Chapter 142

Chapter 142 Strongest Sage, Looks for Monster

A few minutes after we parted ways with the adventurers who warned us .

We entered the ninth floor of the dungeon .

So far, I didn't sense any reaction from a strong monster at all .

"Well, guess it's not on this floor . "

"Looks like it hasn't gone up here . . . . "

I shot magic at a nearby monster, defeating it .

Right now, Iris and of course Alma too, could easily defeat monsters in this area .

Ruli is acting as Alma's support like the usual, but since there wasn't much need of arrows, her role didn't come up much .

The ninth floor is already nothing for them .

"I'd prefer if it stays like this and the monster doesn't show up . . . . "

"In that case . . . We'll keep going down until the monster does show up . "

"Eeh! Then, monster-san, please come out quick!"

We've got enough leeway to have such conversations while fighting .

The fact that Ruli and Alma are watching the surrounding mana reaction even during that might be a testament of them getting used to fighting .

Iris's detection is very poor . . . . but that's due to the injury on her wings, and it's not like she'd get a scratch from surprise attacks anyway, thus it's not really a problem .

That said, from my observation, we probably can only descend this calmly until the floor 18 .

Beyond that, we probably have to raise our battle experience and magical capability first .

Well, those stuff should go up by themselves as long as we keep fighting in the dungeon .

We kept descending the dungeon while I was thinking that, but . . . .

"No strong monster in sight . . . . "

"It's not showing up . . . I don't sense any through mana detection either . "

The monster in question isn't showing itself .

Even if there are cases of monsters climbing up the floors, they rarely ever go down .

I thought there was 90% chance the monster was in floor 11 or 10 . . . But I don't sense any presence that points to that at all even after coming to floor 11 .

Of course there are differences in the mana size of each monsters . . . But there's no mana reaction strong enough to warrant a subjugation quest by the entire adventurers of the dungeon city .

Ruli speaks up in that situation .

"Mathi-kun, don't you think the monster reaction over there seems big?"

Ruli pointed diagonally after saying that .

The direction where she pointed at . . . True, that mana reaction is the strongest on this floor .

However, it's not at a level that warrants a large-scale subjugation effort .

They should be able to defeat it without much preparation .

"True, it's the most decent monster around here . I don't think it's our target, but . . . wanna have a go at it?"

"Can we, don't we need to preserve our mana?"

Ruli asked a question .

However . . . It should be fine .

Not like we need to consume much mana nor prepare to fight this monster .

"No problem . We can beat a monster of this level with our usual style . That said, you still cannot let your guard down . "

I calculate the dungeon structure with detection magic and proceed toward the monster through the shortest route .

And the one waiting there was . . . A huge bird monster two times larger than the monsters on this floor .

"I-it's huge . . . . "

"It's about as big as a smallish dragon!"

"Huge . . . Can we really fight it?"

The girls gave their impressions of the monster .

However, the fact that none of them tried to run from it must mean that they knew by intuition that this monster isn't that strong .

"Hmm . . . It's big alright . . . but it doesn't look that strong . "

It's on the bigger side of a monster .

However, judging from its mana reaction, it's neither sturdy or agile .

I should be able to kill it in one hit if I fight seriously .

. . . . Okay, let's use this guy as a practice stand .

"Alright then, you three, try defeating this monster without me!"

"Without Mathi-kun!?"

"That's impossible . . . or not, I think . I kinda feel like we could beat it if we gave it our all! Can we think up a plan for a bit?"

"How about we try punching it once!"

The three began their strategy meeting (Iris isn't really helping though) .

. . . Now then . Show me what you've got, girls .