Chapter 8 – The Elf Girl Can’t Go Back – 1
“Hey, what should I do?”
“Well, let’s just go.”
Salick’s colleagues who were pointed out by me turned their backs on him and left.
“Damn it, damn it!”
Salick curses at her as he crouches over her.
The onlookers whispered about her Salick’s pitiful appearance, and soon lost interest in her and moved away from her.
Now it’s just me and Selik.
“Stop being an adventurer and find something else.”
This was not a provocation, but heartfelt advice.
Adventurer Salick is over. Because of the suggestion I made, even the easiest missions must be difficult.
“Or, look for herbs.”
“Ugh…!”
I passed by, but Salick didn’t say anything and she fell on her knees.
I think I accomplished my goal today, shall we go back?
Now that no one was arguing for nothing, she also felt that she wanted to take a look at the dungeon.
The entrance to Bordeaux Dungeon was on the floor.
There is a large staircase on the dingy dirt floor where the grass has been peeled off.
It’s dark, so I can’t see what’s on the floor, but I don’t feel like going in.
I don’t seem to be an adventurer.
How gutsy do you have to be to step into such a psychic spot on your own?
Knowing that if you go in there, you will be attacked for sure.
“Mister.”
Someone touched me
I turned to see a scruffy boy carrying a large bag looking at me.
“If you want to get inside, hire me. I’ll be the porter.”
Porter…
I have a personal locker, so I don’t need it.
“Do you have a torch?”
“There is.”
“Then light a fire. Compensation is deferred. Under these conditions, let’s go together.”
“Is it so.”
The story progressed swiftly.
I went downstairs with the boy.
“By the way, why did you talk to me when I’m alone?”
“Because you smelled like money.”
I burst out laughing.
The smell of money is a word that is hard to hear in the original world, but it is ridiculous to hear what a child is saying.
But it’s a pretty sharp sense of smell. I don’t have money, but I’m not in trouble because I don’t have money.
“By the way, mister, can we fight? I don’t even have a weapon.”
“You’ll know when you see it.”
A noise came from the front.
It sounds familiar. They were goblins. But unlike the guys outside, as soon as they noticed us, they attacked us immediately.
I kicked down the attacking goblins in turn and cast magic.
“Fire Arrow!”
The boy’s eyes widened as sparks burst from my hand.
“Mister! Was he a wizard?”
Fires a fire arrow at each of the goblins and explodes them.
“Kieek!”
“Yes. Wizard.”
“It’s awesome!”
“This is the only magic that can be used.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen someone use attack magic at a young age like you.”
His attitude changed, as if he had a sudden surge of respect.
“Isn’t this kind of basic magic that anyone can learn?”
I take off my pretense and try to scoop it up.
“Are you kidding me? If there are 100 Bronze level adventurers, there are 10 who use magic! Among them, there is only one person who can use offensive magic.”
“Okay?”
This was just a magic that I got while receiving the protection of the goddess.
“It’s the second time I’ve seen it myself. It’s amazing.”
“Can we go on now?”
“…”
The boy kept his mouth shut, as if he was ashamed of it belatedly.
“My name is Decal. What about you?”
“I’m Bindel.”
Did I mention that the monsters in the dungeon are aggressive? It’s true.
The fact that the easy-going goblins first noticed and attacked us made the tension tenfold.
The equipment is also slightly different. In addition, he was holding something like a dirty knife from inside the dungeon, so it seemed dangerous if he was attacked.
Yes, you might get tetanus…
When did I get the vaccination shot? I heard that the effect of the injection lasts for ten years. After···. I’m really worried.
“Fire Arrow!”
(The level has risen.)
“Mister, over there!”
After Bindel knew I was a mage, there were times when he would go a few steps ahead to find the monster first and tell me about it.
I guess I feel like a warrior.
Still, it was much more reassuring than being alone.
On the first basement floor of Bordeaux, it was an underground structure with countless goblins and even more empty rooms.
I don’t know if you can call a building a place where more than half of the soil has come out of the wall instead of a building material.
