An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 43

Chapter 43: This Is So Precious, I Think I’m Going to Die

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“I was thinking of doing power leveling for Koto in this collaboration livestream.”

〈Power leveling?〉

〈What’s that?〉

〈It’s the thing where you can do anything as long as you have the muscles for it.〉

〈Got it, I understand everything now. Thank you for the great explanation.〉

〈I knew it. Muscles are the best after all.〉

〈YOU GUYSSSS IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE LMAOOO〉

〈Power leveling is when low-level players level up in an efficient way with the help of high-level players.〉

〈Of course I knew that.〉

〈I-I knew it too! I-I was just playing along!〉

〈But I thought you can’t power leveling in real life? It only works in games, right?〉

〈That’s right.〉

〈There were explorers who tried it and in the end, they concluded power leveling in real life is not efficient.〉

〈You won’t gain much experience unless you actually gets involved in combat actively.〉

“That’s right. Just like what you guys mentioned in the comments, power leveling in real life is not as easy like in the game. You can’t see the exact numbers, but the general idea is you only get like 1/10 or 1/100 of the total experience points. In conclusion, it’s generally faster to level up gradually by defeating monsters of the same rank.””

〈But if you’re going to do it anyway, that means…〉

〈Does that mean you know some kind of tricks to cheat your way?〉

〈For real? Nishida is going to go viral again.〉

〈I’m so excited!〉

〈Nishida might create a revolution in the explorer world.〉

“Well, it’s not a trick or cheat or anything of that nature. To put it simply, you just need to fight much stronger monsters. If you can only get 1/100 of the total experience points, you just need to defeat a bunch of monsters with high experience points. In that way, you can still get decent experience points from power leveling.”

〈O-oh…?〉

〈So… What do you mean by that?〉

〈I kind of get it, but also don’t?〉

〈Can you explain it in Japanese?〉

〈You guys don’t get it? LMAOOOO〉

“Anyway, let’s end the introduction part here. It’s time to get down to the 20th floor.”

〈Huh?〉

〈What?〉

〈Huh?〉

〈Wait?〉

〈Th-Th-The 20th floor!?〉

Inokashira Dungeon had 30 floors in total. The 20th floor was the floor where I recently defeated the rampaging dungeon boss. 

“And with this, we’ve arrived at the 20th floor safe and sound.”

The monsters used to grow ferocious because of the dungeon rampage, but since the anomalies had been subdued, the monsters were at their normal state now. Hence why we were able to reach the 20th floor without facing any trouble.

〈They actually made it to the 20th floor…〉

〈Just like always, Nishida was able to find the teleportation trap in a flash.〉

〈So they’re going to do power leveling by defeating the monsters on this floor?〉

“Not quite. I want the girls to fight the monsters on the 21st floor…. The deep level monsters.”

〈NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!〉

〈What are you thinkingggggggg?!?!??!〉

〈You crazy bastard!!!〉

〈Those monsters are way too strong for them LMAOOO!!〉

〈Are you mad?! You’re bringing a total newbie to fight the deep level monsters?!〉

〈i can visualize the Dungeon Management Agency going insane because of Nishida.〉

〈I knew it. Nishida’s lost his marbles.〉

〈The man who got too strong to the point he lost his common sense. That is Nishida.〉

“Ahahaha…. But you see, we also went to the 20th floor during our last collaboration livestream. We even fought the boss. Well, I said ‘we’, but I was only watching from the sidelines though.”

〈Now that you mention it….〉

〈Miku-chan is so calm. As expected of an idol. She has a strong mentality.〉

〈But this time, they need to fight the monsters for real, right?〉

〈Watching and fighting are different.〉

〈Koto-chan, a total beginner, is going to have to fight deep level monsters…〉

“Of course, I will take plenty of extra precautions to ensure their safety. The deep levels are prone to irregularities, so I’m going to bait the monsters to the 20th floor. First, I will create a safe zone for them around here, near the stairs leading to the 21sth floor.”

I used earth magic to create a massive cube about the size of a small house. The inside was hollow with an entrance just big enough for an adult to crouch through. 

〈So he can use earth magic too.〉

〈It’s Nishida. He can do anything.〉

〈He could camp outside without a tent.〉

〈How convenient.〉

“This… The walls are pretty solid.”

Reika Kaga looked genuinely surprised after she knocked on the wall. 

“Yeah. I made it tough on purpose so the lower level monsters can’t destroy it. I will go taunt the monsters from the deep level, so the three of you can just stay inside there and wait for me.”

I said that before I headed down the stairs to the 21st floor.

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“Alright! So we will all wait here until Ken-san returns!”

After being left behind, Miku Kanamoto started talking to her viewers while waiting for Nishida. She turned to Koto, who was still nervous and asked her a filler question. 

“Are you still in high school, Koto-chan?”

“Ye-Ye-Yes! I’m a first year student! (Miku-senpai is talking to me!! I’m together with Miku-senpai within this small space! She’s so close to meeeeeee!!!)”

“You’re from Hiroshima, right?”

“Ye-Yes! I just moved here recently after I debuted. I’m still living in the dorm now!”

“Ahaha~ The dorm for the group, right?~ Well, we shouldn’t talk about our private lives that much in public though.”

“-?! I-I shouldn’t say that?! (ARRGHHHHHHHH!! I SAID THE WRONG THING!! But still… Miku-senpai is so adorable… SHE’S SO ADORABLE ARHHHHHHHH!!!!!)”

Koto’s face turned bright red because she was glued together with her favorite idol. She never expected she would be able to talk with her most respected senpai like this. Miku, who thought Koto’s red face was due to her nervousness, gently reassured her junior.

“It’s okay~ You don’t need to worry about it~ I think all the fans already know about that. I also moved to Tokyo not too long ago. I also used to live in the dorm until recently.”

“Do-Does that mean… I could’ve lived together with Miku-senpai if the timing was right?!”

“Huh? I-I guess so? Yeah…?”

(I REALLY WANT TO LIVE WITH MIKU-SENPAI ARGHHHHHH!!!!!)

〈what a heartwarming girl talk.〉

〈This is so soothing.〉

〈I can’t believe we can witness such a heartwarming scene during a dungeon livestream…〉

〈They’re right in front of the entrance to the deep level though.〉

〈I’m rooting for the Miku-Koto pair〉

〈Koto-chan, why do your eyes sparkle so beautifully when you look at your senpai?〉

Meanwhile, Kaga, Miku’s manager, was watching their interaction from behind. 

“(OH MY GODDDDDDD!!! HOW PRECIOUSSSSSSS!!! NO, BUT?! KOTO-TAN IS SUPER ADORBSSSS!!! IT’S NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY SHE’S AS CUTE AS MIKU! Could it be… I’ve just found my second bias?! AHHH!! TO THINK I COULD SEE MY BIAS INTERACTING WITH MY BIAS UP CLOSE!!! This is so precious. I think I’m going to die.)”

She was ascending to another realm.

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T/N: I just want to say I relate to Kaga the most.