An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 79

Chapter 79: I’ve Defeated It Solo Several Times

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King Leotaurus finally entered its serious mode. Along with a thunderous roar, its entire body was clad in a golden aura. 

“Already?! I-It’s too soon…! Nishida-sama, please be careful! When King Leotaurus enters this state, it becomes much more powerful than before!”

The ground team said through the drone. 

“Yeah, I remember this part.”

After taking a certain amount of damage, King Leotaurus would unleash its full power, boosting its status significantly. I remembered there I should’ve had a bit more time before King Leotaurus entered this mode, but maybe the existence of a leader had accelerated it.

Its mane bristling and its muscles swelling with the golden aura swirling around it. The lion’s mouth twisted in a human-like way, almost like a sinister grin. Without any sign of warning, King Leotaurus suddenly swung its massive club at me as a form of a violent greeting. The speed of its swing was incomparable than before. 

BAAAAAM!!

The ground caved in, leaving a big crater as if a meteor had hit it. The resulting shockwave was so intense that I was forced to get blown back several meters away.

<DAAAAAAAAAMNNNNNNN!>

<So this is the boss of the 45th floor…>

<Even Nishida is going to have a hard time fighting that thing alone!>

“Ni-Nishida-san?! We-We will also…”

“It’s fine.”

Despite his face twitching with fear, Ichinose Shinnosuke mustered the courage to offer his aid. But I politely refused his kind offer. 

“I can handle this guy alone.”

I really appreciated his kind gesture, but unfortunately, he would only get in my way. Sure, healing magic or buff magic would be greatly welcomed, but only Kosuke Yotsuya could cast those kinds of spells. Unfortunately, Kosuke Yotsuya wasn’t in the right state of mind due to the dungeon boss’ oppressive aura. 

“Bu-Bu-Bu-But your opponent is the dungeon boss of the 45h floor, you know?!”

Indeed. I had a difficult time defeating this monster when I first fought it, even as a party. 

“But back then, since we had gone through all the trouble to reach the 45th floor, we decided to camp on the 45th floor for a bit. We couldn’t possibly pass up the chance, so we waited for the boss to respawn and fought it repeatedly.”

Back then, we hadn’t discovered the teleportation trap method. It had taken us days to reach the 45h floor. 

“B-But! There’s no way you can defeat it solo, Nishida-san!”

“No, I’ve defeated it solo several times already.”

“Huh…?”

<He defeated the dungeon boss of 45th floor solo…?>

<That’s Nishida for you.>

<Wasn’t he still a university student back then? That’s insane.>

<Him retiring as an explorer was a huge loss for Japan.>

King Leotaurus lunged at me again. Even for me, taking on the dungeon boss’ attack at its full strength would cause severe damage to my knives, so I had no other choice but to dodge it. Fortunately, the swing motion of the club was too big and slow. I weaved through the gaps between King Leotaurus’ ferocious attacks, launching counterstrikes whenever I could. My target was its head, its weak point. I kept attacking its head several times and…

“Ooooaaaaa….”

“Alright. Here it comes.”

King Leotaurus was temporarily stunned after taking a certain amount of damage to its head. Seizing this opportunity, I jumped onto its back. 

<Eh?>

<He… Climbed on it?>

<You can do that…? LOL>

<Nishida, the knight in shining armor!>

Without any hesitation, I mercilessly slashed at the back of its head with my knives.

<No holding back, huh?>

<That’s gotta hurt.>

<I kinda feel sorry for the dungeon boss.>

<If you take this part out of context, Nishida will look like a psycho murderer.>

“OOOOOOOHHH!!”

The boss snapped out of its stunned state almost immediately. He flailed around, trying to buck me off, but I clung to its mane tightly with one hand while continuing to slash it with my other hand. 

<Oooh… So if you get on its back, the boss won’t be able to attack you.>

<Easy Strategy to Defeat King Leotaurus (Unlocked).>

<I guess anyone could beat it with this method.>

<No way. Absolutely impossible. LMAOOO>

<Where’s the “easy” part again?>

<That’s one savage rodeo.>

“Vraaaaaaaahhhh…”

Eventually, after sustaining too much damage beyond its health bar, the boss collapsed on the spot with its four legs folding beneath.

“I-Impossible… He actually defeated the dungeon boss solo… Even though I was having a hard time fending it off solo… Not to mention, he handled the boss in its full power mode… I didn’t think this was possible in the first place.”

“To take down King Leotaurus solo… Even Aoi Kadoyama could only defeat the dungeon boss with the help of an entire party…”

Elsa was groaning in frustration while a voice filled with amazement came from the drone. 

“…Phew. It’s been a long while since I last fought it, so I was worried how it’d go… But I somehow managed to defeat it.”

After soloing the ferocious boss of the 45th floor for the first time in over a decade, I let my guard down. All the tension in my body was released in an instant. I was completely caught off guard when…

WHOOOOOOOOSHHH!!

A violent gust of wind blew me away. I couldn’t dodge it in time. 

“-?!”

By the time I realized it, I was swept up by the wind, soaring into the air.

<Nishidaaaaaa!>

<Nishidaaaaaaa!>

<Nishidaaaaaaaa!>

“Nishida-sama…?! Thi-This wind… Co-Could it be… Director Kadoyama’s?!”

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T/N: Btw, Aoi Kadoyama is a woman. The raw didn’t explicitly state the gender, so I THOUGHT Aoi Kadoyama is a man from the name alone. I will refer to Aoi Kadoyama as a ‘she’ from here on forward.