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Sōzoku Shita Sofu no Ie no Urayama ni Danjon ga Dekimashita - Chapter 96

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Chapter : Takasugi vs Goblins — Rematch, Part 2

After that, Kudo and I kept changing locations, rounding up goblins, and defeating them…

Correction: Kudo kept defeating them.

He’d already taken down eighteen goblins on his own.

I’d flush them out, and Kudo would finish the job.

That’s not how this is supposed to go! I haven’t taken out a single goblin yet!

At this rate, I’ll never be able to avenge my butt!

This won’t do.
I need a better plan—something that lets me shine!

As I was scanning the path ahead, a new idea struck me.

Was that… a dead end up ahead?

I went to confirm. Sure enough, it was a perfect dead-end.

If Kudo and I could funnel the goblins into that spot, I might finally have a shot at taking one down myself.

Yes. This was it.
This time, I knew I had something.

I couldn’t let Kudo keep hogging the spotlight.

I explained my new plan to him.

Then the two of us split up, each taking a position near the dead-end, and waited for goblins to come by.

They didn’t show up right away.

But after a patient wait, they finally appeared.

This time, there were five of them.

The moment the last goblin passed, I burst out from cover, yelling at the top of my lungs as I charged to drive them forward.

As the goblins fled ahead, Kudo emerged and slammed his shield loudly, herding them further toward the dead-end.

One of them managed to slip away, but we successfully trapped the remaining four!

We did it! Kudo and I slowly advanced, cornering the goblins against the stone wall at the far end.

Heh heh heh…

There’s nowhere left to run, goblins.
It’s time to settle the score—for my butt!

Just then, I felt an impact from behind.

The one goblin that escaped must’ve come back to save its friends and ambushed me from the rear.

But my butt took no damage!

Why? Because I was wearing my newly developed invention:
Butt Guard Mk. I — The Ass Defender!
It protected my most precious asset.

Heh heh heh…
Foolish goblin.

Coming back just to hand me your experience points?

I spun around and swung my axe mid-turn.
Direct hit.
The goblin burst into shimmering light and vanished.

“I did it! I finally took one down!” I shouted, turning forward just in time to see Kudo using his shield to block the remaining goblins’ escape.

Well done, Kudo! Nice support!

I swung again—this time striking the goblin on the far right. Another clean hit, and it too vanished into glowing particles.

Yes! Another one-shot victory!

But then…

Right beside me, Kudo shouted “Shield Knock!” and slammed his shield down on the remaining three goblins, finishing them off in seconds.

…Why is Kudo’s attack power higher than mine!?

This isn’t right!

Is it because he’s defeated more goblins than me and leveled up?

No good.
That’s absolutely unacceptable.

If I don’t take down more goblins than Kudo, I’ll lose all credibility as the team leader.

I turned to him.
“Kudo! Can you let me take the next goblins? I need to settle the score—for my butt!”

Kudo gave me a nod. “Got it!”

And so, we continued our goblin hunt in that same spot.

After that, I managed to take down six goblins myself!

When we finished the hunt, we returned to the dungeon’s entrance and sold off the goblin magic stones.

I bought a ticket for a fruit parfait from a vending machine set up in the cafeteria on the second floor.

I placed the towering parfait on my tray and sat down at a table.

Kudo arrived a little later.

I figured he’d gotten pudding again.

But when I looked, he had two plates of deluxe pudding à la mode on his tray.

“I went fancy today! We earned a lot from hunting goblins, after all!” Kudo said with a bright grin.

I didn’t care how extravagant his pudding was.

As I dug into my fruit parfait, I asked, “Kudo, is goblin hunting fine for tomorrow too?”

He nodded. “Sure!”

Tomorrow, we hunt goblins again!

I can’t wait.
I have to catch up to Kudo…
No—surpass him!


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