Chapter 251

Chapter 251 Strongest Sage, Buys Time for Repair

"Repair . . . ? Can you really do that?"

"If even augment magicians from Second Academy can"t deal with it, I don"t think anyone else can . . . "

"This girl here, Ruli, is an augment magician belonging to Second Academy . . . She"s got the best cla.s.s of skill among Second Academy augmenters who can deal with broken artifacts . "

I"m not lying .

Though it"s more like "best skill" than "best cla.s.s of skill" .

"There"s someone else better at fixing things than me, but I think I can handle this elevator just fine!"

Ruli showed her Student ID as she said that .

"She"s for real . . . "

"I was wondering how someone so young would go this deep . . . So you were a student of Second Academy . . . "

Second Academy student IDs sure are handy . . .

Now that Second Academy is famous thanks to chantless magic amongst other things, simply showing these IDs would smooth lots of things over .

" . . . I think leaving the repair to her is a good idea since she"s an augmenter from Second Academy, what do you think?"

"I don"t have the authority to give you permission to tamper with the elevator . . . But I"d rather get yelled at back on the surface than dying by the [Devil] . . . Can you really fix it?"

"We"ve already figured out the problem in particular, it should be done in 10 minutes . "

I"ve already told Ruli about the problematic spot .

This type of [Dungeon Elevators] has all the same structure, there"s no need to even look for it .

So long as she knows where to work at, Ruli won"t fail with her skill .

"Got it . Let"s just pray that the devil won"t find us out during those 10 minutes . "

"You heard it Ruli, please take care of the repair . "

"I understand!"

Thus, Ruli began fixing the Dungeon Elevator .

Even though it should be a simple matter for her, she"s still giving her all attention to do it .

『 . . . Still, I wonder what this devil is . 』

『I"m not sure, but judging from the conversation, it"s probably a monster that use mental ailment attacks . . . Don"t worry, 90% of mental ailment attacks won"t work on those who can control their mana . 』

『Mental ailments . . . So those kinds of monsters exist . 』

『It"s rare, but yes they do show up sometimes . . . This floor has bunny monsters, They may be the monster that attack people with mental ailments . 』

I probe the surrounding mana .

This floor is mainly inhabited by bunny and wolf monsters .

Most of wolf monsters rely on brute strength, while bunny monsters may be capable of mental attacks in exchange of their weak physical prowess .

It"s hard to imagine they"d be capable of wielding mental attacks potent enough to annihilate entire parties of adventurers . . . But I can"t say that for sure .

While thinking that . . . A portion of monster mana reactions--a herd of around 10 monsters are coming here .

The leader of this herd seems to be this Floor Boss .

It probably found us due to its superior detection capability as a Floor Boss .

Well, a mere boss of floor 9 is no different than the weaklings on Floor 27 asides from its detection ability though .

" . . . Looks like it found us . "

I spoke about the incoming monsters without comm magic to warn the adventurers about it .

The girls must have noticed it already .

"Found us? What did?"

"Monsters did . . . I"ll go and eliminate them for a bit . "

I ran toward the monster herd while saying that .

"I"m going too!"

"W-we"ll help too!"

"No, Alma, you"ve got to conserve your mana! They"re all weaklings, I alone would suffice!"

Alma and the adventurers were going to follow, but I stopped them .

I don"t need mana for my training, but Alma does .

There"s no need to use hers just to defeat these small fry .

I stopped the adventurers purely because they"d just get in the way .

Rather, it"ll be over with one shoot of my magic, their help is unnecessary .

"Whoopsie . "

I shot an impromptu flame magic at the center of the herd .

With a loud sound, the flame exploded and annihilated all but the Floor Boss .

Right afterward, I launched a spear magic and defeated the Floor Boss .

" . . . Looking good . "

This was the first time I used magic in an actual battle since my mana quality had improved .

I thought I would make a slight mistake in the power adjustment, but it turned out to be an imaginary fear .

If there was a mistake, there would be leaks, wasting mana and causing my magic to produce more power than intended .

Hence, I used magic with just enough power on purpose in order to confirm that .

But I found no problem in particular .

Since my Crest now is different from my past life, I thought I"d need to adjust the sense of my mana control, but my worry turned out unfounded .

Though it hasn"t even been 20 years since my return, the years I"ve been living with this Crest since I reincarnated must have proved useful .

I collected the floor boss"s material while thinking .

Even though it"s just a weakling from floor 9, materials from a Floor Boss may carry some special properties .

I"ve got nothing to lose taking them with me .