Hang on, I need to check on 9.

Dungeon Map

(Rin POV)

Welcome back, Drifter Rinne. I am glad you are safe

What awaited beyond the warp gate, was the same Iris who sent us off.

Im back~

Nana, who went through earlier, should have already given her greetings. Shes in the corner of the room juggling Stardust Fragments.

Stardust Fragments are items that look like big konpeit candies, theyre around the size of a baseball.

Theyre stored in the special category of our inventory, so no matter how many pieces we obtain, there will be no extra weight or agility penalties.

If you form a party, the total number obtained will be divided between the number of party members and distributed once the dungeon is cleared or party disbanded.

With this method, if two people form a party from the beginning and till the end, they will have the same amount of Stardust Fragments.

Even if well have the same number of fragments totalized for the final ranking, just how are they going to decide the ranking order?

I tried asking Iris that question, she nodded at once and answered.

Its random

The ranking order of those with equal fragments will be decided randomly. Also, the fraction of the total item count indivisible between the members will be also be distributed randomly (9: uhg, basically if the number of stardust fragment is 13, then there are 3 members, each member will have 4 and the last one will be randomly given to one of the members)

Ah, I see.well, Im fine with that though. I can just regulate the number by going solo at the end

Well, if they say that it would be decided with RNG then it cant be helped.

In the first place, the reward for ranking in this event is quite sloppy.

For each server, the greatest rewards will be distributed from the 1st place to the 6th place.

Then the rewards for the top 100 rankers.

And after that, the top 1000.

Finally, the remaining players will all get the same reward.

The reward decreases by one following the ranks, the rarest available reward is the Revive Potion.

If you really dislike the RNG factor, then you can just go solo.

When solo, all Stardust Fragments dropped will be counted as yours.

We received around 500 fragments this run. It seems that Mirage drops around 100. As I thought, this boss does have good efficiency.

Since were a duo, we can each freely use 250.

Its a bit sudden, but can we exchange fragments?

Stardust Fragments exchange is it? Here is the catalog

Catalog.

Looking through the magazine like object I received. It was pretty much a normal catalog.

This kinda feels likeyeah It feels like Im suddenly back to reality, Id prefer them to have placed this list in a menu card.

Pulling my thoughts back together, I inspected the contents, Beginner Potion, Medium Potion, Candy Potion, MP potion..potions filled up the first three pages.

It helps that MP potions are an option. Theyre rather hard to make and quite expensive at NPC shops.

A medium one costs 100 fragments. If you consider this a boss drops then..It might not be too bad.

Nn~

Did she get tired of juggling? Nana peeked at the catalog I was reading.

Since Im taller, thinking about Nana whos standing on her toes, I lowered the catalog a bit.

Ehehe, thanks

Youre welcomeIs there anything you want?

Nn~ I thought about it, but I wonder if theres some kind of mapping item or something similar

I was taken aback by what Nana asked with a sloppily smile.

Our dungeon run took around two and a half hours.

Of course thats including the fact that we properly explored, so it cant be helped. However, if it takes us so much time, then we cant efficiently gather fragments.

And furthermore, since we have a lot of time to play daily, it might be fine for us. But for the regular player this event would be unenjoyable.

The more you grind the stronger you get, and even if its not like that, the current mainstream policy for games is to allow casuals to enjoy gameplay to a certain degree.

Since this is a clearing type event, the more you run the more youd get anitem that makes your run easiera natural way to think about it.

Iris, which item is related to the runs?

If thats your request, please take a look at the items below the return scrolls

As I flipped through the pages, below the return scrolls, theres certainly a bunch of helpful items for run clearing such as Map and Detection Kit.

The fragment exchange rate for the Map is rather high, you need 200 Stardust Fragments. Detection Kit is used as a substitute detection skill, it has the demerit of a random chance of being destroyed.

