Even Lefiya and Anya could clearly sense that there was something "big" inside that Fog Gate.
Gulp.
The Elf girl swallowed nervously.
The other, however, tightened her grip on her spear. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anything on the 3rd Floor capable of threatening her, but almost instinctively, the Cat Person girl felt a certain thrill.
The Dungeon now has really become different, meow!
"Let's move on for now."
Isagi did not intend to enter just yet.
As someone who had always been cautious when exploring the Dungeon, he had previously adhered to the principle that he could run wild while his resurrection was available, but once that resurrection was consumed, he would return to the surface.
Although his skill description stated that consumed resurrections could be restored by killing monsters.
Isagi had tried it.
Defeating one of those katana-wielding Goblins only restored about one-twentieth of the charge; the efficiency was simply too slow.
"Adventurers must not adventure."
This was the phrase the Guild advisor nagged in his ear every day, and it was also a lesson summarized by countless adventurers.
Anyone who looked down on the Dungeon would lose their life for various reasons.
And more importantly.
Isagi wanted to ascertain the current situation of the Dungeon first.
He had easily traveled from the 2nd Floor to the 3rd Floor. Could it be that these two floors had been planned as a "whole"?
Then what about the 4th Floor?
Previously on the 1st Floor, special monsters would spawn wherever he went, but now, things seemed a bit different...
...
Isagi's guess was correct.
After marking the location of the cavern with the Fog Gate on his map, the trio chose to take a detour. After walking for a while, they indeed discovered a peculiar phenomenon.
The Goblins had actually established a camp within the cavern room!
Wooden palisades covered in rusty iron spikes blocked the room completely. Behind them stood watchtowers nearly three meters high, where Goblin Archers holding bows vigilantly observed the surroundings.
Inside, there were huts built from a mix of thatch and fences, as well as a bonfire ringed by stones.
Beside the orange firelight.
A Goblin Priest, wearing a strange bone mask and decorated with bright colorful paint and bone fragments, was dancing wildly. Its shadow was stretched by the firelight, projected onto the cavern wall like a terrifying, rampaging giant.
There were also many Goblin Soldiers in the camp, wearing somewhat tattered chainmail and iron helmets—not as well-dressed as the Goblin Knights from earlier.
The weapons in their hands varied, ranging from spears and short swords to hammers.
Isagi even saw several Kobolds chained up in a corner of the camp. Their long, messy, dirty fur was matted into balls like dung as they slept, surrounded by sticky filth and swarming, foul-smelling insects.
"Hah?!"
Anya was dumbfounded.
She thought to herself, It's only been a few years since I came to the Dungeon, how have the Goblins here developed like this, meow?!
The camp was large. Judging by the positioning and patrol routes of those Goblin Soldiers.
One could secretly sneak in, and then secretly leave from the side.
This is a trap!
Isagi, who had already seen through the Dungeon, knew that once he attempted to sneak into the camp, he would definitely be suddenly discovered after entering. Then, with the sound of a horn, the Goblins of the entire camp would come to besiege him!!
So, glancing at Lefiya and Anya behind him.
Isagi decided to adopt another strategy.
And so, shortly after...
...
"Kindle, forest starlight. I bid thee loose, elven firebolts. Rain down, and burn the barbarians!"
"[Fusillade Fallarica]!"
Following the Elf girl's chant.
Several crimson rays plummeted into the Goblin camp like meteors once again. One blast collapsed the watchtower, another sent the bouncing Goblin Priest flying, simultaneously igniting a massive fire inside. The shockwave of the explosion also flipped over quite a few Goblin Soldiers.
However, very quickly.
The Goblins reacted, raising their weapons and charging out like a tide, screeching noisily.
Facing such a monster frenzy.
Lefiya decisively jumped onto Anya's back nearby, and the Cat Person girl ran far away in the blink of an eye, directly putting distance between them and the monsters.
Only Isagi remained standing in the cavern, holding his greatsword, fighting while retreating.
The combat power of these ordinary Goblin Soldiers wasn't strong; at least, compared to the katana-wielding ones he met before and the Goblin Knights just now, they were far inferior.
Sure enough, quantity meant no quality.
He held out like this for a while, until he calculated the time was about right.
Isagi decisively ran toward the rear, leading a large group of Goblin Soldiers around the corner of the cavern. Shortly after, directly ahead, was Lefiya, carried by Anya, raising her staff high having just finished chanting her magic again.
[Fusillade Fallarica]!!
The boy and the Cat Person girl continued running forward, completely ignoring the violent explosion sounding from behind them.
The Goblin Soldiers that had just chased over were instantly reduced by a small portion.
Subsequently.
Isagi stopped to block them again, waiting for the girl in the distance to recover her Mind and chant the next spell. By repeating this old trick, after a long while, they wiped out the Goblins of the entire camp...
...
