Lets be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~ 152
Lets Enjoy A Fascinating al!
While still trying to recover from his ntal trauma from that mornings incident, Haruki took Karen to the 18th floor.
They were going to explore new floors from that day on.
Haruki would always be excited about exploring new floors.
However, that day was special.
He had had several duels against the hero Masatsugu just the day before.
The duels had been quite severe, but there had been so much to gain from them.
Haruki wanted to try and put the movents learned from Masatsugu into practice.
How strong would he beco if he managed to imitate his movents perfectly?
He was as excited as a kid on the day before a school trip.
What kind of monsters will appear on this floor?
Hmm. Maybe so kind of big monster will co out?
There was a slight difference between the distance between the trees on the 17th floor compared to the 18th floor.
The trees on the 18th floor were a little farther apart.
From that observation, Haruki thought that maybe the monsters on this floor would be bigger than those he had encountered up to the 17th floor.
But was that prediction correct?
He would only know as soon as he found one.
Haruki quickly activated his Detection skill, looking for signs of monsters.
Soon enough, the sign of a monster ca in contact with his expanded sensory range.
In an instant, Haruki pulled out his short sword.
Karen also took out her staff without delay.
Thanks to the fact that they had been working together as a team for so long, they had beco able to communicate what they had to do without actually saying a word.
Harukis chest was filled with joy, but he knew that a battle was near.
He had to stay calm and wait for the monster to appear.
The footsteps of the monster echoed from the other side of the forest.
That sound gradually approached Haruki, finally revealing
A Minotaur.
Harukis lips shivered slightly.
What appeared before his eyes was a demihuman-type monster.
A bulls face with two short horns.
A black-haired, muscular body.
The monster was equipped with a worn-out ax.
The monster, snorting as he approached Haruki, was reminiscent of the famous bull-headed monster in Greek mythology.
Muuuhhhhrrr!!
The Minotaurs roar was full of hatred.
The next mont
Whoa!
In just one step, the Minotaur was swinging up his huge ax as he approached Haruki.
Haruki sidestepped to avoid the attack.
Having missed its mark, the ax crashed into the ground.
The impact caused a shockwave that sent bits of soil flying.
The Minotaurs attack dug deep into the ground where Haruki had been standing, creating large cracks around it.
After seeing such an attack, Harukis spine shivered.
This is good.
This is really good!
Haruki licked his own lips behind his mask.
This was his first fight after his duels with Masatsugu.
There were many things that he wanted to try out, which he wouldnt be able to by fighting weak monsters.
But this one seed to be just about right.
Please dont die too quickly.
The Minotaur swung down his ax once again.
Haruki put up his short sword against the attack.
His short sword touched the ax.
At that mont
Haruki softly twisted his wrist.
It was the soft parry that Shigure used.
He imitated it, using it to repel the Minotaurs attack.
The Minotaurs ax was turned far away from Haruki.
Haruki used that gap to approach the Minotaur.
From the Minotaurs blindspot, Haruki delivered a powerful roundhouse kick.
Murrrooogh!!
The roundhouse kicks power was added to the montum of his missed swing.
The Minotaur lost his balance and fell.
Alright!
That kick had been an example of Masatsugus technique to create a gap by using the slight inclination of the opponents center of gravity.
With that kick, he could do away with his opponents posture by exerting just a little force.
Haruki rembered Masatsugu using this sa kick against him during their duels, and imitated it.
Then, right after the Minotaur had been knocked down
*Vroooommm!!*
Karens lighting bolt crashed down.
The Minotaurs muscles got cramps all over.
However, that wouldnt last long.
The Minotaur got back on its feet, its eyes burning with hatred.
It didnt seem that the Minotaur had been affected by the usual paralysis that ca with Karens lighting attacks.
However, damage and movent obstruction seed to have gone through without any issues.
The movents of the Minotaur seed to be a little clumsier than before.
Haruki launched an attack on the Minotaur, being wary of a counterattack.
Slash, stab, cleave, kick.
Block, dodge, counterattack.
Matching Harukis offensive, Karen followed with a lightning strike and Rhea fired a barrage of potato bullets.
