Chapter 251

Chapter 251 Strongest Sage, Buys Time for Repair

"Repair . . . ? Can you really do that?"

"If even augment magicians from Second Academy can't deal with it, I don't think anyone else can . . . "

"This girl here, Ruli, is an augment magician belonging to Second Academy . . . She's got the best class of skill among Second Academy augmenters who can deal with broken artifacts . "

I'm not lying .

Though it's more like "best skill" than "best class of skill" .

"There's someone else better at fixing things than me, but I think I can handle this elevator just fine!"

Ruli showed her Student ID as she said that .

"She's for real . . . "

"I was wondering how someone so young would go this deep . . . So you were a student of Second Academy . . . "

Second Academy student IDs sure are handy . . .

Now that Second Academy is famous thanks to chantless magic amongst other things, simply showing these IDs would smooth lots of things over .

" . . . I think leaving the repair to her is a good idea since she's an augmenter from Second Academy, what do you think?"

"I don't have the authority to give you permission to tamper with the elevator . . . But I'd rather get yelled at back on the surface than dying by the [Devil] . . . Can you really fix it?"

"We've already figured out the problem in particular, it should be done in 10 minutes . "

I've already told Ruli about the problematic spot .

This type of [Dungeon Elevators] has all the same structure, there's no need to even look for it .

So long as she knows where to work at, Ruli won't fail with her skill .

"Got it . Let's just pray that the devil won't find us out during those 10 minutes . "

"You heard it Ruli, please take care of the repair . "

"I understand!"

Thus, Ruli began fixing the Dungeon Elevator .

Even though it should be a simple matter for her, she's still giving her all attention to do it .

『 . . . Still, I wonder what this devil is . 』

『I'm not sure, but judging from the conversation, it's probably a monster that use mental ailment attacks . . . Don't worry, 90% of mental ailment attacks won't work on those who can control their mana . 』

『Mental ailments . . . So those kinds of monsters exist . 』

『It's rare, but yes they do show up sometimes . . . This floor has bunny monsters, They may be the monster that attack people with mental ailments . 』

I probe the surrounding mana .

This floor is mainly inhabited by bunny and wolf monsters .

Most of wolf monsters rely on brute strength, while bunny monsters may be capable of mental attacks in exchange of their weak physical prowess .

It's hard to imagine they'd be capable of wielding mental attacks potent enough to annihilate entire parties of adventurers . . . But I can't say that for sure .

While thinking that . . . A portion of monster mana reactions–a herd of around 10 monsters are coming here .

The leader of this herd seems to be this Floor Boss .

It probably found us due to its superior detection capability as a Floor Boss .

Well, a mere boss of floor 9 is no different than the weaklings on Floor 27 asides from its detection ability though .

" . . . Looks like it found us . "

I spoke about the incoming monsters without comm magic to warn the adventurers about it .

The girls must have noticed it already .

"Found us? What did?"

"Monsters did . . . I'll go and eliminate them for a bit . "

I ran toward the monster herd while saying that .

"I'm going too!"

"W-we'll help too!"

"No, Alma, you've got to conserve your mana! They're all weaklings, I alone would suffice!"

Alma and the adventurers were going to follow, but I stopped them .

I don't need mana for my training, but Alma does .

There's no need to use hers just to defeat these small fry .

I stopped the adventurers purely because they'd just get in the way .

Rather, it'll be over with one shoot of my magic, their help is unnecessary .

"Whoopsie . "

I shot an impromptu flame magic at the center of the herd .

With a loud sound, the flame exploded and annihilated all but the Floor Boss .

Right afterward, I launched a spear magic and defeated the Floor Boss .

" . . . Looking good . "

This was the first time I used magic in an actual battle since my mana quality had improved .

I thought I would make a slight mistake in the power adjustment, but it turned out to be an imaginary fear .

If there was a mistake, there would be leaks, wasting mana and causing my magic to produce more power than intended .

Hence, I used magic with just enough power on purpose in order to confirm that .

But I found no problem in particular .

Since my Crest now is different from my past life, I thought I'd need to adjust the sense of my mana control, but my worry turned out unfounded .

Though it hasn't even been 20 years since my return, the years I've been living with this Crest since I reincarnated must have proved useful .

I collected the floor boss's material while thinking .

Even though it's just a weakling from floor 9, materials from a Floor Boss may carry some special properties .

I've got nothing to lose taking them with me .