Year 397 of the Holy Calendar - Seventh Boss Room of the Titan dungeon

(Alastor POV)

"...What...." Alastor

Barely waking up on the ground, I can feel Ifrit's anger boiling in my blood.

"Ifrit, calm down!" Titan

And when I open my eyes, I can see Titan blocking an enraged Ifrit's path to the door.

"Get out of the way!" Ifrit

Flames are expelled from the full length of his tail as if in sync with her emotional state.

"You are no match for them and you know it!" Titan

For who?

"They are only two of them, that means he just started his journey" Ifrit

Two?

"Now is the time to act!" Ifrit

"Even if that is true, You know that their individual power isn't what is it to fear!" Titan

I am completely lost here.

"What is happening?" Alastor

I stand up, neglecting my treatment again.

"..." Ifrit

"..." Titan

They ignore me and keep staring at each other.

"Someone else has entered the dungeon" Titan

He answers me without taking his eyes off Ifrit.

"That thing isn't someone, IT is a threat to everything in this world" Ifrit

Is that so?

"You know him?" Alastor

"..." Ifrit

"It is complicated" Titan

Okay...

"Well, if that is the case I can..." Alastor

"They are here!" Titan

*Booom!*

The door explodes and the body of the silver lion pushes both me and Ifrit to the back of the room.

"These doors are no match for my OP cheat" ???

The voice of a boy.

"Hiwatani, You should control yourself a little bit" ???

And the voice of a girl.

"How?" Alastor

How did they get here so fast? I shouldn't have been asleep for more than a few hours.

Did they really complete the dungeon in that brief time?!

"There is no need to worry about that Esperia, when I take the dungeon core this place will fall to pieces anyway" Iwatani

The black-haired, 14-year-old-looking boy wore light armor, a green cape, and a white shield encrusted with a blue gem on his right arm.

He may not be carrying a weapon, but that shield seems to have something special in it.

"Ahhh, where did my quiet childhood friend go?" Esperia

The brown-haired girl of the same age is wearing a costume that looks like a green maid uniform with two dagger sheaths on her back.

A dual dagger user... just like grandma...

"I am the adventurer Hiwatani and I am here to..."

Before he could end talking...

"YOUUUU!!!!!" Ifrit

Ifrit's fist creates a trail of fire in the air that ends on the left cheek of his face, causing him to spit to the right.

"!!!" Alastor

"BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!!" Ifrit

From right to left and left to right, her furious rain of fists didn't stop.

"MEGUU!!!!" Ifrit

Hidden inside her anger, I could feel a deep sadness...

"Enough!" Hiwatani

He swings his shield and throws Ifrit against a wall.

"Kaaagh!" Ifrit

The impact produces a crater on the steel wall.

"Ifrit!!" Alastor

I run towards the wall and grab her just before she falls to the floor.

"Ifrit?" Alastor

"..." Ifrit

One hit!

She lost consciousness with a single hit!

"Crazy Bitch" Hiwatani

What kind of monster is he?!

He doesn't even have a wound even after taking Ifrit punches to the face!

"But..." Hiwatani

He stares at Ifrit's chest.

"Maybe I could teach her some manners" Hiwatani

What a creepy look.

"bhuu" Esperia

The girl pouts like she was five years old... Is it really the appropriate reaction for this place and moment?

"I was only joking" Hiwatani

These people... There's something really weird about them.

And it isn't only their actions, I can't pinpoint what it is exactly.

"I am the dungeon master, Titan"

A wall of steel chains emerges from the walls and divides the room diagonally.

In one half, Titan and the invaders, and in the other, Ifrit and I.

"Your business is with me" Titan

The invader calmly smiles at the Earth Spirit king.

"Yeah, The Appraisal already told me that" Hiwatani

From the chain gaps, I can see the creep walking nonchalantly toward us.

"Is he...?" Alastor

Incredible power, the rare Appraisal skill, and the chantless trait that only the legendary one of the Isekai Church can use...

The hero of the Isekai Church...

