Chapter 13: The Beauty Trap

"Alright, you guys. From this point on, not only will there be other types of Magic Beasts, but they will work together to attack us. Do not get careless just because it has been easy so far! The training for today will end after we clear the 20th floor! Get fired up!"

Commander Meld's voice was very low but it resounded clearly. Up to this point, I have slowly revealed my skills such as growth stimulation and plant manipulations. Of course, what I reveal is just a simple grass manipulation trick that I combined with my swordsmanship to defeat the enemy. By manipulating grass that I grow, I can use it for movement, restrain, and even attack as I get some normal iron sword to be held by my grass for attacking purposes. It looks like there are thousands of hand holding swords if you look at it despite the fact that I only have 5 swords at the moment (they won't give me anymore swords since I already got an Earth staff for magic).

Unlike in the original, with the help of a party, Hajime can practice his magic and show his usefulness to the party member. Despite the show of strength, his power is probably only known to my party, Kaori and Shizuku who keep on glancing at these places and Daisuke who give out killing intent since our stop in the town.

The party continued to explore the 20th floor. The innermost room of the 20th level had a very complicated geographical feature. This level has a cave environment with stalactite and stalagmite protruding on the wall, roof and floor of the cave.

The stair to the 21st level was just ahead of this corner when I could sense an invisible enemy waiting for ambush. This sense is not using some 'martial arts' sixth sense but using my self made earth system magic 'GPS'. No! This is not the "Global Positioning System" but "Ground Penetrating Sonar" which I designed to detect any enemy within a radius using earth vibration.

At this time, Kouki's party and Commander Meld who were at the front also stopped. The surprised classmates also got into their fighting stance with confused looks. Clearly, they encountered some Magic Beasts.

"They're camouflaged! Make sure to pay attention to your surroundings!"

Commander Meld advised them. After that, the wall suddenly rose and discolored. The body that was camouflaged was now dark brown, and the creature that appeared stood on two legs. It raised its chest and started to pound on it like a drum. This is "Rockmounts", a Gorilla-type Magic Beast with chameleon's camouflage ability.

"They're Rockmounts! Be careful of their arms, they are strong!"

Commander Meld's voice reverberated in the cave-like room. The Rockmount beside Kouki's party threw itself at them. However, its attempt was blocked by Ryutaro as Kouki and Shizuku tried to surround the beast, when the Rockmount felt that it could not get past Ryutaro, it bent its body downward and inhaled a deep breath. After that…

"GuGaGaGaaaaa——!!"

It let out an intense roar like this, which caused the whole room to shake.

"Gu!?"

"Uwa!?"

"Kya!?"

A shock ran through my body, although it didn't damage me at all, it paralyzes most of the students who are unprepared. This was the Rockmount's unique magic [Intimidating Roar]. The roar carried a magic that caused temporary paralysis. If I have to say, it is similar to genjutsu in the naruto world that uses voice activation.

Kouki and vanguards took the roar almost point-blank, causing them to freeze momentarily. The Rockmount took this chance to slip to the side. It lifted a boulder and threw it at the rear guards with a beautiful shot-put throw! The rock flew over the vanguards, towards Kaori and the rest.

Kaori and her teammates readied the magic staves in their hands to intercept the boulder. There was not enough room to dodge. However, the moment they were going to activate their magic, they froze when they noticed what was thrown at them, another Rockmount.

As it neared Kaori's group, it did a stunning rotation and spread its arms out like wanting to hug. It almost seemed to be calling out to Kaori as it performed a Lupin Dive. Strangely, its eyes were bloodshot and its breathing was rough. Kaori, Eri, and Suzu unintentionally screamed and stopped their magic.

"Hey! What are you doing? This is a battle!"

Seeing them like this, I hurried to intercept the Rockmount that was swooping down fast with grass from the seeds that I already planted from the start. "S-sorry." The girls apologized like this, but the negative feeling was still there. Their faces had turned pale.

There was a youngster who got mad at such a situation. It was our hero, Amanogawa Kouki.

"*******... You dare treat them like that... I won't forgive you!"

He seemed to have misunderstood the girls' disgust as fear for their impending death. He got angry as His Holy Sword seemed to shine in response to his feelings.

"Myriad of Soaring Wings, Reach the Heavens, [Soaring Flash] !"

"Ah, you idiot, stop it now!"

Ignoring Commander Meld's voice, Kouki brandished his sword over his head and swung it down in one motion and BOOM! The light bisected the Rockmount without encountering any resistance and continued on until it destroyed the wall beyond.

