episode_0104

“There’s a place like this, how come people don’t know about it?”

Claire said, looking at the dungeon entrance.

As Claire said, the dungeon entrance was quite large. It was literally the ruins themselves.

There was something like an old temple, but it was almost completely destroyed and its original appearance could not be found. Where it had originally been just the ground, grass had grown so thick that it was difficult to walk, and the temple, which looked like a miniature version of the Parthenon, was completely covered in ivy.

But that doesn’t mean that this place was unnoticeable. It looked like an empty lot in the middle of the forest, and if you got a little closer, you could clearly see that it was an artificially built place.

Even though it was a forest full of beasts, it was unlikely that the hunters of Northwood would not know about this place.

“It must be the power of Ajibo.”

Alice said seriously.

The light coming from the treasure was brighter than before. Other than that, no special effects were visible. A magic circle was visible around the treasure, or hidden letters were visible… …

In fact, if you have just one magic stone, you could easily make something that shows such a mysterious light.

The object looked like a broken slab of stone. There was a pattern carved into it, but it was hard to tell what it was, as it was only part of a larger picture. It looked like a slab of stone that had been broken into several pieces, like something you would find in a horror game to open a door.

The stone slab was broken on all four sides, so it was impossible to tell whether the object in the middle was square, triangular, or circular in overall shape.

I remember seeing this.

Because in the original, it was an item you could obtain after fighting and winning against Verratti.

Verratti becomes a prisoner of the imperial family and a negotiating tool between the Tribunal and the Empire.

… … She is not the heroine. The heroine of the law country appears separately later.

Well, that’s secondary.

“There must be something like a perception-depriving magic. Even by the standards of the Empire, it is a forgotten place, but it must have been a very important place to the previous civilization. ”

“Perception-impairing magic? Is there such a thing?”

“It might have existed in the era when everything was solved with magic.”

Claire looked surprised at my words, and Alice nodded with a plausible expression.

“So you must have brought this information yourself? At least the law country knew that there were places like this all over the world.”

“Isn’t there a supporter in the Empire?”

“But I didn’t know how to use the treasure, and I didn’t even know if there was a map that recorded the location of the treasure. It was nothing more than a ‘treasure to be kept’.”

As I listened to Claire and Alice’s conversation continue, I slowly approached the ruins.

As we got closer, the blue light emanating from the lighthouse became stronger and stronger.

As I was walking away, I heard someone following me from behind.

“Do you know anything?”

Bella, who was following me, asked that.

“… … .”

I didn’t really answer.

Yeah, if you know it, there’s a lot.

For example, I remembered the layout of this dungeon. It may not be exactly accurate, but if I go in and look at the layout, I’ll slowly remember it one by one. Just like when I entered the Imperial Sewers.

And, this dungeon wasn’t that difficult. It was the first real dungeon in the six-part section, which was the second chapter.

The graphics weren’t optimized so the grass was a bit patchy and the ivy didn’t move as naturally as it should have, but after walking around with the faint light coming from the ruins turned on, the ruins looked similar to what I knew.

“From here on, I will take the lead.”

“But, the dangerous thing is… … .”

“The only dangerous things are the monsters inside.”

I simply answered Alice’s concerns and handed the treasure back to Bella.

“I guess there’s no need for a guide inside?”

“You will need it at the end.”

I picked up the shotgun I had brought with me.

Fire bullets would definitely be a big help, since there were a lot of slimes inside.

This is the first dungeon in the form of a ‘dungeon’. Before that, there were dungeons in the forest with twisted paths and such, but they didn’t have the appearance of an underground ruin.

Although the path is twisted and turns here and there, and is blocked by certain devices, at least there are no traps that would cost you your life.

There are just a few more enemies on the inside.

As I pulled back on the shotgun pump and loaded the chamber, the group looked at each other. Even Bella made eye contact with Alice.

Alice had seen me casually finding my way through the Imperial Sewers a while ago, but the sewers and the dungeons built in ancient times were completely different. At least there should be a map of the sewers within the Empire.

After checking the expressions of the two, I turned around and smiled faintly.

It was a smile of pride.

Still, to me, there was still a distinct character.

*

The dark interior of the dungeon was made up of similar stone paths.

In the game, it was depicted as being somewhat bright for the player’s convenience, but the inside of the dungeon was extremely dark. Even though there was a full moon outside, it seemed like not a single ray of light was coming in. Could this also be due to a magical reason?

On the contrary, the light coming from the orb that Bella had received was much more intense than before, and it was brightening up our surroundings clearly. It was a description very similar to the one we had seen in the game.

I thought about telling them to follow me closely, but decided not to. Everyone in the group has better fighting skills than me, so there’s no reason for them not to follow me.

I followed the light of the treasure and went through the dungeon that was spread out before my eyes.

And not long after,

“enemy—”

bang!

Before Claire could even react to the slime in front of her, I immediately pulled the trigger.

Although I barely aimed, the intense flame coming from the gun was enough to vaporize the slime.

“… … .”

Everyone just stared at me with their mouths slightly open until I took one bullet out of my waist and slowly filled the other.

Well, I prepared in my own way.

At least I know what kind of attributes the monsters that pop up here have.

Feeling a small sense of satisfaction deep in my heart, I slowly moved forward.

*

“Sister, you’re amazing… … .”

……hmm.

Maybe a little too much?

There were hardly any traps ahead, and the monsters that appeared… … I was able to deal with them too easily because I had prepared weapons with overspecs. The weapons I brought were all pistols and shotguns, but the slime was weak to hot things and magic.

Mia Crowfield would have been a great help, but it was impossible to drag her out of the casino since she didn’t want to go anyway. Of course, even if I had brought her out, it would have been a bit much to show her this far. I would have rather had her stick to Charlotte.

“Ugh.”

Bella, who had been following me, snorted in interest when we finally reached what seemed to be the deepest part of the dungeon. The mask she was wearing had black paint around the eyes, so I couldn’t see the look in her eyes, but I could tell that the way she was looking at me had changed a little.

“… … This device is.”

The deepest part of the dungeon. In front of the room with the boss monster at the end of the dungeon.

In front of it was an automatic recovery device.

In fact, this was also a game-related permission. Perhaps because the production team thought it was absurd for a merchant to be perfectly fine right before a boss fight, they placed a mysterious device that returned to ancient magic in front of the boss room. In fact, it was a device that appeared here and there, not just here, but at least it was the first time I had seen it since coming to this world.

“Still in operation.”

Alice said as she approached.

A strange spiral pillar, brightly lit and surrounded by colorful lights.

Of course, it would be natural, but it seemed that this did not have store functions.

“… … What is this device?”

It wasn’t until I saw Leo get closer, furrow his brow and look closely at the device that I realized.

Oh, I haven’t seen a single person get hurt on the way here.

The world where a person dies when shot is fairly applied to other beasts and monsters as well. If the bullet has enough penetration power to pierce the skin, even a bear can be killed by a person.

… … Of course, slime goes without saying.

Thanks to my thorough preparation, there were almost no injuries.

So, there is no reason to recover separately here, and you can’t feel anything.

… … Did I really go too far?

Wait, that thought occurred to me.