Just as I guessed last evening, the next floor was an earth floor. But this isn’t what I was expecting at all. What we faced was a massive underground cavern, filled with falling dripstones, and all.
And the monsters that lived in this cave thingy were rock golems, stone golems, earth golems and so forth. All the golems.
“... Brian… how do we get past this?” Lua asked. “We can’t just fly here.”
“That’s true. But if you can’t fly, you have to walk. And if you can’t safely walk on the ground, make an underground path. Drillroid.” I summoned a monster.
Spoiler
My idea was this. If the area we can see is too dangerous, we’ll just make our own path. And for that, Drillroid is perfect, so I ordered him to make us a path towards where Laura assumed the floor boss would be.
The tunnel he dug wasn’t that tall, but it was still more than enough. Then, for safety reasons, so we won’t run out of air, I summoned Spirit of the Breeze to circulate the air in our tunnel.
Spoiler
Once we emerged from the tunnel, we were within the visual distance of the floor boss. Another golem, but this one looked like it was made of metal. A metal golem. More specifically, a mithril golem.
“... Brian? How do you fight a mithril golem?” Alice asked. “Do we just … attack until it dies?”
“We could, but I want to test something out first. Can you all deal with the other golems? I’ll take care of that mithril golem.”
“Sure.” Alice agreed. “But can I get a mithril weapon made from it?”
“... A mithril swordstaff, huh? I think I can do that.”
“Thanks. I knew I could count on you.” After Alice thanked me, she flew into the air with her Mana Flight, and went to suppress the stone golems that were starting to surround us.
… wasn’t it part of our plan to not fight? Well, whatever. I guess we can fight a bit. As long as Alice doesn’t level up too many times, we should be fine. Avoiding level up sickness is honestly the only reason I’ve kept Alice, Lua and Ria from fighting too much. I can’t get it, because I’m already at the level cap.
Anyway. Back to that mithril golem. And what I want to try with it.
“System Down!” I activated a card.
Spoiler
When I got it, Laura said that System Down should work on metal golems, so I wanted to test it. And with Health Conscious negating the need to pay that 1000 HP, there was no reason not to try it.
And it worked. The mithril golem before us just … well, it disappeared. Vanishing from existence. That included everything about it, including all that sweet mithril I could have used.
… well, System Down worked, but it might not be a good idea to use it. Materials are too important to just banish. But at least this confirms that banishing S-rank monsters is possible, so that is a good way to get rid of them in cases where speed is of utmost importance.
“Brian! You promised.” Alice complained, as we walked towards the next floor.
“I know. I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was just going to disappear.” I defended myself. “And I did place an order for mithril in Viscount Hills metal shop, so we can just use that.”
“That is a promise, right? You won’t just say no later, right?”
“Yes. That is a promise. I’ll make you the best swordstaff this world has ever seen.” I promised Alice, before I added a timeframe. “Eventually. But before that, I’ll make you a mithril swordstaff.”
“Thanks.” Alice beamed me a smile. “But if that was a lie, you’d better get used to waking up to a Dark Burning Attack every morning.”
“I’d prefer not to burn, so I’ll do my best.”
“... it's not light?” I questioned when we got to the next floor. I had expected this floor to be light attribute based, considering the forests, but it was wind. And not a floor I was the biggest fan of.
There were mountain tops, connected by rope bridges, and we would have to move on those. The winds were super strong, and would be knocking you around while on that unstable footing, and to add to that, the room had plenty of griffons, ready to attack you on the spot. In short, this was a nightmare for anyone who has a fear of heights. Well, its not like it would be fun for anyone else either. Except maybe for me.
“So, dragon riding time again.” I deduced.
“That might be for the best.” Lua agreed. “It will take us a while to get through this floor otherwise.”
“I want to get to the next dark floor.” Alice added.
“Well, it might be next… Anyway. What dragon to … oh? Yes. Come forth, Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon!” I called forth my monster. I already gave Neo Ultimate its chance to have fun, so why not Alternative Ultimate.
Spoiler
He was going to be our offensive power for the floor, so now we just needed our rides. I summoned King Dragun and Thousand Dragon for that. I was on King Dragun with Alice, while Ria and Lua shared Thousand Dragon. Agunan still had to fly himself.
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King Dragun was interesting to ride, considering his constitution, but his shoulders made for decent seating spots.
The boss of the floor was another S-rank monster. A giant condor. An enormous bird rivaling the size of the Roc from the Valley of Haze I gave Christina. A bird the size of a dragon.
Spoiler
It attacked us with a mixture of wind magic, as well as its own feathers, which it shoot out at super high speeds. But with my Alternative Ultimate Dragon on the job, the bird didn’t stay in the air for too long, and we were able to head to the next floor.
“...snow? Wasn’t this supposed to be a light floor, not water?” Alice asked.
