1
Kei and Tatsuya walk towards the big castle that was like the centre of attraction in the capital. Tatsuya looking sick while walking stops many times in the middle of the road and mutters these words-
"A boy proposed to me... Not one girl has ever...Unexpected...hahaha."
Kei looks really tensed and asks Celestine if everything would be alright and if what all should she say in front of the queen.
"Before that..." Then she points at Tatsuya and asks Kei, "Shouldn't you be checking if Tatsuya-san is broken or not?"
Kei looks at Tatsuya then rushes to him looking worried and asks him whether he was alright or not. Colbie hides behind Celestine all the time while staring at Tatsuya with a creepy grin on his face. Tatsuya keeps on getting chills and after they reach the castle Tatsuya becomes normal and asks Celestine-
"First of all... Who are you anyways?"
"Looks like I didn't explain properly... Let me introduce myself once again... My name-"
Tatsuya stops her and says-
"No.no.no. I just wanted to know how you're acquainted with the queen."
"Oh...!" says Celestine and pauses for a bit. Then she continues speaking, "I'll explain as we make our way to the room where the queen will be present!"
The castle doors open and all the guards and knights present over there lower their head as she and Colbie walk through the hallways. Tatsuya and Kei were walking behind them so it didn't bother them but Tatsuya realized that she was some noble's daughter or heir.
"I am the..." and Tatsuya butts in again and says without enthusiasm, "So you're a Rich princess."
"At least be a little surprised!" Celestine snaps at him in the long hallway. "I've been thinking for some time and frankly it's really irritating when you speak when I'm explaining something important to you."
Tatsuya looks helpless standing there and getting told off by Celestine and after she finishes he sweats a bit and says while nervously laughing-
"So how important is your rank... I'm re-really curious..."
Celestine had a look like she achieved some feat and then says-
"Don't think that I will forgive you just because you said that, Hmph!"
"What are you, Tsundere?!"
Kei and Colbie had already started walking ahead and after they continue proceeding to the queen's throne room she starts to explain-
"There are five families of nobility in Xaria. First comes that of the queen... I hope you at least know her name..."
Tatsuya starts to laugh nervously once again and after Celestine sighs she continues explaining-
"Her majesty, Wyver Alicia VI. The strongest human in the entire Kingdom of Xaria apart from the three great mages."
"Three great mages?"
"I'll explain that later... So the Rose family comes second in ranking after the Wyver family. Then the order goes on with Greamont, Ledrey and Greamont. All of them have their own strongest individuals and few of them are even the heads of their respective houses."
They had been walking for quite some time and both Tatsuya and Kei feel exhausted so Tatsuya enquires how much more would they have to walk to reach the queen Celestine replies-
"You're tired already?! It's only been ten minutes so far... Anyways we have almost reached the queen's throne room so take it easy."
Tatsuya and Kei become overjoyed on knowing that they were about to reach their destination. Celestine continues to explain and Tatsuya says in a polite tone-
"Rose-sama not to be rude but can you please tell us the things we only need to know right now before meeting with the queen?"
"Well, you aren't wrong about that. Alright then, the only thing you need to remember is that never... ever ask the queen's age even if you don't do it on purpose."
"Umm... why?"
"You'll come to know when you see her."
"What else should we remember? Any special advice that will never make her feel uncomfortable... anything?"
Celestine doesn't reply at all and as Tatsuya continuously calls out to her they reach a big door which basically meant that that was their stop. Guarding the huge door were two knights in shiny armour holding lances. Kei was both tensed and excited at the same time and looking at her face made Tatsuya laugh.
They entered the throne room and just when Tatsuya was gonna open his mouth to say something Celestine steps on his feet and walks towards the throne like nothing happened.
While bowing, she says-
"Your Majesty, my Queen... I have brought the person or to be exact the hero of the town on the outskirts of Xaria."
There was dead silence in the room. On both the sides of the room there stood several knights in shining armour each having different weapons in their hands. Tatsuya was just standing there admiring the place while Kei and the Rose siblings bowed down their heads.
Celestine looks towards Tatsuya while bowing and says very softly-
"What are you doing?! You are now in her Majesty's presence! Bow before her..."
"Why should I bow to an empty chair? I don't really understand your point." Says Tatsuya while making a disappointed face."
Celestine looks at the throne and then looks at Tatsuya then does the same again and says-
"But she was sitting there a second ago... I swear that she really was!"
