Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

Like an iron whip lashed out in all directions, or an invisible sonic fist, several huge dents appeared on the Minotaur's chest the instant the invisible sound waves spread from the hunting whistle.

Immediately afterwards, a sound like something breaking rang out, and the Minotaur's crimson eyes widened suddenly, a 'hoarse' sound came from its throat, and then its body began to disintegrate.

Its magic stone was destroyed.

"Huh...done."

Watching the enormous minotaur gradually turn into a small pile of ashes, Flame suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, leaned on his hunting whistle, and sat down on the ground. Beside him, there were more than a dozen piles of ashes like this. In addition to the ashes, there were also several hellhounds and unicorn rabbits whose corpses remained because they had not been stripped of their magic stones.

Looking at the walls of the surrounding maze, they were clearly in a state of destruction, as if monsters had already been born there.

At this moment, Blazing Flame was once again experiencing a monster feast all by himself!

After resting for a while, Lieyan lifted his clothes and looked at the teeth marks, stab wounds, fire marks, and other wounds of all sizes on his muscular body. He clicked his tongue and gasped.

That hellhound in the dungeon probably doesn't have rabies, right?

That's so tragic, so tragic.

The process of dealing with this monster feast was extremely difficult for him. The nearly forty monsters that appeared at once were the largest number of enemies he had faced since entering the dungeon.

It was also the most embarrassing battle he had experienced since entering the dungeon; he wasn't even this embarrassed when he first encountered the Umbreon in Monster Hunter World.

The fiery outfit has almost been beaten into a beggar's outfit.

It was as if the dungeon sensed that he was wearing equipment with insufficient defense and wielding an unfamiliar weapon, so it was deliberately targeting him.

After all, the hunting horn... is really not suitable for group battles...

Taking a deep breath, Lieyan found the package lying to the side, and with trembling hands, took out two bottles of recovery potion G and drank them down. Feeling the coolness rising in his body, and glancing at the wounds on his body that were gradually healing, Lieyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, I'm steady enough and have a clear goal. Otherwise, if I had gone down a few more floors, who knows what I might have encountered."

In this world-renowned secret realm, the dangers increase significantly with each level you descend.

The increase in monster types, the frequency of abnormal situations, the improvement in monster strength, and the more brutal targeting in dungeons...

On this fifteenth level of blazing flames, one is enduring a monster feast of forty monsters. If one were to descend to the next level, one might face fifty or even sixty monsters.

On another note, isn't the way the dungeon is targeting me a bit too much?

I don't have any lucky development ability like Bell; I just want to play Niu Niu in peace, so why do I keep running into trouble wherever I go...?

If things continue like this, what if I happen to pass by the seventeenth floor someday? Will the dungeon actually summon an enhanced, dark Goliath to mess with me?

No way, no way, is Dungeon Fighter Online really that unbearable?

With a sudden jolt of fear, feeling as if he had made an incredibly bold statement, Lie Yan immediately spat twice.

Pshaw, pshaw, pshaw, the bad doesn't work, the good does.

After resting for a while and feeling that his injuries were no longer affecting his movements, Flame braced himself, drew his hunting knife, and began cleaning up the battlefield.

Skillfully break open the monster's chest, extract the magic stone, and the monster's body will turn into ashes. If any items were dropped, they will fall with the ashes.

It has to be said that cleaning up the battlefield in DanMachi is much easier than in Monster Hunter; you can see any dropped items at a glance.

One by one, magic stones and dropped materials were stuffed into the backpack, gradually filling it up. Seeing that only about ten bottles of healing potions and crafting materials remained, Flame looked up at the color of the light source above him.

There is also a concept of night and day in the dungeon. Each level of the dungeon provides lighting with varying degrees of brightness. Experienced adventurers can distinguish between day and night by the subtle changes in light.

Now, the underground city's natural clock has pointed to sunset.

It's time to go home. That's all for today. Riveria is back too. Today it's time to resume the study of sacred texts.

Blazing Flame made a decision in his heart.

and……

"That matter should be put on the agenda as well."

The flames spoke silently.

Chapter Sixty-Six: Books Containing Forbidden Knowledge

Good evening, Rivera.

Surrounded by a chilling aura and a grumbling, curse-like chant, Flame stepped into Riveria's room without flinching.

"Welcome, Blaze."

Inside the room, Rivera, dressed as always in her snow-white attire, smiled slightly.

“I thought you would need to rest for a while longer, but that’s good. Mastering sacred script is very difficult and requires long-term study and perseverance. The sooner you start teaching, the sooner you can master it.”

“I’m sorry, Riveria, if it’s possible, could we pause our study of sacred script for a moment? I have something else I want to do, and I need your help with that.”

Flame scratched his cheek, lowered his eyebrows slightly apologetically, and showed an embarrassed expression.

"What is it? And why do you need my help?" Riveria was slightly taken aback, her beautiful eyebrows raised slightly, and her eyes showed some surprise.

"I mentioned before that I would translate two books for Ais when I had time, and that's what I'm talking about."

