours, in ‘Damage Cut – 999’ state.”

“Well then, we’re off!”

“We’re off!”

“We’re heading out. Level 140, looking forward to it.”

“We’ll take them down first!”

“That Rage guy set the flag.”

“Thanks to Rage, it’s a total defeat flag~”

“Why though! Don’t think about losing from the start!”

“Take care~!”

“Bye-bye~”

“Oh! It’s ‘take care’ when someone leaves!”

“Waauuuu~~”

Oh, whoops, while peeking at Oniichan’s skills, the nap squad got transferred to defeat a level 140 dragon. Will they take it down? It’d be great if they could~! Well then, let’s start with a level 60 dragon ourselves!

“I want to taste a delicious dragon too~”

“Dragons must give a lot of experience points too, right?”

“Oh! Speaking of which, they’ve adjusted it so there’s no difference in experience points between full parties and solo players now. It seems like it was a request from solo players who don’t want to form parties.”

“100% whether solo or in a party~”

“Oh, that’s a change…”

“In fact, it seems this specification changed already when Rinne started playing. I inadvertently gave incorrect information without realizing it! I apologize!”

“It’s okay, Pers-chan! Sometimes changes like that happen suddenly and you don’t notice.”

“Instead, guilds have additional features related to experience points added~. Probably things like the Golden Kraken. Seems like there are various furniture items for increasing experience points.”

“I see… So even solo players can benefit by joining a guild as a ghost member and receiving the benefits…”

“That makes sense. There are guilds where solo players who don’t want to form parties can gather and benefit from that.”

“It seems you can buy experience point boosting furniture if you pool money and work hard… But you can only place up to 3 items, with a maximum boost of 115%.”

“We have 120%, right…?”

“Yes, with two additional experience point boost items besides the Golden Babylon statue, it would go up to 130%!”

“I see… Wait a moment, I’ll be right back!”

Ah, I see, that’s how it is. Some might criticize it, but if the values are close to the original even without forming parties, it’s effectively an upgrade, right? Ours would go up to 130% maximum. Oh, I need to remember to install that experience point boosting furniture next time…

“Hey, Oniichan, could you equip this for just a moment?”

(´∀｀)

“The owner of [★★Hell Whale Engine Room Door] has been set to Frioniel.”

“Don, you’re done eating, right? Let’s head back to the guild room.”

“Woof! (Got it!)”

“Alright, Oniichan. I’m going to set up that shield in the guild room!”

(´ω｀)

I’ll install this [★★Hell Whale Engine Room Door] in the guild room, ride Don back at top speed, and return. Now, let’s see what effect it has!

◆ 5 minutes later… ◆

“The effect of [★★Hell Whale Engine Room Door] has activated, granting all guild members [+10% Experience Gain] and [+15kg Inventory Weight Limit].”

Who invented this shield!! Just by placing it as furniture, it increases the inventory weight limit by +15kg! That’s an incredible effect, isn’t it?!

“Such a good effect. I’m amazed.”

“That shield turned out to be a useful mystic item as furniture, right!?”

“Pers-chan, were you about to compare something just now?”

“N-No!? I wasn’t talking about cursed panties or anything like that!”

“Oh…!”

“Ah.”

So far, it seems like the most useless mystic item in general has become my pants!? When equipped, it causes a status effect where HP and MP don’t recover permanently, which is beyond ridiculous, isn’t it!?

“Well then! Here I go!! Hello, Grimhilde-san~~!”

“Beep… Greetings, Lord Perseus. Currently, 9 Middles and 3 Larges have been defeated. 69 remain. Please state your business through this terminal. Go ahead.”

Oh!? Pers-chan ran away!? Well, never mind, never mind! More importantly, it’s dragon hunting time! Don and Chiyo-chan have come to hunt enough lunch for themselves!!

“There are still 41 Level 60 Middle Red Dragons, 12 Level 75 Larges, 10 Level 90 Greats, 5 Level 100 Supers, and 1 Level 140 Tyrant Emperor Drake left!”

“Middle~”

“Let’s start with a warm-up on the Middles!”

“Woof woof!! (Meat!!)”

“Dragon meat, my heart leaps… slurp…”

“I had it before! It was delicious, right!?”

(´∀｀)

Wow, everyone’s looking forward to it. Oniichan can eat now too, so it’s exciting! Let’s start with the Middles and get some meat!

“Beep… Middle Red Dragon, estimated Level 60, selected. Upon confirmation, 10-second countdown to transfer into combat area within barrier. Note: Upon passing the barrier, auxiliary magic, skills, etc., will disappear. Caution.”

“Middle Red Dragon battle has been selected. Entering combat area in 10 seconds.”

“Oh, you have to buff up inside.”

“It’s to counter instant finishes with super firepower right from the prep stage, huh~”

“No cheating~”

I see, I see! If buffs are applied beforehand, and then transferred with buffs from people outside the party, you can finish with super firepower skills the moment you arrive! They’ve got cheating prevention measures in place, so it’s a well-regulated event.

“3… 2… 1… Transfer.”

Alright, here we go! First up, Middle Red Dragon! Let’s have a good fight!!

◆ ◆ ◆

Thank you for the battle.

