Chapter 44: Frost Anvil (2) (2/2)
“A little more inside. It’s dangerous to be right in front of the doors.”
Since the seal was gone, anyone could open the doors as long as they have muscle strength.
Whether it was the monsters or Sisioth going crazy, it was equally dangerous.
So they should go inside and hide themselves.
Make a fire to drive away the cold and eat anything to restore their stamina.
“You’re right.”
Nodding her head, Vilkay ordered the combatants to move forward and then supported Farragut, who had sat down on the floor.
“Cordelia is probably dead already.”
“Yes, they must have died.”
So many monsters flocked to this place.
They would have probably been eaten by the monsters that flocked near Frost Anvil.
“I have no idea why this happened.”
The reason why the monsters suddenly gathered here.
The Sunflower was kind of a legend.
Therefore, the fact that monsters flocked to the Sunflower when it blooms was not widely known in the world.
No one lived near Frost Anvil in the first place.
“Anyway, let’s go.”
“Yes, we have to recover our strength.”
Kill a few combatants and absorb their souls and vitality, and their strength will return to some extent.
It was at that time when Farragut and Vilkay were having similar thoughts.
At a certain point.
Exactly when they entered a certain point in the corridor.
Farragut felt something.
Vilkay was the same.
“What is this?”
Right after the words came out.
Magic flames shot up from the ceiling, walls, and the floor.
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“Eh?”
“Huh?”
Jude and Cordelia looked at each other.
A ring of pure white light had suddenly surrounded each of them.
“Level up?”
“Ah, did the monsters get caught in the trap?”
“Wow, is this the range of experience that we gained thus far?”
“Aren’t they almost close to the borderline? We’re on the 3rd floor now.”
The magic circles that were installed in the corridor on the 1st floor were a joint work of Jude and Cordelia, so it was natural that they gained experience together.
However, Cordelia tilted her head again as she wondered.
“Uh…by the way, isn’t this indirect hunting very effective in gaining experience?”
Didn’t they level up at once? Aren’t they already level 20?
“Well, it’s just a small profit compared to the number of magic circles we installed. Haven’t the monsters triggered most of it already?”
It was at that moment when Jude had said those words.
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
Once again, a ring of light surrounded the two.
They leveled up again.
Moreover, three rings have appeared in a row this time.
At this point, Jude had no choice but to look confused.
“What happened?”
“Maybe a big fish got caught?”
“I made it myself, but I don’t think the magic circles are enough to catch a big fish though?”
“I don’t know, maybe it’s ‘Silpi’ and then they got hit by the magic circle and went aaahh.”
T/N: ‘Aaahh’ refers to one’s death cry.
At Cordelia’s assertion, Jude’s eyes widely opened and then said as he clenched his fist.
“It’s possible!”
“Uh, that’s my line.”
“What are you saying?”
“On another note, it’s nice that we’ve leveled up. I’ve been running out of mana nowadays.”
The performance of ‘Witch Transformation’ is dramatically improved the more mana one has.
As a magic-specialized character, Cordelia’s mana grew greatly every time she leveled up, so this level up was like the long-awaited rain for a drought.
Furthermore, the effect of level up did not simply stop there.
The witch’s spell book had a structure in which the number of pages that could be opened were increased every time one reached a certain level, so if she increased by one more level now, Cordelia could open a new chapter.
When Cordelia bubbled over with joy, Jude’s expression naturally relaxed. He spoke in a serious tone again afterwards.
“I find it nice too…but we’d better hurry. The monsters have entered the 1st floor after all.”
“Okay, let’s hurry.”
After agreeing with Jude, Cordelia walked for a while before stopping again.
“Ah, I think I know the way from here. We can go that way, right?”
“Oh, that’s right. There is a secret passage over there that leads you to the 5th floor.”
Originally, they had to fight with various monsters that lived in Frost Anvil between the 3rd and 5th floors, but the two decided to skip them all for now.
‘Because you can get a weapon that can help in defeating them.’
It would be a lot easier to defeat monsters after they’ve grabbed power weapons from the armory.
It was not an option for the two who were rotten water, to pass by without defeating the monsters, who were the treasure trove of experience points.
“Po~wer weapon doo doo doo doo doo~
It’s so sweet~ doo doo doo doo doo~
In the Anvil ~ doo doo doo doo doo~
Power Weapon!”
“What are you doing?”
“What am I doing? It’s a song of joy.”
In the original story, they got a Power Spear to defeat the giant White Snake that guarded the Sunflower, but this time, it would be different.
She wondered what else is there.
She thought about what she could bring.
“It’s so sweet~ doo doo doo doo doo~ Power Weapon!”
Cordelia took the lead as she hummed, and Jude thought as he unconsciously giggled and smiled.
‘She’s cute.’
She’ll growl if he said it, so Jude kept his thoughts to himself.
“What are you doing! Come quickly!”
“Yes, yes. Doodoodoodoo Power Weapon.”
“Doo doo doo doo doo.”
“Doodoodoodoodoo?”
“Doo doo doo doo doo.”
“Okay, doo doo doo doo doo.”
“Hmm, good.”
Cordelia smiled in great satisfaction, and Jude grinned too as he began walking again.
And 30 minutes later, the two arrived in front of the ancient dwarves’ armory.