Chapter 160: The 18th Floor

Chapter 160: The 18th Floor

『Looks like we’re finally here.』

「Nn.」

「Woof.」

We finally reached the the dungeon’s 18th floor, the place that’d let us complete one of our overarching objectives.

The floors that extended beyond the 14th had given us one hell of an adventure. The number of magic beasts that attacked us multiplied exponentially, and we ended up activating more than 30 different traps as we traversed our way through the dungeon.

The most troublesome Magic Beasts we ran into were vapor-like creature whose species were simply known as “MIST.” They could disperse their bodies and make themselves not only invulnerable to physical attacks, but also entirely undetectable to any that relied on Presence Detection. They even had the ability to activate traps if they chose to condense their bodies down to a smaller size. That in particular was something the MISTs did to us like n times. God, they were annoying as all hell.

Disposing of the MISTs was, in and of itself, rather easy. All we had to do was blast a few AOE spells every time we entered a new area. They kinda couldn’t just stay in hiding if we flooded the entire area with our attacks. They’d more or less get destroyed immediately after two or three repetitions as their specs made it so that they weren’t really suited to battle.

In some cases, us firing off AOEs like crazy also allowed us to set off a few traps in advance and save ourselves from having to deal with them.

The only issue with us doing that was that we more or less deprived Fran of a fair portion of her practice. That said though, we were already pretty deep in the dungeon, so I figured it was about time for us to focus on making sure she stayed unhurt instead.

Besides, I figured that it was a much better idea for us to focus our efforts on finding the magic beast that’d give us the skill we wanted anyways.

Specifically, we were looking for Dirty Wisps. They were rare apparitions that looked like black balls of light.

We walked around the 18th floor for quite some time, but we weren’t able to find so much as a single one.

All our efforts ended up doing nothing but providing us exp and magic stones. Fran had leveled all the way up to 43, and I was on the verge of getting myself a rank up as well. Fran was pretty damn close to her level cap, and I was rather curious as to what would happen when she reached it. In fact, I was so curious that I even considered just having her grind out the last little bit on multiple occasions, but I ultimately ended up deciding against it...

『Oh well, I guess it can’t be helped. Dirty Wisps are elusive. If we can’t find them, we can’t find them. Let’s move on.』

「Nn.」T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

「Woof?」

『What’s wrong, boy?』

「Growl!」

Urushi suddenly growled and used Dark Magic; he shot a jet black spear straight towards one of the dungeon’s walls.

「Pigiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!」

『Dude, that’s gross.』

A large, purple and orange caterpillar suddenly seemed to phase into existence. It wriggled about as it clung to the dungeon’s wall and barged a strange, black liquid. A similar, putrid smelling substance spilled from the hole Urushi had opened up in the caterpillar’s gut.

『Wait a sec, did I seriously not notice that thing till it got that close to us? Did you catch it at all, Fran?』

「Also missed.」

「Growl!」

Apparently the thing was called a Mimic Venom Crawler. It seemed to be the type of creature that’d wait for its prey to come to it. This was further evidenced by its skills, as it had Mimicry, Presence Isolation, and Muffled Action. As per its name, the Mimic Venom Crawler’s offenses mostly stemmed from abilities related to poison. That is, it had Poison Fang, Poison Magic, and Poison Spray.

It seemed that Urushi happened to notice it because he’d detected its scent.

HP: 28

MP: 66

STR: 11

VIT: 17

AGI: 86

INT: 101

MGC: 151

DEX: 30

Skills

Presence Isolation: Lv 4

Thought Isolation: Lv 3

Resistance to Mental Abnormalities: Lv 3

Magic Absorption: Lv 3

Dark Magic: Lv 6

Dark Resistance: Lv 2

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It seemed like the Dirty Wisp had used Dark Magic in order to hide itself in the shadows. Urushi had probably only noticed it because he himself was well versed in Dark Magic.

Man, I swear Urushi’s like perfect for this dungeon. I sure am glad he’s with us. Sheet would’ve been terrifying without him; Fran definitely wouldn’t have been able to get this far unscathed.

『Good job Urushi! I’ll treat you to something nice later.』

「Woof!」

『How’s some super spicy curry sound?』

「Woof woof!」

「Mmph. Will also do best.」

Fran took a stance; it seemed that hearing about Urushi’s reward had gotten her all fired up.

『Make sure you don’t let that Dirty Wisp get away.』

「Nn!」

The Thought Isolation skill that it had was exactly what we were after. No way in hell we’re leaving without it!

『Urushi, make sure it doesn’t teleport away!』

「Woof!」