BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 09: The Great Dungeon

Located in front of the Dungeon with the height of the cave palate about 6 meters. Equipped with wild foliage that falls hanging from the top of the ceiling and a humid atmosphere.

There are several groups of bats that are sleeping upside down, it is because the bat is a normal bat.

Jell and Mai were examining the mouth of the Dungeon. The Dungeon was not as dark as one might think, but rather light with neither dim nor bright light.

The lights were coming from the crystal contained in the Dungeon wall, “Bright Crystal” was the name of that crystal.

The Bright Crystal absorbed the mana of nature and made a beautiful magic light. This crystal is used as the main material for making lanterns and lamps in this world. It is also often used as jewelry because of its beautiful emerald green color.

Jell looked around and while looking for the main entrance of the Dungeon. Inside were many magic crystals.

Magic crystals are stones that have long been exposed to mana and turned into crystals that store mana inside.

The way it is created is not easy, because the stone must wait for 1-2 years to turn into a crystal, and during the process as well, the stone must be flowed mana with a balanced composition.

If it is excessive or if it is lacking, then the stone will fail to become a magic crystal and will become an ordinary stone.

With that fact, magic crystals were in the first position as crystals at a fantastic price.

Jell who knew that fact, was astonished by the abundance of magic crystals in the mouth of this Dungeon.

Destroying those crystals, Jell and Mai managed to at least gain around 10kg. Getting rich all of a sudden, was what they were thinking right now.

Busily collecting materials in the mouth of the Dungeon, Jell and Mai had been there for about 1 hour and still had not found the entrance. And when they happened to find something with a large size, exposed like a door made of very heavy stone.

The door was about 10 meters high, with some carvings on the door. The carving was like a tree image of some magic stone connected with branches.

“Amazing door~ Not to be mistaken anymore, this is the entrance is not?”

Mai confirmed the fortuitous condition, and Jell nodded to reply to Mai's question.

While stepping forward, Jell boldly took the lead. Put his hand on the door and slightly tried to push it away and nothing happened.

In the tree pattern on the door there was one place that did not have crystals, and it seemed like it was a keyhole to enter the Dungeon.

Jell and Mai found out and started looking around the door, and for an hour searching they found nothing.

“Sial, there's nothing here. If there really is some kind of key to unlock it, shouldn't it be anywhere near here?”

Jell complains with the fact that they haven't found anything for an hour just for a key. And Jell went to that door again and tried to find a way in.

“This pattern is a tree with many branches. The branches have colored crystals, and only one has no crystals. In other words, we should look for that one unfilled crystal, right?”

“Hah..., this is troublesome once.”

“... Indeed.”

Jell and Mai complain about the situation, and try to relieve it by complaining and keep looking.

Jell looked at the door while sitting down, and Mai sat on her lap in a cross-legged condition. Stare blankly at the door and suddenly stare at the hole where the last crystal was, and in an instant stand will something.

Mai who was on her lap was shocked by the sudden reaction, and asked why.

Jell did not respond to him and took his sword, and to his surprise he saw something unexpected.

Jell stood up and held a red stone, and placed it where the last stone in the tree pattern was. And what happened was, the door shook and the tree pattern glowed red and filled all parts of the door. “Don't tell me the stone on this sword is the key? ” Jell smiled wryly

GgruuggH…

A rumbling sound rang out, it was because the huge door that was in front of them suddenly moved and opened. It opened magnificently and made a great roar. Resulting in a slight shock around it, the door in 1 minute finally opened completely.

“You're kidding, aren't you?…”

Jell looked at the open door with a tense look, while Mai looked at the door with a blank look because the key they were looking for was finally found.

Jell turned her gaze towards the sword she bought a few days ago, while buzzing with confusion Jell was resigned to this condition.

“What this means.”

Entering the room behind the door. It was certain that this place was the first floor of the Dungeon, and just like the previous conditions, the conditions on this first floor were exactly the same.