"Yah, so fun meow!"
Sitting in the messy ruins of the camp eating potato snacks.
Anya seemed to have completely forgotten what her purpose for coming to the Dungeon was.
At this moment, the girl only felt that adventuring with Isagi was completely different from before—it was truly interesting!
It was just that the monsters' levels were too low; they were no match for her, meow. And in order not to affect Isagi and Lefiya's "farming," she had to try her best to attack less, meow.
But even so, it was still very interesting, meow!!
Lefiya was also a bit excited at this moment.
Because the "tactics" just now completely exceeded the girl's imagination.
You can even do it like this?!
A Mage's weakness is poor mobility. When casting magic, unless one has learned the highly difficult "Concurrent Chanting," one must stand still and chant without moving.
But what if someone helps carry the Mage to run away?
This actually isn't a very difficult thing, but for a by-the-book person from the School District like Lefiya, it was a bit too "imaginative."
But Isagi indicated, this is nothing; it doesn't even count as a 'wheelchair' strat yet, okay?
After a simple rest, the exploration continued. The three of them repeated the old trick, destroying several Goblin camps and checkpoints they encountered.
At the same time.
Isagi was also marking his map.
To the Guild, the upper floors of the Dungeon were almost entirely mapped out. Except for a few extremely marginal "Hidden Rooms," they were basically the same, and maps were provided to all adventurers free of charge.
So very quickly, using the passage between the 2nd and 3rd Floors as a starting point.
Isagi discovered.
The three of them had actually been located in a certain marginal area of the 3rd Floor the whole time. The Fog Gate from earlier was located in the center of this area, and the destroyed Goblin camps were guarding the various exits surrounding it.
Remembering the description in his skill: [Will change the surrounding terrain at any time...].
Isagi realized that because of his arrival, this small area of the 3rd Floor had changed due to the Dungeon's malice.
And when he attempted to leave this area.
He would encounter those giant boulder traps blocking the road, driving him back here.
No way.
He suddenly thought of something bad.
Could it be that when I go to the deep floors later, the entire floor will manifest changes and malice targeted at me?
A little interesting.
And soon, Isagi also discovered that the altered area where the three of them were located was actually not far from the passage leading to the 4th Floor.
So after thinking it over, he quickly beckoned the two girls to go over there and take a look first.
And sure enough, there were no special monsters guarding the front of the passage from the 3rd Floor to the 4th Floor, and he entered the 4th Floor very easily.
There were no rolling boulders here.
Just like on the 1st Floor, as he explored, all sorts of special monsters would suddenly pop up.
Things like giant two-headed Kobolds that breathed frost and fire;
Goblin Braves riding giant lizards and wielding large machetes, with several Kobold heads hanging from their waists;
Goblin Assassins hidden entirely under black robes that would silently pop out from anywhere;
Colorful, large, mottled lizards that used their tongues for projectile and ranged attacks, and were also poisonous;
And when he and the two girls arrived in front of the corridor leading from the 4th Floor to the 5th Floor, looking at the cavern before the room... that sight piled high with Goblin Knights, Soldiers, Shamans, and countless swords and spears like an ancient battlefield relic, and the Fog Gate at the end.
Isagi suddenly smiled with relief. Sure enough, there is a Gatekeeper BOSS, huh?
...
And almost at the same time.
Many adventurers who were also on the 3rd Floor of the Dungeon at this moment discovered that "checkpoints" and "outposts" had appeared in some rooms.
Heavily armed Goblin Soldiers acted as guards behind rough wooden palisades, staring with terrifying eyes at all adventurers who attempted to approach.
They would not attack actively, and since the adventurers here were almost all Level 1—and were guys who worried about encountering danger and dared not go beyond the 5th Floor—upon seeing such anomalies, they directly chose to run away; no one dared to approach.
Some wanted to go back and inform the Guild that a situation had arisen in the Dungeon.
There were also adventurers just passing through who wanted to go to the deep floors. Discovering the anomaly, they tried to fight, only to find that these monsters were incomparably powerful. They were not ordinary Goblins and Kobolds at all; even Level 2 adventurers would get hurt if they weren't careful, so they resentfully chose to avoid the spearhead as well.
And as these high-level adventurers went to deeper floors, more than half a day later, this news was also transmitted to "Rivira," the adventurer town established on the 18th Floor, a safe floor where monsters would not spawn.
And coincidentally, the girl Ais Wallenstein, who was returning here from the deep floors and preparing to rest for a night before returning to the city, heard the adventurers at the neighboring table talking about this news while eating in the tavern.
Subsequently.
Within three seconds, the girl immediately made a decision.
Remembering the interesting boy she met that night when she had just arrived in the Dungeon a few days ago.
After Ais quickly finished the curry chicken rice in front of her, she packed her gear, preparing to go directly to the upper floors to see the situation!
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