Level-up Maniac, Level up in Modern Dungeons - Episode 56

　I took the explorers and returned to the monster room.

“Now, if you wait outside, you might get attacked by monsters. It might be a bit of a hassle, but please come inside the room with me.”

“Um, well…is this the monster room?”

　My brothers looked confused and impatient as they asked me, but I nodded.

“That’s right. Come on, let’s go in quickly.”

“No, no, no, no!? Hey, wait a minute, Junkie-niki! It’s still dangerous for us! I’m not confident that we can win in the Monster Room!”

“It’s okay. I’ll defeat the monsters.”

“No but!?”

“We don’t have much time! Come on!”

「Wait a second!?」

　I wonder why? Even though I told them I would defeat the monsters, the older guys stubbornly refused.

　We didn’t have much time left, so I had no choice but to ask the guys to wait outside–just as I began to think this, I received help from an unexpected source.

“It’s okay, Mogi! Just follow Janky-niki! It’s more dangerous to wait outside because you might get attacked by monsters!”

『Remember! You said you watched Junkie Niki’s video of him running around the Monster Room, right?!』

“Junkie-niki can defeat them all by himself, and he has the skill 《Provoke》, so you don’t have to worry about being attacked!!”

“So hurry up and get in there and show us Jankie Nikki’s fight!!”

「Wait!? Isn’t that the true meaning of that last part!?」

　The man, presumably called Mr. Mogi, comments.

　However, perhaps because of the support from the viewers, the men’s fear and impatience seemed to fade. They all immediately communicated with each other with their eyes, nodded, and turned to face us.

“…Okay. I’ll follow Janki-niki.”

“Got it! Let’s go then.”

“Wait?! That was fast?!”

　Before the guys could change their minds, I opened the door and jumped into the room.

　First, I did three laps around the monster room.

　My HP is also low, so I won’t use Sword Spirit except to kill the commander, and will kill the rest in close combat.

　It takes time because the flying blades are restricted, but the battle is still over in less than a minute.

　Normally, in preparation for a long-term lap, I would intentionally take about a minute after a battle to catch my breath, but since this was an emergency, I left the room as soon as the battle was over and went back inside.

　After going around the monster room three times, Archer finally dropped a beginner-level heal potion.

　I picked up the potion and approached the older brothers, who were taking shelter against the wall of the room.

“It’s finally here. Come on, Mogi-san. Please use this.”

“Huh, huh, huh…?! Ah, uh, thank you…?!”

“Whaaaaaaaaat…?! What is this battle…?!”

“How did you defeat so many goblins in such a short time? And how did you run around them three times with a calm face?!”

“The way they fight is completely different from how we fight…!!”

“Shh, amazing.”

『Hey hey hey hey! What kind of fight are you fighting, Junkie-niki!?』

“He charged into a group of goblins, narrowly avoiding attacks from all sides while simultaneously counterattacking and defeating them in an instant!”

“What kind of dynamic visual acuity and reflexes does he have??? I mean, weren’t you able to easily avoid attacks that came from your blind spot???”

“Just when I thought Jankiniki had dodged a goblin’s attack, the goblin that attacked him was killed. I’m sure you don’t understand what I’m saying, but I didn’t know what I saw either…it was like my head was going to explode…”

『No matter how you look at it, isn’t that too strong?! You didn’t even use your 《Fighting Spirit》, did you?!』

『It’s only been about a week since I saw Hinata-chan’s Monster Room tour on her stream, right?! This person hasn’t evolved so much that it’s embarrassing to call her grown up!?』

『Hey hey…!! What level are you now, Janky-niki?!』

“This isn’t level, it’s skill!? Defeating the enemy with minimal movement and avoiding attacks without any wasted movement makes me tremble with the feeling that he’s a master swordsman!?”

“Being unrivaled against a horde of weaklings solo is the same as what the top explorers do… (trembling voice)”

『But it hasn’t even been a month since Junkie-Niki became an explorer, right? Isn’t this growth rate way too fast, even when compared to the top-tier guys?』

　Mogi-san received the potion from my hand, but for some reason, he looked stunned and frozen, so I called out to him, urging him to take action.

“Um, shouldn’t we hurry up and use a potion? His HP is still decreasing, isn’t it…?”

“Huh?! That’s right! Kawabata!”

　Mogi-san came to his senses and turned towards the man with the broken arm, who seemed to have the surname Kawabata.

　From there, treatment using potions began.

　Well, since the bone is broken and sticking out, you can’t just pour a potion on it or give it to someone to drink. If you don’t put the bone back in the right place first, it will just stick back together in a crooked way.

　So Mogi and his colleagues laid Kawabata on the floor and gagged him with a towel to prevent him from biting his tongue, then they began to pull on his broken arm and put it back into place.

　Kawabata cried out in intense pain, “Nghhhhhhhh!?” and thrashed about, but his friends held down his arms and legs. There was no hesitation in their actions, including reducing the fracture, and it may be that they have experienced something similar before.

　Well, I learned how to do it during the course when I obtained my explorer license, so I know how to do it.

　However, as expected, one basic heal potion was not enough to completely heal him. I’m not even sure if the fractured bones have healed properly. Although there are still fresh wounds, the bleeding seems to have stopped.

　So I went around the monster rooms more to get some more potions.

　And on the fourth lap–

“— That’s so sweet!!!!!!”

　Come to think of it, I was just a little bit away from gaining experience points to level up, so when I finished the fourth round, my level went up.

　While I was trembling with pleasure, I could see Mogi-san and the others trembling as well, near the wall of the room.

　I surprised him.

“Th-this is Junkie-niki’s real roar…!!”

“You started screaming out of nowhere… I can sense you’ve gone insane…!!”

“The difference between his usual good-natured self and this is stark…!!”

“Hearing it live makes me tremble at the overwhelming volume of his voice… no, is this fear?”

“Shh, amazing.”

『Don’t suddenly scream lol』

“I was listening to it through headphones and my eardrums died.”

“Just when I thought things were starting to get tense during Kawabata’s treatment, this happened lol”

『I mean, seriously, he shouts when he levels up regardless of the situation……』

“Is this something that Junkie-niki can’t do anything about?”

“When I watch the whole thing, it feels even crazier than watching the MAD video lol”

“From helping Junky Niki, to going around the monster rooms to get potions, to treating Kawabata, to that filthy moaning… It’s all too sudden, and it feels like the context before and after the moaning isn’t connected lol.”

　As the afterglow of pleasure fades, I return to patrolling the monster room.

　However, Kawabata seems to still be in pain, as he has only been saying “Wow, amazing” so far.

　Also, I seriously wish Mogi-san and the viewers would stop calling my screaming “oinking.”

　Anyway, I went around the monster room a total of ten times and collected three heal potions.

　The first two were applied directly to Kawabata’s left arm – the affected area – and the last one was orally administered, treating the body from the inside.

　When taken orally, wounds heal more slowly than when applied to the affected area, but in return, it has an effect on the entire body and heals from deep within.

　So after completing our lap, we decided to wait for a while in the monster room, which had turned into a safety room, for Kawabata-san’s wounds to heal.

　At least from what I can see, he seems to be past the stage where any aftereffects would remain, so I can breathe a sigh of relief.