D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared Volume 3 (eBook)

Kono tsuranori (Autor)

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2023
250 Seiten
Distributed By PublishDrive (Verlag)
978-1-7183-5144-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The dust has settled around the Otherworldly Language Translation auction. Yet not long afterwards, Naruse shocked D-Powers with her translations. To confirm the existence of mineral drops, Keigo and Miyoshi must delve to an even deeper level of Yoyogi Dungeon. However, the enemy lying in wait might finally put Keigo's stats and skills to the test.
Meanwhile, the publication date for Heaven's Leaks is drawing closer. While D-Powers counts down the days, they must also confront problems regarding their stat-measuring device. How will the world react to telepathy and the quantification of human abilities? Could these two revelations somehow collide?

Finally, an old friend visits, but she brings news about Altum Foraminis. The healing cult has begun closing in on D-Powers. Regardless, the world's top explorer, his genius sidekick, and their loyal hellhounds won't be foiled so easily. Not until they've uncovered the secrets of the dungeons and sampled all the best food in Tokyo, at least.

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Enkai raised both arms in front of his face in an attempt to block my attack. However, my palm strike—which contained far more power than the iron ball thrown by Miyoshi—broke Enkai’s guard, closing in on his forehead.

At that moment, several dozen iron balls bombarded Enkai through his slightly open guard. These projectiles had originated from Miyoshi, who had been waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. With his feet off the ground and his arms repelled, Enkai had no way of defending himself. Thus, the entire barrage of iron balls struck him on the forehead.

Helpless against gravity, both Enkai and I fell towards the ground together. The sun god’s neck bent backwards, and when our eyes met, I remembered a story in which he’d said, “The summit of my abode—Kirinyaga—is the pinnacle of the world. I will not permit anyone to fly above my head.”

Seemingly drawn towards Enkai, the iron ball in my hand moved with such great speed that it appeared to change shape. As soon as the back of the sun god’s head hit the ground, the iron ball plunged into his forehead with nothing to obstruct it.

As the back of Enkai’s head rebounded against the ground several times, the delayed sound of something being crushed finally reached my ears. Then my opponent ceased to move. The sun had already sunk beneath the sea of clouds, and in that moment, its final afterglow quietly faded away. At the same time, Enkai’s body transformed into black light.

“The death of a sun god coinciding with nightfall,” Miyoshi said. “Pretty poetic situation, don’t you think?”

As I gasped for air, Miyoshi approached my side with three hellhounds in tow. From the looks of things, Aethlem hadn’t died. Miyoshi must have poured a potion over him in a desperate attempt to save his life.

While examining the ground where Enkai had disappeared, I scrunched up my face in displeasure. “Does that mean he’ll revive tomorrow morning like nothing ever happened?”

Smiling weakly, Miyoshi shrugged. “That sort of thing happens all the time in myths.”

Don’t even joke about that.

This time, we’d come out on top by instantly striking Enkai’s weak point. Still, I couldn’t imagine that fight having reflected a god’s full strength. After all, he hadn’t used anything resembling magic during the battle, and I had a sneaking suspicion he could fly. Going up against a godlike enemy who might be concealing all manner of crafty techniques? One battle would more than suffice. If possible, I wanted to keep my distance from Enkai for the rest of my life.

While gathering Enkai’s drops, we also performed a cursory investigation of the mountaintop. Afterwards, we quickly exited the peak, following the map created by the SDF squadron. After a short descent, we found an open space behind a slight fold in the mountain. Deciding to camp there, we took out Dolly.

Unlike the tenth level, the eighteenth level was home to four-legged, relatively large monsters that resembled ibexes. If we placed Dolly in an open area, those ibexes would ram the RV, plunging us to the bottom of a cliff in the blink of an eye.

After boarding Dolly, I immediately lined up Enkai’s drops on the dinette table and asked Miyoshi to Appraise them.

“Whoa, these are god-tier drops,” Miyoshi blurted out. “Guess I should’ve expected that, right?”

Bangle of Ngai

AGI +50%

MP + 50%

Magic Damage Reduced by 80%

90% of Damage Taken Goes to MP

Auto Adjust

A bracelet created by Ngai to protect himself.

Ring of Ngai

All Statuses + 20%

Auto Adjust

A ring created by Ngai to protect himself.

Based on Miyoshi’s notes, these items were broken as hell.

Decrease magic damage by eighty percent? Was that insane magical resistance because of this bracelet?

But of course, distributing ninety percent of damage taken to your MP would be a double-edged sword.