All the guards look as surprised as she was and start to discuss among themselves as to where the queen was. Among those Knights the one in blue armour near the Throne takes of his helmet and says after sighing-
"This again? Someone go to town and tell all the guards and knights on standby that the queen has escaped once again..."
The blue armoured knight had a handlebar moustache and a weirdly calm looking face which made him look like he was in his thirties.
"What is she some spoiled brat?" says Tatsuya inconsiderately and all of them stare at him in shock.
"What are you saying?! That too in front of all these queen devoted knights!"
"Huh... did I say something wrong?"
"You fool!"
The blue armoured knight comes closer to Tatsuya and puts his hand on his shoulder and looks down-
"I'm really sorry that she is a brat... Really sorry."
"No. No. No, don't be! You know right, Kids these days are all like that..." and starts to console the knight.
"What is your name Tatsuya?"
"Umm... you just said it."
"Oh, did I?!"
"It's Tatsuya Ryo..." says Tatsuya and sighs.
2
Tatsuya and the three get out of the castle and help them with the search. After walking away some distance from the royal palace or whatever castle it was Tatsuya makes a suggestion-
"Let's split up and search for her. I think it'd be faster that way!"
"Hmm... You're actually talking wisely for once. Alright then! Colbie will come with me and the two of you can search together."
"You got it." Says Tatsuya with enthusiasm.
After a while Tatsuya and Kei return to their inn and Kei asks him-
"Ryo-nii... shouldn't we help them find the person?"
"Kei..." says Tatsuya and kneels. While placing his hand over his head he says with a happy expression on his face, "There are always some things that you are supposed to do and not supposed to do." And smiles.
"Ok~" says Kei while pouting.
Then both Frieda and Hob come close to Tatsuya and say very seriously-
"By the way, someone came to see you and is probably waiting in one of the rooms on top. You better see who it is."
"A visitor for me? Not that I know that many people in this world."
Kei starts to climb up the stairs leaving Tatsuya behind.
"Oye Kei! Wait up!" says Tatsuya as he runs after Kei and then goes to their room.
When Tatsuya opens the door he sees a beautiful lady with long black hair sitting on his bed and looking out of the window. She wore a straw hat which was white in colour and wore a blue one piece dress.
"I was getting tired of waiting... Thought you'd never appear."
"First of all... how the heck did you even enter this room?!"
"My! My! Look at you getting angry. I'm a queen so I can go anywhere." And she gives a gentle smile.
Tatsuya looks shocked for few seconds then goes closer to her and asks her with a straight face-
"You... are a queen right?"
As Tatsuya's face was a bit close to hers she gets flustered a bit and answers-
"What about it?"
Tatsuya still looking at her with a straight face makes a fist and gives her a smack on her head. Then the queen holds her head in pain and starts to cry like a child-
"Are you really that stupid?! I don't care if you're a queen! Also, what queen starts to cry like a child?!"
"But...but..." says the queen while crying like a child.
"You see... Everyone is looking for you and here you are... Aargh! I'm gonna drag you all the way back home!"
"No~" she says while continuing to cry and her voice diminishes.
After a while Tatsuya does drag her all the way back to the castle. After reaching the castle everyone stares at the unbelievable sight. Tatsuya dragging the queen through the long hallway.
Few nobles who were present there watching him do so go a bit close to him and asked him with concern-
"Umm... Shouldn't you be a little more gentle with the queen?"
Tatsuya was already in a bad mood because they had to go fetch the queen and when they asked such a question he snaps and looks at them with anger and rage. The nobles back away as they apologize to the queen.
He continues to walk toward the throne room as the queen sobs... while being dragged. On reaching the throne room, he sees that there was no one in there since they had left to search to search for the queen.
"Something's strange..."
"Oho... you can detect magic as well."
"Detect magic? Shut your trap and go sit on your throne."
"I'm the queen though..." says the queen as her voice diminishes.
She walks up to the throne while looking depressed then suddenly makes a fist and punches in the direction of the window on the left of the throne.
"What are you-"
A gust of wind destroys the window and the wall used as its foundation. Suddenly a man appears from behind the pillar is heard and Tatsuya sees that behind the pillar next to the destroyed area stood a man wearing a yukata and carrying a Japanese katana on his waist.
"You're getting better... But you missed."
"Oh please, shut up!"
"Five hundred eighty six wins for me, huh..."
Tatsuya hadn't realized yet but the queen had a cut on her face.
