Chapter 306: Gathering Magic Stones 1
Chapter 306: Gathering Magic Stones 1
At the heart of the Demon Continent, in front of the entrance to the dungeon where dragon species were aplenty, we were dumbfounded.
As to why……
「……umm, why are Queen Fraal and Ryuka-san here?」
「Naturally, to clear the dungeon.」
「Haaa, my apologies, Iruma-dono.」
Queen Fraal who acts like it’s obvious that she should be here and the apologetic Ryuka-san were present.
「Umm, is everything okay? Queen Fraal is the head of your nation, isn’t she?」
「Capturing a dungeon is also something that a ruler must accomplish.」
Ryuka looked at Queen Fraal, who stated as such so grandly, with a troubled expression, but it reminded me that the rulers of the Demon Continent were much the same.
「Haa, I understand, but please don’t get hurt. I won’t take responsibility.」
「I wanted you to say that you would take responsibility though.」
「Of course, we will take responsibility of ourselves.」
Ryuka-san icily cut off the words Queen Fraal was sending my way with a sexy gaze. What a close master and retainer.
「Iruma-dono, you will sell the materials besides the magic stones preferentially, wouldn’t you?」
「Yes, we’re fine with just the magic stones.」
Queen Fraal and Ryuka forcibly joined us into the dungeon for some reason, but other than that, they were quite calculating. The dragon-type materials that would be obtained in the dungeon will be stored inside my Item Box and I promised to transport them to Accuros.
It seems Queen Fraal intends to make them merchandise to Samandour Kingdom.
「As expected of a dungeon where dragon species appear, it’s so friggin wide.」
「The 1st to the 10th floor are like this, but the middle floors to the deepest ones become far more vast.」
My impression of the dungeon after walking into the dungeon was that it was absolutely ginormous. Ryuka-san told me that the middle floors were far bigger. Which meant that larger dragon types will start appearing in the middle floors, huh.
This is a dungeon that has wide passages and rooms for spawning dragon types, so that’s as obvious as obvious can be.
Dogoooon!!
Titan’s large metal fist smashed the head of a large lizard.
「A Fire Lizard. It isn’t really a species of dragons, but the monsters on the shallower levels are like this.」
「Well, it’s a 3 meter lizard, so it’ll normally still give a hard fight even if it isn’t a type of dragon, though it would still be classified as a small fry in the Demon Continent.」
Maria stated her thoughts about Ryuka-san’s explanation with a fed up expression. That said, Maria is one of our comrades who lack common sense.
「Ryuka-san, do you need this lizard?」
「Yes, its meat has a slight stench, but if a somewhat larger amount of spices are used, it’s a big hit alongside alcohol.」
「Gotcha. I’ll hold on to its whole body, so please deal with the dismantling.」
I stored the Fire Lizard that Titan defeated into my Item Box.
「Since we need a whole lot of magic stones this time anyway, let’s search and destroy.」
「Fu fu fu, I’m glad that the battle maniac kings don’t know.」
「Your Majesty, I think you are no different.」
Behind me, Queen Fraal who I consulted was smiling, and Ryuka-san who was aware that the Queen’s true nature was no different from the other rulers of the Demon continent retorted.
「It’s so vast, even wyverns and the like come out.」
「That’s a Lesser Wyvern, isn’t it?」
A Lesser Wyvern is a downgraded version of a Wyvern. Basically, it’s a monster ranked within the lower levels of the dragon types, but its strength was nowhere near those of real dragons.
「It’s a flying lizard.」
「Even that’s a threat to a human country, isn’t it?」
「Titan go BAM with hand! Hand BAM!」
Sophia called the Lesser Wyvern a flying lizard, and Maria shook her head as her common sense was way out there, while Kaede requested that Titan make his hand fly.
「There’s not even a shred of nervousness in the air.」
「No helping it. Even a dragon is prey to these members.」
I apologized to Queen Fraal and Ryuka-san for the lack of tension among our members.
A wyvern that can’t emit a breath attack would definitely be one punch for Titan, after all.
「Look forward to Basilisks, Cockatrices and the like start appearing from the middle levels.」
「……we’ll make sure to.」
Yup, Queen Fraal is definitely one of the rulers of the Demon Continent.
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