“No. This is most definitely a light floor. The sun is just behind a cloud at this point.” I told her. “Once it comes out, this snow will reflect the sunlight, and we will get almost blinded.” I warned her.
Yeah. Snowy plains now. I was honestly a bit afraid we would go blind, but it wasn’t quite that bad. … well, I still want sunglasses, but no can do. Also, the temperature wasn’t too cold, so we were just fine on that front. The windy floors were a lot colder.
The enemies on the floor were rainbow-horned rabbits. They are large, human sized rabbits, and as you might have guessed, they have a rainbow horn. They can use it to shoot light magic, and they also move quickly as anything, rivaling the speed of Ria’s Flicker Step. The only good news was that they have paper thin defense, so almost any direct attack from any of us would put them down.
To help us with that, I activated The Regulation of Tribe, and declared beast-type.
Spoiler
That prevented the rabbits from attacking, making them basically harmless pets. Sure I had to tribute a monster every 15 minutes for the card, but that is a small price to pay for ease of mind.
At first we just walked, but eventually I summoned Oni Tank T-34 and XYZ-Dragon Cannon so we could ride them. You couldn’t get inside XYZ-Dragon Cannon, and the T-34 only had one seat at the turret, so we took turns sitting there. The others would have to hang out outside, 'enjoying' the blinding sunlight.
Spoiler
The boss of the floor was once again S-rank, a solar wolf. It was a large wolf-monster, probably ten meters from head-to-tail, and it shot out lasers. While The Regulation of Tribe did prevent it from actually attacking, it was still shining so bright that is was difficult to look at it straight, so I just ended up bombarding it with XYZ-Dragon Cannon’s effect until it died. Sure I had to discard five Outstanding Dogs, but I would say it was worth it.
Spoiler
“... and now it is dark… Was it not enough to be blinded, now we are shoved into the night.” I complained a bit.
Honestly, I had half expected this. A blinding floor could only be followed by a floor that was completely dark. And not dark like that nighttime forest, but dark like … well, just complete darkness. No light anywhere.
“Should I use a Shine Ball to make us light?” Lua asked.
“Probably. But it might also attract monsters to us. If I had to guess, this floor is filled with monsters that attack any light source.”
“Do you have a better idea?”
“I do. Light of Intervention.” I activated a card.
Spoiler
The card lit up the dark room, revealing tons of human sized monsters. Well, maybe ghosts would be a better description. They were specters, to be precise. They hide in the shadows people cast and attack from there. But because my spell lit up the entire room, there were no shadows left for them to hide in. But I have to say, what a genius floor. If you use a more regular light source, like the Shine Ball spell of a torch, you’d cast a shadow the monsters would be able to hide in. So as you can’t see any of the specters, you might assume that it is safe to just go forward.
But we didn’t have any of those problems, thanks to my card, so we could just go through the floor, while using the specters that didn’t really know what to do as target practice. Luckily this is a rogue dungeon, because if this dungeon had a DM who was trying to keep us out, I think he would be pulling his hair out by now.
The boss of the floor on the other hand was a dullahan, with a headless horse and everything. I actually found it an interesting boss, because the soft glow of the flames coming from both the dullahan and horse’s necks gave enough light where we would cast nice shadows, had I not lit up the room with my trap card. So while the dullahan took our attention, the specters would have been able to attack us from our blind spots.
Again, quite the genius strategy. Sadly, it was wasted on us.
“Shinato, King of a Higher Plane!”
Spoiler
“Shinato, destroy that dullahan.” I commanded my fairy/angel guy.
Shinato got into combat with the dullahan, while the rest of us focused on the specters. But the dullahan, without the help from the specters, really couldn’t hang in there, and eventually went down to a Divine Ring attack from Shinato.
“I guess this is a good place to stop for the day.” I said to everyone, after we had left the darkness room.
“Agreed. How long do you think this dungeon will be?” Lua asked.
“No clue. I think we are between floors 47 and 48 at the moment, and considering that we have been running into S-rank boss monsters, floor 50 might be the last.”
“Brian, do you think the last boss will be SS-rank, like the behemoth was?” Alice asked.
“... probably.” I admitted.
“Will we be able to deal with it?”
“Of course. Why couldn’t we? You’ve done it before, and now we will use my entire arsenal of cards, so of course we will win.”
“I-if you say so…”
“You make it sound so easy…” Lua added.
“Well, it might not be, but I think we can do it.”
“Don’t worry Master. As long as I am by your side, even something like an SS-rank will be easy.” Agunan said, even though I recall him saying he would have to go all out against a behemoth.
“Yeah. We will just deal with it, when it comes to it.” I told everyone. “Right?”
“Yes!” They all responded.
With our enthusiasm for tomorrow set, we set up camp and got ready to rest for the night.