Nana, for now Id like to have 2 maps but

Its fine~

Iris, give both of us one map please

Map it is. Then I will be receiving 200 Stardust Fragments from each person

She collected the Stardust Fragments and redeemed a map for both of us.

When I retrieved it from my inventory, at the upper left portion of the map, displayed a Map No. 16.

The one that Nana received is labeledMap No. 11. Since the contents are very different, it might be a good idea to view them as maps for different floors.

Nana, let me borrow that for a bit

Can you memorize it?

Nana, who was tilting her head asked me that. I replied its fine as I looked at her and received the map. Then I closed my eyes.

Constructing a mental map, I traced the route we took from our earlier run, then I compared it with the two maps in my hands.

After five minutes of careful thinking, I now have a few clues.

Of the two maps that we exchanged, only one matches the route of a floor we went through, the other didnt.

The floor that matches the map is the floor with the jewelry box spawn.

It only resembles the route from my memory, but since they purposely provided this map as an exchange item and placed a mark on it, then it should be fine to assume this map is for that floor.

With the label No. 16, it means that there are at least sixteen varieties. The total number is unknown, but considering the scale of the dungeon and the event time period, then I assume that at most there will be around twenty.

Mixing them randomly into ten different floors, this dungeon is most likely constructed like that.

Yep, Ive memorized these two. Since I dont need this, Nana can have it

Thanks, as expected of your memory

Thats like my only redeeming feature. We need a lot more fragments to get more maps.

Should we go right now?

No, since were here, lets properly look at this catalog. Cmon, there might even be event limited weapons

It looks like shes itching to go on a rampage, I stopped Nana as her eyes sparkled looking at the dungeon entrance.

Thats right, the map is an easy to understand objective, but this event also has some limited items.

It should be fine to assume that the goal is for normal players to obtain and upgrade.

For example, the event limited weapon is theStardust series. The event limited armor is theHoshikuzu(stardust) series. The only difference being named in English or Japanese. To properly separate the equipment, its easy to understand this naming.

If you ask if its strong, then its not particularly strong. The equipment is for beginners to use up until Fias, the specs are equal to Trias NPC sold equipment.

As for weapon types, minor branches arent available. Only main skill + branching skills types, so depending on the person, their weapon might not be there.

Even so, as an event limited weapon it still has value, and to a beginner it certainly does have extraordinary specs.

There are no metal clubs.

Nana muttered those words as we both looked over the catalog.

It seems shes seriously shocked. Shes looking down with a downhearted expression. Nana, just when did you get obsessed with metal clubs?

Considering the weapon type, including the metal club Kagenui, the category is of the one-handed mace. The name of the event limited weapon Nana should get is the Stardust Mace.

In my case, its the staff weapon namedStardust Staff.

When you first redeem the weapon, the beginning specs are equal to the Beginner weapon series.

The base weapon costs 250 fragments, it has five possible upgrades with each upgrade requiring a material costing 100 fragments.

In short, if you gather 750 fragments for the weapon, the specs will reach the same as a Tria sold weapons.

The exchangeable upgrade material can also be found during normal play, so if youre unable to finish upgrading it during the event, you can still work toward it after the event.

The completionists will probably aim for the 250 fragment weapon exchanges since you can upgrade regardless of the event.

By the way, the weapon might only have filler specs, but due to that there is a rather convenient way of using it.

Especially for a blunt weapon user like Nana, theres a method to use it as a trump card.

Nana probably hasnt not noticed it yet, but it looks like I dont have time to explain.

Seeing Nana sway her body like that makes me think she cant hold back the battle itch.

Now then, lets go for a second run. Well go at a faster pace, okay?

Fufu, make sure you can keep up okay?

Nana recovered from the shock as we once again stepped through the dungeon entrance.

Iris silently bowed her head, calmly seeing us off.

Ogre chapter 83 end

9: someone give Nana some metal clubs

Yuki(PR): Might be no metal clubs, but maybe a pair of Stardust Gauntlets?

Maddy: 9s motivation is broken.