第三話 スマイル
岩塊の魔物スマイル。
確かにマリスと同じ【Lv:45】だが、魔物と人間では全く違う。
魔物にもよるが、人間の方がスキルが多く、知力も高く、武器やアイテムも扱える。
特にスマイルは単調な動きしかしてこないので、同じレベルだからといって剣聖のマリスと同格には扱えない。
俺は大きく前に出て、スマイルへと接近する。
スマイルは俺を見つけると、勢いよく転がって速度を上昇させた。
スマイルは基本的に〈加速〉で〈体当たり〉のダメージ上昇を狙ってくる。
土魔法で攻撃してくることもあるが、さして威力は高くない。
「まずはスマイルが〈加速〉の助走で威力を上げ切る前に、接近して盾で凌ぐ......!」
俺はスマイルの体当たりを盾で防ぎ、背後へ跳んで衝撃を逃がす。
減速したスマイルへと素早く再度接近し、通路中央側に立ってスマイルを壁へと追い込む。
〈影踏み〉で敵の移動範囲を潰した。
「こうして移動範囲を縛れば、〈加速〉で〈体当たり〉の威力底上げができなくなる」
俺は言いながら、スマイルへと〈ディザーム〉の一撃を入れた。
スマイルも俺も防御型で、互いに攻撃力が低い。
タイミングはシビアであるし、攻撃パターンによっても異なる。
ただ、この動作の練習は、前世でやり尽くしてきたことだ。
伊達に〈マジックワールド〉で最強候補のプレイヤーだったわけではない。
「〈死線の暴竜〉で攻撃力底上げすれば楽なんだが、〈
特に今は〈死線の暴竜〉を補助できるスキルも少なく、防具の性能も決していいとは言えない。
それに懸かっているのはデスペナルティではなく命である。
慎重めに動いて丁度いいだろう。
スマイルが俺の横を抜けて距離を稼ごうとするのを、初動を〈シールドバッシュ〉で叩いて動きを封じる。
〈影踏み〉中とはいえ、二メートル前後は動かれてしまう。
壁際から逃がさないのがベストだ。
ルーチェが〈曲芸歩術〉で壁を駆け、〈鉄石通し〉でスマイルを攻撃する。
スマイルの体表に刃が走った。
体勢を立て直したスマイルへと、素早く逆側から飛んできたルーチェが斬り掛かる。
スマイルがどうにかこの状況を脱しようと悪足搔きで暴れ出した動きを、俺が盾で往なして完封していく。
ルーチェの四度目の刃がスマイルを斬る。
ついにスマイルの表情が変わり、岩塊はバラバラになった。
【経験値を689取得しました。】
【レベルが41から43へと上がりました。】
【スキルポイントを2取得しました。】
よし......余裕だな。
このペースなら、順調に進めば〈夢の主〉の攻略まで狙えるかもしれない。
「ふう......〈ダイススラスト〉じゃなくてよかったんですよね?」
「ああ、〈ステータス〉の兼ね合いって奴だな。〈ダイススラスト〉で六を引いても、ギリギリ一撃では倒せないんだ。それなら普通に殴った方が安定する。ルーチェの通常攻撃でスマイルを倒すのに四発といったところだからな」
どうせ〈ダイススラスト〉で当たりを引いても二発必要なら、全部普通に殴ってしまった方がいい。
「そうですね......〈ダイススラスト〉は、二回に一回くらいは六を外しますし......」
六分の一とはいったい......?
さすがにそこまで極端に変わるとは思えないので、恐らく六が出る確率は現時点で【40%】くらいだとは思うが。
いや、それでも充分おかしいのだが。
「土属性の魔石と......あっ! ちゃんとありますようっ! ここに来る前に、〈豪運〉を伸ばして〈幸福の天使〉を得ていた甲斐がありました!」
ルーチェが声を弾ませて言い、スマイルの残骸から一本のナイフを取り出した。
黒い輝きを帯びている。
いきなりドロップ......それもナイフとは。
〈黒鋼ナイフ〉《推奨装備Lv:45》
【攻撃力:+13】
【市場価値:四百三十万ゴルド】
黒鋼のナイフ。
飾り気のない性能だが、比較的入手しやすいため、黒鋼装備の冒険者は多い。
黒鋼以上か以下かは、装備の質の目安の一つとなる。
「四百万!? てっ、丁寧に扱わないと......! 雑に握っちゃいました!」
ルーチェがそうっと刃を握り、俺へと手渡そうとする。
「こんなにあっさり四百万のナイフが手に入るなんて......」
「いや、ルーチェが装備しておくべきだ。その推奨レベルなら扱えないことはないだろうし、〈鉄石通し〉よりずっとダメージが通りやすいはずだ」
ここの魔物は防御力が高めであるため〈鉄石通し〉が有効であるとはいえ、成金ラーナほど極端に防御力が高いわけでもない。
そもそも装備の質が違い過ぎる。
大人しく替えておいた方がいい。
〈黒鋼ナイフ〉なら、スマイルを倒すのに三発もあれば充分だ。
「い、いいんですかぁ? こんな高価なアイテム、アタシが使っちゃって......!」
ルーチェが興奮気味にナイフを振り回す。
アイテムの価値でいえば、〈天使の玩具箱〉で俺達は六千万ゴルド分ほど稼いだのだ。
とりあえずの繋ぎとはいえ、むしろ四百万ゴルドの武器を使わせているのが申し訳ないくらいだ。
......しかし、本当にルーチェの〈豪運〉は強力だ。
黒鋼装備はドロップしやすいため、ルーチェの幸運力ならまあ一発で手に入るだろうと考えていた。
ただ、いきなりピンポイントでナイフが手に入るとは思わなかった。
これで〈百足坑道〉の探索が一気に楽になった。
スマイルからどのクラス向けの装備がドロップするかは幸運力とは関係ないはずだが、もしかするとゲームから現実世界に置き換わる過程で、幸運力の対象範囲が拡大されているのではなかろうか。
Volume 2 - Ch 3
A monster made of rock, the Smile.
