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 32: He’s Been Using Brute Force All This Time Though

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“Hmm, no matter how you look at it, there are way too many monsters.”

After exploring the deep level for about 30 minutes, it became clear to me that the number of monsters was abnormal.

“That said, it has been almost 20 years since I was in the deep levels… Maybe my memory is a bit off.”

〈No way, there’s definitely waaaay too many monsters!〉

〈How many monster he has taken down so far?!〉

〈This is like a monster house!〉

〈Really? I thought this many monster is normal for the deep level?〉

〈There are not enough information about the deep levels for us to judge correctly.〉

“Well. Maybe I should report this to the management just to be safe… But how? Wait, maybe someone from the Dungeon Management Agency is watching this stream. Hey, anyone from the management, can you hear me?”

There was no response. The drone camera was only equipped to capture footage of me, so of course, there would be no reaction from the drone.

〈Nishida is trying to get in touch with the admin.〉

〈Hey, admin~〉

〈Yoohoo, admin~ Are you seeing these comments?〉

〈I’m pretty sure they’re watching this stream.〉

〈Can the exam even continue when there’s anomaly happening?〉

Although there was no response from the admin, I continued on.

“Uhh… So, yeah. I’m in the deep level right now and as you can see, the situation here is a little more dangerous than usual. If possible, please tell the other examinees to proceed with caution.”

〈Nishida is not the only one feeling worried here. Admin~ Please do something~〉

〈This is an S-rank promotion exam anyway. The examinees should already know what to expect since they already have some experience exploring the deep level.〉

〈But still, getting ambushed by monsters to no end must be dangerous, even for them.〉

〈This is the Dungeon Management Agency. Please check your DM.〉

〈Oh, it’s from the admin.〉

〈Looks like the admin is watching the livestream after all..〉

Seeing the comments, I opened my DM. Indeed. There was a message from the administration.

『We are aware of the situation. We are still working on contacting the other examinees just to be safe for now. However, due to limited communication means, contacting the other examinees proved to be difficult. If possible, could we please have Nishida-sama continue exploring the deep levels and investigate the cause of this anomaly?.』

“Understood. I wouldn’t be able to contact the admin if I weren’t doing any livestream either.”

To put it bluntly, dungeon exploration came at your own risk. Even if there was an anomaly happening, the explorer was responsible for their own life. In fact, the ability to respond appropriately to danger was also one of the requirements to be an S-rank explorer.

“The Dungeon Management Agency has asked me to investigate the cause of this anomaly, so I’m going to explore a bit deeper now.”

〈Nishida, trusted by the Dungeon Management Agency〉

〈He’s practically an S-rank explorer already.〉

〈Nishida, investigating the cause of the anomaly in the deep level nonchalantly.〉

〈Yeah~ Please find the cause of the irregularity for the other examinees too~〉

“Since I’ve found a teleportation trap earlier, I will use it to go further down the dungeon.”

I returned to the location of the teleportation trap and stepped on it. I arrived at the forest floor. The ominous vibe from the graveyard floor earlier had disappeared. I was greeted with a deep forest that seemed to stretch on endlessly.

“A forest floor. They said Queen Tarantula will only spawn on the 26th floor and deeper. This means I’ve arrived at the 26th floor at least.”

This should be the floor where Queen Tarantula spawned. Although Queen Tarantula was the subject to be defeated for the exam, but I had a more pressing matter to attend to.

“I will go down to the 30th floor. After all, I think there’s a dungeon rampage happening right now.”

There were several types or anomalies that could occur in a dungeon and dungeon rampage was the worst thing that could happen in a dungeon. As the name suggests, dungeon rampage was basically a phenomenon where the dungeon went out of control. In this case, the number of monsters would increase significantly and the monsters became stronger than usual too. There was only one way to stop the dungeon from rampaging even further. It was to defeat the boss of the dungeon, which was located on the deepest floor. Dungeon rampage generally started affecting the lower floors first. As the number of monsters on the lower floors increased, the monsters on the upper floors would begin to run away from their spawning spot. This would eventually lead to the entire dungeon being overrun by monsters from the lower floors. Which meant, the Inokashira Dungeon would be filled with monsters from the deep levels. The explorers would be having a harder time in trying to defeat the boss.

“Judging from the density of magic in the air, I think I’m already on the 28th floor. So, instead of using another teleportation trap, I think I will just go down the floor using the stairs.”

〈But why?〉

〈Using the teleportation trap would be faster, right?〉

〈It’s Nishida, so there must be a reason for it.〉

〈No, but, he’s planning to go even deeper?!〉

“Finding a teleportation trap will take a while and it’s only 2 floors to go anyway. The difference in time needed to find a teleportation trap and to go down the floors manually is not that significant. Also, while each floor in the deep levels tends to be very big, but the floors are often designed in a straightforward way without many obstacles. You can just reach the stairs just by running all the way through.”

〈And now he’s going full brute force mode.〉

〈He’s been using brute force all this time though.〉

〈But isn’t it difficult to find the location of the stairs?〉

“I think I know where the stairs are. The closer you get to the stairs, the higher the concentration of magic. So, if you need to find the stairs, just go to the direction where the concentration of magic is stronger.”

I explained to my viewers and focused my senses. I knew where the direction of the stairs was.

“Well then. I will start running toward the stairs.”

I last said before I kicked off the ground and started running at full speed.

〈Huh?〉

〈He disappeared?〉

〈No, he’s over there!〉

〈When did he even get there!?〉

〈Hurry up, Drone-kun! We’re getting left behind!〉

The dense forest sprawled around me and since I was running in a straight line, I was bound to hit the trees.

“I don’t have the time to dodge.”

I took out my kitchen knife and slashed the trees. All the trees obstructing my path were blown away in one go.

〈Are you guys seeing this? The trees are being blown away!〉