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Chapter 116 - Episode 116

Naoto and Sakinon faced the Stone Dragon.

Here were individuals skilled enough to defeat a fake Hayate with beginner equipment, now challenging the final boss of a Grade 1 dungeon while wearing gear crafted from Grade 6 materials and enhanced to its maximum potential.

The outcome was already clear.

"I’ll block its attacks, so you finish it, Mei."

"Okay! Got it."

No, you don’t. You two don’t understand a thing.

This was a dungeon that faithfully recreated the game FWO.

"Here I go! Uooooohhhhh!"

Naoto raised his greatsword and charged at the Stone Dragon at full speed.

Sakinon was drawing a composite magic circle while simultaneously beginning the chant.

She’s incredible. There were people who could do the same thing in the game. But she could do it in real life. She showed no signs of hesitation, even in front of such a massive enemy. I was impressed by Sakinon’s dexterity and courage.

But that magic is pointless, though.

"Take this, Air Slash!!"

Monsters have a habit of targeting mages who have begun chanting. So Naoto unleashed a fast-activating initial skill to draw the Stone Dragon’s aggro to himself.

The slash tore through the ground as it advanced and...

Gugyaaaaaaaa

It sliced the Stone Dragon’s massive body clean in two.

"Huh?"

"What?"

Naoto stood there stunned, his sword still swung down.

Sakinon was frozen in place, a magic spell that combined water and wind attributes to create the Stone Dragon’s weakness, ice, fully deployed.

They probably didn’t expect to defeat it with an initial skill used by the defender, Naoto.

They had watched my streams, so they had a general grasp of the monsters’ weaknesses. But it seemed they didn’t yet have a feel for how much damage they could deal with what equipment, which skills, and how much power.

"H, Hayate. Is this..."

"That’s the power of Grade 6 dungeon equipment."

"Congratulations on clearing the dungeon, you two!"

Rena was celebrating with innocent joy.

"Wait, did Naoto really defeat it in one hit? Then what am I supposed to do with this?"

Sakinon asked, pointing at the massive, completed spear of ice.

"For now, just try shooting it at that wall over there."

"...Okay."

Looking slightly dissatisfied, Sakinon unleashed the spell.

"Icicle Lance!"

The ice magic, launched at high speed, struck the wall of the final boss area and instantly froze nearly half the room.

"Whoa, Mei. Isn’t that overkill?"

"It’s not me! I didn’t mean to fire it with this much power!"

"Do you both get it now? This is the boost you get from the current strongest equipment."

"This is way too insane!!" they both shouted.

Yes, yes. That’s the reaction I wanted to see.

Even if it was a final boss, it was still just a Grade 1 dungeon monster. To be frank, this was overkill. Both Rena and I knew that and chose not to say anything on purpose.

"It was worth the effort to make the equipment!"

"I’m glad you two are happy."

"No, no, no! If it’s this strong, you should have let us practice with it beforehand!"

"What if my magic had hit Naoto!"

"It’s fine. FWO has a feature where you don’t take damage from party members’ skills or magic."

You can rest assured on that point.

"B, but this ice is cold."

"You don’t take damage from the magic, but you are affected by the substance created by the magic."

"So if you had been caught in the magic, Naoto-san, you wouldn’t have taken damage, but you would have been encased in ice and unable to move."

"Hey! Is that what you call being okay!?"

"You’re okay. Just freezing cold."

"That’s not what being okay means!!"

"Ahahahaha."

"I’m sorry. Hayate told me to keep it a secret."

Well, I’m satisfied that Naoto came back with the exact retort I was expecting.