“…2 COMBO! Don activated [Ultimate Warg Fist], dealing a total of 331,350 damage to Middle Red Dragon (Lv. 60), and defeated it. Experience gained: 1.”

“Congratulations! Clear time: 7 seconds!”

“MVP is Don. Received MVP reward [Dragon Scales].”

“[Middle Red Dragon (Lv. 60)] has been laid to rest in [Corpse Storage 7].”

As soon as I saw the dragon, I thought, “Hey, it’s about the same size as Don…”

Then, in a flash, Don went like “Meat~~~~~!!!!!!!” and smashed it with a hell-bound ultra-speed Demon Warg Slam, followed by the Ultimate Warg Fist, and it was over. It’s all over.

“………… Weak~”

“Come to think of it, due to the level difference of over 20, the experience points…”

“Only 1… There’s no point in hunting these…”

“It was a brief moment, but the Middle Red Dragon seemed lacking in intelligence. It didn’t seem capable of conversation, so there’s no point in coming back.”

“It seemed to have few parts that could be turned into meat!”

((((；゜Д゜))))

This really just turned into a meat-fetching expedition. There’s no longer a need to fight Level 60 dragons. The only reasons left are that you can get dragon scales and obtain corpses…

“Please select the treasure chest to acquire.”

“But there’s only one.”

“Select…?”

“Choosing not to choose is also a choice, I guess…”

“It’s really just going back home, isn’t it!?”

“Let’s just open it casually and move on, okay?”

“I guess it’s fine to be casual about it. I’ll hold onto this.”

“Okay.”

“Sure.”

But seriously though… Don’t you think it’s disrespectful to call dragons like those that get insta-killed by Don ‘dragons’? They should rename them to something like ‘Slightly Bigger Lizards (Lv. 60)’. Well, if Level 75 Large Red Dragons are next, they’re like our second awakening level! Surely we’ll get stronger from here! Let’s look forward to the next one!!

◆ ◆ ◆

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“07XB785Y activated [Dead End Shot], critical hit! Dealt 615,300 damage to Large Red Dragon (Lv. 75).”

“…4 COMBO! Don activated [Ultimate Warg Fist], dealing a total of 330,330 damage to Large Red Dragon (Lv. 75) and defeated it. Experience gained: 19,500,000.”

“Don has leveled up to Level 4.”

“Congratulations! Clear time: 15 seconds!”

“MVP is 07XB785Y.”

“[Large Red Dragon (Lv. 75)] has been laid to rest in [Corpse Storage 8].”

Can you believe they’re dealing nearly 2 million damage in such a short time? Unbelievable, right? Rena-chan can fire a devilish machine gun that’s as tall as her with just her left hand, while preparing a musket with her right hand, and finally, she can shoot [Demon Cannon Zamier]… Her DPS is terrifying. The devilish machine gun alone was doing about 90k damage per second… Over 900k in 10 seconds, and then 615k from Zamier at the end. Don was doing about 500k without going all out, so that’s a total of over 2 million damage. Isn’t our team’s firepower ridiculously high?

“Man, the MP consumption is just awful.”

“Wow, my MP is almost empty!”

“While I was shooting, my MP auto-recovery stopped. I can’t recover unless I stop attacking. I even used two high-grade mana potions midway, it’s tough.”

“Oh, that sounds rough…”

“10 shots per second, heavy. Strong recoil. Maybe only good for mowing down small fries.”

“The sound was so exhilarating! It hit hard and made them flinch and scream! It was a wonderful scene of devastation!”

“The sound is satisfying. I enjoy the feeling of shooting.”

But Rena-chan’s gun seems to have really bad fuel efficiency. Each shot consumes 2% MP, and shooting 10 shots per second for 10 seconds means she used up 200% MP in that short time! And on top of that, she fired a Dead End Shot at 40% consumption at the end, so that’s 240%! It’s decreasing 16% MP per second… Oh no, that’s bad, really bad! Oh, Lia-chan wanted to talk, and I went and defeated them instantly again!

“Oh, Lia-chan! Sorry, I died again so quickly!”

“You don’t need to talk to weak dragons! The strong ones are surely smarter!”

“Yeah… you’re right. Let’s try to talk to the strong dragons next time.”

“Okay!”

Ah… Next up are the Level 90 Great, Level 100 Super, and Level 140 Tyrant Emperor Drake… It would be nice to talk to any of them, but Don tends to charge in… But from now on, they are technically stronger, so we need to be cautious. Definitely, right?

“Don, from now on, if they’re stronger dragons, you can’t just charge in without thinking, okay?”

“Woof!! (Got it!)”

“Then, we must prepare ourselves seriously as well!”

“(｀・ω・´) I’ll get ready to use Stone Wall!”

“Breath attacks are to be expected, right?”

“They’re there. Everyone except for Napping got nicely toasted.”

“Oh no…”

“It’s all Rage-san’s fault!”

“Yeah, blame Rage.”

“How unfair…”

Breath attacks really are here! If we underestimate them, we’ll all get roasted to a crisp, so we need to be careful! Let’s decide on our next strategy here, collect the contents of the treasure chest, and then challenge the next Boss!