Magical Explorer Chapter 44

Psych!! I was able to finish early hahaha.

Changing the links on NU will take sometime though.

By the way, seems like this novel will have its own light novel soon. If you want to visit the official site for the light novel you can click on this .

The novel will come out on November 1st (the same day I fly to j.a.pan) so I might buy one if I found it there. Hopefully I will be able to finish the second arc before the first volume release, finger crossed.

-Mr.Graverobber

Beginner Dungeon 3

If the content of this beginner dungeon is the same as the game then it is impossible for us to get wiped out on the early floors. As long as we a.s.semble all the necessary items, taking on the hidden boss on the eleventh floor shouldn't be a problem either. To use RTA strategy (Real Time Attack- the shortest real-time capture (Counting not the in-game time but the actual time in reality) ) for the most efficiency, the player will only loot items from the treasure boxes(Ignore all monster encounters), head toward the tenth floor and beat the boss. 

The difficulty of this dungeon is so low that you can beat the boss black and blue even when your levels are low.

The only obstacle for you in this dungeon is that when you enter this dungeon for the first time, you have to defeat a Majin summoned by the evil G.o.d cultist. That being said, the summoned Majin is very weak. UNIMAGINABLY WEAK. It was so weak that after you defeat the Majin, one of the heroines just casually said "Well that's it, are you guys tired? Let's go home." or something like that. But if you choose to keep exploring you can still beat the boss on the tenth floor pretty easily.

Rather, for a person who already experiences the RTA run like me, not going to the bottom floor is considered a loss of time. With that said, I will definitely capture the bottom floor.

Well, since I'm not the protagonist, I wouldn't encounter the Majin anyway.  Let's just go and defeat the tenth-floor boss and head back.

"Umm, is there nothing but Gyoblins on this floor?"

Gyoblins are monsters that have goblin body and a head of a fish. They are trash mobs that are super easy to defeat.

"Yes, or so I heard."

Ludi replies while keeping her eye on the surrounding. The Gyoblin shoots water out from its mouth. The power is at the level of children's water gun though, at most, it can only make your clothes wet. Out of ten times you got hit by it you will receive only one damage, it is the weakest attack in the game after all. However, Gyoblins are indispensable for collecting Ero CGs. If you later become a Tamer, it is a monster that will accompany you most of the time.

It is a monster I want to tame when I have the chance. The other party members might glare at me so I kind of hesitating a bit. In the first place, becoming a tamer takes quite a lot of time so I likely won't do it.

"……! It's coming!"

When I heard Ludi, I moved my third hand to intercept the Gyoblin that entered my line of sight. 

It seems to be alone.

"C' mon!!"

I made a s.h.i.+eld with third hand and started running. I defend against the water gun with third hand and struck the gyoblin with fourth hand.

"GyoGyoo~~!"

Is battle something this uneventful? The Gyoblin that got blown away convulsed a little then turn into particles of light, leaving behind a small magic stone. Then something like a haze raises up from where its body supposed to be. It split into three parts and fly toward us.

Maybe, the haze was magic power. Something equivalent to experience points in this world. When you collect it, you become more powerful. Well, let's leave it at that. More importantly….

"….Weak."

"….Indeed."

"Well, Takioto's firepower is simply too much for a first-year student after all."

I grab the fallen bead-like magic stone and put it in the bag. Was there any meaning in gathering this in the first place?

"Alright, let's keep going."

Hearing sempai, we keep advancing into the dungeon. I feel like our caution dropped a level.

"There isn't any change for a while now. Everywhere looks the same, I might get lost at this rate……."

Ludi muttered with a small voice. 

It certainly is true. The dungeon consists of simple stone bridges and corridors, I felt like I saw this same environment many times already.

It is just that most of the corridor continues into a straight path so we still haven't gotten lost yet. If this place was constructed into a maze, we might not be able to tell where we are at all.

However, I won't be getting lost here. In the game, this dungeon has a fixed map except for a certain floor and I have been walking through this place according to the map I remembered.

"Yeah, If this place was a maze then it would totally give me a s.h.i.+ver…."

I stopped mid-sentence and beckoned to Ludi.

"Ludi, I heard a voice from over there. It sounds like something is walking at that corner."

Ludi nodded and gather her magic power. [Gyo Gyo] their voices are getting closer, they keep walking our way unaware of our presence…. The magic hit the gyoblins the moment it appeared from the corner. They helplessly turned into particles. I look around but there seems to be no magic stone this time. The stones in this dungeon are often very small so I might miss it though.

