Mr. Nobu’s Otherworld Chronicles Chapter 72

Chapter 72
Chapter 72 Get Your Ducks in a Row  

Now that I'm done with the request and all, time to prepare for the dungeon conquest .

I do plan to return to surface once we get to a nice part sure, but once we dive in, it means the conquest begins for real . Thus, unlike before, I've got to carefully draw up the plan with the girls also in mind .

I've experimented with the s.p.a.ce-time magic 『Dimensional Storage』 since then . Creating a s.p.a.ce that can hold about 100 kilogram worth of things requires 100 mana . Twice the mana amount for a s.p.a.ce that slows down deterioration of things inside . And quadruple the amount for a s.p.a.ce that completely stops deterioration . When I tried making a s.p.a.ce, the magic took the MP from my maximum amount . Apparently the MP needed is treated like another framework . It consumes the MP required to maintain the s.p.a.ce from that amount as well as the maximum amount . By the way, my max MP will be back to its original state if I discard the s.p.a.ce . The MP consumed stays used, and the things stored inside get thrown out though .

Apparently this skill has another hidden proficiency level stat with it, right now I can only create two s.p.a.ces, each holding 1 ton max . It should be more than enough, but being a human I am . I've a feeling that it won't be enough soon enough . Since I don't know how to increase the proficiency level, I'll create and maintain one one ton s.p.a.ce without deterioration . And I'll use the other quota to repeat creation and deletion process . By the way, you can't put living things inside just like magic rucksacks . Wonder if that part will ever be improved?

And thus, since I've obtained a way to store my stuff myself, I've given Futsuno-san all the magic rucksacks I used so far . She'll be guarding our back, so she'll be in charge of holding our stuff . For the sake of hearing her saying 『I've got this ready for this situation!』 when the time is right . I'll carry only a pouch . In public, I'll take my stuff from the Dimensional Storage via that pouch .

As for stuff we carry with

us . First of all, food, and then medicines .
Next is spare equipment and weapons . I don't need spares so long I have my fists, spear and magic, but I'd like to carry specialized weapons other than spears for Kagursan . And so I come to a simple conclusion that oni girls equal iron clubs . Blunt weapons are so nice . Thus I've ordered one from Boss-san . Since I don't have the model, it's the type without thorns and stuff . But I'll get that one for her someday, for sure . Why you ask? Because that's just how it should be!! I'll make the swimsuit if I get my hands on tiger hide, yeap .

Mitama just got brand new equipment, so she doesn't need any . She's got a full set after all . I'm sure Futsuno-san has gotten herself brand new cane and protector along with everyone right about now .  

The problem is food .
We probably will be procuring some on site but we won't know how much of those will be dropped by monsters, so we're still gonna bring lots before entering the dungeon . Considering the watchdogs of feast in our party, I've got to make sure to prepare the very best . Prolly gonna hunt some Louiv Pigs and stuff before proceeding further in the dungeon .

I was thinking of bringing a bath tub since we would likely want to take a nice bath after some nice sweating, but I could just use Stone Wall to create one myself, so I didn't go through with the idea .

While chewing on an extra chicken skewer I got for buying up a lot, I stare hard at maps of dungeon .
They're maps the old man in front of the dungeon are selling . I've bought maps for 6F-10F, the aspect greatly differs from that of the first five floors . I don't plan to take the shortest routes . We're using this opportunity to also raise our levels after all .

6F is a marshland area . There are even poisonous swamps there, gotta be careful . Apparently, it's got lots of amphibian and plant-type monsters .

7F is all about sandy beaches and sea . But why, I thought, apparently that's just how it

it is . Beating the fishmen and stuff that sp.a.w.n there will net you fish for some mysterious reasons . Apparently, sometimes you could get pearls as a drop item from beating big sh.e.l.l-type enemies, it's a floor where many mid-cla.s.s adventurers dream of getting rich quick, for those who pursue the romance of counting their chickens before they hatch .

8F is a jungle . It's a peculiar floor with high humidity and temperature unlike other floors in the dungeon where the temperature is kept at a comfortable level . It's inhabited by monsters such as snakes, carnivorous plants and old trents that can use magic .

9F is a quicksand cave . It's mainly infested by ants, but there are some large monsters around too depending on the locations . Including giant scorpions, manticores and stuff . The quicksands have also encroached onto some pa.s.sages, so there's lots of people getting lost here .

10F changes back to the original looks of the dungeon floors . However, the sp.a.w.ned monsters are all goblins and orcs . And in quite a density as well . It's literally the demon's gate of a floor for female adventurers . Potential for an event where an imperial female knight goes 『Kuh . . . kill me』 is pretty high here .

I plan to run through all these in two months . It's ultimately just a goal though so I'm not gonna rush it . Getting too fixated on goals could lead to regret later on .

