131 Chapter 8-7 Lake

"Slalin, Shiloumal, when the enemy arrives, ask for them. Solomon needs my help."

"Wow."

"Queue"

Right now, we're diving into the thirty-two levels of the dungeon. By the way, there's nothing but me and my family. Grandpa has an appointment with Agri, and Blanca is going to Ganz's parents. Amur was about to follow me, but Blanca pulled me off. He said he ran out of stockpiles of weapons he was using at the tournament for anything, so he promised his parents he'd make them. Apparently, the day of that promise was today. So it's been a long time since we've come alone to collect.

Me and Solomon are collecting the roles, and Slalin and Shiloumal are escorting the collection. Solomon is pairing up with me because there aren't many places in the dungeon where he can fight (fly around). The collection itself can be slurrin, but Solomon's job is gone, so it's a pair like this. It should be noted that Solomon's job is to collect the rocks I have crushed.

Repeat this, I've been diving into the dungeon since morning, but I haven't found much of the misrill you're looking for. Can I weigh a kilogram? I would say that this amount is massive, but for my purposes it is insignificant.

"I guess I'll have to go downstairs... and I don't have any demonic material."

Neither during the mining nor during the break did demons appear as if they were afraid of Shiloumal or attacked from the front. The exception was about a bug-based demon or a demon I encountered without realizing this one, neither of which was the enemy of Slalin and Shiloumal. However, the Demon Nucleus has gathered quite a bit, so the money there is likely to come out.

"Okay! Let's go downstairs for a place where people don't seem to be coming!

Afterwards, it was nice to proceed towards the lower level, but I could not find Mithril in large measure. It seems that the sights around here on the boulder have already been roughly dug.

"That's not how you find Mithril... I've found quite a bit of Magic Iron though"

Mithril was not found two kg, but Magic Iron was found nearly fifty kg. Diving for more than half a day, 50kg of Demon Iron would be massive. Market prices fall significantly compared to misrills, but exceed misrills in demand. Because Mithril's products are expensive, and even veteran adventurers often have a hard time getting their hands on them, but most of the magic iron weapons are expensive enough to reach even beginners if they can't.

"That said, I can use all sorts of magic iron too, so do I save it in my bag without selling it"

I'm not in trouble with the money at the moment, so I can take anything I don't need to sell otherwise. There's still room for magic bags, including the ones I got from the gods, and you can make them again if you need them.

"Is it time to go back...... hmm?

When I started preparing to go home now, I noticed someone coming this way. But Shiloumal is not very alert, so when I wondered and used Exploration to find out, we all knew each other.

"Welcome, Shiloumal"

"Wow."

When he gave Shiloumaru instructions to try to flirt a little, Shiloumaru replied small and walked in a direction that showed signs not to make footsteps.

I can't see Shiloumal anymore, and a few minutes later...

"Noooo!

"Whew!"

"Aah!"

"Whew!"

I heard a scream I was used to hearing. After the scream, you can also hear people blaming Shiloumal.

"Tenma! Don't be weird with me! You were so surprised, you thought your heart would stop!

Running in the footsteps with the doozy are the faces of the Jins: The Sword of Dawn. Jin, Garat and Menace were complaining but walking on their own feet, but Leena is put like luggage on Shiloumal's back.

"What happened to Leena? Shiloumal looks uncommonly sorry..."

"" Don't ask ""

"Don't ask......"

Seeing Reena crying out now, I didn't pursue it any further... let's just say I didn't see Reena trying to hide her subtle wet ass.

If you take your gaze off Leena and ask Gin and Garratt why they're here (in this gap, Menace was hiding in a nearby bend with Leena), apparently they were reviewing the collaboration in the attacked hierarchy before proceeding with the dungeon offense. That review also reached a paragraph, so he ran into Shiloumal on his way to the nearest warp zone.

"So, what was Tenma doing here? Enough to put Shiloumal on the lookout, so he was working on something, wasn't he?

Jin seems to be talking with a lot of certainty, and there's nothing else to hide, so I decided to talk about my purpose.

"Huh, that's tough."

