Mushoku no Eiyuu ~Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan daga~

153-Episode 25: Do You Feel Like Making A Hole In The Floor?

When I came to the middle level, I was fighting against members of the martial bandits based here - the Red Scarf.

Since they are bad guys, they also use unorthodox attacks.

For example, smoke balls.

The fist-sized ball that was thrown at my feet, as soon as it hit the ground, it spat out a fierce smoke.

It spreads in the blink of an eye and tries to take away my vision.

And it's not just smoke, it seems.

'Phew!?That's toxic smoke!?Inhale, and in a matter of seconds your whole body goes numb.

What did you say?

What?

I was behind the man who threw that smoke screen.

'If we move faster than the smoke spreads, we won't have to worry about being consumed by it.

Gubey.

I hit him lightly and knocked him out.

'Keh, out of the smoke!'

When did this happen?

They thought I was in the smoke, and were wary of covering their mouths with a cloth to prevent them from inhaling the poison, when they noticed the sound of the current beating and turned to me in unison.

And at that time, I felt something strange in my leg.

''.......what is this?''

I tried to get my feet up, but they were stuck to the ground and wouldn't leave.

'It took!?I put some strong glue on it beforehand!?So much adhesion that not even a large demon can escape!?You'll never move again!

I tried my best to pull it off.

Bock!?Boom!

""~~~~!"

Hmm, that sure is a hell of a bond.

The floor itself is falling off.

Bullshit.

What leg strength!

It's a little hard to move, but it's well within the margin of error.

I'm going to dive straight into the enemy camp.

"Gubey!

"Yikes!

It's a monster.

When the number of fallen humans exceeded a hundred, the support finally ceased.

There are signs of a few hiding around, so I put them away just in case.

Honestly, we don't know what they're going to do to us.

It's better to be vigilant.

"Well, shall we get instructions on how to get to the lower levels?

Apparently, it was a place that was once used as an execution site.

It was like a little square, with a crucifix for crucifixion set up in the center of it.

Back in the days when it was a prison, horrible punishments were carried out here, such as feeding the bodies of thugs to demons and burning them at the stake.

''So how do you get to the lower levels?''

I'll ask the leader of the Red Scarf, who led me here.

A man of the "Great Thief", with a mouth split open like a snake and a deep scar that runs the length of his right eye.

"I don't know.

The snake man spat.

'It's not that I don't want to tell you,' said the snake man. It's just a fact. We middle class people ain't taught how to get to the lower levels.

Okay. Then why did you bring him here?

That's because this place is big enough for a middle-class crowd.

This is a pattern again.

You really do breathe out lies, these city people.

People are gathering in the square one after another.

It seems that even organizations other than the Red Scarf have called for support.

"Hee-haw!?I'm here!

"'Hi-ha!'

Here comes the Dragon and Break!?Yoroshiku (Yoroshiku) ugh!

"'Night dewy death torment!

Some of them were on dangerous drugs or something, and there was a group of people with mohawk heads and regent heads that were screaming at each other.

I don't know what it is, but they're the kind of people who seem to show up even after the world ends once.

''Hyahhhh!?.........not, hahahahaha!

The snake man must have gotten caught, because it seems he laughed the wrong way, and then went to the trouble of laughing again, and then

We usually don't like each other, but if we let them do whatever they want in the middle ground, this prison city will go down the tubes.

So you've put the pride of the city before the pride of the organization.

It's indeed a pain in the ass to deal with all of these guys.

They don't seem to know how to get to the lower levels - if that's true - and if you can't get it out of them even if you defeat them, there's no point in doing so.

''Well it can't be helped. Just so you know, it's a city, so I tried not to destroy it too much, but...

I strained my upper body.

My muscles swelled up and the jacket I was wearing popped off.

''What?''

Go ahead.

Then he swung his fist down to the ground.

Zugong!

With the sound of the explosion, a radiating crack runs around it.

And another one.

Zugong!

Then I slammed my fists into the ground one after another.

Zgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgozgo!

The floor shook violently, the cracks widened further, and then a cloud of dust flew up.

''Nah, nah........''

The hundreds of people who had gathered in the square were stunned.

They were unable to stand properly due to the shaking of the ground, and without exception, they fell to the spot.

''Hey, wait a minute!?What are you doing!?What are you doing?!

"The leader of the Red Scarf shouted as he gasped.

'As you can see, we're going to the lower levels.

Are you trying to make a hole in the floor??Nonsense!?You can't do that!?I mean, or, I mean, my body is sinking!

The ground had caved in, and already all I could see from the outside was my head.

Eventually the sound of the beating changed, and finally a hole opened up and led to the other side.

It widened that hole further, making it big enough for each of us to get through.

'So that's what we'll do then,'

With a light wave to the stunned mid-level dwellers, I jumped into the hole.