Chapter 434 - The Dungeon’s Design
Chapter 434 – The Dungeon’s Design
The golems had started to rebuild themselves.
「Ah, they’re moving again…」
Cruz nonchalantly cut them apart again.
These golems were just like the clay and metal statues that ravaged Elkay.
So this time Cruz picked up some pieces of the golem and said,
「Maybe I should put these in my magic bag?」
「Yeah, thanks.」
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「Give me a piece as well.」
「Here you are, Vi-Vi.」
And so Cruz handed over a finger to Vi-Vi, which Vi-Vi began to look over.
The piece she was previously looking over was a finger from the other hand. I wondered why it was still there and not trying to recombine with the other pieces. I guessed that it meant it hadn’t tried to recombine with all the other pieces.
「Hmmm.」
「You figure out something?」
「Alra. Look here. This is from the left hand and this is from the right.」
「I see, so the right hand of the golem is gone.」
「Yeah, and this was the one from the beginning. It’s just like those statues we fought.」
This second time, there were parts of the golems that didn’t try to recombine.
「Some of the magical circle that activated these golems has become powerless.」
「Maybe the reason why is because the one in your hand is now under your magic?」
Timi said, while staring at Vi-Vi’s hand.
「I think that’s the reason.」
「I think we need to bring these pieces of the golem into our magic as quickly as possible.」
「Okay, Cruz, try to get all of these in your bag as quickly as possible.」
「Got it!」
So she stuffed the golem parts away and they came under the control of the bag’s magic.
Perfect for stopping them from reattaching.
「Okay, let’s keep going.」
「But we might get attacked by poison again?!」
「Moo moo!」
『And it stinks! I can’t smell as well.』
「ryaaa!」
『I okay…』
Chel seemed to be the only beast that could take the smell.
And it wasn’t just an okay smell, but Chel might have actually liked it.
「We just need to be very careful and scan for anything strange.」
「Yeah, okay, Cruz, you take point.」
「Got it!」
Cruz said as she happily started walking. Everyone then followed her.
If she just walked slowly, we could check carefully for any traps.
So I put forward a magic layer and made sure to look carefully for anything.
Luka spoke softly to Ecces, saying,
「Think you can beat an orichalcum golem?」
「If I worked hard, I think I could cut it up, but with that destruction attack, in one shot!」
「That sounds dependable then. I would have trouble slashing those things apart too.」
「You would?」
「Of course, they’re orichalcum, right?」
「Yes. They are strong.」
「I knew that power was strong. You can rely on it in desperate times.」
「Yes! I’ll do my best!」
By getting Ecces to relax, Luka was beginning to sense how strong Ecces’ destructive force was.
She was becoming like a younger sister to Luka as well.
It was kind of cute to hear them talk that way.
After that, we were attacked periodically and encountered traps from time to time.
After the third enemy attack, Luka was checking through the spoils and said,
「A lot of inorganic enemies.」
「Most of them golems.」
「Well, if they were organic, they’d probably die from waiting in this dungeon.」
I said, and Luka nodded.
「You need something to eat, after all.」
「I think so too.」 Vi-Vi said.
It was a massive dungeon so preserving whatever was inside it was difficult.
Even though it was huge, there was no way you could keep living things alive in here after a few years.
They would all die quickly if you didn’t take care of them.
And even if they didn’t die, they’d probably all burrow away to someplace or another.
「Whoever made this dungeon made it for a specific reason.」
「Yeah…」
「I can’t tell what it is though.」
Luka said, while Cruz asked,
「You don’t?」
「Hm? Cruz? What do you mean?」
「I was just wondering why you can’t figure out the design of this place?」
「What, you can, Cruz?」
Luka looked at Cruz seriously. She wasn’t too surprised though.
Because Cruz doesn’t think too much, sometimes she nails simple explanations.
Yureena, Luka, and I all knew that.
And she had very strong intuition.
However, Vi-Vi was very surprised.
「Wait, you know?」
「ryaa!」
Shiggy seemed surprised too.
「I think so. The enemies are getting stronger, right?」
「Yeah, I think you’re right.」
「And the traps are getting harder and harder, right, Alra?」
Cruz looked at me, because I had solved all the traps.
「You’re right.」
「And there are things for both scouts-things and magician-things…」
「Scout-things and magician-things?」
「That’s just Cruz’ way of saying things. Right Cruz?」
「Yeah, I just made that up now.」
So Cruz explained what she meant.
There were traps that challenged scouts, that you had to be good at scouting to find, and there were magical traps that skilled magicians had to find.
「Thinking about that, if you had a badly balanced party, you’d be dead, right?」
「I see…」
A party without a good scout would die from it.
A party without a good magician would die from it.
Hearing that, Vi-Vi though it over and said,
「It’s true those golems are strong and defensive against magical attacks, and they are interspersed.」
An attack heavy party would be killed by how strong the golems are.
A magical heavy party couldn’t use basic magic against the golems and would be killed.
「And the poison would mean you need a healer or your party gets killed as well.」
The trap with falling poison was a very difficult one.
Once you were attacked by it, if you had no healer, you were dead.
It seems that this dungeon was made to kill any party that wasn’t properly balanced.