Ch.120 Happenings Above The Ground

Third Person POV

The projectile precisely crashed through the dungeon entrance and made contact with the first floor at the same speed it had traveled through the air.

In an instant, it "deploys a magic circle," "scans the surrounding terrain and up to about 300 floors," "explodes a new energy source called magical power mixed with gunpowder," and "brings down the most efficient impact directly below" -- and releases all of its energy with a thunderous roar.

At the same time, a dragon-shaped entity on the 500th floor "analyzed the magic square of the projectile," "deployed a spell," "calculated magical power equal to or greater than the energy that was lowered," "consumed almost all of the magical power that made up the dungeon," and spat out a breath "that looked like a substance" directly above.

They advanced from above and below, destroying every part of the dungeon's structure as they went - and collided around the 250th floor.

[I haven't been able to see anything for a while now!!]

[No Name-chan!! I can't see!]

[Where's Haru-chan?!]

[Hey, I'm trying to evacuate, but it's really shaking over here]

[Well, it's a missile, so of course it's going to shake.]

[No, the noise and vibrations are extraordinary.]

[More importantly, what about Haru-chan and the others?]

[It's all white and I can't see anything]

[lol]

[It's not the time to lol]

[I can't, I know it's dangerous, but I acted normally on reflex]

[Huh?]

[Umm, the evacuation shelter]

[Streaming screen!]

[Which one?!]

[they just evacuated from the dungeon entrance...Kushima-saan and the others were waiting there!]

[Kushima-saan! Which stream are you on?]

[Emi-chan's at the evacuation shelter?!]

[so they're using wristbands!]

[Lili-chan too?!]

[No, it seems Lili-chan isn't here.]

[Huh?! Why?!]

[I don't know!]

[But why at this timing?]

[Eh, Haru-chan and Ruru-chan are――]

There has been nothing but chaos above and below ground for a while now.

Masses of energy called "magic" fighting each other hundreds of meters underground.

They fought a life-or-death struggle for several seconds, and then the one from below won.

[Whoa?!]

[Eh, wha-]

[Um, watch the TV]

[Amazing light coming from the dungeon]

[It's rising straight up!]

The power that tried to completely destroy the dungeon itself was reversed by the power from within the dungeon - it became a bullet of light with the barrel of the large hole that was the space where the dungeon existed.

---It broke through into the distance and into the sky.

『--! Incoming attack from the ground--』

The bullet was fired "by chance" or "on the way."

...and pierced the US military satellite floating directly above it.

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[Bad news: No Name-chan is attacked preemptively by the US military]

[Ehh...]

[Does something like this exist??]

[It's happening right in front of your eyes, you know?]

[Um, the live camera... something that looks like a breath keeps coming out of the sky from the dungeon...]

[The surrounding clouds are completely clear, it's amazing]

[A scary but beautiful light continues...]

[What's that? Is that a new weapon from the US military or something?]

[Why did they shoot that...?]

[It's not Haru-chan, at least...]

[She's not the type of loli who just shoots things out of nowhere...]

[lol]

[You!]

[It's because you keep acting like that]

[No good, I keep ending up acting like my usual self]

[We were trained too much by Haru-chan and No Name-chan]

[By the way, there was a power outage just now]

[Me too]

[My data! My Dataaaaaaa!]

[lol]

[From what I've seen on social media, it seems to be happening to the entirety of Honshu]

[Seriously?]

[That missile... what is it...?]

[Dunno]

[More importantly, what about Haru-chan? What about Ruru-chan?]

[Calm down kid]

[Ah, Origin]

[Origin!!]

[You haven't been here for a while!!]

[I had some business to attend to.]

[No Name-chan! No Name-chan!]

[No Name-chan! Here's a freshly made illustration of Haru-chan!]

[…………………………………… She's not answering……]

[No reply...]

[That's impossible...]

[No Name-chan is so persistent, she'll definitely come... but she's not coming...]

[No Name-chan...]

[The broadcast screen... isn't cut off, right?]

[This uses the radio waves installed inside the dungeon, right? So it's probably cut off?]

[But the stream is still on...]

All the TV stations and even the private citizens watching the broadcasts were in a panic, unable to grasp the full picture.

Fortunately, no more than minor injuries have been reported, and people in the hardest-hit areas are currently evacuating to various evacuation centers or safe places, due to a strong sense of compliance with evacuation instructions stemming from memories of 10 years ago.

An object that looked like a missile fell from the sky - and just as it fell, a dazzling pillar of light rose from the ground, and a few minutes later...

Although the shaking and strong winds continued, they were no longer as strong as they had been at first... People's fear was gradually fading and they began to peek out from inside the buildings.

[Haru-chan...]

[Ruru-chan...]

[Lili-chan...]

[We have now rewound the video and had volunteers verify it]

[Lili-chan has definitely been transferred]

[Then is it okay...?]

[Yeah, Emi-chan has also flown to the evacuation shelter, so her respawn point has been updated.]

[So she wasn't caught up in that explosion?]

[She's probably dizzy somewhere... let's just assume so]

[Since Lili-chan's stream has been cut off, does that mean she's been sent somewhere quite far away?]

[I don't know]

Their thoughts turn to... Lili, who they believe will probably be okay, and putting her saide, focusing on Ruru and Haru.

That was the height of confusion.

Suddenly, the two of them started streaming again.

And then what was shown in close-up, just 10 centimeters from the lens of the live camera-

【!!!】

[It's on screen!]

[Ahh (cardiac arrest)]

[Ah (precious)]

[Oh no, I need some heart medicine...]

[What is this!!! (Joy)]

[Haru-chan's face suddenly appears]

[Haru-chan is sleeping...]

[Ah ah ah]

-Is the face of a little child sleeping soundly.

[Suddenly on the serious love distance no good]

[Ah ah ah]

[I wonder how many people have been called to the other world just now...]

[I'm not dead!?]

(I almost called an ambulance, but it's okay.)

[Eh, I already called though]

[Eh?]

[Eh?]

[lol]

[Don't do this skit with the Origins lol]

[Thank goodness... It's back the usual for now...]

[Ah, Ruru-chan's serious love distance away from Haru-chan's camera]

[In other words?]

[RuruHaru... accidentally got close enough to kiss each other...!]

[Depending on how you see it, they might already kissed]

[I see]

[That's great]

[But No Name-chan doesn't respond...]

[For now, let's wait until Haru-chan and Ruru-chan wake up]

[Their breathing is normal, complexion is not bad, and they're not sweating... Yes, it looks like they just used up all their magical power and fell asleep. But that's just from what I can see.]

[If it was something like fainting, they would have gone a long time ago.]

[It should be forced transfee via the wristband.]

[In other words, there was no major impact and they aren't in any danger of dying, but they're tired from the battle earlier and probably fainted a little and fell asleep.]

[That's a relieve for the time being]

[Okay, I don't know what's going on, but I'll go and eavesdrop on the soldiers' live stream.]

[Oh, me too!]

[Someone who understands English, please explain with subtitles like usual]

[The soldiers around the dungeon were still broadcasting, so everything was leaking out...]

[No Name-chan's tenacity shines through even at a time like this!]

[I sense a firm determination to never forgive them]

[The fact that she continues the stream even though she doesn't show her face here shows she's seriously angry]

[Then let's join in and eavesdrop.]

[That's right]

[They put Haru-chan and the others in danger, we can't forgive them!]

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