An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 58

Chapter 58: A Bundle of Talent

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Inokashira Dungeon, 20th floor. 

Miku and Koto were delivering finishing blows to the deep level monsters that kept coming their way. 

〈Monsters from the deep levels are coming one after another from the stairs.〉

〈Just like usual, Nishida is crazy fast. LOL〉

〈Alright~ Deep Level Monster-san~ The execution ground is over here!~〉

〈To be fair, if I have to be defeated anyway, I’d rather die at the hand of an idol rather than an old guy like Nishida.〉

Miku severed the head of another deep level monster with her sword. Her sword was glowing in white light due to her skill. 

〈By the way, don’t you think Miku-chan’s slashing attack is getting stronger now?〉

〈It is. Even if the monsters are under Nishida’s control, I don’t think you can cut off the head of a deep level monster that easily.〉

〈She has leveled up a lot.〉

〈Maybe she learned a new skill?〉

〈Miku-chan has swordsmanship technique and light magic skills, right?〉

〈And stealth too.〉

“I haven’t learned any new skills though!~”

Miku responded to the comments from the viewers of her channel while taking down the deep level monsters. She seemed really relaxed. The monsters didn’t pose a problem for her. 

“I already went to an appraiser and I only have three skills. Swordsmanship technique, light magic and stealth. I think my level has gone up, but well… It’s not easy getting new skill. At least, that’s how it should be. I can’t say the same thing about Ken-san….”

〈Now that I think about it, skill books are really amazing.〉

〈I’m glad Nishida-san let you have one.〉

〈’Should be’?〉

〈Does that mean there are abnormal people within our ranks?? I wonder who….〉

“Koto-chan! What new skills have you learned?~ Heeey~ Koto-chan?~”

“-?! Ah-! So-Sorry! I was concentrating, so I didn’t hear you, Miku-senpai!”

〈Koto-chan has amazing focus.〉

〈Make sure to defeat more monsters than Miku-chan, okay?〉

“No, no. I’m the one who should apologize for talking to you when you’re working so hard!”

“I-It’s fine… I-I mean… I should apologize for not saying anything during the livestream. I-I was too focused on defeating the monsters, so…”

〈You don’t have to worry about it.〉

〈Dungeon livestreams are like that usually. Explorers need to focus while exploring the dungeon after all.〉

“So… Koto-chan, you already went to an appraiser, right? I was curious to know what new skills you’ve learned.”

“Ah, yes! I only had Titan Strength and axe technique skill, but I learned two new skills after Uncle’s power leveling! Vitality and Vital Point Targeting..!”

〈Huh?! She gained two skills?〉

〈Didn’t Miku-chan just say that it’s hard to get new skill…?〉

〈As expected of Koto-chan. She’s a bundle of talent.〉

〈So this is the power of Nishida-san’s bloodline…〉

“Hmm… At this rate, it will be only a matter of time before Koto-chan becomes stronger than me!”

Miku chuckled wryly while Koto continued to wield the battle axe, that seemed too big for her to handle, to crush the deep level monsters with ease. 

〈Miku-chan, do your best〉

〈Her pride as the senior…〉

〈※ The two of them are idols.〉

〈Now that you mention it… Their main job is being idols, right…?〉

〈Even if Koto-chan surpass her as explorer, that doesn’t mean Koto-chan can surpass her as idols.〉

〈No, Koto-chan might become a top idol one day!〉

〈There’s no winning or losing here. This is not a competition.〉

〈I’d prefer it if they can work together in harmony rather than getting unnecessarily competitive over nothing.〉

〈Exactly. Nowadays, fellow idols need to get along well or they will be brandished as problematic.〉

〈I hope they won’t get into internal conflict like a certain idol group…〉

〈Are you talking about Morning Musume? LMAOOOOO〉

“Ahahaha~ Everyone, thank you for worrying about us, but it’s all good! I get along really well with Koto-chan! If Koto-chan becomes a top idol in the industry, I would be so happy for her! In fact, I’d be even happier for her success than for my own!”

〈As expected from Miku-chan〉

〈So precious…〉

〈Koto-chan is a fan of Miku-chan, right?〉

〈I heard she applied to join the group just to get close with Miku-chan.〉

〈Apparently, she even went to Miku-chan’s handshake events〉

〈I really love their relationship~〉

〈What a heartwarming sight… Even if the background is filled with carcass of terrifying monsters.〉

〈You don’t need to mention that part! LOL〉

Today’s livestream didn’t have any exciting goals in particular. It was just a power leveling session for two petite idols delivering the finishing blows to the massive monsters. However, it seemed this sight had an exhilarating charm to it. People were addicted to it. So much so that the number of viewers on Miku’s channel had exceeded the 500.000 mark, marking the highest number of viewers ever for Miku. Not to mention, the number of viewers were still increasing even after one hour of endless power leveling sessions. 

“Haaah… Haah… I’m so tired! I can’t move anymore!~”

“Tha-That was tough… I think there were more monsters than last time… I wonder just how many monsters we had today?”

Nishida, who finally returned from the deep level, smiled at the two exhausted idols. 

“Great job, Koto, Kanamoto-san. Well, if I count it correctly, there should be 300 monsters today.”

“”300?!?!””

If they had defeated 300 monsters in an hour, that meant they had taken down one monster every 12 seconds on average. 

〈So Nishida added 100 more monsters? They only defeated 200 during the last livestream, right?〉

〈And yet, it only took them an hour to wipe everything clean.〉

〈That means both Miku-chan and Koto-chan have gotten so much stronger.〉

〈It’s even more impressive that Nishida can find a monster, injure it to the point of dying and control it in just 12 seconds.〉

〈Precisely. LOL.〉

“Well then. Let’s defeat the hidden boss on this floor and head back to the surface.”

〈I knew it. LOL〉

〈How can they talk about defeating the boss so nonchalantly like that?〉

〈I can imagine Tarasque-san crying in tears right now.〉

It seemed they were going to return to the surface by using the teleportation portal in the hidden boss room again. The party headed to the boss room, which was located at the edge of the 20th floor. Just as everyone expected. The hidden boss, Tarasque, was gravely injured by Nishida so Koto could deal the finishing blow with her battle axe. 

〈Weak.〉

〈The boss only appears weak because it’s Nishida.〉

〈Tarasque-chan: I-I’m actually a really strong boss, you know?! I really am!!〉

“Let’s see… There are three rewards! A subspace bag, a chunk of adamantite and a Gale Bracelet that can boost the wearer’s speed considerably. Isn’t this really good?! I mean, of course all the rewards belong to Ken-san…”

“No. I don’t need the subspace bag and the Gale Bracelet. I already have both.”

〈So he already have them.〉

〈Does that mean he’s been using a subspace bag all these time?〉

〈I don’t think he does. Rumor has it Nishida has a storage-related skill.〉

“But still…”

“I only need the adamantite. Selling this for cash will be more than enough for me. More importantly, is it okay if the three of you return to the surface first with that teleportation portal? I need to make a little detour before I can return.”

“A detour…? Where to…?”

Miku tilted her head in confusion and Nishida nonchalantly replied. 

“To the 30th floor.”

“”Huh?””

“I’m thinking of defeating the dungeon boss before returning to the surface.”

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T/N: I don’t think Forest Dragon tastes good… It’s all bark and woods, right? Unless Nishida is going to make furniture out of it? I doubt it though.