According to Argo and the others, the fourth and sixth floors have a lot of people.
“But we didn’t see anyone capturing monsters from the third floor down. That’s probably because the monsters that appear there are more troublesome.”
The third floor has superior species of goblin, with the king being one of them. It doesn’t spawn often, but people can’t just hang around somewhere it might appear. By the way, the boss of the third floor is a goblin lord.
The fourth floor has mainly orcs, with a superior species here and there, but there aren’t any kings or lords. The boss is an orc general.
The fifth has red orcs and black orcs, which are on par with an orc general. They have the fire or darkness attributes, and the boss of this floor is an orc king.
The sixth has superior species of orcs, including orc kings. The boss is an orclord.
“The seventh has demons. They’re close to undead. They’re resistant to physical attacks and weak to magic, but especially holy or light magic. But sometimes, one appears that’s strong against them. We gave up on the seventh floor because we were a bad match for it.”
And that’s also why the seventh floor is relatively empty.
There’s less competition, so it sounds like it’s a good hunting spot for the ones that can hunt there. But since the boss is a demon lord, few challenge. it.
At first I wonder why a different type of monster appears here, but all I can come up with is that it’s because it’s a dungeon.
“The fourth and sixth floors have a lot of people because they’re profitable. Orc meat sells well.”
That probably relates to the food supply situation in the empire. Meat produced here is shipped to other towns. That’s probably why there were so many wagons coming and going on the way here.
“What about the red orcs and black orcs on the fifth floor? Is their meat no good?”
I ask, and Hikari nods like she’s very interested.
“Apparently they taste good, but they’re a pain to hunt, so not many do.”
It sounds like it’s treated as high class meat because of that, and almost no one sells it in stalls.
“Let’s work hard to hunt them.”
That whisper reaches my ears, and when I look to the side, I see Hikari clenching her fists.
“What about you?”
I ask Argo and the others.”
“I don’t really remember hunting them. We went straight to the sixth floor.”
Says Argo, and the others nod.
Once we’re done talking, we decide to rest for today, and go to the dungeon tomorrow.
When we say we’re going out, Rick, Harold the greatsword user, and Clift the spear user say they’re coming along.
“Yes. If it was just you guys, people might mess with you.”
Argo and Guilford are going to the guild to see if they can learn anything there.
It’s kind of weird to see Argo all serious and hard working. The impression he made on me in Elysia is still strong in my mind.
We go outside and…
“Master, I’ll gather information.”
Says Hikari before taking off running towards the stalls.
Rick and the others are confused, so I explain to them that to Hikari, gathering information means going around stalls.
After taste-testing a few, she says they’re not very good.
Our expectations were low, because of the food situation in the empire, but we couldn’t rule out the possibility of finding one that’s good, so Hikari still went around them.
…Her dark expression tells the tale, but the stalls are still serving one customer after the other.
“Compared to those preserved foods, you know…”
Says Rurika, and Chris nods with an iffy expression. Ah, Rick and the others too.
According to them, preserved foods sold in Elesya are pretty tasty compared to the ones sold here. Not that this was ever a reason to buy them.
Rurika and Chris can cook even outside, so they never had to buy them. Not to mention that Chris can create water with magic.
Come to think of it, not to brag, but people who can use magic are pretty valuable. It’s not just about fighting, being able to use water magic seems pretty important.
If they don’t have stuff like item bags, that is. And if a clan is big enough, they’ll have them.
“Are we going back already?”
Asks Rick after we go through the stalls.
“…Should we?”
“Are you sure? Didn’t you want to see stuff like equipment?”
“I wish people would stop staring.”
Rurika looks around, and shakes her head.
Apparently Chris and the others are bothered too.
“It’s because you all stand out.”
“The boss room incident probably helps too.”
Harold says after Rick.
We challenged the first boss room with Argo’s party, but went at it alone on the second floor.
Did we attract attention because it took us so little time?
As I think that, ten men appear in front of us, and they’re clearly vulgar.
It also feels like other people around us are getting away.
“…Are you the new people I heard about?”
One of them asks with his mouth twisting.
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Those guys are asking for trouble but should be easy to deal with.
Thanks for the treat.