161 - - first day of character acquisition tour

"So, whose was the best?　Moochibi."

It was Ninilas, the second son, who asked without hesitation.

He was walking through the dungeon for the first time with his long, double-bladed axes on his shoulders.

"Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I'd like you to say Sora here, but that waterman girl seems to be pretty good too.

The person who joined the conversation was Roloff, the eldest son walking next to him.

These two are probably the tallest of the group. Standing side by side they give the illusion that the walls are moving.

"That's sweet, bro. Yuril is not going to give up the top position so easily."

Gugtaf, the third son, who is not afraid to profess his fondness for older men, interrupted me from behind.

He is slimmer than his brothers, but he carries a double-handed spear on his back with ease.

"Wow, there really aren't any ants here. Did you kill them all?

Following a little behind the three brothers, who continue their usual silly conversation, is Kugase, who does not hide his surprise.

Perhaps the memory of their defeat the other day is still fresh in his mind, but as he walks, he keeps his body weight on his toes with his knees relaxed, ready to move at any moment.

"Yes, we beat them together over the course of two days.

Sola, walking next to him, replied smilingly.

It seems that her personality, which allows her to get along with anyone easily, has been demonstrated to the newcomer, a girl from the Chakaku tribe.

She was in her usual way and seemed to be completely at ease with the others.

"I didn't know you could use words other than your usual strange ones..."

The one who interrupted their conversation was Rummella, who looked a little down in the dumps.

She seemed to be a bit tired from the sudden presence of a newcomer.

"By 'strange' do you mean honorific?　Sola is younger than me, so I speak normally.

"I'm forty-two this year!

"No way!"

"Oh, I was told I should be seventeen."

"Then you're younger than me. I've never been with a girl younger than me before, so I'm really looking forward to it. Nice to meet you today, Sora.

"Yes, it's my pleasure."

Rummella looked at them in disbelief as they continued talking as if nothing had happened, and then silently shook her head.

"Why ...... are they bringing me here too?"

The one who muttered with an unconvinced look on his face was Garudo, who was walking at the end of the line, carrying a long shield on his back.

Today was the meeting day of the Thunder Clan, so he had been at the training ground, but for some reason he had been abducted together with the Thunder Clan and made to accompany them to this place.

"This place is a dungeon for the Kongo class, isn't it? Are we allowed to enter here without permission?"　

"No problem. I've said all that."

Next to him, a slightly slower-paced reply was given by the kidnapper, Chita, a horse rider.

At first glance, Chita is small in stature, but unlike the slender Rummelera, he has a firm body with a lot of meat in it.

It is no wonder that Chita has a long bow around her back.

She is older than the vice-captain, and is actually a veteran adventurer with twin skills as a wind wielder and an archer.

She is currently acting as a caretaker of the flying dragon, but she is a great asset to the "Platinum Flame".

There are still quite a few people that he has been asked to bring, but he can only carry up to five people at a time, so one more round trip is going to be at night.

Therefore, I decided to take a break from the flying dragon flight today and accompanied the tour to acquire the characteristics.

By the way, my beloved flying dragon is now left alone in the ruins on the ground.

Since Yuril was so happy to offer to escort her, we can say that there will be no situation that we should worry about.

In the first place, a huge flying dragon is no match for a few amber ants.

At the head of the large party are the duo of Straccia and Ninessa.

The two were unusually argumentative on the ground, but once they entered the dungeon, they fell silent.

They are still walking side by side in silence, a little distance apart from each other.

Following behind them are Thor and Dialgo, who are talking enthusiastically, looking very different from the two before them.

A young man of the brown-horned tribe, his eyes still hidden by his long bangs, is engaged in conversation with his hand on his chin.

"Interesting. ....... It's as if this ant's nest has a mind of its own.

"Yeah, I can't help but think that somehow they can tell us apart."

A transport sled was tied to the end of a cord extending from Thor's waist, and Moe, now in full health, sat down and devoured a souvenir baked cake with gusto.

There were thirteen members in all: six in the vanguard, six in the rear, and one in the front and one in the rear.

Ninilas, the second son walking behind the sled, asked the children again if they were bored.

"Hey, Moonglow, don't be shy and tell me what you're doing.

"Yes, old man. Moo is having a hard time right now. He's choking to death.

Drink water, water.

"Look, don't be in a hurry. They're precious. Don't spill so much. So, little guy, whose ass did you like the best?

"Hmm?"

The child who is asked this sordid question by Roloff, the eldest son, makes a thoughtful gesture.

Then he turned around and pointed at Kugase, who was chatting behind him.

"Well, I don't want to hear what you think of a man's ass.

"Little man, leave the bastards out of it, please."

"But Kugase's butt was the most fun!"

"What are you old men and your little skins talking about?"

Kugase, blushing and wondering if he was too loud to be heard, stopped talking and mumbled something.

Gugtaf, the third son, who heard these words, overheard the insensitive brothers with a panicked look on his face.

"Brother, she's a girl!"

"You're lying. He's the same height as you.

"No, she's quite pretty if you ask me. She's pretty good.

"Leave him alone, old man."

I'm only 24 years old.

That's definitely not true!

Hey, you should probably stop. We're on the second level.

Arriving at the ramp, Thor glanced at the three brothers and then cupped his chin at the end of the passage.

"For now, you guys go down alone."

"You don't think it's a sacrifice or something?"

"That's not very nice, Brother Thor."

"They were the only ones saying horrible things, I had nothing to do with it!"

"Suck it up, sir."

"No, I was wondering what would happen if I let the vanguard lead the way alone."

The first layer all went down together, but the curse that appeared was .

This has already been reversed.

"I thought that if you could distinguish between the two, it might be harder for to come. This is a confirmation of that.

Thor and the others move to the second level and look into the tree of skills of the brothers who are waiting for them on the third level.

There they found a new curse called .

Thor, who was surprised to see this, hurried to check his own skill tree, but there was nothing on it.

When he checked on Ninessa and Kugase, he found that an intrusion curse with a had appeared.

Since the number of times can be used has not yet been restored, I try to convert only Dialgo into a trait with what is left.

Activation: Automatic / Effect: Small / Scope: Self.

This is a characteristic for the vanguard, especially for shields.

"So there is a distinction. You were right to try it with a lot of vanguards."

"I wonder what the criteria are."

I thought it was a man and a woman.

"Then it makes sense that I was limited to a certain number of times.

"No, I think it's usually based on the total amount of magic power or the presence or absence of fighting spirit."

In the following three layers, they tried one by one, but all of them ended up with .

However, at the fourth layer, they are again divided into two types.

The three brothers were given , while Ninessa and the others were given .

The rigidity of the "sustained rigidity" refers to the state of physical stoppage that occurs immediately after the release of a martial art.

It seems to be caused by the muscles contracting due to the sudden loss of fighting energy.

Depending on the type of technique, it may take several seconds to recover, and sometimes it may lead to fatal results.

And the invasion spells at the fifth layer were all .

It seems that , , and are common, and that the curse of and is invoked for magic-users, and that of and for martial-arts-users.

Chita has two skill trees, the Wind Spirit Tree and the Wind Martial Arts Tree, but this time he was counted as a magic user because he used .

In the end, the group reached the fifth level in a little over two hours.