Thanks to you, I only heard the wrong concerns. Surely it would not collapse suddenly and be buried?
“Fire Arrow!”
The goblins were really pouring out without a break.
Thanks to that, his ability to deal with magic was gradually increasing.
I gained confidence, so I was able to hit moving opponents well, and I also identified some characteristics.
First of all, the presence or absence of a morgue.
Fire Arrow only needs to be chanted once when summoning or shooting an arrow.
It is also possible to cast without casting a chant, in which case the power is reduced to less than half.
Up to two arrows can be summoned at the same time.
However, in this case, the first arrow can be pulled out with a lance, but the second arrow is summoned with a lance.
Also, the mana consumption is doubled.
As soon as my MP ran out, I gulp down the water in my water bottle and moved forward.
(The level has risen.)
(The level has risen.)
“It seems that the speed at which you use magic is getting faster and faster.”
“I was feeling it too.”
I checked the status once.
Level: 12
Situation
HP 290/290 MP 354/463
Belleira’s Blessing (True) 「Immunity to fire, fire magic power increase, all skill proficiency values ++」
Agent of the Goddess 「Communicates in all languages and reads all characters. Qualification to cross the world.”
Stats
Strength 46 HP 59 Stamina 50 Agility 51
Skill
Fire Arrow(★☆) – The most basic but practical fire magic. Remnants of fire may also cause additional damage.
Looking at the status, I could see that the Fire Arrow proficiency had increased.
Casting time is now around 1.5 seconds. Compared to the first time, which was frustrating, it’s a big improvement.
My MP didn’t run dry thanks to the water bottle, so I slowly advanced and defeated all the goblins that caught my eye.
Uh, isn’t it pretty comfortable and nice now?
I knew it belatedly, but now the goblins couldn’t even come near me.
There was no need to knock the goblins down with wild movements.
A water bottle that replenishes a simple but powerful attack magic and MP infinitely. This combination seemed to be much better than I imagined.
Since the road was narrow, just stepping on the corpses of fallen goblins would cause countless souls to gather at the Soul Stone.
“Fire Arrow!”
“Kieek!”
This sense of fulfillment that the soul slurps.
Very exciting
“Shall we go to the second floor?”
“Yes. You did well to follow me. I think we’ve already had a tolerable party.”
“Is the soul stone quite expensive if you catch this much?”
“Is this your first adventurer?”
“Well, that’s how it is.”
“If you just caught it, you can get 1 gold at the guild rate.”
Indeed, 1 gold for 100 goblins.
What comes next?
On the second floor, more goblins appeared, occasionally mixed with skeletons.
When I first saw it, I almost got scared because there were some people’s bones standing there.
It wasn’t hard to knock it down because it wasn’t fast.
“Fire Arrow!”
It seemed that it was easier to hit because it was bigger than the goblin.
He didn’t get knocked down in one hit, but sometimes he did.
“Hmm?”
I thought it was strange then.
Why is there a difference when the same magic is applied to the same part?
Is it the individual difference of the skeleton?
I soon discovered that this was the function of 〈 Focus Bracelet 〉.
“Fire Arrow!”
If you deliberately spend more time and focus even after the arrow is completed.
As the MP was sucked in, the size of the arrow increased.
Skill overcharging. That seemed to be the function of the focusing bracelet.
“Bindel, step back.”
I made Bindel back out of harm’s way, then fired an overcharged fire arrow.
Pop!
The skeleton shattered as soon as it hit the overcharged fire arrow.
“And···.”
Bindel marveled aloud.
I was of the same mind inside. The cluster bracelet was more amazing than I thought.
At least it seems to increase the power of the skill by 3 times, no 5 times.
There are not only advantages, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
When a skeleton dies in one hit by chance, it was a difference made by investing a little more MP because I was aiming carefully.
There is nothing to be afraid of if you can kill a skeleton in one shot by adjusting your strength.
“Mister, are you going to fill all the soul stones today?”
“Is that so?”
