Magic Gems Gourmet

"Example healing magic user, but you have accepted"

Marco said this abruptly during breakfast.

Ain, who was in the middle of a meal with his dishes in one hand, looks up all the time and looks back at Marco, who stands right behind him and refrains. What, after leaking the word small, I wonder what your acceptance would be.

"... it was yesterday, wasn't it? I've really heard that."

"Of course it is. But it doesn't look like we're going to dive into the dungeon, and I hear it's only a priority to treat you if you get any scratches."

"Still a lot of reliability, but what do you do with the money?

"I have an arrangement with Lord Warren that you may exchange contracts at my discretion when things go wrong."

"Where I don't know again, there was an arrangement I didn't know about."

Leave aside the question of whether or not something is wrong at all. It's Marco's decision that counts. If it contributes to Ein's safety, there's nothing wrong with it.

"I can do the same."

"I think Krone has been doing that for some time."

"But in the case of Ein and Krone, I'm not talking about my authority."

"To?"

"Put it in Ishtarika, second only to His Majesty, and it belongs to Ein, but Mr. Krone is able to exercise that authority on his behalf."

Then Krone laughs furiously.

"There are a few conditions."

"I mean, Krone has a royal decree--"

"Yeah, that's all I can use. The royal decree is only a royal authority."

I can't use royal decrees alone when they say that I can exercise my powers on behalf of Silverado second only. However, we can also say that this is because the Royal Decree, which is Istarika's own law, is special.

Marco says, smiling gently.

"You'll be able to use it in the not-so-distant future."

Needless to say, what you intend.

Everyone avoided the excerpts they put into words.

Under the table, two hands can be overlaid.

Each other's fingers stroked each other's fingers and shared their thoughts by intertwining them.

Currently, breakfast is also over.

Where the two of them exchanged their eyes.

"Welcome"

Ain gets up first.

Krone, as you asked yesterday. Finish enjoying your handmade breakfast and get up satisfied and stretch your body.

If you look out the window, the morning sun is already up and bright.

"Time to leave?

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Okay. I'll take a short break too, 'cause I'm doing what I can on the boat."

So I go with care and give a mouthful to my cheek.

"I think I can work hard."

"Phew, so am I."

◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

The audience gathered for the festival.

Before the divine hidden dungeon, it is crowded with many adventurers.

Looking up at the tower, Chris says in a loose voice in between.

"Wow... that's so expensive..."

Surely the divine hidden dungeons are expensive.

I couldn't see it slowly the other day when I took a trip about Celestina, and I guess I had a different impression of what I saw when I was on a airship. She watched the gap between the clouds narrowly as she explored the top floor and thoughtful places.

"Dear Ein, Ein"

"What? What?

"Even now, I'm really worried about something."

"... say it"

"If you try to get to the top of this, you have to go on your own feet, right?

"- Mr. Majolica."

"Wow, I don't know either...... on the contrary. Would I have had a magic item that could travel instantly? That's what your majesty's worried about, isn't it?

I mean, it's better mentally on foot.

"Shall we just go"

"Right."

Ahead is the hierarchy where the demons we saw yesterday were crusaded.

Since then, adventurers have stepped in, but they have decided to go as far as being able to ensure safety first -.

Ain, Chris, Majorica.

And Dill and Marco's five advance their legs.

The atmosphere around here is very similar to the entrance where Cain and his feet used to be stepped in.

The difference is that there is no exaggeration at present, that it is managed by the hands of people, and that there is no perception that there is already a place full of adventurers and dangerous.

Cain and Sylvia said they took a long time to dive into the lower level.

Now they say demons don't show up to the hierarchy they've moved on to, and they should be able to get to the upper floors soon because they're just walking.

Step inside as you get the attention of the adventurers around you.

(Same as before. It's going to get stronger)

The amount of magic that drifts is isolated from the outside.

Blue and white, the stone walls and floors are no different, a space like the other world.

"Dear Ein,"

"Yeah. Looks the same"

Marco, a pure demon, also felt the power to roll again.

Grabbing the sky all the way, checking the difference.

"Now even if Master Cain is the opponent..."

