Volume 1 - CH 37

Chapter 37-Preparing for the rush and the overworked Red Mage

(TL:By Rafael)

It's been a week since we received the request.

We had been going through various preparations and dungeon attacks to confirm coordination.

Nene, who had temporarily joined the team, was a much better scout and attacker than we had expected.

She self-reported as a C rank, but I think there was probably a deliberate adjustment to her adventurer credibility score by Mamaru.

...... Her ability is equivalent to A rank.

The big change in the game was the addition of a new player, Nene, who makes up for both of the elements lacking in Clover, making her an indispensable member of the court-appointed mission.

The other was Marina.

There was a big change in her as well.

She restored the "Memorandum of Enlightenment" that I had picked up in the Ione Ruins Labyrinth and gave it to Marina, and ...... her "Second Profession Secondary Job" appeared as she had wished.

Marina's hidden talent was that she is a Samurai.

This is an extremely powerful job that originated in the East and specializes in close combat.

She was a little disappointed when she said, "I wanted to use magic. ......"(Marina)

However, it seems that Marina is a very special girl who has a talent to get two rare jobs.

Silk, too, is taking my advice and making some preparations.

First, she purchased a magic bag to increase the amount of arrows she can carry into the dungeon.

she has also prepared several types of consumable magical artifacts, commonly referred to as "attribute arrows," and have made contracts with two different spirits as a  spirit user.

A spiritist is one who calls upon spirits in the environment to create magical phenomena, but with a contracted spirit, you can use your powers regardless of the environment.

Silk seemed to have chosen the dryad, a tree spirit, and Undine, a water spirit.

Rain was quite calm compared to the flurry of activity around her, but she brought out a wand from somewhere.

It was a gold-decorated staff with a bright red pearl in it. If you look at it, you will know what it is.

This is the Crimson Staff of the Red Jade.

It is a magical weapon artifact weapon that greatly increases the power of the five major offensive magic sorceries.

She said she had borrowed it, but I don't know what ...... Rain's connections are, that she would know someone who would lend her such a valuable item.

(TL: Who wants to know Rain background)

Preparations are underway for each of us. For me, I've done a lot of preparation.

The magic bag, which had a little too much capacity, is now quite full.

"Are you ready for the ...... raid the day after tomorrow?"(Yuki)

I asked the four of them as I laid out their dinner on the table.

Seeing that each of them affirmed it with a reply, there seemed to be no problem.se.

"I'm sorry for using the party house even though I'm just a temporary member."(Nene)

"Don't worry about it. It's better for us to gather here to prepare and share information."(Silk)

"And we have extra room!"(Marina)

It's not that I had anticipated this situation, but the guest room I created in the spare room immediately came in handy.

Nene didn't want to go back to Mamaru's place, so I had her use it, and it's a good thing that she seems to have adjusted to it surprisingly well.

"All right, let's check it out. As planned, we will enter the Colorless Darkness the morning after tomorrow. Currently, the A-rank party ahead of us has reached the eighth level underground."(Yuki)

"It's been quite a while already, but they haven't made any progress at all."(Marina)

I laugh at Marina's words.

The poor quality of the party that is taking on the challenge is already known by the distribution.

The situation became even worse when the only decent party, Scordia, got fed up with the other two parties - Thunderpike and Glanzblow - and dropped out of the court-appointed mission.

It would be ridiculous if they were following us around, relying on our progress.

In particular, the Grantsbroughs are a party of not-so-well-mannered people who seem to be competent rogues.

They would push the floor bosses to the party ahead of them and wait for them to be defeated before exiting the boss floor unscathed, which also didn't go over well with the distribution.

I think I can understand why Benwood sighs and says, "I don't trust them."

"We're just here to check for anomalies, not to conquer. Basically, everything we do is streamed live, and the guild masters and academics from the Royal Academy of Sciences  will check it out."(Yuki)

However, I don't know what kind of anomalies we're supposed to find in a place judging from the logs and feeds.

That seems to be anomalous from the start.

The Colorless Darkness is such a unique labyrinth dungeon.

"We can use the Scroll of Exit, but you never know what kind of danger you might be in. It's a dungeon where you can't take many precautions. Let's go with extreme caution."(Yuki)

"I've made all the preparations I can. The rest is just business as usual."(Silk)

"Let's do our best! We can  definitely do it!"(Marina)

Silk and Marina nodded motivatedly.

I thought they would be a little more intimidated, but I guess my fears were unfounded,.......

"I'll do my best, too. It's not something I take lightly!"(Nene)

"Yeah, I'm counting on you too Nene. I expect you to do the same, though in a way you'll be the most burdened."(Yuki)

"Please leave it to me."(Nene)

Nene smiles.

"Is Rain okay?"(Yuki)

"I'm fine as usual. I have prepared everything."(Rain)

"Okay. I'm counting on you."(Yuki)

"Hmm. More importantly, you need to get a full day's rest tomorrow."(Rain)

I flinched when she put her finger on the tip of my nose.

I was planning to do some light checking on supplies and synthesizing potions tomorrow.

"Too much work. Tomorrow, you absolutely must rest."(Rain)

"That being said, ......"(Yuki)

I was about to make an excuse when I heard the sound of an emergency alert on the tablet I was wearing.

《Breaking news》

《The Adventurer's Guild and the Royal Academy of Sciences have issued a recommendation to correct the two parties that entered the Colorless Darkness, citing their lack of investigative skills. In response, Grantsbrow has withdrawn from the commission and Thunderpike will now be investigating on his own.》

《The Adventurer's Guild and the Royal Academy of Sciences have responded that they have discussed and plan to take appropriate action on this matter.》

《Some have pointed out that Simon Barkley of Thunderpike has been unclear about the use of the sponsorship money collected to preside over this court-appointed mission, and this is currently being investigated.》

"I knew it was only a matter of time before things had to go down ......, but this is still early."(Yuki)

"Grantsbrough was a buzz kill from the start, so I can't blame them."(Rain)

"That's true, too. It's rumored that they doesn't behave well, so I guess I should be glad that we didn't run into each other in the dungeon."(Silk)

"That's right. Even if you watch the delivery, you can't help but wonder about them. ......"(Marina)

The withdrawal of the A-rank party is somewhat painful, but they are also the ones who are likely to cause trouble.

To be honest, there is no part of me that is more terrified of humans than demon monsters, so it's good that we got rid of one of them.

"All right, then. Let's continue eating."(Yuki)

"You can't fool me."(Rain)

Rain pinched my nose.

"Tomorrow, you will definitely ......  take the day off."(Rain)

"I'll take care of that but there's something I need to do."(Yuki)

"No."(Rain)

The next day, 

In the end, I had to take a full day off.

TL Note- Something tells me there will be a showdown and Evil Avalon will come in some hours.