Setting aside the idle talk for the time being, I decided to enter the Mine of the Cyclops, one of Purgatory’s dungeons.
Mine of the Cyclops is a common type of underground dungeon that, from what I hear, has twenty floors.
The monsters are of intermediate strength that emerge from it’s depths.
Since it doesn’t go very deep, it’s the perfect challenge for a one day vacation.
Judging from the name, the image I had before entering was that of a rocky cave.
However, what I saw instead was a gloomy corridor that had paved floors and walls with the surface of the walls having a metallic color.
Although it may have been a bit difficult for a human to navigate the darkness, with my racial ability 【Night Vision】, it wasn’t much of a problem for me.
In addition, the few traps there were were quite easy to disarm since they had been installed poorly.
For being geared towards adventurers of intermediate strength, it seemed kind of dull.
While advancing, I felt a little unsatisfied of the difficulty.
On the ground, I found a goblin with dark skin who had all of the muscles on it’s body torn off by an ice axe.
It’s the kind of goblin known as a Mine Goblin.
Curious as to how it tasted, I immediately ripped off it’s head with my silver arm and ate it.
As for the taste, it was so-so, I guess.
Although it wasn’t delicious, I wouldn’t go as far as to say it was an unpleasant taste. They were probably a common occurrence in this place.
I normally don’t take a bite and then leave the body alone, however, I wanted to make several observations this time, so I left it to serve as an experiment.
If a person dies in the dungeon, it appears after a certain amount of time has passed, the body of that person will disappear.
This is something that I had Minokichi-kun’s group check up on beforehand, however, it seems that I have indeed verified the truth for myself.
In addition, it seems that if I do not remove the body from the dungeon within this time frame, it will vanish even if I have it stored in my backpack.
I hear that the names of those who have fallen to the dungeon are carved into a huge memorial that’s located in the public cemetery near the corner of the city.
In other words, I should eat humans and monsters not related to the dungeon before leaving the dungeon.
However, it’s strange that the dungeon’s monsters can become ingredients.
When your provisions start to run out deep in a dungeon, it seems you can cook the dungeon monsters that you kill and eat them.
For that reason, I experimented to determine to what extent you could bring dungeon monsters back with you.
With the one bite I’d taken still in my mouth, I picked up one of the Mine Goblin’s fingers with my right hand.
Then I changed the shape of my silver arm to conceal another finger within it and then threw the right leg into my item box and left the rest of the body where it was.