"Well, I'll be temperamental. Worst of all, I'm thinking of making it out of Mithril, inside with Magic Iron, and rebuilding it later."

"That's probably the most realistic thing... wait, huh? Tenma, how far are you diving in this dungeon right now?

Looks like Garratt came up with something, and he asked me about my highest floor.

"Eh... Sure, on the 38th floor, we can definitely go in the warp zone"

"Then why don't you go for the forty-second floor from there. Most of the floor is like a lake over there, not much land, but I think the scaffolded ceilings and walls are almost untouched for that matter. Tenma can float in the air, so why don't you go for it?

If Garratt is indeed right, we are more likely to get together than collect around here. Besides, I was thinking about going downstairs, so there's no harm in trying.

"You're absolutely right. Thank you, Galat."

As I thanked him, Garratt looked a little surprised. When asked why, she felt a little strange because she had never been thanked by me.

I think it's pretty rude, but this time Galat gave me some pretty useful information, so I couldn't treat it the way I always do, but it seemed a little stressful.

"But I guess it's tough going to boulders now. I didn't mind before, but now that I have a grandfather, I need to go back... to the lake in a few days."

"Normally, I try this area on a month-by-month basis... for a few days..."

"Don't say much else. You're gonna lose confidence, or you're gonna get the wrong guy."

Jin and Garat are looking at me with a frightened face. Well, if I use Exploration successfully, I think it would be shorter if I could just get through, but I've decided to keep my mouth shut for the sake of both of us' mental stability.

"Are we done here?

"Thank you for waiting ~"

Menace and Leena came back when the story was separated. Leena didn't seem unusual at first glance, but if you look closely, her pants were different in color. But Leena and Menace acted as if nothing had happened, so we pretended not to notice.

On my way home, as Jin and the others said, I went back to the ground in the warp zone, which was just a few dozen meters from where I was, and broke up with Jin and the others in my guild. I asked Jin and the others about the lake on the way to the guild, but I didn't know too much. Because that hierarchy doesn't taste good for ordinary adventurers.

According to the story, the floor with the lake has the largest size the Jins know, but it's basically almost like a main road to the exit, with less land and harder to fight. The only salvation is that there are no very strong aquatic demons, but there are still people who lose their lives and get hurt every year.

They say the depth of the lake is up to about twenty meters, and the demons that show up are of several kinds centered around the C-rank. A few are not many in themselves, but they seem deadly when they fall into the lake during battle because of the nature of sniffing blood and swarming it.

The demon is about 1-2m long, and even if he is on land, he can fly from the water, or if he is on land for about an hour, he can go up, and if he thinks he is caught off guard because of the bug breath, he will give him a painful counterattack?

Still, when I was on land, I had no great difficulty, but when I was underwater, it was quite difficult to defeat, and the materials I could take were not of great value. Besides, I felt stiff and smelly, so there were not many adventurers who stayed on that floor.

I did a little research on the guild even after I broke up with the Jins, but there wasn't much new harvest. To get home first, when I got out of the guild, the area was already dark and the liquor store and the like had shown considerable buzz.

"Yabba!

I had completely forgotten my grandfathers existed, I was already late when I realized I had rushed back to my apartment and my grandfather was mad at me... next time when I was about to be late, I said in advance before I went to the dungeon, and Blanca was laughing so hard at me.

My grandparents hadn't had dinner yet because they were waiting for me. For that reason, I was to be made dinner after the sermon. By the way, dinner is hamburger. Quickly Shiloumal's vegetable-centered life was abandoned, but he had no choice but to get his grandparents in the mood... Shiloumal watched the hamburger served and tasted it carefully in tears.

Then two days later, I'm standing on the hierarchy of the lake I was taught. In one day yesterday, I rushed to this point by attacking the thirty-ninth to forty-first floors, but I didn't collect anything on the road, so I'm going to try again when I'm done checking this floor.

"That's really huge...... how many soccer coats are there for you?

"Cu ~?"

Right now, there's only Solomon out there beside me. Slalin is waiting in the bag for sorting the collected misrills, and Shiloumal is troublesome when wet, so he is waiting in the bag for sorting as well as Slalin. For this reason, the only Solomon that can fly is out instead. Well, there's never been a place where I could fly around, so there's also the point of distraction.

