「You–! Wadda ya mean by that? Aah?」
「Errー Then, because the self-introductions are over, I’ll move on to the briefing.」
Wanting to avoid any more turmoil, Cruz forcibly ends the conversation. Hang in there, Cruz. I have no means of helping you, but because the above-mentioned dispute has happened early on, do your best. It’s a good opportunity, probably!
「Please, attempt to be friends for the duration of the request.」
「Fuー」
「Ke」
「No problem. Good friends.」
「I sincerely hope that’s the case…!」
After crying so in desperation, Cruz moved onto the briefing.
「The request consists of the investigation of Aressa’s Dungeon:『Cobweb』which has already been conquered. In addition, we are to recover the Magic Ore that’s being generated by the Dungeon at the same time.」
The Dungeon consists of six layers, and its inhabitants mainly consist of insect-type Demonic Beasts. In particular, the 5th and 6th layers are essentially Spider Demonic Beast nests, and their numbers are no laughing matter.
「Because the Magic Ore is generated in the Dungeon Core Room, it’s necessary to make our way there.」
「So we’re to collect Magic Ore, then.」
「Ah, ’bout the Demonic Beasts, can we take ’em down? They’re bein’ allowed to live there on purpose, right? 」
「Ahh, there’s no problem. Reducing the number of Demonic Beasts is also part of the request to a certain extent.」
「Hehehe. I’m lookin’ forward to it.」
Spider-type Demonic Beasts by the name of Trap Spider reside in Cobweb, ranked at Threat Level F. It isn’t a bad opponent for low-class Adventurers for the sake of experience.
「I’ll warn you now, but while the Spiders are weak when they’re alone, they’re intelligent enough to use traps in groups. Their true threat comes from their cooperation. Please, don’t be careless.」
「Ke, there’s no way I’d lose to a Demonic Beast that even a Rank F could take care a’. They’re nothin’ but experience points.」
「…… In addition, Demonic Beasts aren’t the only thing to watch out for inside the Dungeon. Most of the traps in Cobweb aren’t a big deal, but watch out for Transition Traps[3].」
Transition Traps are traps that transfer their victim to any place in the Dungeon. It’s difficult to prevent them from triggering, so even experts can fall into a crisis.
There seem to have been cases where Transition Traps placed in spider webs were triggered, sending their victims to Monster Rooms. There’s a need to be careful.
「The Transition Trap is a fiendish trap that can sometimes involve more than just yourself. Be careful.」
「Yeah, yeah. I got it, I got it.」
He doesn’t understand at all. I’m worried. With a reckless, incompetent fellow with a high likelihood of sabotaging others… I’ll have to protect Fran.