By repetitively grinding kobolds, they renewed their fighting style. Now they were more flexible in responding to ergencies.
Due to engaging in fights for a long ti, they had their fighting will polished as well.
But Kieran wasn’t satisfied with that.
He wanted them to have stronger willpower.
So he mulled about what to do, and decided to cut down on their sleep.
They now slept for only 3 hours a day and explored the dungeon rest of the ti.
For the three won, it felt really close to dying.
Moreover, from 15th floor onwards, the level of the monsters beca similar to theirs, making the raid more difficult, yet reducing the amount of ti they spent sleeping...
Physical and ntal fatigue was no joke.
Once they even begged him to let them sleep only for 5 hours a day, yet...
– Nope. I have no intention of changing the decision. Go back.
They were bitterly rejected.
According to him, he had the things in perfect balance.
Eri wanted to seriously question whether he had made so great mistake in his calculations.
But she couldn’t.
Because.
It was the sa for Kieran, who also slept only 3 hours a day.
If she complained more than that, he would only be disappointed with her.
And that was not happening!
Eri always recalled what happened so ti ago. Kieran decided to break up with them simply because they wanted to take the easier path.
It ant that Kieran had no attachnt to them.
It doesn’t matter to him even if they have to part.
’What actually happened in these months? People really do change, hah.’
If he hated them or resented them, she would understand...
Yet, why was it indifference?
No, reason told her, it wasn’t indifference either.
"Co on, Eri. A new magic skill book I got today. Can you learn it in a few days?"
He kept picking up magic books just out of nowhere and always brought them to her.
He brought the spellbook to her wand, like a wizard who enchanted it with magic.
"...three days would be enough."
"You can’t overdo it by reducing the amount of ti you sleep. We have enough ti."
"No. Three days are enough."
...she took it again, like always.
Kieran reassured her, but Eri, herself, was worried.
Lest he saw her as useless.
She was afraid of being abandoned, of being thought of as useless.
"Let’s not trouble Eri while she is studying. Hero, let’s light a bonfire and rest..."
"Ah, that’s right, Ophelia, I have one for you too."
Kieran said, pulling out an old divine skill to. Ophelia’s eyes widened as she saw the to.
"...huh? Wh, Why is sothing like that in a dungeon of all places..."
"No doubt. The person who made the dungeon must have been a faithful person! Co on, take it."
Kieran placed the to on Ophelia’s palm.
Ophelia looked at it, her shoulders trembled.
"Ophelia, how long do you think it will take you to learn this?"
Ophelia’s ears perked up.
She might get more ti than Eri if she ardently appealed she wasn’t good with her head.
With that hope...
"Three days shall be enough for Ophelia. She is as smart as ."
Eri shattered that hope herself.
Kieran gave a slightly surprised expression.
"Really?"
"Of course. Ophelia is a saintess candidate. A nun without a good brain in her head will not be a candidate for sainthood."
"Sounds right. Then, Ophelia, you can accompany Eri for three days. Neria, let’s light a bonfire and get ready to rest."
"Ah? Aaah, wait a minute..! Hero...?!"
Ophelia called out in a desperate tone, but Kieran did not look back.
She looked at Eri with a despairing expression.
"Eri... why...?"
"...sorry."
There was no way Eri would admit that she felt lonely waking up alone when everyone else was fast asleep.
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[Hellfire]-!
Searing flas rose from the magic circle beneath the three gargoyles.
Two of the three gargoyles turned into ashes without being able to withstand the flas bearing the moniker of hell itself.
The remaining one was mortally wounded, but sohow flanked and tried to injure Eri with its sharp claws.
– Kang!
The gargoyle’s claws were blocked by Neria’s shield.
As the gargoyle was about to attack again, a thick mace slamd into its head.
– Kaaah!
The gargoyle staggered and let out a ferocious screech. Either way, the mace bashing its head didn’t stop.
The mace stopped only after the gargoyle’s head was crushed beyond recognition.
’Successful.’
The results of the previous training were clearly visible.
I looked at the three won with delighted expression.
"...the flas at the middle were weak. Is it mana circuit’s problem? No. Maybe it’s just that my concentration is ssed up. Calm down, Eri. You can do it. You can do it."
Eri mumbled forlornly while training to fence with her wand.
"..."
Neria wiped her shield with an indifferent expression.
"Huhuhuhuh... It’s because you don’t follow Iris-sama’s doctrine. Oh, it’s a monster, so it probably wouldn’t understand the broad aning of Iris-sama anyway. I’m sorry... I hope you will be born as a faithful servant who can follow Iris-sama’s words in your next life, an..."
Ophelia giggled sitting next to the gargoyle’s corpse.
Well. They seem to be reaching their limit.
If I did more, they would be broken.
They have polished their basics, so now I should give them a good rest.
I said to them.
"Up until now, you guys had a hard ti, sleeping only three hours a day. Let’s go to the last boss room. But, before we engage in the final battle, let’s sleep as much as we want."
At my words, the three won stopped whatever they were doing. They calmly exchanged glances with each other...
And they... they ran like crazy.
I was stunned for a while at first... but then I ca to my senses and followed after them.
"Guys! You understand what I’m saying, right?! Instead of thrashing the last boss, we are resting in front of the boss room! No, rather than that, how do you know where the boss room is!? Stop! Wait for , guys!"
So, after many twists and turns, we were finally able to defeat the 30th floor’s boss Minotaur and entered the reward room.
"The one who cleared the dungeon. Welco~"
There was an Angel in the reward room.
It wasn’t in the ga.
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