Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 240.1 - The Chosen Trio

Yamata no Orochi had been subjugated.

The final skill I used, 『The Death Herald Fairy Butterfly』, would not be an exaggeration if termed as an instant death curse that broke the core in half upon touch.

Instant death sounds like cheat power, but since I needed 『Droplet of Life』 to use that, it wasn't the kind of skill that could be used on the go. It couldn't be counted as a trump card unless I had 『Droplet of Life』 in hand.

Anyway, now that I'd defeated Yamata no Orochi, the magic circle leading to the next area should appear soon.

After Yamata no Orochi had been defeated, most of its big frame vanished just like when its head decapitated.

Some of its bones, scales, and shell remained.

Naturally, it was precious raid boss material that should be collected, but the booty aside, the transfer magic circle was more important.

「So, it really is appearing in this place just like the normal boss.」

「Yeah, something like that.」

When the huge frame of Yamata no Orochi vanished, the rocky mountain was left with a huge hollow inside. The caves used by the eight heads to come out became tunnels to enter the interior of the rocky mountain.

Nevertheless, since the rocky mountain had already been split in half, I could see the sky just by raising my face.

The space that housed Orochi, the familiar stone wall and floor, were mostly crumbled, but it still maintained its original form.

In the center of that open space was the familiar stone room like I'd seen before where the transfer magic circle was waiting for us.

「What do you think Takanashi-san, can we use this transfer magic circle?」

「We can activate it properly since it reacted to the core.」

「Thank goodness. I was afraid for once that the transfer magic circle might be damaged.」

Takanashi laughed while glancing at Yuuma.

「Let's gather the materials and head back to the school tower.」

「Are you sure that we're not to use transfer immediately?」

「Eh, you want to transfer immediately in our current condition, are you insane, Souma-kun?」

We just finished a long and tough battle.

Though no one died, Ueda and Nakai had to receive immediate treatment.

「I mean, we can use the fairy plaza at the teleported destination to rest.」

Surely, up until now, we had been actually using the transfer magic circle as soon as we defeated the boss… But how much good materials had been piled up inside the school tower?

「We won't use the transfer magic circle until we're fully prepared because no one can guarantee that we can procure food in the next area.」

「Makes sense.」

「And Mei-chan returned ahead of us to prepare for victory celebration.」

「You actually made Futaba-san cook after such fierce battle.」

「Even I, the MVP of this battle for finishing off Orochi, can't rest on my lapel and have to check the teleportation circle and gathering materials.」

「Got it, sorry for the question. Do as you like.」

Souma-kun,  who always found faults with me, could only heave a deep sigh this time.

「Though I don't think that Yamata no Orochi was going to pop again, let's leave a watcher, just in case.」

「Got it, we will depart to the next area right after we finish our preparation.」

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Victory celebration would be held the next day.

Since Mei-chan was preparing it in high spirits, it wouldn't be ready tonight.

By the time all of us gathered Orochi's material and returned to the school tower, the sun had already set.

Since everyone was clearly exhausted after such a long and tough battle―― I decided to talk to everyone after dinner.

「Thank you for today's hard work. I know that everyone is itching to hit the bed right away, but I've something important to tell everyone.」

I announced at the start of the class meeting that hadn't been held for quite a while.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Since even Tendou-kun didn't ditch the meeting just because he was sleepy, everyone else found no reason to ditch the meeting either.

Since I didn't want to waste time, I went straight to the main topic.

「This is the matter regarding the 『Heavenly Gate』 to get out of this dungeon. My opinion about the three person quota.」

「Momokawa, that's――」

In a certain way, that was an untouchable topic. Everyone avoided this topic during our cohabitation life in the school tower.

Everyone knew that a conflict was bound to happen when someone touched this topic.

But we had no choice but to face this problem sooner or later.

This problem called the 3-person-quota was akin to a ticking time bomb that was bound to explode the closer we were to the deepest part of this dungeon. If I could slip into this at the very last moment, I could get out of this dungeon safely.

At the same time, I am bound to think that someone might backstab me.

I mean, I was the first on the list of someone who might betray others at first chance in the hand.

「Momokawa-kun, we decided to leave with everyone.」

「Y-Yes! That topic… Will cause internal conflict…」

「Calm down. I made this suggestion on the basis that everyone can escape together using 3-person-quota rule.」

Everyone murmured for a while, and I waited until they had all calmed down.

If it's now, after we subjugated Yamata no Orochi, everyone would most likely agree with my plan. Man, my plan wasn't smooth sailing, but everything went smoothly since Yamata no Orochi was defeated.

That's why now was the most suitable time to speak.

「Okay, let's hear it, Momokawa.」

「Yes, let's hear Momokawa-kun first and make decision later.」

Everyone finally calmed down after Souma-kun and Class Rep said so.

Yup, I endured for a whole five minutes until everyone calmed down.

「As I've said before, our goal to escape together from this dungeon doesn't change. The preliminary plan is to grope around to find a way to allow everyone to escape together.」

Well, that was yet to be decided. I think Souma-kun had something along that way.

Even if I was wrong, I did think that we had to find a way that allowed everyone to leave this dungeon.

「But let's not close the possibility that there's plenty enough chance that we might not be able to escape this dungeon at all.」

Rather, that looked like the biggest possibility.

Albeit, under the condition of 3-people quota rule.

If that were really the case, those who presented the rule would definitely limit the escape quota to three people.

And those who manage this dungeon would change the degree of difficulty of this dungeon to ensure that the 3-person quota was fulfilled.

Maybe we could tinker with that 3-person quota.

But even if that was possible, only the 『Sage』 Takanashi could do something like that. Sorry, but I refuse to put everyone's fate, including mine, at that girl's mercy.

「That's why I want to make an escape plan to escape from this dungeon by foot.」

After cohabitating in this School Tower, I could say that we wouldn't have a problem with living a normal life after we get out of this dungeon.

In fact, we had already gathered enough ingredients to the point that we wouldn't have a problem with food for a while. We had change of clothes too, and weapon upgrade as long as we had the materials.

As long as we didn't get stranded on a wasteland where not even a blade of grass grew, we would have no problem.

「Since almost all of us travelled the dungeon by foot, we won't have a problem walking until we arrive at the human settlement. On the other hand, let's have the three people guaranteed to escape to Astria Kingdom find us.」

It was explained clearly in the notification mail that we received in the beginning.

The announcement about teleportation magic is called the 『Heavenly Gate』 located in the deepest part of the dungeon.

And the destination of that teleportation circle was the temple in Sigrun, the royal capital of Atria Kingdom.

Since it was called the royal capital of the kingdom, it was definitely not a deserted place. My guess was it was a prosperous kingdom of humans.

And it had the technology to send messages to us right after we arrived in this dungeon.

According to what we learned up until now, considering the magic ability of those with spellcaster vocation, it was a special ability that required advanced magical technology. And there was no way such advanced technology would have medieval-level civilization. Rather, I wouldn't be surprised if their magic civilization triumphed over the modern earth.

In short, with the assumption that Astria Kingdom owned a really advanced magic civilization, there were plenty of possibilities that they had a way to find our whereabouts without us realizing it.

「Under the assumption that this other world was the same size as the earth, it should be possible to get the estimation of our current position based on the environment and star.」

I mean, the jungle tower had the outdoor theme complete with a starry night spectacle.

In short, it could be limited based on the climate of the region, and humidity.

Because there was coniferous forest, we could scratch the region with a cold climate.

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