Reincarnated as a Dungeon Master, I Became Unstoppable by Doting on My Monsters—My Gorgeous Monsters Have Started to Conquer the World on Their Own! - Chapter 40: Dungeon Attack: Part 2
Generally speaking, monsters are stronger between monsters and humans… Or more accurately, they should be creatures created so that anomalies can beat humans.
So, what was it that separated the strength of humans and monsters? Of course, just as humans couldn’t beat bears on Earth, the existence of monster-like wings and claws and other mechanisms of the body was also important.
In reality, however, most monster wonders depend not only on their pure physique but also on the “race skills” possessed by monsters.
For example, in Rosarosa’s case, there was “Poison Creation” when she was G-Rank, Venomwein, “Plant Manipulation” when she was F-Rank, and “Inhalation” when she was E-Rank, and Vine Horror. And then there was the Unique Skill she’d gained by becoming D-Rank, “Poison Conversation.” These four skills couldn’t be handled by humans no matter how hard she tried
This difference made it clear where monsters and humans stood.
-I’ll explain the “race Skill” a little.
Monsters, with some exceptions, could use the pre-ranking race skills, so there was only one race skill when you were G-Rank and two when you were F-Rank, and each time you ranked up, you’d get one more.
Most of the time, it’s said that race skills gained at high ranks are more useful, but just as Biondetta is engaged in spy missions using the “wide hearing” gained at G-Rank, there are fundamental ways to use them, even if they’re a race skill gained at G-Rank
… It’s obvious from the ten years of the wights that monsters are life-forms destined to fight among monsters. As a result, monsters with weaker race skills have been selected and disappeared in the first place.
Nanaya’s shrine maidens were making the best use of the race skills. They only had four per person since they were D-Ranks, as their personalities
In addition, the girls had obtained powerful Unique Skills as replacements for their race skills when they were D-Rank, and they were no longer under the law that “ranking up makes your race skills more powerful,” but that was a pretty rare case, so I decided to keep it to the side this time
…So what should a human do to counter a monster with such a powerful race skill?
The answer would be “blessing,” no matter which person you asked. Blessings, which are said only to be used for 10 percent of the population, are basically “gods, niyori, yori, era, reta, human beings, interpersonal relationships, mo-n-su-ta-ni, tsu-kata, law,” so if you line up your strength, you’re a person with divine protection >Monster> without divine protection.
… It’s only natural since it’s made that way. That’s why people work so hard every day to receive divine protection.
Most super-high-rank hunters are blessed with divine protection, and most of the time, royalty from all over the country gets divine protection somehow.
Furthermore, even if she were poor, she would rarely be able to devour anything with divine protection. That was the position of Etina’s divine protection.
However, even if the gods don’t love you, humans have a way to counter monsters. Gods are greedy things. They want offerings from people they don’t love, who don’t give them divine protection.
…In that case, what skills can someone without divine protection handle?
There are two patterns.
First was the “General-purpose Skill.” This was a skill anyone could learn through training as long as they had a certain amount of status, and they could learn monsters as well as humans
Many passive skills like “Poison Protection” and “Automatic Small Recovery” are applied here, and since you could learn as many as you wanted if you increased your stats, it was common for high-rank hunters to have many of them.
Also, temporary physical enhancement skills, such as “hardening” and “agility,” can be used as general-purpose skills. It’s said that the key to a hunter’s strength is how well they handle those easily usable physical enhancement-type skills.
Putting it all together, it could be said that Passive Skills, Self-Enhancement Skills, and Resistance Skills, which weren’t as powerful as Blessings, were general-purpose skills.
And the skills that the other person can use are called “compensation skills.”
As the name implies, it is a skill that can be obtained by offering something, and it is one of the factors responsible for the law of increasing yields that makes stronger hunters stronger.
The offerings ranged from money, livestock, oil, knowledge, work, virtue, lifespan, and experience. However, most compensation skills were treated by the city’s temples so that they could use certain skills just by sending money and goods. Many hunters sent some cash they’d earned to the temple to use these skills.
All the basic ten elements of magic were this “compensation skill,” which alone confirmed that hunters who could wield a wide variety of magic were rich.
These compensation skills, such as magic, were normally impossible for monsters to use. They had no gods so they couldn’t offer anything. In exchange, they had powerful race skills, though.
Also, it wasn’t as if having money was fine, and there were demand stats just like with General-purpose Skills, so even if you were rich, you couldn’t fire off extra-large-level magic without training.
