chapter04 · 105-ep105
Episode 102: The Ojou-sama and the Queen's Laid-Back(?) Dungeon Conquest
After safely finishing the rookie-training stream.
Since partying up to challenge the pit would absolutely require confirming each other's abilities, compatibility, and coordination (in truth, it was a proposal born of Sharie scheming to gently dissuade Karin from the dangerous act of challenging the pit while also getting closer to her), Karin and the Dungeon Queen immediately began moving toward a deep-layer conquest stream.
However, a small issue arose along the way.
The question of which dungeon to dive into.
The deep layers were a life-or-death matter even for Japan's top clans, and the various information obtained there was an extremely valuable asset. Unlike when she had deliberately cratered Black Tiger's information-asset value, Karin needed to carefully select which dungeon to stream.
Fortunately, that concern was resolved at once.
The Kasai Dungeon, at the center of the construction-restricted area where the training stream had been held.
Upon investigating, they found that no clan had made it a main conquest target, so there was no need to worry about crashing anyone's information assets.
Given that the number of clans capable of challenging the deep layers was limited compared to the number of dungeons that had them, it was an extraordinarily lucky turn of events, and Karin and Sharie were once again in high spirits.
To counter surprise attacks, they cut the stream once so no one could tell exactly which dungeon they were diving into, then rode the momentum straight into the broadcast.
"And now, once again, this marks the start of a special extended stream! Together with Sharie-sama, with whom I grew so close during the instructional stream just now, I shall be lightly conquering the deep layers!"
"It is I, ja yo~. Today was only supposed to be me receiving instruction from Karin, but getting to conquer a dungeon together like this—I am truly overjoyed, ja~"
【You're kidding......】
【A stream that looks like the end of the world just started for real, Lmao】
【Before the conquest even began they're not just dominating Japan's trends, they're eating into the worldwide trends, lmao】
【Well, sure, if it's Karin ojou-sama streaming with a girl suspected of being the Dungeon Queen, even if it's a wild theory......】
【How did that condensed-war-looking sparring match () lead to THIS......】
【The leaders of every country are probably tasting the same despair as when Sadako and Kayako clashed and merged!】
【My~ what a heartwarming stream, two adorable girls beaming with full smiles! (The two's combat power is hereby deemed not to be considered)】
【Bonk! Whoosh... What are you all saying, desu no? This stream is a heartwarming exchange between Karin ojou-sama and a budding 14-year-old explorer, you see?】
【↑Delete! I just deleted that memory!】
【No, um... I'm not saying I want these two to crush each other, but maybe just a little, how do I put it, like... restraint or something... (Chinese)】
【lol】
【Any explorers in that dungeon, please evacuate immediately, desu wa~!】
【And the stream isn't getting taken down...】
【They must be making this call while getting hammered with completely opposite demands from every direction—BAN them, keep the stream up—】
【Not just every country's leadership, the streaming site's execs' stomachs are probably exploding too】
【W-well, they take 30% of ojou-sama's massive superchats and the insane view counts must rake in ad revenue hand over fist, so I guess it can't be helped, desu wa...】
【Well, I wouldn't do it even if you paid me millions and sandwiched me between superpowers!】
【"Sandwiched" is underselling it, that's probably a vise】
¥50,000 @Inu to Wa Kaseyo
Ojou-sama! Trusting that person is dangerous!
Anyone who suddenly shows off that kind of power in front of a camera is out of their mind—who knows what they're thinking! It's dangerous, so keep your distance at once!
Honestly, you should probably just eliminate her right now!
¥50,000 @Inu to Wa Kaseyo
Befriending someone who could develop into a major international incident is bad for Karin ojou-sama too!! Also that person is probably just straight-up a criminal, so couldn't you at least deliver a deportation punch? It's not that I want you two to fall out—I'm saying this purely for ojou-sama's sake!
【What is this rapid-fire red superchat spam】
【Sloppiest wedge-driving operation ever, Lmao】
【"Anyone who shows that kind of power on camera is out of their mind" ←did you just insult ojou-sama just now...?】
【Reporting this】
【Thinking some country's defense budget or secret funds are being pumped into these red superchats, Lmao plantation】
【This is literally a national budget attacking her lmaooo】
【(It does kind of include some valid points, but) setting that aside, reporting, desu wa!】
【Heard the girl with Dungeon Queen suspicions was streaming with Karin ojou-sama, and......】
The moment the stream started, comments flowed past like a raging torrent.
With some time having passed since Karin and Sharie's clash and that combat footage having spread around, concurrent viewers instantly surpassed ten million—an extraordinary state of affairs.
Even Karin, who had produced absurd concurrency in her recent abyssal solo assault, felt her heart genuinely clench for the first time in a while.
"Hyeh!? A-awawa... f-for some reason the concurrents have become tremendous...!? A-And there's a confusing comment with an insane red superchat... what IS this, desu no!?"
"Surely it is because I am cute, ja!"
【The audacity, lol】
【Sharie-chama is so cute! (thought terminated)】
【Ngh, what a calculating pose...!】
【I'm a Dungeon Bureau employee and my heart's been pounding... is this genuine love?】
【↑That's terror】
【Well, she IS actually cute, so it's definitely Sharie-sama's influence. Definitely, and yet......】
【The abnormal combat strength to go toe-to-toe with Karin ojou-sama is 100% the cause of those ten million concurrents, though】
【This gap between cute poses and vicious combat power is driving me (Dungeon Bureau employee) insane...】
【↑Your stress levels are so bad you might genuinely go insane, NG】
And so, the viewers were buzzing about the now-started stream and Sharie's words and actions... but that commotion immediately converged on a single point.
