Published at 6th of November 2020 04:36:10 PM

Growth 1

We have arrived at the entrance of the dungeon. The entrance door of the ancient ruin leads to the first floor and inside the dungeon, there is a crystal that can teleport us to any floor.

Erin currently is looking for the crystal that can teleport us to the 10thfloor. The rest of the members are watching her from behind. One of Erins responsibilities in our party is to make a path to teleport everyone by using the teleportation crystal. If you write a magic circle and pour a little bit of magic into the crystal, then you will be able to make a path between the crystals. If the path has been created then anyone can teleport to any floor that they have been visited before.

My profession is a thief and I cannot use magic. Therefore, even if I hear someone says that she is making the path, I really cannot sense it at all. Moreover, it sounds really difficult to do. However, according to Erin, this is a very easy task. The system of the teleportation crystal itself is not complex, thus any sorcerer can use it. Even some people other than sorcerer can do it too is they can cast spells. Then, I ask Neme who is able to cast spells to confirm this fact.

Neme: Even though I never do it, maybe I can!!

She replies with a big smile.

Meanwhile, I also ask Rosalia the same question. Although her specialty is closer to combat style, she has the ability to cast spells.

Rosalia: I also have never done it. Before I joined this party, I had dived into the dungeon for a while, but at the time, all the troublesome things were done by the men around me

So that was what happened. Im glad I ask her

By the way, the teleport crystal from each floor can only be connected to the teleport crystal at the entrance of the dungeon. Therefore, you do not need to make a path specifically to go back to the entrance. If you touch the teleport crystal, you will naturally arrive at the entrance.

After Erin finishes making the path, Force is the first one to go, then Neme follows right after him to teleport. One by one the other members of the Arrivers teleport to the 10thfloor. In the end, the two of us, Erin and I are the only ones left at the entrance.

Note: Are you going?

Erin: I will goIts just, although I have prepared myself for it, the moment I stand right in front of it I become scared

Erin hangs her face down while mutters in a small voice. Compare to her previous display of boldness in attitude, it was unthinkable that she would come up with such a timid remark. After going through a great ordeal of getting stuck on the 20thfloor, my relationship with Erin has become much closer. Therefore, she can only speak her honest feeling to me.

Note: If you are really scared, do you want to hold my hand when we teleport?

I was recalling our lives together on the 20thfloor and then came up with that suggestion. At the time, I remember that we used to hold hands quite often. Unexpectedly, those days were not bad.

Erin: Lets notIt will be embarrassing because Force and the others will make fun of us. Furthermore, Rosalia will also make an uproar

Because of my playful words, Erin loses all her tension.

Erin: Its alright. Im okay now.

She waves her hand and being sucked by the teleportation crystal.

In reality, my previous proposal was half joking but the other half was serious. I look at my right hand which is hanging on the air.

Note: I wonder what is our current relationship now

Just because I am in a complicated state of mind, I cannot keep standing still in front of the teleportation crystal. I go after Erin and immediately teleport to the 10thfloor.

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Note: Yeah yeah.

While Force is complaining, I join the group. Afterward, we, the Arrivers are walking toward the boundary of the teleportation crystal area and go into the monster zone.

In a word, the 10thfloor is a golem factory. Golems are being mass produced all over the manufacturing line and those golems will immediately attack an adventurer as soon as it sees it. If you are getting deeper into the floor, the golems will become much stronger. Likewise, the difficulty is going to increase too.

As a matter of course, the final boss of this floor is also a golem. The final boss is quite a troublesome opponent and it has the ability to create another golem. However, because our goal for today is not to conquer, we do not have any intention to go into the boss room.

Jin: Note, if you find any unique golem or rainbow crystal golem, can you lead me there?

Note: Sure, but why?

Unique golem is not made from the mass production factory, but a single custom made. This type of Golem has a peculiar ability and also requires more time and effort to defeat. However, given that it is quite rare in number, the chances of meeting this type of golem are very slim.

On the contrary, the rainbow golem is a type of mass produced golem. Characteristically, it has several types of magic attributes and as it is implied by its name, the whole body of a rainbow golem is covered with crystals with rainbow colored glow. This golem can be found in the inner part of the 10thfloor and is also quite a formidable opponent.

Jin: Those twos body parts are especially highly valuable. You see, its because the Arriver is losing a lot of money at the moment.

Jins words remind me of our current situation. The current Arrivers financial state is not as good as the past. The main cause of this is wholly due to my and Erins incident of being trapped in 20thfloor. In order to find us, Jin and the others used plenty of the Arrivers saving to hire other dungeon conqueror parties. Moreover, the parties which they hired were all top notches parties. Out of the 50 parties of the dungeon conqueror in Purith town, there are 4 parties which are pretty closed to conquer the dungeon, and they hired 3 groups of the best parties.

The Labyrinth Knights is the biggest group in Purith town, which is consisted of multiple parties that are joined in union. Additionally, this group is quite aggressive in securing talents. The Labyrinth Knights are considered to be the first candidate to conquer the dungeon because of its abundant funds and adventurers.

Meanwhile, Liberation (balance and lock) is a well-experienced party. They seem to have stepped into another dungeon than the one near the Purith town. Because of the danger, many adventurers lost their lives in the dungeon, therefore the average age group of adventurers is mostly quite young. However, this group consists of the oldest generation of adventurers. The fact that they are old means that they have been through so many life-threatening situations, and it would be unlikely for them to die in the dungeon. Nevertheless, this party has both abilities and many accomplishments and they are also the group who has reached the deepest part of the dungeon compare to anyone else.

Then the next group is quite eccentric, it only has women as its members. Its called the Valkyrie (the revenge of battle maiden). Their battle style is casting spells, and they do not have a specialist on recovery spell.

The last group with the objective to conquer the dungeon is the Arrivers. With these groups were being presented, all the top notches parties in conquering the dungeon were involved in the incident.

In the beginning, Jin thought that we were being teleported to the 17thfloor, hence he requested a search party to look around the surrounding area of the 17thfloor.

As a result, the Arrivers lost a huge amount of money.

Unfortunately, we did not only lose our money. All things related to dungeon conquests such as information, magic tools, and technologies that we had procured from the dungeon were split out to the other groups. (Even the Over-Technology too)