Only My Dungeon Equipment Levels Up! (SSS-Rank Weapons)

“No, no, no, no, nooo!!!!!”

Misuzu screamed louder than she had all day.

What we saw after entering the giant tree was a massive hollowed-out space inside the tree. And, as far as the eye could see, spider webs stretched everywhere. In other words, the boss of this floor is…

“Isn’t it kind of cute in a way? That giant spider?”

It was a giant spider.

“Kenya, I feel a wall between us today.”

The spider looked at us with its eight large, round, glittering eyes. It was about the size of an African elephant. Depending on how you looked at it, it might seem cute, but Reina looked at it with disdain. She found it impossible to think that way.

However, if that massive creature retained the inherent agility of a spider, it would be a formidable threat.

I believe its name was Big Spider. A name that was exactly what you’d expect. I heard from Ai that its threads are troublesome. It can’t be torn apart with just any average attack power.

“Well, I’ll take care of it by myself. You two don’t want to deal with it anyway, right?”

“Senior! Please exterminate it quickly.”

“We’re counting on you.”

(These girls… This isn’t just regular pest control, you know.)

Neither of them seemed inclined to fight. They both backed away, cheering on Kenya.

Kenya wondered how he should fight the spider, which was looming above him. Just then, the giant spider shot a web at Kenya. He could have dodged it, but an idea struck him, and he deliberately let the attack hit him.

The web wrapped around Kenya’s feet as if he had failed to evade the attack. The spider, seeing this, let out a joyful sound and hummed happily.

“Gigigi♪”

(It really is kind of cute, isn’t it?)

Kenya thought again, feeling a bit reluctant to kill it. Though the web was wrapped around his legs, he wasn’t bothered at all.

While the spider, finding it strange that Kenya wasn’t panicking, prepared to launch its finishing move. It leaped toward Kenya.

“Gigigi♥”

(Good, I knew it would come down if it thought it had caught me in its web.)

The giant spider, thinking it had trapped Kenya, descended right in front of him to bite him. It looked delighted, drooling at the thought of the delicious meal it was about to have, eyeing Kenya hungrily with its eight eyes.

“Sorry about this…”

Snap, snap, snap!

“Gigigi!!??”

Kenya started walking as if nothing had happened. The webs that should have bound his legs were torn apart as if they had never been there. Just as Ai had mentioned, the threads could be broken if your attack power exceeded 100. Kenya’s attack power was well over 1,000, even without using his status alchemy.

As he drew his Zanhato sword, he walked forward as calmly as if he were in an empty wasteland, and then… He reallocated his intelligence and defense points to agility and attack power.

“Gi!?”

In a flash.

With a speed that was too fast to see, Kenya sliced the spider in half with a single stroke.

As soon as Kenya returned his sword to its sheath, the bisected spider turned to ash and disappeared. Immediately afterward, an announcement played.

“The defeat of the floor boss on the 19th floor has been confirmed. The gate to the 20th floor is now open.”

Simultaneously, a treasure chest appeared. Kenya had defeated the floor boss. It was as if he had cut down a swarm of insignificant flies with a single strike.

“Well, this doesn’t feel all that great…”

Although he had thought the spider was a little cute, he felt somewhat downcast. Something then echoed in Kenya’s mind.

“Hurry…”

“Huh?”

(What was that? It felt like something spoke directly to my mind…)

An announcement resounded in Kenya’s head. It was the same familiar voice he had always heard, but this time, it carried a hint of emotion, as if it were actually speaking to him. It felt like it was the first time the usually mechanical system voice was trying to communicate with him.

Immediately after that…

“Whoa!? An earthquake!?”

The dungeon shook. The tremor quickly subsided, so it probably wasn’t a big earthquake. It felt like it was around magnitude 4—not a big deal.

(But this is the first time I’ve ever experienced an earthquake in a dungeon…)

“There’s no time… The seal is…”

The announcement played again, as if pleading with Kenya. The voice sounded desperate, like it was cornered, almost begging.

(So it wasn’t just my imagination!)

“Misuzu, did you hear that?”

“Hear what?”

(Can only I hear it?)

“No, I heard it too. Something about a seal…”

“So Reina heard it too… What was that?”

However, the announcement didn’t say anything more to Kenya and the others.

“I don’t know. It felt like the dungeon itself was speaking to us…”

“…Yeah, but we don’t really understand what’s happening, and we don’t have a way to find out.”

Kenya and the others were left with no answers. For now, Kenya decided he would ask Ai later if she’d ever heard of anything like this.

For now, they decided to open the bronze treasure chest and head to the 20th floor. There was no point in overthinking it, especially when they were hungry and wanted to go home.

Kenya opened the treasure chest. Inside, just as Ai had described, was equipment made from the spider.

It seemed to be footwear. Shoes made from the skin of the spider emerged from the box.

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Equipment Description
・Giant Spider Leather Shoes Lv1 (+5 with each level) – Rank D
Abilities
・Shoes that can adhere to any surface
・Agility +10
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(Hmm… Adhesive, huh? I wonder if I could walk on walls with these?)

If it evolved to B rank, it might be even better than the Emperor’s Equipment. The Goblin Earrings also had excellent abilities, so Kenya decided to take these back and try evolving them.

Kenya thought about evolving all the floor boss equipment for now. Thanks to the Alchemy Seed, he didn’t need to keep running the dungeon repeatedly. Besides, if he had to run it a hundred times, another irregularity like the Extra Boss might show up, which would be troublesome.

“For now, let’s head to the 20th floor and call it a day.”

“Finally, we’re free from this floor.”

“It felt so long. It’s my first time going past the 20th floor.”

Then the red gate opened. A gate appeared in the center of the great tree.

Kenya and the others proceeded to the next stage.

They knew what awaited them on the 20th floor.

But when they saw the scenery for the first time, it still captivated them.

“So this is the 20th floor… It’s just like what we heard, no, it’s even more than I imagined.”