Chapter 179: CH.178 TinaWood Challenge Rooms

“So, what are your plans from now on?” I asked Diamond Sword after we had finished our meal. They actually didn’t ask any questions about Mystik Wok, as Alice bombarded me with them. I guess when someone asks fifteen questions quickly, most of the things you want to know will get answered.

They did actually notice the healing effects, but as they weren’t at full HP after going through a dungeon, I just said that the cooking method added some healing power to the food. Diamond Sword had also picked up some of the Emergency Provision crackers from the dungeon’s trade point, so they knew this dungeon could make healing food.

“We will try out some of the restricted entry rooms. We couldn’t do it last time because there were so many monsters.” Jack said.

“Yeah. It was crazy. Even with the healing areas between the larger rooms, we almost had to turn back.” Rayan, the main tank of the party, said.

“Sure the skeletons fall easily to light magic, but I ran out of mana super fast just because of the numbers.” Wolf, the long bow user, said. He could apparently also use light magic.

“And then you add in the little imp jerks that want to come in and backstab you. I really didn’t like having to look out for them.” Kalem added. Kalem was the member of Diamond Sword that had once died from sprites, but got resurrected. He was armed with a one-handed morning star and a small buckler. He also could use some fire magic.

I’m still surprised that Zay chose him over Rico, but I’m not going to say anything. I let him make the choice and he did. 

And I’m not an idiot. I did notice that he wanted to thank me for it, but probably didn’t want to say it in front of Alice and Ria, as the two of them might not know about my abilities. Perhaps I should make an artificial situation where he can thank me.

 

“Oh, the challenge rooms. They can drop some nice stuff, but I think they can be quite dangerous.” I said. I hadn’t actually seen anyone try one out, so I’m not sure, but according to the info I have, they can spawn up to a B-rank monster. Or 5 C-rank monsters. And you have to fight them alone.

“If you call them dangerous, perhaps we shouldn’t go in.” Jack said.

“Well, you would be the first to try them. I never did as you have to enter alone and I’m not sure if I could summon something inside the room.” I admitted.

“Couldn’t you just send in one of your summoned monsters? If a summon dies, they’ll recover in a few days right?” Laith, the final member of their party and their resident mage, suggested. He was skilled in fire magic, especially large scale fire magic, but as that isn’t something to use in a dungeon, he had just been firing simple fire spells. 

Firing fire. That sounds funny.

“... I probably could. I just didn’t think of that.” I could even see inside the room with my Dungeon Founder powers, so it’s not like I won’t know what happens inside the room. “That’s actually a great idea. If you have to test them out anyway, I can perform the first test with a summon, so in case it is too difficult, no one will die.”

“But as long as you are here, it won’t matter if someone dies, does it?” Alice blurred.

“Miss Watchman, you shouldn’t say something like that. Didn’t you learn anything from what happened to your dragon?” Jack instantly jumped to reprimand her. And bringing up the dragon that she had let down just a few hours ago clearly got to her and she realized what she said.

 

“Brian? What was she talking about?” Ria asked.

“I’ll explain some other day.” I answered Ria.

 

Before we left the core room, I made sure to get a magic flask for Ria. I also made another four of them and placed them in my Inventory. Unlike with putting a space-extended storage device inside of another space-extended storage device, I could put any sort of flask inside my Inventory. But they wouldn’t stack, unless they were in the exact, or near exact same state. So four empty flasks could stack into the same slot, but a full flask, a half full flask, and an empty flask would each take a slot of their own.

I also got Ria her own personal magic fanny pack, as well as few t-shirts and underwear, including some of the more … interesting things the dungeon had added to its repertoire when I named Christina a dungeon master. 

Ria looked at some of them with a hint of embarrassment, before putting it all into her new fanny pack.

And I didn’t forget to get the fabrics I had planned to give as a birthday gift to Earl Sawyer. I got one bolt roll of each of them. They are 1 meter tall and about 90 meters long, for a total of 90m². But I thought that was a bit too little, so I got another two rolls of the tricot in different colors, as well as a second cotton roll, for a total of six rolls. I might put all of this inside a fanny pack and give it as a gift. Maybe add a weapon or something as well, if this isn’t enough. 

Lastly, I made another 2 fanny packs to hold inside my inventory, in case I use one as a gift and if someone uses one. I’ll ask Angelina or Paulina if my gift is appropriate, or if I’ll have to add to it. Also some more clothes for myself. But now I had officially burned all of the points I got from that A-rank sword-horn bull. I still had some from today and the monsters absorbed on the travels, but not that much. I need to earn more if I’m going to make a magic flask for every villager in the dhampir village.

(Or we could make them with a normal flask that you install a Different Dimension Capsule into.) Laura reminded me that I have other options than just this dungeon.

And one last thing. I promise. I got a … strongly worded ‘letter’ from Christina through our terminal link, commenting that I brought Alice into the dungeon without even stopping by. I got around that problem by saying that we would stop by the house on the way back.

 

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“What to use? What to use?” I was speaking to myself while combing my collection for something I could send into the challenge room.

Oh? That will… (How about testing Sorcerer of Dark Magic?) Laura offered.

(And now you tell me. I just found something else. But I want to test out Sorcerer as well. What to do?)

“Hmm. Blue or Black?” I wondered aloud.

“Black.” Alice said.

“What?” 

“Black. Black is better than blue.” Alice said.

“Because of dark magic?”

“Yes.”

“Then blue is better because water magic is better than dark magic.” Ria said.

“No it isn’t.”

“Yes it is. Dark magic cannot be used to heal.”

“But it is stronger.”

“Water magic has more utility.”

“Stop. Just stop. Ria, you don’t even use water magic. Why are you arguing for it?”

“Why did you ask us about colors?” Ria asked.

“I was just thinking what monster to summon, the black one or the blue one.” God that sounded wrong. The black monster. He isn’t even black. He just has a black robe.

 

“Then use the black one.” Alice said.

“But I want the blue.” Ria said.

“What do you guys think?” I asked the Diamond Sword members. They were standing guard, even though the room had just been cleared.

As they thought about it, Alice seemed to try to use her eyes to signal something to them, and it might have worked because all of them, except one, ended up saying black.

“Well, I guess black wins this time. Now I just need some tributes.” I said as I searched for level 6 or higher spellcasters. “Oh. These will do. Now just the trade in…” A couple of Summoner of Illusions, Gravekeeper's Guards and Fire Sorcerers, so that I have 9 spellcasters for the trade. “Now just get a toploader on it … good.”

As I got the three cards out of my collection, I realized that everyone was staring at me.

 

“What?”

“Nothing.” Jack said. “You just muttered some strange things.”

“Oh? Did I? Sorry. Well, I’ll summon my monster now.” I said. “I tribute two Neo Aqua Madoor to summon Sorcerer of Dark Magic.”