However, astoundingly enough, Dungeon Monsters can obtain compensation skills at the cost of DP as long as they have the Dungeon Master’s permission.
That said, increasing the number of monsters was more efficient, so it wasn’t that common. Most monsters didn’t have the intelligence and motivation to practice skills other than race skills in the first place.
…But of course, Yuuto had made Nanaya’s shrine maidens learn all the compensation skills as much as possible regarding status.
That was why Rosarosa could use the magic of all attributes, especially C-Rank Flame Magic. C-Rank Water Magic. C-Rank Wind Magic, C-Rank Earth Magic… She was good at using the four above-mentioned elemental magic that was easy to use when preparing poison.
The girls’ mastery of general-purpose and compensation skills, who had spent ten years in battle every day and competed with their comrades in the same environment, was so skillful that you could mistake them for high-rank hunters.
This is why, when Rosarosa chanted, fire, water, wind, and Earth wriggled like her own limbs. Even though she held the two of them back, she gazed at the battlefield with composure.
(Why is Rosarosa, the kindest of all the battle-crazed shrine maidens, being forced to do this?! It’s Rosarosa’s job to lock me up in an overwhelmingly advantageous situation!)
But on the inside, she wasn’t calm.
“The Windwind Quartet.”
As she chanted that, a blade of wind suddenly appeared before her eyes, slicing through the monsters’ bodies. Perhaps due to delicate manipulation, the current passed through the hallway without scratching Alan or Tot.
They were crouched down, clutching their heads, terrified of the existence of supernatural powers, no matter how much their allies had unleashed
…However, after confirming that the enemies had been wiped out from the surrounding area, she quickly regained her composure and spoke to Rosarosa.
“You are an amazing magician, Rosarosa! I’ve never seen such high-ranking magic before!”
“And how many kinds of magic are you using? How rich are you?”
“No, it’s not that bad.”
Rosarosa tried to play it off. No matter how suspicious they were, they would never team up again.
“…Anyway, I’ve been wondering for a while, but why aren’t you fighting, Nee-chan?”
Pointing at Biondetta, who had been listening to the sounds of her surroundings with her eyes closed the whole time, Tot asked… It wasn’t strange that Biondetta, who had assumed she’d be the most useful in battle, hadn’t participated, and Rosarosa hadn’t even pointed that out.
…Tot had once called her Biondetta in an overly familiar way, but ever since she’d been punched, he’d started calling her “Nee-chan” like a petty villain.
“Shut up for a second.”
However, her reply was so reclusive that it was hard to believe they were on the same team. Tot cursed at her, thinking she probably wouldn’t get that reply.
“What are you saying? For the most part, forming a party and doing nothing by yourself is…”
“Yeah, yeah. If you’re going to complain like that, at least half of Rosarosa-chan has to defeat the enemy. Ha-na-shi.”
“…Geez.”
Rosarosa pointed out to Tot, who was peeling the corpses of the defeated monsters. Tot cut off the conversation as if trying to hide the fact that he was a senior but was doing luggage-carrying work before he knew it.
It happened so suddenly. Biondetta, who hadn’t done anything since entering the Dungeon, suddenly leaped into the party’s vanguard.
“It’s about time. I’ve more or less figured out what’s happening in the subjugation team. Now, Rosarosa. Tot. Alan. Get back.”
Biondetta crossed her arms at the front of the party, stretched out her long, well-proportioned legs, and struck a pose. Something was intimidating about the sound of her high heels clacking, even on the battlefield.
“… I’m the leader.”
“… I’m Alan.”
Ignoring their petty claims, Biondetta began walking at a brisk pace. At this point, her arbitrary decision could no longer be stopped.
However, no matter how fast she walked, she was so elegant that they couldn’t take their eyes off her, and the two of them immediately broke into a run like secretaries being swayed by President One-Man. Rosarosa leisurely clasped her hands behind her head and followed them.
(She’s still keeping up with Rosarosa and the others, even though she’s walking fast…)
Or so I thought.
Then, Biondetta continued to hit the shortcut with the highest efficiency, arriving right before the group of enemies. Surprisingly, she stopped.
And at a distance, the enemy could reach.
Naturally, a large number of monsters attacked Biondetta all at once. If they were up against a highly intelligent monster, they might have been on guard, but for monsters that eliminated intruders, they couldn’t be the target of attack.
A swarm of claws, magic, and fists surrounded Biondetta in an instant.
(Ahh! Watch out!!)
