Episode 31.1 (1/2)
”Lecan-dono.”
Arios's word pulled Lecan back to reality.
(Did unrest show up on my face?)
Lecan getting shaken up here would drastically lower this group of five's survival rate. He pulled himself together.
His composed eyes look at the three members of <Grindam>.
”The stories I heard don't do this floor justice, tis' a whole different spectacle indeed.”
”My, even you look like a hottie lit under this blue light.”
”Floor 100 eeh. We really made it here.”
They're feverish.
They can't fight in this state.
”All right. Today's expedition is over. Tomorrow is a rest day. We're going back here on the 2nd of month two. First, we're gonna have a feel of fighting floor 100's foes. Might end up having to fight a few battles against normal variants. Then once we're ready, which may take days, we'll take on the giant variants. Tonight we drink. My treat.”
Cheers erupted on floor 100 of Dungeon Tsubolt.
”Arios you stay.”
”Eh?”
”We're going around floor 90s as a warm up.”
”You're kidding me, right?”
Lecan and Arios went around floor 90s' rooms. Lecan calmed down as he demolished magic beasts one after another.
(We need intel first thing first.)
That night the five had a toast in <Rafin's Rock Terrace Inn>.
”I still cannot believe we really managed to arrive at floor 100 with just five people.”
”Are you still going on about that?”
”Tsuinga. A group of ten may be the norm nowadays. But that <Skeleton Ogre Zoltan> has gone on a record saying a five-person party fits best for this dungeon.”
”Well yeah, we are talking about Zoltan here after all. But that's just cannot be done by your average adventurers.”
”Oh not at all. I heard five-person parties were common back in the days.”
”Excuse me, Bruska-san. What kind of person is this <Skeleton Ogre Zoltan>?”
”He's a legendary adventurer, see. A man who's been keeping his reign on floor 120 unchallenged. Did you know that the father of this inn's owner, Nark-san, is a member of Zoltan party?”
”Then I suppose Nark-san's father is someone who belongs to the <Other Side>.”
”Nah. My old man left the party before they broke through floor 100. Was to weed my mother. After that, they built this inn. Here, freshly cooked dish coming right up.”
Everybody cheered at the tasty looking food.
”Bruska. Tell me about floor 100s.”
”Sure thing, Lecan. Ask away anything.”
”First of all, there's five magic beasts in each room, is that right.”
”Yea. I mean not like I've seen it myself, but there's no mistake about that info.”
Both Tsuinga and Yoana also nodded.
”What's the breakdown of those five. How's ratio like for <Red Body> and <Black Body>?”
”No, that's not it. <Red Body> or <Black Body> don't spawn from floor 100 down.”
”What?”
”Lecan. What dwells on floor 100 and below are neither <Red Body White Spectres> nor <Black Body White Spectres>. It's <Armored White Spectres>.”
Thus Tsuinga spoke to Lecan.
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”<Armored White Spectre>?”
”Yep yep, Lecan. They're still White Spectres, but their whole body is covered in this super sturdy <Black Body>-like armored rind, they can also attack physically and magically.”
”Hou.”
The local adventurers <Grindam> had spoken. Therefore, even though neither <Life Detection> nor <Graph Make> could display them, magic beasts do exist on floor 100. That info brings relief as well as a fact that there are magic beasts undetectable by <Life Detection> or <Graph Make> out there.
Battles will undoubtedly become even fiercer from now on.
”Their bodies are smaller too, aren't they?”
”That's right, Arios. Yet despite that, they're so quick and sturdy. The reason why it's hard to deploy the usual encirclement through sheer numbers tactic.”
”What about Grace Gear spawn rates? I have a feeling I heard something about better drop rate from floor 100 down.”
”Starting from floor 100, at least one of the five magic beasts will always carry a Grace Gear with them.”
”Hou.”