Seventh: Volume 3 by Yomu Mishima

Author:Yomu Mishima [MISHIMA, YOMU]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

“Looks like three’s too much for me,” I said, shrugging as the spider turned to me in a rage. I’d taken out two of its legs as I slid by, forcing it to slide off the wall to the ground.

Rondo’s party had caught up by this point, and they quickly fell into formation behind the spider. The monster didn’t react, though. It seemed to have eyes only for me.

It rushed toward me, the vertical slit of its mouth opened wide in an attempt to intimidate its prey. Its missing legs caused its movements to be somewhat disjointed, though, and I was easily able to leap above its back and sink my blade through it in a downward stab.

My saber sank so deep it lodged into the earth, but the spider couldn’t slow its forward momentum. The speed of its charge tore its wound open wide, killing it almost instantly. The spider collapsed, falling still as its bodily fluids spilled all over the ground.

“You really are quite strong, Lyle,” the third head told me from inside the Jewel. He clapped his hands together in applause. “You’re usually so hopeless you’d never even begin to imagine it.”

My shoulders drooped. Come on, I thought. Is it wrong of me to want some actual praise?

Rachel’s knees buckled as she looked at the spider’s desecrated body. “Ugh, nasty!” she wailed.

“What’s the problem?” Ralph asked her, chuckling. “It’s just a big spider.”

“I’m no good with spiders! Rondo, please, could you collect the—?”

“I’ll do it,” Sophia said, stepping forward. “But what parts should I be collecting, exactly?”

Zelphy shrugged, then began to explain how to process the monster to Sophia.

I kept watch on our surroundings as I collected my saber from where it still stood, lodged into the ground. I wiped the spider’s fluids from the blade as I checked our route to the next chest, keeping an eye on the movements of both monsters and adventurers as they shuffled around the dungeon.

***

It was evening when we finally made it out of the dungeon. We’d found a winding detour that led us most of the way back to the entrance, and allowed us to avoid not only monsters but other adventurers as well. Still, we were completely knackered by the time we stepped out of the arched entrance.

Despite how sweaty and exhausted we were, everyone’s faces were bright and cheerful. The weight on our backs seemed to have finally lifted. It was true that we would be forced to sell the monster materials and Demonic Stones to the Guild at a discounted rate, and wouldn’t make much from them, but the treasure chests... As the second head had said once before, they were the real deal.

“We did it, Lyle!” Ralph said, patting me on the shoulder. All his bitterness seemed to have washed away, suffocated under a tide of high spirits.

“Yeah, we really did,” I agreed with a smile. “But before we do anything else, let’s get some... Oh, wait. We’ll have to bring the Demonic Stones and materials to the Guild before we can relax.

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