Inside An Adult Game As A Former Hero chapter 47

EP.47 Dungeon

Eri, Neria, and Ophelia accepted Cloud’s offer.

Naturally, the reason for accepting the offer was the notification that this dungeon would be his and their last.

Eri wanted to be recognized.

Not only to the friendly Cloud, but also to the loving-hate family, and furthermore, to everyone in the world.

Neria wanted to be by Cloud’s side.

Even if it’s a little awkward now, she had hope that one day she would be able to go back to the way it used to be if she was by his side.

Ophelia didn’t want to go back to church.

She didn’t want to waste her life trapped in that closed and cramped building.

Although they were different, they had reasons not to want to be separated from Cloud.

So they followed Cloud’s suggestion…

– Kung Kung!

– Kung!

The kobolds blocking the way were barking loudly. Number to nine. If they were normal girls, they would have easily overcome it, but now they can’t.

The reason was simple.

It’s already the eleventh time they’ve been dealing with a kobold horde.

Their stamina, mana, and divine power began to show the bottom little by little.

Nevertheless, the kobolds kept reappearing, and there was no way to escape.

Why?

The place where they are standing is a dead end alley with both sides and back.

Of course, it was Cloud who drove them into a dead end. It was Cloud who made them fight the kobolds without stopping.

Why the hell do we have to keep dealing with kobolds here?

These things that don’t give a lot of experience points because their level is low?

The three women could not guess what he meant.

They were just following what he told them to do.

But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t help it to come to a limit.

“Hero, I don’t have the divine power to maintain the buff anymore!”

The first limit came to Ophelia.

Using all of her divine power, she was unable to maintain the buffs on her party members.

“You don’t have divine power? Then pray.”

Cloud answered as if it was a simple question, but Ophelia was terrified.

“Here?!”

They are fighting the kobolds. Not only the spear sword, but also the crossbow bolt can fly.

How do I pray because I am losing stamina?

“Why? can not? If you can’t, do it!”

Cloud didn’t compromise.

“…All right.”

In the end, it was Ophelia who made a compromise.

Yes, she is also a member of the Brave Party that eventually goes to defeat the Demon King.

You will also experience the loss of divine power in a crisis situation someday.

Think of it as an experience beforehand.

She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t afraid, but trust your colleagues…

It was when Ophelia closed her eyes and knelt to pray.

“Hey! What’re you doing!”

Cloud grabbed Ophelia’s wrist and lifted her roughly.

“You want to collect divine power, so why are you sitting and resting?!”

“Yeah? Well, to gather divine power, you have to pray to Iries…”

“Do you have to sit and pray with your eyes closed? When everyone else is fighting to die, you’re saying you’ll be resting alone?”

“It’s not that I want to rest…”

“Noisy and mace! You can even pray while smashing a kobold’s skull with a mace!”

“Hey, how do I do that?! I’m not a paladin…”

“It’s not up to me to know, and I believe that your religious beliefs aren’t cheap, swayed by just one posture. So hurry up and break the kobold’s skull!”

Cloud took the mace from Ophelia’s waist and held it in her hand.

“Oh, no. for a moment…”

“You are strong. Charge!”

Cloud pushed Ophelia’s back.

“Hey, warrior?! I really can’t. I can’t..!”

“Eri! What else are you doing?! Aren’t you quick to use magic?”

Ophelia begged, but Cloud seemed not to take any objections, and shifted the topic to Eri.

When a fire arrow suddenly turned towards her, Eri was startled and started making excuses.

“Hey, I almost ran out of mana. I don’t even have a mana potion, so what should I do now..!”

“Are you going to keep that thick stick and use it for mincing meat? With that, Ophelia and I can get along and break a kobold bone!”

“What?! I’m a wizard, a wizard! I am not a warrior!”

“Shut up! I have no intention of raising you as a mage. You are a battle mage from today. Okay?!”

“What, what!?”

“Cloud..! If you could come back here soon…”

“Neria, you bastard!!! What are you going to do when you, the front-line, look back?! Are you going to kill us all?!”

“Oh no, I didn’t mean to..! I was just starting to push myself…”

“You can say that without looking back!”

“Yes. Sorry…”

Neria swallowed her tears.

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“I’m sorry. Working with adventurers made my mouth rough. Will you understand?”

“…”

“…Yes.”

“…Yeah.”

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By catching kobolds, they renewed their fighting style. Now they are more flexible in responding to emergencies.

After fighting for a long time, a little bit of evil spirit was also created.

But Cloud wasn’t satisfied with that.

He wanted them to have stronger willpower.

So, after thinking about what to do, I decided to just reduce their sleeping time.

They now slept 3 hours a day and roamed the dungeon during the rest of the day.

As three women, it was really close to death.