However, the difference lies in its dimmer lighting, but it does not have a major effect on their views.

Looking around while being on standby for something, Jell and Mai advanced slowly towards the bottom of the Dungeon.

On the first floor there was no sign of the enemy. In a calm condition due to the absence of an attack, Jell and Mai were left shocked by something in front of them. It was a group of monsters, the kind of monsters they didn't know about.

There were 7 black-haired wolves standing there, their eyes yellow and their fur black fused with the shadows.

Two tooth blades could be seen at the end of their mouths, indicating they were beasts to avoid.

From all the information that Jell had in the guild during their stay, that monsters could be known for their level of attack, body shape, type, magic, and aura.

It was all information from the monster tiers they had received. If the monster was extremely powerful and could use magic/skills while attacking, then maybe it was an S-level monster.

And if the monster is not too agile, unable to use magic/skills eloquently, then the monster is likely D-C-tiered.

And if the monster can control magic/skills easily, but still give a gap to the enemy, then the monster is B-A level.

If you look at the appearance, you can be sure that the monster is A-level. Because their body shapes were scarier than Dark Bat.

However, when they were watching the monster, it was unexpected that the wolf monster was already behind and jumped towards them.

It seemed that this wolf did not belong to the group or was on guard from another group of wolves.

Quickly Jell and Mai jumped away from that deadly leap. From the way it attacked, these black wolves had a skill they used that was a kind of speed-enhancing buff.

Distracted by the commotion, the group of black wolves that had just stayed there, immediately ran over.

At first they were just watching and had not yet approached Jell and Mai, but because the wolves that attacked them suddenly just howled with a loud voice that made other wolves come attacking.

If the total number is calculated then there are 8 black wolves that surround them. Jell and Mai were in the middle of the black wolf encirclement, and not allowing a gap between them, the wolves surrounded them with slow movements.

They were still watching and had yet to get close like the first wolf, it seemed that they were cautious of something.

But Jell and Mai did not attach much importance to it and began to take positions. Jell looked carefully and thought what would happen.

The greatest possibility was that they would be attacked from all directions at a speed similar to the first wolf.

When he thought about it Jell saw the wolf's movement widen, their circle widened and was sure to attack with incredible speed.

Without doing any cue with the other wolves, simultaneously all the wolves were attacking at high speed.

Whooshhh!!!

With that speed it was certain that the target would die and not survive, but that was true only for ordinary people.

With a single leap with dazzling momentum, Jell and Mai leaped towards the top and unsheathed Jell's sword and Mai took out the Dual Knife on the sheath that was on her thigh.

Falling vertically, Jell used a one-off attack by carrying out a large explosion. While Mai did slaughter by blowing the wind, but not the usual wind, but the wind blades.

“Water Falls” “Tornado Blades”

The two skills were put together right at the moment they landed on the ground, and in an instant the black wolf was crushed and also cut off with some parts.

‘Water Falls’ is a skill with a water element that utilizes the falling direction of gravity. Almost the same as ‘Fire Piercing’, which Jell used against Dark Bat.

‘Tornado Blades’ is a skill with wind elements. By creating a whirlwind, the user will form a mild tornado storm, with the condition that the user must use the skill ‘Air Claw’ and flick it with a tornado.

“ ‘Tornado Blades’, yes? Using the skill ‘Tornado Summon’ as the main magic. And ‘Air Claw’ as the attacking blade of the tornado, .. Hah~, you have started to combine cheating skills apparently.”

“Hehe~. Don't take me for a fool, if you stay that way I'll surpass you. After all, the skill did not come from the Mage class, when I tried it it turned out to be able to, but the effect was weaker than the Mage.” class

“You will add a Mage class?”

“Nn! I think that class suits me. If it was Jell, what would you take?”

“True yes too.. I think I'll take the Mage as well. Judging from everything that has happened, using magic I think it's okay, ... But Mai, isn't your special skill class marksman? you're not gonna take it?”