Debris lightly fell from the damaged wall showing something sparkling as Commander Meld approached Kouki with a smile and smacked him.

"Ow!?"

"You fool. I understand how you feel, but you shouldn't use a skill like that in such a narrow place! If the tunnel collapses, what are you going to do?"

'He is really a fool. It is not funny if the hero ends up murdering the whole party before defeating the demon lord.'

At that moment, the collapsed wall caught Kaori's attention.

"...Eh? What is that? It's sparkling...?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the wall Kaori was pointing at. Blooming on the wall were minerals that radiated pale light. It was like a crystal covered in indicolite. The girls were enchanted by the beautiful sight of the crystals.

"Hoh~ That's Grantz Crystal. One this big in size is rare."

When talking about Grantz Crystal, it was an ore that looked like a jewel. The crystal is very popular for women's accessories due to its beautiful appearance. Of course, besides being beautiful, it is also a good magic conductor since it can contain enough magic power for a mass teleportation.

Despite it being a magic conductor, it is rarely used as one as it is very expensive and unpractical. This is the same reason as to why silver, which has higher electrical conductivity than copper is not used as a wire in electronics.

"Lovely..."

Hearing Commander Meld's simple explanation about the crystal being a proposal ring, Kaori's cheeks blushed. She took a glance at Hajime without anyone noticing. However, Shizuku and I were the only one who noticed this.

"If that's the case, we should retrieve it!"

The one who said that and abruptly moved toward it was Hiyama. He approached the wall that was embedded with Grantz Crystal, and climbed up with sounds of tiny rocks falling. Commander Meld shouted in panic.

"Hey-! Don't just do what you want! We haven't confirmed if it's safe!"

However, Hiyama pretended not to hear and finally arrived in front of the crystal. Commander Meld chased after Hiyama to stop him. Despite knowing that it is a trap, I pretend to not know it as I want to go to that particular place. At that moment, one of the knights finished his analysis with the Fair Scope, a trap detection artifact which caused his face to turn pale.

"Commander! It's a trap!"

"Tsu!?"

However their warnings came a little too late. The moment Hiyama touched the Grantz Crystal, a magic circle started to spread from the crystal. I immediately inspect the whole magic circle as this magic circle for mass teleportation is a very useful magic for me in the future. As long as I get the age of god magic for space control, I can also create this magic circle.

In a blink of an eye, the magic circle spread throughout the whole room, and it gradually became brighter. It was like a replication of the magic that summoned them.

"Withdraw! Get out of the room this instant!"

At Commander Meld's command, everyone except for me started to run towards the exit... but they weren't fast enough. When the light filled the room, everyone momentary felt a floating sensation. Following that, they were slammed onto the ground with a thud.

'Ugh… is this teleportation causing a space isolation that makes gravity become nullified? Looks like in order to transfer a space to another, we need to isolate them from any space affecting factor like gravity.'

Everyone let out a groan due to their sore butt, I looked at the surroundings, most of my classmates were stroking their butt. Commander Meld, the knights, Kouki, and the vanguards quickly stood up and observed their surroundings.

They were all transferred onto a huge bridge made of stone. It was about a hundred meters in length. The ceiling looked to be about twenty meter tall. There was no river underneath the bridge, there was only a bottomless abyss which is the secret entrance to the true Orcus Great Dungeon. After all, the true entrance is the manual where you need to climb down floor by floor and not just fall.

The width of the bridge was about ten meter, but let's not say the handrails, even the edge was rounded. If you slipped there would be nothing to grab on to, and you would fall head-first. The group was right in the middle of the bridge. On both sides of the bridge, they could see a stairway that led to the upper level. After confirming it, Commander Meld issued the orders with a grim expression.

"You guys, get up immediately! Go towards the stairs. Hurry!"

Hearing the thunderous orders from Commander Meld, the students who were on the ground got up immediately. However, if the creator of the dungeon's trap was only at this level, he will not be called a fake gentleman with evil glasses due to how cruel his personality is to the enemy.

Magic Beasts emerged from the magic circles that appeared on both sides of the bridge. A huge Magic Beast appeared on one side of the passage. The other passage had a large amount of monsters.

At this time, Commander Meld stared at the huge Magic Beast with blank expression. His mumbles transmitted loud and clear in this huge bridge.

"This couldn't be... a Behemoth...?"

'Finally, I can see this triceratop with my own eyes.'

With that, the story of Jurassic park begins…