Chapter 171 (1/2)

『The Levels of the Dark King Magic, Dark De, Increased Mana Recovery Rate, Transcend Li Technique and Surpass Li to the previous challengers of the Trial of Zakkart, like the Majin king Godwin and the Dark Elf king Gizan, the floors of the Dungeon could generally be divided into three categories

Firstly, the first to the thirty-fifth shallowest floors were riddle floors They encouraged challengers to display acts like those of Zakkart and the other creation-oriented champions, and imposed deadly penalties upon those who acted like Bellwood and the other combat-oriented champions

From the thirty-sixth to the seventy-second floors in thethe desert floor that Vandalieu’s party had cleared to level, there were no

Each floor had a different internal layout and presented a harsh environainst monsters that were adapted to these environh these was tested

Three large silhouettes that appeared to be titans wearing conspicuous, fluffy, black furs, as well as a floating h the air, were passing through one of these middle floors

“So, I suppose this eon? shi+eld Bash!+” shouted the ‘Saint of Healing’ Jeena, driving her round shi+eld into the stomach of a Yeti Berserker whose body was covered in white fur

Her ar title would suggest, sent the Yeti Berserker flying towards thefro scream drowned out the sound of the iarn’s run out of tricks, too, right?!” said the ‘Sword King’ Borkus

His enoro that was even larger than hio, which looked related to Yetis at first glance but were actually Deo was nothingas he didn’t let his guard down

Jeena and Borkus had been class adventurers when they were alive; for them, these middle floors of the Trial of Zakkart didn’t see as one didn’t fail the riddle-solving of the earlier floors and becoroups of erous traps as a result

Yeti Berserkers and Poison Wendigos were Rank 9 They were monsters that could be defeated without too htning Blade Wave! I don’t think that’s the case,” said Zandia, the two-meter-tall titan Zoical blade of lightning to hold back a newly-appeared Poison Wendigo

“Really? Both this icy field and the desert before it are just ordinary Dungeons other than the large aree with Borkus Have you noticed so?” Jeena asked

“H that neither of you noticed, but… I think these ers, but their ability to adapt to different situations creatively,” said Zandia

“Adapt?”

“That’s right They’re testing whether we can get through theto the harsh environht of the desert, the ular intervals, the forest of enor of spores and even this ice field that’s so cold that the monsters’ blood freezes the moment we spill it If we don’t adapt to the environments well, we’ll be killed by monsters that we’d nor creatures were not always in their best conditions; their conditions varied greatly depending on their environments

It would be difficult for -hot desert, a as, a dark fungal forest with spores blocking visibility and this intensely cold ice field, whose ground was entirely ice and snow

“I see,” said Jeena “We’re not supposed to overcome these proble spirit; we’re supposed to solve theic Maybe it’s because you’ve becootten smarter and smaller”

“Jeennee, you’d die before you learned any resistance Skills and it would be completely impossible illpower alone,” Zandia pointed out “And I haven’t beco, Zandia and Jeena had reached Rank 9 and 10 respectively Their race titles had changed from Zombie Hero to Zo different about their appearances… or at least, there shouldn’t have been, but Jeena teased Zandia from time to time

“Hey Princess, even if we’re supposed to be creative, it’d be i the materials and stuff with us beforehand!” said the Thunderbolt Ghost Kihtning attacks at the unarhters and Yeti Berserkers

Incidentally, Princess Levia wasn’t participating on this floor because the Yeti Mages and Wendigos used water-attributeeither because her body, which was beco more and more material, would freeze if she lost her focus even a little

“And there are way too many different types of environ and brought everything you needed, you’d need an Item Box or you’d need to be Boss!”

