The son of the dragon who walks

Chapter 144 A first exploration into the underground city

Ciel tidied up his things.

Since it was the first time I entered the dungeon of Shire, I didn’t plan to go deep into it, so I only brought some water and food. There was also a backpack containing loot supported by Hephaestus.

Then Ciel officially entered the dungeon.

The underground city is a very magical place, and no one knows how big it is yet. Because the Loki Familia who have been the most explored so far have only made an expedition to the 59th floor.

No, the expedition hasn't started yet, and it will take some time for the Loki Familia to reach this record.

The overall structure of the underground city is conical, and the area becomes smaller as you go up. This first floor is the smallest, only about the size of a few rooms.

There is still some information about the dungeon in Ciel's memory, and with the addition of some information provided by Eina along with the map, Ciel's understanding becomes clearer.

First of all, the dungeon has twelve floors as one level. The first to twelfth floors are the upper level, the thirteenth to twenty-fourth floors are the middle level, and the twenty-fifth to thirty-sixth floors are the lower level.

As for the thirty-seventh floor, since few adventurers can set foot there, it is collectively called the deep level.

The monsters living in the dungeon are like animals in nature, each having its own territory.

Of course, in addition to living habits, monsters are born from different classes because of their different strengths and weaknesses.

The upper, middle, lower, and deep four floors of the dungeon correspond to the adventurer's lower level (LV1), third level (LV2), second level (LV3, LV4), and first level (LV5 and above) respectively.

In other words, the upper floors, i.e. floors one to twelve, are suitable for activities of lower-level LV1 adventurers.

Most of the monsters living here are equivalent to LV1 adventurers.

The twelfth floor is also known as the initial death line. Only high-level adventurers who have achieved great achievements in adventure and upgraded can continue downward and have a chance to survive.

Because not only the terrain there is more complex and dangerous, but also the monsters living there are estimated to be level LV2 or above.

The estimated level is the danger level of the monster estimated by the guild based on the strength of different monsters and the strength of the adventurer.

Of course, there are also some enhanced species and special species among monsters that possess intelligence or special abilities. Their strength and danger are far superior to monsters of the same race, and may even be one or two levels higher.

In addition to enhanced species and special species, there are also monsters called floor masters in the dungeon.

A particularly powerful monster will be born in every twelve floors of the dungeon, and its strength is generally two levels higher than the monsters on the same floor.

For example, the giant Goliath killed by the rabbit in the original plot, as the floor master of the middle floor, the normal presumed level of Goliath is two levels higher than the ordinary LV2 monster in the middle floor.

However, the dungeon sensed the existence of the god Hestia, so the enhanced species Goliath was born at that time, and it was presumed that the level reached LV5.

Generally, there is only one such monster, and it will be refreshed on a fixed floor, so it is also called the Lone King of the Maze.

That is not a powerful enemy that ordinary adventurers can face alone. A large number of adventurers must form a team to defeat it safely.

Of course, they are also the best source of great achievements for talented adventurers.

Thinking about it this way, even if you act cautiously, you may encounter fatal danger in the dungeon.

Not just because the monster is alive and may move to other floors on its own.

A greater source of danger is the dungeon itself.

Whether it is Hephaestus or Eina's information, or Ciel's memory, they all say one thing, that is, the dungeon itself is alive and has its own will.

He will set traps when adventurers are proud, and will also deliver devastating blows when adventurers are in poor condition.

The birth of special monsters is a minor problem, and dungeons often create dangerous situations where large-scale monsters are born and riot, the so-called "Monster Feast" to eliminate adventurers.

Ciel even doubted whether the rules of the dungeons explored by the major clans were deliberately shown to adventurers and gods by him.

But this is not Ciel's current concern.

This time, Ciel's goal is to reach the middle level and return on the same day.

Even if you are unlucky, you will probably encounter Goliath, the master of the middle floor. With Ciel's abilities, he will be able to handle it easily.

And even if a monster feast breaks out in the middle level, Ciel is fully confident that he will escape unscathed.

The first floor looks like an ordinary cave. Although it is illuminated by luminous ores, it is still quite dim, giving people a rather depressing feeling.

It took five or six minutes for Ciel to see the first monster.

Goblins are low-level monsters that appear in many Western fantasy works.

Goblins are less than one meter tall and look like malnourished children. But their skin is a disgusting dark green, their eyes are covered by a pair of pointed ears, and their mouths are full of sharp teeth, giving them a vicious look.

The strangest thing is the way they appear, they actually "drill" out of the wall.

Ciel checked it as soon as he entered the dungeon. The walls were just ordinary rocks, and he didn't know why a monster of that size was spit out.

It should be said that it is a dungeon that is also a mystery even to the gods. This way of birthing monsters is really magical.

All monsters are born in the dungeon, and they also inherit the dungeon's malice toward adventurers and the gods. Therefore, as soon as the goblins appear, they pounce on the charr with all their teeth and claws.

Ciel took a step back and let go of the goblin's claws.

The goblin's move failed, completely unaware of the huge difference in strength between himself and his opponent, and continued to attack Ciel.

Ciel has seen the power that Goblin possesses and is no longer interested in playing with it.

After all, it is just a presumed level LV1, the lowest level monster without even special abilities. Its speed and strength are only at the level of ordinary people.

Ciel stepped forward and hit the jumping goblin with a jab.

With a bang, the hit Goblin exploded into black mist in the air, and a purple stone fell to the ground.

Ciel seemed to see the words "Magic Stone +1" appear, which was his first loot in the dungeon.

It's worth about 10 to 20 mana. How should I put it? Ciel spent 300 mana on a piece of pasta last night. In other words, it would take another twenty of these goblins to collect the most miserable dinner money.

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Ciel put away the magic stone and continued to move into the dungeon.

Since he had a map, Ciel went directly to the entrance of the next floor.

Because the upper area is the area where LV1 new adventurers are active, the guild will generally provide the most basic map to take care of these people.

As for the middle and lower-level maps, you need to spend money to purchase them, while the deep-level maps are valuable resources that are kept secret by the major exploration clans.

Ciel continued to go deeper and came directly to the entrance of the thirteenth floor with his bare hands, which was also known as the initial dead line.

You must know that when ordinary adventurers go to the dungeon for the first time, even if they are cared for by seniors from the same family, most of them stop at the seventh or eighth floor.

Who would have thought that Ciel would come directly to the middle level and have no intention of stopping.

Along the way, Ciel also saw many other monsters living in the upper levels.

For example, there are tall orcs with crude weapons, and man-eating ants with hard carapace that move in groups.

The most special thing is the war shadow, which is completely black and looks like a shadow.

However, the trouble caused by these monsters is not as big as the fog that appears after the tenth floor. Of course, they all become magic stones and materials in Ciel's backpack.

It's a pity that I didn't meet the baby dragon from the owner of the lower floor. The dragon scales and teeth of the baby dragon are both good materials, and Ciel originally wanted to buy them.

But Charles didn't hesitate and entered the middle passage directly.

(End of chapter)