Ch.4 Vs Boss Monster. My Unusual Self and 2 Big Bullets

But seriously, that's one huge dragon.

It's just a normal cave on the middle level, so it's packed in...

[Haru-chan, your hands are visible...no, don't look!]

[Haru-chan usually checks the comments after finishing a hunt, so...]

[Well, even if she checks, she usually just type "Thank you" and stuff...]

[I like that coldness]

[Ah……!]

[At least now we know that Haru-chan is seriously a child just by those hands]

[And long blonde hair.]

[By the way, what's that weapon? I've never seen one before.]

[That's Haru-chan's homemade weapon, right?]

[She made that with those hands...]

A recoilless rocket launcher...something like that.

Since I made it myself, I don't know much about that.

Ordinary monsters can't be taken down easily with a normal bullet.

If they can, dungeons all over the world would be taken over by military forces by now.

Those bullet can still work if you get a headshot, in other words, hitting right at their cores, but that won't work on monsters in the middle or higher layers as their bodies get larger.

But saying "it won't work" is not good enough.

I'm solo and due to circumstances I can't call for help.

So I'm trying to make up for my lack of strength by using homemade weapons.

I have quite a bit of magical power, but I don't really like it because I start to feel dizzy after using about half of it, and magic attacks are limited by the remaining MP.

That's why I'm using a gun; this is a gun that can also be used as a rocket launcher...and of course it's recoilless.

It's made from dungeon drop items, so even I, the maker, don't really understand how it works... but as long as it works, it's fine.

A single bullet costs several million...no, the materials are from drops item, so i can only rely on the shop, right?

Since it's such an expensive bullet, It take several times longer than usual to aim.

[Camera! The camera didn't show the monster, Haru-chan! It's showing Your hands, your hands!]

[lol]

[A young girl's hands livestream...how innovative]

[Too innovative]

[No one would ever think of such an idea]

[Rare livestream that can only be seen here]

[I'm glad I came here for the first time today.]

[Of course you recorded it, right?]

[Haru-chan's guards are obligated to watch all archives]

[I'll do my best]

[By the way, most of it is travel and waiting, so it's not a huge amount... well, about four years' worth, four or five times a week.]

[What? How much did this kid go through?]

[Even if you're a full-time worker, it's usually 2 to 3 times a week...Haru-chan is weird after all]

[And even on days when she's diving for more than 10 hours, she has such a strong mentality to not say a single word.]

[Is she tenacious?]

[You mean a madman?]

[Ahh……]

[Uh oh]

[Haru-chan! Check out the comments!!]

[What's wrong everyone?]

[I went to see Fukaya Ruru's live stream to see just how desperate she was... and Haru-chan's blonde hair was shown on camera!?]

[lol]

[It's typical of Haru-chan to have her identity discovered by the person she was meant to help]

"………………………………"

Apparently, the dragon was originally planning to move around with its minions on the gigantic boss floor at the very bottom, but instead ended up on the middle floor, which is too narrow for it to move around much.

It looked like it was saying, "I'm kinda stuck here!"

It's dark and I can't see its expression though.

I know I know, it's like when you try to retrieve something that you dropped in the gap between sofa and the wall.

I know this very well because I thought this many times when I was in an adult body.

Now?

It's a child's body now... I can even crawl under the bed.

The dragon is just squirming, just like my former self, struggling to get something that had slipped through a gap.

Because of this, even after a minute has passed, the distance between me and the girl I need to help hasn't gotten any closer.

And here I am.

ー That's a shame, isn't it?

Then a deafening sound is heard as the bullet comes flying.

I quickly crouched down and heard the sound of rubble hitting my head, along with the sound of bullets flying by, spewing fire.

[Ah, the camera is back.]

[Wow, dazzling!]

[What's that...?]

[Haru-chan blowing up a rocket launcher in a closed space of a dungeon lol]

[lol]

[Aggressive young girl]

[So she had this secret weapon up her sleeve... I can sense her determination to go solo no matter what]

[Just how lonely and complicated are you, Haru-chan...?]

ー Thud.

The bullet flew using gunpowder and magical power, then hit the head directly with a gunpowder explosion and an additional magical attack.

The dragon's groaning can be heard.

But it still wouldn't be fatal.

…Usually I can kill them with one hit, but I think I need one more this time.

If I had come with proper equipment, I wouldn't have to use such expensive gear...but, well, unexpected things can't be helped inside the dungeon.

With that in mind, I ducked down and loaded one more shot before the smoke cleared, then took aim again in the direction of the roaring sound.

"!"

[Huh? Isn't that bad?]

[The dragon is falling towards Ruru-chan]

[Even Haru-chan can't beat the boss in one hit]

[Hey, if the dragon lose consciousness, Ruru-chan will be flattened...]

ー This is bad.

I grabbed the ejection device I'd been holding just in case and jumped out of the hole.

My light body floats a little.

[Ha- Haru-chan, that's dangerous!]

[You're falling, falling! ...Huh?]

[Is she accelerating forward?]

[Flying magic?]

"Whoosh" came the sound from behind.

Ugh...my neck hurts more than expected...!

The lower half of the backpack on my back was a homemade emergency escape device - in other words, a jet pack.

This is to fly away and escape if necessary.

Since my body is lighter, I don't need as much magical fuel.

...However, this was the first time I used it in actual combat...I should have at least made it have three speed levels!

The dragon's body approaches with incredible force.

...Its eyes are not open.

