idle talk 9 – The Two People’s Dungeon (1/2)

I take pride in being a veteran who has kept on challenging the mothers of monsters――Dungeons for many years.

Dungeons are monsters. Therefore, they are living beings, they have to prey on something.

Of course, their target is us.

However, the preying method of the monsters called Dungeons is a little bit special.

Normal monsters prey by absorbing magical power. Moreover, it’s enough for them to supplement their magical power once every few months.

That’s because magical power circulates through the bodies of the monsters and they are able to store it.

Naturally, Dungeons also possess the same function. But, the Dungeons keeps on preying.

Why is that?

That’s because the primary purpose of the monsters called Dungeons is to expand their bodies.

The body of a Dungeon. That’s, of course, the interior of the Dungeon.

The inner structure of an expanded Dungeon is complicated.

It continues to expand while becoming more complicated. Almost as if it was instinctive.

Of course, not everyone can set foot into such complicated interior body of this monster.

But, the monsters called Dungeons spawn normal monsters in the interior of their bodies. And the things obtainable only after defeating the monsters inside the dungeon can be used to create things that are indispensable for life.

Those who challenge Dungeons and get defeated are preyed upon by Dungeons. The equipment left behind by those who were defeated is enough of the reason to walk inside.

There are cases where some of the equipment became treasures with magical power dwelling in them, making them incredibly powerful magic tools.

These have a value to amass a fortune.

Furthermore, there’s something called the Heart of the Dungeon deep inside the massive Dungeons. That’s far more valuable to obtain than any monsters within the Dungeon.

Depending on the thing, it sometimes has more value than a powerful magic tool.

Thus, people keep challenging the dangerous Dungeons to this day.

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A silent space where only Young Master’s and my steps echo.

The 34th floor of the Jizenovi Dungeon, located in the west of the Ovent is our current position.

Jizenovi means 19th in the ancient language.

There are many Dungeons in the vast Ovent Kingdom, Young Master and I are trying our skill in this Dungeon.

The 30th level is said to be the dangerous area.

This Jizenovi Dungeon doesn’t have atrocious traps, but the strong monsters are its special characteristics.

There are many powerful things such as “Magic Fragment” obtainable in this Dungeon, but Magic Fragments are not our purpose so we haven’t collected them as they would become baggage.

It’s truly waste, but it’s a trivial thing because the Young Master is the son of a prominent person, so there’s no problem.

Rather, the problem is Young Master coming to such den of thieves like this.

But, Young Master is always saying that if he doesn’t have proper skills himself, people won’t follow him.

For that reason, he polished his martial arts and sorcery, and now he’s strong enough to dive this far into a Dungeon with just the two of us.

After passing Jizenovi’s 10th floor, all illumination disappears.

I thought it was a trap for a moment, but I understood that this is just how the Dungeon grew after a while.

But, when there’s no illumination, you have to secure the light yourself. Exploring Dungeon in darkness is no different from a suicidal act.

Even monsters understand that.

The inside illuminated by the illumination magic tool is no different from the 1st floor.

It’s also one of the characteristics of this Dungeon.

A scenery that doesn’t change reduces the adventurer’s concentration, and the monsters aim for that.

While there are no traps, the entire Dungeon is like a detestable trap.

「Young Master. We should be able to see the transfer point soon」

「I see. There weren’t many monsters on this floor, weren’t there?」

「That’s right…… I feel like the monster became scarce once we set foot on the 30th floor, but I might be biased somewhere. Let’s stay focused. There are monster rooms in this Dungeon, after all」

「Alright」

Young Master who was disappointed that no monsters were attacking us tensed up once I reminded him not to lose focus.

There are monsters in the Dungeons. Because monsters are living beings, they wander around the Dungeon.

That’s common sense.

Therefore, there are cases where monsters gather in one place. Places like that are called monster rooms, and they are recognized as traps created by coincidence.

Monsters here are really strong, even with Young Master’s and my fighting strength, it takes a considerable amount of time to bring it down.

This is a Dungeon where two monsters rarely appear at once, but there has been no encounter since arriving at this floor.

But however, although I was more or less careless, I still found the scene before me unbelievable.

Something was thrown from the opposite side of the wall that can’t be destroyed no matter how powerful magic is used, and created holes on both sides of the corridor.

There were two clear holes in the empty passage.

Young Master and I were so surprised we fell on our backsides and stared dumbfoundedly.

I’m saying this myself, but I’m a veteran who challenged many dungeons. Young Master is also a powerful person who’s equal to the 1st elite of the capital’s Knights Order.

The innocent girl who slipped through one of the open holes passed without minding us.

She did it so naturally as if there was nothing wrong, almost as if the hole was originally supposed to be there.

The floating illumination magic tool illuminating the area around her is the top quality among illumination magic tools.

The girl’s hair illuminated by the light is silver.

A transparent-like clear white skin.