Bindel’s lips went up to his ears. He seems happy about the distribution that will return to him.
It took quite a while to find out, but the skeleton’s soul was the equivalent of three goblins.
Bindel lights the fire to locate the monster first, then I shoot magic to kill it.
We dutifully repeated this task.
Use 〈 Focus Bracelet 〉 to defeat the skeletons in one shot.
Occasionally, there were armed skeletons, but in this case, I overcharged them to the end and blew them away coolly.
When I filled all 5 small soul stones, I was incredibly strong.
Level: 16
Situation
HP 440/440 MP 653/653
Belleira’s Blessing (True) 「Immunity to fire, fire magic power increase, all skill proficiency values ++」
Agent of the Goddess 「Communicates in all languages and reads all characters. Qualification to cross the world.”
Stats
Strength 71 HP 112 Stamina 61 Agility 55
Skill
Fire Arrow(★★) – The most basic but practical fire magic. Even after hitting, ignite to deal damage.
Perhaps it was thanks to the protection of Veleira that I received during the transfer to another world,
My growth rate was unusual even for myself.
Casting time is now only 1 second.
The speed at which the arrows flew also increased dramatically, and the power developed to the point where it was possible to defeat a goblin with a spear.
The monsters from the Bordeaux Dungeon were no longer my opponents.
I conquered the lowest floor without difficulty.
“Mister, this must be the last room.”
“Is that the boss?”
At the very bottom of the Bordeaux Dungeon, there was a Skeleton Wizard.
“Fire Arrow!”
I immediately landed two overcharged Fire Arrows on the Skeleton Wizard’s seat.
Dust rises with the sound of an explosion, and gradually clears up over time.
The Skeleton Wizard was destroyed without a trace.
“Whoa. I fell down. Can I go check it out?”
“Okay.”
Bindel immediately went and checked the item.
“Mister! The magic book is out.”
“Where?”
An old book fell on the Skeleton Wizard’s bedside.
The title of the book is 〈 Necromancer Introductory Guide 〉
“Spellbooks are very valuable, so expensive ones cost 100 gold.”
“I got it.”
I put the magic book in my personal inventory.
“Shall we go back now?”
Since he conquered the lowest level, there is nothing to see.
Perhaps because of the effect of defeating the Skeleton Wizard, on the way back, the monsters everywhere were nowhere to be seen.
Around the middle of the 1st floor, I ran into adventurers who noticed the strange change, and one person asked me.
“Did you go all the way?”
“Yes.”
“Ah!”
Sighs leaked from everywhere.
“How many monsters were there at the end?”
“It wasn’t that difficult. It was a skeleton mage with a wand.”
“Oh oh!”
Everyone is listening to my story, so it’s rather burdensome.
“I thought it would be a big problem if I let it do anything, so it was effective to attack in a hurry.”
“Indeed!”
“Am I right? It must be a skeleton mage.”
“It’s a waste. I went all the way to the second floor yesterday.”
Leaving the adventurers talking to each other behind, they came out of the dungeon.
The sun had already set and it was getting dark outside.
The forgotten fatigue comes rushing in.
The thought of walking another hour to the village is terrifying.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have called a taxi?
“Bindel, are you going back to the village too?”
“That’s right. Don’t forget that I helped you by sticking close to you all day today.”
“Okay, I’ll give you your share as soon as you go back and cash it in.”
He said that he had to return the soul stone to the guild, so he couldn’t give it in its entirety.
I returned to Marne with Bindel.
“Oh, the adventurer returns.”
The two guards grinned at me.
“Has there been any harvest?”
“As it is.”
Haha. Looking at his expression, he must be very tired. Go inside.”
Back to the dry village. Let’s quickly cash in and rest. Where is isti?
There were strangely many people in front of the guild.
Was there a spectacle inside?
“What happen?”
Grab someone and ask. The men answered without looking back.
“There’s that elf inside.”
“I guess he hasn’t returned yet.”
“Who do you think you’re waiting for? Who is it?”
“·······.”
I immediately grasped the situation.