Just as I guessed last evening, the next floor was an earth floor. But this isn’t what I was expecting at all. What we faced was a massive underground cavern, filled with falling dripstones, and all.
And the monsters that lived in this cave thingy were rock golems, stone golems, earth golems and so forth. All the golems.
“... Brian… how do we get past this?” Lua asked. “We can’t just fly here.”
“That’s true. But if you can’t fly, you have to walk. And if you can’t safely walk on the ground, make an underground path. Drillroid.” I summoned a monster.
Spoiler
My idea was this. If the area we can see is too dangerous, we’ll just make our own path. And for that, Drillroid is perfect, so I ordered him to make us a path towards where Laura assumed the floor boss would be.
The tunnel he dug wasn’t that tall, but it was still more than enough. Then, for safety reasons, so we won’t run out of air, I summoned Spirit of the Breeze to circulate the air in our tunnel.
Spoiler
Once we emerged from the tunnel, we were within the visual distance of the floor boss. Another golem, but this one looked like it was made of metal. A metal golem. More specifically, a mithril golem.
“... Brian? How do you fight a mithril golem?” Alice asked. “Do we just … attack until it dies?”
“We could, but I want to test something out first. Can you all deal with the other golems? I’ll take care of that mithril golem.”
“Sure.” Alice agreed. “But can I get a mithril weapon made from it?”
“... A mithril swordstaff, huh? I think I can do that.”
“Thanks. I knew I could count on you.” After Alice thanked me, she flew into the air with her Mana Flight, and went to suppress the stone golems that were starting to surround us.
… wasn’t it part of our plan to not fight? Well, whatever. I guess we can fight a bit. As long as Alice doesn’t level up too many times, we should be fine. Avoiding level up sickness is honestly the only reason I’ve kept Alice, Lua and Ria from fighting too much. I can’t get it, because I’m already at the level cap.
Anyway. Back to that mithril golem. And what I want to try with it.
“System Down!” I activated a card.
Spoiler
When I got it, Laura said that System Down should work on metal golems, so I wanted to test it. And with Health Conscious negating the need to pay that 1000 HP, there was no reason not to try it.
And it worked. The mithril golem before us just … well, it disappeared. Vanishing from existence. That included everything about it, including all that sweet mithril I could have used.
… well, System Down worked, but it might not be a good idea to use it. Materials are too important to just banish. But at least this confirms that banishing S-rank monsters is possible, so that is a good way to get rid of them in cases where speed is of utmost importance.
“Brian! You promised.” Alice complained, as we walked towards the next floor.
“I know. I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was just going to disappear.” I defended myself. “And I did place an order for mithril in Viscount Hills metal shop, so we can just use that.”
“That is a promise, right? You won’t just say no later, right?”
“Yes. That is a promise. I’ll make you the best swordstaff this world has ever seen.” I promised Alice, before I added a timeframe. “Eventually. But before that, I’ll make you a mithril swordstaff.”
“Thanks.” Alice beamed me a smile. “But if that was a lie, you’d better get used to waking up to a Dark Burning Attack every morning.”
“I’d prefer not to burn, so I’ll do my best.”
“... it's not light?” I questioned when we got to the next floor. I had expected this floor to be light attribute based, considering the forests, but it was wind. And not a floor I was the biggest fan of.
There were mountain tops, connected by rope bridges, and we would have to move on those. The winds were super strong, and would be knocking you around while on that unstable footing, and to add to that, the room had plenty of griffons, ready to attack you on the spot. In short, this was a nightmare for anyone who has a fear of heights. Well, its not like it would be fun for anyone else either. Except maybe for me.
“So, dragon riding time again.” I deduced.
“That might be for the best.” Lua agreed. “It will take us a while to get through this floor otherwise.”
“I want to get to the next dark floor.” Alice added.
“Well, it might be next… Anyway. What dragon to … oh? Yes. Come forth, Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon!” I called forth my monster. I already gave Neo Ultimate its chance to have fun, so why not Alternative Ultimate.
Spoiler
He was going to be our offensive power for the floor, so now we just needed our rides. I summoned King Dragun and Thousand Dragon for that. I was on King Dragun with Alice, while Ria and Lua shared Thousand Dragon. Agunan still had to fly himself.
Spoiler
King Dragun was interesting to ride, considering his constitution, but his shoulders made for decent seating spots.
The boss of the floor was another S-rank monster. A giant condor. An enormous bird rivaling the size of the Roc from the Valley of Haze I gave Christina. A bird the size of a dragon.
Spoiler
It attacked us with a mixture of wind magic, as well as its own feathers, which it shoot out at super high speeds. But with my Alternative Ultimate Dragon on the job, the bird didn’t stay in the air for too long, and we were able to head to the next floor.
“...snow? Wasn’t this supposed to be a light floor, not water?” Alice asked.
