Translator:Jei

To be proofread by:DarkKnight

When we climbed up to the ninth floor

it was a normal dungeon-like floor.

If anything, the humidity is somewhat a little high

and theres a stinking smell like that of a squid.

I wonder if even orcs will come out?

By the way, till when are you going to keep wearing a swimsuit, everyone?

Although its a little cold, Im alright if its just this much.

Although its embarrassing, its fine if Seiji-sama is pleased.

This swimsuit is easy to move on.

Well, its fine if the three of them are alright.

When we walked through the passage while remaining in such condition

Whats that!?

What Aya pointed at was a certain lone block smudge on the passage.

Be careful.

Thats an enemy.

Thats an enemy??

When we look at the situation from a slightly remote position

from what we thought was a black smudge, something appeared.

Squid!?

It was a squid-like monster that came out from the black smudge.

And then, in the next moment-

theattack predicted areawas displayed in a straight line.

Everyone, dodge!

At the same time as everyone promptly dodged to the right and left,

the squid discharged a black liquid with a *bushu!*

Iwa, it discharged a squid ink!

With the squid ink that the squid had discharged, there was a straight line made up of black smudge on the passage.

However, the squid quickly hides inside the black smudge.

Umu, we dont have a choice but approach it from this place, huh.

We began to advance while being completely vigilant.

The moment when we almost reach the place where the squid was hiding-

I turned back and then rush back to where we came from with a mad dash.

Onii-chan, why are you running away!?

Aya and the others were confused at my sudden movement,

I thrust thewhite belt swordtoward the floor far off in the back.

Onii-chan, what are you doing!?

When I pulled thewhite belt swordwhich I pierced on the floor

thesquidwas pierced in there.

Hm?Was there another one of them?

No, the squid at the beginning moved.

Moved!?How??

It could probably move through the part which was smeared black with that squid ink.

But, wasnt that squid ink not much thick?

Its probably a special ability of that squid.

Special ability, huh

then, lets be careful on the part it smeared black.

Right.

When I usedappraisal, it seems to be a monster calledink squid.

It may be a quite troublesome enemy.

Seiji-sama, can I wash that black part away?

Wash it away?

Yes, I think that the squid cant hide anymore if I do that.

Thats right!

We, according to Elenas suggestion,

advanced while washing away the part which was smeared black using water magic.

When the black smudge on the floor or the wall was washed away, the squid which couldnt move from there emerged with *poro*.

It seemed that when the squid ink was washed away, it wouldnt be able to move at all anymore

and I was able to get about twenty squids.

A big squid also occasionally appears and in addition, it was moving while smearing squid ink so that it could swim in the floor or the wall, but I was able to defeat it easily by washing it away with water.

The big squid seems to be calledGreat King Ink Squidand it dropped aDarkness reinforcement magic stone.

Darkness attribute, huh.

The white belt swords trial doesnt have darkness attribute, doesnt it~?

We advanced through the ninth floor with such experience,

and we were able to immediately find the stairs toward the tenth floor.

***

When we climb up to the tenth floor, it suddenly became cold.

Cold!

This cold is impossible.

The three people gave up wearing their swimsuits,

took winter clothes out of their respectivestorage braceletand wore it.

I will never forgive the coldness!

It seems that the tenth floor was a floor whereice floesfloats on the sea.

Between some hugeice floes, a smallice floegoes to and fro.

It seems were going to move forward riding on that smallice floe.

Everyone, be careful not to fall off.

Ye~s.

UsingIce magic, we advance while controlling the ice under our feet in order to not fall over.

–

Ah!Its a penguin!!

When we were traveling on board the smallice floeand arrive at the first hugeice floe,

there were a lot of penguins.

The penguins didnt attack,

but trot around an egg, protecting it.

Are they not monsters?

When I usedappraisal, they were normal monsters,

but it seems they wont attack if we dont approach the egg.

Since they are going to attack if we approach the egg, lets proceed with caution.

Ye~s.

Aya and the others took a photo with their smartphone.

We didnt come here to play, you know~.

Well, theyre not going to attack,

so its fine if we dont have to fight.

–

And then, when we proceeded forward, passing through severalice floes,

there was a penguin which was protecting an egg right in the middle of the narrow passage-shapedice floe.

Onii-chan, what should we do?

We wont be able to pass if we dont approach that.

It cant be helped, so well fight it.

Eh~.

Massive boos broke out from the girls.

Theres no helping it!

Because, that penguin isnt bad, right?

What to do?

the girls swimsuit were seized by the coldness

and with the penguin grabbing hold of the girls hearts, it makes them go against me

what a terrifying foe!

If I usewater magic, its also possible to avoid theice floeand pass over it riding on the water.

However, if Aya make a blunder and fall over and drop into the water, it may cause a heart attack.

*Pikon!*

Ive come up with something good!

Leave it to me.

Is it really alright?

Because I wont forgive you if you do something terrible toPen-chan!

WhosPen-chan!?

After holding myself back from dropping a tsukkomi,

I approachedPen-chanslowly.

Piki-!

Pen-chanstarted to get angry at me who was approaching the egg,

it hurled ice using magic and attacked.

Ice barrier!

A barrier spread out before me andPen-chans ice attack didnt reach me at all.

Piki-!!!

Pen-chanstarted to get angry even more.

Sleep!

Pikyu-

Pen-chanfell asleep at mysleepmagic in a posture that warms the egg.

You did well, onii-chan!

Aya and the others kept on taking pictures of the sleepingPen-chanhappily.

Finally, we succeeded in breaking through the biggest obstacle.

We broke through several places usingsleepafter that,

and without killing a single monster on the tenth floor,

we were able to find the stairs toward the eleventh floor.

Thank you~!

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