Chapitre 45: A Long, Long Twenty Minutes

**A Long, Long Twenty Minutes**

As I grasped the doorknob, a thin layer of sweat began to form on my palm.

I desperately suppressed the urge to voice my doubts.

(I have to be the one to deal with the Elder Lich. Me… of all people.)

I knew at a glance that this was unlike anything we'd faced before.

If we had to fight such a monster… not even Kazuma or Mitsugawa would come out unscathed.

And besides...

"Katsu-kun, what kind of girls do you like?"

The scene from when Miku visited our house replayed in my mind.

If I could just conquer this dungeon, I could at least keep her out of harm's way for the time being.

It might just be a temporary solution, but with everyone growing stronger thanks to their gifts and cheat-level growth, they should be able to handle things eventually.

Still, the king was really something, sending heroes into a dungeon with monsters like that. Didn't he get the report from Barietta-san?