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Original Translation: Blastron
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oh hoo hoo hoo. With high spirits, I search the dungeon. Maaan, when I’ve hit a groove like this, I don’t think I can really call any of the monsters around here “opponents”. As long as I spot my target before they spot me, I can always finish it with an easy sneak attack. Even if I can’t, isn’t it possible that, after all this time, I might be able to win in a proper head-to-head fight? I’m pretty sure I got way stronger when I evolved, and my skill levels have climbed up to match. There’s no way I’d put on such a pathetic show as when I was fighting that frog way back when. I can’t say that I’m guaranteed to win, so I’m the tiniest bit uncertain, but I’m positive I can make it happen.
All this is thanks to the crazy level-up combo I’ve been carrying since I evolved: my skill levels went up a ton, and I got a bunch of new titles! Aside from my bit of bad luck with respect to Detection, everything recently has been nothing but positive.
Hmm, now that I think about it, this run of good luck started even before I evolved… it was when I defeated that snake, right? My level went up immediately after killing it. Its huge corpse let me stock up a huge pile of food too, which was good, since that let me evolve safely without starving afterwards. My combo just kept on going after that. Oh, yeah. It must have all started with that snake. It was a right pleasure meetin’ ya, Mister Snake, thank ya, thank ya.
Oh, the path splits. Left or right, huh? Well, I’ll stick to my usual plan and stay to the right as I always do… hm? Somehow, I’ve got a terrible feeling, the kind of feeling that makes me want to get as far away from here as possible.
I glance over to the left entrance.
{Elro Baldarad – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}
Oh, nooo. It’s Mister Snaaaake.
Argh, am I an idiot? Sure, this snake is a lower level than the one I killed earlier, but this time I don’t have a web set up that it can get stuck in. Uh oh, and it’s noticed me! And it looks like it’s locked on!!
I flee! I run straight down the right passageway! Like I could do anything to that kind of monster! Who’s the idiot that was just saying there were no real opponents anymore? Me!! No no no no no! It’s extremely clear that this thing is on an entirely different level from the other monsters! It’s a boss monster! Why are you spawning here like any old normal-type monsters? Are you stupid?!
Aaaa, AAAA! What’s this terrifying noise chasing behind me? It’s too fast! Holy crap, it can keep up with my speed?! It’s 348! I thought I had every other monster beat in the speed department! How is it you’re keeping up with me!!
Grk! More monsters, dead ahead?!
{Elro Randanel – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}
{Elro Randanel – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}
{Elro Randanel – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}
Whaaaaat?! Really? A pack of three, right now?! If it was one of them I could just dodge around it as I ran past but all three of them have me blocked off completely!
Wh… what should I do?! What should I doooo?! Aaaaah, I’m running out of time!
OKAY! It’s do or die! I’m going to stay at full speed, and run along the walls! WhoooOOOAAAAAAA! Hah! I did it! I did it! Wall run: successful!
Eat my dust, three-pack! There’s a terrible noise behind me but there’s no way I’m going to turn around to check! I have no idea how long those three can hold out, but now’s the time for fleeing, not thinking! Sorry, you three! Survival of the fittest, you know; sacrifice yourselves for me!
Aahhaha! I’m going to survive, thanks to those noble sacrifices! Rest in p… hm? Where’s the… path…?
W, w, w, wait, no, this, like back with the centipedes?! AaaaAAA! This is bad, this is bad! I’m going too fast, I can’t stop, ah, aahhh, n, no, aaaaAAA!
I dive forward to find nothing below me but empty air.
Eh? Ahhh, this is quite an enormous hole. If I were to, perchance, fall straight down it, I would surely perish.
I’m faaalliiiiiing!! Nooooo!! Don’t joke about bungee jumping without a cord! A cord? A CORD!! [Spider Thread] might save me! I shoot a line at the wall, and it sticks! And, like this…!!
Whoof!
Aaah, that… really hurts. Sure, I stopped my fall, but the whiplash slammed me into the wall at maximum speed. Aaaaah… I thought I was going to die.
I got chased by a giant snake, then when running away flung myself off of a giant cliff. This is what I get for getting too full of myself. I understand now. I shall reflect on this. …Now that I’m reflecting, I wonder what that buzzing noise I’ve been hearing for a while is…?
{Finjegoat – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}
{Finjegoat – LV 3 – failed to appraise statistics}
{Finjegoat – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}
{Finjegoat – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}
Ahh, it was wasps. Giant wasp monsters, of a species I’ve only seen once before. Countless wasps, buzzing past each other in this shaft.
Umm… hello? I’m sorry! Please don’t get mad! Seriously, please don’t look over this way!!
If they all swoop on me, I’ve got basically only one option, if I want to dodge it!
Yeah! Another dive! This time, it’s going to be different. I’ve got a thread connecting me to the wall already, so I could make it stretchy and bungee jump off of it. After two or three bounces, I can stick another cord to the wall… and another bungee! Doing all this, I make it to the bottom of this shaft fairly easily.
Alright, back on solid ground again! The sky above me is swarming with wasps. I force my worn-out body to move, running as far away as I can.
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