Chapter 233: The Temple of Janpani
My friends and I descended with the B-rank Birds a short distance away from the too huge S-class dungeon.
As Foreign Minister Nukakai had told me, there were quite a few people at the entrance of the S-class dungeon, so I made sure not to startle them.
We headed towards the queue at the entrance of the tower.
(Are there any windows in this cylindrical tower? Looks like there are quite a few doors under the tower.)
From the presence of the tower, I determined that unlike the Academy City's dungeons, it was not in another dimension, but was a physically existing dungeon. I began to analyze what kind of dungeon it was, as well as our dungeon strategy.
I used E-rank Bird to check the exterior of the tower, but there were no windows and it seemed that the only way to get inside was through the large gate on the ground, which seemed to be on the first floor.
I kept sending E-rank Bird up to see what the top of the tower looked like, but it couldn't get to the top even after a long period of time.
(Well, it's a world with Magic Ships. It's not like it's going to be easy to get in from the rooftop.)
There was not just one gate on the tower, but were evenly paced.
We lined up at one of its arranged entrances.
"Hmm?"
"What? What are you looking at?"
I couldn't help but squeal when I saw the man in front of me in the queue.
He was two heads taller than me, half naked without a jacket and carrying a large sword on his back.
I looked at his head to see how hairy it was and saw ears that I had never seen in the world before.
The supposed adventurer had ears like a dog.
Then, as if he noticed my gaze, he turned around and glared at me, baring his canine teeth.
"No, it's nothing."
"Hmph."
However, the dog-eared man returned his gaze to the front of the queue after gazing at me from top to bottom, probably because I was a child.
(A beastman. There are a lot of beastmen here. Did they come from the Beast Kingdom in the south? The beastmen of this world are quite hairy, aren't they?)
There were humans and dwarves in the queue as well.
And it seemed that there were quite a few beastmen.
To the south of the Bakius Empire was the continent of the Beast Kingdom.
I wondered if the reason why there were so many beastmen present who looked like adventurers was to earn money by attacking the dungeon.
After a short wait, it was my friends and my turn.
The gatekeeper looked at us strangely for a moment, probably because our group was made up of many different races, but when we presented our adventurer's cards, he let us in as normal.
""Ohhh!""
As we passed through the gate, we couldn't help but let out a squeal.
There was a huge city inside the tower.
"It's amazing. A city inside a dungeon?"
The crowd was outrageous, and I knew it would be annoying to stop walking, so I checked my surroundings as I walked.
"Yes. The Temple of Janpani in the center!"
"Central?"
I summoned an E-rank Bird summon in the sky to check the entire city from above.
I vaguely remembered being told by someone about half a day ago not to summon anything in the city, but I wasn't sure.
(The first floor is the city, and the second and subsequent floors are dungeons? Oh! That's the Temple of Janpani?)
The sky above was many kilometers high and the E-rank Bird could fly with ease.
"What? Well, yes. I mean, you were surprised though, weren't you?"
"Oh, you'd be surprised. Look at the number of adventurers in this temple. That's what the gatekeeper said earlier. The gatekeeper told us earlier that only those who are qualified to enter the S-class dungeon are allowed in the temple. It's a big city, isn't it?"
We only had to show our adventurer's card when entering this tower.
It was an A rank adventurer's card, but any adventurer could enter.
After we entered the city, I had thought that there were many people in the city other than those who had invitations to the S-class dungeon.
I had heard from my homeroom teacher at the Academy that there were no people in the Latash Kingdom who were qualified to enter the S-class dungeon. However, there were quite a few adventurers in the city who had received invitations to enter S-class dungeons.
The world was a big place, and I wondered if people from all over the world had come together to conquer S-class dungeons.
Cecile looks around, thinking for sure.
There were quite a few dwarves, humans, and beastmen.
They all had invitations to the S-class dungeon.
"Oh? Is that the reception?"
Sophie noticed that there was a line of people in one corner of the temple.
"It's true. Let's have a little chat."
We lined up at the counter with the dwarves, who looked different from the other dwarves and wore a sort of Priestly uniform.
"Oh, young adventurers. How may I help you?"
(It's kind of nice, isn't it? I guess dwarves have no sense of inferiority whatsoever for being so small.)
The Priest in charge of the temple reception seemed to know that I was young despite being a head shorter than me.
"I'm trying to conquer the S-class dungeon and was wondering if I could line up here to talk to you?"
"Of course. Oh, my. There is a dwarf here too?"
The temple receptionist noticed that Merle the dwarf was with me.
"Yes!"
Merle replied cheerfully.
"Are you a Golem User, by any chance?"
(How did you know? Well, Merle doesn't have any weapons or armor.)
She didn't have her spear and shield, which she used when she was at the Academy.
"Yeah."
"Do you have a Magic Board?"
"No, I don't. I was told I had to give it back."
(What's a Magic Board?)
"I see. What do you want me to do? I can lend one to you if you want."
"Yes. Please. Can you lend me one!?"
Merle's face lit up.
With that, the temple receptionist went back to the other room and came back with something that looked like a black board.
"This way. Please show your adventurer's card. We'll record the loan from the Magic Board."
(What is it? It's like borrowing a book from the library.)
"Um, what's a Magic Board?"
Merle and the temple receptionist were the only ones carrying on a conversation, so I asked them what it was.
"What? Yes. This is the magic tool needed to bring out Golems."
"Yeah, yeah. Yes!"
"A magic tool that sends out Golems?"
Allen stared at what looked like a jet-black metal plate on the reception counter.