The coordination of those twos attacks reminded Haruki of Masatsugu.
Being aware was to follow the flow of Energy.
To move his Energy according to his body movents.
From the beginning of a movent to its end, the movent of the muscles and the flow of Energy had to be in perfect coordination.
This technique was also used by Masatsugu.
However, it was a very difficult thing to do.
Haruki couldnt move as smoothly as Masatsugu.
Also, if he were to make a single mistake when using his Energy, his body would spiral out of control in the blink of an eye.
It seed that it would take more ti to completely imitate Masatsugus technique.
!!
Harukis Magic Sword ca into contact with the light that appeared on the Minotaurs chest.
The tip of the Magic Sword smoothly slid into its chest.
He twisted your wrist, making the Magic Sword twist as well.
The Minotaur imdiately broke away from it.
Mmmrrrgggooohh!!
The Minotaur scread loudly and fell to the ground.
At the sa ti as the Minotaurs death, Haruki felt a slight level-up sickness.
It hadnt been a very strong monster, but it seed to have yielded a considerable amount of experience points.
Phew. Good job.
Good job. That was a monster with quite the high physical strength.
Thats right, but at this level, we might be able to reach the 19th floor soon.
Yeah By the way, this monster was a bull demihuman, right?
Hmm
Was it okay to call the Minotaur a bull? Haruki tilted his head to the side.
The Minotaur was a monster with a bulls head.
It was just a tradition of Greek mythology after all
Its not a bull, but a bull-headed humanoid Hmm?
Haruki stopped speaking.
He felt that sothing important was caught sowhere in his mind.
They were on the 18th floor.
The monster was a Minotaur.
Even-numbered floors, food
Karen, do you think Do you think we could eat them!?
Harukis joy exploded when the word beef ca up in his mind.
Ever since the first Stampede, there have been almost no opportunities to eat beef.
That rare beef might be just within his grasp.
Besides, this bull wasnt just any kind of bull.
It was a black bull!
*Slurp*
Harukis mask began to flicker in response to his wearers excitent.
Haruki looked at the dead Minotaur, and then into the depths of the forest.
Just you wait, beef!
Filet, bone rib, steak, and sirloin!!
Ouch!!
A shock of non-attribute magic hit Haruki right on the buttocks, causing him to let out a shriek of pain.
What? Who!?
Confused by the sudden pain, Haruki looked around.
Whats this!?
There was a huge amount of dead Minotaurs.
The dead Minotaurs had been piled up high.
Who on earth did this?
It was you, Karaboshi.
A freezing voice echoed behind him.
Haruki took a deep breath and looked behind his back.
Karen was there with a big smile on her face.
She was smiling at Haruki with her head slightly tilted to the side.
It was a smile at absolute zero
Karaboshi.
Yes!?
Try not to overdo it, okay?
Yes!!
He beca Karens obedient servant.
Haruki put all of his effort in trying to keep his head low so as not to incur Karens wrath any further.
Umm Im sorry
He apologized with all his heart.
My bad.
It was my bad, so please.
Please stop holding your staff as if you were ready to bring it down on my head at any mont
Haruki imagined that he had been hunting for quite a long ti, based on his sweat and physical tiredness.
Looking at his wristwatch, the hour hand pointed at the 6 oclock mark.
It was the sa ti that Haruki and Karen stepped into the 18th floor.
But it couldnt be the sa ti.
So it had to be 6 oclock in the evening.
So thats it. He had been hunting Minotaurs for 12 hours in a row.
Haruki could understand why Karen had approached him with that smile and holding her staff above her head.
Haruki quickly took the Minotaurs apart while feeling Karens strong gaze on his back.
Even though he wasnt in battle, he couldnt stop the cold sweat from running down his back.
After dealing with the Minotaurs remains, they returned to the surface.
The sun was going down in the opposite direction of when they entered the dungeon.
As Haruki imagined, it seed that it really was 6 oclock in the evening.
Karaboshi I want to eat so steak.
Got it.
A good al should be good enough to be back on Karens good books.
Haruki returned to his ho, and took the charcoal brazier and so hot stones to the garden.
