Vol. 3 - Ch. 207 - Introducing the Thunder Javelin!

"Ohh! So everyone has safely reached Lv 30! Ah, take right from there, Ester.""Yes. That's mostly due to the large amount of XP generated by the sudden appearance of the rare boss during our grind. Even Pamela and Shizu, the one with the lowest Lv among us, easily reached the goal."

"You even defeated the rare boss!? Amazing, it means they have graduated from the beginner-mid grade dungeon. Oh, I can see it. So it is the gate to the fifth floor."

"Yes."

Currently, the mechanical carriage is running on the shortest route possible to the deepest layer of crushing any monsters coming in the way as usual.

Ester and I, sitting in our respective driver and assistant driver seats, were exchanging information while keeping an eye on the situation.

Lana, Sierra and Karua are in the carriage.

For the girls, they are looking at what they are riding for the first time with curious eyes, fidgeting here and there. Karua in particular seemed to be like a restless hamster looking over there and keeping an eye out, then moving over and repeating the same.

Maybe Karua, who put emphasis on speed well , might have felt some kind of resonance with the carriage. She also looks keen about its speed.

"Amazing, this is so spacious and so fast. Wonderful, fast and spacious!"

"Calm down, Karua. It's really hard for me to take your restlessly swaying tail and fidgeting cat ears"

I see, so that's why Lana's gaze was nailed to Karua from a while ago. I glanced inside and saw Lana's eyes have the same predatory glint she has when she lovingly caresses Sachineko-sama. It was by no means a type of gaze one would look at their comrade.

Well, it's really hard not to think about caressing those fluffy tails or ears.

I hope they look at the interior of the carriage more, not just Karua. I also wanted to listen to their impressions, so I tried starting a conversation.

"How do you guys feel? What is the carriage's comfort level and other features? Just like what I said earlier, it's a top quality product built using heaps of rare boss materials."

Hearing it, Sierra, who was nearby, replied.

"Hmm. First, I never heard about vehicle equipment in itself, so I'm still shocked. I knew about the existence of carriage items, but I hadn't seen many of them when it comes to the carriage of this grade. The majority of carriages are types which are usually built with materials such as timber and metals. It's simply unthinkable for a person that needs monster materials, what's more boss materials...... Normally, it costs too much and it's not something any average person can build."

Point on as always. I also understand Sierra's point. After all, this carriage cost a ridiculous amount of money to build. I have used copious amounts of rare boss material and boss materials for the rest, not even the slightest bit of timber of metal is used in the making of this.

Just, I doubt there would be any other person willing to spend so much on a single piece of equipment. It's the same for items. They hardly need an item of this grade.

Not to say gathering the material is absurdly hard. For those who don't know , they only have the option of collecting them by themselves or asking someone to do that. However, no matter the option, it will take an absurdly long time and money. And what will they get after putting in so much effort? A single piece of equipment or item.

Frankly speaking, it doesn't offset the time and effort you have poured in. So, supposedly, even if I revealed the recipe for mechanical carriage to the public, there would hardly be anyone who would make it. Not worth it.

Sierra is someone with many acquaintances and also a princess of an aristocratic family, so it seems she has seen a carriage of this grade; however , she also guaranteed that it's not something that can be spotted casually.

In short, her words mean its comfort level is very high (most likely).

Fuhahaha, there's nothing I can do.

The normal grade carriage recipes I saw were all too lackluster and their performance doesn't look any good at all with all of them using ordinary materials.

They can't even defeat the monsters if you happen to run on them, since those carriages aren't fast, are difficult to operate and their combat power is too low, so there are also chances of causing an incident called "Monster Train".

What's more, their frames aren't strong enough, so you also get minus skill for equipping them, such as "increase damage taken by 50%".

In other words, even the simple act of moving will gradually shave off the user's HP. This is the most hateful part.

Well, better a bare foot than none at all, I initially planned to make a normal grade carriage and took a brute force approach, taking advantage of Ester's high status. Although this approach will need the extra money for means of healing etc, I was thinking of splitting it as necessary expenses but I'm really glad we got ourselves a recipe from a gold chest.

After Sierra, I also received a full rating from Lana and Karua too, which greatly satisfied me. Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ NƟvelFɪre.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

It really feels refreshing to have something you have worked so hard to be praised. Though it's made by Gant-senpai.

By the time I came out of my blissful mood, we had reached the 17th floor, just 2 or at most 3 minutes until the final floor. Ester has become quite skilled at handling the carriage now.

In the meantime, I listened to Ester reporting about the rare boss that appeared in the late game. It was lucky for them to have a rare boss appear at the unexpected timing and at the same time, it could have been unlucky. Luckily, the situation didn't turn south for them, but it really made me wonder how they defeated the rare boss, which is equivalent to a higher rank dungeon boss.

Could it be that they fought fiercely, nearly having a confrontation with a party wipeout directly, but after lots of ups and downs, they finally smashed down the boss? I awaited Ester's report with bated breath.

Alas, the reality is often disappointing, as her reply was far simpler than my imagination.

"Lulu is simply invincible when it's a lone enemy"

"...... Indeed"

I subconsciously tried to imagine the boss battle and couldn't help but agree with her. I'm absolutely sure Lulu should have applied her debuffs, weakening it to a pathetic degree and, just like a helpless lamp, must be butchered without even being able to put up any resistance.

"The boss's unique skill, was it , was directly received by Lulu and Pamela without avoiding it and it didn't even budge them a bit."

And when the boss was in a stiff state from using its unique skill, Celestine scored a number of critical hits and under the barrage of attacks from other members, it didn't take long for it to disappear.

As strong as ever . I can see the growth of Lulu and others as they have gradually become accustomed to battles.

"Ah, the boss also dropped two. Please appraise them later"

"Whaaat, you even got two gold chests!?"

Crap, it's almost becoming hard to hold back my overflowing excitement.

A gold chest in the front and another gold chest in the back. I can't wait to go back.

"We have arrived."

Holding back my excitement, we finally arrived at the deepest floor.

All right, it's the time to face the rare boss!