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201 – The Fishing Promise and the Radiance of the Night (Part 1)

While waiting for the non-combatants to come back, we resumed the Dungeon exploration.

In conclusion, the Clearance of the third Stratum was a success.

We were able to temporarily set up a Safe Room in the passage connecting the third Stratum to the fourth Stratum and returned to the camp.

In addition to that, not a single person was defeated.

This was the result of everyone’s combined efforts, but the contribution of the Ex Party was particularly impressive.

Speaking of the third Stratum, Merlin most likely performed the best.

She froze the water below the iced land and thickened the ice. This made it impossible for the Imitations in the sea to easily break through the ice and come out. Also, even if they did come out, the vibrations and cracks made it possible to anticipate the attack.

And that’s not all.

When a huge elephant Demi-Beast with two tusks rushed in, she attacked it with a huge Air Spear and defeated it.

After that, various threats appeared, such as Dwarves that have the ice attribute, Demi-Beasts that looked like a combination of a crocodile and a lizard, and Crystal Golems, but we were able to break through them.

The fact that there was no constraint on the number of Imitations made the Dungeon much more troublesome than normal Dungeons.

It made sense that the Adventurers had struggled with this since there was a large number of Imitations around the class of a Floor Boss in here. It’s no wonder that the first group was repeatedly wiped out.

「Um… Margret. Do you have a moment?」

「Yes, Miss Milla. What do you want to talk about?」

「Uhm… About the Magic Tool that was found in today’s exploration…」

Milla and Maggie are talking.

That’s right, we also found a Magic Tool today. Not just a Magic Tool, but other various things as well.

For example, even though Furcus was the one who finished off the Crystal Golem, the treasure chest fell out of another already defeated Golem.

When I opened it, I found that it was filled to the brim with gold coins that were once in circulation in a ruined country.

The items found in Original Dungeons can be divided into two categories.

Items collected by Spirits and items made by Spirits.

I don’t think they collected it because of its value, but rather because they liked its shape or it was shiny.

By the way, the Magic Tool that Milla mentioned was the one that had fallen near the place where Kraken was defeated.

It was a metal tube with a bottom and a lid. The inside was hollow and Mar said it was probably a water bottle.

What makes it a Magic Tool is its capacity.

We tried putting a lot of water into it, but it never overflowed. Or rather, even when we looked inside it, it still remained empty.

However, when the person who poured water into the bottle tilted it while thinking about the water, the water flowed out.

I don’t know the exact capacity, but it’s definitely a lot.

And most likely, the liquid poured into it won’t deteriorate.

「Are you talking about the water bottle?」

「Yes, can you sell it to me? Of course, I’ll offer an appropriate price for it.」

「I see… You’re going to use it to store blood right?」

Until now, Milla has been able to use attacks that needed more than just her own blood quantity by using the blood of her enemies that was sucked by the vampire bats and bloodsucking leeches.

It’s difficult to regularly draw blood, store it, then use it for defense.

Some of the Avatar’s equipment had conditions in order to use it and required clear information that that person was truly in possession of it.

For example, Alba’s Magic Sword.

In order to reproduce this along with his Avatar, naturally the real object must be present.

The information of the real object is read and Magical Energy is used to reproduce it.

However, if that is all that is required, then if Alba lends or sells his Magic Sword, a situation where various Adventurers and Monsters can use the Extendable Magic Sword might happen.

Even though there is only one of it in the world, there are multiple Avatars that can use it at the same time.

In order to prevent such a situation from happening, it was decided that when someone wants to reproduce a special piece of equipment together with his Avatar, then that person needs to be in possession of the real object.

This also applies to blood that has been drained separately, other than the blood flowing through the body.

So in order for Milla to use the additional amount of her own blood for defense, she must have the same blood registered in her Avatar’s equipment in her possession when she enters the Cocoon.

This puts a heavy burden on her since she has to drain her own blood on a daily basis.

However, if she has this water bottle Magic Tool, the blood inside will not deteriorate.

She can also clear the problem of having to prepare the same blood as the registered one.

Moreover, because it has a large capacity, she can collect even more blood.

This will strengthen Carmilla, a Blood Manipulator that specializes in manipulating blood.

「Yes. Would it be possible…?」

The enormous cost spent for this Dungeon exploration can be seen from the number of people involved and the equipment.

They have also prepared proper remuneration for us and basically the ownership of the things we acquire here belongs to the company of Fellow and Maggie.

「I can’t make this decision on my own…」

「I see…」

「But personally, I feel more reassured if Miss Milla uses it than for it to fall into the hands of a rich man who I don’t even know. I promise that I will do my best to provide you with a pleasing response.」

「…! Thank you, Margret.」

「You can call me Maggie if you’d like. People who are close to me call me that.」

「Ufufu. Yes, Maggie.」

「By the way, Miss Milla. I’d like to ask you one question, I can’t seem to get used to the feeling of flying and I get a bit anxious whenever I use Heavenly Wings. Miss Milla flew very beautifully as if you were dancing in the sky when you used the wings created from blood, could you please share some tips with me?」

「Ahh, about that-」

Near the two beautiful women that were smiling and having fun talking, the White Sorcerer Josh looked shocked.

「Lem… Is Milla rich?」

「Eh?」

「Because she said that she’ll offer an appropriate price for it… depending on the type, Magic Tools can cost enough for a mansion to be built in the city…!」

That’s right, but Milla doesn’t seem to be a wasteful spender and she has worked as a Monster even before she started working at the Demon King Castle. If she had been saving her money all this time… I guess she can afford that…?

I’m not so sure. However, since Milla said that she can pay, then she can definitely afford it.

「I’m not sure about that… Anyway, you really moved around a lot today. You mentioned that you’re aiming to become an Adventurer, but did you really not go to the Training Institute? It somehow felt like you were used to it.」

「Yes… My parents were against me going to the Training Institute. You’re referring to the moves I showed during the battle, right? Just in case, I did some training on how to fight hehe…」

Looking at how Josh is laughing so ambiguously, it doesn’t seem to be something he would like to remember.

They trained their son, who awakened as a White Sorcerer, on how to fight…?

「I see… Well then, I’m looking forward to the future.」

「……Eh?」

「After all, you’re quick-witted, agile, understand how to fight, and to top it off, if you can also cast multiple White Magic on all your comrades. I’m saying that I hope you can become a White Sorcerer like that.」

Josh widened his eyes and then embarrassedly laughed.

「I wish to become like that. Lem is…」

「Hmm?」

「Are you not going to join a Party?」

「…Yes, that’s right. Although participating in events like the Tag Tournament is an exception, I probably won’t go back to becoming an Adventurer that travels around the world.」

「Hmm… That’s such a shame.」

Josh anxiously raised his voice.

「Lem.」

Furcus called out to me.

「What is it, Furcus?」

「Here, Lem’s hometown.」

At first, she used to call me formally as Sir Lem, but now she stopped calling me that. Anyway, we also got to know each other along the way… so I don’t think there’s any problem with this.

「Yes.」

「I heard there’s a river.」

Then it hit me.

「…Ahh, there is. We can also catch fish there, but it’s going to be too late if we go now, so how about we do it tomorrow?」

「…First thing in the morning.」

「Ahaha, let’s do that then.」

I guess she’s eager to fish because of the Kraken. Since she couldn’t eat that.