Legend

"... wow"

Unexpectedly, Ray laughs bitterly at Ver's voice heard from behind.

What is in front of you is also a substitute for the wreckage of the first two skeletons that arrived on the fifth basement floor and came under attack.

The bones, which were originally white, were burnt black, some of which had already carburized and collapsed. There are two skeletons of bone in that state falling to the dungeon floor. Normally, it's not the result of a fight, but it's the result of Seto throwing up a firebrace once, so there's no reason for Ver to raise his voice to surprise.

Skeleton is a rank E monster in the first place, and its monster rank is lower compared to rank D monsters such as Water Monkey encountered on the fourth basement floor and Lizardman encountered on the third basement floor.

But Skeleton was very much hated by the other adventurers because of the fact that he was undead. It's basically a monster who doesn't have what it is, and no matter how much damage he does for it, he doesn't have to be frightened, he just hits the adventurers. In addition, because the crusade proof site is also a demon stone due to the problem of the shape of the human bone, the only way to defeat the skeleton with a physical attack is to destroy the demon stone, which is why it is difficult to obtain the crusade proof site as a result. And for the same reason, you can't expect any kind of material that a normal monster would be able to get.

If this is a superior undead monster, a monster like Skeleton Road, then a bone strengthened by magic can be a material for weapons, protective equipment, or a magic item created using alchemy, or a material for a special potion, but not for the lowest level skeletons.

"Sure, I'd be comfortable dealing with an undead kind."

Elaine gently strokes Seto's back as she nods at Ver's words.

"Good boy. This hierarchy is going to depend on your firebraces a lot, so thank you."

"Gru."

Ringing small behind his throat, he begins his exploration by pulling burnt bones, melted swords and spears to the side of the aisle, arguably the wreckage of a skeleton.

It should be noted that the Demon Stone, which is also the proven site of Skeleton's crusade, had been burned and extinguished by both bones with firebraces.

After a paragraph of that work, we resume our exploration and in a few minutes or so after we start walking down the aisle we reach a branch where the road is divided to the left and right.

"... Now, what should we do"

Distressed Elaine.

In any case, there is a strong part of luck that leaves it up to you to decide which way to go beyond the lack of maps. And given how we've been since we got down to this dungeon, it's obvious that we're not very lucky.

"Ray, which do you think would be better?

There was someone unexpectedly frowning at the way he asked Ray. Custe, who is entrusted with the rear guard with Ara.

(Now Master Elaine asked him what to do without hesitation. Of course he's more than an adventurer. You can never say that's wrong. But I'm pretty sure you've talked to us first, and then you've got to talk to him.... Again, he doesn't negatively affect Master Elaine)

As he bites his back teeth tight, did you notice that, just like Custe - but with an interesting eye unlike Custe's - Ver, who was looking at Elaine and Ray, smiles bitterly and takes the water bottle out of the pouch he had on his hips and gives it to Custe.

"Look, just take this. Drink and calm down. I understand you don't think you like Ray, but it's natural to rely on Ray, an adventurer, more than just a dungeon here."

"... Huh, I really hope that's all"

I moistened my throat with Ver's offered water bottle so that I could take it away, and then I turned my gaze toward Ray and threw it away.

"If it stays this way, it can have a strange effect on rituals on the altar of inheritance."

"You might as well worry about Custe, but that's not how people's minds can do this on their own, yeah?

"Larks, why did you send such an adventurer? Because you say weird things in the first place..."

It was Custe trying to complain about something more to Ver, but Elaine calls me before she talks about anything more.

"I decide to go right for now. If it's a dead end, I'm sure it'll come back, but let's not get distracted and move on."

"Okay."

"Well, which one of us doesn't have a map, so it's a conjecture. It's hard to sense the presence of enemies with a sense of smell."

"Right. or hearing disturbs the sound we are moving, and vision is too many parts of the dungeon to be seen."

Elaine nods and goes towards Ray...... precisely ahead of the dungeon.

Custe, who was dropping it off with a slight frown, returned the water bottle he had to Ver and followed it.

Regarding Ara, is there a consciousness that the power ax borrowed from Ray has not been fully used, and she continues to train her body to familiarize herself with it by gently gesturing while taking a break?

Ver looks at Ara like that with a bitter smile.

Ver said it was after all that fighting upstairs, but I guess there were places where I thought things were going against Ara, who was already recovering.

"Ara, you're quick to come back to life because you don't have the strength to be up there."

With Power Axe in his hand, Ver calls out as he turns around Arla, wary of an ambush from behind, as Elaine instructed.

In response to such an inquiry from Ver, he smiles bitterly but returns the Power Axe to his hands.

"Yeah, I think so too... Apparently, weapons like Power Axe have the effect of reducing your health drain. It's easier to handle than the long sword I've been using... it's exactly the kind of weapon I have for me. Be more vigilant around Ver than that. I wouldn't know if Elaine was in a trap."

"Heh heh heh."

Turn your gaze on Ara's power ax for a moment, and immediately turn your gaze forward.

He is pointing his sharp gaze towards the aisle of the dungeon rather than his usual light appearance so that he can react as soon as he finds signs of a trap.

