Filed Under: , on Friday, July 28, 2017 ein zwei
Arrived at the entrance of Gramada Central Dungeon! There's a big cystal installed near the entrance. It's called Gate Crystal, it controls the traffic of people that come and go to the thing called Port Crystal on a particular floor.
This dungeon is called Fonbran Dungeon. Also known as, 『Dungeon of Growth』. There are no strong monsters on the shallower floors so it's perfect for beginners.
It's almost 2:00 PM now. The area around the dungeon's entrance is relatively bustling. It's full of porters (baggage carrier) waiting to be hired, stands selling medicines, maps and such, and people soliciting for temp parties. Of course, I'm going solo though.
Since I still can't tell left from right, let's gather some intel for now.
"Hey pops, how's business?"
"Eh not bad. Newbies still keep coming but they always dived in first things ya see. Only bought maps and stuff once they were in a world of pain."
"Well, I'm here to buy a map since it's my first time. How much is a map for this dungeon?"
"The whole 1-5F are 500 mani. 6-10F are 700 mani. 11-15F are 900 mani. The last floor 16F has randomized layouts so ain't no one selling the map."
"I see I see. I'll have the 1-5F map for now. I'm gonna take it step by step."
"Here ya go, thanks for yer patronage."
He gave me a bundle of five rolled parchments.
"The ▼ symbol marked on the maps are the floor crystals that carry you down. They're floor crystals that connect to the crystal on the floor below. △ ones would bring you back up one floor. There's a port crystal every five floors that'll bring ya back to the entrance."
"Hou hou, you sure are thorough."
"This dungeon is under control but some parts do change at times. Would ya report it to me if you find one of those changes? You can get a handsome sum if the info isn't known. I'm hedging my bets here since ya look like someone who understands the importance of intel."
"Gotcha, well, first I gotta get accustomed to it."
"Get back in one piece ya hear me. Yer' my important lunch tickets after all."
Gahahaha, the old man laughs heartily.
"Hahaha, I'm off then."
Town civil servants called Administrators are collecting admission fee at the entrance. The fee is 100 mani. Whether that's expensive or cheap will depend on my earnings from now on.
From the admission gate, I set my foot into the dungeon.
A huge floor spread out when I descended the stairs. True to the map, it seems to be a large hall on 1F.
For now, I'd like to try many things so let's look for an unpopulated place by relying on the map.
I slowly advance ahead while gripping an iron sword. I still don't know what will come out, so using this sword I'm used to is better. I have throwing knives ready to be thrown any time.
As I advance ahead while straining my ears, suddenly I can hear something breathing roughly from beyond a turn ahead.
I tiptoed with my back on the on the wall, peeked and saw a dog there.
Pawn Dog Lv3
The lowest ranked underling dog. They're good at group battles, can be a menace if you're surrounded by many.
I wait until it turns its back here and take my aim.
"Fire Arrow (whisper)."
An arrowed appeared in the air and went straight to the Pawn Dog.
HP: 1/5 MP: 0/0
Err.... For now let's carefully approach and finish it off. Apparently, it ended into a deadly combo of getting hit by the fire in the face, causing oxygen deprivation followed by the getting pierced by the knife.
The killed Pawn Dog became particles of light and dispersed. Unlike on the outside, looks like you can't strip off monsters here. Since not even a Soul Stone remains, I wonder if I can expect drop items from them.
I steadily hunt monsters while heading to a place that seems unpopular according to the map.
However, I've only ever been encountering Pawn Dogs. I've already hunted 40 of them but only got 3 Soul Stones. Moreover, they're black. I'm advancing while covering myself in Mana Clad to decrease minor damages, swinging the iron sword, firing fire arrows. The hunt is going steady but the drops are depressingly bad.
Is this perhaps, perhaps this is?
Presently, my potions still fully remain. HP and MP are full. Preparation is perfect. Prepare to charge!
With a 'VOOON' sound, the path I took to go inside the room was blocked by black mist-like thing. I tried to get out of the room, but I couldn't get past the black mist for some reason.
"I only ever got right when I looked bad, really now."
Oh damn, something's coming!?
A group of dogs overflowed from inside black mist that looked like it was protecting the chest.
Pawn Dog Lv3 x 4
HP: 30/30 MP: 2/2
The white haired dog is Knight Dog huh.
The fire arrow hit one dog, and while most of the throwing knives missed, one of it hit another dog's leg.
With the howl as a signal, three Pawn Dogs rushed at me all at once.
While enduring the pain, I hit the Pawn Dogs' heads with my free hand and the sword's grip.
Even though I twisted my body to evade it, its claw grazed and easily cut my left hand.
I keep moving around while healing myself with Heal. This could get very dangerous if they started coordinating well.
Ah, they moved while I was thinking. Sneaking around like they're watching my movement.
Is there something, anything? I've used up all the knives... Fire arrows can't stop them....
