A super great writer in the second dimension

　For a moment, only one sentence was in Sanzenin Arashi's mind.

　Can I turn myself in?!

　100,000,000G!!!

　..

17. First Steps into the Dungeon!!

　The dungeon can be entered through the entrance of the Tower of Babel.

　This tower, as if defying the majesty of heaven, was built straight up into the clouds.

　Sanzenin Arashi stood at the entrance to the Tower of Babel, unable to suppress a laugh in her heart.

　Normally, the entrance to the dungeon would be bustling with adventurers, a scene as familiar as any other day.

　However... at this moment, the entrance to the Tower of Babel was sparsely populated, with only a few adventurers seen entering and exiting the dungeon...

　and!

　Sanzenin Arashi counted: eight people went in within five minutes, and eighteen came out!

　Only about a third of the people who went in came out. It's only been a short time since lunch, around 3 p.m. at most. Logically speaking, this should be the peak time for crowds!

　After finishing their meal, the adventurers entered the dungeon to fight monsters, level up, and earn money. However, there were hardly any people at the entrance of the dungeon, and Sanzenin Arashi felt a chill rise from behind her!

　All the adventurers have gone to do quests with the Loki Familia! What, fight monsters?

　The Loki Familia offered a reward of 100 million gold, what's the point of fighting monsters? Let's catch the thief together!

　So the dungeon became the safest place. No one would have guessed that the real culprit, the thief who knew magic, would openly appear at the dungeon entrance and prepare to go in to fight monsters and level up.

　Sanzenin Arashi crouched in the corner, looking frightened. She tidied up her belongings, carrying only some water and the sword Ais had given her, and set off lightly into battle.

　The canary was laughing so hard she was about to explode.

　A thief who can use magic!!!

　Sanae was still indignant on behalf of her father, but at that moment, Arashi Sanzenin had already entered the entrance of the underground city and arrived at the first floor.

　This dungeon is quite in line with the game's setting.

　The higher the level, the farther away from the ground, and the stronger the monsters. In fact, monsters on later levels can even use magic. This system, which uses a fixed level as a boundary, changes the nature and topography of the dungeon.

　It's just like running a dungeon in a game; there's no difference between the Tower of Death and the Tower of Martial God.

　Sanzenin Arashi summed it up in one sentence: If you're a man, go down a hundred floors.

　The underground city in front of me... was like a tunnel. After walking in, I arrived at a slightly more spacious area.

　"interesting……"

　Sanzenin Arashi couldn't help but smirk, "This is practically an independent space. If this were a normal world, this place would have collapsed long ago!"

　The canary said, "This is a forbidden area for the gods... In truth, it's just a difference in perspective. Never mind, you wouldn't understand no matter how much I explain."

　Sanzenin Arashi chuckled softly, "If the gods above represent justice, then the ones below represent evil. Slaying monsters before encountering the Demon King, and then there are the Four Heavenly Kings and such... Isn't this the most classic game setting?"

　"Hehe, think what you want. Anyway, what happens next has nothing to do with you for the time being."

　Sanzenin Arashi walked forward, "I don't need to guess who the final boss is. The lowest level of the Norse mythology system... it should be the Dragon King of the End, the king who gnawed through the World Tree, the one who awoke at Ragnarok... the black dragon Nidhogg."

　"Watch out for the monsters around us," Canary said.

　Sanzenin Arashi nodded, lowering the sound of her footsteps.

　The walls of the dungeon were pale blue, emitting a faint glow that illuminated the entire floor.

　Suddenly, a shadow slowly emerged from the wall.

　The shadow grew clearer and clearer, and gradually, the wall cracked, revealing a thick fissure.

　Sanzenin Arashi stopped and looked at the wall where the anomaly had occurred.

　Inside, a goblin-like demi-human creature howled and struggled like a hatchling emerging from an egg, gradually emerging from its shell.

　The dungeon was like a giant womb, giving birth to these inhuman monsters.

　Even if powerful magic damages the dungeon's structure, the dungeon will periodically regenerate, just like a game refresh.

　This recovery period might be as short as ten minutes!

　After the recovery... a large number of monsters will respawn!

　Adventurers may die in large numbers at this moment!

　The goblin, which looked like it had been laid on an egg, fell to the ground and let out a dull, unpleasant cry. It then lunged at Sanzenin Arashi with its hands and feet.

　Seeing the goblin charging towards him, Sanzenin Arashi raised his sword and pressed it down!

　The sword blade traced a silver arc in the air, striking the goblin's shoulder with pinpoint accuracy.

　The goblin on the ground had been split in two! The gleam in its eyes vanished quickly after it landed.

　But at that moment—bang!

　The goblin emitted a strange light, then shattered into countless fragments like glass. The fragments then turned into even finer particles, and before Sanzenin Arashi, it vanished without a trace.

　Right where the goblin's corpse had been, Sanzenin Arashi saw a tiny blue crystal, as small as a grain of sand.

　(It really is exactly like an online game)

　The monster was killed, and it dropped something called a magic stone. These magic stones can be exchanged for money. It's really simple and easy to understand!

　It is said that this is the monster's core! It is because of this core that the monster was given life!

　Sanzenin Arashi was reminded of something called a "magic core" in Chinese web novels.

