I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility, so I’ll Beat ’em Up My Way as an Action-Adventurer

46. Found It

Lilith, Alice, Meriel, and I arrived at the northern mountainous region near the royal capital.

Our task this time was to explore the dungeon recently discovered there.

When adventurers hear “dungeon” at the guild, it often refers to ancient ruins.

These ruins were created in ancient times – an era of myths when gods and demons were said to freely roam this world, built in various places across the continent.

Among them, there are precious weapons, tools, treasures, and more created by gods and demons, sleeping.

However, it’s not uncommon for countless traps to be set up to reach them.

If you want the treasure, you must overcome this trial – so to speak.

As we reached the entrance of the dungeon on the mountainside,

“D-damn, a dungeon like this, no matter how many lives you have, it’s not enough!”

Several men jumped out from the entrance.

“…Who are you?”

Meriel frowned slightly.

“Oh, those guys from before! The ones who tried to hit on Meriel!”

Lilith exclaimed.

The adventurers, with shocked faces,

“You, you guys are Count Lafiel’s–”

“Damn, saw a face I don’t like.”

they spat on the ground.

“Hah, you guys planning to challenge this dungeon? Give it up, give it up.”

“A dungeon that can be conquered by adventurers who rely only on connections like you? Not a chance.”

“At most, just watch out for traps.”

As they threw those words away, the men left.

What’s with these unpleasant people?

I glared at their retreating figures with annoyance.

Those guys from earlier apparently tried to hit on Meriel before.

They boasted about being adventurers and tried to forcefully invite her, but Lilith and Alice rebuked them, and they ran away.

As we heard such stories, we proceeded into the dungeon.

I led the way, with Meriel and Alice in the middle, and Lilith at the rear.

If there were traps, I would defend, while Lilith, skilled in attack magic, would guard the rear.

Meriel, with little experience, would be supported by Alice, who excelled in defense and support magic.

The dungeon was made of stone walls, and chilly air hung in the air.

Fortunately, there were no traps or monsters for intruder defense, and we progressed while mapping the route.

After about two hours, we decided to take a break.

“Here, this. I made it with my sister. Let’s eat together.”

Lilith and Alice took out lunch.

It was just for energy replenishment, but the beautifully arranged lunch felt like a picnic.

“Oh, this is delicious.”

Meriel’s face lit up as she ate the sweet and savory vegetables.

Yeah, it’s definitely delicious.

“Hehe, that’s my specialty.”

“Lilith, you’re good at cooking. You’ll make a great wife, hehe.”

Alice smiled.

“By the way, I heard there’s a master of defensive magic in the guild–”

Meriel asked.

“They probably have the skills of at least rank S. Do you know them?”

“If that’s the case, it would be Dracatio with the ‘Adamantine Barrier,’ but he passed away in the last battle…”

answered Alice.

“Oh, if it’s a master, then maybe Hal–”

Lilith started to say but at that moment,

Suddenly, the walls on the left and right slid with a noise.

“What–”

Countless spears shot out from there.

Is it a timed mechanism, or a trap that activates after a certain time passes?

In my month of adventurer life, I experienced this kind of trap several times.

–Defend.

I immediately thought.

I’ve gotten quite used to visualizing the manifestation of skills.

A pattern of an angel with two wings spread out appeared in front of me, covering everyone with a dome-shaped glow – [Armor Phase].

Dozens of spears were all bounced back by that glow.

“Th-thank you, Hart.”

“We’re saved…”

Lilith and Alice thanked me with pale faces.

If I hadn’t deployed the defense barrier in time, we would have been skewered.

In the past month, I’ve completed several dungeon exploration requests, so I guess I’ve gotten used to it.

And then,

“Th-that was a god’s…!?”

Meriel widened her eyes, looking at me.

“Huh?”

“T-that, n-no, it’s nothing, hohoho.”

Covering her mouth with the back of her hand, Meriel laughed loudly.

Her expression seemed stiff, but I wondered what was wrong.

“I found it…! I never expected to hit the jackpot all of a sudden… or, perhaps, did you notice my true identity and deliberately decided to accompany me…?”

Muttering to herself, Meriel.

“At any rate, we must proceed with caution… a skill user appearing before me without defenses or strategy is unlikely…”

Her murmuring voice was too small to hear clearly.

Since we didn’t know when traps might be triggered again, we decided to cut short our lunch and continue exploring.

“I’ll take the lead and defend from the front. If monsters appear, leave the attack to me.”

“Understood.”

“I’ll support too.”

Lilith and Alice nodded.

“…For now, I’ll observe. Your power.”

Meriel’s gaze was unusually sharp.

Then, traps were set up at every turn, as if the previous journey had been a lie.

From classic pitfalls to traps where ceilings fall, even giant iron balls rolling from ahead in the corridor – there were all kinds of them.

After I deploy the [Armor Phase] and intercept everything, I get pulled up from the pit by Alice’s auxiliary magic, or Lilith’s magic breaks iron balls and fishing ceilings, dealing with each situation as it comes.

Basically, I move while maintaining my defense skill activated, so I never take any damage no matter what traps come my way.

I’m practically invincible against these kinds of traps.

The only thing to be careful of is the expiration of the effect duration.

Of course, the moment it expires, I don’t recklessly proceed forward, but stop momentarily, redeploy my skills, and then proceed again—repeat this process.

By the way, I have a knife for self-defense, but I never had the opportunity to use it.

I just keep activating defense skills relentlessly.

“Sealing off all the traps that come out… Halt, you’re amazing. Thanks.”

Lilith smiled and thanked her.

“With so many traps, my defense spells wouldn’t be able to keep up, so having Halt-san defend swiftly is reassuring~”

Alice smiled.

Receiving praise from the two made me feel oddly uncomfortable.

“…I see, you’re able to switch between defense patterns in an instant… grumble grumble.”

Meriel muttered to herself while staring at me intently.

Eventually, at the end of the long corridor, a giant door came into view.

In front of the door, there was likely a gatekeeper monster.

With a slimy deep green skin, about five meters tall.

It held a sword and shield in both hands, with a head resembling a lizard and a body akin to a distorted human.

“Lizardman—just as it looks like a lizard, it’s a monster with excellent agility,” Alice explained.

“Is it tough?”

I asked, and Alice tensed her expression,

“Typical Lizardmen are roughly equivalent to Class B strength. However, unlike wild ones, being dungeon guardians, they might be enhanced with magic and such. They’re not opponents to be underestimated…!”

As can be imagined from the trap during lunch, this dungeon seems to mercilessly kill intruders.

“I’ll take the vanguard as the shield. Lilith and the others, focus on attacking.”

“Yes, we must be careful not to collapse the ruins. Can we count on you, Meriel?”

Lilith nodded towards Meriel.

“For such a level of monster, there’s no need for tactics.”

Meriel smiled and stepped forward.

Whether she didn’t understand the opponent’s strength or not, she faced the Lizardman nonchalantly, with a graceful stride.

“Hey, it’s dangerous—”

Meriel, who stopped me with her gaze as I was about to speak, extended her elegant hand straight out.

“Disappear.”

With that word, a dazzling light overflowed.

The Lizardman melted away into the vortex of light, disappearing in an instant.