Volume 3 - CH 4

Sylvie bought us a drink at the tavern, and the next day we set off in the morning to the West Tower.

Sylvie asked me to help her with the investigation, but of course I refused.

I will at least provide some information, but I don't want to work for free.

But you're still a heroes, she said,  But no matter what she say, there will be no compromise on working conditions.

【Strike Resistance】New!

【Lotion Play】New!

And the skill copy was working on its own again, but it seems to have gotten the slime skill.

But if Strike Resistance isn't a rare skill, then there are likely to be some Slash resistant ones around, which is tricky.

If swords don't work on the enemy, I'm not sure how much damage we can do since our party only has swords.

Lily's sling is not very powerful, so it can only be used as a check. It would be fine if someone changed their weapon to an axe, but that would be a waste of time, especially since they had acquired swordsmanship skills.

The job is also a swordsman. I also checked with Serina, and she chose the swordsman job as well.　

"So, Sylvie, why are you following us?"

It's not very comfortable to have a swordsman who is better than me stalking behind me.

However, the silver-haired elf answered the question with a cool face.

"You told me yesterday that you were going to the West Tower. I just thought I'd check it out.

"You don't have to go with us, though.

"That's true, but ...... well, the journey is a journey, the world is a mercy, and if you are attacked on the road, you can count on me to help you."

"Alec, that's nice isn't it? She look like she has got some skills, maybe we can have a party together."

Serina says something sweet. Most likely, when she heard that Sylvie was a member of the Knights, she was showing her heroic spirit of wanting to be useful.

Let's be clear about this.

"There will be no party. Sylvie, if you are attacked, I won't help you, You don't mind, right?."

"Of course not. I'm with you on my own. I have no problem with that."

"Good, But don't fight, okay?".

"You too."

"Ehh? Geez..."

After silencing Serina, we proceeded through the forest.

Visibility was poor, so we had to pay attention to the sounds around us.

"Uho, Uho."

"Mount Ape's close by. What do we do?"

Serina asks me.

"Let's hunt them down. It's not like we're in a hurry."

"Yeah, I got it."

Two erotic gorillas attacked Sylvie, but she buried them before they could take the mounted position.

I knew she had good skills.

"Murghh, that's not fair, it's just me ......"

Serina let out a strange complaint, but as expected, it's hard to ask to be mounted by someone you've just met. Give it up.

Sylvie pointed at tower as we passed through the forest.

"I see it. That's the west tower."

"Hoo~. ......"

"Hee~. ......"

There was a huge tower standing there, overwhelming the onlooker.

I couldn't see it from the royal capital, but it seemed to be in the shadow of the mountain. The height of the tower was about twenty floors, judging from the number of windows. Even so, it was still over a hundred meters wide, giving it an intimidating feeling.

The walls of the tower are made of brown stone and are in the shape of a vertical tube, with a steel door in the middle of the first floor.

"Was this tower built by the Country of Vernia?"

I checked with Sylvie, thinking that vertical towers might be a little difficult to build with medieval technology.

"No," she said. "This one was built three hundred years ago, before the first king. I've heard it's been around since the time of the gods."

"It's amazing. Who on earth ......"

"God, I guess. I don't even know which one."

"There's no point in staring. Let's go inside."

I was about to watch the whole thing myself, so I changed my mind and said.　

"Yeah, I know.

"Yeah."

""Yes, let's go""

"Uun."

Meena and Sylvie were in the lead, with Serina and Ione on either side, Lily in the middle, and me at the back.

We stepped into the tower through the open door.

"It's a maze as expected."

Serina said, looking at the passage inside. I had expected this, but it seems to be a labyrinth too.

The walls inside are also made of stone, but they are gray. The passageway was about three meters wide and continued onward.

The passage branched off and bent in the middle, so it was unclear what was going on beyond that point.

"I know the way to the tenth floor," Sylvie said.

But it would be better to start from the first floor and explore the tower in order to get used to it.

"We'll decide which way to go. If there are any dangerous traps, let me know."

"Okay."

"We'll take the left."

"Yes, sir."

"Roger that."

We turn left down the aisle and proceed. As soon as I did, Meena pulled out her sword and held it at the ready.

"I smell goblins."

"There are three of them."

"Yeah. Keep moving."

I thought it would be an easy victory, but the goblins here all had iron armor and shields.

I flinched as Meena's sword bounced off the shield and cut into the opposite side.

"Ha!"