"Let's head to the next spot."

I nodded to her word. Though, why does gyoblin walk around while making that [Gyo Gyo] noise?

After that, we smoothly make our way toward the second floor where other monsters besides gyoblin start to appear.

"Golem, huh"

The things that appeared are mud dolls (Golem). As I observe its movement, they're quite slow and their behavior is monotonous. If I defend and counterattack with third or fourth hand then I should be able to defeat it without taking any damage. I thought so at first but to think that I would actually be able to do it…… 

Their movement is too simple, it surprised me.

"Maybe, I just have good compatibility with them?"

Saying so, I pick up a small magic stone.

Comparing it to the fight with the gyoblins up till now, the only difference is that these guys will come to attack you normally. Putting it like that might sound a little strange but those gyoblins do really have a lot of ways to attack us.

"We are still in the lower levels after all."

As a result of learning chant shortening, Ludi also has no problem dealing with the monsters around here.

We chatted casually among ourselves while advancing through the dungeon.

"Ara?"

When we advanced halfway through the second floor, we encounter our first forked path. Well, saying that we finally found one should be better. If this was Dragonquest then people would already be complaining about the straight path we traveled in up till now.

"Which way should we go?"

Left or right, this time the correct answer is left but on the right, there will be a dead end with a treasure chest. People usually say that right is the right way and most of the gentlemen who do RTA usually go and collect the treasure on the right first. 

Well, considering your party member, the treasure might not be necessary for you but most players would choose to collect it anyway.

"Hmm, my guts said that the right path is a dead end so let's turn right here."

As expected, Ludi scowl at me.

"Why are you going there if it's a dead-end? The correct path is to the left, right?"

I raise my hands to calm her down.

"Think about it carefully. Can you really believe my guts?"

"……No, not one bit."

I see… she won't believe, huh. Is it just my conceit that I am right most of the time….

Seeing me depressed, sempai let out a laugh.

"Why are you so shocked when you said it yourself?"

"It's not that, I just somehow expecting a kinder word."

Sometimes when you make a joke about yourselves it comes back to bite you.

"Well, fine. Let's head right then?"

"Yeah."

We started walking. We reached a dead end, but the thing in front of our eyes was not a wall or a box decorated with jewels but an old wooden box.

"Is that a treasure chest?"

"Probably, is it a trap though?"

Truthfully speaking, there's no trap set around this treasure chest. Rather, there's no trap set around the treasure chests in this dungeon it the first place. 

I will not share that information though.

"No use asking, you can't use scout skills, right?"

"Nah, It can't be helped so I will try to open it while using stole s.h.i.+eld to protect myself." 

I said so and look at sempai but it seems like she doesn't want to voice her opinion about this.

I harden third hand to defend myself and slowly open the box with fourth hand.

The thing inside the box is a small engraved red magic stone.

"It's fire magic stone, right?"

"Yeah."

This kind of magic stone is called a battle magic stone, when activated it will cast the magic that has been engraved on the stone. In this case, if you supply this stone with magic power it will blow out fire… I never actually used one so I don't know how it really works though.

"Can I have this?"

"Kousuke seems to be the one that needing it most, huh."

Considering that Ludi can already use fire magic and how poor I am at using long-range magic, this stone will surely be useful to me.

This thing will prove to be a trump card to me who can't use long-range magic. Even if I can't use the magic myself if I just supply the magic stone with my magic power the stone should be able to cast the magic for me. I still haven't used it yet so I can't say it for sure though.

Nonetheless, this stone still has its weakness.

Firstly, they're expensive. It is a rare item that can only be obtained from dungeons. The price for one also jumps exponentially if it can cast an intermediate level or higher magic.

Secondly, these stones are consumable items. This means once you use it, the magic inside will disappear and it will turn into simple stone. That's why these stones are so expensive.

Third, its lack of firepower. By the time you get your hands on the strongest battle magic stone, a character like Ludi should already be able to cast more powerful magic. Comparing them to a magic recovery item, the recovery items are uncomparably cheaper.

In conclusion, they are early game items. Since the second half of the game is quite bloated, these stones are just there to look intimidating or to serve as a warning shot.

"Alright, let's head back to the junction."

"Okay."

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Author note: Takioto and co are too strong at the moment so the battle will be boring for a while.

By the way, Gyoblins are breathing through their lungs so if they can't breathe they will die. ………………..Even in water.