(Wn) Chapter 160 (1/2)
160 The 18th Floor
『Looks like we’re finally here』
「Nn」
「Woof」
We finally reached the the dungeon’s 18th floor, the place that'd let us co objectives
The floors that extended beyond the 14th had given us one hell of an adventure The nuic beasts that attacked ush the dungeon
The ic Beasts we ran into were vapor-like creature whose species were simply known as “MIST” They could disperse their bodies and make themselves not only invulnerable to physical attacks, but also entirely undetectable to any that relied on Presence Detection They even had the ability to activate traps if they chose to condense their bodies down to a s the MISTs did to us like n ti as all hell
Disposing of the MISTs was, in and of itself, rather easy All we had to do was blast a few AOE spells every time we entered a new area They kinda couldn’t just stay in hiding if we flooded the entire area with our attacks They’d et destroyed immediately after two or three repetitions as their specs made it so that they weren't really suited to battle
In so off AOEs like crazy also allowed us to set off a few traps in advance and save ourselves fro to deal with them
The only issue with us doing that was that we more or less deprived Fran of a fair portion of her practice That said though, ere already pretty deep in the dungeon, so I figured it was about ti sure she stayed unhurt instead
Besides, I figured that it was athe ive us the skill anted anyways
Specifically, ere looking for Dirty Wisps They were rare apparitions that looked like black balls of light
We walked around the 18th floor for quite sole one
All our efforts ended up doing nothing but providing us exp and ic stones Fran had leveled all the way up to 43, and I was on the verge of getting myself a rank up as well Fran was pretty damn close to her level cap, and I was rather curious as to ould happen when she reached it In fact, I was so curious that I even considered just having her grind out the last little bit on ainst it
『Oh well, I guess it can’t be helped Dirty Wisps are elusive If we can’t find them, we can’t find them Let’s move on』
「Nn」
「Woof?」
『What’s wrong, boy?』
「Growl!」
Urushi+ suddenly growled and used Dark Magic; he shot a jet black spear straight towards one of the dungeon’s walls
「Pigiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!」
『Dude, that’s gross』
A large, purple and orange caterpillar suddenly see to the dungeon’s wall and barged a strange, black liquid A si substance spilled frout
『Wait a sec, did I seriously not just notice that thing till it got that close to us? Did you catch it at all, Fran?』
「Also missed」
「Growl!」
Apparently the thing was called a Mimic Venom Crawler It seemed to be the type of creature that’d wait for its prey to come to it This was further evidenced by its skills, as it had Mimicry, Presence Isolation, and muffled Action As per its name, the Mimic Venom Crawler’s offenses mostly stemmed fro, Poison Magic, and Poison Spray
It seemed that Urushi+ happened to notice it because he’d detected its scent
The intel we gathered before venturing into the dungeon suggested that Mi cause of casualties, and that adventurers should be as wary of theht of as res
Now that we’ve seen them in the flesh, I pretty much came to the same conclusion They were not only extrele blow by poisoning him The only ones that could possibly deal with thehly skilled in detection, and hence, they seemed like they could cause an exorbitant amount of trouble even for adventurers of an intermediate skill level
On the other hand, theMi them doorth it They were extrened actually involved grabbing stuff from their corpses Specifically, we needed their carapaces, their poison sacs, their venos, and their meat
I couldn’t really see anyone wanting to eat one of these things, but they were actually considered quite the delicacy They were said to be like pufferfish in the sense that they were delicious, but could screw you over pretty hard if you didn’t detoxify them properly
Their ive that ave ic, so again, hunting them orth
Alright Urushi+! It’s all you, go go go!
「Urushi+ Do your best」
「Woof?」
Do nose things!
We spent the next two hours having Urushi+, who’d more or less become a professional caterpillar hunter, lead us around
Our little adventure had taken us all the way to the stairs that led down to the dungeon’s 19th floor
We had
「Master What now?」
『Well, I ht as well just move on Dirty Wisps are supposed to spawn on every floor after the 17th, and we’ve already got all the caterpillar corpses we’ll need, so there’s not really any reason for us to go out of our way just to sit around on the 18th floor』
「Nn Got it」