Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

Blue and purple fragments flew into the air.

The Destroyer (Zagnat)'s eyes darted around and caught sight of the boy.

The attack from the side forced it to halt its assault. Its deep red eyes captured the massive body that was moving at high speed, and with a speed exceeding that of a teenager's body, it unleashed a sword strike.

The monster's bony, slender forearm blocked the greatsword's attack.

"【White Rabbit Feet】!?"

Seeing that "Zagnat" had stopped, the blood-covered Perth and his companions cried out in uncontrollable jubilation. For the first time, the monster's unstoppable rampage had been halted.

In a matter of seconds, Bell and "Zagnat" exchanged glances at extremely close range.

The boy sensed the enemy's unfathomable "ability" and trembled at it.

The monster acknowledged that the presence before it posed a threat and mechanically shifted its priority.

Their eyes became fixed on each other.

Adventurers and monsters began a fierce battle.

"Aaaaaah!!"

"!!"

The boy used his greatsword to fight off the enemy, while the monster used its left forearm to swat away its opponent.

The large silver nugget growled, sending fragments flying from the enemy's armor. Zagnat's pure arm strength caused Bell to stagger, breaking out in a cold sweat from the opponent's astonishing "power," while simultaneously finding an opportunity to break through.

("Durability (Defense)" is very low!)

He shattered his opponent's shell with a single blow.

There were also some cracks on her thin arms.

In the brief exchange of offense and defense, Bell realized that the enemy had significantly enhanced their "strength" and "agility," but their "durability" was considerably lower.

Whoever attacks the opponent first wins!

Bell calculated the simple and clear conditions for victory and defeat, and then propelled his body forward.

"call!"

The force traveled from the foot that stepped forward to the rest of his body, and Bell twisted his upper body in one breath.

It was a fierce spinning slash performed with a greatsword.

The jet-black scarf around her neck traced a path alongside the flashing silver blade.

"──"

In response to this move, "Zagnat" made a screeching sound as his reverse-joint feet rubbed together and jumped.

"ah!?"

Bell's all-out attack missed its mark. He lost sight of the enemy who had vanished from his sight in an instant. He heard a thud above his head and looked up sharply.

What was reflected in the pupils was the "Zagnat" that was upside down and attached to the ceiling.

(impossible!)

Bell was dumbfounded as he watched the monster leap up to the 20-meter-high ceiling in an instant.

Yes, impossible.

This shouldn't happen.

The opponent is not only an absurdly large-scale creature with enough "strength" to kill a high-level adventurer in one blow, but also possesses extraordinary "agility" that allows for easy emergency evasion.

The adventurer's values ​​regarding monsters are destroyed from the very foundation.

Based on the knowledge and experience accumulated to date, the true nature of the opponent can be succinctly described as follows:

"The enemy is a floor master (monster) level monster with a speed of at least iguazú (a type of flying swallow)."

Stop joking around, what is this? You can't win, don't even think about it, just run away.

Reason and instinct screamed in unison, but Bell refused, rejected, and shook them off.

No, to be honest, even if you wanted to escape, you couldn't.

With fierce fighting spirit, Bell suppressed his growing wavering and trembling, gritting his teeth with an iron will.

"!"

"Zagnat" exhaled a breath containing heat, his gaze fixed on Bell, and once again violently shattered the crystal ceiling.

“Wu!?”

At the last second, Bell dodged a massive, exploding arrow that came hurtling towards him like a meteorite.

The powerful shockwave blew away the surrounding adventurers who were frozen in fear, the ground exploded to form an impact crater, and the crystal chips hurtled towards Bell like shotgun pellets.

The greatsword, which dodged a little too late, had half of its blade shattered.

"you……!?"

As soon as Bell landed, he dropped his greatsword and stretched out his left hand.

No matter how fast it is, it can't beat the speed of the upgraded Flame Thunder Projectile.

In order to break through the enemy's weak defenses, Bell launched a quick attack.

"No! You can't!?"

At the same time, he missed Liu's heart-wrenching screams.

