Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 6 Read Free Page A

wanted to join us in the first place was so that he could gain the Forge ability. He’s met his goal, so there’s no reason for him to stick around. Refusing to let him pursue his dreams would be selfish on my part.
    This could be the last time I see him. Lilly is looking a little heavyhearted, too.
    Welf scratches the back of his head. He smirks and looks at us like a big brother of sorts, trying to stop himself from blushing. “Don’t look at me like some abandoned rabbit on the side of the road.” He swirls the ale in his mug a few times and continues. “I owe you guys. I can’t just say ‘I’m done, see ya’ and take off.”
    “Huh…”
    “I’ll join you whenever you call, including for Dungeon crawling. So don’t worry,” he finishes with a toothy grin.
    I blink a few times before his infectious smile takes over. Lilly’s eyes curve upward as the three of us clink our mugs together yet again.
    We’re still a battle party.
    “Mr. Welf only joined us two weeks ago…Ranking up didn’t take very long at all. Lilly was sure it would take a lot more time.”
    “Well, I wasn’t exactly sitting on my ass before joining up with you two. But yeah, it happened in the blink of an eye…I suppose almost dying five times in the middle levels sped up the process a bit.”
    “Ah-ha-ha…”
    Our conversation joins the din inside the lively bar.
    Plates upon plates of many different kinds of food are carried to the tables of the other customers. Grilled ham steaks, fried fish with herb sauce—the smells in here are amazing. I work up the courage to try some of that red mead. Just one sip is enough to send a wave of heat down my throat and warm my stomach. Welf was the one who recommended Hibachitei for our get-together. After sampling some of the food and drinks here, I understand why. This place ranks right up there with The Benevolent Mistress. I wonder which one is cheaper?
    Our goddesses were also going to join us tonight. But according to Welf, Lady Hephaistos was rather angry with Lady Hestia—something about Hestia my goddess having “other responsibilities,” or something like that…She has to work at her part-time job in Babel Tower, and she’s not happy about it. She did her best to give Welf her well-wishes, but the depression on her face was obvious. Welf had grimaced and accepted the congratulations.
    “So Bell, you didn’t level up?” Welf changes the subject.
    “No, not yet,” I answer honestly.
    My Basic Abilities jumped quite a bit during our four-day trip through the middle levels, but not enough for my Status to go over the top.
    “It’s more difficult to gain excelia at Level Two than it is at Level One. The same is true for leveling up…But Lilly is sure that Miss Lyu received most of the excelia from the last battle.”
    Lilly is disguised as a young werewolf girl using her Magic to hide her true identity. The wolflike ears on top of her head twitch back and forth as she talks. I agree with every word she said.
    The last battle…The floor boss, Goliath.
    We joined forces with the adventurers from Rivira to attack that monster. There had to be more than a hundred of us working together, protecting one another and creating openings for others to attack. However, the Goliath summoned swarms of monsters into battle. Other adventurers took them on so that we could focus on the Goliath alone. There must’ve been at least five hundred of us, now that I think about it.
    All adventurers who take part in group battles are entitled to a share of the excelia gained during combat. Even so, the ones who shouldered the heaviest burden get the largest shares—in this case Asfi and Lyu because they held the Goliath at bay the longest, and Lyu inflicted more damage. I’m sure that she received far more excelia than anyone else.
    If Welf and the others hadn’t covered for me, bought me time, I would’ve never landed my last attack. Lyu, however, did almost everything by herself.
    Facing down