Episode 50.14 (1/2)
Lecan got back at his inn near dawn and went right to bed.
Once he got up, he had breakfast in his room while explaining the plan from then on to Eda and Chubby.
They waited for knight Futsla's arrival who then led to the west gate. Knight Futsla had two squires bring horses with them but Lecan refused to ride on those horses.
Departing the west gate, he ran with Eda toward the dungeon. Knight Futsla was on horseback but his horse couldn't gain speed on the steep roads. They left him behind. He was screaming something, Lecan paid it no heed.
To begin with, there's no point to Futsla guiding them once they've left the west gate. He got a map detailing a route from Yufonia to the dungeon's entrance from Nodlein and the road was very straightforward.
Running on hill roads was tough but both of them took Stamina Restoratives and had
cast multiple times along the way, they arrived at the dungeon entrance by noon. It was covered in snow. It only took them half a day to traverse through a path that should have taken two days. They had a light meal and entered the dungeon.
The area beyond the entrance was dimly lit.
Lecan and Eda joined hands before reciting <Warp> just in case.
A slight floating sensation and then they were on top of a Red Sand Dune before they knew it.
It's bright. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
There's not a lot of dungeons this bright.
Neither were there many dungeons with a ceiling this high.
And he's never stepped inside a dungeon this spacious in his life before.
There's a sprawling meadow before his eye, with a mountain as a backdrop in the horizon. There should be the Valley area beyond that mountain and Lake and Marsh area to the right of it. Looking back greeted him with a sight of Desert.
”<Floor>.”
Lecan recited the spell and confirmed that they were able to warp back to the surface from here.
They must check up on several things while they're still in this Red Desert.
Magic beasts don't sense nor attack you while you're here.
And Lecan's <Life Detection> won't see beyond the Red Sand Dune. Which means this would be the stairway area in ordinary dungeons.
”<Appraisal><Ignition><Barrier><Float><Recovery><Lightning><Graph Make>
<Move><Concealment><Lamplight><Flame Spear><Fire Arrow><Draw><Flash><Wind>, what.”
”W-what's wrong?”
”No. Nevermind.”
He was panicking for a moment there but <Life Detection>, <Mana Detection> and <3D Perception> all worked normally. No problem there.
Phew, Lecan inhaled greatly.
Lecan realized that the magic he learned in this world wouldn't work in this dungeon during his discussion with knight Nodlein yesterday. However, he didn't expect <Gust> which he got in his original world turned out unusable as well. His detection capability still works as intended. Apparently <Gust> is deemed as this world's magic while his detection isn't.
At any rate, he sighed in relief once it was clear <Life Detection> was usable. He had figured it would work, but if by any chance it wouldn't, their path ahead would turn extremely difficult.
”Eda. Try shooting your magic bow.”
”Un.”
Eda took Bow of Yelvitz, took a stance and shot it.
The magic arrow shot out just fine.
Lecan had figured this would work from his discussion with knight Nodlein as well, but if it didn't, he'd have to send Eda back.
Next, Eda tried to cast
, but there was no response. This was within expectation since Lecan couldn't cast his <Recovery> either.
Next he took <Wand of Cordysie>, and recited a spell, but the anti-physical barrier loaded in the wand wouldn't activate.
Next up, he grabbed <Wand of Red Fireball>. This is an item he brought from his world that allows non-mage to shoot magic by reciting a spell. This wand is loaded with elementary magic <Red Fireball>.
”Eda. You've got <Necklace of Intuador> on, yeah? I'm gonna shoot this near you. Do not move.”
”Un.”
Lecan readied the wand and recited a spell. Then the <Red Fireball> flew out, and dispersed away when <Necklace of Intuador>'s barrier blocked it.
Magic loaded in <Wand of Cordysie> wouldn't work, but <Wand of Red Fireball> would. <Necklace of Intuador>'s anti-magic barrier also worked. Meaning this dungeon doesn't strictly make you unable to cast magic, and more like it inhibits the mana and magical procedures necessary for magic to manifest.
”Alright. <Necklace of Intuador> works fine huh. Let's move on to the Meadow.”
”Un.”
They walked for a bit before stepping into Meadow area. From here on is the true floor 1.
And <Life Detection> works fine here too.
There's no magic beasts nor human within its range.
”Try shooting your bow again.”