As he said, there were limits to how much ordinary humans could carry Weapons and armor were already considerably heavy; it would be ih equipment to adapt to an ice field and a desert

With repeated Job-changes, the physical abilities of the huht of as superhuin But even such superhuer than their own bodies

“That’s why you’re supposed to use o with a light-attribute ray “The carapaces of the Sandworms that appeared in the desert floor, the furs of the Yetis of this floor, there’s all kinds of stuff, isn’t there? I think Gufadgarn is telling us to gather things for ourselves and put the to the records left in Vida’s Resting Grounds, it was Zakkart and the other creation-oriented champions who had established the utilization of

Materials taken from monsters had been used as food and equipe, such as which monsters’ meat were suitable for consus could be used as weapons, had not been shared between clans and settlements

Hill further developed the techniques used to process monster materials, and Ark discovered a way to use Alchemy to create even better equips and inventions and coe, and Zakkart used this to createand to spread the knowledge to the craftsions

Before that, the ways that ions and craftsmen, but with the champions’ actions, the techniques were i forgotten in hu was defeated, the population of the world had shrunk to a e and techniques were lost

And when Vida distanced herself froratitude towards the creation-oriented chae

Farain when he founded the Adventurers’ Guild, but because of that, there were many who credited Farmaun for the achievements of the other champions

At the time, Farmaun had told the people that the achievements were those of Ark, Solder and the others, and there were even written records that this was the case, though he was still responsible for not allowing the knowledge and techniques to be lost completely

But naturally, none of these circue of what transpired in human society

That was likely why the effective use of eon’s trial

“Hled e noise and vanished

The Jack Frost facing her, a snowht of its ene the snow and ice beneath the Jack Frost’s feet

“Bah!” she gasped “I take back what I said! It’s just like you said, Zandichan, this is a harsh environment!”

It seemed that she had fallen into a crack in the ice that had been covered by snow

“Jeennee, His-Majesty-kun told us to be careful of crevasses, didn’t he? He said to not step anywhere other than where enemies have stepped on and where the snow has been bloay Does ‘saint’ mean ‘muscle-head’ rather than ‘holy person?’” said Zandia, casuallyJeena

Jeena puffed out her cheeks

“Other than the cracks in the ice, we haven’t struggled that much,” said Borkus “Even the cracks… Sword Stor Techniquewith the surrounding snow

“We can’t miss theht?” Borkus said, resting his ree

“I’ you, that’s because we’re Undead,” said Zandia, narrowing her eyes “Our senses are dull and the te a little hot or cold has no effect on our condition”

As she said, as they were Undead, they were not affected by environ somewhat harsh Their bodies were not alive

Hues if their body water content dropped by a few percent or their body terees They certainly wouldn’t be able to fight normally; they would hallucinate and have severely i If their body water content or body temperature dropped more than that, they would likely die before the monsters could kill theely unaffected by such changes As their senses were dulled, they wouldn’t feel any mental stresses, either

But that didn’t ht be that we are affected, even if we don’t notice My fingers are broken inside ers had frozen and broken

Even though she was a Zoh to freeze her body

She earing heavy anti-cold equip’s fur to keep the cold out, but… her usual body temperature was low and her body fluids didn’t circulate, and perhaps this made her less suited to extre huet aith that little das are easier for us in a number of ways… ah, it’s His-Majesty-kun”

A creature that was co to be a Yeti child… Vandalieu, who had activated the Deed fro behind the Undead titans

Vandalieu, now a black furball, used Flight to approach Jeena and released Rita and Saria, who Technique

“Jeensan, we’re changing places!” said Rita

“Leave the rest to us,” said Saria “Our bodies are spirit form, after all Please have Bell Ar on the materials of their armor, they were unaffected by the extreme cold

“Okay, thanks,” said Zandia “By the hy isn’t His-Majesty-kun talking?”