Force-wise, Kagursan is a pure vanguard . Me with my katana and magic, and Mitama with her dagger and bow are raid-type middle guard . Futsuno-san and Tama are rear guard . Our party has no tanks . Even if Eleanor-san comes into the picture, she'd be a super offensive type . This is one thing that needs a careful consideration . I'd like to look for a s.h.i.+eld user if we ever get a chance to add more people . For now, we'll pull through by buffing everyone with a modified spell that combine all type of defensive magic, [Full Protection], I made . I mean my Mana Clad is practically like paper before Master and Eleanor-san, so I'm considering the possibility of having to plunge into a barrage of attacks with these

with these power ups . I'd like to have defensive powers like a soaring steel palace one of these days . I want to try saying 『Hahaha, look . These attacks are like garbage . 』

I got sidetracked . I'll be in charge of the frontline, while Kagursan and Mitama are supporting from both sides . Tamchan will be enshrined on top of Futsuno-san's head . After all, only Tamchan and I can use sacred magic . We'll be relying on Futsuno-san's barrier and Tamchan's healing when push comes to shove . Come to think of it, wonder if I can learn barrier art too . It'd be quite convenient if I could use it as footholds like a certain barrier-user . I'll ask Futsuno-san about it later .

Here I am backtracking to the adventurer guild while munching on banana I bought from Yahatt-san . This outing is turning into a little food tour somehow .
Why am I going back to the guild you ask, it's for checking on quests that are related to dungeon's 6F-10F . Lower floors quests were mostly about procuring foodstuff . There should be lots of quests about foodstuff too with higher floors, but I'm sure there will be some peculiar ones too . Like say, getting Golden b.a.l.l.s from the orcs on 10F . I got some myself the other day, but I've crushed them into powder and mixed it with medicines to create vitality agents and stuff . There should be also quests for the giant scorpions on 9F since their sh.e.l.ls can be used to make weapons and armor .
Gotta think up ways to take care of such quests if we're going to take them on in the future .

Guess there's not a whole lot of quests at this time . Most of the remaining ones are quests that have been left untaken for a long time .

《Soul Stones Delivery》
Recruiting people who can regularly deliver Soul Stones from every cla.s.s . One month period . Please makes sure to bring five stones every week .
Client: Alchemist Guild
Reward: Price of each Soul Stones + Wages agreed upon beforehand
Contact Person: beforehand
Contact Person: Alchemist Guild Receptionist

《Fish Dragon Extermination》
In need of livers of a rare Fish Dragon, thus please exterminate the sub-species of Fish Dragon, [Sub Marine], inhabiting the dungeon's 7F . Wanna have a go?
Client: Ordis Temple
Reward: 95,000 mani
Time Limit: Within 30 Days
Contact Person: Oldis Temple's Priest, Avesan .

《『String of Anemone』 Procurement》
Please procure 『String of Anemone』 item dropped by the rare sp.a.w.n of plant-type monsters, Anemone .
Client: Alchemy Shop 『Second Moon』
Reward: 23,000 mani
Time Limit: Within 7 Days
Contact Person: Storekeeper of 『Second Moon』 Alchemy Store, Wakkenin

《Quicksand Cave Investigation》
Monsters that have never been discovered before seem to have appeared on 9F . Some insists that it's a tiger, another mutters as if giving up that it's a deer . We will be waiting at the provisional observatory base located on 9F, 『Whoosh Whoosh』 .
Client: Monster Compiler 
Reward: 1,200 mani each day
Contact Person: Adventurer Guild's Monster Compiler, Uretimo

《Spices Procurement》
Please defeat monsters on dungeon 8F and procure these spices .
Capskong: Pepper
Cinnamonkey: Cinnamon
Cloviper: Clove
Five pouches of each spices .
Client: Restaurant 『h.e.l.l and Heaven』
Reward: 30,000 for complete set
Time Limit: Within 20 days
Contact Person: Restaurant 『h.e.l.l and Heaven』 manager, Gai

Lots of troublesome-looking quests there . I can see why people keep their distance .
The rewards are nice compared to low floor quests indeed, but they're appropriate if we consider the labor needed to get there and the enemy strength . But this spice quest, the size of pouches and the amount of drop itself are unknown, would anyone even take on this quest?
But I'm glad I came here and saw these . I've still got to prepare a wee bit more . First of all, I need to get more bags to separate things . I don't know in which form stuff like spices will be dropped, it could potentially be disastrous if we don't have more than one bag to split them .
Also, after checking with the staff, apparently, there have been lots people that fell victim to the 7F Fish Dragon that was in the quest earlier . Especially male adventurers, apparently it's persistently going after male adventurers, I was warned .  

I was just looking at the quest board . Yet it's enough to make me ponder .

