Chapter 239
It's probably only a matter of time before the Dungeon Elevator stops working altogether .
It's already miraculous enough that it would still work after all this time .
"Yeah . Thanks . "
"Thank you! We'll definitely come back!"
We got off the elevator .
. . . The 『Floor Boss』 is quite close .
"I-it's so close . . . "
"Yeah . It is . This one's a bear monster . "
If our foe is the type with a sharp sense, it should already notice us at this distance .
Judging from the mana reaction, it's a bear monster .
. . . Being a Floor Boss, its muscle mass and size are in a different league than normal bears though, so those not used to it probably won't recognize it as a bear .
"First we need to defeat this boss . . . Ruli and Alma, you're free to do anything as long as you don't enter any of the adjacent rooms or let the boss get close to you . "
" . . . If other monsters besides the Floor Boss raid us, we'd be caught in a pincer attack, shouldn't we prioritize culling out other monsters first?"
"Nah, no need for that . . . There's no other monsters besides the Floor Boss here on this floor . "
I checked the surrounding mana as I said that .
There was no other mana reaction than the huge one emanating from the Floor Boss .
"No other monsters . . . ?"
"Did they all get eaten up by the Floor Boss?"
The girls also noticed that fact after I told them .
On ordinary floors, there would be some monsters left even if the Floor Boss was around . . . But not this floor specifically .
Rather, this Floor fundamentally has no monsters even if the Floor Boss isn't present .
"Not really, nope . There's never a monster on this Floor to begin with . "
"A floor without monsters . . . ?"
"I've never heard something like that . . . Wait, how'd we even farm exp then!"
Alma has a point .
However, this trait is exactly why Floor 27 of the 『First Dungeon』 makes for a very good hunting ground .
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"You see an enormous passageway here with doors on the sides, no?"
"Yep . "
This Floor 27 of the 『First Dungeon』 is very uniquely structured .
It just goes straight as an enormous passageway .
This passageway was called the 『Main Street』 in my past life, the main passage of the 『First Dungeon』 Floor 27 .
If the the Floor Boss wasn't around, you could get to the next floor simply by walking down this Main Street without ever encountering a monster .
The 『Main Street』 is curved right in the middle so the Floor Boss isn't within sight . . . but the view here is very unusually unobstructed for a dungeon .
And the most important part is . . . not the Main Street, but the side rooms .
"Those side rooms are all Monster Houses . "
"All of it!?"
That's right .
This floor is nothing but a cluster of monster houses .
"Yeah . All of it . . . Of course once a room has been cleared, no monster will spawn in it for some time, but I don't see any trace of people coming here, so the majority of these rooms should be Monster Houses now . "
"So there's no mana reaction since those monsters haven't been materialized yet?"
"That's right . If you open a door and throw even a pebble inside, it'll be filled with monsters in no time . "
Monster Houses materialize monsters from the mana in the air when it detect any disturbance .
As there was no human traffic for the past several thousand years here, this Floor's Monster Houses most likely have gone untouched .
While thinking that . . . The Floor Boss's mana reaction is getting closer .
Looks like it's found us .
And from the corner--comes out the face of a monster called 『Crash Grizzly』 .
『Crash Grizzly』 are greater bear monsters that specialize in striking attacks with their sharp claws .
. . . It really is a bear monster .
It's on the stronger side among the kind of 『Floor Boss』 that can potentially spawn here .
If we're talking about raw physical attack power and stamina, it's even stronger than some random demons .
Seems like it'd take some time to defeat it .
"Our enemy is a bear monster as expected! It has a limited range, so you should be safe if you attack from afar!"
I came forward while using 『Enforced Detection』 .
Though I haven't specially told Ruli and Alma about what spells to use on the arrows, I'm sure these two would pick the optimal spells without me telling .