"The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter: Secretly Train and Become the Strongest in the World" is scheduled to air from January 2020. It started as a "Narou-style novel" on the website, then was made into a book, then a comic, and finally an anime adaptation has been announced. Although the genre is fantasy, the biggest attraction of this work is the slightly erotic flirting scenes! The main character, Noru, accumulates internal points called LP by having stimulating skinship with girls, which allows him to use skills, so there are many scenes where he flirts with various girls on a daily basis. Today, we will introduce this slightly unusual harem anime.
Meeting the legendary adventurer Sylvia
The protagonist, Nol, has a special ability called "Great Sage", but is unable to use it properly due to the headaches caused by the reaction. One day, his childhood friend Emma tells him that "according to ancient documents, kissing can relieve headaches." Shortly after the story begins, Emma invites him to kiss her in a very casual manner, asking "Do you want to try?" Then, just as written in the ancient documents, the headaches, a side effect of the Great Sage, subside, and Nol learns from the Great Sage how to become stronger in the shortest time possible. To become stronger, one must enter the hidden dungeon. Furthermore, Nol managed to learn the location of the hidden dungeon and the spell to enter it while kissing Emma many times.
Olivia caught in a trap and held captive for 200 years
When Nol entered the hidden dungeon, a voice spoke to him from nowhere, saying, "Brave one...I'll be waiting for you on the second floor..." He followed the voice and stepped into the second floor, where he found a mysterious woman with her hands and feet bound by chains. Her name was Olivia Servant, and she was a legendary adventurer who was active 200 years ago and whose name is still spoken of today. Currently, she has been unable to move for 200 years due to a special trap called the Death Chain Curse, but this encounter led to Nol being "transferred" powerful skills from Olivia, allowing her to use three skills: "creation", "grantment", and "editing".
After acquiring the skills, Noru takes the exam for the Hero School
The rule of the exam is to "collect monster materials in groups of three". Although Noru is ostracized by the other nobles, he manages to participate by teaming up with Emma and Lenore of the Earl's family. However, Lenore, who is also an Earl, still looks down on Noru and treats him harshly, but the rules require a group of three, so he goes straight to the exam... Since the exam was not about "defeating monsters and collecting materials", Lenore, a young lady, used her money like the other nobles to buy monster materials in the city. Naturally, Nol doesn't have that kind of money, so he heads to a hidden dungeon. There, he starts hunting monsters to pass the exam, but...
The enemy is suddenly a strong enemy of level 99!?
When Nol enters the dungeon to collect materials and reaches the third floor, a grim reaper-like monster with a scythe called Dead Reaper is waiting for him. Its level is 99! At that time, Nol's level was 23, so it was an opponent that there was no chance of winning, but he barely won by using his skills. He takes the Dead Reaper's skull home and submits it as an assignment for the exam. Finally, the top three teams are announced. 3rd place got 5890 points, 2nd place got 11550 points... Nol and his friends' faces looked anxious because their names were not called... but they passed the exam with a score of 128000 points, which is literally an order of magnitude higher. By the way, in this world, 99 is not the maximum level, so Olivia says that Dead Reaper is also treated as a weakling.
Joining the Adventurer's Guild "Odin"
After passing the exam, Noru visits the adventurer's guild "Odin" to earn the 300,000 rea admission fee. Noru writes his skill information on a form to register, but when the receptionist, Laura, hears Noru's skills that he inherited from Olivia, she looks stunned. This is because Odin is the guild that Olivia also belonged to, and Olivia has become a legendary figure for this guild. Seeing Noru with the same skills as Olivia and claiming to be her "apprentice," Laura concludes that he is lying. She tries to expose Noru's lies using a "Certificate of Appraisal" that can check people's skills... but instead, she finds out that it's the truth, and from that point on, Laura's attitude changes completely and she begins to close the gap between her and Noru.
The Road to the 300,000 Rea Entrance Fee
Noru's first request was to capture a rainbow grasshopper. As a new adventurer with an E rank, Noru can only take on easy requests and cannot take on expensive or dangerous requests, but the rainbow grasshopper is an extremely rare insect that you might only find once if you search for it all year round. Although the danger is low, the reward is high, so he accepts the request and uses the Great Sage to easily capture three of them. The purchase price, including the guild leader's expectations and bonuses, is 250,000 rea! To earn the remaining 50,000 rea, Nol and Leah head off to defeat the Big Rabbit.
Battle with the Big Rabbit
At this time, Nol's level is 33. Emma's level is 17, but the Big Rabbit that appeared was level 24 and had a violent personality that killed other monsters. He tells Emma to back down, thinking that she is a strong enemy, but Emma says that she will fight alone to prevent Nol's success from further shortening the distance between her and Laura. Nol had no choice but to watch the battle, but due to their compatibility, Emma was at a disadvantage. So Nol decided to use the "Edit" skill on Emma to level up her skill, and to gently bite Emma's ear to replenish LP. While Big Rabbit wandered nearby, Nol replenished his LP by playing perverted games such as gently biting her ear in the shade of a tree, and then leveled up Emma's skills. Emma successfully defeated Big Rabbit by herself and earned 300,000 rea.
Life expectancy until her 16th birthday? Meeting with Duke Maria
Nol and Emma successfully passed the Hero Academy and were accepted into S class. However, S class is a place where high-ranking aristocrats gather, and even here Nol is looked down upon by his rank as a baronet. Meanwhile, Emma is the second-lowest-ranking member of the Baron family, so she isn't particularly high-ranking, but her beautiful looks have drawn the attention of the nobles. Even so, when she attacks a noble to protect Nol, Emma is insulted as well, and Nol's face becomes filled with hatred...and then Maria, the highest-ranking noble, the Duke, appears. Maria looks around, then rushes over to Nol, shaking his hand and greeting him. To the Baronet, the Duke is a being far above him that he will never have any contact with in his life, so Nol is confused as to why he would greet him, but even more than that, he is curious about the "Sixteen Death Marks" that have been placed on Maria.