　These magic stones contain a magical power and can be made into magic stone products such as lamps, magic swords, refrigerators, etc.!

　Therefore, this thing is the most precious thing, the lifeline of Orario!

　The surrounding kingdoms import large quantities of goods every year, which is how the city is able to sustain itself and continue to exist.

　However, this is way too damn small.

　Sanzenin Arashi paused for a moment, then noticed the magic stone in her hand...

　It was blown away by the wind!!!

　Sanzenin Arashi sighed, looked down, and her eyes flickered.

　He bent down and picked up something that looked like a fingernail.

　Magic stones are money, and they drop when you kill monsters. However, the kind of thing he picked up now only drops when you're lucky. This shows that Sanzenin Arashi has accumulated a lot of good deeds and saved wayward girls.

　After closing her eyes and thinking for a moment, Sanzenin Arashi came to a conclusion.

　The monsters on the first floor are as weak as dog shit; you have to go down to satisfy your needs.

　Furthermore, the stronger the monster, the more your training ability will increase; this world has something called "experience"!

　Unlike in online games, where you gain less experience when you level up, you'll actually gain more!

　Sanzenin Arashi ascended the stairs from the first floor to the second floor.

　He killed some monsters along the way, but didn't bother to pick up the magic stones they dropped, and continued on to the third level.

　Too weak! Too weak! Absolutely too weak!

　Even after reaching the fourth floor, Sanzenin Arashi couldn't find a place worth stopping to level up.

　Ancient warriors...

　This is the darling of the world... the game operator's favorite son.

　With the divine weapon given to him by Ais in his hand, Sanzenin Arashi made it all the way to the eighth floor without encountering any resistance.

　Until the tenth floor... the monster's size suddenly increased!

　If he was the same size as an ordinary human before, he has now become a giant.

　Those were pig-headed beastmen, some even reaching three meters in height, emerging from the soil!

　Seven or eight giant-sized monsters roared at Sanzenin Arashi, each holding a tree trunk broken off from the side, and charged forward with great momentum like a chaotic dance of demons.

　The target is... this tiny human being in front of me.

　Sanzenin Arashi, like an elegant gentleman, with one hand behind his back, held his sword in one hand and revealed an expectant smile.

　"Only then will it be worth defeating."

　..

18. That horde of monsters, like an army...

　The tenth floor of the Aurora Dungeon is the most spacious of the ten floors because the monsters have suddenly grown larger.

　Tiers 1-10 are the upper levels, generally where LV1 adventurers hunt.

　However, at this moment, the entire tenth floor was filled with smoke and fumes.

　Centered on a certain point, a huge cloud of smoke rose up and filled the air, like a sandstorm, creating a massive smoke screen.

　From within the smoke, a continuous, chaotic sound of footsteps, like the beating of drums, could be heard!

　Amidst the sound of footsteps, a mixed roar erupted—a battle cry!

　Adventurers coming and going from this place include LV1 teams preparing to make a fortune at the tenth floor boundary, and teams returning to the surface from the middle level.

　Even the teams returning from their expeditions from the lower ranks couldn't help but stand aside and watch.

　Hundreds of large orcs spawned from the dungeon, carrying massive tree trunks, their eyes bloodshot, roaring as they relentlessly pursued the man ahead.

　A blond man emerged from the smoke, his demeanor calm and his manners elegant.

　Although what he's doing now has absolutely nothing to do with elegance.

　This man was as insignificant as an ant in the face of the beastmen.

　This man was none other than Sanzenin Arashi.

　At this moment, Sanzenin Arashi's breathing was steady as she ran forward, occasionally turning, as if she were dancing a lively dance.

　Behind him was a chaotic dance of demons! It could even be described as a disorderly mass of monsters!

　Near the entrance to the tenth floor, seven or eight adventurer teams stood there, looking at the scenery with curiosity.

　The monsters kept respawning in the dungeon over time.

　This huge commotion immediately attracted the attention of the newborn monster, which then joined the pursuing army without hesitation!

　The monster horde behind Sanzenin Arashi grew like a snowball, gradually forming a magnificent spectacle resembling an army charging into battle.

　The sight was chilling, yet it possessed a bewitching power that compelled people to keep watching.

　Then... the counterattack began.

　Before the horde of gigantic monsters stood a lone man, seemingly so small, yet at that moment, something seemed to have given him courage…

　He actually turned around!

　The man took out a few round objects from his pocket and threw them out forcefully!

　These spherical objects traced a beautiful arc in the air before landing among the monster horde!

　Then... Boom!

　The violent explosion swept through the monster horde. These creatures, not very intelligent, thought it was an enemy attack and immediately turned their attention to what was behind them!

　Thick smoke billowed from the explosion site, and a group of monsters vanished into space as specks of light.

　Sanzenin Arashi raised his rapier and slashed it hard at the first monster!

　This valuable elite weapon left a bright silver arc in the air, and then a red cutting line appeared on the body of the leading orc!

　Sanzenin Arashi felt like he had cut open a lump of mud!

　The next second, the orc turned into a speck of light... and disappeared.

　However, the monsters were completely distracted by the explosion and did not notice that they had suffered casualties.

　This attack actually startled Sanzenin Arashi!