Chapter 1311: Moving To The Miasmic Nest

Chapter 1311: Moving To The Miasmic Nest



"Huh? What...? We teleported like you said?!" asked Celica. "Amazing Sylphy! I didn't know you had space magic!"

"It's not exactly space magic, it's the ability of a dungeon master to move around their dungeon as they please," I explained. "Sometimes I just walk, but when things get urgent, I teleport. Teleporting all of us cost a lot of Dungeon Energy though, roughly four to five thousand."

"Is that a lot?" my father wondered, looking around.

"Not much, I suppose?" I wondered. "I have a lot more saved... Anyways, here we are."

I pointed at the distance, there was a huge forest that stretched for hundreds of kilometers. Yes, the first floor of the dungeon had become enormous, perhaps as big as several thousands of kilometers right now.

"This is... a forest?" wondered Celica. "I don't remember ever exploring it before... Half of it has become black and purple..."

"Yeah, this is where all the Miasma ended accumulating," I explained. "It ended infecting the forest, and it has continuously spread through it. We'll have to purify as much as possible as we make our way there."

"Interesting! Very interesting!" said Felicia, looking into the forest, her homunculi body had a slightly younger voice. I hated to admit it, but she was cute. "The large accumulation of Mana in this area is very big, it seems that the streams of Mana had become unstable, causing this over accumulation and then decay within this forest area."

"Wait, so there's a reason why it appeared here? It's not random?" I wondered.

"Of course not!" she said. "Nothing is random, everything has a reason behind why these things happen. As Alchemist, we work to not only make things but comprehend the world itself. And I believe there's a reason why the Mana was fluctuating so much here."

"Are you implying your daughter is not smart enough to understand such simple concepts, Allan? Don't look down on Sylphy, she's very smart. I would say she's smarter than you," said Felicia. "Actually that isn't that big of a benchmark, hahaha!"

"W-What? No! I didn't imply that..." he panicked a bit, looking at me with surprise. "Of course my daughter is smarter than me! Actually... I was the one that didn't really understand

that well."

"Haha, it's fine dad," I said. "I asked you but I kind of have thought of an answer."

"Oh? And which one is that?" Felicia asked.

"I have to accept that this problem will become more common from now on. I'll try to improve the dungeon's balance, but I can't achieve perfection either," I said. "It will have to be a combination of both working on its entire structure and also strengthening the people inside of it, and perhaps even the monsters, so they can survive the Miasmic Creatures, which could be said to be a part of nature as well."

"Good answer, look, they came just to tell you how right you were," Felicia smiled, looking at the forest.

From within it, hordes of Miasmic Creatures appeared, crawling out of the darkened trees, their shapes and forms varied with each one, but they were all made of black and dark purple slimy ooze, sometimes with hard bones beneath, made of crystalized miasma, but all the

same.

And they kept coming, constantly... There were perhaps over a hundred of them now. Whatever was inside of that nest, they knew we were here to put a stop to them.

"Alright, Ivy, Bark, time to show off your newly evolved abilities."