I Just Awakened My Sharingan, and You're Telling Me This Is DanMachi?

Just like the terrain on the eighth and ninth floors, the tenth floor was also a half-collapsed labyrinth of crumbling walls and ruins, the ground uneven and full of potholes.

But unlike before, a thin, pale mist was quietly beginning to drift through the air.

The mist wasn't especially thick, but it curled and roiled along the ground as if it had a will of its own, making the entire tenth floor feel even more gloomy and oppressive.

Ryota narrowed his eyes, sharply picking up on this subtle change.

Beside him, Lefiya seemed to recall something as well and murmured,

"The handbook said… starting from the tenth floor, there can be white mist."

Ryota hummed in agreement.

According to the Adventurer's Handbook, it was clearly written that Level 1 adventurers should have at least a Basic Ability of B-rank or higher before exploring floors ten through twelve.

It wasn't just because the number and strength of monsters here increased dramatically, but also because of irregular phenomena like this mist, treacherous terrain traps, and, most fatally, floor boss–level monsters.

Without enough strength, charging in recklessly would only turn you into nutrients for the Dungeon!

Ryota shook the bulging pack on his back, producing a crisp clattering sound.

That pack was stuffed full of heavy magic stones.

He grinned and said,

"The monster we're after this time—the orc—I wonder where it'll show up."

"We might have to wander around this creepy place for a while."

Lefiya nodded from the side, her delicate face full of exhaustion, beads of sweat glistening on her forehead.

Hours of intense fighting and repeated magic output had nearly pushed her to her limits.

If she hadn't taken a recovery potion in advance, she probably would have collapsed back on the ninth floor.

Even so, there was still a gleam of irrepressible curiosity and awe in her eyes.

Why?

Ryota had been handling almost everything on their way here—pulling monsters, controlling the field, protecting, suppressing, all of it.

Yet he showed not the slightest sign of fatigue!

Lefiya couldn't help sighing in her heart:

"This rookie… is an absolute monster…"

But she still gritted her teeth and did her best to keep up with Ryota's pace.

The mist rolled and tumbled, the temperature suddenly dropping.

The two of them proceeded carefully, the only sounds their own footsteps and each other's.

They had only gone a few steps when Ryota suddenly halted, narrowed his eyes, and stared into the billowing mist up ahead.

Lefiya, puzzled, peeked forward, just about to ask when her pupils suddenly shrank!

In that thick fog, one, two, three…

Countless pairs of crimson eyes were silently opening!

At a rough glance, there had to be forty or fifty of them!

So densely packed, they practically filled the entire misty area ahead!

Lefiya instinctively backed away several steps, clutching her staff tight.

"W-what the heck…?"

"There's way too many of them!"

Ryota swept his gaze across those restless, blood-red eyes and frowned.

"Lefiya…"

"Is this…normal?"

He felt a powerful sense of wrongness.

Lefiya's brows also furrowed as she tried to recall the relevant knowledge.

A moment later, she seemed to remember something, her face paling as she cried out softly,

"It's an Irregularity!!"

Ryota's heart jolted, a spark flashing through his mind.

An Irregularity?! On the tenth floor?

For this many monsters to appear at once, clearly not just scattered spawns, but a massive, concentrated surge!

There was only one piece of intel that matched—

Monster Parade!

Also known as a Monster Tide!

That meant the number of monsters on a floor had suddenly and abnormally exploded, with massive groups spawning all at once and attacking every living thing in the area!

Once caught in it, even a moment's carelessness could get you torn to shreds!

It was an absolute death trap!

"I get it now—the Dungeon must have sensed you were in bad shape, Lefiya, and is trying to drive us into a corner."

Lefiya nodded, picking up where Ryota left off,

"Exactly. After all, the Dungeon is alive… Let's retreat for now, Ryota. My condition is pretty bad."

Hearing this, Ryota didn't move. Instead, his face showed an expression completely opposite to Lefiya's.

It wasn't nervousness, or fear—

It was excitement!

The corners of Ryota's lips curled upward, his eyes bursting with irrepressible light, like he'd just stumbled on some incredible opportunity!

"Retreat? No need."

"This is a Monster Parade!"

Ryota muttered under his breath, the grin on his lips growing wider and wider.

"I ran into an Irregularity once before, and thought it was something you rarely came across…"

"But to bump into another one today?"

"Man, talk about good luck."

Originally, Ryota had only planned to finish up a side quest on this run.

But now, it looked like his odds of completing two at once had just gone way up!

Lefiya, standing next to him, was full of question marks.

"W-wait a second!"

"A normal person… after hearing 'Monster Parade'… shouldn't they be scared first?!"

She twitched at the corners of her eyes, staring at Ryota's barely restrained grin, seriously suspecting this guy had left his brain behind on the upper floors.

"That excited face of yours… what the heck is wrong with you?! This is an Irregularity! The kind where we could die any second!!"

Even though she was complaining, Lefiya still resolutely stepped forward, planting herself at Ryota's side.

She steadied her breathing and said,

"I'll start chanting!"

"Ryota, hold them off for me for a bit!"

Even knowing how dangerous this was, even though her body was already exhausted to its limits, she refused to just dump everything on her partner at a time like this.

"No need to push yourself."

Ryota shook his head.

"You're already in bad shape."

"Forcing out another chant would only be more dangerous."

"Besides…"

He turned his head slightly, the three tomoe of his Sharingan spinning wildly.

"It seems like—"

"You still haven't seen my magic yet, have you?"