Still, from the 15th basement floor, the level of the monsters becomes similar to theirs, so hunting is difficult, but it also reduces the sleeping time…

Physical and mental fatigue was no joke.

One time, they begged him to let they sleep only 5 hours a day, but…

-No. I have no intention of changing it. go back.

was bitterly rejected.

According to him, are you controlling enough that you don’t die?

Eri wanted to seriously question whether this was adjusted to the point where they didn’t die.

But it didn’t.

It was the same with Cloud, who only slept 3 hours a day.

If she complains more here, she will disappoint him.

That was impossible.

Eri recalled what happened a while ago. Cloud tried to break up with them simply because she wanted to take the easy path.

It meant that Cloud had no regrets with them.

It doesn’t matter when we part.

‘What really happened in those months? People have completely changed.’

If you hate them or resent them, she’d understand…

Isn’t this just indifference?

No, thinking about it, she doesn’t think it’s indifference again.

“Come on, Eri. A new magic book I got today. Can you learn it in a few days?”

She keep seeing him pick up magic books from somewhere and bring them to her.

He brought her a spell book, like a wizard who added magic to a wand.

“…Three days is enough.”

“You can’t overdo it by reducing the amount of time you sleep. You have enough time.”

“No. Three days is enough.”

…she took it again and studied until she got less sleep.

Cloud said it was okay, but Eri, herself, was worried.

She’s afraid he’ll find her useless.

So she’s afraid she’ll be thrown away.

“You are always in trouble, Eri. Hero, then, let’s light a bonfire and rest…”

“That’s right, Ophelia, this time I have yours too.”

Cloud said, pulling out an old temple. Ophelia’s eyes widened when she saw the temple.

“…Yeah? Well, why is that in a dungeon-like place…”

“Do not know. The person who made the dungeon must have been a faithful person! Come on, take it.”

Cloud placed the temple on Ophelia’s palm.

Ophelia saw it and shrugged her shoulders.

“Ophelia, how long do you think it will take you to learn this?”

Ophelia’s ears perked up.

If she appeals to her that she is not smart, she may get more time than Eri.

When she had that hope…

“Three days will be enough for Ophelia. Because she’s smart like me.”

Eri shattered that hope herself.

Cloud gave a slightly surprised expression.

“Really?”

“Yes. Ophelia is a saint candidate. A nun who is not smart is not a candidate for sainthood.”

“It would be too. Then, Ophelia found out that she only had to give you three days. Neria, let’s light a bonfire and get ready to rest.”

“Hey, wait a minute..! Hero…?!”

Ophelia called out in a desperate voice, but Cloud did not look back.

She looked at Eri with a look of despair.

“Eri… why…?”

“…I’m sorry.”

Eri couldn’t help but say that it was loneliness to stay awake alone when everyone was sleeping.

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[Hellfire]

Hot flames rose from the magic circle beneath the three gargoyles.

Two of the three gargoyles died without being able to withstand the flames of hell.

The one remaining was mortally wounded, but somehow ran and tried to injure Eri with its sharp claws.

– Kang!

The gargoyle’s claws were blocked by Neria’s shield.

The moment the gargoyle was about to attack, a thick mace slammed into its head.

-Kaaah!

The gargoyle staggered and let out a ferocious voice. Either way, the mace dripping down his head didn’t stop.

The mace stopped only after the gargoyle’s head shattered.

‘Successful.’

The results of the previous training were clearly visible.

I looked at the three women with delighted eyes.

“… the fire in the middle was weak. Is it a drinking problem? No. Maybe your concentration has been disturbed. Calm down, Eri. You can do it. you can do it.”

Eri muttered mournfully while holding her wand.

“…”

Neria wipes her shield with her dead eyes.

“Huh, huh… It’s because you don’t dare follow Iries-sama’s doctrine. Oh, it’s a monster, so you probably couldn’t understand the broad meaning of Iries-sama anyway. I’m sorry… I hope you will be born as a faithful servant who can follow Iries-sama’s words from now on…”

Ophelia laughs at the gargoyle’s corpse.

Well. It seems to be slowly limiting.

If I did more they would be ruined.

It looks like you have all the basics, so now I need to give them a rest.

I said to them.

“Up until now, You had a hard time sleeping only three hours a day. Let’s only go to the next boss room, and from then on, let’s sleep as much as we want.”

At my words, the three women opened their eyes. They exchanged glances with each other…

They started running like crazy.

I was stunned for a moment at that sight… but then I came to my senses and followed them.

“Guys! Did you understand what I was saying right?! Instead of grabbing the next boss and resting, are you resting in front of the boss room?! No, rather than that, do you know where your boss room is and run? stop for now. Stop!!”

So, after many twists and turns, we were able to defeat the 30th floor boss Minotaur and enter the reward room.

“The one who cleared the dungeon. welcome. welcome.”

There was an angel in the reward room.

It wasn’t in the game.