It's indeed [(Lv:45)] , just like Mariss, but monsters are completely different from humans.
It also depends on the monster, but humans tend to have more Skills, higher reasoning capabilities, and are able to use weapons and various other items.
Especially the Smile moves only in simple ways, so it doesn't mean that just because it's the same level as Mariss, who is a Sword Saint, it would be the same grade of opponent as her.
I confidently walked forward to get closer to the Smile.
Once it noticed me, it started to eagerly roll faster towards me.
A Smile's basic attack pattern is doing increased damage by using [Acceleration] and then using its [Ramming Attack].
It may also attack with earth magic, but that's not that powerful.
"The first step is to get close to the Smile before it finishes increasing its speed with [Acceleration] and block it with a shield....!"
I blocked the ramming attack of the Smile with my shield, and then jumped backwards to disperse the impact.
I closed in once again to the slowed down Smile, then forced it towards the wall of the corridor by standing in the middle.
Then finally I restricted its movements by using [Shadow Stomp].
"With me restricting its movement like this, it won't be able to use [Acceleration] and [Ramming Attack] to increase its power."
While saying that I hit the Smile with a [Disarm].
Just like me, the Smile is a defense type, so both of our Attack stats are low.
Its timing requirements are fairly tough and it also depends on the particular attack pattern it's currently using.
However, I've practiced these movements in my previous life to death.
I wasn't a contender for the spot of the most powerful player in Magic World for nothing.
"The rest would be easy if I used [Half-Dead Savage Dragon] to boost my Attack, but I don't want to throw my HP away during a Dungeon exploration."
Especially now, when I still don't have many Skills to support [Half-Dead Savage Dragon], and my armor also leaves a lot to be desired.
Also, I'm not risking a Death Penalty with it, but my life instead.
It's best to proceed with caution.
When the Smile tried to slip by me to distance itself from me, I used my [Shield Bash] to seal its movements right after it started to move.
Since even while under the effect of [Shadow Stomp], it can move in a range of two meters.
It's best if I keep it near the wall.
Luce used her [Acrobatic Steps] to get up on the wall and attacked the Smile with her Iron Piercer.
The surface of the Smile was impacted by her blade.
Luce quickly got behind the Smile that managed to regain its balance in the meantime and started to attack it again.
The Smile tried to somehow extricate itself from the situation with some frenzied movements, but I managed to suppress it completely with my shield.
Luce's fourth hit impacted the Smile.
Finally the surface of the Smile changed, breaking up into a pile of smaller rocks.
[(You have gained 689 experience points.)] 
[(Your level has increased from 41 to 43.)] 
[(You have gained 2 Skill points.)] 
Good....that was easy.
With a pace like this, we may be able to aim for taking down the Dream Lord too.
"Fuuh....Was it okay that I didn't use [Dice Thrust] there?"
"Yeah, there is a kind of balance there. Even if you roll a six with [Dice Thrust], you barely won't be able to take it down in one hit. So it's better to just keep hitting it normally. Since it should only take about four normal hits from you to take it down."
If it takes two hits even if you manage to roll the best with [Dice Thrust], then it's just better to hit it normally instead.
"I guess that's true.... the [Dice Thrust] usually rolls a six about half the time too....."
Where did that one in six chance go....?
I don't think it went as far as that just yet, but the chance of rolling a six might very well be at about [(40%)]  at this point.
Ah, well, that's still a bit crazy though.
"There's an earth attribute magic stone and.....ah! It really did drop one! It's a good thing that I put points into [Great Fortune] and got [Angel of Fortune] before we got here!"
Luce said in a lively tone, then pulled out a knife from within the remains of the Smile.
It's shining with a black light.
So we got a drop right away.....and it's a knife to boot.
<Black Steel Knife> <<Recommended Level: 45>> 
[(Attack:+13)] 
[(Market Value: 4.3 million gold)] 
A knife made of black steel.
It provides an average performance, but since it's fairly easy to obtain, a lot of adventurers go around with black steel equipment.
Black steel equipment serves as a yardstick to measure other equipment against, whether it's better or worse.
"4 million!? W-we need to handle this carefully....! Oh no, I grabbed it so roughly!"
Luce carefully grabbed the weapon, then offered it to me.
"I didn't think we would get a knife that is worth 4 million this easily...."
"No, you should be using that from now on, Luce. With that Recommended Level it shouldn't be that much of a problem if you started using it right now and it would work better than the Iron Piercer for sure."
Although the Defense of monsters here on are on the higher side, so the Iron Piercer would still be advantageous, but they are still not at the level of a Golden Rana.
But the quality difference is too large between the two to begin with.
She should just accept it and replace her weapon.
With the Black Steel Knife, she should only need three hits to take down a Smile.
"W-would that be really fine? For me to use a valuable item like this....!"
Luce started enthusiastically swinging around the knife.
Talking about the value of the item, we managed to earn about 60 million gold back in the Angel's Toybox.
Even though it's only a stopgap weapon, I feel bad for making her use a weapon that is only worth 4 million gold.
....however, Luce's [Great Fortune] is indeed quite powerful.
Since black steel equipment drops frequently, with Luce's Luck I expected that it would drop on the first try.
However, I didn't think that it would be a knife drop right away.
With this exploring the rest of the Centipede Pit will be easy.
The Luck value shouldn't have any effect on what Class the item drop would be best suited for, but there is the possibility that due to the process that turned a game into a real world, the scope of the affected concepts widened somehow.
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