Year 7445, Month 8, Day 4
After the seven of us arrived at the teleport room on the 6th floor around noon we just took a light shower before taking a reasonable break and then stepped foot on the 7th floor. Since it's necessary to properly make the teleport room on the 7th floor into a front line base, while the second and third parties, no, the {Butchers} and {Sooners} are starting over from the foundations on the upper floors I intend to do a number of round trips carrying in the various materials and luggage we need.
Zulu and Angela stand at the front and Gwine and Basutoral support them with spears. Miduchi accumulates damage with magic and bow and gives out instructions to everyone from behind. Giberuti and I carry the luggage while watching that from a bit of distance away. If it's up to three ogres then I can almost afford to watch safely. These guys have already been fighting ogres for close to a year. They're already considerably used to them. Giberuti has already passed through the 7th floor before as well so he doesn't seem to be showing any sort of fear towards the vicious looking ogres holding clubs.
Even Basutoral who was always nervous and afraid when he entered the {Slaughterers} can calmly deal with the movements of the ogres without overdoing things, Gwine is doing a good job of keeping track of Zulu and Angela's movements at the front as she keeps the ogres in check, and Miduchi is luring them into easy to attack positions.
If they can properly deal with three ogres with these numbers then there shouldn't be anymore problems with the 7th floor. After all, I guess the cause of last time was confusion after they were suddenly ambushed and lost all of the front line except for Angela huh...
Come to think of it on the occasion of taking short breaks this time they were always trying to setup two people as sentries. There's far too many unknown factors as to when, where, and how monsters will revive in the dungeon. Even if they have the main group sit with their backs together if they suddenly revive in the middle of the sentries then there's not much meaning to it, since it could result in a crisis from splitting up the forces I had them stop it. It's something that can be resolved if everyone just sits in a circle and keeps an eye out behind the backs of those across from them after all.
The cause of the last time was they were too focused on a single direction and let their guards down from behind. If they even had just one person watching behind they wouldn't have been ambushed. Since I was going to arrive in another dozen seconds and it was unknown if I was alone or not so Miduchi said they intended to confirm the moment I entered the range of the spell {Detect.Life}.
Since I'm making use of spells as well I can't say it loudly but I feel like they're relying too much on spells. Putting it frankly whether I was alone or not it wasn't a very big problem. If I was alone they could have just called out to me when I approached and if I wasn't they would have been able to tell after I got close.
In the first place the reason why everyone was hiding behind the rocks was because we had assumed that would be the case.
Close to evening, we arrived at the teleport room on the 7th floor. We dig a hole in the ground and bury a bucket, make a foot bath, spread out a rubber cloth and spread it out on the raised ground to create the base for the shower. Then after cutting down some adequately thin trees near the entrance of the room and using those to make the frame of the shower we returned to the surface. We properly rested in our inns and the next day we carried even more materials.
Year 7445, Month 8, Day 5
So when we arrived at the 5th floor {Sooner} was in the 3rd floor huh...Though I say that, it's an unthinkable speed for the previous {Sun.Ray}.
"What about injuries?"
"One person got a bone fracture in their leg, after that it was three people with stabs and cuts to the arms and legs or so."
Ralpha replied.
"But it was after all just as we heard. It seems that they've even spent an entire day in the dungeon before without entering combat even once."
Since that reply was something I imagined I wasn't surprised.
"Also, on the map we confiscated the locations you can dig up ores were listed. What should we do? Should we aim for it?"
"It should be fine to just ignore the level of ores that can be found on the 3rd or 4th floors. Rather than that let them accumulate as much experience in combat as possible. There's only pitfall traps on the 1st floor so return to the 1st floor starting tomorrow. There's no need to push yourselves continuing to camp inside of the dungeon either. It's fine if you just fortify your formation and use {Audible Clamor} to lure monsters. If it's the entry tax then a couple of gnolls is plenty to earn it back right."
"I understand."
"It's fine if you just test out reorganizing the formations as you think is necessary against goblins and gnolls. It's fine to enter the rooms as well but make sure you're confident that it's definitely an easy win before you enter. Anything after that I won't say anymore."
"If it's the 1st and 2nd floors then if Toris and I are here then the room bosses are fun.."
When I glared at her she shut up. So she still didn't get it...
"Listen carefully Ralpha. Alright, I won't say it twice. The fact that you all can fight decently is something I've long since known, that doesn't matter at all. Think carefully about for what reason I've left these guys in your care. Also, why I still can't let you alone look after them as well."
I pulled Ralpha's ear and whispered to her. Ralpha made a frown from the pain but nodded unexpectedly honestly.
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Dangerous~ If it was a bit earlier then I wouldn't have been at Boil Manor but Kairugu's Inn.
"Ah, Al-sama! Mill-sama has returned! She arrived at the capital yesterday night and on her way back stopped by the store."
Oh~ so sister came back!
"And? The others, everyone from the village!? Are they safe!?"
"Yeah, according to what Mill-sama said everyone was safely able to return to Bakuddo."
I see, I'm relieved.
"The battle itself seems to have quieted down around the end of May and then it seems around the end of June the troops that joined the campaign gradually started to depart leaving just the defense troops. Since Mill-sama and the first knight group seem to have departed ahead of the master and former master so she said they probably still haven't arrived back in the village yet."
Mu, I guess that means father is the former master and brother is the master? Since he was always called Farne-sama it feels off but..because he lead everyone into the battle, I guess that means he was recognized as a full-fledged lord by everyone? Otherwise is it just my imagination? It doesn't matter either way.
"Can I meet with sister?"
"What are you saying. It's for that sake that I came here. According to Mill-sana she has today and tomorrow off."
Rozural smiled and pointed to the back of the carriage. I guess he's saying to hop on. Then without restraint..Ah, that's right.
"Wait just a moment. I'll go though. I'm sorry for your trouble but since there's also the return I'll go on my own horse. But there might also be others who want to come to the capital as well. I don't think it will take very much time so wait just a moment."
I said that before entering the inn and calling out to everyone. The ones going to the capital other than Miduchi and I are Zenom, Basutoral, and Cathy.
After we split ways with Zenom and the others at Greed Company we went to the headquarters of the first knight group just like that for the meeting. Sister came out right away.
"Al, have you been well? It seems you've grown a bit taller again. Did Rozural go out of his way to call for you? Thanks...Are you Chizumagurol-san?"
Sister came out wearing just her under armor while talking in rapid succession and then looked at Miduchi who was holding the reins of our two horses next to me.
"Wa, Yes. It's nice to meet you, my name is Midu~ritto.Chizumagurol. Please call me Miduchi."
Miduchi's stiffened up. Are you an idiot? There's not a single good thing about being liked by sister.
"Hm~~n, it seems you're an adventurer together with Al right? Come with me to the back for a bit."
"Hey, sister! What do you intend to do!?"
Calling her to the back, is she a decades old delinquent? I can't relax thinking about it.
"Nothing in particular, I just thought I'd test her out a bit."
Don't screw around this shitty woman!
"Rather than something like that tell me about what happened in the battle. I've heard that no one died in action though."
"Really~ I'm not talking to you right now...Hey~ Midu-cchi, show me your skills."
Who's this Midu-cchi! Don't be giving her nicknames all on your own! Even Miduchi, look, she's withering back right.
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What did I come here to do again? Ah, that's right, I wanted to ask about everyone from the village as well as Kuro and Mary who should have been participating as members of the Webdos Knight Group.