Dungeons for the Devil, Dungeons for the Core (Book Version Title: A Different World Dungeon Made with the Devil)

― ― The Adventurer Alliance has been dominated by a severe sense of urgency for several days.

"Nothing new!?

It seems that the Alliance Master here is asking nobody about the harshness.

"No. From the people who sent it in the direction of travel, and from the village nearest to it."

"Did you witness Stampede himself?

Yes, the movement - or move - of Dungeon Monsters in the "Cave of the Hundreds" was misunderstood as a stampede.

No... it could have been a stampede if I had made a mistake, but there was a competent leader named Gido and the existence of a bending destination did not make it a disorderly runaway.

However, the human witness did not know so much, and the Adventurer Guild reported it under the preconceived notion of monster movement = stampede.

"No. Or rather, I have no orders to go scouting."

After sober pointing out, the Guild Master man snorted.

--I understand that my subordinates are right.

Stampede was witnessed at the foot of the mountain, about a day away from the Cave of the Hundreds, where there was a good view of happiness or misfortune. I was able to check the stampede from a distance because of the good view... and I couldn't get close to the stampede because of the good view - if I was close, I might have been attacked. There is no way anyone will go on a second reconnaissance.

"I mean... do I have to deal with this with just the last piece of information?"

I know a lot about whether this is happiness or unhappiness just from my last sighting. However... as long as I believed the report, this Stampede was unusual.

First of all, the scale of the stampede is extremely large.... or a rare scale. A stampede of this magnitude could be caused by…

"... the 'Cave of the Hundred Demons' has collapsed..."

One of the best dungeons in the country (Manastera), the Cave of the Hundred Demons, collapsed and the monsters who lived inside left the dungeon, but I can't think of any other cause....

"But even so, there are a few strange points.... even if the cause of the collapse is unknown."

A common cause of dungeon collapse is crusade by adventurers and others. However, speaking of the "Cave of the Hundred Demons", it is a famous dungeon that has retreated many challengers for 300 years, and it is hard to believe that it was easily attacked. First of all, we have not received any reports of an attack, nor have we been able to confirm their actions.

"First of all, the stampede associated with the collapse of the dungeon has a large number of high-level monsters. Besides, you're strangely leading."

If a dungeon has been destroyed, it is normal for a humble dungeon monster to be hunted in the process. Except when an army or the like enters the dungeon primarily for the purpose of crushing the dungeon, the greatest purpose of the adventurers entering the dungeon is to secure materials and so on, which is the hunting of monsters. Destroying the dungeon core and destroying the dungeon is synonymous with destroying the corner hunting grounds, so the adventurers do not want it - whether it's in front of the building or not.

Therefore, if the Adventurer has crushed the Dungeon, he cannot overlook the vague Dungeon Monster, so it is inexplicable that many high-level monsters have joined the Stampede.

"Well, because it's such a dungeon, it's possible that a large number of high-level monsters lived there..."

"It's funny that they're all in stampede."

Assuming this stampede was triggered as a result of the collapse of the dungeon, its purpose would be to move to a new habitat. Then it is unreasonable to aim for the same place with powerful monsters who should compete with each other - mostly with large territories. Ning (Mushiro) was supposed to aim for another place to avoid useless competitions and clashes, as had been the case in the cases confirmed so far.

Related to this, the second strange point is that the monsters are aiming in the same direction as an orderly order.... as if you know where you're going.

"Normally, luck is at your disposal and you're scattered in the right direction."

"... it's like someone's leading you."

"... who is it? What is it?

"For example... Dungeon Master..."