I Was a Crazy, Berserker-Type Dungeon Streamer, but When I Helped a Beautiful Dungeon Streamer and Treated Her Politely, It Was Revealed That I Was Actually a Normal Person - 10

Chapter 10: Black Fenrir

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I was on my way to the station to return to my home after I had finished streaming my dungeon exploration when suddenly, I noticed my bag felt unusually light compared to when I came. I reached into my bag to check if anything was missing and then… 

“HUH?! I left my camera behind!!”

I exclaimed. 

Crap… I now remembered. I had left my camera drone in the dungeon after I finished the stream. I had used 〈Shock Blast〉to return to the surface as fast as possible, so the couldn’t catch up with me. The camera drone should be still floating somewhere in the lower levels. 

“I guess I need to go back to retrieve it…”

To be honest, I really didn’t want to go back to the dungeon since I had already used a significant amount of energy. However, there was a certain rule in the dungeon. Anything brought from the outside world would disappear in three hours unless someone took it in their possession. In other words, if I didn’t get my camera drone in three hours, my camera would be gone for good. Turning around, I started running back to the dungeon. 

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“It’s there! It’s there…! I finally found it…”

After searching for about 30 minutes, I finally found my camera drone. The drone managed to follow me half-way, so it was left a bit off from the last spot I remembered. Well, I managed to get a good exercise out of it anyway.

“Alright, time to head back for real this time.”

I checked to make sure my camera drone was securely placed in my bag before I started walking out of the dungeon, but then… I noticed something strange. 

“Weird… I haven’t encountered any monsters for a while now…”

Although it had been almost an hour since I entered the dungeon, but I hadn’t encountered a single monster yet. If the dungeon was at the risk of stampede, the number of monsters should’ve increased and yet.. The opposite phenomenon was occurring. How weird.

“I guess I should report this to Ueno-san too, just to be safe.”

It was already late though. I should contact the Dungeon Association tomorrow morning instead. Then, I entered a room with an enormous magic circle. This was a teleportation magic circle that allowed explorers to get teleported to the entrance of the dungeon. It was a convenient feature set up in places where the strength of monsters varies significantly, like between the middle and lower levels. I was about to activate the magic circle, but then… 

Thump!

A sudden, ominous hunch hit me like a brick. Cold sweat broke out all over my body. I could sense the presence of something far more power than myself nearby. Furthermore, it didn’t come from below. It was coming from above. Then, I remembered. Ueno-san mentioned that all the other explorer parties who had been exploring the lower levels were busy exploring the other dungeons. The chance of a strong explorer coming to help me was close to none. 

I pondered. Dungeon exploration came at your own risk. The explorers had no obligation to help each other. Besides, even if I were to help, I wouldn’t receive anything in return anyway. 

And yet… Somehow, I still wanted to help. I knew this desire was coming from my own self-satisfaction and I might greatly regret this decision in the future, but… 

I slightly rolled my shoulders and focused my senses. 

“I guess… The presence is coming from around five floors up?”

I chanted softly and vanished from the spot in an instant.

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“Are you okay?”

I asked as I punched the pitch-black wolf. The wolf was about twice my  height. 

“〈Shock〉!”

Hit by my 〈Shock Blast〉 at a near point-blank range, the black flow flew back in an instant, followed by a strong gust of wind sweeping through the area. I glanced at the female explorer who was trembling and unable to move. She was sitting flat on the ground, and her twin swords, which I assumed were her weapons, lay scattered on the ground. It looked like the girl had completely lost her fighting spirit. She looked downright terrified.

“You’re an explorer, right? I will take care of this guy, so hurry up and escape!”

“N-No…”

A sharp scent pierced my nose. No, she wasn’t paralyzed by fear. It must be the wolf’s skill. High-rank monsters could use a skill called 〈Roar〉. It was a skill that could inflict debuffs on weaker opponents. In some cases, it could paralyze the opponent, making them unable to move. 

“GRRRRRR!!”

Slammed against the wall, the wolf growled angrily.

I know it’s a bit late to realize it, but… Isn’t that an S-rank monster, Black Fenrir?

S-rank monsters meant the explorer had to be S-rank at least to be able to defeat it and since S-rank was the highest rank … Which meant you might need a team of S-rank explorers to defeat this monster. And yet… Here I was, trying to solo it after being exhausted from fighting a Fire Dragon in my last livestream. Even the author of hero stories would call me reckless and suicidal. 

But…

“I need to do it. I have to…”

I’m not a hero. Not at all, but… If I couldn’t even save this one girl in front of me, what kind of explorer would I be then? Where’s my pride as a man, no, as a human?

“HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!”

I activated 〈Shock Blast〉 from the soles of my feet and rushed toward the Black Fenrir at high speed. I swung my fist again as I flew at the speed of sound. 

BAMM!!

But suddenly, the Black Fenrir vanished. My fist collided with the wall, creating a vibration that shook the ground. Why? I had tracked the wolf right until my fist was about to touch it, but the moment my fist made contact with it, the black wolf disappeared like mist. 

Suddenly, I felt a powerful killing intent from behind me.

“〈Shock〉!”

While chanting, I turned my hand behind me and activated 〈Shock Blast〉 against the invisible enemy. However, the moment I activated the skill, the killing intent vanished.

“Ugh…?!”

Instead, a sharp pain shot through my back. Grimacing in pain, I jumped to the side.

“Where are you? Where are you?!”

I pulled out a potion from my pouch while scanning the area for any presence, but aside from me and the fallen explorer, I sensed nothing. I tried to recall the information about Black Fenrir that I had read from the documents provided by the Dungeon Association. However, the Black Fenrir wasn’t kind enough to wait for me to remember. Once again, I felt a sudden killing intent from behind me. 

Wait, I remembered!

I turned my hand behind me, just like before.

“〈Shock〉! 〈Shock〉!”

I activated my skills twice. But, unlike before, I pointed my hands downward this time. The Black Fenrir had a unique power and that was…

“GAONNNNN!!”

Suddenly, the Black Fenrir appeared right in front of me. Black Fenrir could slip into the shadows of anything. I just remembered that. Hence why I had shot 〈Shock Blast〉 toward my own shadow. Being an S-rank monster, Black Fenrir had quick reflexes. Right after it noticed its position had been found out, the Black Fenrir leaped out of the shadow and lunged to bite me. Judging from our close distance, I wouldn’t have enough time to complete chanting my skill, but…

“…!”

I thrusted out my left hand that I had hidden on purpose. I had deliberately held out the 〈Shock Blast〉 I had cast earlier. The Black Fenrir noticed what I was about to do, but it was already too late. 

“GAOOOOOO?!”

Hit by my max power 〈Shock Blast〉, the Black Fenrir was sent flying. The wolf disappeared into the shadow, running away from me. 

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