But Meena quickly ducked from the sword and slashed the goblin's neck from behind.

"Gahh!"

The goblin stiffened and fell headfirst onto its back. The other two were already defeated by Sylvie and Ione.

"Everyone is not injured."

I checked, but All were all undamaged.

"There are goblins wear iron armor. I've seen leather armor before, but ......".

Serina poked the only piece of iron armor that had fallen on the spot with the tip of her sword. The inside of the armor has already turned to smoke, and there are no monster corpses left.

It doesn't seem to be a drop. The rusty iron armor must have belonged to an adventurer who once challenged dungeon here.

"The enemies here are stronger than others place. Be careful."

Sylvie said, but I should brace myself.

The Adventurer's Guild recommends is level of 25 or higher, and Meena and I are still about eight levels short. However, I've heard that the enemies get stronger and stronger from the lower levels, so when the going gets tough, we're going to try to gain experience before that.

The only enemies on the first level were goblins and slimes, and although their shields and armor sometimes prevented their attacks from getting through, it wasn't too much of a difficult.

After about three hours of walking around, I suggested we go outside and have lunch.

"There's a small room just around the corner," she said. "The door can be closed, so you can rest there and be safe."

Sylvie tells me to go into a small room in the tower and close the door. The goblins are mysteriously unable to open this door.

Apparently there are resting places like this on every floor.

We unloaded our bags and had some bread and cheese for lunch.

"What's on this top floor?"

Biting into a piece of bread, I asked Sylvie about it.

"There's a boss monster called the Mad Orc. It doesn't come out of the boss room, so just stay away from that Orc and you'll be fine."

"Is it strong?"

"It's strong. Even I can't beat it. The captain has defeated that Orc once, but every few years, someone comes along to defeat its."

So I guess it's the type of boss that comes back again and again.

"Do you want to try?"

Serina asks me with a slight smile, as if teasing me.

"Nonsense. I'm not even at the guild's recommended level, and the rewards won't be that good."

"No, I've heard that the bosses drop some pretty rare items. But, well, there are a lot of parties that lose their lives, so it's best not to."

As Sylvie said, lives are what matter. You have to be at least as strong as Sylvie to be able to challenge that Orc.

And then Lily started to get nervous.

"Hey, can I come outside?"

"You can't, but What's wrong?"

"Yeah, I have to pee."

Because I wouldn't go out with her, even though I had already done that before we entered the tower.

"I can't allow it. You'll have to leak around here.

"No way!!"

"Hey! Why are you refusing her? I'll go with you, Lily."

"Thank you, Serina."

"No, there's a bathroom in this tower. I'll show you."

Sylvie says.

"Is it close?"

"We're almost there."

"Then, if we run into any enemies on the way, you'll have to give up, Lily."

"Oh, no. Come on, hurry up! I'm leaking."

"Sheesh, nothing good ever happens in a hurry."

It's not that I want Lily to leak, but I don't want the enemy to get me.

"Here we are."

Luckily, we didn't encounter any enemies and reached another small room. The door was marked "Toilet", as if someone had hammered a wooden sign on it afterwards.

I tried to peek inside, but Lily, who had slipped in beside me, quickly closed the door.

I waited.

"Phew, just in time. ......"

I looked inside again and saw a stone toilet bowl.

"I wonder if it can flush it. ......"

Serina is concerned about that.

"It's no problem. The water spirit will clean it up on its own."

Sylvie said.

"Hmm...Is that so..."

How the water spirits work, Serina seemed to be concerned about that, but oh well.

"Well, are any of you want to use toilet?"

"Oh, then, excuse me, but..."

Ione raises her hand in a reserved manner.

"All right."

"Yeah, I'll hold this guy for you, so don't worry."

Saying that, then the rude Serina grabbed my wrist.

"You know. I'm not going to peek at her."

"With that skill set, who am I to argue?"

Speaking of which, I also have [Peeping Tom Lv1] skill.

"You know, I only took this skill with [Skill Copy]."

"But, you also have [Skill Reset], so why don't you reset it?."

"Well, it might be useful for something."

"You brute."

Hmph, say what you want.

"Thank you for waiting."

"All right, let's go."

Now that we were refreshed, we went back to exploring. This dungeon looks like it can be explored for a long time without returning to the inn, as long as you bring food.

I don't want to go that far, though, because I want to sleep in my bed at night and I'm sure the ladies would like to take a hot bath.