“How yes... Then I take both~!”

“Where can it be? you're a fool yeah.”

“Ha! Who did you say was stupid?”

As they speak. Jell and Mai had their special skills, rather a skill that they could only use, whereas in this world there was no such thing.

Is correct. Just like the characters that were talking about at that time, they will do the game, and more precisely in the BOA game itself.

They range from the static on their Status Plate that never goes up, to the incredible power they possess. It is all because of their BOA gaming accounts. Static, skill, special skill.

It is not known why, but this is the fact that Jell and Mai have to accept, that they enter another world.

In BOA games, Jell and Mai have a reputation and popularity that is not arbitrary. The reason is, They both hold the highest positions in BOA games.

Jell with the first position, as the most powerful and invincible player. He earned the nickname “King” because of his potential.

Mai is under Jell. More precisely, Mai ranked second in the game BOA. is known as a player with agility and the best sniper. He earned the nickname “Admiral” because of his potential.

From what Jell knows, the static on their Status Plate is exactly the same as the static on their Player Status.

So, do not be surprised why their strength and even ordinary attacks can have a strong impact, it is because their status is full and countless more how strong they are.

***

Surrounding the first floor Dungeon, it finally ended up in a new door. The door was almost the same size as the first door, but it looked ordinary, so Jell tried to open it and open it.

Entering the room, there was no difference that could be found here. There were only a few black wolf monsters on the first floor earlier, as well as a few magic crystals whose numbers were getting easier to see.

“Wait ... What is it?”

On their way, Jell told Mai to stop because there was something in front of them.

It had a monster that resembled an Ogre and had a large sword about the same size as its height.

The Ogre looked different from the one they fought at the mouth of the Dungeon, the Ogre looked twice as strong and troublesome. More importantly, thank God he was alone in front of the third floor door.

Forward to Ogre, Jell and Mai will perform a combination attack, and in one attack then the Ogre is exhausted.

Running with his sword out of the belt, Jell used the skill “Fire Prick” he led his movement with Mai.

Mai adjusted this combination and used the “Whistling Wind” skill as their combination.

There were two people running towards the Ogre, each using different elements, fire and wind. The two seemed to have no difficulty, and with a single strike, the Ogre was split into four pieces.

“Argh!—”

Unable to avoid the deadly combination of the two, the Ogre screamed and died.

The ogre was unable to move and understand things just now, the unnatural merging of elements was the main reason. In this world, scientific laws still apply. Like, fire will not live on water.

And just like the combination of fire and wind from Jell and Mai, it was completely unreasonable and impossible for them to be able to balance the two different elements easily.

Jell took Ogre's sword. The sword was long and heavy, completely matching Ogre's.

On the sword can be felt a flow of magic flowing throughout the blade and handle. The two blades were sharp and slightly shattered, there were some broken parts with their black color making this sword fit into a sacred sword in the modern world.

***

It had been about 3 days since they entered the Dungeon.

Jell and Mai relax among the large rocks and eat there. If calculated in its entirety, that they were currently on the tenth floor.

Estimating Jell, they would probably face off against monsters stronger than the previous floor. Jell made sure of the surroundings and left Mai asleep at the base while they were.

He found nothing, there were only monsters that had already been fought before and some sparkling magic crystals.

“So, the only way is just at that door, huh?…”

Jell exhaled from the reality. Mai who woke up and saw his attitude asked if there would be any problems going on, and Jell shook her head and replied that everything was fine.

“No need to worry, there is nothing there.”

“Nn~...”

Mai nodded while elus her head by Jell. Mai tilted her head and said something to Jell.

“Nee Jell~ There's the boss of this floor isn't it? … If viewed from the current number of floors, it would be the eleventh floor. I think it's a little strange because during this tenth floor there are no challenging monsters .. It feels bored, no entertainment.”

“Hm? … True also yes, if seen this floor should have monsters that at least make us sweat, but only weak monsters keep coming.”

