Tomorrow we revealed the night in a room so unbeatable by the mansion on the ground that we decided to go through the Second Labyrinth as planned.
The labyrinth is quite vast, but the shortest path leading to the second tier has already been found, so it's only an underground passage with many bends if you just want to travel.
But inadvertently getting lost can be a big deal, so remind Leila not to leave by mistake, then lead Travis through the labyrinth.
And down the spiral staircase without windows - the sight of a second tier illuminated by the morning sun is spreading.
Green hills. Rivers and lakes with abundant water. Depressed and lush forest areas.
Unless you gaze and look far away, you can't clearly see the walls and ceilings of the dungeon, and you almost forget that this is an underground space.
"Oh, that...?
Leila looks around with a Kyotong face.
Apparently, the second tier sight far exceeded her imagination.
"Hey, that's a big difference from when I first got here"
Ulysses narrows his eyes and squeaks in a dazzling manner.
"My first impression was dark, so how can I think of the sight then? Was it true that the light-emitting function of the ceiling (sora) in the underground space was lost and the night stopped dawning?
"Oh, I'm glad you're back in function."
It was a slightly too impactful case to miss.
Athlopolis, a neutral city where the Demons live, managed by a tree man (dry ad) who was on a par with the Demon King Gandalf - it is no exaggeration to say that visiting that town changed our attitude towards this dungeon.
At first, the main objective was to follow the footsteps of the Demon King's Army, which fled deep underground, but gradually the existence of the 'true enemy', which once defeated the Demon King's Army, began to surface again, eventually turning out to be the same as the Agate Lamb… it was the neutral city (Athlopolis) that took that opportunity.
"We'll walk a little from here, but there shouldn't be any danger, and we should be there by sundown. There are baths and beds available locally, so don't worry."
"Ha ha...!
Tell Leila that, and then resume moving towards a neutral city (Athlopolis).
The Neutral City (Athlopolis) also has a base for adventurers to explore the second tier, and the route we travel on foot is the route used by a large number of adventurers to get back and forth.
So the route is pioneered here as well as in the "Sun Clock Forest" and the first tier, where you can travel briefly and safely, and the disturbing forests and bushes are cut and expanded beautifully.
"You just didn't bring a horse in and run a carriage. It's a little easier on the street carriage."
Shortly after Garnett casually ran such a thing, there was some sort of wheel rolling down the ground from across the hill, something different from the carriage jumped into view.
It was a bull cart without a carriage, towed by a cow-like creature of a blue-colored body.
"... Hey, there it is, White Wolf's"
"I'm surprised... and that's not just a cow. It's the demon water bull."
The car that Waterbull is carrying is not a so-called passenger car, but a luggage car with no roof or wall.
There is plenty of water strewn out there, and a half-fish demon lord takes his upper body out and takes his reins.
When the half-fish man noticed our presence, he pronounced a common Westland greeting with a distinctive noise coming from the difference in throat shape.
"Guga...... Ohaoo......"
"Oh, good morning. Don't get any better today."
Travis returns his greetings to the half-fish man, as he deserves.
When I glanced at the carriage of the carriage passing beside me, there were many large fish still alive swimming in the water stretched out by the nose.
"... Travis, what's that?
After the carriage disappeared to the bottom of the hill, I asked Travis, thinking I knew what was going on.
Leila, on the contrary, even Garnett and Alexia are pointing their gaze at me for explanations, but even I don't know everything.
Travis then responded to my question lightly, as if to explain the obvious.
"You know half the ingredients we use at Demon King Castle are sourced locally, right? Especially fish and meat. The second tier is the heart of the supply."
"Oh, that's a report for the Knights."
"So, I initially sent people from Demon King's Castle to procure them, but I came up with a proposal that it would be more efficient to get the local Demons to give me money to carry them. Oh, and I'm just doing it on an experimental basis."
When we heard Travis explain it, we were surprised and convinced that the difference in degree was.
The majority of our line is satisfied that the demons of the neutral city (Athlopolis) are starting to be involved not only in food procurement, but also in logistics.
But only Leila seemed stunned by something completely different.
"Ahhh! Wait a minute! That means the meat and fish that came out for dinner yesterday or breakfast today......!?
…… Well, you picked him on the second tier (here). If you're exploring a dungeon, local procurement is basic. "
"You can't eat unknown creatures just like that, but don't look after them often when you know you can eat them safely. That would have been pretty good, wouldn't it?
"It was delicious! But what kind of monster is that?
He's had some cultural shock, Leila, and he's confused with his head.
By definition, the animals included in the demon were also mixed with yesterday's menu, which seems better not to say for now.