"And who do we have here? The hero of Xaria... Am I right?"
"Who the hell are you old man?" asks Tatsuya with a serious expression on his face.
The queen looks away and snickers. The man with the katana gets annoyed and asks him while keeping his cool-
"Is that how you thank someone who saved your life a while back?"
"Old man... Pfft... Good job Mr. Hero."
"Wait, you're telling me that you're the one who killed that thing?"
"What else does it look like I'm saying..." says the man while keeping a calm composure."
Tatsuya then stares at the queen and the man with the katana and asks them-
"So... is it okay if I leave now? I mean I've got other things to do."
"Yeah. I think it's alright if you leave."
He bows for a second in front of the queen then looks at the man next to her and then leaves.
"What was I even called here for? Also I'm really hungry. Kei might be too." and he sighs.
"Let's hurry back then."
The queen then looks at Tatsuya through her window and asks the man with the katana-
"Did you see anything off about him?"
"Can't say for sure!"
"What do you mean by that, Gorilla-san?"
"Godammit! It's Goro! How many times should I say that...! Well, all I can say is that he has potential... More than you at the most."
"Is it okay if I invite him to one of our sessions then? I'm starting to feel insecure around you nowadays."
"Yes! Yes! I get it. So just shut up and go do your duties. That's it for today, since it doesn't look like you're into it that much."
"Thank you very much!" says the queen as she walks away with in a happy mood.
After a while all the troops along with the rose siblings enter the throne room and say with relief-
"Thank god you are safe, my majesty."
"Oh! Mr. Hero found me and brought me here."
"But where is he now?"
"He left..."
"Did you forget why you called him, my majesty?"
"No, I don't remember."
"Why are you always like this?"
By the time Tatsuya returns to the inn he sees Hob holding a box in his hand. Both Freda and Hob look confused as they look at the box.
"What's wrong, Hob?"
"Oh! So you're back... I wanted to ask you something."
"Sure... what is it?"
Freda and Hob look at each other then Hob asks him-
"Take a look inside this box..."
"There's a dagger in it. So what about it?"
"Boy, this is the dagger that you should have taken that day... The one you have right now, I don't recognize it."
3
Tatsuya unsheathes his dagger and then shows Hob the dagger he used in his battle.
"How is this possible? I thought the black dagger you carried around was the one that I used to use."
"This dagger was the only one that I found in that warehouse."
He looked very calm and even though he came to know something shocking, all that came to his mind was-
"Well, if that wasn't his dagger then how does it even matter? After all I found it in his shed and he did say to take the dagger back there."
"So, Hob-san... I don't think it matters that much."
"It does matter, son. If there is no authorization on the weapon you carry you will be asked to pay a fine. It's a really good way for those useless soldiers to loot people."
"Oh okay."
Hob asks him to give his dagger for a while so he could check whose authority it had but when he tries to even touch the dagger the dagger releases some kind of lightning which doesn't harm a person but makes the person take his hand away.
"OH...! That should prove it."
"Wait, what? How does that prove anything?"
"Boy, such swords are kind of special. You can say that they have life within them or that's what some people say... The dagger chose you as its master. And it won't let anyone touch it unless it's you."
Tatsuya puts his dagger back into his sheathe and says-
"Well then! Hob-san... I'll bring down Kei. By then can you cook up something delicious for us?"
"Sure! I'm happy to serve our customers!"
Tatsuya goes up in his room and when he looks inside his room he loses his temper and shouts-
"Dammit~!"
The whole room was in a mess and the cupboards were all broken. Also his grimoire was not there anymore. But the thing that enraged him the most was that Kei wasn't there anymore.
Tatsuya goes to the washroom and washes his face. Then he comes back and checks the room for any kind of clue. After searching for a while the sun sets completely and all he finds is the red ribbon that Kei was wearing when he was with her.
Tatsuya holds the ribbon tightly in his palm and says with rage-
"I swear... I will definitely find you and save you. But before I save you I'll make sure to kill the bastards who kidnapped you."
Tatsuya leaves the room and as he silently walks down the ladders everyone stops drinking and eating... All because they sensed a demon's rage as it exited the inn.
Before shutting the door Tatsuya asks Hob for a favour-
"Hob-san... please store the food you made for us. We'll have it later." And the door closes.
4
Tatsuya walks down the streets trying to look for clues as to where Kei could have been taken to. He asks every single person on the street if they had seen Kei. All of the people he asks only reply-
"Never seen her."