"Do you think we can win?

"No, I think I can be more relative than usual"

Don't stop feeling the difference in power where you can't say you can win.

Ein recalled what was happening in that world at the same time, and overlaid (,,,) Marco in his youth when Cain was quickly turned against him.

"And a big front door."

Majorica looks around and says.

The size of the first tier is so large that there are likely to be many large party venues in it.

We're going through this and then we're going down the corridor for the upper hierarchy, so we're going to have a lot of time to walk.

"Shall we?"

and Ein's decree.

A few minutes walking a little early.

First, we go through the first tier and out into the corridor. Then the other adventurers were scattered walking away. Some of them did not walk on the other hand and lay down beside them and fell asleep.

Were you tired of exploring and losing your temper to go outside?

Casa, and Dill take something out of his nostalgia.

"If you just don't stop by and go up, it won't take that long."

"What, you mean there's a stopover too?

"There is. Sometimes it seems that rare things can be found, and adventurers who can't be said to be top notch are exploring such places"

"Uh... I see"

"Are you interested?

"I'd be lying if I said no, but I'm more interested in the upper floors."

Because the dragon man is supposed to be on the top floor.

Suffice it to say I don't need anything other than her, the purpose of this one is to concentrate on just one dragon man.

And then...

Proceeding internally for a few hours.

What has come through many hierarchies is the hierarchy where the demons of the example have been crusaded.

"This place has a different vibe than before."

Chris said.

As she says, this hierarchy has a different atmosphere.

It feels like I've stepped into another place before.

The area is like a rocky martial arts stage standing on a cliff.

This perimeter is covered with so much darkness that we don't know how far it will fall. I didn't see the ceiling again, and it seemed like a place reserved just for example demons.

At the back of this quiet space, the staircase leading up was like a cave.

"I don't know if it's a named room."

"Do you mean a special place?

"Probably. And this is a name reasoning, but I think we have a similar room on several levels."

"My predictions are additional to that, and I feel that every time I go up there, my enemies get stronger."

"Oh, that's not nice"

Chris looks up at Ain with a grumpy face.

Seeing it, Ain and Majorica tilted their little necks in trouble as they looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

But Chris is not willing to argue.

Because I had the same anticipation myself, and given the history of this dungeon, it's even creepier the other way around to make it simple.

"If I told you, people would come back from over there."

A few adventurers emerged from the deepest staircase.

A leader-like man noticed Ain and the others and rushed up.

"I wouldn't recommend going in that light outfit. We've been waiting for other top parties to attack us."

"Oh, don't tell me you're young."

"Naturally. How many years have we been adventurers...?"

A man looked up at Majorica and noticed.

At the same time I look at Ain and Chris, and Marco and Dill and open my eyes.

"Excuse me. I heard rumors, but I really didn't expect you to be here."

"Never mind, Your Highness."

"I don't care, either."

"Sounds like, let me talk to you."

Majorica removed the flue.

When a refreshingly scented smoke like mint begins to appear, the man gives a regrettable look.

Then I tell him to look at this and take something out of his bag.

"Named demons are the material of bug-like demons. I wonder why you have it."

"I've decided that. Because that demon appeared in the hierarchy above."

"Yes?"

"No, you... I can't help but confuse Vajra."

"Will you not call me by my old nickname? It's just a majolica now."

"Then with Lord Majorica."

Stopping the slightly tight majolica.

Take a breath of both, says the adventurer man calmly.

"This dungeon has side roads and corridors, but only one large room against the main hierarchy"

Sounds like it.

"The only demons that show up in the big room were demons I've never seen before. I've always wondered, and will always be... there were ten demons in this big room on the hierarchy."

"............... oh"

With them aside, Ain puts his face closer to Chris' ear.

(Isn't it all of a sudden too strong to say that you were the main demon of the hierarchy and would normally come out?

(Yeah, yeah... but I can't help it if it actually appeared...)

Apparently, the difficulty is increasing more intensely than I thought.

Ten demons have finally been defeated after using the magic artifacts that a leading party has collected over the years. The party, dubbed first-rate, will have other legs, and you can win if you fight on a dozen basis......