"How dare you, take a look at it all"

This hierarchy has a path along one side of the wall, but along the way we have to go through the shallow waters of the lake and onto the path of the opposite wall. The shallow water is only about as deep as it goes under your knees, but you have to be careful because it is the place where demons are most likely to attack you. Well, in my case, there's no problem if you float around in the universe.

"Solomon, we're going to get to work, but I need you to be on perimeter alert. You can go if you want, but if they seem too handy or too numerous, you can let them know even when you're working."

"Cui!"

Solomon raised one hand as if to salute, then began his perimeter vigilance. I started digging from where I was concerned near the entrance, but after exploring a few places, Mithril didn't come out.

"I don't think Garratt's reading bad...... obviously, Solomon makes more money"

"Cui?"

Solomon keeps hunting for aquatic demons coming after me and has defeated more than twenty in the first hour. The defeated demons are Thunderfish, with ten demons that have grown thunderfish, Angler Cat, with three demons that add catfish and anchovies, and eight fish named Wanimodoki. A crocodile is a fish shaped and sized like an alligator gar, and it seems to grow to the largest size (about 3m) in this lake, but all Solomon defeated was one to nim in size.

I had heard that the fish in this lake were not delicious, so I thought I would just take the demon nucleus and throw the rest away, but I didn't like Solomon so I decided to bring it back in my bag. Well, I hear thunderfish and alligator gars are fish that can be eaten in previous life, so Thunderfish and crocodiles may also be cooked. Besides, Angler Cat may be a good fish for catfish and anchovies. On the contrary, we should just give up and not eat.

I almost wanted to mud out just in case, but Solomon strangled me at the same time as he hunted, so I had to give up.

"Do you want to move to the next place... hmm? This..."

Mithril didn't come out, so when I tried to move the place, I saw something glowing in the shallow water, so I picked it up, and the identity was the ring. Besides, when I appraised it, it was made of misrills.

"Whoa! Money!... maybe there's something else falling off?

I moved around peeking into the water to change my mood because it didn't come out too misrilled, but I found all sorts of things. The most common were weapons such as throwing knives and swords, but some of them included shields and parts of armor.

"Even where it looks like a boulder, you mean no one dives even though the demon is swimming... this one's more efficient"

The falling weapon was difficult to recover, even if it was at a depth of one meter. Because thunderfish and crocodiles that hear people walking are watching in distant windings, so they strike the moment they get into the water at all.

In my case, it wasn't dangerous because I had the golem collect it, but if this were a living person, unless you covered your whole body with armor, you'd be bitten to death in less than enough. Most of all, even if you covered your whole body with armor, now you'll just be dragged into the deep field and drowned...

"Do you want to explore the shallow waters at this rate? Solomon, let me know if you find anything from above. And don't ask anyone to stay alert."

"Cui!"

The lake is not as transparent as it is, so you may not see it at the bottom because of the height at which Solomon is located, but you won't have to say anything extra because it is strained and flying around.

Then I put out three golems and let them hit my help and the collection of shallow water drops. While Solomon and Golem worked together to repel and retrieve the demons, I dug the walls and ceilings to look for Mithrills.

As usual, no misrills emerged, but the Solomons continued to collect well for that matter, and by the time they picked up their scheduled time, they had a total harvest of over fifty kg. Among them, those made of Mithril were 5 kg and those made of Magic Iron were 20 kg, while the remainder were made of copper, iron and steel. It sounds good when a tenth of them say misrills, but I think it would be nice to have half of them because they actually have mixes and make patterns and other metals. By the way, the demons Solomons hunted nearly tripled the amount of the collection.

"Is it good at first? The problem is with the fish... don't you dare try it"

In order to know the taste of fish in the first cooking, two types of baked fish were prepared simply. The first is just baked without doing anything. The second is salted, gently drained and then cooked.

Without salt, in order of thunderfish, angler cat, crocodile, with salt, in order of angler cat, thunderfish, crocodile.