"The Isekai Hero" Alastor

"I am your opponent!" Titan

The dungeon master tries to accelerate toward the invader.

"Annoying" Hiwatani

But, the shield levitates off his arm.

"What!" Titan

And morphs into an iron prison with the face of a crying woman on both sides, locking Titan inside without any problem.

"I will deal with you afterward" Hiwatani

The Maiden prison moves away and the chains are easily broken with a swing of his hand, leaving me alone against the invaders.

"Impossible!" Alastor

He took care of both elemental spirits with ease!

"Now, hand her over" Hiwatani

He extends his right hand, demanding for me to give up Ifrit.

"I..." Alastor

The mana inside me is still messed up and I can barely control it.

But...

"Will not handle her to you" Alastor

I manage to canalize some of it throughout the war hammer in my left hand.

"She attacked me first, that cannot go unpunished" Hiwatani

My new weapon propels towards the target at high speed with the power of my fire magic.

"..." Hiwatani

The blow hits his right cheek.

But, even though he didn't even defend himself, it didn't hurt him in the slightest!

"Is that all?" Hiwatani

What...

"It's a good weapon, but hammers are only for secondary characters at best" Hiwatani

"What are you?!!" Alastor

After touching him with my mana I can tell.

His energy isn't mana or spiritual power, or maybe I should say this can't even be considered energy.

The entire interior of his body is enveloped in a kind of green cloud. An immovable cloud made up of countless flashing 1's and 0's.

My whole being is screaming in a warning.

That this aberration is not something from this world!

"From what world did you come from?!" Alastor

"!!!" Hiwatani

He retreated his approaching hand and took a step back.

"How did you know?" Hiwatani

"Hiwatani?" Esperia

So he is aware of it.

"I am asking you! How did you know?!!" Hiwatani

"Why are you so agitated?" Esperia

It is evident that he is trying to hide it.

"You stink of it, that is why" Alastor

"Yoouu!!" Hiwatani

At the moment he lost focus...

"*ROAAARRRRRRR!!*" Titan

A furious roar that could cover the entire dungeon is unleashed.

"!!!" Alastor

The Maiden Prison turns against his user, imprisoning him this time.

"!!!" Esperia

His partner begins to act and I, for the first time, see someone cast a spell in front of me.

"Wind skill..." Esperia

What a strange flow of mana, it's like it's sucked into a void inside her body.

"Tornad..." Esperia

Titan swings his paw and the wind pressure throws the girl against the ceiling.

"..." Esperia

And she falls to the ground out cold.

"Now we can fight toget..." Alastor

"Run to the exit!" Titan

"!!!" Alastor

His voice was full of urgency as he pointed toward the wall behind me with his head.

A golden door larger than any other in the dungeon appeared there.

"I can't leave you here!" Alastor

"Do it! you promised it!" Titan

I look at the unconscious Ifrit in my right arm.

"Ghh" Alastor

What should I do?

"I can't hold him any longer, GO!!" Titan

The Maiden Prison starts to shake viciously.

"I... can't!" Alastor

Even If I could...

("If you leave him, I will kill you myself") Ifrit

I can already hear what she would say.

"You...!" Titan

"Shield of rage" Hiwatani

Following the voice of the Isekai hero, the prison changes to a wave of black fire.

"Titan!!!" Alastor

And engulf the upper half of the body of the silver lion.

"Stupid beast" Hiwatani

The remaining body lost its support and falls slowly.

"Ah" Alastor

Transforming into a brown sphere before reaching the ground.

"Ahhhhhhh!!" Alastor

Again.

Again I was a hindrance.

Even after years inside this dungeon, I didn't change even a bit from before!

"AHHHHGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!" Alastor

"It is over. Know your place, NPC" Hiwatani

I can't let this over like this.

Even if this doesn't change anything.

Even if it leads me to my death.

I...

We...

[We will destroy him!!!]
{We will destroy him!!!}

A purple spiral of fire surrounds us.

"What?!!" Hiwatani

As my right arm becomes the bridge to our feelings, Ifrit and I merge into the first such existence in all of Gaia's history.