Episode 17.9 (1/2)

Everyone took it easy as they slept and woke up.

And then they lit up a campfire and took their time having breakfast.

They're finally entering floor 31.

From here on is the real Dungeon Ninae, according to Heles.

Even if the magic beasts they will encounter look the same as the ones they have seen up until this point, those should be regarded as altogether different things.

”Floor 31 to floor 35 have lesser Octocular Great Spiders, floor 36 to 40 have regular Octocular Great Spiders, and from below there to floor 44 have greater Octocular Great Spiders.”

”You mean like those Octocular Great Spiders on floor tens?”

”They look similar, but their size belies their similarities. Right. I believe they're around three to five steps tall.”

Floor 31 is structured like a sandpit with rocks sticking out of the ground, the view is not good.

As you slowly trek the paths between rocks, you'll occasionally come across spacious sand pits, with one Octocular Great Spider occupying each pit.

The spiders on floor 31 onward are very territorial, even though they don't invade other spiders' territories, they will persistently chase down all invaders that run away in the middle of a fight. As you will end up going into other spiders' sand pits by running away, you're practically left with nowhere to run.

”Attacks just don't work on them. Their head and legs are so tough, bladed instruments cannot cut through them. Their abdomen is jelly-like, you can use blades on that part, but it would either deal absolutely no damage or worse, your weapon could get stuck inside it.”

”Fumu? You're saying there's no point attacking their abdomen?”

”Indeed. It might be possible to deal damage if only we had <Yacklubend Explosive Arrows>.”

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”How about magic attacks.”

”Their head and legs repel light and heat magic. It does work on their abdomen, but they can move around just fine even with half of their abdomen missing. They'd die if an attack gets to the heart however.”

”What's stopping you from hitting that heart with non-magic.”

”Their heart is their weak point. But it's located high up so hitting it is a tall order. Their legs defend their flanks, while their long abdomen hinders an attack from the rear.”

”How do parties who get here defeat them?”

”Most seem to employ the strategy of having someone lure a spider head-on, then another cut off one or two of its legs, and then someone with a long reaching weapon, like spears or glaives, go for its heart. Many also opt to shoot curse and poison arrows at those spiders' abdomen to slow them down.”

”Weren't their legs tough?”

”There are slight gaps on the joints where blades can pass through. This applies to their neck too, you can find joints where blades work.”