“Apparently it’s because his lungs will freeze if he opens his mouth,” said Rita

“… It’s said that children are outdoor creatures, but I suppose there’s a liet more Undead like me that can withstand cold teuys like the Ahrai family, leave it to me,” said Kimberley

And so, the cause of death of the villains in the next town that Vandalieu would visit was decided

Having cleared the ice-field floor, Vandalieu and his co on the stairs between it and the next floor

“Ah, it was so cold I underestih I’ve never experienced such extreme cold, I was naïve,” said Vandalieu

“It’s been a while since we felt cold, too,” said Rita

“Well, I think it was just us i the cold,” said Saria

Even in the Trial of Zakkart, the stairs were generally safe zones But if one spent an entire day on the stairs or it was decided that the challengers had given up on clearing the Dungeon and were intending to use the stairs to survive, ers would be forcibly teleported to the next floor

But since they could rest here, perhaps it was less harsh than the B-class Dungeon that Vandalieu had created in his atte myself to the outside air steadily drained my Vitality; it was a very harsh place I cannot really release hed Princess Levia, as being used as a caht in rain or even blizzards as long as she was careful of the water vapor, but it see insulating clothes had been impossible for her to cope with

“I did not expect the cold to be so extreme that even my Comfort Maintenance Skill would not be able to maintain a pleasant te’s fur not warm, Master?” asked Luciliano, who had co safely

“Maybe because I’’s body wasn’t that strong against the cold to begin with, it seeainst the cold than Yeti fur,” said Vandalieu

Luciliano took note of Vandalieu’s words

“Well then, I shall uarantee that there won’t be another floor like that one ahead of us,” said Tarea as she began work on the Yeti fur that Borkus and the others had gathered “The quality will be quite rough, since I a them quickly Please don’t mind if it looks unfashi+onable”

“I won’t care I’ood for a frozen body,” said Borkus

“It really is I’ to take a bath in Orbia every day fro their frozen bodies in a liquid that had been heated by Princess Levia

“Hey, you two, be more considerate I feel bad for Orbisan,” said Zandia

The liquid they were bathing in was the Dark Broad Ghost Orbia

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it You guys worked hard in the place of those of us who couldn’t go outside Van-kun, you should co out to Vandalieu while she warmed Borkus and the others with her liquid tentacles

But Vandalieu had so he needed to do before that

“I need to eat first,” he said

Vandalieu had stepped onto the frontlines for the first time in a while on the ice fields, but other than that, he had spent al But it wasn’t because he was slacking off; he had to provide all of the vitamins, calcium and chitin required by those he had equipped with Group Binding Technique – the insectoid and plant monsters, as well as Privel, Gizania and the others… he had accidentally gone and tae Gluttony Worm, so the burden on him had increased sharply

“So, it is i’s blubber?” said Luciliano

He was asking whether Vandalieu could provide the nutrients required by his equippedhis Mana to create fat

“It’s possible, but it’s not very efficient,” Vandalieu replied “I would have to constantly activate the De that I’ll have to use Dark King Magic when the time calls for it, it’s harsh on my Mana My Mana recovery won’t keep up with the expenditure”

“I see… Incidentally, it see his pen and covering his nose

“I followed the recipe, but… is Poison Wendigo entrail stew really edible, Van?” Basdia asked

“I have heard that Yetis are not suitable for consus, you know? It is said that Bushi+ show strength in the face of hunger, or soweakness even in tie of cooking inside Saht out a stew that looked too colorful to be considered food

“We can offer our ion as they looked at the stew’s eye-piercing, fluorescent colors

The others would have probleenerate, but ion’s offer rather than eat this stew

“No, let’s leave that as a last resort I’ve erased the poisonous coenerally were not considered to be edible The reason for this was that the bodies of many of the a De short of suicide

But since Vandalieu had erased the poison with his nored how it looked, so could be done about the smell… the stink Vandalieu steeled his resolve and put some of the stew in his mouth

“… You two, it’s more delicious than it looks,” he said

“Van, you don’t have to force yourself,” said Basdia

“I want you to be honest,” said Gizania

“… It tastes just a little worse than Gobu-gobu,” said Vandalieu

The traditional preserved food of the Ghouls, Gobu-gobu, which turned the nor edible Vandalieu found the stew a little worse than that food

“As we expected,” Basdia and Gizania said, nodding

“It was like that for me when I tried it, too The sh,” said Basdia

“Both of us clapped at our success before we tried it,” said Gizania

Apparently, they had tasted it and decided that it was just barely acceptable

In truth, it really was just barely acceptable It couldn’t be called delicious just because the poison was gone, however