By default, there are no such things as [Safe Zones] within the [Flames of Fire Dragon Mountain].
Naturally there are the dungeon monsters relentlessly attacking you day and night, but there is also the ever-changing landscape of the mountains that you need to be occasionally wary of.
Just when you think you're on flat-lands where there is no lava nearby, it suddenly gushes out from right under your feet. Naturally, you also have to be cautious about the toxic volcanic fumes coming out of nowhere.
It seems to me that if you ever decide to take a rest while your guard is lowered in this place, you're as good as dead.
For adventurers that choose to challenge this place, even taking a rest is a challenging task. However, compared to them we have a much easier time since we can build a temporary base by changing the shape of the skeleton centipede. I wonder, can the other adventurers even take a rest in this place... After easily building our base Kanami-chan, who seemed very tired after the day was over, took her rest at ease while I stood guard overnight with my ability [Tireless].
ED Note:ゆっくりalso means at ease, not just slowly.
But I had to slaughter a large number of dungeon monsters who came to attack the camp on my own. Since it's for the sake of everyone, it can't be helped.
I'm not doing this just to fill my belly, that's not the situation here.
Anyway, after a good night's rest, Seiji-kun and Kugime-chan look healthy and in tip-top shape. Looks like it's possible to start conquering the dungeon in perfect condition.
I spent the entirety of yesterday filling my mental map, that went well.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as usual. The reason for this is due to the fact that the local monsters are far stronger than my clones. Thus, I instead summoned some Black Fomorians, infected them with my parasite clones, and sent them out to explore the area. Combining that with Kugime-chan's perception abilities, we covered 4/10ths of the site. In addition, we also found a few field bosses, so in that aspect I can say it went well.
However, the "Fire Dragon Mountain" was larger than expected. Due to constant battle with the local monsters, as well as the terrain itself, we only managed to finish our exploration along the border area in the late morning of today, which was outside of what I planned.
Putting that aside, after taking a lunch break, and exchanging our thoughts and experiences with fighting in the local area, we have decided that we will continue the conquest of this dungeon, and our current course of action will be to hunt down the dungeon bosses.
The real conquest begins now.
[Job: Sentinel] and [Phased Radar Array] indicated the general direction of distant field bosses. Kugime-chan was able to identify a more detailed position of the boss with her abilities.
With this, it is now possible to walk straight towards our destination without getting lost.
We proceed without hesitation since we know we're taking the shortest path, however on our way we were attacked by a large horde of monsters who came flocking over.
Cloaked in black azure flames, an aggregation of skulls that floated freely in the air: the [Skull Legion of Cursed Flames].
Man-sized carnivorous butterflies that scatter strong hallucinogenic scales and phantom fire, while hunting their prey with sharp proboscis whilst hiding in the shadows: [Frey John's Killer Butterfly]
ED Note: If anyone has a better name "フレイジョン・キラーバタフライ", be my guest. Tried looking up who Frey John was, couldn't find any solid references. P.s. I changed tentacles to proboscis, since that's the proper name for the suckers of a butterfly. Ed Zak: maybe it is not about a man but about type of men? As in Frail John? As in Nutterfly that kills frail men?
Flying at high speed using wings of fire, performing kamikaze attacks by exploding in the blind spots of adventurers: [Explosive Bomb Bird].
ED Note: Yes I'm aware the Google translate said "Blaster Bombardment, but ブラスターボンバード is read as something like "Blasta Bomm bado" (Bomm bado does sound a bit like bombard), and バード means bird.
Preying on unsuspecting victims by acting as a puddle of lava, they generate volcanic gas and acidic fluids while bouncing with great speed: [Greater lava Slime].
Adapting to living in hot lava and magma, their main characteristics are the red hot blades they duel wield and flaming dorsal fins on their huge body: [Volcanic Crimson Lizard Lords].
We backed each other up while fending off the attackers, and proceeded smoothly.
However, these dungeon monsters are clearly much stronger than the monsters we previously encountered outside. If we didn't detect their presence in advance, this would have became a critical situation.
Smoothly proceeding forward, we arrived at our destination.
Countless columns of lava rose like tall trees crowding together, this is going to be a dreadful place to fight.
The countless giant columns of lava generate a lot of blind spots, and