"[Flame Lightning]!"

Flames and thunder erupted.

Just moments before the crimson lightning unleashed its power, Zagnat, who was silently confronting Bell, caused its body, encased in a blue-purple "shell," to glow.

Immediately afterwards.

The flames and lightning unleashed their power on Bell.

"Click—Eh…"

Bell didn't know what kind of attack he had been subjected to, and he staggered a couple of steps.

Thick smoke billowed from the breastplate.

It had enough power and heat to take away his breath, telling him that his chest had been hit by a "magical" bullet.

The silent Mars drifted aimlessly before Bell's eyes.

(He's...back?)

Bell was being burned by his own fiery lightning, a sensation he shouldn't have had the chance to experience, while simultaneously watching something in the distance.

The enemy's armor shell was still faintly glowing.

The monster's sharp and ominous "shell" suggests that the abdomen that Yan Lei touched caused ripples, yet it remained unharmed.

"──"

It's too late, but it's soon.

When an adventurer suffers an unexpected blow that leaves a blank in their mind, the Destroyer (Zagnat) will not miss this opening.

It kicked the ground and rushed over.

「!?」

Faced with the monster swinging its right arm overhead and closing in, Bell was fatally caught off guard and had to switch to an emergency defense.

The large "claws" radiate light.

Bell hastily drew Hestia's Blade with his right hand.

The dagger traced a blue-purple path, attempting to block the attack.

"No—"

In that fleeting moment, Bell's hearing picked up on the soft cry someone had uttered.

It picked up the fairy, whose wings had been plucked, and let out a desperate cry.

then.

A world-shaking shock has arrived.

Next.

The burden on Bell's right shoulder was relieved.

"──?"

Something flew into the air.

It scattered water droplets like drops of blood, as light as a bird.

That thing was wearing hand guards.

The thing was holding a black dagger.

That's Bell's right arm.

“Ah—”

An arm has disappeared.

His right arm was severed at the elbow.

Bell only had a fleeting moment to acknowledge reality.

In the next instant, the remaining part of Bell's right arm turned into a scorching mass and burst into flames.

"--Agaa ...

A piercing scream erupted.

As if trying to shatter the pause in time, blood dripped from the exposed muscles of his right arm.

The excruciating pain, almost burning through his nerves, caused every corner of his deep red eyes to become bloodshot.

The severed right arm traced a parabolic trajectory; without letting go of the dagger, it fell into the water.

"Mr. Craney!?"

Ryu's shouts pounded in my ears.

But it wasn't a scream; it was a warning.

A huge, dark shadow covering the boy was stirring.

Bell snapped back to reality and abruptly raised his face, only to see the monster's outline like a guillotine, its left "claw" raised high.

Faced with the threatening "claws" that blew his arm and defense away, a fear that made him want to cry permeated Bell's entire body. He tried to deflect the attack by flashing his left arm guard—armor made of super-hard metal (Dirgence).

The next instant, the handguard that came into contact with the "claws" was shattered.

"──────"

Invincible armor.

At least that's what Bell originally believed; in his partner's (Welf's) creations, this was the strongest armor ever made.

It was a shield made of super-hard metal that had withstood even the attacks of that pitch-black bull.

And it shattered.

It cannot be resolved.

The moment an attack glides across the surface, the armor succumbs to its power and is destroyed.

This is Zagnat's "Broken Claw".

The six fingertips, representing a monstrous nature, possess this ominous claw-like quality.

His fingers were thin and bony, with only the tips becoming thick, sharp, and deformed. Just like the divine blade wielded by the boy, it emitted a jewel-like blue-purple radiance.

Only Ryu and Jala knew that they couldn't touch it. They knew that they absolutely couldn't get near the "claw" during the battle. Only they, who were held back by the resurrected "nightmare," knew that the "broken claw" was a weapon that was "absolutely impossible to defend against."

This shape is less like a claw and more like a "fang," sharpened to be sharper than any weapon and stronger than any armor; it is the "claw of destruction" bestowed upon it by the Mother (the dungeon).

"──"