Karin and Sharie had begun their dungeon conquest at once.
"P-phew. This incredible concurrency in so long has me nervous...! It is also my first time going to the deep layers with someone, and our goal is a test run of party conquest. Today I shall prioritize safety without obsessing too much over Elegance, desu wa!"
"Good, then let us hurry to the deep layers! Everything up to the lower layers is not the main event, ja!"
"Indeed, desu wa!"
That instant—DON!!!!!
The entire dungeon shook violently—and the scenery in the floating camera's frame began streaming past at unbelievable speed.
At the same time,
DOCHACHACHACHACHACHACHA!!!
"""GYGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?"""
Massive chunks of flesh whirled through the rushing scenery, and screams like frogs ground to paste rang out intermittently.
What was happening—the Queen, wrapped in a murderous gale around her body, was flying at ultra-low altitude through the dungeon. She plowed nonstop down the corridors, running down and slamming every monster she met into the walls, killing them, while Karin chased behind her in the flesh.
【!?】
【Eh!?】
【What is this!?】
【Wai—what is happening heeereeeeeeeeeeeeee!?】
【Hah!? Is she seriously flying wrapped in wind and mowing down monsters WITH that wind!?】
【The movement speed is RIIIDICULOUS!?】
【They're upper layers, sure, but what's with killing monsters by running them over with travel-use wind magic, desu no!?】
【First of all, what even is a travel-use wind magic skill!?】
【Doing basically the same thing as Storm Style ojou-sama with plain magic, lmao】
【She's genuinely wiping out whole monster groups like blowing away dust, my Lmao is flying off too!】
【Is she a fighter jet!?】
【And what even is Karin ojou-sama keeping pace behind that fighter jet in a dress and in the flesh, desu no!?】
【S-slipstream, surely...】
【Don't catch up to a fighter jet via slipstream!】
【Ojou-sama's full-power(?) dash is insane!】
【And the floating camera keeping up with even this...】
【Ojou-sama, didn't you upgrade the camera too at some point, desu no!?】
【A complete runaway train, lol】
"Oh my! This is quite nice, desu wa! Without even dicing up the dungeon, we can proceed without minding the monster-samas! Around Sharie-sama in particular there is no wind effect at all, making it terribly easy to run! Ah, the right passage there, desu wa! Also, I sense the presence of other explorer-samas nearby, so while it is a slight detour to the next floor, next we go left, desu no!"
"Can you truly sense everything inside the dungeon!? ...Wahaha! To excel at area detection beyond me, a magic specialist—how much have you trained? You truly are out of your mind after all!"
DOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
The two plunged ahead with a force that could only be called a natural disaster, never stopping once, and in the blink of an eye cleared both the upper and middle layers.
In the great hall connecting the middle and lower layers they encountered the standard middle-layer boss <Titan Knightbone>, but—
""Ready, go!""
DOGUSHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
"――――?!?!?!?!"
Karin with a bare fist, Sharie with a fist wrapped in wind condensed to its utmost limit.
From both sides they struck the head of the over-ten-meter skeleton knight with extraordinary force, crushing it without letting it even scream. Its head flattened in an instant, helmet and all, the Titan Knightbone collapsed with a thunderous roar.
【FAAAAAAA lmaooo】
【I saw it coming, but these two are beyond ridiculous lmaooo】
【Combat time under one second, lol】
【That combo attack just vaporized like ten HP bars off that skeleton lmaooo】
【Overkill excess lmaooo】
【Dungeon Bureau—! Two irregular monsters are rampaging beneath a Tokyo dungeon!】
【Sad present circumstances for Titan Knightbone, assaulted by Irregular Monster x2】
【These two are just Pretty Cure of darkness at this point lmaooo】
【Setting ojou-sama aside, why is magic-class Sharie-sama doing melee combat!?】
【And ojou-sama is supposed to be a crafting-aptitude specialist to the point of manifesting <Divine Artisan>, you know】
【Tsk tsk, this is what happens when you get sandwiched between yuri, Titan Knightbone】
【A fitting end for a monster sandwiched in yuri, desu wa!】
【Well sure, anyone sandwiched between these two would be physically crushed...】
【A yuri vise】
【No no, the ones who deployed on both sides of skeleton-kun out of nowhere were ojou-sama and Sharie-sama, hello!?】
【So it's a combo technique that reliably crushes enemies by exploiting the rule that men sandwiched in yuri die?】
【Too vicious, Lmao】
【Outrageous!】
【Hold on, skeleton-san might be a girl!】
【Radical yuri faction unilaterally proposing a dangerous law, lol】
And so the two never stopped even in boss rooms, nonstop all the way.
Leaving even the comment section, awestruck by this other-dimension-times-other-dimension dungeon conquest, in the dust, they reached the lower layers and continued pressing on toward the deep layers, side by side and on excellent terms.
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A rare instance of brevity from me (or rather, I suspect this length is my natural fit, desu wa...!)
By the way, regarding those red superchats—however confused and flustered the sender may be, they are presumably using some means of avoiding identification or a scapegoat, desu wa.
※And what's more—against all odds, Ojou-sama Buzz has claimed first place in the annual overall rankings in under eight months since posting! Never having taken first place overall in the daily, weekly, or monthly rankings, yet seizing annual overall first... a ridiculous stunt just like Karin ojou-sama herself, desu no!
This is entirely thanks to everyone's long-standing support—truly, thank you!
With the Dungeon Queen and new enemies (who will surely do their best from here on) having appeared, the new chapter will feature ojou-sama running wild as ever, so I hope you continue to enjoy it, desu wa!