Chapter 49: Two EXs Tear Through the Deep Floors!
: He\'s really flying, and it\'s funny.
: Actually, it\'s not even funny.
: LOL
: What?
: This is scary.
The viewers seem to be in disbelief, but Kamishiro and the ochre-colored dragon have already started their free-form aerial battle, paying no mind to the comments.
The dragon, just as it looks, spits fire from its mouth while fending off Kamishiro, who\'s chasing it. However, Kamishiro\'s superior magic control allows her to fly faster than the dragon.
"Got you!"
Kamishiro jumps onto the dragon\'s back and conjures an enormous amount of magic, unleashing it without hesitation. Normally, you\'d gather magic slowly, building its power, but she bypasses that entire process with raw talent. Isn\'t that kind of unfair?
: GIANT MONSTER BATTLE!
: I can only let out a dry laugh.
: Hmm.
: Which one\'s the real monster here?
: Kamishiro Rion, obviously.
: A complete beast.
: She\'s supposed to be a college student, but wow.
: If you still think she\'s a normal college girl, you need to see an eye doctor.
: Go see a psychiatrist instead.
"Whoa... She\'s going all out."
Even among EXs, Kamishiro is considered a problem child, but her strength is undeniable. No matter where she is, she fights with explosive, flashy magic. On upper and middle floors, this habit of hers often leads to dungeons collapsing, but down here in the deep floors—where each level is massive—it\'s not an issue at all.
"Haha! Can\'t catch me!"
The dragon, having survived the first attack, flies further upward in an attempt to escape, while Kamishiro gleefully gives chase. Normally, it\'s the monsters that chase humans, but this... This woman is definitely part of some battle-hungry tribe, just as the viewers are saying.
"Oh no."
: What happened?
: Did something go wrong?
: Hey, are you alright?
: Did an emergency just happen?
: If something goes wrong in the deep floors, aren\'t we done for?
The dragon\'s escape to the sky, and the fact that it survived even Kamishiro\'s massive magic attack, can only mean one thing: she\'s going to hit it with something even stronger. And that means... she might end up bringing down the ceiling of the deep floor.
"Kamishiro-san?"
"Take this!"
"\'Kōchin!\'"
Nope, she has no clue what\'s going on.
I quickly summon Kōchin and set up a barrier around myself. If anything falls from above, I\'ll be fine.
My worries were justified.
"Yaaah!"
The super-compressed, high-powered magic Kamishiro unleashed not only vaporized the dragon mid-flight, but it also punched a hole through the 75th floor ceiling, straight into the 74th floor above. And the 74th floor... is the desert zone.
"Oh."
: Hey.
: They\'re buried in sand!
: Did she just destroy the ceiling?
: This is what EXs do?
: If this happened on the 1st floor, Shibuya Station would collapse.
: Don\'t even joke about that.
: They\'re dead, right?
: No way they\'re dead.
Despite being buried under a massive amount of sand, the viewers aren\'t worried at all. Honestly, neither am I—there\'s no way someone like Kamishiro would die from something like this. I\'ll just leave her be.
"Well, I guess we cleared the 75th floor easily. What should we do now?"
: Hmm.
: If you\'ve got two EXs, sure, why not.
: You might as well stream all the way to the bottom floor, lol.
: This is going to be a historic moment—the highest floor cleared live on stream (lol).
: What a touching finale.
: You did it, Honorary One of Us.
: A long and arduous journey has finally come to an end.
Hey, come on, that\'s harsh. From what I\'ve researched, dungeon explorers take pride in reaching their highest floor. Although, I\'ve never heard of EXs caring about such things. My grandma, for instance, couldn\'t care less.
"Whew... that was heavy!"
"Oh, she\'s back."
Kamishiro bursts out from under the sand, scattering it everywhere as she emerges. It\'s like something straight out of a movie, but since it\'s her own doing, I don\'t feel anything.
"Ugh... why did this have to happen?"
"Maybe because you keep carelessly blasting magic everywhere? You don\'t even consider the power of your own spells, do you?"
"Yup!"
Don\'t answer that so cheerfully.
: Is this really okay?
: Should someone with such poor judgment really have EX status?
: As long as she doesn\'t do this in Japanese dungeons, it\'s fine.
: You realize this is Shibuya Dungeon, right?
: She\'s doing this in a Japanese dungeon, so it\'s a problem.
: Power gets you privileges.
"But seriously, isn\'t it tiring to think about all those little details every time you use magic?"
"No, it\'s not tiring. It\'s normal."
"Hey, viewers, you guys just fire off magic without thinking too, right?"
: Nope, absolutely not.
: What if you hit someone?
: I can\'t even cast spells with that kind of power.
: I have no idea what you\'re talking about.
: I\'m not an explorer, so I don\'t know.
: I\'m not that reckless.
"...Traitors!"
"You\'re just stating facts."
Is this woman an idiot?
How does someone live so carefreely... yet still manage to dive into the deep floors like it\'s nothing?
"Humph! Let\'s head down to the 76th floor!"
"I thought we were done at the 75th floor?"
"It\'d be boring to stop at the highest recorded floor! Since we\'ve got two EXs, let\'s just see how far we can go!"
"...At this rate, we might end up reaching the bottom floor."
: Do it.
: Conquer the dungeon.
: Make this a legendary stream.
: For once, I agree with Kamishiro.
: Shock the world by clearing Shibuya Dungeon.
: You can do it, Honorary One of Us.
: We believe in you, Honorary One of Us.
"Can you stop trying to make that nickname stick? I really don\'t like it."
"Haha, that\'s hilarious!"
"I\'m about to smack you."
Ugh, she\'s so annoying.
It\'s one thing when the viewers say it, but when Kamishiro says it, it irritates me more. Maybe it\'s because she\'s such a carefree, lighthearted person who doesn\'t seem to think before she speaks.
: Calm down, Kisaragi.
: Be cool, Kisaragi.
: If you hit her, she\'ll die.
: She\'s an EX too, so she won\'t die.
: If these two monsters fight, the surface might be affected...
: LOL.
"Haah... fine. Let\'s go as far as we can. I\'ve still got plenty of energy left anyway."
"Great! Let\'s make this a \'Conquering New Floors\' stream!"
"...Well, I guess there\'s no competition."
: If there were competition, I\'d be terrified.
: Yeah, no one else could pull this off.
: If someone could rival EXs, they\'d just become one themselves.
: This stream is legendary.
: Every one of his streams is legendary at this point.
: That\'s the EX standard.
: You\'re probably scaring off other dungeon streamers with your antics.
If people stop dungeon streaming just because I\'m streaming the deep floors, then they weren\'t that serious to begin with.
Besides, I\'m just doing my own thing. I don\'t owe anyone anything.
Kamishiro, walking ahead of me, likely cares even less about what other people think.