And one more thing.
What is that stone, Karaboshi?
Its a lava plate. Im going to roast at with this today.
The lava plate Haruki was carrying was literally a rectangular plate made out of lava stone.
It was easy to use.
All he had to do was to throw the ignited hot stones into the brazier and heat the plate on top of it.
Haruki had bought that lava plate so ti ago for roasting at.
It can be used to slowly roast at. Smoke hardly ever cos out of it. He had been convinced by the slogan that ntioned sothing about far infrared rays and ended up buying it, but nowadays it was just collecting dust in the storage room.
Haruki hadnt had a single chance to roast at since the first Stampede happened, and being single, he didnt even want to roast at using the lava plate. It was just a hassle.
Haruki began to prepare the Minotaur at while heating the plate.
Rib roast, shoulder roast, and sirloin.
The at was surprisingly tender.
It was hard to believe that it had been a giant ax-wielding creature while it was alive.
The at had a beautiful marble pattern on it.
The heat of Harukis hands started to lt the fat from the at as he prepared it.
He served the prepared at on dishes and headed outside.
Karen was filling up glasses of water from her canteen while sitting in front of the lava plate.
And right next to her
Oooh, Ive been waiting for this!!
Akane was clapping her hands, sitting opposite from Haruki.
Why are you here?
I was thinking of closing the shop and going ho, but it seed that sothing was going on here when I passed by your house. So I asked Karen, and she told you were going to have so roast beef! So let have so of that!
But why though?
I definitely dont want this woman eating any of it.
Haruki suppressed the hot urge that sprung up from the back of his chest all while his forehead began to twitch.
Co on, Karen, lets enjoy so beef. Which part do you want to eat?
Umm Ill start with so sirloin first!
Hey, wait a minute! Are you ignoring ? Are you two guys ignoring right now!?
Just as she felt she was being left aside, Akane protested with teary eyes.
So, if you feel sha, how co youve shown such a shaless attitude so far?
Cant she see herself being turned down?
Perhaps she had little experience about being considered a pest and being rejected because of it.
Akane was a good-looking woman after all, so Harukis assumption could be surprisingly correct.
No matter how ill-willed she might be, Akane could always start crying uncontrollably.
Haruki sighed and arranged the at on the warm lava plate.
When he put the at on the plate, the fat started to dance with a crackling noise.
At the sa ti, they were enveloped by a fragrant scent.
Wonderful!
What a nice sll!
This slls so good you could have only three bowls of rice with this!
Haruki checked how well roasted they were as he sprinkled salt over them.
As soon as one side was finished, he flipped them over.
When the surface beca brown, he served them on a plate before the inside was completely cooked.
When all the at was cooked, Haruki put his hands together.
Okay, lets show our gratitude for this great al!
Thank you for the al!!
After saying that, Haruki took a bite out of his steak.
At that mont, the fatty at filled his mouth.
The at was so tender that it lted into the mouth without having to chew it.
The fat was silky, very rich, and extrely tasty.
So yummy!!
Munch munch!
Delicious!
The three of them expressed their delight at the ats taste.
Then
Omnomnom! Mmmhohoo!!
Before they realized, Chep was there as well.
(This fish You think shell behave for a mont, but then shes secretly after our at)
There was a lot of Minotaur at for all to eat.
However, if soone wanted to eat at, they would at least have to have done a minimum of work for it.
Rhea and Esta werent interested in the at.
Maat lightly pecked a piece of at, shook her head astonishingly, and hid inside the feather ring.
It seed that she wasnt too fond of that fatty beef.
First up was sirloin.
Then, shoulder roast.
Lastly, rib roast.
Haruki and the others ate a total of 5 kilograms of at.
Haruki never thought that the three of them would be able to disappear all of the 5 kg of at.
However, having already tasted this at, Haruki found himself unable to stop eating it.
As the hot stones beca colder, three blissful sighs echoed in the air in Harukis house.
Everyone enjoyed so delicious beef for the first ti in a long ti, and smiled with happiness.
Haruki put his chopsticks down.
Then he put his hands together in gratitude.
Thank you for this al.
Thank you for this al.
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