Only I Level Up By Shoveling-Chapter 83: "A Toilet Spirit— Get!"

Castra subconsciously kicked the thing that was sticking to his leg, but the thing stubbornly clung to his skin while shouting,

"Nyaaahhh! Don’t kick me!!"

This familiar voice...

Castra, still in his poop butler mode, looked down at the mass of black thingy on his leg with squinted eyes.

"Toilet spirit?"

"Heyyyy! I’m not a toilet! Not a toilet! I’m an Illusion Spirit!!"

But the Poop Butler Castra didn’t care and immediately wrinkled his eyebrows in disgust.

"Toilet spirit, how filthy!"

He tried to peel off the sticky mass, but two tiny hands hugged Castra’s leg tightly, not letting go.

"No, no!! Don’t throw me away! You need me! You need me!"

"Nonsense— "

Castra’s words were cut off by a scream.

"Ahhh! The door— it’s not fully open!!"

The petite mage girl shrieked in despair and she lost all of her energy, almost drowning on the spot.

The others who had arrived near the exit also raised their voices while punching the white light embedded in the wall.

"@&@&! @&@&! (Open! Open!)

"@&@&!! (Damn it!!)"

The portal was missing its "key".

[00:03]

The red countdown followed everyone and stubbornly showed itself.

The examinees, whose faces were full of hope, instantly plunged into despair.

"Why?! Why won’t the door open??"

At the same time, the ceiling has descended even further, now only a meter away from everyone’s head.

The angel was forced to dive down into the water, dragging its now wet and heavy wings.

The tall orc knight had to further submerge himself into the water as he avoided the sharp stalagmites growing from the ceiling.

Not to mention the ceiling, even the surrounding walls were already sticking to everyone’s skin.

Now, everyone was already pressed into each other.

[00:01]

It’s over.

Everyone saw the red countdown slowly clicking, about to turn into four zeroes when Lady Fera suddenly let out a depressed sigh.

"Awooo...to think that this lady would walk the same path as that stupid cat."

Before the countdown struck zero, Lady Fera suddenly squinted her eyes...

And smiled.

"Angelic Freezing Smile."

Beep. [Angelic Freezing Smile Skill is activated.]

At that moment, the temperature in the cave suddenly plummeted.

Cold mist blasted out of the white dog’s body and the water slowly hardened from the depth all the way to the surface.

The cave wall froze and the tip of some stones broke, turning into an extremely fragile ice.

The examinees felt cold air stabbing their lungs and they too, slowly stiffened.

Time slowed down and then, it froze completely at [00:00].

Castra’s inner self, Poo, the livestream connection, the water ripples, even the wind—

Everything stopped, frozen in time.

Only the majestic white dog walked leisurely towards the frozen dark fog, a new countdown floated next to it.

[00:15]

The dog wasted no time and quickly tapped the fog with her paw a few times.

"Woof. Wake up."

The frozen dark fog immediately "came alive" and let out a long breath.

"Pwah! Omg! What was that, glurg— "

"Woof. I don’t have time to waste. Tell this lady how to leave your stinky house."

[00:13]

"Y-you? You? What are you, glurg?? And, and..."

"Woof! Just say it!"

The fog was confused and deeply shaken, but it quickly wriggled and hugged Castra’s frozen leg tightly.

"S-someone has to make a contract with me before you can exit the dungeon!"

"If no one makes a contract with me, all of us will be trapped here and die, glurg!"

[00:12]

If Castra the butler knew that the fog spirit was eyeing him, he would have retched.

Filthy thing, go away!

Lady Fera looked at Castra’s frozen body and frowned.

"He’s a spirit. Can a spirit even contract another spirit, woof?"

The toilet spirit immediately insisted,

"It doesn’t matter!"

[00:11]

"Okay, woof. Make a contract with him."

"Can you please release him first, glurg??"

"Oh, forgot, woof." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

[00:10]

Lady Fera once again tapped Castra’s body and the man immediately broke free from his frozen state with sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Fuh! What...happened? It’s so cold."

Castra’s mind was still muddled from being frozen in time but the black fog had already urged him.

"Quick! Quick! Make a contract now, glurg! Ten seconds left!"

"What? Who are you— filthy thing. Make a contract? Hell no— "

Castra’s inner self had just snapped out of the frozen state when he heard the butler’s firm refusal.

His face instantly became the painting "scream".

[AHH!! ACCEPT IT! DAMN IT!!]

That toilet is a good thing!!

Lady Fera also nudged Castra’s leg with her tail.

"Woof. 7 seconds left before we all die. You choose."

Castra the butler didn’t know why they would die if he didn’t make a contract, but Lady Fera already gave her royal decree...

So the poop butler Castra pinched his nose with reluctance as he touched the wriggly thing’s stretched hands.

The next second, a bright light erupted from the mass of black mist, enveloping the two people.

Soon, a whirlpool symbol appeared on Castra’s lower belly and the voice of the Spirit World’s Administrator immediately rang.

BEEP. [Congratulations, you have successfully contracted a B-rank dungeon-bound spirit!]

[The rank difference between you is too big. The dungeon-bound spirit’s rank will be sealed down to D-rank.]

[00:03]

The skill was still in effect, so the portal didn’t open yet.

With only 3 seconds left until the skill ended, Castra immediately ordered his new "slave".

"Quick. Bring all these poor people to the entrance. Make sure they will immediately leave the dungeon the moment it opens."

The toilet spirit, now back to a toilet form, immediately used its lids to bite the examinees’ arms and legs and tossed them right in front of the portal.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the last examinee and spirit was tossed in front of the portal...

[00:00]

The skill ended and the frozen time thawed at an extremely fast speed!

Simultaneously, the invisible membrane that blocked the dungeon’s portal disappeared.

As the whole dungeon shook, a strong suction swept over everyone into the bright white portal.

As the white light filled everyone’s eyes, the space trembled and the whole dungeon shattered like a broken glass.

SHATTER—