38 – 038 – Canoeing to the Jungle # 1
038 – #1 when going to the jungle in a canoe
Snow shaved ice made with snow lilies.
Even if you eat it as it is, it is sweet and delicious as if you sprinkled condensed milk on it.
I can’t help but feel a bit regretful.
Why, isn’t shaved ice only truly valuable when there are toppings on top of it?
So what I thought was the dungeon of 「Tropical Jungle」.
Are there any landscapes that come to mind just by listening to them?
palm trees.
snake.
insect.
There are a lot of mosquitoes, and it’s humid, hot, and sweaty.
However, this is because it is a field where a lot of fruits with high sugar content grow.
In the game D&A, the 「Tropical Jungle」 was a place where you could enter without penalty only by drinking a cool potion.
The penalty ‘heat’ must have been a debuff that cuts a fixed HP of 5 into a bunch in a certain turn.
However, if you eat this “snow shaved ice”, the situation will change.
Sarah-.
“A cool sensation runs through your body.”
「Heat Resistance – Level 2」
Perhaps because I ate cold food, I developed resistance to heat. At level 2, it had the property of nullifying heat level 2.
The duration is usually about an hour.
anyway.
Attack the “Tropical Jungle” using items obtained from the “Snow Mountain Labyrinth”.
And with the items that can be obtained when clearing the “Tropical Jungle”, attack another dungeon or field.
The strategy of growing step by step as if climbing a ladder can be said to be the standard RPG.
“Victor-kun, didn’t you say you were going to the jungle? The jungle is in the center field outside of Ludens Academy. Why did you come here?”
Enio seemed suspicious.
It seems strange that I, who said I was going to the “tropical jungle,” went around the inside of the academy instead of outside the field.
Did Melvin and Dearmid, who went to the dungeon in the snowy mountains, have this kind of reaction at first?
“This way is right.”
The place I headed was the chapel on the main street.
A chapel dedicated to the 7 gods.
The portal to the “Tropical Jungle” is hidden here.
Like the hidden dungeon [Snow Mountain Labyrinth] here, it is a dungeon that cannot be found unless you search all the maps, talk to all the NPCs, and dig through the cracks in the rocks.
With that feeling, it’s a place that’s not related to the main episode, so no matter how much you walk in and out, it won’t be a big variable in the episode itself.
A quiet and serene chapel.
Seven gods decorated in a beautiful sunny interior with mosaic windows.
Victoria looked at it and asked.
“Victor, are you going to pray to the gods before going to the dungeon?”
“no. There is an entrance to the dungeon here.”
“Here?”
I went into a room that was set up squarely.
Confess.
Was it a place to confess sins?
But to me, it’s just the entrance to the dungeon.
“If you type in the text of a specific page of the Bible here… .”
It was input only in the game, but here you have to read it out loud.
Of course, this is information that has already been entered into my head without even opening the Bible.
“Look, the land of amusement we made. A new one will arise from this land.”
Woo woo-.
I clearly read the words of Ludens Genesis 5:13.
I didn’t have any faith that didn’t exist.
But a door that didn’t exist is created.
Woo woo woo woo-.
Something like a greenish elliptical portal shimmered inside the confessional. When I opened the door to the confessional and showed it to everyone, the reactions were fresh.
“Why is there a dungeon entrance in a chapel like this? Truly a miracle of the gods… .”
Was Victoria quite religious?
It certainly wasn’t strange even if it looked like a miracle from the gods.
I’m familiar with hidden dungeons like this, but from the point of view of someone seeing it for the first time, it’s not strange to grab your forehead with your hand and be surprised.
“Then I’ll set up a party before entering.”
When I put my hand to the dungeon entrance, a fairly familiar party matching window came to mind. Seeing that, Enio’s ruby-red eyes lit up.
“I’ve heard of it, but it’s amazing to see it in person. This is proof that gods exist… .”
The status window is amazing.
Four empty squares floated in front of us.
Next to it, we drag our name that shines into it with our hand.
First of all, when I filled in the names of Victorica and Enio, familiar letters seemed to come to mind.
「Antithese」.
Destiny’s competitor, Antithesis.
This was the combination name that came up first when Victorica and Enio were in the same party.
Depending on the name of the combination, there is no special effect.
In order to accumulate achievement points, there was a part where you had to attack dungeons with various combinations.
But I didn’t know what name it would be attached to until I cleared the dungeon.