"Ask someone else."
"Take care of your own kid properly."
"Wait! Why the hell are you telling me how to raise a kid?!"
After a while Tatsuya stopped in his tracks and started to calm down.
"I have to calm down... and think outside the box. I'm a genius from another world. A mall mystery like this is nothing... Think... think harder!"
After thinking about Kei's whereabouts he remembers the incident in the throne room.
"Mana detection... That's it! If I just try to detect a magic similar to mine then I can find the grimoire... but the only problem is whether the same people have Kei..."
He thinks for a while while everyone on the streets stare at him while passing by. Suddenly the thought of Kei being beaten up and being used as a slave comes to his mind which ticks him off.
"Nope! No idea! But if they do anything to Kei... I'll torture them to death." Says Tatsuya with a demonic face.
Tatsuya then thinks of the various possibilities while walking down the streets in the market block. While walking he reaches the gate where the two guards were.
"You two, have you seen Kei?" asks Tatsuya with a face filled with anger.
Bothe the guards start shaking inside their armour and nod their heads sideways at the same time.
"Have you at least seen her with someone else leaving this gate?"
"N-no, W-we don't know a-anything about her... really!"
Tatsuya stares into their helmets for a while and then walks back to the inn.
"It's already this late. I just hope she's safe."
Just when Tatsuya was about to open the door to the inn he remembers the key Yavia had given him. He thinks whether or not to use it, since he didn't have any clues he thought that she would be the best person to ask this.
He opens the door and avoids talking to anyone. After reaching his room he puts in the key and opens the door. He sees Yavia sitting on the counter in her shop.
He closes the door after entering and walks up to the counter.
"Yavia!"
"Ryokai are you sure you should be here? Time flows here differently,"
"You do know something about Kei's whereabouts right?"
Yavia sighs and after putting down the newspaper she was reading she says-
"I was keeping touch with her through her dreams. I lost contact with her after that day you entered this shop with her."
"I can't seem to find any clues as to if she was kidnapped or something else."
"Ryokai... do I have to do everything for you?"
She picks up a wand near her and while pointing it at Tatsuya says-
"I can only send your mind back though..."
"What are you planning...?"
"Time magic: Rewind... What you see in the past won't change the present. Be careful."
Tatsuya blinks and when he opens his eyes again he sees himself in their room when Tatsuya starts to drag the queen and he tells Kei to wait there for him.
"I don't understand this but let's see..."
After half an hour Kei gets tired of waiting and starts to feel sleepy. At that moment the door flies open and two people enter the room. Kei wakes up from her sleepy mood and tries to escape from them.
One of them dashes towards the bed but Kei moves away which results in him crashing into the bed and breaking it. The other one immediately catches hold of Kei and holds a cloth over her mouth.
She tries to break free of his hold but passes out. One of the two people say-
"It's good that annoying boy left... This has never been so easy."
"Today we are probably gonna get the most we've ever earned right?"
"Don't talk too loudly and drink this potion... Also break everything in here and check for anything valuable..."
Both of them drink the potions and make Kei invisible as well. They start to break thing in the room and take all the money in the cupboard along with the grimoire. They exit the room and a black hole opens in the room. Tatsuya gets pulled in it.
Tatsuya blinks again and sees that he's standing in front of Yavia as she tells him-
"Now that you've seen go and do what is best."
"Thanks a lot Yavia! I'll definitely make a purchase next time."
"Sure Ryokai."
Tatsuya leaves the shop and as soon as the door closes Yavia falls on the table and coughs up blood. She covers her mouth while coughing and when she sees the blood on her hand she sighs and says-
"I'm not young anymore... using that magic does take a toll on my body."
It was dawn now. Tatsuya rushes through the streets and passes Celestine. Though he doesn't realize it, she realizes it and when she turns around to call out to him she sees him draw his sword out. She starts to run after him.
Tatsuya blinded by rage could only think-
'Those faces! It's those guards... I'm gonna slit their throats after they give back Kei and my possession.'
Both the guards he saw come there and they switch out with the ones who were on night duty. He dashes towards the guards with the magic sword in his hand but Celestine catches up to him and pulls him behind and asks him-
"What are you planning to do?! Attack them and you'll become a murderer! Are you sure you want that?"
The guards' attention turns towards them and as Celestine tries to Talk Tatsuya out of it Tatsuya turns and looks at the guards and throws his sword at one of their heads.