“Umu! It feels so dejavu when we go to the mountain of Junior High, yes~”

“Fufu... True also.”

The conversation stopped and they went towards the gate that was in front of them, pushing it with all their might and opening .

Dejavu I mean by Mai is, on vacation when they were Junior High. During the summer vacation, the Kiyomizu and Ogawa families go on vacation in one of the tourist attractions that make a giant cave as a tourist spot.

Entering the room, suddenly the door closed with a powerful blow. Actually already from entering the first floor, the gates were closed themselves, but this blow was stronger than usual and made them shocked.

Can be seen behind the gate, it is a large room with an area of approximately 2 km.

And the lighting is blurry, because the Bright Crystal only illuminates next to the room, which makes the middle of the room dark and the surrounding dim.

There was nothing there as long as Jell and Mai saw, the place was empty and there was no other gate there and there was only the previous one.

And in that silence.

BbRruuukKkkhhhh…!!!

Descending from above, something of enormous size and weight collided with the floor, from the impact resulting in a dust storm that enveloped the entire place.

What was there and the source of the impact was, it was a gigantic monster with a body size of about 13 meters.

GgguUuAaaHH…!!!

A roar was emitted from his mouth, it was a monster like Ogre. With four hands, two large swords in his two front hands, and a completely muscular body shape.

The body is stocky, the body is dark green and can not be sure it is green or brown, because the dark view can not be ascertained.

Seeing that Jell thought, that this Ogre-like monster was an evolution from the previous Ogre-like monster.

One of his hands swung the sword on his right side towards Jell. Jell reflexively dodged that and jumped down the middle, Mai also followed him and jumped down the middle.

That monster was not just an ordinary monster, the impact strength of his greatsword gave an unpleasant surprise. On top of her movements and body shape, it seems that she is a monster with a rating of ‘S’.

Seeing that his attack was not working, the 13-meter-high Ogre looked annoyed and shouted once more.

While keeping your distance, Jell and Mai retreated because they saw that they were unstrung now and retreated to the other side of the vast room and there was nothing there but the former ruin.

While looking up Jell muttered with a slight sweat down.

“Oi oi oi.. New this time I will fight a real titan.”

At the time Jell was confused by the appearance of the Ogre monster, inexplicably Mai looked excited with her face full of stars.

“Ne to nee, Jell!~ The size is so big, do I have to cut the nape of his neck? … Anyway my weapon is two blades, I just need to climb it and slash it right?”

Mai is excited by the appearance of the giant monster, and Jell just smiles wryly with her attitude that thinks they are mimicking a scene in the Att*ck anime*ti**n, live-action.

Looking at the two ants below him, the Ogre monster used the sword that was on its right arm to crush them. Jell jumped in those moments, but in contrast to Mai, she held back her attack

Mai resisted falling from that colossal sword with just the blade from her Dual Knife. Astonished by how strongly Mai held back the blow, Jell at incredible speed landed and dashed forward to counterattack.

With the skill ‘Fire Prick’, Jell slashed the legs of the Ogre-like monster, and beautifully the monster fell down.

The giant Ogre was unable to predict Jell's speed, he only focused his entire consciousness towards Mai who was only a beautiful girl capable of withstanding her giant sword with just two blades.

And it was that surprise that made the gap fatal, and Jell gained the momentum that Mai made.

Seeing the opportunity, Mai quickly jumped up and ran in the monster's hands and of course Mai was eyeing the nape of the monster's neck, and perfectly slashed horizontally and neatly.

His slash can't be denied anymore, he's actually mimicking the scene in the anime, and he's the main MC in the series.

Blood came out from that Ogre-like monster and what happened was, the monster died. Jell's jaw opened and saw the scene before her eyes.

“Oi... Does it really affect?”

By scratching her head Jell was confused in front of the corpse of an Ogre-like monster, and Mai laughed out loud by holding her waist and acting presumptuous, for defeating a 13-meter-long titan.

***