Chapter 238

Chapter 238 Strongest Sage, Discovers Powerful Enemy

『Finally, floor 27 . . . 』

『Can we really beat the monsters there? . . . I'm getting a bit nervous here . . . 』

『I'm ready to go at them anytime!』

Alma who was the most enthusiastic suddenly had cold feet after coming this far .

Well, I guess it's good that she's afraid of unknown foes .

You'd only meet an early death if you're never afraid of anything .

On the other hand, Iris is the same as always .

I guess Floor 27 and Floor 1 don't seem at all different for the Dark Dragon Iris .

Even if Floor 27 monsters all bunch up together to go up against her, she won't even suffer a scratch .

As I was thinking that while riding the 『Dungeon Elevator』 . . . an enormous mana reaction suddenly appeared below .

Distance-wise . . . It's Floor 27 .

『I can feel some incredible mana from here though . . . 』

『S-so this is Floor 27 monsters . . . ! Mathi-kun, are we going to gain exp by defeating this?』

Alma and Ruli noticed slightly after I did .

It's hard to grasp mana reaction in the surroundings since there's a lot of noise inside the Dungeon Elevator . . . But not when it's this huge .

Ruli and Alma are observing such mana reaction . . . And this one is obviously not coming from an ordinary monster .

Floor 27 monsters aren't this strong .

Rather . . .

『That's the Floor Boss . 』

『Floor 27 Boss!?』

Even in my previous life, it was rare to see the Floor Boss of this floor .

As it was a popular hunting ground used by many magic combatants to train, there were veteran magic combatants in the area to deal with unforeseen circumstances .

As such, every time the Floor Boss showed up, it immediately got eliminated by those combatants .

The average life expectancy of the Floor Bosses here was 10 minutes if I'm not mistaken .

However, just because the olden magic combatants could beat it in 10 minutes, doesn't mean this Floor Boss is weak .

Top-notch magic combatants back in the days were powerful enough to kill weakling demons in this era with one shot .

They still couldn't deal with top level demons though, so I and that sword nerd Loita usually ended up getting called .

『 . . . Should we go back?』

『No, we'll keep going . 』

The Floor Boss may be strong but nothing impossible to beat .

Even I was able to solo a Floor 21 Boss when I was in the Second Academy back then .

My power has gone up since then, and I'm with Ruli, Alma and also Iris now .

It's really not a foe we cannot beat .

『How are we gonna fight the Floor 27 Boss . . . ?』

『Just knock it down like usual . Ruli and Alma are to attack from afar while I and Iris deal with its attacks . 』

There's no need for some elaborate plans to beat this Floor 27 Boss .

Attack it upfront and defeat it with the difference in strength . That's it .

『I gotcha!』

Iris replied immediately to me .

I suppose Floor 27 Boss is nothing to be afraid of for the Dark Dragon Iris .

With Iris's defensive power, attacks by Floor 27 Boss should feel 『Pricklish』 at most to her .

Iris in her human form probably can't beat it alone . . . But she should manage to run away at least .

『Attacks by this Floor 27 Boss must be very powerful, isn't it!? Mathi-kun and Iris-san, would you two really be alright!?』

Ruli asked when I told them .

Of course, I've got plans for that .

『I'll be all right! When push comes to shove, I can just turn back into my dragon form and bite it to death!』

『I'm good too . It's easier to dodge than demons' attacks and there's a lot of space to move around anyway . 』

Indeed, eating Floor 27 Boss' attacks directly would mean certain death for me .

However, I would have long left this world if I couldn't dodge attacks from a mere Floor 27 Boss .

Rather, monsters on Floor 27 of 『Iliad-managed Dungeon』 are pretty easy to dodge .

After all, the ground there is flat and there's a lot of space .

Many dungeons have enough space to engage in battles, but in this one you can dodge around without minding about space at all . This is huge .

"We've arrived at Floor 27 . . . But are you truly sure you're going down here?"

The operator had this 'I can't believe these people' face on her .

Looks like we reached Floor 27 while we were formulating a plan .

Let's get off for now .

"Yeah . . . I just need to push this button when we want to go back, right?"

I point at a button installed near the Dungeon Elevator's door .

This button was used to call Dungeon Elevator in my previous life .

"That would be fine . Since some of these buttons can be unresponsive, please push on it more if it doesn't light up the first time . . . I'll be praying for your safe return . "

This part's lacking maintenance too huh . . .