An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror.

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Chapter 24: That’s Exactly Why He Became a Legend

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〈Don’t make Nana-chan cry, Nishida.〉

〈It’s not too late yet. Come on, just marry her already〉

〈Huh? I’m the one marrying God-OldMan though?〉

〈This is straight out of a manga or a light novel.〉

〈My Former Elementary School Disciple Has Become a Beautiful S-Rank Explorer and Came to Demand Me to Fulfill My Promise of Marrying Her〉

〈Nishida, be a man.〉

“No,no,no,no! You guys! Stop saying whatever you please1”

I couldn’t stop myself from voicing my complaint at the whirlwind of nonsensical comments coming my way.

“Besides, it’s already way too late for that. She must already have a boyfriend.”

〈Oblivious Nishida.〉

〈Ah, there he goes again.〉

〈Do you think she would’ve dropped everything and return to Japan if that were true?〉

〈Look. She’s turning bright red now. Sure enough, she’s about to flip out again.〉

〈Nana-chan, feel free to punch Nishida all you want. I give you the permission to do so.〉

“I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!! I may have lost this time, but next time!! I will definitely kill you next time!! Be prepared!!”

Nana Tendou last said before she stormed out of the boss room. She didn’t use the teleportation portal though. It seemed she was planning to return to the surface the hard way.

〈Translation: ‘I’ll definitely marry you the next time we meet!’〉

〈Poor Nana-chan〉

〈I want to root for her.〉

〈At first, I thought she was just a troublesome girl, but now… I’ve become her fan.〉

〈A thirty-something tsundere… Hmm, not bad〉

〈Actually, I love that. I dig that a lot.〉

〈Scram, you ugly woman. God-OldMan is mine〉

“Ken-san… Are you okay?!”

“Yeah, as you can see, I’m perfectly fine. Well, my clothes got burned down though.”

Miku Kanamoto quickly rushed to me, looking very worried about me.

“Thank goodness… But still, I was really surprised. I didn’t know that Ken-san was that Legendary Conqueror….”

“Well, that’s just what the media call me. I didn’t consent to that. They just decided to call me that on their own. But well, it’s actually not that big of a deal. Media tends to exaggerate stuff after all.”

“That’s not true! I mean, even I know about it and I wasn’t even born yet!”

“Ri-Right… Yeah. Of course you weren’t born yet… It was 20 years ago after all…”

〈Nishida received a shocking blow.〉

〈Miku-chan is 18 so~〉

〈Nishida is like, more than twice her age~〉

〈To be precise, Kabukicho Dungeon was first cleared exactly 18 years ago.〉

〈So she was born right around that time.〉

〈Wait, is Miku-chan just going to ignore the whole “exhibitionism” incident?〉

〈She definitely saw it. LOL〉

〈She’s probably going to avoid talking about it.〉

〈Yeah. Idols aren’t supposed to talk about that kinda stuff anyway.〉

〈I’d love to see Oji-san touch it until he becomes big and… Haah… Haah….〉

Despite the unexpected disturbance, we finally decided to return to the surface.

“We really took our time eating all those crab-based dishes, but still… We really overstayed our welcome in the boss room.”

“What will happen if we just stay here like this?”

“The boss will respawn. Not for another 72 hours though. Waiting for the boss in the boss room is not an effective farming method though. It’s better to head back to the surface and search for a teleportation portal rather than waiting here for 72 hours.”

“Do people who farm boss monsters back-to-back like that actually exist…?”

“Me. I used to do it a lot back when I was young. Well, I did that in a Class 8 dungeon though. I ended up staying in the boss room for a long time. I probably lived in the boss room for 3 weeks straight. Oh! Just so you know, the teleportation portal that appeared after the boss fight actually disappears when the boss respawns.”

I shared my experience with her while making our way to the teleportation portal.

“Oh, a treasure chest! And there are three of them!”

“It’s the reward for clearing a dungeon. Defeating a lower level boss usually gives you 3 treasure chests.”

I opened the first chest and there was a book inside of it.

“A skill book!”

There were 3 main ways for awakened individuals to gain skills. One, when they got awakened. When someone awakened, they would receive their skills. Oftentimes, the skills that they received in the moment of their awakening were rare skills, unique to each individual. Second, by leveling up. Awakened individuals could experience rapid growth in their strength and speed, similar to leveling up in a game. Sometimes, they could gain a new skill after leveling up. The third one was through skill books. Just as the name implied, skill books were rare items that could grant an awakened individual a new skill simply by using them. However, not everyone could get a skill from a skill book. That being said, the book would only disappear if someone managed to get a skill out of it. If they failed to get a skill, the book would remain. So, there was no risk in trying.

“And the new skill is… ‘Stealth’!”

“Oooh, that’s a pretty good skill.”

Stealth was a skill that made it harder for monsters to detect you. It was an extremely useful skill for dungeon exploration.

〈I don’t really know why, but I really want that skill. I really don’t know why. I just want that skill so bad.〉

〈Now that you mention it, I really want it too. I wonder why?〉

〈I know, right? I can’t think of any real use for that specific skill, but I have a hunch that skill can be very, very useful!!〉

〈Just say it! LOLOLO You guys are going to use it for exploring your wildest dream!!〉

〈A must-have skill for all perverts!〉

〈Please, Nishidaaaa! Let me have itttt! I want to use it for naughty thingsss!〉

〈Now, now. You’re being way too honest with us here. lol〉

〈Police officer! That! That’s the guy! Get him!〉

“Do you already have the ‘Stealth’ skill?”