The vines' body was shining blood red, and eventually, its body was filled with numerous fierce-looking thorns.
" Wait, can I get a time-out now?"
*Swoosh* A flying thorn was aimed at Ray's body. Luckily, he was fast enough to avoid it.
" I guess that's a not then. But, don't tell me..."
It seems Ray's words were like a jinx. Just when his words fell, the vine's body bloated a bit like it was about to explode.
And then...
* BOOMMMM!!*
A sound of the explosion was heard on the inside of the dungeon, and ray could see numerous flying thorns was aimed at him.
" Can I say fuck you?"
This time, Ray was in a bit of a pinch. Even though his danger-sense could help him avoid the flying thorn, but it was still too much for him to completely avoid it.
But as always, just when the protagonist was in a pinch, the plot armor came and saved the day.
A tornado suddenly emerged in front of Ray and changed the direction of the flying thorns that were aimed at him.
Heck, it was Freed's wind wall! It was the skill that Freed obtained when his level reached 10, and how should Ray said this? This skill looks hella cool when compared to his.
And then, from behind Ray, Freed appeared with a smug expression on his face.
" I'm sorry, but the main character is always late."
" .... "
Hearing Freed's words, Ray suddenly has an impulse to give a knock at this stupid wolf's head.
During these past few days, Freed's level was the first to reach level 10 because of the huge supply of Spirit berries, and since then, he has been whining to go on another dungeon exploration.
Because of that, Ray had a headache and had no other choice but to give Freed some sort of entertainment, which is manga, so he wouldn't whine anymore.
But now, it seems that was Ray's biggest mistake.
He gritted his teeth and tried to stay calm. Looking at the wolf next to him, Ray's heart somehow grew warm. The weak and pitiful wolf-pup before has grown bigger, about as big as Ray, and was now a very dependable ally.
Suddenly, the feel of hitting Freed's head vanished, and he just wanted to quickly finish this battle.
" Nice one, Freed. Now we only need to work together to deal with him."
" No need Ray."
Freed moved his gaze to Ray, and confidence filled his face.
" To protect my Nakama, I could feel my strength soar. Now, watch me!"
Next, before Ray even had the chance to complain, Freed moved at high speed toward the blood-red vine's side,
" You are strong, but with the blessing of my Nakama, my power is limitless. Take this, ougi, Wolf Wind Fang!"
Wind condensed around Freed, and the vine's body was shredded into pieces by Freed's move in the next second.
" May the autumn leaves be with your soul!"
Ray : "....."
The Chickens: " ..... "
Boss Chicken: " Boss Freed, you are so cool!!!"
" No need, I don't do this to get praised." However, contrary to his words, Freed couldn't hide the happiness on his face.
' *Sigh* Why did this wolf become such a weebs, and I never thought that Boss-chicken was such a good bootlicker.'
Ray sighed helplessly at the behavior of his monsters. But looking at how Freed easily dealt with the vine, a smile surfaced on Ray's face.
" Oh Freed, by the way. Why don't you deal with the vine from the start?"
*Silence*
" Freed?" Somehow ray got a bad feeling about this.
" The Main character is always late," Freed said while turning his face away, trying to avoid Ray's gaze.
" ..... "
' Fuck!!! I'll retract all my words. From now on, comic books will be banned for Freed!'
*********
After the battle with the vine ended, Ray and co continued to explore the dungeon.
And from there, they also faced a few similar beings like the previous vines, which Ray quickly tasked Freed to handle.
All those battles have raised Ray's level, and he also wouldn't forget to pick up the corpse of the vines into his dungeon storage.
Soon, 3 hours passed from when they first entered the dungeon, and they were eventually about to reach the place where the boss was waiting.
The group arrived at a huge stone door ahead of them, and Ray could feel a great amount of danger inside.
" This should be the boss room. Guys, let's take a break for 10 minutes before we enter and face our last battle for today."
" Coop!" / " Sure, Ray."
With Ray's instruction, his monsters immediately sit down and rest their tired body.
The chickens were eating some provisions they had carried, while Freed seemed to be taking out a book to read.
Of course, Ray would not just sit idly during this rest time.
What he was going to do now was trying to find some strategy to handle the Boss monster.
[ DING!!! How about taking a rest and cook something host? Good food will always be helpful before going into danger.]
A notification from the system came in, and Ray suddenly got a brilliant idea.
' Wait, how could I cook something here?'
[ DING!!! There was a portable stove in the system inventory as one of the Dungeon Master's basic necessities. It is also equipped with an unlimited fire stove that the host could control the flame's temperature and a massive amount of cooking oil.]
Nice!!! With this, Ray's eyes were glimmered with ideas, and now, he only needs to make sure of something.
' System, are the plants here also weak to flame?'
[ DING!!! It is common sense that every plant is weak to flame host.]