Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 225: Cathedral Labyrinth 4

「Guys, I leave the surrounding orcs to you!」

The orcs were sent to their deaths as soon as they appeared.

Titan beat them up with his fists and Kaede’s threads entwined them.

「You’ve made the wrong choice.」

I realized that the Orc King which had summoned its minions in desperation had completely exhausted its magic power.

I slashed downward diagonally at the Orc King that was still rapidly restoring its magic power.

The left arm that the Orc King raised to defend itself was severed by the magic clad blade.

Depleted of its magic power, the Orc King’s body which was toughened by magically augmented body strengthening had now fallen to the ranks of somewhat sturdy monsters.

Sophia and Maria lunged their spears from both sides, their spearheads piercing deeply as if all the resistance until now was a lie, and then flames and wind rampaged inside the Midboss’ body.

Holding the sword in my right hand and the spear in my left, I pressured the Orc King.

Then the Orc King tried to brandish its gigantic battle axe using its remaining arm. That same exact arm was then stabbed into by Sophia’s spear.

The battle axe fell with a heavy thud, and Maria’s spear dug into the Orc King’s foot.

Then, cloaking my body in magic power, I rammed my ice spear into the Orc King’s throat with all my might, freezing everything around the stab wound using the spear’s ability.

「Ha!」

I swung my sword sideways, it shattered the frozen neck of the Orc King and its head fell off. Then suddenly, I felt power swelling in my entire body.

「 Fuu~, It’s been a while since I leveled up and felt strength brimming.」

When I turned around, the entire battle was over.

「……so you leveled up for the first time in a long time after a battle of this magnitude. Takumi, asking for your level terrifies me.」

「Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. Anyway, the tenth floor boss was strong. If this is how it is, then there would probably be another ten floors.」

Tired, Lyle-san and Heath-san were chatting as they sat on the floor.

A door appeared on the opposite side of the entrance of the dome shaped room before anyone had realized it. Though it probably appeared when the Orc King, the boss of this floor, was defeated.

「Aside from the Orc King, should we only retrieve the magic stones?」

「Let us also collect the bodies of the Orc Knights and Orc Generals in their entirety.」

「Roger.」

Our party, excluding the exhausted veterans of Lion’s Fang, went around dismantling and retrieving bodies and materials.

According to the Lion’s Fang members, a treasure chest appears when a boss room is cleared, but as expected, those were dim prospects for a dungeon that had just barely been created.

Despite overcoming a fierce battle at great pains, the lack of treasure greatly disheartened Heath-san and the two.

Once we finished the dismantling and retrieval, we took a break in this place.

The entire party’s level and skills seem to have increased from the fight this time. Especially Akane, Lulu-chan, and the Lion’s Fang’s members. Their growths were much greater compared to Sophia, Maria, and mine.

「As expected, skills increase greatly when brave individuals surmount a battle verging on death.」

Sophia said so delightfully. Sophia has the spirt of a true warrior, it seems.

After we finished getting what we could, the remains of the orcs left alone disappeared as if they were swallowed by the ground.

「So that is why we couldn’t find the corpses of Sydnia’s soldiers either.」

「Yeah, the dungeon is probably recovering magic power.」

It looks like I was the only one surprised by the spectacle that didn’t occur in my last dungeon dive. It was a common sight to Heath-san, apparently.

The dungeon entices people with treasure, then preys on them with traps and monsters, becoming nourishment for it. However, Heath-san said that this dungeon was only recently created, so the chances for treasure to appear was low.

「It’s not like it’s set in stone that there would be absolutely nothing though. Maybe this Orc King was just based on chance.」

「That’s right, magic items like weapons and armors might not appear in dungeons that haven’t grown a bit. But stuff like gems and magic metal ingots might show up.」

I see, maybe I didn’t have any luck. No, if between having and not having luck, then I’d have to say that I do have it. Still, it might be Lyle-san that doesn’t. Let’s look at it that way.

「Master (husband), our meal has been prepared.」

「Thank you, Marnie. I’ll be right there. Heath-san, Lyle-san, Bogah-san, let’s eat.」

「Got it.」

「Yeah.」

「…………」

After eating and resting a bunch, we took naps and moved on to the next floor.

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