Chapter 30: Message Board Thread IV

[Dungeon!] Adventurers & Streamers Discussion Thread #2402

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98: General Anonymous Has it finally... calmed down?

99: General Anonymous The posting speed has definitely slowed.

100: General Anonymous Yeah, it’s not like a few minutes ago when everything was being buried in the archives the second you hit refresh.

101: General Anonymous Anyway, can we get a summary of the info?

102: General Anonymous TL;DR in three lines: The Stampede happened. A Summoned Magic Beast appeared. Black Robe is insanely strong and got a power-up. Got it?

103: General Anonymous That’s the gist of it.

104: General Anonymous Wait, I’m only following the clips, so I’m out of the loop. What actually happened?

105: General Anonymous A Stampede broke out during that Meikutsu project stream. Black Robe joined the fray and absolutely steamrolled them. Then the Dungeon summoned a magic beast—the biggest "something" we’ve ever seen.

106: General Anonymous The S-Rank Adventurers teamed up just to stall it, and Black Robe finished it off with the Leva-ken.

107: General Anonymous Thanks for the details. That helps.

108: General Anonymous We’re already calling it the Leva-ken? lol.

109: General Anonymous I mean, it’s Laevateinn. What else are we gonna call it?

110: General Anonymous It was unmistakably a Leva-ken.

111: General Anonymous Honestly, there’s just too much to process.

112: General Anonymous Between the "Will of the Dungeon," Black Robe’s incantation magic that’s light-years beyond anything we know, and that humanoid Summoned Beast... where do we even start?

113: General Anonymous The government is in a total state of emergency because of all this.

114: General Anonymous Work... is hell... someone... save me...

115: General Anonymous I appreciate the hard work, but should you really be browsing this thread?

116: General Anonymous Hey, I passed out from exhaustion, so they’re "letting" me rest.

117: General Anonymous Just go to sleep, man. lol.

118: General Anonymous Four consecutive all-nighters! Woohoo!

119: General Anonymous Yeah, that guy’s a goner.

120: General Anonymous If we’re summarizing the recent news, it’s basically that Black Robe’s existence has permeated society more than ever before.

121: General Anonymous In the Dungeon community, you’d have to be living under a rock not to know him by now.

122: General Anonymous Even people overseas are starting to take notice.

123: General Anonymous Are the foreign S-Rank Adventurers talking about him too?

124: General Anonymous Obviously. The guy is in a league of his own.

125: General Anonymous Just look at his specs: he uses top-tier magic and techniques that defy common sense, has at least four Summoned Beasts that are S-Rank or higher, possesses unmeasurable mana, and has the skills to solo-block attacks from that massive magic beast.

126: General Anonymous Was that beast really that strong? Wasn't it just a giant target?

127: General Anonymous Are you stupid? Its size alone guaranteed its power, and almost no attacks worked on it except for Black Robe’s.

128: General Anonymous Even Kagura-sama in serious mode only managed a single cut. Word is she burned through her entire mana pool just for that one strike.

129: General Anonymous I thought they had a chance when its leg got taken off, but apparently, that was her absolute limit.

130: General Anonymous Size is strength. There are rumors that Japan would’ve been wiped off the map if that thing had reached the surface. It could tank two S-Rank finishing moves just by swinging its arm. The thing was a walking glitch.

131: General Anonymous Then what does that make Black Robe, the guy who sliced it in half?

132: General Anonymous A hero.

133: General Anonymous No doubt about it.

134: General Anonymous His firepower is just stupid.

135: General Anonymous That incantation was so cool, though.

136: General Anonymous The realism through the screen was insane. Since they used the latest Magic Device for the stream, you could actually feel the mana... being overwhelmed like that was terrifying.

137: General Anonymous I’m rewatching the stream now, but didn't that Behemoth appear because of Black Robe?

138: General Anonymous Ah—well, yes and no.

139: General Anonymous What’s that supposed to mean?

140: General Anonymous It means it’s like that, but it’s also not like that.

141: General Anonymous Are we doing philosophy now?

142: General Anonymous Just explain it properly. lol.

143: General Anonymous Look, the moment an S-Rank scale Stampede happens, Japan is in a crisis. Shiki mentioned that the monsters there were all A+ Calamity Class... meaning every single one of them was capable of causing national-level destruction.

144: General Anonymous We should be grateful they held them back at all. If that hadn't been settled, six hundred of those things would be roaming the surface right now.

145: General Anonymous Game over.

146: General Anonymous Exactly. We only won because Black Robe was there. There’s no way we can paint him as the villain.