Alan immediately averted his eyes as he imagined what would happen two seconds later.
But no matter how much time passed, the scene that was to come never came.
“Y-You’re taking all the attacks?”
Even after receiving an attack that could kill everything for Alan, Biondetta had crossed her arms and hadn’t budged an inch. On the contrary, she hadn’t even opened her eyes.
Alan didn’t understand the meaning of this action, but in any case, even he could tell that her power was overwhelming the monsters.
“I-I thought he was blessed with super-fast protection, but his defenses are amazing, too! What kind of protection is that?”
With that, Alan spoke to Rosarosa excitedly.
“I don’t know. Rosarosa doesn’t know much about it.”
…Unbeknownst to Rosarosa, who knew of Biondetta’s efforts, that statement had hit her nose.
(He’s just acting like he’s under divine protection… Don’t lump Biondetta-chan’s resolve in with the rest of you, who rely on God for everything.)
Rosarosa responded to Alan’s story while trying to gloss things over at random. More importantly, Rosarosa needed to be careful not to overhear the report likely coming from Biondetta.
“From above, BDDC+E-. DDCDD+. BBCECF. A group of mixed C-Rank monsters, vanguard, and rearguard types… That’s pretty annoying.”
Biondetta mumbled. Rosarosa was the only one here who could hear her voice.
-Biondetta was assessing her stats by taking attacks from her opponent now.
As part of her training, she’d been attacked many times by her fellow shrine maidens, gaining the ability to analyze the enemy’s status while losing her life. …This wasn’t the “skill” I’d explained earlier, but a “skill” filled with blood and sweat.
And then Biondetta would take off her glasses and toss them in Rosarosa’s direction without looking… The fierce battle didn’t have to come.
She shakes her head and adjusts her hair a little. Then, with one hand raised to throw glasses behind her back, she stands still. …Even in that pose, she’s always been at a loss for what to do, as if such a composition exists.
(Ah, I found the golden ratio from her narrow butt to her raised hand!)
And even as she pondered such ridiculous things, Rosarosa caught her glasses.
“I’m sorry, Rosarosa, but I’m going to be a little stupid.“
“Ahaha! What’s that supposed to mean? An invitation? Rosarosa-chan is being invited? But Rosarosa-chan loves Biondetta-chan when she’s in that mode!”
Rosarosa laughed mockingly at Biondetta’s statement. The two men, who hadn’t heard her words, remained bewildered.
And all the more incomprehensible to the two of them as Rosarosa suddenly began chanting… It was a low-rank Light Magic spell.
“‘The radiance of the sunlight repels the stealing of women at the edge.’ ‘What’s here is a bivaluated miniaturization.’ ‘Yosuga no kakusui.’ ‘Bon dragonfly.’ ‘AVALANCHE.’ Fire! Fullerche!”
Rosarosa unleashed a flash of light. This was merely a blinding light directed at Tot and Alan.
─── To conceal the moment Biondetta gives birth to a child.
“Dammit! My eyes won’t open! What the hell is Light Magic for… Whoa! Look at the bees!”
The light stopped, and when they awoke, there was a bee carcass in front of them. This was something they should have seen many times in the city, but Alan must have been confused because he quickly pointed that out to Biondetta, who was far away and surrounded by enemies before.
“Biondetta-san! Behind you! Watch out!”
Alan immediately grabbed his sword.
To him, the sight of Biondetta’s back, which had been moving a little since the flash had ended, seemed very ominous.
…It was something Alan would never know, but that was because all the aesthetics of the pose Biondetta had always been careful of had vanished from her
(When push comes to shove, I’ll… save her!)
Alan forced his still-unaccustomed eyes open, steeling his resolve………………he was no match for Yuuto’s. He was as prepared as anyone else.
That was probably why he was at a loss for words when he saw Biondetta’s face as she turned around at the sound of his voice, eyeballs moving at an inhuman speed, their sloppily open mouths, and insects closing their jaws with a tsk tsk tsk. When I listened closely, it was the sound of teeth grinding.”
Biondetta then drew her katana, which had been inserted into her waist, and spun around as if swung around by a katana, neatly cutting down the heads, dakes, of the monsters around her without a sound. Then, without brushing off the blood or putting it in its sheath, the hand holding the katana dangled lazily.
Click… Click… With a weaker sound than before, Biondetta ignored the party and headed deeper into the hallway as if searching for her next prey.
…To Alan, she no longer looked like the refined woman he admired but more like a stray dog.