Without salt and with salt, one and two were replaced, presumably because of the moisture contained in the angler cat. I felt that the flavour that was blurry when there was no salt was because tightening it with salt drained moisture and made it easier to understand the flavour. All three kinds of salt tasted better, but the crocodile smelled and was hard, so both saltless and salty were at the bottom of the dantotsu.

"Thunderfish is the least habitual of these. It doesn't have any features either. Is Angler Cat a little smelly ancho? The crocodile is... more meat than fish. It smells strong, and it's hard to use."

Compared to crocodiles, Thunderfish and angler cats can be described as a delicious category, but compared to sea bream, hawthorn, salmon and hawthorn, one or two feels inferior. It's not a fish I like to eat.

"The smell of crocodiles seems to be a lot on the skin and built-in. If you eat only the center, is it close to the bird scissors? The angler cat is reasonably dry when fried. Thunderfish should also be fried in oil"

After experimenting with various cooking methods, I found that I could eat some of each. I don't want to bother eating on the ground, but it feels like I said enough as something to eat in the dungeon. I'll tell Jin and the others next time.

"The crocodile just has a crocodile in its name and the skin looks like it could be used as a material...... it stinks though"

As long as it doesn't smell, it's pretty sturdy so it looks like it could be used for protective gear. It seems strong in water, so I think I can make a bag or something. Maybe some kind of crocodile leather bag will be popular.

"Shiloumal and Solomon are like the best crocodiles."

"Wow!"

"Cui!"

Apparently, I liked the taste and teeth closer to chicken than fish. Slalin was eating other dishes because the two were concentrated on crocodiles. All three of them didn't seem too concerned about the smell.

I cooked quite a bit this time because it also made sense to experiment, but the fish still have more than a quarter left. It may be too much, but there are still plenty of fish in the lake. Perhaps there is a hidden waterway somewhere, how highly fertile.

"That's it for today. Build a bunk."

I usually almost get the carriage out, but now I leave it in my apartment, so I have to make it from scratch. Most importantly, the bed is placed in a magic bag, so it won't take much longer if you use the end of the line as usual. However, there was no stopping on this floor, so I had to get to one upstairs.

"Well, we've secured the bunk... and it's a question of how to explore the bottom of the lake."

I had plans for tomorrow as I sat on the bed I got out of my bag. You can explore the shallow fields the same way you do today, but not half the places you can find them. Even if Mithril could pick up the same amount tomorrow as he did today, it wouldn't be a huge harvest. When that happens, we have to think about exploring the deep field as well, but I can't think of a way to do it.

I also thought about simply exploring with vegetarian diving, but it is impossible to explore the bottom while surviving the fish that strikes me, and I don't think it's efficient. Most importantly, I didn't like to dive where I didn't know what was.

"I don't know what to do... oh, I left Yakan on fire"

Because of my thinking, I didn't notice until the water was completely boiling. As I hurried to get Yakan down from the jar, I saw the boiling water and came up with an unexpected way.

"Maybe I can go with that (...) Anyway, let's give it a try tomorrow"

I wanted to try the way I just came up with, and I lay right down in bed, but I couldn't get to sleep because of the excitement. Near me like that, Shiloumal and Solomon were sleeping comfortably, and I got a little frustrated with the snoring I could hear.

"Wow."

"Hmm?"

When I noticed, Shiloumal was peeking into my face. Apparently, he was in a rare and deep sleep. Normally, I would never sleep so deeply in the dungeon or outside, but the feeling may have gone a little crazy because I didn't put it to sleep.

I'm going to try a new method today, so I want to head to the lake as soon as possible, but since Shiloumal and Solomon's stomach started chorusing, I decided to eat quickly. Just because we had the rest of yesterday, we didn't have to do it with what was left in the bag, and the rest of the meal was there, and we headed to the lake.

If the way I think about it succeeds, the scope of activities will definitely expand in the future.

"If I told Namitaro how to do this, he'd tell me to succeed in anything... Speaking of which, I'd also have to make a version of the family crest with Namitaro in it... now I'll ask the king to do it in a letter"

I remember a case I forgot about, and I felt a little bothered...