An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 54

Chapter 54: That’s Probably Naomi

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I was exploring the lower level of the Tamagawa Dungeon to gather seafood for my restaurant. I should be around the 13th or the 14th floor by now since I had descended several sets of stairs. 

“Though the Tamagawa Dungeon is only 15 floors deep, but this dungeon is considered to be quite difficult to clear because you need to dive underwater.”

〈Normal people can’t fight monster underwater, you know. LOL〉

〈There’s barely any info about this dungeon in the Danpedia.〉

〈I guess the difficulty of a dungeon can’t just be judged by its class.〉

〈Dungeon classes are entirely based on its depth after all.〉

〈No wonder this dungeon is not popular.〉

〈That explains why the receptionist was so surprised too.〉

“Oh, something is coming toward us.”

I was swimming through the water, searching for monsters that could be used as ingredients when I noticed a large shadow approaching me from the distance.

“Is that… A Sahagin?”

〈Sahagin even show up on the lower levels?〉

〈Yes, yes. Please come over here and get yourself killed instantly. Instant kill~ Instant kill~〉

〈Did it come just to get killed by Nishida?〉

〈We don’t need anything that doesn’t taste good.〉

〈No, but, isn’t that Sahagin a bit too big?〉

〈It looks pretty big.〉

〈No, it’s HUGE.〉

〈That’s way too big for a Sahagin…〉

What charged at me at high speed was a gigantic Sahagin. This Sahagin was probably about seven or eight times the size of a normal Sahagin. For reference, a regular Sahagin was about the size of a small adult male. 

“That’s a King Sahagin.”

〈The highest-rank of Sahagin species!?〉

〈The pressure from that thing is unreal.〉

〈Can you eat this one?〉

〈It’s still a Sahagin, so I think it’s going to taste gross?〉

“No. It’s definitely much tastier than a regular Sahagin.”

〈So it’s tasty? LOL〉

〈The stronger it is, the tastier it gets, huh? LOLOLOL〉

〈To be honest, I still don’t want to eat it.〉

〈If someone served it to me without telling me anything, I would eat it. But I can see it now, so…〉

King Sahagin attacked me with a spear that looked like something Poseidon might carry, but I deflected it with my kitchen knife. The King Sahagin then swam past me swiftly.

〈Isn’t that spear called Trauden or something?〉

〈That’s probably Naomi. LOL〉

〈Isn’t it Traiden?〉

〈It’s actually a Trindl.〉

〈No, it’s Trident! LOLOLOL〉

Then, King Sahagin made a sharp U-turn and lunged at me again. King Sahagin seemed to be able to control the water current. He used the water current to boost its speed. I swung my kitchen knife and with one swift motion, I severed its head. 

〈And of course. Another instant kill. LOL〉

〈Even the highest-rank species is no match for Nishida.〉

〈Nishida is the highest-rank species of a human, after all.〉

〈Will he bring it back as an ingredient?〉

“Yeah, I’m thinking of bringing it back. I won’t add it to the regular menu though. I will offer it as a secret menu, so if anyone’s interested, feel free to order it. It tastes a bit peculiar, but I think some people might like it. The secret Sahagin set menu will be available until I run out of Sahagin meat.”

〈I kinda want to try it out of pure curiosity.〉

〈Sounds like one of those rare delicacies.〉

〈I bet people are going to swarm in to order.〉

〈Just look at the size. There’s a decent amount of meat in it. But yeah, I’m sure the meat will run out fast.〉

“By the way, I’ve been searching for one specific monster this whole time, but I haven’t been able to find it yet… I’m pretty sure it should spawn around here though…”

〈A specific ingredient?〉

〈What kind of monster could it be?〉

〈If Nishida’s looking for it, it’s got to be tasty.〉

〈No doubt. LOLOL〉

“Hm? I’m sensing something over there… I’m going to check it out.”

〈Does he have some kind of detection skill?〉

〈Probably, yeah.〉

〈But it seems like he can’t get full details of what he’s detecting?〉

〈And it seems the range is quite limited.〉

〈The lower level floors are way too big after all.〉

Eventually, a huge rocky reef comes into view.

“Oh, there it is. It’s sticking to that rock.”

〈Where?〉

〈I don’t see anything.〉

〈There’s nothing there.〉

〈I can’t see shit.〉

“Ahahaha~ It’s camouflaging pretty well against the rock surface, so it’s hard to spot it at first glance. Let me try attacking it.”

I thrusted my fist forward. A shockwave was created underwater, striking my target directly.

“～～～～～?!”

〈It moved!?〉

〈It’s huge!?〉

〈What is that thing!?〉

〈It’s a squid! A giant squid!〉

〈It’s way bigger than I expected, I almost wet myself.〉

“It’s a Kraken. A delicious squid monster.”

〈FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!〉

〈So this is what you were looking for!〉

〈Looks tasty.〉

〈I’m drooling.〉

〈The Kraken is nothing but food to Nishida. LMAOO〉

Finally noticing me, the Kraken lunged forward. The Kraken tried to wrap its long, thick tentacles around me, but…

Slice, slice, slice!

I cut them all off.

〈Another instant kill, just as I expected.〉

〈How dare a mere food try to attack Nishida.〉

〈Truly, the one and only Kitchen Samurai.〉

〈Wait, it’s running away without its legs!?〉

〈And it’s fast too!〉

〈No way?! It can swim that fast with just its body?〉

The Kraken tried to run away, but of course I wouldn’t let it escape. Using water magic, I created a swirling current and pushed the Kraken back toward me.

“Alright. Welcome back.”

〈An underwater monster getting toyed with underwater by a land-dweller. LOLOLOLOL〉

〈The Kraken’s Despair.〉

〈”If only I still have my legs…!!”〉

〈The Kraken was already done for the moment Nishida cut all its legs off. LOL〉

I continued searching for more ingredients and two hours had passed since I started livestreaming. 

“Alright. I’ve gathered a good amount of seafood now. I think it’s time to head back to the surface.”

〈Thanks for your hard work!〉

〈It was fun. I get to see the rare underwater dungeon exploration.〉

〈I knew it~ Ken-Channel is definitely my most favorite one~〉

〈He never flops.〉

〈Really? I felt like today’s livestream was a bit lackluster.〉

〈If you think this is lackluster then your expectations are way too high. LOL〉

〈Not everyday you get to watch underwater dungeon exploration. The one at lower levels even.〉

〈Oi,oi,oi. You guys. Are you forgetting something? This is Nishida we’re talking about. There’s no way this is the end.〉

“I’m already on the 15th floor and the boss should be on this floor too. So, I’m going to defeat the boss and use the transportation portal to go back to the surface.”

〈Called it! LOL〉

〈We have an amazing prophet among us.〉

〈As expected from Nishida! He never disappoints! LOLOLOL!〉

〈Just casually defeating the boss while he’s at it. LOL〉

〈This guy is really going to defeat another boss? LMAO〉

〈Well, for an S-ranker like him, a Class 3 dungeon boss should be a piece of cake to defeat.〉

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