Player Name: Kaga Michio
Current Character Levels & Equipment:
Jobs:
Explorer Lv.35
Hero Lv.34
Mage Lv.36
Monk Lv.35
Equipment:
Wand
Leather Helmet
Leather Armor
Leather Gloves
Leather Shoes
Oh really? Is that the case? I see. If that is really how it is, then fine.
Also, the Duke told me that my help with the Labyrinths is going to be appreciated, even if I am not going to be exploring their highest floors and advancing to the new ones.
Now that is a curious decision. Is that really true? That is what the Duke of Hartz told you?
Um, oh, y-yes, I am pretty sure that this is exactly what he told me.
For a second, Sherry had a pretty strange look on her face. Because I am not originally from this world, I have no idea what things are in line with this worlds common sense and what goes against it, which is always making me feel a little bit on edge because of what people might start thinking of me if I accidentally say something suspicious or something that I should not be saying in public.
Just now, Sherry looked as if she could not believe that I was granted access to all of the Labyrinths on the territory of the Hartz Duchy, so could it be that according to the laws of this world, the laws that I do not know even though I should be familiar with them in Roxanne and Sherrys eyes, maybe it is that not everyone can freely enter all of the Labyrinths of a given territory? And if it is really like that, then does anyone know which of the Labyrinths can, and which cannot be entered?
I see.
Y-Yeah. Why do you ask about it, Sherry?
Because for the Labyrinths, people who are coming inside them are nothing but prey that they can feed upon to grow themselves. The Labyrinths where Adventurers are going in frequently will be less active, while the Labyrinths where Adventurers are not venturing in as often will become more active, because when the Labyrinths will start getting hungry, they are going to produce increasingly more monsters just so that they could provide them with sustenance that they could use to continue their growth process. That is why it is always advised to go into the Labyrinths with a group of at least three people, because that is the countermeasure against the Labyrinths carnal instincts. When bigger groups of people enter it, the Labyrinth becomes a significantly safer place, so what the Duke of Hartz probably wants from you is to keep the Labyrinths of the Hartz Duchy relatively in check due to someone constantly entering them on a daily basis.
Oooh, so it is like that, huh? I had no idea.
Yes, that is exactly how it is, or at least that is the relationship that has been observed between the number f Adventurers entering the Labyrinths and the amount and ferociousness of the monsters dwelling within them. For example, the Labyrinths near the cities and villages do not have that many monsters inside of them as the ones that are located in the more remote regions, and the few of them that are inside are actually rather weak and not as aggressive as you would have expected. On the flipside, however, Labyrinths that are located in the countryside or in the middle of a wilderness will have a large amount of strong monsters that are going to be more aggressive towards the people who will be visiting said Labyrinths.
So the Labyrinths can have such differences about them, huh? Well certainly, if you think about it that way, then it really would seem that the Duke wants me to go to the Labyrinths that are also going to be explored by the members of the Knight Order of Hartz Duchy to act as potential food, or perhaps a way to keep the aggro of the Labyrinths off his boys while it is going to be busy sending monsters after me, since my Party only has three people in it, so it is definitely going to be an easier target to pick off than the groups that are going to most likely be composed of full, six-people teams.
Later, when I arrived in Tare, I made my way to the same location where I was delivering the relief supplies to during my commission: to the house of the village chief. As for Tare as a whole, there was not really that much to say about it. Since it was the capital of the entire Duchy, Bode, even if it was a small town, at least had walls around it to protect itself in the event of a monster or bandit attack.