Ah! Wonder if I can use that? I haven't checked if I can invoke it, but I'm gonna give it a try.
The moment they jump at me, I jump back and powerfully voice out the words.
"Flame Wall!"
A wall of flame raises up from the ground in front of me.
No surprise there, since a wall of flame bigger than Futsuno-san's came up.
The dogs that jumped into the flame wall got burnt and writhed.
But the Knight Dog alone hasn't lost its fighting spirit even though it's covered in flame!
However, its movement isn't that sharp, even the current me can manage it!
Afterward, a small stone that's different from the ones I got so far falls on the place.
"Ooh, it's red. A red Soul Stone."
If I'm not mistaken this ranks higher than the black one. One of the Pawn Dogs also dropped two Soul Stones. Dunno how it works, but at least this means I didn't work for free. Ah, I recall something I forgot to do, I haven't sold the Soul Stone I got from the goblin back then.
Tereretettette~♪ Nobusada Leveled Up.
Class: Fighter Lv9 - State: Healthy
HP: 30/80 - MP: 12/82
Etania Native Language - Differing Soul Communication Lv1 - Magic Development Lv1 - Houseworks Lv5 - Agriculture Lv3 - Swordsmanship Lv2 - Two-handed Spear Lv1 (New!) - Throwing Lv2 (Up!) - Evasion Lv1 - Holy Magic Lv 1 - Elemental Magic Aptitude Lv2 - Life Magic - Disguise Lv2 - Mana Clad Lv2
【Unique Skill】
And getting Throwing skill leveled up is plainly nice.
Oh right, there was a chest, completely forgot about it because the heat of the battle.
There is a treasure chest, or rather a wooden-like chest. There's no keyhole or anything, but how about traps? Sadly, I don't have that type of skills. Preparing for the worst, let's open it while guarding my face with gauntlets.
There's a small bottle inside.
I appraise it while looking at it dubiously.
Shut-in Dokugael Poison
Poison made from a poison sac of Shut-in Dokugael that is quite hard to find since they like to shut themselves deep in a cave. The quality is bad so it can't be sold.
Some dangerous stuff came out!
I attempt to recover myself by gnawing on the few remaining fruits I have.
After recovering to some extent, I resume the single minded dog hunting.
By the way, after that time I didn't encounter any more Knight Dog. Wonder if that was a really special pop up?
Tettere~♪ Acquired 【Dog Hunter】 Title.
Ooh, I got something.
【Dog Hunter】 Hunter of dogs. A title given to those who hunted a large number of dogs. It has the effect of scaring wild dogs if you get close to one.
What a dubious title. Won't I be unable to hunt if I use it?
And then I bumped into another small room while wandering around looking for dogs. It's not the same room from before.
There's something I'd like to try if the enemy have the same formation as that time.
Ah, since I'm likely going to have an encounter anyway, might as well make use of that.
There's a wooden chest inside the room again. I step into the room while readying the iron spear and strengthening Mana Clad. Suddenly, the door becomes impassable and black mist hangs over the center of the room again.
Pawn Dog Lv3 x 5
HP: 35/35 MP: 2/2
OH, there's more of them. And the level is higher too.
I face the Knight Dog.... And throw an Iron Spear with all my might at it!!
GYAWAN
Aw yeaah! The iron spear pierced through the Knight Dog's torso!!
Not sure if this made two other Pawn Dogs regained their sense or if it triggered them more, but they jumped on me.
That's right, I had changed my title to 【Dog Hunter】 before going inside.
The head of one of the jumping dogs said its farewell to its body, while the other dog went to bite my left leg. Ouch ouch, it's digging deeper than before. I kicked it with all my might like saying, "Don't be afraid, the ball is your friend", separating it away.
This flame wall is shorter yet wider compared to the one I used before, though I did it spontaneously. Wonder if I unconsciously controlled it to make it easier to annihilate them? Perhaps, its shape can be changed by the will of its user. This needs to be checked in the future. Ah, I've got to heal myself.
Tereretettette~♪ Nobusada leveled up
Tettere~♪ Liberated new classes
Ooh, something has come!
Class: Fighter Lv10 - State: Healthy
HP: 46/85 - MP: 30/82
Etania Native Language - Differing Soul Communication Lv1 - Magic Development Lv1 - Houseworks Lv5 - Agriculture Lv3 - Swordsmanship Lv3 (Up!) - Two-handed Spear Lv2 (Up!) - Throwing Lv2 (Up!) - Mana Clad Lv2 - Evasion Lv2 (Up!) - Holy Magic Lv 2 (Up!) - Elemental Magic Aptitude Lv3 (Up!) - Life Magic - Disguise Lv2
【Class Skill】
Discerning Magic Eyes Lv3 - Levelitt's Blessing (Small)
There's nothing more.... Looks like my Real Luck is really at rock bottom.
I carefully opened the wooden chest and inside it is.... T-three copper coins!?