Chapter 396: No Winning Against a High School Girl
Tsutomu had come to the Guild to watch Korinna’s party take on the hundredth layer. Amy and Amira had tagged along, the latter currently chatting with Camille while she was still mid-shift. In the meantime, Tsutomu and Amy sat together in seats with a good view of Monitor #1.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen Dini like this before,” Amy remarked, eyes wide. “She’s really going all out.”
[Good God, if all it took her to perform like that was a bit of extra effort, every other Archer out there might as well quit!]
In the earlier versions of Live Dungeon, it had been systemically impossible to destroy the Corroded Elder Dragon’s heart without taking out the surrounding organs first. Later updates had removed that restriction, but even then, attempting an early heart strike usually led to damage shortages unless the participating Attackers were exceptionally powerful. That was why Tsutomu had taken the safe route of relying on Amira, who possessed a unique skill, and the highly trained Amy to achieve a methodical, stable victory.
But Korinna’s party had taken a different path, one Tsutomu had deemed too risky. Their strategy placed Diniel and Hannah front and center as the team’s aces, aiming for the early destruction of the Dragon’s heart. Watching it now, their approach felt like something out of the bleeding edge of Dungeon-clearing meta, and to Tsutomu, it shone with a brilliance he had not expected to envy.
“Want some fries?” Amy asked, holding out a crispy stick of potato between her fingers.
“I’m good,” Tsutomu replied.
“Hmm…”
[…She’s fishing, and she’s not even trying to hide it.]