One guard falls to the ground and his blood starts to spray everywhere in that area. Both Celestine and the other guard stand there with their mouths open wide.
Tatsuya confronts the second guard and before he asks him anything he says while shivering in fear-
"She was sold to a slave dealer who just left this gate a few hours ago. I'm sorry... please forgive me... I'll do anything... Please spare my life."
"Alright then. Give me back my belongings and the money you got from... tch... selling Kei."
The guard looks relieved and gives five pouches of money and his grimoire back to him. After taking all that money back he goes to Celestine and gives her the money and says-
"Please keep this back in my room... On second thought... give me one of them."
He takes a pouch and puts it on his waist. Then he walks toward his sword and while picking it he sees the other guards relieved face. After picking up the sword he swings the sword and says-
"Since you'd do anything... die." And the guard's head falls off of his body.
Celestine tries to go near him but out of fear she says-
"Alright then! I-I'll keep this back. Also I'll report to the queen that we've found the kidnappers."
"Yeah..." says Tatsuya and exits the gate.
Since it was just dawn there was not a single soul on the streets and as the other two guards were tired they didn't notice that Tatsuya had killed those two behind their back.
By the time Tatsuya had reached the apple tree Celestine had kept the money in their room and she was shocked to see the room's condition.
She left immediately and entered a small alleyway next to the inn. Remembering back on what Tatsuya did, she could only shiver and puke in the corner on remembering that horrid sight.
"I need to calm down. This isn't the first time I've seen blood."
5
After reaching the tree, Tatsuya looks towards the big forest he notices it size was bigger than the kingdom. There was also lots of space on both the sides of the huge forest for people to travel to the other town. In fact, the grass was cleared on both sides for the travellers to travel.
Tatsuya could see few carts going left and few coming from the right of the intersection on the entrance of the forest.
"Maybe I should pick some apples from this tree..."says Tatsuya and starts to pluck the apples.
After picking out five apples he keeps them in the other pouch which he had and while holding it in his hands walks towards the intersection of the forest. When he starts to walk into the forest, one of the few people coming from the right advises him-
"Don't go through there!"
"Why so?"
"There's monsters in this forest."
"Yeah, so?"
"They're different from the ones you know of... in many ways."
"Doesn't matter. I'll eliminate all that comes in my way."
"Slow down and hear me out before you go in... If you want to get to the town of Garthram you have to take this route. Though it will take you four days. But if you go through the forest it will only take you three... Be careful, the monsters in the forests are a bit intelligent and are different than the ones in the dungeon."
"Alright old man...I'll keep that in mind." Says Tatsuya and walks into the forest.
After a while that man's child comes running to him and tugs on his shirt-
"Dad... Is that man gonna be okay?"
"I don't know, but I hope he doesn't end up like most of the amateurs who enter here." and they continue walking towards Xaria while carrying something heavy on his back.
Tatsuya walks and walks but can't figure out what direction he is supposed to go in. After a while, he takes a break from travelling and looks overhead and spots the Sun.
"Midday already... Nothing has come out of the woods though."
He feels thirsty and walks around a bit more in the search for a water source. Right when he takes an apple out of his bag and starts to chew on it he spots two squirrels on the tree in from of him.
The squirrels start to give each other a chestnut. Tatsuya smiles. Then suddenly both of the squirrels stare at Tatsuya and then go away.
He sits under a tree and tries to hear the sound of water. He concentrates for quite some time and then he hears a faint sound of water. He gets up and starts to look around for that water source. Then it happens.
While looking for the water source he finds those two squirrels again. This time the squirrels come close to Tatsuya and wait next to him. He kneels down and tries to touch them. Suddenly the squirrels make a shrieking sound which scares Tatsuya a bit causing him to take away his hand. The two squirrels run away. Tatsuya gets up on his feet-
"What the hell is wrong with these things? If you are so scared then why come so close to me?"
Tatsuya stretches a bit and then turns around. He hadn't noticed but a squirrel bigger than him was just standing there and it looked like it would attack him at any moment.
Tatsuya says while sweating and not moving an inch-
"I know. In such conditions I'm not supposed to move right?"
A lot of squirrels along with medium sized one come one after the other from the trees and surround Tatsuya. Once Tatsuya gets surrounded completely he says without moving an inch-
"I think that not moving was a wrong option."