That’s why it’s fun to try dungeon raids with various combinations.
Then, put Nike’s name on the blank space.
Three heroines in one party.
What name combination is it?
I can’t stand it because I’m curious.
Let’s take this opportunity to raise my achievement score, which has stopped at 87 percent for over ten thousand hours.
* * *
Upon entering the dungeon, a damp aura clung to his skin.
What is the sticky feeling unique to regions with high temperatures and high humidity?
It is worse than the scorching heat of the day after the rainy season hit.
“hot… . It’s so hot even after eating shaved ice… .”
Victoria was already sweating from her forehead.
Victoria took out a handkerchief and wiped her forehead.
It seems that Enio was also hot.
“… it’s a little hot Stockings, I need to take them off.”
Enio pulled down his black stockings.
When her bare white legs began to appear, Victoria asked, terrified, “What are you doing?”
Enio simply asked back calmly, “How do you do with the heat?”
Then he looked at me with a slightly mischievous expression and said,
“Viktor-kun, do you need stockings by any chance?”
“No, there is no need for that.”
where do you use it
No, would you be able to catch fish by making it like a net?
“My mind has changed. If you’re going to throw it away, give it to me. I will pay for it.”
However, rather than Enio, the owner of the stockings, Victorica is rather angry.
“Really, Viktor, why take that!”
It was an outside sound that settled our mess.
– Whoa, whoa.
– Meuuu.
-Hooong… !
-Mioong… !
The cries of unknown beasts continued to be heard from all directions.
This is “Tropical Jungle”.
A dungeon that unofficially requires a total of 100 stats.
For reference, here are my current stats:
「Name: Victor
Title: Hound
Read at noblemtl.com
Quirk: 《Steel》
Strength: 32/100
Agility: 2/100
Stamina: 83/100
mana: 0/100
Charm: 2/100 (+10)
Skills: 《Bonfire building》 《Intermediate cooking》」
32 strength points.
Agility 2 points.
If I add 12 item-corrected charm to 83 physical strength, my total is 129.
The appropriate stat requirements here are roughly 100, so I’m safe with a total score of 129.
To put it simply, it was like I, a level 12.9, came to a level 10 restricted dungeon.
No matter how undeveloped dungeon raiding is in the world, even Victorica and Enio would have passed 100 stat points lightly.
The problem is Nike.
“It is very humid. This is a different feeling from the Rash Guard Forest where I live!”
Nike seemed strangely in a good mood after entering the dungeon.
The place where I used to live is a forest, and this is a jungle.
If it’s similar, what is it?
Anyway, I don’t think you need to worry.
Still, I decided to briefly explain the precautions like a local guide.
“This is a dungeon with a limit of 100 stats. The monsters that appear are 3 types of swamp snakes, 3 types of legion ants, and ape people. Except for the cause, there is nothing dangerous.”
“… Viktor, you know it strangely well? I never thought there would be a dungeon in the chapel.”
Victoria’s question made me feel the timing.
That I have to cheat 1/3 of my available quota today.
“When I was an executive member. This is the information I read in the student council storage. The original was incinerated and no longer remains, but it is reliable information, so you can trust it.”
“Certainly, the student council warehouse has all sorts of items.”
Victoria seemed to have passed without incident.
It was then.
“Victor, look at that! that!”
Nike, who had been snooping around, quickly ran somewhere.
A beekeeper who protects bees from wasps.
It was a large spider that was caught in Nike’s hand that ran out like that. It was about the size of a human palm.
ㅁ Kungkong!
… What kind of spiders are you talking about?
“Here is a wolf spider! It’s awesome! Look at this pattern! It’s the first time I’ve seen a white color like this. wow, that’s awesome A rare entity?”
Nike was delighted like an elementary school student who caught a rhinoceros beetle.
However, Victorica and Enio did not hide their disgust as they saw Nike injecting spiders everywhere with that joy.
“Mo, Moke-Moke-san, get rid of it. It’s dangerous!”
“Miss Nike is a little sensible. What to do if bitten it’s a big spider There might be poison or something, but be careful.”
“… Is that so… . Unlike how they look, these spiders are timid and kind, so they don’t bite people… . Should I let go… .”
Nike was understandably downcast.
Certainly, it’s not strange if you show a really big spider around and everyone gets scared.
But I also understood Nike’s feelings.
spider.
In D&A, spiders are quite special animals.
The spider webs you can get from them are often used to craft high-end equipment items.
