CH 68

“As long as you use this key, you should be able to enter the hidden room. Please do have it.”

Carl-san said as he held the seemingly important key with both of his hands and handed it over to Frank-san.

“…Even though this is such an important thing, is this really alright?”

“If I were to hold on to it, it’d be a waste of the key sitting around without being used. Besides… I heard that the guard that’s inside the hidden room changes their form from time to time. That’s why, perhaps a guard that nobody has ever seen so far will come up. …I also would like to see it with Thor-san, but the person I wanted to see it with is no longer here. Since that is the case, would you take a look at it in my stead?”

“Understood. In exchange, treat me to a high-grade sake to celebrate the victory once we return.”

Frank-san turned his sight towards the sake bottles lined up deep within the counter and grinned.

Ah… Virna-san’s tail swayed as hard as it could get!

She is so full of motivation, all for the sake of sake—!

“Of course. I’ll treat you with the best, treasured sake.”

As Frank-san received the key, a semi-transparent window popped out.

Hurray—!

With this, the serial quest was a success—!

But since the reward of the quest was a key, I was lowkey hoping that it would be—by any chance—the key to the Sage Tower… As expected, it wouldn’t go as smoothly.

…Haa.

Even so, what would be the reward for defeating the boss located deep inside [The Cavern of Ordeal]?

I felt like it would be some sort of an equipment, but I had my equipment made by the people from the guild, so I couldn’t remember what showed up after defeating it.

Besides, the equipment that was dropped by early bosses weren’t anything that good.

Ah. But, since it’s an equipment that can be used from a low level, I might be able to equip it as well. My current level is 26, but the equipment stored inside my item box are all high-levelled equipment, so I can’t equip them.

If [The Cavern of Ordeal] was the same dungeon that it was in Elysia Online, the equipment that would come out of the treasure box would be the ones that we could use from level 10.

Of course, in the case of others also wanting the equipment and not only me, we could decide who’d get what based on a rock-paper-scissors game, but if the equipment were only those of level 10, nobody might want to have them, I guess.

“[The Cavern of Ordeal], is it? Now that you mention it, such a thing exists, huh? Either way, we’d be able to see how well we can cooperate with one another, so shall we go there at once?”

“That’s right. If the enemies aren’t that strong, it might be just perfect as a place to test our skills.”

Ar-niisama nodded at Frank-san’s suggestion. Amanda-san and Virna-san didn’t seem to object, too.

Then, a semi-transparent window popped out.

Ooh. What quest is it, I wonder?

Hmm. This… Not being able to tell what kind of quest it is before accepting it seems bad, huh?

Well, I might be able to guess what kind of quest it might be in general.

Perhaps this quest’s objective is to defeat the boss located deep in [The Cavern of Ordeal], that kind of thing, right?

Then, I’ll pick [Yes], and…

Uhhm, this quest is…

▽ The quest has been accepted.

▽ Defeat the boss located deep within [The Cavern of Ordeal]

▽ Reward for quest clearance: Receiving a blessing

If the quest is failed: [The Cavern of Ordeal] will disappear

Ukyaa! This is a quest where we have to succeed!

Since [The Cavern of Ordeal] will disappear if we fail this quest, I wonder if it’s a quest that’s difficult to clear?

But in the game and in this world, [The Cavern of Ordeal] is supposed to be a beginner’s dungeon…

But, I have no choice but to do it!

I will do my best to clear [The Cavern of Ordeal] together with everyone!