Lazy Dungeon Master Chapter 352

The Final Battle

(Aidi's Point of View)

​ The fight between Aidi and Core No . 564 had begun .

​ The would most likely be the decisive battle . She truly didn't think that they'd actually have managed to capture the entire dungeon in a single day .

​ If it were just Aidi alone, it would take several days . No—she might not have been able to do it at all .

​ … Still though, she definitely didn't think that the Four Kings would have been done in by that powerless swarm of squirrels . While that ghost was basically just ignored, it turned out to not be an issue since Aidi's Doppelganger, the fire magic sword, was able to take it down easily .

​ She felt a bit sad she couldn't witness Rokuko's fightdance personally, but she decided to focus on the enemy before her for the time being .

​ “Diiiie!”

​ “Whoops—■■■■ . ■■■■■■, ■■■■—[Summon Skeleton] . ”

​ Performing a series of steps as if dancing, Aidi summoned a Skeleton while parrying Core No . 564's sword .

​ The Skeleton was just meant to act as a hindrance . At the very least, it would serve as about as much of an annoyance to her opponent as throwing a handkerchief at his eyes would be .

​ “■■■■ . ■■■■■■, ■■■■—[Summon Skeleton] . ”

​ “No matter how many times you try that, it's useless! Are you looking down on My Glorious Self, No . 666!?”

​ The Skeletons were immediately destroyed, their bones clattering to the floor in an explosive spray . Aidi grinned as if to look down on Core No . 564 even further .

​ Her gaze, her actions, all of them served to irritate Core No . 564 more and more, causing his attacks to be telegraphed .

​ “So then, this is a Boss Room . That being the case, if I defeat you, the boss, here… I suppose that'll be it?”

​ “Hmph, you will not be able to kill My Glorious Self! My Glorious Self is strong!”

​ “Even though you were just boasting about that 'strength' to a couple of squirrels a bit ago?”

​ “You heard!? Don't speak of it! You are the weak one here!”

​ “Fufufu, keep on barking . ”

​ Although he spoke like that, Core No . 564 was unable to land any of his attacks . They each knew the Demon King Sword Style and his two Arch Demon bodyguards had left to invade the other team .

​ And while he was continuing to refuse to recognize how he had been completely trounced in their war of words, that didn't change the fact that he had lost .

​ A certain person watching their back and forth from the VIP Room probably had a cold expression at that .

​ “That should be good… Come on, Rokuko . ”

​ Weaving their way through the bones scattered about, squirrels dashed into the room .

​ They were Aidi's reinforcements . Although the majority of the squirrels had become decoys for that ghost when they scattered, Rokuko had more reinforcements be summoned .

​ They numbered more than a hundred .

​ “D-Dammiiiiiit!”

​ Core No . 564 shut his mouth hard enough that his teeth ground together, forcing him to practically eat his words .

​ Even if they could fit into his mouth, they wouldn't be able to get in if he kept it closed .

​ Although his reaction was effective, his mouth wasn't their only aim .

​ “Oh hoh, how fluffy . Such adorable decorations, the look suits you . ”

​ They aimed at his eyes, ears, nose, exposed skin—any weak spot, really .

​ The squirrels swarmed over Core No . 564, relentlessly jabbing him with their teeth as if he were some chestnut . Core No . 564 rushed toward a wall as he started shaking them off of his body .

​ Several squirrels were smashed, caught between him and the wall . Others were blown away from the impact .

​ “Motherfu—, [Pulverize]—”

​ Although he'd swung his sword with a sword skill, his opponents were simply too small . Moreover, the bones were getting in the way . The effect was so small that it only amounted to several squirrels being blown back with some bones .

​ As the squirrels swarmed together once more, he gave his all to do a back step . Seeing Core No . 564 run away from squirrels, Aidi couldn't help herself from laughing .

​ “I see . So this is amusement . How wonderful, Rokuko . ”

​ [Riiight~? Numbers are power, see!?]

​ “Yes, I understand now . This is what a true swarm is . So, could I finish him off now?”

​ [Nope! We're going to somehow drive him out of the Boss Room and win by touching the Dungeon Core . ]

​ Aidi knit her brows at her rival'sfriend's words . She started to wonder if she was hesitant to kill a core . However—

​ [Core No . 564's pitiful bitterness after we utterly defeat him—don't you want to see it?]

​ His entire offensive force dealt with by humans . His residence lit on fire .

​ Cornered by squirrels, his Dungeon Core taken control of by another, being made fun of during his big fight . Then, after all of that, only being allowed to live due to provide his enemies with more amusement . All of this happening because of 600 series cores .

​ “Wonderful! That sounds so wonderful, Rokuko! You are a genius!”

​ [Fufun . It's the result of my Master's training . ]

​ “What a great Master . It's settled, then . Let's get him to leave the Boss Room and let him live . Rokuko, could you get him to just in front of the entrance? I'll be able to push him out after that . ”

​ [Don't make light of our hug pillow . That much is easy! Meat, Ichika, do it!]

​ With that, the squirrels' movement shifted . Although they'd simply been chasing Core No . 564 and making him run away thus far, they started to anticipate his movements . By the time he realized that the squirrels were acting differently, he'd already been guided to a spot next to the entrance of the room . He'd been tricked .

​ Aidi had been holding her magic sword up as if drawing it back in a bow . Core No . 564 had carelessly wound up standing directly in its path .

​ Now that things had progressed to this point, he would be shoved outside the room . Aidi simply shoved her sword forward .

​ Fwip .

​ “—[Crimson Road] . ”

​ What occurred during that fwip was too flashy .

​ [Crimson Road], a piercing attack of the fire attribute . Although it held disadvantage in that it could only be used once per day and in that it also damaged the user, the fire-attributed damage was ineffective against Aidi, who was originally a fire-attributed magic sword-type core . To her, this was simply a skill with a cooldown .

​ When Aidi and Rokuko (and the Trivial Trio) had had their Dungeon Battle against each other, it was this move that had evaporated the iron ball and seawater gimmick .

​ “I killed a few squirrels, but that should be fine?”

​ [Well, yeah… Eh, is he alive?]

​ “I held back a bit, so he shouldn't be dead . ”

​ The Dungeon Battle still hadn't ended, so he should still be alive . Barely . But alive .

​ With that, Aidi turned around and went through the open door leading beyond the Boss Room .

​ There in a corner of the Core Room, devoid of anyone else, was the Dungeon Core .

​ Although Aidi had thought there might be some Succubi hiding themselves there, there really wasn't anyone .

​ That said, even if there were, she would have just cut them down .

​ “You know, it'd be even more amusing if we let No . 629—Orange touch it . ”

​ [Ah, then even if presumptuous, nkyuu, I'll touch it~]

​ Saying that, one of the squirrels moved ahead of the rest of the swarm . It was most likely the one being operated by Orange .

​ There was nothing left to stand in the way and there were no other Dummy Cores to use Castling with, either . The squirrel managed to successfully touch the Dungeon Core .

​ At the end of the end, it was anticlimactic .

​ In this manner, the Dungeon Battle came to a close .

Chapter end