After exploring the cave and discovering multiple spring spots, we were resting in the dimension room.
Naturally, the first spring place I found was set up with a Magic Stone Auto Hunting Trap, and time was set aside to determine if it was working.
Nor and the others sat back and relaxed in the chairs that were available in the dimension room.
"Mfufu, it would be helpful to have such a comfortable break in the cave."
"Thanks to the Dimension Room. I've lived here for a while and it's quite fulfilling."
Luna's asleep.
"You have a calm sleep. It's really cute!
Beds are also available, and Luna is breathing on them.
We've improved the Dimension Room as a place to rest when exploring caves like this.
Even if there were to be a labyrinth or a few days of cave exploration in the future, it would be more comfortable than before.
I was looking back at the cave as I looked at the map app, looking elsewhere at the laid-back Nor.
"There are only three spring places. The monsters are wandering out of here."
"One was a room halfway down the street. They were all relatively large places, but is there any law?"
"If it's narrow, it'll be buried right away, so there must be conditions in the place where it springs. If we know the conditions, we might be able to deliberately create a spring spot where monsters can spring."
All the spring areas are closed to the entrance and made into a secret chamber, and the monsters inside are destroyed by lightning magic.
There was a normal monster gushing when I looked at the situation a little, so even if I blocked the entrance, it wouldn't seem to affect me, but I couldn't say anything unless I looked at it for a long time.
If we knew the conditions under which the monsters would spring, as Esther said, we might be able to build a hunting ground as we thought. If you think about it, your dreams will spread!
In anticipation of that in the future, let's put aside the story of the automatic hunting of magic stones.
"When that happens, the only thing left to do in this cave is this one main road that leads to the back. What do we do, we go to the bottom? As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to have a thorough look at the spring spots."
"Your head is completely full of magic stones... As a matter of fact, we're going deeper now!
"That's right! You must be asleep with a treasure!
Automatic Magic Stone hunting is also important, but I originally came to this cave to explore.
Nor and Freesia seem motivated, and Sisja and the others seem to be wondering what's in the deepest part of the cave.
I'm actually quite concerned, so let's try to get to the deepest part of this place.
After a short break, I left the Dimension Room to resume my exploration.
I just checked the number of magic stones and found that it was a small amount more than when I started taking a break.
"Oh, there's a little more Magic Stones. Automation is a success!
"I don't know because I've only been watching it for about half a day. What about efficiency?
"You've got five of them. They activate them once every two hours, 18 times in three places."
"That's not a very efficient number. But we succeeded, so did you see hope?"
"Ah! Well, we'll see how it goes this time, so I'll put it back on later. Someone could get lost in this cave, and I don't know what it's gonna do."
I intend to restore the spring spot when I leave this cave.
I'm sorry if something was wrong with us when the other adventurers arrived.
The entrance is blocked, but it's dangerous to leave Esther's magic trap intact.
Once again, after confirming the operation of the Magic Stone Trap, we set foot on a path leading to the deepest depths of the basement.
Then, somehow, I feel the air in the cave has changed.
"Isn't the atmosphere a little different from the one above?
"Oh, oniisan is beginning to understand that kind of change. It seems that the magic elements are getting stronger and stronger. Maybe the deepest part is where the monsters spring."
"Besides, the cave has changed since the first main road. Nothing is scattered, and I don't feel the residue that someone was using. Was it a place that wasn't used in the first place, or is there another reason... nnh, I'm intrigued."
"Hmm, it smells like trouble."
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.
"Adventure comes with danger. We all have to be careful."
Indeed, it seems that the cave has become strangely clean since entering the first main road.
Previously, the walls and ground were thick and like caves, but it was flat.
Nothing has fallen off and I can't feel the signs of using it.
Even if the monster is not near here and peers into the small room on the way, there is no trap, and the monster proceeds to the basement indifferently.
I felt creepy when I didn't have anything so far, but when I checked the map app, I finally saw the end of the cave.
The deepest part seems to be a dead end, but in a fairly large space, there are no red dots that represent monsters, and there are no objects in particular.
"Oops, I see the deepest part. It's a dead end, no monsters."
"Isn't it a spring place? It's kind of a surprise."
"Oh, so it could be just a treasure trove? Is something missing?
"Uh... oh, there's a black dot in the middle of the room."
Zooming into a large room in the map app showed a black dot in the middle of the floor.
I don't know what it is, but I'm sure there's something in this room.
Freesia jumped with joy when she heard that.
"I knew there was a treasure! I hope something happens with Baban at the end! Not enough thrills!
"Don't ask for anything like that. You'd better not be bothered. Give me the treasure."
I wonder if it will be convenient. Something could happen because the magic elements are so thick. Don't be alarmed because there are no monsters. "
I don't think I'll finish collecting the treasure like this because there are no monsters.
Something like this happens... but for now, I have to actually look at the deepest part.
After that, nothing happened on the road, and I quickly reached the deepest point.
I did not go inside and observed it from the outside, but there was nothing in the large room, just an unusually large space.
"What a place. I don't see anything in particular...."
"It doesn't feel like a treasure trove. Ah, I can't expect a gold and silver treasure."
"There's got to be something! Let's find it!"
"Ah, I'll wait!
That Ponko Elf! He jumped out on his own!
After rushing after Freesia, a huge black magic formation emerges on the ground a little further from the entrance, filling the room with particles of light.
It's a trap!
"The magic elements are concentrated! Something's coming!
"That's why I'm in trouble."