(I wonder if the party ahead of us is safe)

I was a little worried.

Then many adventurers descend down the deepest stairs to meet that concern.

The adventurers, mixed with men, women and inhumans alike, appeared uniformly tired, then with a look that made them feel some sense of accomplishment.

The adventurers go downstairs, blind to Ain and talking to each other.

Ein asks the man, who was looking at it sideways.

"You've been waiting for an advance attack."

"Oh... not, it will"

"Was it a battle that ended so quickly?

"... no, I didn't think so"

Then it's still a matter of time.

None of the earlier adventurers had a sad face.

Then we should assume the offense is over, but not in conjunction with the man's testimony.

"Let's go see how it goes"

Everyone responds to Ein's words.

The man who walked out and dropped them off until Ain's back was out of sight.

◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

It's not like it's a big room right up the stairs. It was followed by a long corridor that seemed to be hundreds of meters long and was greeted by example by blue-white glowing walls and floors.

Well, I wasn't strongly concerned, but there are no demons here.

Instead were a few adventurers who sat back on a bend that went on for a while.

As Ain walks in the lead and approaches him, he realizes it was the big door the men were keeping their backs on.

The adventurers exaggerated when they saw Ain. At the same time, a sound very similar to the sound of Don, Don...... stabs his ear.

"You're here to help!?

"Oh, hey! What are you, Vajra?

When she heard the words, Majorica sighed, but she had no choice but to break her knee and gaze at the adventurer.

"Oh, my God, you just have to get down there and go home with nothing."

Then the adventurers lean down simultaneously and lose their words.

Majorica sets out her expectations for this situation.

"Something happened to your people."

Sooner Ain worked his head off, and he also guessed what was going on with his people.

You came to help me, and this means my people are still alive. But there doesn't seem to be any of them here, and the adventurers mourn for their lack of power.

Plus, I'm talking about the group that just came downstairs.

"There's a big room right behind here. There... my brother escaped into the small room in the back of the room"

"The others are gone because they ran out of demon props! Two more, by the way! Yeah, I know! I know this isn't a flimsy thing, it's a natural decision!

"... but you're not gonna get away with it until we do."

But you're not going to help because you know you can't win.

I guess that's also why I was waiting for reinforcements here, and I couldn't give up sitting here.

"You can hear me, can't you? Don... Don... There's a sound. This is the sound of those bugs knocking on the door where my brother came in and trying to destroy it... ugh! Goddamn it!"

I'm sure his brother's fears are immeasurable.

No longer awaiting death.

You can't even count on help, and your heart just stains with fear at the sound of stabbing your ears.

Though the man was also frightened and trembling by fear.

"I knew it was just me... ugh! I'm coming to help him!

He stood up bravely, slapping his trembling feet hard and rushing out.

Hands on the door, which is a little further down the corridor, the door opens to the left and right on its own. The door was more gigantic than that of the treasure trove in the royal castle, a stunning combination of presence and heaviness.

Now, even in the large room, it was made of the same material as previous corridors.

Unlike the hierarchy below one, it doesn't feel special at all.

"That man!

"It's okay, Dill. Because when the door opens, the demon doesn't come out of the room."

What a convenient habit, or should I call this dungeon's own mechanism (system)?

Dill was angry when a man opened the door and feared that a demon would strike Ain as well. but I suppressed my anger as soon as I heard Ain's words.

- This way! Come here, come here!

The voice of the adventurer running through the large room echoes.

Two demons notice the appearance and move away from the door they have been knocking on.

What a mess.

The movement was like a hundred feet but also resembled a snake, quickly packing a distance from the man.

The demon crawls through the wall and shakes up the giant sickle at hand.

The impenetrable move is much faster than Ein could have imagined.

But.

"Oh, it feels that way."

Ain't four people in a row who missed Majorica have not been upset.

Con, Marco stepped forward with the sound of leather shoes.

"I was wondering if it was just the right thing to do."

How advantageous can you move in this dungeon?

The loyal knight walks out to examine this.

He took off the gloves that had covered his fingers and gracefully went to his chest, hanging his hand on the pattern of the sword he had given him by his master (Ain).