Episode 28.3 (2/2)
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”Information desk?”
”Haven't gone there eh. Gotta go to the information desk if ya wanna purchase maps. You can just ask for more details there.”
The slender young man glanced at the big man. The big man sipped his cup.
”No. I think we won't be buying a map.”
”Ah. Yer' gonna hire a <Rat (Cirlan)> eh.”
”Rat?”
”I'm talkin' bout guides. The guides here got the town lord's licenses see. Most won't try to steal or deceive their employers.”
”Ah, so that's what guides are called here. By the way, what are Unique Dungeons?”
”Not unique dungeons. Unique type Dungeons. It's a dungeon where only unique types of a specific magic beast spawn. Only unique types of White Specters spawn here in Dungeon Tsubolt. Those things're far stronger than yer' average White Specters.”
”So it will be the same kind of magic beast that gets stronger as you go down?”
”Yeah. Ah they may be the same kind, but some differ as <Red Body> and <Black Body>.”
”<Red Body> and <Black Body> is it.”
”<Red Body>'s the common body, while <Black Body>'s got some really hard body like they're wearing armor.”
”This dungeon is 120 floors long, is it not?”
”That's right.”
”How many times does it get conquered per year?”
”Hm? Beats me. Not really sure, but think some peeps beat down the giant variant on the lowest floor once a year.”
”Giant variant on the lowest floor? What about the Dungeon Boss, should be on the final floor.”
The big man, Lecan, spoke out.
”Aa. This dungeon's special. There's no boss on the lowest floor. Naturally this dungeon never hibernates either. S'why some call it <Sleepless Dungeon>. <Dungeon of Swords> is more well known tho'.”
”Hou.”
”So that means, the town lord won't summon you even if you conquer the lowest floor then?”
”Oy oy, yer' already worryin' 'bout last floor when ya haven't even got in? But yeah. Not like the town lord's gonna reward you or something even if you beat the giant variant on the lowest floor. More like, ya only got yer' own words as proof of beating the giant variant on the lowest floor.”
”Isn't there some sort of mark you get for defeating that giant variant?”
”Naw nothin' like that. But giant variants 'round the lowest floors sometimes drop swords with <Damage Restoration> Grace. Only drop around floor 100 though if one even drops that is.”
”What'd you say.”
The big man put the cup down and bent his body forward. Pierced by the look in his right eye, Nark forgot to breathe for a moment. Nark also realized something then.
(This guy never opened his left eye.)
(Musta lost it.)
(Why not just heal it up with a red potion?)
(No wait, hold up.)
(Could it be, red potions don't work?)
One adventurer came up in Nark's mind. A dungeoneer by the alias <Skeleton Ogre>, the meat on his right jaw has been gouged out, so the bone under it is visible. That man's wound couldn't be healed with red potions either. It's said such cases aren't that rare among adept adventurers who rest on the summit.
(Yer' tellin' me this guy's as good as <Skeleton Ogre Zoltan>?)
”Did you say a sword with <Damage Restoration> grace gets dropped?”
Nark came back to his sense with Lecan's second question.
”Y-yea. 'S a Grace that restores blade to its original state even after it gets chipped.”
”Some stores should sell that kind of swords then?”
”Nah. Swords dropped on the lowest floor usually got additional Graces on top of its high innate performance. Adventurers who got a sword like that use it for themselves. Even if they did sell one, someone else would snatch it up right away. So you ain't gonna find one in a store.”
”I see.”
The big man grabbed his cup once again.
Nark felt like he could saw a suspicious glint in his eye.
”Ah yeah, another thing, ya don't hafta beat a giant variant twice to create a <Mark> in this dungeon.”
”Hou. So you only have to beat them once to get a <Mark>.”
”That's not what I mean, you get a <Mark> simply by getting down to a floor.”
”Hou.”