“No. This is most definitely a light floor. The sun is just behind a cloud at this point.” I told her. “Once it comes out, this snow will reflect the sunlight, and we will get almost blinded.” I warned her.
Yeah. Snowy plains now. I was honestly a bit afraid we would go blind, but it wasn’t quite that bad. … well, I still want sunglasses, but no can do. Also, the temperature wasn’t too cold, so we were just fine on that front. The windy floors were a lot colder.
The enemies on the floor were rainbow-horned rabbits. They are large, human sized rabbits, and as you might have guessed, they have a rainbow horn. They can use it to shoot light magic, and they also move quickly as anything, rivaling the speed of Ria’s Flicker Step. The only good news was that they have paper thin defense, so almost any direct attack from any of us would put them down.
To help us with that, I activated The Regulation of Tribe, and declared beast-type.
Spoiler
That prevented the rabbits from attacking, making them basically harmless pets. Sure I had to tribute a monster every 15 minutes for the card, but that is a small price to pay for ease of mind.
At first we just walked, but eventually I summoned Oni Tank T-34 and XYZ-Dragon Cannon so we could ride them. You couldn’t get inside XYZ-Dragon Cannon, and the T-34 only had one seat at the turret, so we took turns sitting there. The others would have to hang out outside, 'enjoying' the blinding sunlight.
Spoiler
The boss of the floor was once again S-rank, a solar wolf. It was a large wolf-monster, probably ten meters from head-to-tail, and it shot out lasers. While The Regulation of Tribe did prevent it from actually attacking, it was still shining so bright that is was difficult to look at it straight, so I just ended up bombarding it with XYZ-Dragon Cannon’s effect until it died. Sure I had to discard five Outstanding Dogs, but I would say it was worth it.
Spoiler
“... and now it is dark… Was it not enough to be blinded, now we are shoved into the night.” I complained a bit.
Honestly, I had half expected this. A blinding floor could only be followed by a floor that was completely dark. And not dark like that nighttime forest, but dark like … well, just complete darkness. No light anywhere.
“Should I use a Shine Ball to make us light?” Lua asked.
“Probably. But it might also attract monsters to us. If I had to guess, this floor is filled with monsters that attack any light source.”
“Do you have a better idea?”
“I do. Light of Intervention.” I activated a card.
Spoiler
The card lit up the dark room, revealing tons of human sized monsters. Well, maybe ghosts would be a better description. They were specters, to be precise. They hide in the shadows people cast and attack from there. But because my spell lit up the entire room, there were no shadows left for them to hide in. But I have to say, what a genius floor. If you use a more regular light source, like the Shine Ball spell of a torch, you’d cast a shadow the monsters would be able to hide in. So as you can’t see any of the specters, you might assume that it is safe to just go forward.
But we didn’t have any of those problems, thanks to my card, so we could just go through the floor, while using the specters that didn’t really know what to do as target practice. Luckily this is a rogue dungeon, because if this dungeon had a DM who was trying to keep us out, I think he would be pulling his hair out by now.
The boss of the floor on the other hand was a dullahan, with a headless horse and everything. I actually found it an interesting boss, because the soft glow of the flames coming from both the dullahan and horse’s necks gave enough light where we would cast nice shadows, had I not lit up the room with my trap card. So while the dullahan took our attention, the specters would have been able to attack us from our blind spots.
Again, quite the genius strategy. Sadly, it was wasted on us.
“Shinato, King of a Higher Plane!”
Spoiler
“Shinato, destroy that dullahan.” I commanded my fairy/angel guy.
Shinato got into combat with the dullahan, while the rest of us focused on the specters. But the dullahan, without the help from the specters, really couldn’t hang in there, and eventually went down to a Divine Ring attack from Shinato.
“I guess this is a good place to stop for the day.” I said to everyone, after we had left the darkness room.
“Agreed. How long do you think this dungeon will be?” Lua asked.
“No clue. I think we are between floors 47 and 48 at the moment, and considering that we have been running into S-rank boss monsters, floor 50 might be the last.”
“Brian, do you think the last boss will be SS-rank, like the behemoth was?” Alice asked.
“... probably.” I admitted.
“Will we be able to deal with it?”
“Of course. Why couldn’t we? You’ve done it before, and now we will use my entire arsenal of cards, so of course we will win.”
“I-if you say so…”
“You make it sound so easy…” Lua added.
“Well, it might not be, but I think we can do it.”
“Don’t worry Master. As long as I am by your side, even something like an SS-rank will be easy.” Agunan said, even though I recall him saying he would have to go all out against a behemoth.
“Yeah. We will just deal with it, when it comes to it.” I told everyone. “Right?”
“Yes!” They all responded.
With our enthusiasm for tomorrow set, we set up camp and got ready to rest for the night.
