Chapter 97 - Gift from Earth dungeon part 2 (1/2)
The gift from earth dungeon, just like its name suggests, the overwhelming concentration and abundance of earth mana in this dungeon makes it covered with nothing but caves and small mountain after mountain. Just like the usual dungeon structure, this dungeon also contains a straight safe main road in the middle free of any sort of danger (from monster or natural hazard from dungeon, not from human action). As for the means of transportation from one level to another, here, there's a very fast escalator bringing people and carriage up and down. Plus, the elevator here is sincerely quite cool, manage to change it bases to accommodate the carriage or group that will be using it. I wonder how or what mechanism is responsible for that. Truly, another mystery on its own.
And like the name, the monster and the treasure chest being spawned here are also earth related. Name it, from usual clay, to lime, to diamond and precious steel like titanium. The monsters are the same, plus, Naoto had mentioned that an A rank Earth Behemoth can be found inside this dungeon (That if you're straying to far from the main road especially on the lower floor of the dungeon)
Well, my target for today is to find the crystal similar to what Diana's currently wears as to mask Rean's blessing. No, maybe I should find it for all ten, nope make it eleven as Rafiah will also appreciate it as well. Don't want her secret being half angel half demon half witch to be exposed.
But before all of that
”Rock monsters!” [Elf boy]
”It is” [Little boy]
”It's cute!” [Cat girl]
”It is” [Charlotte]
”Can I pet one!” [Farhah]
”How about bringing it back home?” [Mara]
”That's a little bit...” [Seo Ah]
”Nope” [Ash]
”EEEEHHHH!!!” [Girls]
”Obviously. How will you feed it?” [Zerolith]
”Our mana!” [Little girl]
”And what if it hurts other people? Will you take the blame?” [Rean]
”...” [Girls]
Rean and Zerolith presented a good argument there. Guess I don't need to tell them how wonderfully dangerous their idea was. Still, rock monsters. Rock monsters is basically and literally a rock that have been supplied with some mana by the dungeon (usually), thus becoming alive. They're weak (not as weak as slime though) and all they can do is shoot or hurl themselves towards people. Luckily most of them are small and should they attack, it felt like small children throwing stones at you, which is relatively harmless as compared to other kind of danger that dungeon have to offer. Still, I should exercise caution and cover them with my mana as to avoid any sort of injuries to them.
”Well then, how about we begin today practice” [Ash]
I should start first. As mentioned before, rock monsters usually get their mana from the dungeon, but that doesn't mean us human can't give it to them. This is a phenomenon that can actually happened inside certain dungeon like this dungeon or the ice dungeon back at Estel. Basically, you supply some mana to these rocks and
”Haa!” [Ash]
As I give my mana to the surrounding rocks, they become alive one by one. And one by one, they started to hurl themselves towards me. Well, such ungrateful children, biting the hand of those that feeds you, but then again, so am I, killing something that I give live to with my scythe. This keep ongoing until hundred upon hundred of them comes at once, for which I started to use magic to defend myself. And then,
”Watch out!” [Kanji]
Yup, I gave birth to a boulder monster. Well, not that it will cause trouble to me, in fact, it is beneficial. These types of monster will usually dropped almost no loots. They're occasionally some loots depending on the type of rocks and minerals that we defeated and generally speaking, the stronger and the bigger it is, the higher the chances of it dropping some loots. And now
”Tadaa!” [Ash]
”It's a jewelry!” [Kara]
”And some strong metal!” [Karon]