147: General Anonymous The "Voice of the World"—or the Dungeon—probably didn't expect that outcome, which is why the Behemoth was summoned as a final boss.

148: General Anonymous I get it now. My bad for doubting him.

149: General Anonymous Though the very end of the stream got cut for being... a bit much.

150: General Anonymous Fair enough.

151: General Anonymous That Behemoth was pretty erotic, wasn't she?

152: General Anonymous That outfit was dangerous. All of Black Robe’s Summoned Beasts are cute, honestly.

153: General Anonymous A beautiful girl with horns, a collar, and that much skin showing? What is even happening?

154: General Anonymous And she calls him "Master." That’s a straight-up death sentence for him.

155: General Anonymous Hero or not... the guy seems like he’s got his hands full.

156: General Anonymous First rule: don't form a contract with a Behemoth.

157: General Anonymous It looked like he didn't expect it either, so let’s give him a pass.

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348: General Anonymous I wonder if Black Robe will ever start streaming himself?

349: General Anonymous There’s way too much I want to know.

350: General Anonymous I’d be happy with just a stream introducing his Summoned Beasts.

351: General Anonymous So far we’ve got: the purple-haired beauty (probably a poison user), the Behemoth (a total fetish pile-up), and the two wolves who can probably turn into girls too (wishful thinking).

352: General Anonymous Keep your delusions to yourself.

353: General Anonymous Based on the voice, he’s definitely a guy. I’m so jealous.

354: General Anonymous I’m betting my life on the "Black Robe is a woman" theory.

355: General Anonymous Don't throw your life away so cheaply.

356: General Anonymous By the way, it’s been buried by the other news, but what happened to the Meikutsu project itself? If it hadn't happened, the Stampede wouldn't have been stopped. Were there any promising rookies?

357: General Anonymous There was one. A "Supporter" (lol).

358: General Anonymous Oh... the guy who was with Kaiser?

359: General Anonymous Yeah, that black-haired handsome guy.

360: General Anonymous Was it Reima Kariya?

361: General Anonymous Yeah, the Supporter Fraud.

362: General Anonymous "Fraud"? Is he a bad guy?

363: General Anonymous No, the opposite. He’s a Supporter who’s so "bugged" it feels like a scam. The stuff he can do is just too diverse.

364: General Anonymous Buffing abilities, perfect combat awareness, and he’s probably strong himself. Most importantly, he can kill C-Rank monsters with "debuff" bullets.

365: General Anonymous Debuff (Instant Death).

366: General Anonymous That’s broken.

367: General Anonymous If he’s that good, why didn't he join the fight against the Stampede?

368: General Anonymous Kaiser sent him back to the surface as a messenger. He probably didn't have much mana left anyway.

369: General Anonymous Reima Kariya... wait, that Reima Kariya?

370: General Anonymous Someone here knows him?

371: General Anonymous He’s a legend in the Supporter community!

372: General Anonymous Details, please.

373: General Anonymous He’s currently the only Adventurer known to not have a Magic Organ. No mana means no Job, but despite those limits, he’s the one who carried Ayane-sama all the way to S-Rank.

374: General Anonymous Plus, he wrote a recognized thesis on monster characteristics based on his own research and combat experience.

375: General Anonymous If he’s that amazing, why hasn't he been in the news?

376: General Anonymous ...Because of the incident.

377: General Anonymous Reima Kariya... incident? Wait, the Hero of the Curse Dungeon?!

378: General Anonymous That’s the one. The Shibuya Curse Dungeon collapse. He volunteered for the rescue team when that dungeon suddenly appeared. He saved everyone, but the monsters went berserk and the dungeon started collapsing. He was buried under the rubble...

379: General Anonymous I heard he was in terrible shape when they finally found him.

380: General Anonymous The hero who never gave up and protected everyone until the end. It was a huge story because he did it all without any mana.

381: General Anonymous How is that even possible? Is he a monster?

382: General Anonymous I met him once at a Supporter meetup. He’s a genuinely great guy. Don't call him a monster.

383: General Anonymous The Curse Dungeon... that’s the one where every floor is cursed and anything can happen, right?

384: General Anonymous Yeah. He was supposed to be in a coma after protecting people from an irregular event in there.

385: General Anonymous I guess he finally woke up recently.

386: General Anonymous I’m just happy he’s back. I was one of the people he saved.

387: General Anonymous You too? He was so cool back then... it was heartbreaking to hear what happened to him.

388: General Anonymous Alright, enough with the heavy stuff. It’s enough just knowing Reima Kariya is alive and back on the field!

389: General Anonymous True. I’m just glad he’s okay.