Chapter 212
Dungeon Conquest
Translator : PolterGlast
Having finished our preparations, we completed the
procedures at the Adventurer's Guild and decided to dive into the
dungeon. The facilities were better than the dungeon in the Royal Capital,
but it seemed the procedures were considerably more complex because of that.
I could see adventurers who had just arrived in the Dungeon
City like us being made to go through lengthy procedures. Casting a
sideways glance at those adventurers, we smoothly passed right by them.
This was also one of the merits of being invited; Lynette
had completed all the various procedures for us in advance. Thanks to that, we
were able to jump straight into capturing the dungeon without any stress like
this.
「Getting through the gates was easy,
but entering the dungeon is easy too! Being invited is great!」
「Yeah. It looked like the procedures
alone would take an hour, so we owe it all to Lynette.」
「Even so, it's amazing. I was
surprised by the dungeon in the Royal Capital, but the dungeon here is
on another level. It even has the atmosphere of an attraction.」
There were dungeon-related souvenirs being sold near the Adventurer's
Guild, and just as Ginia said, the theme-park attraction vibe was
undeniable. The premise that "even if you die in the dungeon, you don't
really die" was also heavily pushed to the forefront, and I felt there
were fewer of the rough-looking crowds typically seen among adventurers. For
better or worse, the overall atmosphere was laid-back.
「The atmosphere inside and the air
flowing here are laid-back, but let's brace ourselves and take on the challenge
from here. It's okay even if we die in the dungeon, but our goal is 『for no one to die』.」
「Understood! Even if they say it's
okay to die, I absolutely don't want to die!」
「Indeed. It seems it still hurts all
the same, so let's challenge it with the goal of not dying.」
After calling out to Ginia and Aoi, we got on
a large magic-driven elevator and descended into the dungeon. Since everything
up to this point had been so unorthodox, taking a magic-driven elevator down
made me imagine a special kind of dungeon, but... the actual dungeon was more
normal than I expected.
「The dungeon itself is normal, isn't
it. Is the only difference that it's slightly brighter?」
「Right! I ended up imagining some
outrageous place!」
「I imagined an amazing place too, but
it's quite ordinary. Let's shift our gears and begin the capture.」
As expected, it seemed they weren't able to alter the
dungeon itself in any way. Feeling slightly disappointed, we began capturing
the dungeon.
「Alriight! With this, the capture of
the ninth floor is complete! The monsters on the lower floors are weak, huh!」
「Yes. They aren't much different from
the monsters that appear near Biodasdal.」
「We've been able to get here easily,
and I think it's a good pace. However, it seems there's a floor boss every ten
floors, so the next one could be a checkpoint.」
The floor boss is one of the dungeon's major features. In
exchange for only one monster appearing on a single floor, it happens to be a
considerably strong monster.
「I'm looking forward to the floor
boss! We've only faced opponents with no backbone so far, so I hope it's a
strong monster!」
「The floor boss of the tenth floor
was the Freeze Devil, right? I have its characteristics memorized, but
I'm a little nervous.」
「Yeah, that's right. We've obtained
information on it, so I don't think it's an opponent you'll struggle much
against.」
「Yeah, yeah! Compared to the monsters
we've fought so far, it'll be a breeze!」
While Ginia remained vigilant, Aoi and I were
relatively optimistic. It was an opponent they wouldn't lose to even on their
first encounter, and we had gathered plenty of information regarding the Freeze
Devil.
Perhaps influenced by its attraction-like management style,
information on the floor bosses up to the 50th floor was available for free
without any hassle. It seemed there were even things like dungeon capture time
attacks, and apparently, fast people would subjugate the Freeze Devil in
less than a minute.
While thinking about such things, I absentmindedly watched
the two of them fight the Freeze Devil. The Freeze Devil was a
humanoid cow monster about two meters tall.
It was characterized by launching ice-attribute attacks, and
while it seemed one could struggle if countermeasures weren't taken, as long as
you had countermeasures against the ice attribute, it could be defeated without
taking a scratch. There was no way Ginia and Aoi would struggle
against the Freeze Devil, for which an efficient defeat method had
already been established, and they showed they could take it down completely in
a matter of minutes.
「A pieeecce of cake! It looked scary,
but it was nothing at all!」
「I'm surprised it really wasn't a big
deal. At this rate, the Silver Golem we fought a long time ago was
stronger.」
「I actually think the Silver Golem
is stronger. However, this is just the first floor boss, after all. Let's
proceed with the capture without dropping our guard.」
I tightened our focus like that, but honestly, we would probably
be able to reach the thirtieth floor with ease. Even in peaceful Biodasdal,
the two of them hadn't slacked off and had continued their training, steadily
growing stronger.
As for Aoi, she was originally a solo B-Rank adventurer, so looking at it from simple aptitude ranks, she had plenty of leeway. I was starting to worry whether we would encounter a monster that could satisfy their desire for battle, but if we proceed smoothly up to the thirtieth floor like this, it might be fine to let Ginia and Aoi experience fighting the Kaonashi first.
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