If Nike tames you well, you might be able to expand the range of life item production from food to equipment such as clothing!
“Nike, don’t lose him and keep him.”
“… yes! Come on, get inside here.”
ㅁ Kungkong!
Nike did a good job of putting the strange spider into the collection box he was carrying around his waist.
It was a bit scary at first, but like Nike said, he was a calm guy who didn’t bite people.
Is it because Nike is a druid?
* * *
“hot… .”
Enio’s body limp.
Enio always had a laid-back attitude, but in this merciless heat of nature, Enio seemed unbearable.
“Victor-kun, do you have any water left?”
“no. Instead, you can use just-harvested “sorghum coconut.”
When you tear open a coconut with your hands, the juice flows down your hands.
Before the drink was all gone, I brought it to Enio’s face.
“Keep your back down and open your mouth.”
“Ah-.”
rumble.
A pale piece of flesh trickled down Enio’s face.
As she watched her pink tongue, her straight teeth, and the pale fluid seeping into her deep throat, for some reason, Victoria got angry.
“… What are you guys doing? shamelessly!”
what are you talking about
“What is this shameless?”
“anyway! Enio, don’t bother other people after drinking your share of water!”
At Victoria’s advice, Enio said.
“But it is too hot. Black Star’s true nature is in the North. Even if you endure the cold, this kind of heat is a little… .”
Enio licking his lips and licking his lips looks a little better than when he was suffering from the heat earlier. It was then.
pat-.
There was a sound, like something taut string snapping, and Victoria floated into the air.
“What is it, what is it… !?”
Upon closer inspection, Victorica’s arms and legs were entangled with strange vines, restraining her body. Because of that, around the time the school uniform skirt was lifted wide-.
“I can’t see Viktor-kun.”
Something softly covered my face.
Is it Enio’s hand?
Victorica shouted with a struggling sound.
“Let go immediately!”
“Miss Victoria, great underwear… .”
“Mo, Miss Mokey Mokey, stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and release me!”
Because a lot of hands go.
However, the first raid of a dungeon is usually like this.
They step on traps and get ambushed.
Passeuk.
Victoria is barely released.
He caressed his wrists and ankles and muttered, “What the hell?”
Then he pokes my side with his hand.
“You, ho, have you seen it?”
“What.”
“… It’s fine if you don’t know!”
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This is a quiet room.
Placed on the table are a small map and carefully carved horses.
Only the light illuminating it is exceptionally dazzling.
Several shadows appeared in front of the map in the room where everything was quiet.
“How are you going to do well this time?”
“Don’t be surprised to hear. ‘The Declaration Man’ has already fallen.”
The atmosphere is reversed in an instant by someone’s story.
It was an unbelievable response.
“already? That guy’s story was made with a lot of effort. It’s been two years. Is that guy already? why?”
“Isn’t this the first time we’ve ever had something like this? So, do we have to let Torneo go now? That priest guy.”
“It is, but. look at these guys it’s in the dungeon “Tropical Jungle”. does this make sense? Those weird grass-grubbers.”
“… You said you went there already? Aren’t you ready to talk about that place yet? You deliberately hid it so that no one could enter. What are you going to do with this?”
“But, it also sounds like fun. These guys are the first. These guys are really new. Especially this weird guy. What the hell is this fellow doing? Was there a guy like this at Ludens?”
A woman with a languid voice responded to the exhilarating admiration of the person holding the hammer.
“He’s a funny kid, but… , I can’t stick to it this time. The last time he died, I was so sad that I couldn’t pass a sip of water for years. I still feel sad when I think of that child.”
The woman’s tears softened everyone’s mood.
There were also those who shed tears.
At that time, the shadow holding the sword shed tears and said.
“You mean the guy in the lionskin? What a cool guy he was! But rules are rules. No favoritism. know? It’s my turn this time.”
roll the dice
Mysterious 8-eyed dice.
above the map.
Roll over and over.
What came out was 7.
Sighs arose in many places.
“… Uhm, I told you not to pick more than 5.”
“Very well done, well done. 7. I thought there were some interesting kids out there. These friends will fall before they bloom. It will be very bad.”
“… Damn, do the dice work my way? I am sad too!”
Even so, they couldn’t take their eyes off the map.
no matter how sad
Even if you’re happy
The only rule is to ‘watch until the end’.
This is such Ludens.
Hmm ludens the game of the Gods