Chapter 72

Chapter 72 Get Your Ducks in a Row

Now that I'm done with the request and all, time to prepare for the dungeon conquest .

I do plan to return to surface once we get to a nice part sure, but once we dive in, it means the conquest begins for real . Thus, unlike before, I've got to carefully draw up the plan with the girls also in mind .

I've experimented with the Space-time magic Dimensional Storage since then . Creating a space that can hold about 100 kilogram worth of things requires 100 mana . Twice the mana amount for a space that slows down deterioration of things inside . And quadruple the amount for a space that completely stops deterioration . When I tried making a space, the magic took the MP from my maximum amount . Apparently the MP needed is treated like another framework . It consumes the MP required to maintain the space from that amount as well as the maximum amount . By the way, my max MP will be back to its original state if I discard the space . The MP consumed stays used, and the things stored inside get thrown out though .

Apparently this skill has another hidden proficiency level stat with it, right now I can only create two spaces, each holding 1 ton max . It should be more than enough, but being a human I am . I've a feeling that it won't be enough soon enough . Since I don't know how to increase the proficiency level, I'll create and maintain one one ton space without deterioration . And I'll use the other quota to repeat creation and deletion process . By the way, you can't put living things inside just like magic rucksacks . Wonder if that part will ever be improved?

And thus, since I've obtained a way to store my stuff myself, I've given Futsuno-san all the magic rucksacks I used so far . She'll be guarding our back, so she'll be in charge of holding our stuff . For the sake of hearing her saying I've got this ready for this situation! when the time is right . I'll carry only a pouch . In public, I'll take my stuff from the Dimensional Storage via that pouch .

As for stuff we carry with

us . First of all, food, and then medicines .

Next is spare equipment and weapons . I don't need spares so long I have my fists, spear and magic, but I'd like to carry specialized weapons other than spears for Kagursan . And so I come to a simple conclusion that oni girls equal iron clubs . Blunt weapons are so nice . Thus I've ordered one from Boss-san . Since I don't have the model, it's the type without thorns and stuff . But I'll get that one for her someday, for sure . Why you ask? Because that's just how it should be!! I'll make the swimsuit if I get my hands on tiger hide, yeap .

Mitama just got brand new equipment, so she doesn't need any . She's got a full set after all . I'm sure Futsuno-san has gotten herself brand new cane and protector along with everyone right about now .

The problem is food .

We probably will be procuring some on site but we won't know how much of those will be dropped by monsters, so we're still gonna bring lots before entering the dungeon . Considering the watchdogs of feast in our party, I've got to make sure to prepare the very best . Prolly gonna hunt some Louiv Pigs and stuff before proceeding further in the dungeon .

I was thinking of bringing a bath tub since we would likely want to take a nice bath after some nice sweating, but I could just use Stone Wall to create one myself, so I didn't go through with the idea .

While chewing on an extra chicken skewer I got for buying up a lot, I stare hard at maps of dungeon .

They're maps the old man in front of the dungeon are selling . I've bought maps for 6F-10F, the aspect greatly differs from that of the first five floors . I don't plan to take the shortest routes . We're using this opportunity to also raise our levels after all .

6F is a marshland area . There are even poisonous swamps there, gotta be careful . Apparently, it's got lots of amphibian and plant-type monsters .

7F is all about sandy beaches and sea . But why, I thought, apparently that's just how it

it is . Beating the fishmen and stuff that spawn there will net you fish for some mysterious reasons . Apparently, sometimes you could get pearls as a drop item from beating big shell-type enemies, it's a floor where many mid-class adventurers dream of getting rich quick, for those who pursue the romance of counting their chickens before they hatch .

8F is a jungle . It's a peculiar floor with high humidity and temperature unlike other floors in the dungeon where the temperature is kept at a comfortable level . It's inhabited by monsters such as snakes, carnivorous plants and old trents that can use magic .

9F is a quicksand cave . It's mainly infested by ants, but there are some large monsters around too depending on the locations . Including giant scorpions, manticores and stuff . The quicksands have also encroached onto some passages, so there's lots of people getting lost here .

10F changes back to the original looks of the dungeon floors . However, the spawned monsters are all goblins and orcs . And in quite a density as well . It's literally the demon's gate of a floor for female adventurers . Potential for an event where an imperial female knight goes Kuh . . . kill me is pretty high here .

I plan to run through all these in two months . It's ultimately just a goal though so I'm not gonna rush it . Getting too fixated on goals could lead to regret later on .

Force-wise, Kagursan is a pure vanguard . Me with my katana and magic, and Mitama with her dagger and bow are raid-type middle guard . Futsuno-san and Tama are rear guard . Our party has no tanks . Even if Eleanor-san comes into the picture, she'd be a super offensive type . This is one thing that needs a careful consideration . I'd like to look for a shield user if we ever get a chance to add more people . For now, we'll pull through by buffing everyone with a modified spell that combine all type of defensive magic, [Full Protection], I made . I mean my Mana Clad is practically like paper before Master and Eleanor-san, so I'm considering the possibility of having to plunge into a barrage of attacks with these

with these power ups . I'd like to have defensive powers like a soaring steel palace one of these days . I want to try saying Hahaha, look . These attacks are like garbage .

I got sidetracked . I'll be in charge of the frontline, while Kagursan and Mitama are supporting from both sides . Tamchan will be enshrined on top of Futsuno-san's head . After all, only Tamchan and I can use sacred magic . We'll be relying on Futsuno-san's barrier and Tamchan's healing when push comes to shove . Come to think of it, wonder if I can learn barrier art too . It'd be quite convenient if I could use it as footholds like a certain barrier-user . I'll ask Futsuno-san about it later .

Here I am backtracking to the adventurer guild while munching on banana I bought from Yahatt-san . This outing is turning into a little food tour somehow .

Why am I going back to the guild you ask, it's for checking on quests that are related to dungeon's 6F-10F . Lower floors quests were mostly about procuring foodstuff . There should be lots of quests about foodstuff too with higher floors, but I'm sure there will be some peculiar ones too . Like say, getting Golden Balls from the orcs on 10F . I got some myself the other day, but I've crushed them into powder and mixed it with medicines to create vitality agents and stuff . There should be also quests for the giant scorpions on 9F since their shells can be used to make weapons and armor .

Gotta think up ways to take care of such quests if we're going to take them on in the future .

Guess there's not a whole lot of quests at this time . Most of the remaining ones are quests that have been left untaken for a long time .