Lieyan took out two books from his bosom and said softly, "These two books are the history of my place, a page of the past that records the great calamities that the continent has suffered."

"!! Can I take a look at it first?"

Upon hearing this, Riveria looked at the two books in Flame's hands with some surprise and couldn't help but speak up.

Although Flame's description was vague, Riveria still remembered what happened that day.

And a great calamity...

It must be said that this term piqued Rivera's interest.

Because a thousand years ago, a similar catastrophe occurred in the world of DanMachi, a devastating calamity caused by a calamity incarnate known as the Black Dragon bursting out of its lair...

“No problem, but Rivera, you can’t read our language, right? How about I translate it into a common language first?”

As he spoke, Flame's hands moved without hesitation, handing both books directly to the elf.

"No need. When I taught you the common script before, you used your world's script to annotate certain words, right? Because I found it interesting, I also learned a little bit of your world's language."

Although some parts were indeed difficult to understand, I managed to memorize them by sheer willpower.

Riveria took the book and answered easily, and upon hearing this, Flame's gaze towards her immediately became one of utmost reverence.

Good heavens, I'm just fucking speechless.

Is this the value of Riveria? Without deliberately studying, she can roughly learn a language just by memorizing it...

Terrifying, utterly terrifying...

While Lieyan was marveling at the sight, Riveria was also examining the two heavy books in her hands.

Both books are made of leather, with thin inner paper that has been treated to be extremely thin, and there seems to be some additional material sandwiched in the center so that a single sheet of paper does not let in light and can be used on both sides.

"These two books are made from specially treated dragon hide, which allows them to be preserved for a very long time," Lieyan explained at the opportune moment.

Riveria nodded slightly, then turned the pages of the book, her gaze finally landing on the cover.

It was the silhouette of a dragon.

Rivera opened the cover and looked at the title page.

"Breathing flames, burning the forests and the earth, destroying the entire kingdom overnight..." Looking at the short passage on the title page, Riveria's eyes widened, gradually filled with disbelief, and her lips parted slightly as she uttered that name.

"A forbidden black dragon...wait, a black dragon?!"

Riveria looked up at the flames with shock in her eyes.

Are you sure you want to show this to Ais?

No, no, no, this is a disaster that the Blazing World experienced, not the one in Orario. Besides, the Blazing World shouldn't know Ais's true identity and hidden past, so naturally they wouldn't know about the hatred between Ais and the Black Dragon. Therefore, it should all just be a coincidence...

But this is just too much of a coincidence!

Why is it the black dragon, and why are the events exactly the same?

Ahhh—I never imagined things would actually happen by such a coincidence…

Rivera covered her forehead with her hand, let out a long sigh of great distress, and suddenly felt that there was no need to read this book anymore.

How could I possibly show Ais a book that contains those two words...?

"I'm sorry, Flame, I don't think this book should be shown to Ais..."

Rivera closed the book, stroked the slightly dented silhouette on the cover, and then gave a wry smile.

Is there a problem with this content?

Lie Yan frowned slightly, a hint of doubt rising in his heart.

"Well, but I'm sorry, I can't explain the specific reason to you." Rivera lowered her beautiful eyebrows, her exquisite face displaying a mixture of emotions.

“Okay, then we won’t show it to Ais.” Flame said decisively, without even asking why.

We're all adults now, why ask so many questions? Some things are better left unasked.

If this book can't be given to Ais, then let her read another book. Although the Black Dragon that destroyed the Ancient Shureid Kingdom is the most famous in the history of the Monster Hunter world, there are other Ancient Dragons that destroyed cities as well. The Kingdom of Elgard, which faces Fire Village across the sea, once had an area destroyed by the Silver Dragon. Translating that part of history is not a bad idea.

"Then I'll take these two books back with me. I'll bring two new books with me later."

As she spoke, Flame reached out her hand, ready to take the two historical texts that recorded the history of the Black Dragon's destruction of the kingdom. However, at this moment, Riveria was a little reluctant to part with them.

To clarify, Riveria is a bookworm who loves reading and studying magic. Of course, magic has been sidelined since she acquired her personal blessing spell; now, she only enjoys reading.

In other words, she was very interested in the two historical texts from another world that Lieyan had provided.

"Um, could you leave these two books here for now? Although I can't show them to Ais, I'm personally quite curious about the contents of these books..."

Rivera blushed slightly and made a soft, somewhat embarrassed request.

hiss--

Lieyan gasped, feeling his body stiffen. To be honest, Riveria was incredibly dangerous right now.

In any aspect.

"Then let's leave it here for now." Blazing Flame made a remarkably decisive statement.

“Thank you, Flame.” Rivera smiled with satisfaction. Then, as if remembering something, she asked, “By the way, Flame, do these two books tell the same story? Or are they two parts of a separate history?”

"It is a two-part series. The first half records the Black Dragon, and the second half records the heroic martyrs who constantly repelled the Black Dragon's attacks. However, even these two parts together are not complete, because many more people are trying to continue writing this history until the Black Dragon is completely defeated."

Flames raged, and the voice was solemn.