"Uh...!? This... This power..."
Upon witnessing the monstrous display of my power, the furious supervisor seemed to finally understand.
"This person... Can enter the S-class area!"
Well, duh. Of course I can. No one is foolish enough to feed themselves to the dungeon.
Just now, just after my ferocious release of energy, I tweak a little of reality.
Witnessing that enormous power, they probably couldn't keep their mouths shut. This incident will at least reach a general. That's why... For them not to question me any further, I just show them a bit of my capability. They probably won't have any complaints now. Which means, I will be allowed to enter the S-class area.
As for the tweak of reality, they approved of me entering the place... But didn't even realise whether I was stronger than them or not. Hmm... Judging from their status, they could be able to defeat the A-class boss. In group at least.
'S-class area is really that different from the whole, huh?'
A class was levels different enough. To think S class will even be further than that.
"Anyway... "
You might be thinking why don't I just tweak their minds every time I need to get past here... Well, you see... I don't like toying with people. Also, deeds like that are guaranteed to bite back later, so... Reality is reality. Better not to mess with that.
I just got a little annoyed by what he did so it serves him right. That messy thought of them would just get covered up by their works and busy day, so... I am safe.
He probably won't even remember me. What I was sure of, though, was that he would just let me pass every time he saw me. Not that I will pass by here anymore though. Hehe.
"S class, huh?"
Upon passing by the building, I reached a place about a kilometer away from it, and it was a dead end.
Well, I wouldn't say it was actually a dead end. It was just that the height was so great you can say my current location was like in the sky and below was the greenery of vast forests, mountains, and the like visible.
It was like... If compared... The A class area was the sky, and the S class area was the ground. Which means... S class was in a whole league deeper than the other area classes.
"Another change of atmosphere, huh?"
I had my hand on my forehead as I was taking a clear sight of the place.
"But compared to the atmosphere of the places in this dungeon I've been before... This one seemed... A bit more like that of... humans?"
I mean this atmosphere seemed to be convenient for humans.
Perplexed by the dungeon's new appearance, I head down to get more ideas.
It was indeed like the human world. The ground was normal. It was soft and brown. There were healthy grasses and trees giving out the vibes of a relaxing and refreshing environment.
"This place... "
However, there was something that felt eerie. The overview of the place was like that... an enchanted serene location?
The place was so quiet and seemed like... Mystical?
Only the smooth blow of wind and the tweets of birds were audible.
I walked along the tender ground with the healthy grasses greeting me under the area's towering trees.
As the breeze of the cool refreshing air came to me, I immediately got a thought.
'Light?'
In comparison to my experiences in the dungeon, the experience here in this new area and atmosphere has confused me.
"Why does the feeling here seem light and relaxed?"
From the entrance till here, the atmosphere has always been tight; and it gets tighter as it goes deeper. It was until here.
Considering this was class S, I should be feeling suffocated right now. Or feel uneasy at least.
But why did it seem there was nothing different here? I was just like rambling around in the beautiful environment and atmosphere of the human world.
Suddenly, I felt like there was something wrong. Something I failed to observe.
"...!"
While at that, from my side, deep within the woods, I sensed the presence of rushing energy directed to me.
Kiiiiiissshwww...!
I immediately swiped the energy to the side with my hand.
"...?"
The colorless energy vanished as it got disrupted into nothingness.
'Strange. Although it was not entirely impossible, why did I feel a little vulnerable?'
"...!"
I then suddenly came into realisation...
'Yeah, right? Why does it feel relaxed when I'm on guard right now?'
Considering I am guarding myself up, my body should be tensed right now considering it was reinforced. To get myself fitted with the dungeon's atmosphere, I was using a bit of my strength for me to be able to stand the pressure and the like. I should not be feeling relaxed. But why did the feeling seem so easy and light?
A see-through monster then appeared.
"See... Through."
Now this is a little bit strange. Although there are monsters capable of getting invincible and doing camouflage tricks in the dungeon, this one here was totally different.
I raised my hand then let out a force from it towards the monster. To test its physical quality, I made a force in sharp form. The force then gusts through the space as it hits the blurry entity.
Shooowg...!
As expected. The force I shot just passed through the monster.
"This one is not a simple monster."
I grin as I conclude that I would have to give care in this slaying.
I put energy into my sword to make it somewhat lethal.
The monster was just like a lump of air. Although it has the shape of a head, arm, and probably tail. But overall it has no features. Just a moving transparent figure. Well, I can have a sense of glaring eyes at least.
"Wroooorh... !"
Oh, it was letting out a smooth lonely shrill sound now.
"Cut it off. There are not many of us who can come into this place, you know? So making that sound couldn't just make the place more lonely. This place is a somewhat enchanted-looking forest after all. Doing that couldn't just make it eerie."
The blurry entity put its hands on its front and seemed to release an attack.
I then readied my sword for counter.
As a surge of force bursts out from the hands of the monster, I then swung my sword letting an air slash towards it.
The burst of force of the monster split as my slash cut through it along with the monster itself.
The monster seemed to be fatally damaged. I mean, it should be more capable of reforming considering it was in a force state or somewhat bodiless, but... I see this monster was still vulnerable to physical attack, huh?
The blurry monster, although it seemed to just have the slash go through it, still shown sign of being hurt. It appears it was taking a break from the pain.
"What are you?"
The impact was light. With that strength, the monster should have already been cut in half. But my attack only seemed to pass through empty space. Well, it dealt it damage at least; which means, it still was not completely a dimensional entity.
"I'll finish you with the next one."
Not that dimensional will be a problem though.
I charged up more power to my sword. Right now, it would certainly annihilate the monster.
The monster seemed to power up. More likely to take my advance with its reinforced bodiless apparition.
I swung my sword down on it.
Plaaagsh!!!
The monster was disrupted as it looked like it had been smashed by my massively charged slash.
'The power of my sword didn't let its weird form save it from me this time, huh?' I thought as I sheathed my sword.
The emergence of that monster surprised me. But it wasn't that bad. I was just concerned for those who would think of levelling up down here to be able to beat the A-class boss.
The monster was not really that concerning. What was strange though...
I tested feeling the atmosphere of the place. I inhaled, exhaled, and thoroughly let myself feel the condition of the surroundings.
"It's relaxed."
Confirming something, it was what I could just utter.
No matter how deeply I analyze the place, what I can only conclude was that the place was almost entirely harmless. I mean, even if I was powering up, I wasn't feeling tense at all. It was like I could use my energy without even feeling a change in breathing. There was no need for me to adapt to this dungeon area's atmosphere. I can feel at ease as if I were just on vacation.
I was letting out a considerable amount of mana to observe the place' atmosphere's strange behaviour.
Instead of demanding a tensed reaction from my body, the release of mana was just going out as light as if it wasn't coming from me. I mean, my body has no reaction to the motion of my mana. It was like the mana coming out from me was not mine at all. It's like... The moment I mobilize them, they immediately go... Somewhere else?
'What the heck is the chemistry of these happenings?'
I feel like, though it's good since the absence of the necessity of controlling my breathing had lessened the burden of my adventure, the strange behavior of the place was rather deeply concerning.
I've thought of it for a while.
"Well, whatever. I just have to go deeper in this dungeon and destroy it for good. There's nothing to worry about."
I then just went on, deeper into the S-class area of the dungeon.