Volume 1 Chapter 10 (2/2)

Such were the first words I uttered upon arrival.

This place was humid. As one would imagine from its name, the [Crimson Cavern] featured pretty high temperatures. Rather than being in a cave, one would have the impression as though they were inside a volcano. All around us was earth and stones, illuminated by the brightness of the flames. The path ahead was wide, probably more than three meters wide.

I immediately deployed the Skeletons. They made clattering sounds as they formed a line.

“Oto-san, do you feel hot?”

“How about you? Do you feel alright?”

“Tenko feels fiiiinne.”

For Tenko who ruled over fire, this much heat seemed like it was no trouble at all.

“It’s hot for me too so I don’t really like going here.”

The Succubus similarly felt hot.

And although she was always lightly dressed even under normal circumstances, her eye catching way of pulling the hem of her clothes allowed me to see various things I shouldn’t have.

Incidentally, the Skeleton squad did nothing but rattle their bones. I had no idea what exactly they were thinking about.

“If you both feel hot, then Tenko will cool it down.”

Just as she said, the temperature of our surrounding dropped.

“Is this Tenko’s magic?”

“It is! Does Oto-san feel better?”

“Yeah. It’s cooler and feels much better now. It helps a lot.”

Tenko had the skill called Ruler of the Flame.

Its effects were that it gave the flame attributed magic spells maximum power ups while also decreasing its consumption of magic power. Not to mention that it also allowed its user to control all flames within their vicinity.

The true nature of Flame magic was that it manipulated of the amount of heat of its target and thus it was also very much capable to lower the amount of heat it had.

If things went on to be this pleasant, we would then be able to hunt in good spirits.

“This is to express my gratitude.”

I used Creation to make a caramel.

Upon doing so, Tenko opened up her mouth wide so I threw it in there.

“Yay! ♪”

Tenko who had been getting addicted to caramel lately looked happy as she tasted it.

“There’s one thing prior I’d like to tell you.”

Succubus halted our departure. And then, she pointed under our feet.

“My transfer magic, when used outside of Marchosias-sama’s Dungeon, only allows me to jump from one array to the next. In others words, if we wished to return to Marchosias-sama’s Dungeon right away, we have to go all the way back to the array which is engraved in this place. So I hope you take note of our exact path.”

“I understand. I’ll pay attention to it.”

It probably was possible to exit the Dungeon normally but not using transfer and instead walking all the way back to Marcho’s Dungeon was a thought I didn’t want to entertain.

So I used [Creation] and created a transmitter. Furthermore, I also used [Creation] to make a receiver and a smartphone. I then installed the receiver on the smartphone.

There wasn’t any GPS so producing a map was impossible but if I were to use an app, I would at least know the directions.

For the moment, I tucked the smartphone in my breast pocket. The record function was turned on. It might come in handy in the worst case scenario.

I remembered each and every kind of gun there was and was even able to prepare this kind of thing but just what the heck kind of person was I?

The mystery only deepened.

I probably wasn’t a decent guy.

“Succubus, is there anything else?”

“Nothing more from me.”

“Well then, let’s go.”

“Yay ♪! Let’s kill lots!”

All our preparations were complete. We headed out for real this time.