No One Knows
On the 10th day of the conquer, we had reached the 370th level.
The monsters that appear are all SSS class.
It's a pain in the ass.
"Master! Please leave the monster on the right to me!"
"Hey! The monster on the left looks stronger!"
"Master, you won’t die, so please do your best!"
"You can’t just say that because I won’t die!"
"I'm going to die!
Master, can you live without me?
Even though Master can't do laundry or cleaning?"
Shiro hits a sore spot.
Certainly, I can't do anything.
I mean, when Shiro was not around, I was able to do things just fine.
However, I can't do that now that I've grown accustomed to the convenient maid, Shiro.
"I'll try my best for now..."
"Once I defeat the monster on the right, I will help Master right away, so please be patient until then!"
"I understand!"
It feels like I'm fighting on the edge.
In fact, I have been knocked down several times.
Each time, Shiro would retrieve me with a piece of thread and run back to the staircase floor.
"It's tough... It's too tough..."
"Certainly, it’s completely different from the SSS dungeons we’ve already conquered…"
"Yeah. There are too many enemies, and I don't really understand, but I feel like they're stronger than the SSS-class monsters we've already defeated..."
"The concentration of magic essence floating in the dungeon is completely different."
Shiro points out.
"Well, it's true that there is no barrier on the staircase floor, so the dark magic essence in the lower level will steadily rise to the upper level, creating stronger monsters than normal, right?"
"It was easier when Britney Anee-sama was here..."
"Don’t mention that name because it will become a flag!"
I warn Shiro sternly.
"Well, Master, if you conquer unexplored dungeons on the southern continent, your fighting skills will improve rapidly."
"Well, I could easily raise my level by defeating slimes in the Amru dungeon."
Yes, I've been having fun up until now.
I couldn't get stronger because I was taking it easy.
That's why I always lose when it matters most.
"Master, it’s okay!
In the end, if you can win just once, it's Master's victory!
Like Liu Bang, the Great Ancestor of the Han Dynasty!"
Again, Shiro admonishes me, involving my favorite history.
"He's a one-win, one-hundred-lose general."
"Yes, you can lose a hundred times, but if you win just once in the end, you have succeeded!"
Does that mean I have to lose 100 times like this...
I feel faint.
I was killed by Blackbeard so many times, it was traumatic.
"If possible, I don't want to be killed again."
"Then please become stronger!"
Shiro says the most important thing.
Or rather, don't say it easily!
Every time I evolve, I end up at lvl. 1!
"That's why I want Master to become an Ancestor as soon as possible!"
"Or rather, is the Ancestor the final form?"
I ask, curious.
"I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be fine if you stopped evolving in the Ancestor form?"
"Then, I can leave it as it is now, right?"
"Isn’t the Ancestor more cool than the vampire?"
"Certainly……"
ーーーー
Just like that, another 10 days later.
We finally arrived in front of the final boss room on the 400th level.
"Master, we've finally made it here."
"Finally..."
"I think the final boss is a 4S monster."
"Can we beat it?"
"I feel like if we both work together, we can do something.
But the last boss isn't the only enemy.''
"There are five SSS class ones..."
"Maybe there are 4S monsters!"
"It's impossible..."
I almost died many times before I got here.
In fact, if I wasn't immortal, I would be dead.
It was truly a close battle.
Hmm? I would have died, so was I beyond the edge?
Well, we finally made it here!
"Master. All you have to do is try again and again, just like before!"
"A general with 100 losses and 1 win. Actually, I think I've nearly died over 100 times before I came here..."
Yes, we were nearly killed on the 380th level.
After all, SSS monsters attack in groups.
There's no way we can deal with that!
"Then let's aim to become a general with one thousand defeats and one victory!"
"Are you an idiot? Being a general with one thousand defeats and one victory is not what you aspire to be!
If that's what happened in the end, why should I aim for 1000 defeats?"
"Indeed... If you ask me, that's true.
I was so focused on the results that I neglected the course."
"Is that what you meant?"
"I don't know, but I wanted Master to earn the title of [General, One Thousand Defeats, One Victory], surpassing the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, and was neglecting the process to achieve that..."
"You're an idiot..."
"I wanted Master to be amazing!"
Shiro appeals to me with passionate eyes.
"Is it amazing to lose 1000 times?"
"Liu Bang will be surpassed!"
"I don't think this is the place to compete."
"But to become a hero, you need a great anecdote!"
Shiro is pressuring.
Shiro wants to make me into a hero that will go down in history, or rather, she wants to raise me.
"I feel like it’s a second-hand version of Liu Bang…"
"There is no Liu Bang in this world, so there is no problem!"
"That’s right. No one knows about the people who aren’t here!
In that case, wouldn't it be fine to be a general with 100 losses and 1 win?
No one knows Liu Bang."
"Ah..."
Shiro was rendered speechless by my words.
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