The Unremarkable Man Who Fell Into The Dungeon's Pit Survives By Acquiring A Plain But Useful Skill, and Through Persistent Effort While Enduring The Absurdity, He Gradually Rises to Success - Episode 14

Carefully. Take them down without being noticed.

What the Black Ogre is eagerly slurping up is something that had disappeared from the corridor, perhaps something belonging to the Goblin.

You shouldn’t worry too much about it. If you see it, you’ll definitely regret it.

Shogo forcefully imagined the skill shape, the conical stake, and the speed at which it would be rotated and shot, as if to shake off the thoughts that had come to mind.

The power is gathering in my right hand. It’s nearly doubles the strength I had when I took down the pig-demon orc.

It’s not that I lost control out of excitement.

A chill ran down my spine. I exerted more force in response to the sensation, which felt twice as strong as the pig-demon orc.

Even so, Shogo feels that he still has enough energy to exert the same level of effort three more times.

Although he was already in a state ready to fire, Shogo didn’t immediately unleash his skill and instead held his left hand forward.

Since we couldn’t take it down in one hit and it was coming towards us, we set up conical stakes in its path.

With everything perfectly prepared, the movement of the Black Demon, Black Oga, came to a halt.

At that signal, Shogo thrusts his raised right hand forward with force.

The skill is unleashed, spinning and reaching the Black Demon Black Oga at breakneck speed.

“Gogyaooooo!!”

The Black Demon Black Oga let out a scream, stood up—then collapsed forward.

Shogo took a deep breath, exhaled quietly, confirmed that there was nothing else in the area, and then slowly stepped forward.

The skill, imagined as a stake and sharpened to a point, is embedded in the center of the Black Demon Black Oga’s body.

When the skill was erased, green bodily fluid gushed out vigorously from there.

The Black Oga is twitching slightly.

Eventually, it stopped moving altogether.

It seems that the magic core was shattered in one blow.

“I won…”

Suppressing his sense of relief and carefully observing the surroundings, Shogo noticed a water source in a secluded area that was large enough to be called a pond.

Approach it cautiously and watch the surface closely.

A fish jumped.

It’s the same salmon we caught in the safe area.

Perhaps this pond and that lake are connected——(…that’s not something to think about right now)

Shogo shook his head to dispel those stray thoughts and turned in the opposite direction to check if there was a horizontal tunnel leading to the next location.

Is there anything else lurking around?

Proceeding slowly while remaining vigilant.

“Ah”

And then, in the opposite direction from the pond, I found a horizontal cave slightly further in, and I couldn’t help but exclaim.

Shogo’s body stiffens with a unique tension that combines anticipation and fear.

There are no monsters around, so there’s no reason not to check the side tunnel.

Shogo steadied his breath and took half a step forward.

At that very moment.

“Capturing exit portal reaction. Displaying direction.”

A sudden announcement came through the WD watch device.

“Ah?! Huh…?!”

Shogo covered his mouth and crouched down.

No doubt about it. The device display also shows the exit portal capture.

The screen clearly indicated that the exit portal was in the direction the horizontal tunnel extended.

As if being drawn by something, Shogo stands up and starts to walk unsteadily.

Flashing on the ground, the text chat repeatedly displays “Warning! Surroundings alert!” but doesn’t catch Shogo’s eye.

Entering the dimly lit side cave, I move forward steadily.

Finally, I can go home. Before that, there are other things to do—”Ouch!”

Shogo came to his senses at the sudden, painful chill that ran down his neck.

Flashing on the ground, a text chat catches my eye.

Kemomecho: “Don’t rush! Shogo!”

Passerby Tanaka: “Stay calm! There might be monsters around!”

“Ah… e-excuse me, huh? I feel really sick…”

I’m hit by chills and nausea as if I’ve caught a cold and it has worsened. I didn’t have these symptoms just a moment ago.

Shogo rubs his temples with his right hand while closing his eyes.

I let out a sigh of relief that the symptoms have gradually started to ease.

However.

I’ve gotten a little better, but this is the strongest chill I’ve ever felt.

Shogo’s expression is tense.

“Perhaps there are monsters even stronger than the Black Demon Black Oga ahead.”

Kemomecho: “Let’s pull back for now!”

Passerby Tanaka: “Haste makes waste; knowing when to retreat is also a form of courage.”

Shogo was about to nod at the opinions of the two people presented to him—when he stopped moving.

“Fight”

“Fight”

“Fight”

That voice.

Kemomecho: “What’s wrong?”

“…………”

Shogo remained silent for a while before answering the question.

“It’s no good. There’s no basis for it, but running away is not a good idea.”

Shogo continues.

“I can hear a voice… it’s getting louder and louder. Even now. When I hear that voice, I can fight without running away. If I obey, I can survive…”

Without that voice, I wouldn’t have been able to survive this far.

Kemomecho: “A voice? Can you hear a voice?”

Even though the chill running down my spine is intense, I must move forward.

“Fight”

“I’m leaving this place.”

Without even trying to look at the text chat, Shogo started walking while muttering to himself.

The device’s screen displays that the exit portal is 50 meters away.

In the dimly lit side tunnel, the luminescent moss on the ceiling faintly illuminates Shogo’s face. He stares intently ahead, not noticing the message reflected at his feet.

As I moved forward a bit, the side tunnel widened, revealing a larger area than before.

An area with a radius of over 30 meters, where the ground and walls are covered with rock surfaces, is spreading out.

There are no signs of monsters ahead.

The high ceiling is densely covered with luminescent moss, so the visibility is much better than in the side tunnels.

And then, straight from Shogo, all the way to the back.

In the elevated place, a glowing orb is floating.

Shogo stood still and watched it.

“Exit portal…”

It feels like I’m dreaming. The features are just as described in the documents. If I can get there, I can go home…

However.

“This is the bait? I shouldn’t have fallen for their sweet talk.”

The hoarse voice that suddenly reached his ears brought Shogo back to reality.

“Moreover, it looks unappetizing. Oh, I don’t like it, I don’t like it.”

A tone like that of an old man. The chills that were supposed to have eased are coming back and intensifying.

Shogo shifted his gaze away from the exit portal and turned his face towards the direction of the voice, diagonally forward to the right.

Then, 10 meters ahead of Shogo, a heat haze appeared, and a figure of a person gradually emerged.