While satisfied with such Ver's attitude, Ara was vigilant around her as she stroked the pattern of Power Axe. Anyway, the skeletons and zombies that appeared earlier have entities, so I can see if they're close, but the Ghost ones can't be caught off guard because they can inadvertently slip through walls.

(Nevertheless, you've really been able to afford your health since you started using this Power Axe borrowed from Lord Ray. I guess this is how it works as a magic item?

Although not well understood by Ara, Power Axe has the ability to provide a constant healing effect on the user. The effect, of course, is overwhelmingly low compared to the Shizukuishi of mercy hanging on Seto's neck, and it is only a really trivial object in terms of recovery. But it was nevertheless more than helpful enough for Arla, whose original health was lower than that of Custe, Ver, or Elaine.

Take the aisle split to the right for about 20 minutes. A door placed on the wall accidentally came into Ray's eyes.

"That's the dungeon, there's a room or something."

"Grrrrrrrr"

Are you going in? I just lean my little neck and call out behind me as I stroke Seto's head to ask.

"Master Elaine, there's a door ahead, but what do you want to do?

"... doors, huh? I just came down to the basement 5th floor and I don't think there are any stairs to the basement 6th floor right away... just in case. Ver, find out if there's a trap."

"Rikai. Hey, I'm sorry."

Start checking the handle as Ver makes his face out of the gap between Ray and Seto, and Ray and Seto take a step back to alert the undead to approaching.

"Um, I see. Oh, this is how it is here... Ugh, is this a dummy too? So this way?

It was Ver examining the handle with some pleasant whining, but eventually a few minutes later...... the sound of kachi echoes around.

"Phew, I managed to unlock the trap successfully. There was quite a trap. He said if you pull this handle, the needle pops out. Besides, look, it's obviously poisoned."

The needle, which makes him look proud, was about 5 cm long short but certainly wet in liquid which, as Ver put it, seemed poisonous.

(Poison needle......? Can you use it if you want to use it for something?

Thought on the inside, Ray speaks to Ver, who is about to throw away that poison needle.

"Ver, if you're gonna throw that poison needle away, can you give it to me?

"... no, I don't mind that. It's such a mess. What do you use it for?"

"I don't know yet, but luckily I have an item box. Don't worry, there's no such thing as stabbing yourself or anyone else by mistake."

It was Ver who thought for a few seconds about Ray's words and then turned his gaze to Elaine, but he nodded small that Elaine wouldn't have any particular problems either.

"Okay, look.... but I don't know what kind of poison it is, so be careful what you do."

"I told you there was no problem."

Ray completes the storage of the poison needle given to him while saying so into the mistering.

"All right, then I'll open the door."

The poison needle thing also drops, and Ver finally gets his hands on the door. The door opens with the sound of a giggle and you can see what's going on inside.

It's not that big in the room. It's about 6 tatami size. I get the impression that it's wide open because there's just a potpound and a crate in the center of the room? Everyone enters the small room and moves to the vicinity of the crate.

"... That's suspicious"

It was Ver who squealed by accident. In its eyes it was clearly shown that the chest placed inside the room was a trap.

"Huh? Really? It's a dungeon, and it's not weird to have a chest or anything, is it?

"No, in the first place, who would use a chest in this basement on the fifth floor where the undead roam?"

"... egotistical undead or something?

"Well, that's not necessarily what I don't have... but do you think I'd bother to leave a potpound in the middle of the room that I did? How about Ara? You're not gonna leave a grand chest in the middle of the room without hiding your precious things, are you?

Think for a few seconds of Ver's pointing...... nod immediately.

"That's right. I wouldn't do anything inadvertent."

"Right? I mean, that chest is also unnatural."

"You mean a trap?

"Probably.... Dear Elaine, what do you want to do? As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to leave you alone."

"I guess. Naturally, there's no staircase, and you need to risk it... Get out!

The moment you hear that voice, you should say it was just Elaine's direct knight that all bounced backwards reflexively. Ray and Seto are also jumping backwards as well.

And Ray, who realizes that something is approaching him and waves the death size reflexively. However, because the position of something approaching was on the left side, it was not the part of the blade but the part of the pattern that was shaken.

Something that blows up making a blunt noise called Gah. Just in case I distanced myself and turned my gaze towards you, I was there like a dog made of bones.

……

Although he was blown away without even screaming, the silence characteristic of Skeleton didn't mean he was going to stop with a single blow because it was almost a blow from contact. A dog made up of bones takes advantage of the blown momentum itself to get a distance, slay a foot against the wall and land on the floor.

"See, it was a trap after all!

"What if I'm telling you! Ver, get your weapons up, now! This guy's gonna do pretty good for the little one!

Ver also takes the knife out of his hips again to Ray's words, who rearranged the shaken death size.

I guess you just decided that a knife is more advantageous than a bow and arrow in the current state of quick movement and close intermission.

But there was something that moved faster than those.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

It was Seto who rang high, kicked the floor and stuffed the time without even giving the bone dog time to move.

Shake your forelegs wide as they are, slamming them from the bone dog's head to the ground.

The combined effect of the rigid bracelet, which is also a magic item, to the power characteristic of the griffon, was to literally scatter almost all of the bones that make up its body without even allowing the bone dog to resist.