Maybe it has almost no HP left.

But I didn't bring any other equipment, so this is all I have right now.

What a waste... I wish I could take the drop item.

But it's impossible... because I can't show my face...

Even at times like these, I have developed a "what a waste" disease, and before I know it, I'm in front of the dragon's eye.

[So big]

[I mean, there's not a single case where someone get this close to dragons, so this stream is...]

[Let's stop it at that]

[That's right, I want to see how flustered Haru-chan will be when she finds out later that her identity as a blonde loli or a shota has been exposed.]

[I understand]

[I understand]

[Even Haru-chan would raise her voice, right?]

[No, I think she'd calmly accept it.]

[I understand]

"----!"

The girl from before seems to be shouting something down there, but unfortunately I couldn't hear her over the roaring noise coming from behind me.

"...See you later."

Boom... Oh, isn't that a dangerous blast?

I thought that for a moment, but then all light and sound was gone and I felt a bit like I was in a dream.

Just before that, I felt the wristband-like emergency escape device react and try to transport me out of the dungeon.

Oh no, the drop...

But I guess it's okay since I managed to help that girl.

ー I guess when a grown man approaches a young girl, his senses really do go wrong in these situations.

◇

"…… Amazing……"

[A small girl... in other words, a young girl!]

[If she's smaller than Ruru-chan, then she's definitely a young girl]

[Otherwise she might lose in bust size]

[Isn't she losing anyway because it's a cliff?]

[lol]

As the smoke cleared a bit, viewers seemed to react to her muttering "young girl."

Just when she thought she was going to die, Fukaya Ruru intuitively felt that she might be saved when there's a loud noise, a big light, and the vibrations of the dragon stumbling - as was her usual habit, she glanced at the comment and gave a wry smile.

'Even at a time like this, they're talking about small boobs.'

No, I think everyone felt a little more at ease.

'... Oh, the camera switch...'

Her hands wandered for a moment.

'ー The person who seemed to have come to rescue had not shown up until now, nor had they even called out to me.

That means she has a reason for being there... probably.'

Even though she's like this, she is confident in her ability to be ranked among the top - but she has extremely bad luck - and so she makes this judgment.

So she tried to switch to a rear-facing camera.

… which seems to be gone somewhere after the explosion.

But it's dark and far away, so the camera broadcasting the livestream would only captures a silhouette... probably.

She was being careful not to cause trouble for her benefactor, but with the delay in avoiding death she was relieved and she gave a casual thought to the possibility that her face might be caught on camera.

[Uh oh, Ruru-chan, hide quickly!]

[It was just one hit... Wait, isn't that a bit dangerous?]

[It seems to get bigger somehow]

[No, it's falling down]

"H-Hyuee?! ... Oh no, my legs are still weak. I can only move my hands."

[lol]

[This isn't just you being nervous is it, Ruru-chan?]

[Well, I guess since she was about yo die just now.]

[That's true.]

[Just run away!]

"...ugh! ...ugh! It's no use...."

[Your knees gave up huh...]

[Well, she's been falling from the ceiling to the ground three times.]

[Once again, this is what a person who goes into dungeons and levels up has to endure.]

[But wouldn't that thing flattens you if it were to fall over?]

Flatten.

"...Ahaha."

Seeing that expression made her laugh for the first time since she'd stepped through the first trap.

[Oh no, I'm scared and confused!?]

[Ruru-chan, the older sisters have already reached the 60th floor! Just a little bit more――]

[Oh no, it's falling down]

The illusion of the sky falling.

It seems that a gigantic monster of a dragon is going to fall.

'It's still groaning, so it's still alive.

In the first place, there's a bit of lag between a monster's HP reaches 0 and when it disappears.

So if it's falling ... I'd just get flattened.

Even though I know this, my legs won't move.

I can't escape using just my arm strength.

But maybe now I can die with a smile.'

She does her best to stifle inexplicable laughter.

'... I guess I'm a lost cause now.

But, I don't know why, but i have a feeling "I will definitely be saved."

"I want to take a nice long bath when I get home," "I'm sure everyone will scold me," "I want to properly thank the people who helped me," and those are the kinds of things I think about after I get home.'

I wonder if this is a running light.

If that's the case...I'm happy.

"See you, everyone……wait, what?!"

Just as she was trying to romanticize the situation with some kind of heroic, melancholic emotion, a thunderous sound pierced through her.

"... It's a girl after all?"

Her dynamic vision captured "her" diving right in front of her at high speed.

"That's impossible! You'll die too, so get out of the way quickly! Ah, thanks for helping me!"

[Ruru-chan is such a good girl that I cried]

[I cried]

[I mean, it's a girl... A loli after all]

[She's so fast that the camera only captured an afterimage!?]

[A loli, solo, long-distance job, high level, and streaming today is... Still none!?]

As if reacting to Fukaya Ruru's voice, she glanced back.

'ーShe has long blonde hair, blue eyes, is wearing a long robe, and on her head is something strangely shaped that looks like a crown.'

"... Huh, a princess?"

[Ruru-chan, keep it together]

[Ruru-chan, wake up]

Even though it is a situation in which death is imminent, all the comments being made are rather listless.

Most of them are genuinely concerned about Fukaya Ruru's mental state.

A moment later, "she" was approaching the dragon's head - and at that moment, she pointed the gun at it.

The noise, light, and vibration were even more intense than before.

ー And with that, Fukaya Ruru was also blown away somewhere.

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