Chapter 72 Get Your Ducks in a Row Now that I 39 m done with the request and all, time to prepare for the dungeon conquest . I do plan to return to surface once we get to a nice part sure, but once we dive in, it means the conquest begins for real . Thus, unlike before, I 39 ve got to carefully draw up the plan with the girls also in mind . I 39 ve experimented with the s.p.a.ce time magic Dimensional Storage since then . Creating a s.p.a.ce that can hold about 100 kilogram worth of things requires 100 mana . Twice the mana amount for a s.p.a.ce that slows down deterioration of things inside . And quadruple the amount for a s.p.a.ce that completely stops deterioration . When I tried making a s.p.a.ce, the magic took the MP from my maximum amount . Apparently the MP needed is treated like another framework . It consumes the MP required to maintain the s.p.a.ce from that amount as well as the maximum amount . By the way, my max MP will be back to its original state if I discard the s.p.a.ce . The MP consumed stays used, and the things stored inside get thrown out though . Apparently this skill has another hidden proficiency level stat with it, right now I can only create two s.p.a.ces, each holding 1 ton max . It should be more than enough, but being a human I am . I 39 ve a feeling that it won 39 t be enough soon enough . Since I don 39 t know how to increase the proficiency level, I 39 ll create and maintain one one ton s.p.a.ce without deterioration . And I 39 ll use the other quota to repeat creation and deletion process . By the way, you can 39 t put living things inside just like magic rucksacks . Wonder if that part will ever be improved And thus, since I 39 ve obtained a way to store my stuff myself, I 39 ve given Futsuno san all the magic rucksacks I used so far . She 39 ll be guarding our back, so she 39 ll be in charge of holding our stuff . For the sake of hearing her saying I 39 ve got this ready for this situation when the time is right . I 39 ll carry only a pouch . In public, I 39 ll take my stuff from the Dimensional Storage via that pouch . As for stuff we carry with us . First of all, food, and then medicines . Next is spare equipment and weapons . I don 39 t need spares so long I have my fists, spear and magic, but I 39 d like to carry specialized weapons other than spears for Kagura san . And so I come to a simple conclusion that oni girls equal iron clubs . Blunt weapons are so nice . Thus I 39 ve ordered one from Boss san . Since I don 39 t have the model, it 39 s the type without thorns and stuff . But I 39 ll get that one for her someday, for sure . Why you ask Because that 39 s just how it should be I 39 ll make the swimsuit if I get my hands on tiger hide, yeap . Mitama just got brand new equipment, so she doesn 39 t need any . She 39 s got a full set after all . I 39 m sure Futsuno san has gotten herself brand new cane and protector along with everyone right about now . The problem is food . We probably will be procuring some on site but we won 39 t know how much of those will be dropped by monsters, so we 39 re still gonna bring lots before entering the dungeon . Considering the watchdogs of feast in our party, I 39 ve got to make sure to prepare the very best . Prolly gonna hunt some Louiv Pigs and stuff before proceeding further in the dungeon . I was thinking of bringing a bath tub since we would likely want to take a nice bath after some nice sweating, but I could just use Stone Wall to create one myself, so I didn 39 t go through with the idea . While chewing on an extra chicken skewer I got for buying up a lot, I stare hard at maps of dungeon . They 39 re maps the old man in front of the dungeon are selling . I 39 ve bought maps for 6F 10F, the aspect greatly differs from that of the first five floors . I don 39 t plan to take the shortest routes . We 39 re using this opportunity to also raise our levels after all . 6F is a marshland area . There are even poisonous swamps there, gotta be careful . Apparently, it 39 s got lots of amphibian and plant type monsters . 7F is all about sandy beaches and sea . But why, I thought, apparently that 39 s just how it is . Beating the fishmen and stuff that sp.a.w.n there will net you fish for some mysterious reasons . Apparently, sometimes you could get pearls as a drop item from beating big sh.e.l.l type enemies, it 39 s a floor where many mid cla.s.s adventurers dream of getting rich quick, for those who pursue the romance of counting their chickens before they hatch . 8F is a jungle . It 39 s a peculiar floor with high humidity and temperature unlike other floors in the dungeon where the temperature is kept at a comfortable level . It 39 s inhabited by monsters such as snakes, carnivorous plants and old trents that can use magic . 9F is a quicksand cave . It 39 s mainly infested by ants, but there are some large monsters around too depending on the locations . Including giant scorpions, manticores and stuff . The quicksands have also encroached onto some pa.s.sages, so there 39 s lots of people getting lost here . 