Maria, who is a duke, respects the baronet
It is "normal" in aristocratic society that even other nobles do not recognize baronets, mocking them as "fake nobles." However, Maria, who is a duke, the pinnacle of the nobility, says that "it was just luck that I was born into a duke family," and even goes so far as to say in front of everyone that "I respect those who are commoners who risk their lives to serve their country and are given a title as baronet." Because of this feeling, when they are paired up in class, she declines the invitation from the duke and asks Noll, who is a baronet, to spar with her. Feeling truly saved by these words and actions, Noll decides to save Maria from the curse.
One week left until Maria's death. All she needs is the power of the saint!
During class at school, Maria, who was practicing with Nol, suddenly collapses and begins to suffer. Nol uses his Appraisal Eye to examine the "Sixteen Death Marks" and learns that the curse causes "excruciating pain to run through the entire body at regular intervals, leading to death when the person turns 16." Nol tries to erase the curse with his "Edit" skill, but the LP required is 8,000. There is only one week left until her 16th birthday, and it is impossible to save 8,000 LP in one week. (By the way, Nol's initial LP is 550.) So Nol visited the guild and asked Laura if she had any good ideas, and he succeeded in getting information that "the exorcist saint can nullify the curse." The saint's name was Luna, and she was a woman who was close friends with Laura. He thought that if he asked Laura, she could nullify Maria's curse, but he heard that for some reason Luna rarely accepts the removal of curse-related skills. Still, Nol thought that Luna's help was essential to save Maria, so he went to Luna.
The reason why Luna doesn't remove curse-related skills
Luna stubbornly refused to use the exorcism skill, saying, "It's not a matter of money." The restrictions of the exorcism skill had a lot to do with this. When you use the exorcism skill, the user's life is shortened in price, and the price is proportional to the size of the curse. Luna had examined Maria in the past, and at that time, she had refused to remove the curse after learning of its effects. Luna is an elf and should have a long lifespan, but the curse of the "Sixteenth Mark of Death" was so powerful that she thought that she might die if she removed Maria's curse. However, what Luna was thinking was her mother, who also possessed the skill to remove curses. Luna's mother used her skill to save children of complete strangers, knowing the risks, until she ran out of life and died. Luna was torn between not wanting to lose her life to her exorcism skill and wanting to save lives that she could save just like her mother, but when Nol told her that Maria had less than a week left to live, she made up her mind to remove the curse.
Nor prepares to break Maria's curse
Luna's dispelling skill is essential to break Maria's curse. However, if he uses the dispelling skill on Maria, Luna will almost certainly die. So Nol came up with the idea of rewriting the skill using "editing". It takes 8000 LP to erase Maria's curse with "editing", so it's difficult to save up enough for Maria's birthday... but instead, it would take 10,000 LP and even more LP to "edit" the part of Luna's curse that says "using the dispelling skill reduces your lifespan". So, Nol decided to use "editing" to change the price of removing the curse from "lifespan" to "money in possession". Since "editing" to "reduce money in possession when using the curse removal skill" requires 4000 LP, Nol and his friends decided to participate in the Harem Bragging Contest to earn LP.
Ready! Time to remove Maria's curse
After winning the Harem Bragging Contest and securing LP, Nol immediately "edited" Luna's curse removal skill and headed to Maria's mansion. Luna uses her exorcism skill on Maria, who is somehow managing to survive despite being on the brink of death. The "Sixteen Death Marks" that had been placed on Maria are then removed surprisingly easily (lol). After removing the curse, Nol and Luna receive a large sum of 100 million rea each as a reward from the Duke's family, and all is well... or so it seems, but the women are terrified of their new rival, Maria. (By the way, Luna also joins the battle)
Laura vs. Sara, the receptionist battle for Nol
Although Laura has a competitive personality and is proactive, she is also kind and never gets angry. However, one day, an incident occurs at the guild that makes Laura furious. It all started when another receptionist, Sara, used her sex appeal to steal Laura's assigned adventurer twice. Sara breaks the unspoken rule that you cannot steal another receptionist's assigned adventurer, so Laura challenges her to a battle with the performance of the next receptionist. If Laura wins, she will never steal any adventurers from her. On the other hand, Sarah offers that if she wins, she will make Nol her assigned adventurer. Thus, the match between the two of them has begun, with Nol getting involved without even realizing it.
A mysterious girl I met on the 7th floor and a turnaround move
The receptionist's match is about the "total amount earned by the assigned adventurer". After being left far behind in the mid-term announcement, Nol heads to the hidden dungeon in search of rare items. Following Olivia's advice, Nol heads to the 7th floor, where he meets Dryad, who has been attacked by a monster and is weakened. Although confused by the Dryad that looks like a young Emma, Nol rescues it from the monsters with his newly learned skills and gets the AAA rank "Drop of Abundance" as a reward! This allowed Laura to defeat Sarah by a narrow margin.
Summary of the plot of The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
This time, the story ends in the middle of the fourth volume of the comics, so I have introduced the plot up to the third volume. It would be too long to introduce everything, so I have introduced it quite roughly, but there are also some episodes that are likely to be animated, such as the meeting with Toramaru. Of course, there are so many sexy scenes that we can't introduce them all, so please look forward to them!