6
While gasping for breath, Tatsuya hides inside a cave-
"I've... successfully lost them." Says Tatsuya while holding up his thumb and grinning.
"Even so, now that I've run so much I'm... exhausted as hell!" says Tatsuya while sitting down.
He then hears the sound of water flowing. He decides to walk to the place in the cave where the sound was coming from. When he reaches the place he sees a water stream flowing with a lot of force.
"Is this maybe the water that I heard outside? All that doesn't matter. I'll drink this and make do with the apples to..."
He checks the bag that he brought. When he puts his hand through it he realizes that the bag had torn.
"Those stupid squirrels... Must've done it when I was escaping from them."
He feels irritated and drinks the water from the stream. He washes his face while he's at it and after he finishes up he gets up on his feet while saying-
"Yep! Stamina completely recovered."
He then looks straight ahead and he sees a big door.
"Surely, that has to be a dungeon gate..." He grins.
"I've encountered these doors quite a few times in MMO's. This will be a piece of cake."
He looks for a way to cross the stream and finds rocks at a far end of the stream where it exited the cave. He jumps over the rocks to the other side. Then, he walks up to the door and touches it-
"Now, now. Let's see what you've got...! I'll clear this dungeon fast then come to you Kei."
He breaks his knuckles and says-
"This is not even gonna be worth my time." And he enters the dungeon.
He walks through a dark hallway for some time then suddenly the torches on either of his sides in the hallway light up allowing him to see further in the dungeon.
"First, like always let's analyse this place."
He looks at the ceiling and sees that its pitch black then he looks at the walls and sees that there were paintings on the wall drawn by someone. He stands there and tries to figure out the drawing but noting could come to his mind when he just looked at those randomly drawn drawings on the walls. Then, he looks at the floor he was walking on and realizes that it wasn't stone but marble.
"Now that's interesting... Marble in a dungeon means it has to have a somewhat tough boss at the end." And starts to walk in the dungeon.
After walking for quite some time the path ends and when he stands at the edge of the path he says-
"Oho... So that's why it's marble. One way in and no way out. I like that!" and he jumps down after drawing his dagger.
After he lands he sees at least fifteen normal goblins sitting around with different types of weapons in their hands.
"Hm? I haven't yet entered the zone. I can't see any further though..." and he starts to walk towards the goblins.
When there was a ten meter distance between the goblins and him the goblins stand up one by one and charge towards Tatsuya with full speed. He gets a bit startled at how they approached him and bends behind to dodge the spear pointed at his throat.
He holds the dagger pointing upwards and stabs it in the skull of the goblin. The goblin lets out a small shriek and turns to dust and fades away. The spear drops on the ground and Tatsuya stands straight with his dagger ready for combat.
"Item drop system... check!" and he rushes into battle.
He slashes every single goblin that tries to kill him and sees the shaman in the distance chanting a spell. He quickly kills ten or more of the goblins and runs towards the shaman after taking a short breath.
Just when the shaman finishes his spells and points his staff at Tatsuya, he puts the dagger through his chest. The shaman coughs up blood and after looking at Tatsuya grins and says something which sounds gibberish to Tatsuya.
The shaman turns to dust but when Tatsuya tries to move he notices that he can't move.
"Paralyze... Were shamans ever this clever back in those games?" and he thinks that that was the end of the line for him.
Suddenly the ground shakes as if something huge was walking. The remaining goblins then get crushed by the three hobgoblins who came running from the darkness in front of Tatsuya. Tatsuya then says-
"Move! Move dammit! Wear off already!"
The hobgoblins run towards the paralyzed Tatsuya with their clubs and they laugh as if they were mocking him.
Just when they were in a five meter radius from Tatsuya he laughs and says
"Looks like you bunch are as dumb as ever" and draws the magic sword on his waist.
He slashes all three at once and puts back the sword in the scabbard. The places were they had been slashed becomes a small black hole like thing opens their wounds and sucks them inside it.
"Dungeon cleared!" says Tatsuya and sighs.
"Looks like there were four uses on this thing. Just what is the rarity of this weapon? A thing like this would be a.... hmm... maybe A-class or S-rank item." And he stands there frustrated trying to figure out what it would be.
"Oh! Now that I've cleared the dungeon there has to be a chest somewhere."
And he starts to walk towards the darkness through which came the hobgoblins. Just when he enters the darkness he smells something rotten and covers his nose.
"What is that stench?!"
He walks some more and what he sees around the big chest shocks him to an extreme level.