“The ring is more geared towards you,” Miyoshi said. “My stats going from ten to twelve wouldn’t make me the least bit happy.”

“In that case, you can use the bracelet. It’ll make you slightly more durable.”

“Got it. But still, these look like a matching set, and their designs seem likely to draw misunderstandings.”

While making these lighthearted remarks, Miyoshi slid her left hand through the bracelet. Immediately, the piece of jewelry changed in size, fitting around her wrist.

“Wow, that’s incredible!” she cried. “Is this what Appraisal meant by auto-adjust?”

I nodded. “If this technology spreads, it won’t be long until clothes and sneakers are equipped with the same function.”

“That does sound convenient, but when is that supposed to happen, exactly?”

“In a better time line, this tech should’ve been implemented in 2015.”(7)

“But unfortunately, there’s no Dr. Emmett Brown in our world.”

I picked up the ring between my thumb and forefinger. Despite being somewhat large, it would probably fit on any finger thanks to the auto-adjustment. But seeing as it would be a hindrance on my right hand, I chose to wear the ring on the little finger of my left hand, where it would least get in the way.

“Male pinky rings give off of a playboy vibe, don’t you think?” Miyoshi asked.

“Wait, really? This ring isn’t really pink though.”

Miyoshi had used the English term “pinky ring,” which I wasn’t familiar with. In any case, the Ring of Ngai—which was fairly wide—had been decorated with an elaborate African design.

“Pinky rings are ones worn on your little finger, not pink-colored rings,” Miyoshi explained. “According to some people, they’re considered stylish or sexy, but I’m not so sure about that...”

I nodded. “Oh, I see. But they only give off a playboy vibe when good-looking, trendy guys wear them, right? I should be fine. I’m just wearing it on the most convenient finger, after all.”

Having said this, I ignored Miyoshi’s opinion. But really, who’d decided that wearing a ring on the little finger of your left hand signaled wanting to sleep around? The fashion industry had way too many ambiguous rules.

I then opened up Making to check on the ring’s effects.

Name: Keigo Yoshimura

Rank: 1

SP: 523.448

HP: 432.00

MP: 240.00

STR: [-] 200 [+] [240]

VIT: [-] 100 [+] [120]

INT: [-] 100 [+] [120]

AGI: [-] 200 [+] [240]

DEX: [-] 100 [+] [120]

LUC: [-] 100 [+] [120]

>> Azusa Miyoshi

“Whoa,” I said. “Looks like I really am getting a twenty percent increase.”

“Kei, Kei, what about me?”

Name: Azusa Miyoshi

SP: 50.937

HP: 22.25

MP: 33.05 (49.575)

STR: [-] 8 [+]

VIT: [-] 9 [+]

INT: [-] 18 [+]

AGI: [-] 11 [+]

DEX: [-] 13 [+]

LUC: [-] 10 [+]

“Looks like all the perks have been applied, but...” I trailed off. “What’s this?”

“Is something wrong?” Miyoshi asked.

“No, but you have 50.937 excess SP.”

“You’re kidding me! This must be thanks to the god, right?”

“Probably.”

The first genomos had yielded 0.13 points. Miyoshi had defeated around one hundred of the creatures, but even then, her total SP would have been a mere 1.551. And despite the number of genomos being vague, she’d accurately recorded the exact number of other monsters she’d defeated. If we calculated backwards from there, Enkai had yielded around forty-five points.

“Wow, talk about god-tier SP,” Miyoshi said. “If we both received that many points, Enkai must have yielded ninety SP in total. In other words, the number of this level—eighteen—multiplied by five. Think that’s the ‘god coefficient’?”

“That would be one hell of a coefficient,” I agreed. “But anyway, what statuses do you want to increase?”

Miyoshi could only do what she wanted with her statuses for a short period of time. After a while, half the points would be naturally distributed.

“Let’s see,” Miyoshi replied. While considering this, she tossed karaage into the waiting mouths of the Arthurs, who were alternately sticking their heads out of the shadows. “I have to go with INT, right?”

I frowned. “You’re not thinking that with forty more points, you could summon ten more hellhounds, right?”

“Um, whyever would you think that...?”

“Because I’m not an idiot.”

How the hell would we take care of ten more hellhounds? I could only foresee a grim...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2023
• Reihe/Serie: D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared
• Reihe/Serie: D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared
• Illustrationen: Kono tsuranori
• Übersetzer: Kono tsuranori
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: adult protagonists • Dungeons • Light Novel • Military • Science Fiction • Slice of Life
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-5144-5 / 1718351445
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-5144-8 / 9781718351448