Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer~-Chapter 481:

Last Challenge

"Now, what should we do?"

After spending several days walking around the city and shopping to our heart's content, I found myself pondering our next move.

"”About what~?”"

"About tomorrow—or rather, what our plans are going forward."

"Plans~?"

"Dungeon~?"

"Yeah, that..."

"”Not going!?”"

"You really want to go after all, don't you?"

"Wanna go!"

"Going~"

If we decide to go into the dungeon, we'll be diving for at least ten days.

That would mean keeping Patrick-san and the others waiting...

"Takumi, please don't worry about us."

"Indeed, we anticipated the possibility of a long wait. You don't need to hold back."

Patrick-san and Matthew-san gave us their support.

Lancer-san and Eugene nodded in agreement as well, so I decided to take them up on their offer.

◇ ◇ ◇

And so, we found ourselves back at the Dungeon of Precious Stones.

"I'm not sure how far we'll get, but let's make this our last trip here."

"”Okay!””

"Umu, understood.”

We made our way through the first floor's Diamond Forest, using the teleportation device to move straight to the one at the end of the twenty-sixth floor.

"”Floor twenty-seven~””

"I wonder what it'll be like?"

"According to the pattern, it should be the Green Tunnels next. The real question is the material..."

“”Alright, let’s go!””

"Wait, hold on. I'll summon everyone first."

Before stepping into the new floor, I summoned Joule and the other Contracted Beasts.

(Oh, we're in the dungeon again! Let's do our best!)

(I will make sure to be useful.)

(Aniue, I'll do my best.)

(Yay~ A dungeon! Time to let loose~)

(Takumi Nii, I'll do my best too!)

(Let's play lots~)

With everyone assembled, we stepped onto the twenty-seventh floor.

"”What’s this~?”"

"Uhm... I wonder?"

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Using Appraisal, it turned out to be a resin-like material.

“”A gemstone~?”"

"I don't think so. It looks more like hardened resin."

It seemed the material in this part of the tunnel was something akin to plastic or resin. More accurately, something *like* it.

Amber is also a resin and considered a type of gemstone, but it's a fossil...

"”Should pick?””

Allen and Elena lifted a stone roughly the size of what they could carry with both hands and tilted their heads.

It seemed like they were checking if it was worth collecting to bring back.

"It might be useful for crafting, so let's take some back with us."

"”Okay~"”

Even though I know my Infinite Storage will get even more cluttered, I just can't resist collecting things.

"Alright, I think it’s time we start the conquering~"

“”"((((Ohh~))))””"

With each of us picking up at least one resin block—though some carried two or three—the collection was quickly done. With that out of the way, we began our exploration of the twenty-seventh floor.

"”Ah!”"

Almost immediately, Allen and Elena noticed something and darted off.

(Could it be a monster?)

(I don't see anything yet.)

(Ah, it looks like something might be coming around that corner.)

The kids ran off so quickly that we couldn't see the enemy yet.

(Ah, Niichan, there it is!)

"Oh, you are right. Wait… what's that?"

(It's like a Rock Golem!)

(A Rock Golem?)

It looked like a Rock Golem, but the material was translucent green instead of stone.

"... Appraisal still shows it as a Rock Golem."

"Mhm, it is a variant."

Kaiser’s appraisal indicated it was indeed a variant.

"A variant... Oh no!"

While I was busy observing this new type of Rock Golem, Allen and Elena had already launched their kicking attacks.

Kicking rock-type monsters is a bad idea! But it was too late to stop them.

"Allen, Elena! Was it too hard? Are your feet okay?"

"”Is okay?”"

"Why are you asking me?!"

"”Couldn’t beat it~”"

I quickly checked their feet, but they seemed fine... I think. To them, not defeating the Rock Golem (variant) was a bigger issue.

(Take that!)

Before I knew it, Vector had also charged towards the Rock Golem (variant) and body-slammed it.

(It’s not harder than rock, I think? But it’s not fragile either.)

"... I see."

Was he checking the hardness? Using a body slam to find out was so like Vector.

"I’m thinking that the material is similar to the tunnel walls. They have the same color and gloss."

(Oh! Niichan, that’s it! Yeah, it does feel like the wall material!)

Given the nature of the Dungeon of Precious Stones, there's a chance the monsters share the same material as the floors. So, a resin golem, then.

(A golem made of resin, huh~ What could its weakness be?)

"That's the question."

Regular Rock Golems can be shattered with strong enough force, and water is effective against them. While Iron Golems are weak to lightning and fire.

Assuming this is like resin or plastic, it’s probably weak to heat.

"Vector, try burning it a little."

(Got it—Fireball!)

"Oh, it’s melting~"

"Wow~ it’s all gooey!"

As I suspected, a weak fire spell from Vector caused it to start melting. I’m glad my guess was right.

"Looks like we can handle this. Though, for a monster on this floor of an advanced dungeon, it feels kinda weak..."

(Yeah~ it's almost like this dungeon is trying to be unique~)

(That could be true, but keep in mind, other adventurers might not realize it's weak to fire or might not have fire magic to deal with it. I believe the only reason it seems easy to us is because of you, Aniue?)

(Now that you mention it, that makes sense. We're only finding it weak because you're here, Niisama.)

“......”

Hearing the calm analysis from Feat and Bolt, I found myself wanting to look away.

I only knew to try fire magic because I'm familiar with plastics. If someone didn't know about that weakness or couldn't use fire magic, they wouldn’t have been able to try it.

… I apologize for thinking it was weak!

"”Oniichan, what's this~?"”

(Some green gooey stuff dropped from it!)

The kids, having successfully defeated the Rock Golem (variant), handed over the loot they obtained.

"This... seems to be a lacquer. If you coat something like a board with it and let it dry, it'll get smooth like these walls."

"”Hmm~”"

Since it immediately reminded me of construction materials, I explained it that way, but Allen and Elena seemed uninterested. They don’t encounter construction materials often, so they usually react this way to such things.

"Well, we can take it back, and if we don’t use it, we can sell it."

"”Sounds good~”"

They truly didn’t seem very interested at all.