10F changes back to the original looks of the dungeon floors . However, the sp.a.w.ned monsters are all goblins and orcs . And in quite a density as well . It 39 s literally the demon 39 s gate of a floor for female adventurers . Potential for an event where an imperial female knight goes Kuh . . . kill me is pretty high here . I plan to run through all these in two months . It 39 s ultimately just a goal though so I 39 m not gonna rush it . Getting too fixated on goals could lead to regret later on . Force wise, Kagura san is a pure vanguard . Me with my katana and magic, and Mitama with her dagger and bow are raid type middle guard . Futsuno san and Tama are rear guard . Our party has no tanks . Even if Eleanor san comes into the picture, she 39 d be a super offensive type . This is one thing that needs a careful consideration . I 39 d like to look for a s.h.i.+eld user if we ever get a chance to add more people . For now, we 39 ll pull through by buffing everyone with a modified spell that combine all type of defensive magic, Full Protection , I made . I mean my Mana Clad is practically like paper before Master and Eleanor san, so I 39 m considering the possibility of having to plunge into a barrage of attacks with these power ups . I 39 d like to have defensive powers like a soaring steel palace one of these days . I want to try saying Hahaha, look . These attacks are like garbage . I got sidetracked . I 39 ll be in charge of the frontline, while Kagura san and Mitama are supporting from both sides . Tama chan will be enshrined on top of Futsuno san 39 s head . After all, only Tama chan and I can use sacred magic . We 39 ll be relying on Futsuno san 39 s barrier and Tama chan 39 s healing when push comes to shove . Come to think of it, wonder if I can learn barrier art too . It 39 d be quite convenient if I could use it as footholds like a certain barrier user . I 39 ll ask Futsuno san about it later . Here I am backtracking to the adventurer guild while munching on banana I bought from Yahatt san . This outing is turning into a little food tour somehow . Why am I going back to the guild you ask, it 39 s for checking on quests that are related to dungeon 39 s 6F 10F . Lower floors quests were mostly about procuring foodstuff . There should be lots of quests about foodstuff too with higher floors, but I 39 m sure there will be some peculiar ones too . Like say, getting Golden b.a.l.l.s from the orcs on 10F . I got some myself the other day, but I 39 ve crushed them into powder and mixed it with medicines to create vitality agents and stuff . There should be also quests for the giant scorpions on 9F since their sh.e.l.ls can be used to make weapons and armor . Gotta think up ways to take care of such quests if we 39 re going to take them on in the future . Guess there 39 s not a whole lot of quests at this time . Most of the remaining ones are quests that have been left untaken for a long time . TLN If you 39 re reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . Soul Stones Delivery Recruiting people who can regularly deliver Soul Stones from every cla.s.s . One month period . Please makes sure to bring five stones every week . Client Alchemist Guild Reward Price of each Soul Stones Wages agreed upon beforehand Contact Person Alchemist Guild Receptionist Fish Dragon Extermination In need of livers of a rare Fish Dragon, thus please exterminate the sub species of Fish Dragon, Sub Marine , inhabiting the dungeon 39 s 7F . Wanna have a go Client Ordis Temple Reward 95,000 mani Time Limit Within 30 Days Contact Person Oldis Temple 39 s Priest, Avesan . String of Anemone Procurement Please procure String of Anemone item dropped by the rare sp.a.w.n of plant type monsters, Anemone . Client Alchemy Shop Second Moon Reward 23,000 mani Time Limit Within 7 Days Contact Person Storekeeper of Second Moon Alchemy Store, Wakkenin Quicksand Cave Investigation Monsters that have never been discovered before seem to have appeared on 9F . Some insists that it 39 s a tiger, another mutters as if giving up that it 39 s a deer . We will be waiting at the provisional observatory base located on 9F, Whoosh Whoosh . Client Monster Compiler Reward 1,200 mani each day Contact Person Adventurer Guild 39 s Monster Compiler, Uretimo Spices Procurement Please defeat monsters on dungeon 8F and procure these spices . Capskong Pepper Cinnamonkey Cinnamon Cloviper Clove Five pouches of each spices . Client Restaurant h.e.l.l and Heaven Reward 30,000 for complete set Time Limit Within 20 days Contact Person Restaurant h.e.l.l and Heaven manager, Gai Lots of troublesome looking quests there . I can see why people keep their distance . The rewards are nice compared to low floor quests indeed, but they 39 re appropriate if we consider the labor needed to get there and the enemy strength . But this spice quest, the size of pouches and the amount of drop itself are unknown, would anyone even take on this quest But I 39 m glad I came here and saw these . I 39 ve still got to prepare a wee bit more . First of all, I need to get more bags to separate things . I don 39 t know in which form stuff like spices will be dropped, it could potentially be disastrous if we don 39 t have more than one bag to split them . Also, after checking with the staff, apparently, there have been lots people that fell victim to the 7F Fish Dragon that was in the quest earlier . Especially male adventurers, apparently it 39 s persistently going after male adventurers, I was warned . I was just looking at the quest board . Yet it 39 s enough to make me ponder .