You're a troubled elf.
"Wow... I'm sorry."
"There's nothing you can do about what happened. We are more vigilant."
The collected particles gradually gather in the middle of the room and swell up to a huge mass.
And when the light popped, a giant black starfish appeared.
Whoa, what a big bird! And the tentacles are growing on the surface... creepy.
In the meantime, check the status.
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● Maximum Mustella race: Asteropiskis
Level: 70
Hp: 66,000
Mp: 6400
Attack: 4800
Defense: 3000
Agility: 50
Magic Resistance: 30
intrinsic capability conjugate
Skill self-amplifying self-regenerating damage dispersed death star
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"This is big again, isn't it? Is it strong?
"Yeah, but we don't have the strength to fight. Magic resistance is not high."
"Then I will defeat you with magic. Eh!"
Thanks to the title, Maximus Stella is stationary in the air without trying to attack us.
But we can't leave him alone, so we have to take him down.
Heh heh, thanks to the patron gods, we can certainly pre-empt attacks from here!
Esther waves her wand while opening the Grimoire.
Then several magical formations emerged in the air and lightning struck simultaneously.
Lightning strikes Maxima Mustella directly, spasmoding her body and smoke rising.
You couldn't stand it anymore, so your body burst and flew.
It's over... it's too creepy even though the appearance was flashy.
That's Estelle.
I noticed a piece of flesh that should have bounced and flew, still in the air, in the form of a small star.
The next moment, countless stars fly at us.
I tried to activate the Sanctuary of the Goddess in a hurry, but before that, I knocked down all the stars that were crossing black.
When I noticed, Luna was one step ahead of us, and the cape with its sharp edges was rolling.
You manipulated the cloak and Luna intercepted it.
"Ah, hey... thank you, Luna."
"Perfect for capes."
"Was it a type that fell apart when attacked? And it looks like it's playing."
"It's a nasty monster. The damage seems to have been halfway because it rose along the way. Then I'll freeze it so it doesn't fall apart."
Maximum Mustella has already returned to the size it was before it bounced, and other scattered pieces of meat have become the normal size of Asteropiskis and are moving independently.
The damage to the skill is scattered, so you split the body from yourself, not from an ester attack?
Besides, the scattered pieces of meat in the process of regenerating are also regenerating and moving... this guy is too much trouble.
Based on that, Esther seems to be releasing ice magic to freeze Maximus Stella.
However, when the magical formation unfolds with a wand, a white light is emitted and a direct hit is made on Maximum Stella.
When I see it from the part that touched it, it freezes and immediately my whole body becomes pure white.
But soon the frozen body was cracked and Maximum Stella moved back.
"Wow, even if you freeze it, you'll soon break the ice. Is that a skill, too?
"Self-amplification is a skill that makes your body swell. It's going to be impossible if we don't freeze it to the core."
"Then we'll have to destroy it so we can't divide."
Freezing doesn't stop growing and regenerating... and the more it attacks, the more it falls apart.
At last Esther brought up the Grimoire and wrapped the black lion around her arm.
However, turning the wand, a dazzling ray is emitted from the tip, and the Maximum Stella body that touches it evaporates.
Feeling threatened by the attack, Maximus Stella quickly regenerated into countless Asteropiskis, playing himself into pieces of meat.
Esther swings her wand without hesitation and wipes it out with a persistent ray of light.
We have defeated more than half of them with that attack, but there is still Asteropiskis left to destroy in the blast.
Derived from Maxima Mustella, Asteropiskis has tentacles, and when he tries to attack with a weapon, he gets tangled up in his body, which is creepy.
When this size is reached, it does not split any more, and when it is defeated, it becomes a particle of light and disappears.
In the meantime, some Asteropiskis were about to merge and return to their original form, but the ester couldn't have missed it and emitted light again.
Repeating it, growing and regenerating it continued to defeat it, and the battle was finally over with the final Asteropiskis cleared.
"Phew, I managed to defeat it, but it was a troublesome monster. I can't believe it's getting tangled up with the tentacles... I'm so tired."
"It was a threat to regenerate and increase whether you defeated it or not. I didn't expect such a monster to spring up."
"I'm tired of wasting so many. Let's go home."
"Ufufu, then I'll give you a break from home! Here you go!
Um, thank you.
Luna is replacing her spear with a cane with a dying face.
I used my spear and cloak to take down quite a few of them with just Luna.
Sisja was delighted to put Luna on her back.
With that kind of interaction, Freesia rushed in with a pleasant voice.
"Hey! Something was stuck on the ground!
"Hey, you're not moving on your own again. Not at all... hmm? What is that?"
There was something like a black jewel in Freesia's hand.
Estelle received it and checked it carefully.
"This isn't magic lightstone. Where did it happen?
"I was stuck there. Look, there's a hole in it. Is it a treasure?
It's not a treasure.
"Well, I'm sorry...."
Looking at the tip of Freesia's finger, there was indeed a small hole in the center of the room.
Uh, was this the black dot in the map app?
Even so, it was placed in the center of the room...
"When that monster came out, there was a magical formation, right? So it was centered."
"Looks like someone set it up deliberately. When it becomes a magic stone that spreads monsters....."
"Are you a Magus? Would this cave have involved a Magus?
"I think that's a quick conclusion, but there's something here that can do the same."
I can't believe I found this in this cave... I wonder why I found this in this place.
We couldn't find the treasure we were looking for, but in a way, this could be a huge discovery.