Episode 39.7 (2/2)
(I'd never win in a head-on battle against that thing.)
Thus he deliberated with his still spinning head and heavy breathing.
He waited until his head cleared up and took the treasure chest.
It's quite a small chest. As if it's got a potion inside.
Opening it revealed a Golden Potion.
”You can't be serious.”
Lecan murmured involuntarily.
He braved dangers, tiring out his body and mind with battle after battle, yet he gritted his teeth and came this far, it was all because he believed he would obtain the strongest sword by defeating Dungeon Tsubolt's boss. A sword that surpasses even <Comet Cutter>.
Golden Potions aren't really a bad deal. But at the end of the day, it's something you could get even from Dungeon Golbul. Hard to say it's a fitting reward for conquering Dungeon Tsubolt.
Lecan put away the potion in <Storage> and walked into the inner passage back to the stairway all while experiencing a huge sense of disappointment.
”Lecan-dono! You're alive!”
”Yea.”
”But you're bloodied all over. Are you all right?”
”Almost met my end there. I'm fine now.”
”I was not able to get in. It appears there is a limit of one individual imposed to it.”
Lecan recalled how he told Arios about dungeons having restriction on number of individuals that can enter a boss room when they were conquering dungeon Ninae. Looks like he still remembers.
”Yea.”
”What kind of enemy was it?”
”I'll get to that later. We're leaving the dungeon.”
”Eh? Ah, right.”
Now that the boss on the last floor has been defeated, this dungeon will go dormant. The <Sleepless Dungeon> is going to sleep. There would be a huge uproar. They'd get caught up in the commotion if they don't act quick here.
The two warped to the ground floor, left the dungeon and the open space in front of it with quick gaits.
Then, they went straight back to <Rafin's Rock Terrace Inn>.
”So, what kind of magic beast was the dungeon boss?”
”It's an <Armored White Spectre>. But it's fully covered in white bones from head to toe, with red veins running on it. It's weaponless and attacks with fists and kicks. Though it did attack with <Flame Spear> once.”
”So it can shoot magic too.”
”Not sure if that <Flame Spear> was produced by the magic beast itself.”
”Eh?”
”It looked to me like that magic beast sucked in a <Flame Spear> I shot at it. Then it launched the same exact attack a moment later. Thus, it might have been that magic beast's original ability, or it could be my magic it absorbed and launched back.”
”Absorbing magic and returning it to the caster, is that really possible?”
”Beats me.”
”If that's truly the case, then the more powerful spells an adventurer has in repertoire, the more powerful attacks they will have to endure. That sounds very tough.”
”The biggest problem is how <Graces> don't work.”
”Eh? Could you say that again, Graces don't work?”
”Yeah. During my fight with that dungeon boss, my <Necklace of Intuador> wouldn't put up its anti-magic barrier, and <Comet Cutter> couldn't generate its magic blade. Dunno if it's due to the place, or if it's that magic beast's ability, all I know is that you can't use Graces in the fight with the last floor's boss here.”
”I'm amazed you managed to get through that.”
”Yea, to be honest, that thing was way beyond my capability. Magic don't work, and its reflexes far outclass mine. Its body is hard enough to block a slash from a Solid Sacred Silver sword. On top of that, Graces don't work. Not sure myself how I even grabbed that victory. Gotta refuse were I'm told to fight that again right away. I've got no chance.”
”Is that true. Just how dreadful it is to make Lecan-dono goes that far.”
”So, what're you gonna do?”
”What am I to do?”
”You going to fight that boss?”
”We'll have to wait who knows how many, days, weeks or even months for the dungeon to wake up first if I were to fight, won't we?”
”Yeah. Months might be too much, but I'm willing to keep you company if it's only for a little bit.”