Chapter 136
Chapter 136 Strongest Sage, Obtains Info
The dungeon city was terrible in various ways .
We"re standing on the entrance of the city, so I have only seen a portion of it, but . . . I can already see what"s wrong about it .
Or rather, it"s choke full of things worth retorting .
"Um . . . I wonder what is the pillar over there? I can feel weird mana flowing in it . . . . "
Looks like Ruli noticed one of the things I found weird .
Ruli pointed at a magic lamp . . . in other words, it"s a pillar that enlightens the vicinity through magic . . . The problem is the source of its mana .
You usually use magic stones as the mana source of this kind of magic tools .
And since this place is a dungeon city, it should be easy to procure magic stones .
And yet . . . The magic lamps here are directly connected to the dungeon"s mana .
And it"s done quite sloppily .
True that you won"t need magic stones by doing this, but it"s an extremely reckless act .
Left alone, they"ll probably explode in about three years time .
"Oy, you two over there . You"d better not get closer to that thing! That one sometime explodes on its own! It"s killed 10 people this year alone!"
A food store"s storekeeper nearby warned us when Ruli and I were observing the magic lamp .
It really does explode . . . .
And there"s already dead victims even .
"Why would they install such a dangerous thing?"
I tried asking the storekeeper since I really can"t fathom the reason why anyone would put this thing .
And then the storekeeper beckoned me while covering his mouth with his hand .
Looks like he can"t say it loudly .
I approached the storekeeper and then he started talking with a voice that was barely audible .
" . . . It"s the order of this city"s ruler . He went and told us to use the thing since he didn"t want to decrease magic stone exports . We had been using magic stones until then . There"s also stuff like heavy taxes . . . I miss his predecessor already . "
. . . I see . It"s used as a subst.i.tute by the new ruler"s order huh .
If this ruler guy is someone like Biffgel, then I can see how this situation comes to .
Or rather, there"s no other explanation to it .
"Also, did you notice that there"s not a lot of people in this city today?"
" . . . Now that you mention it . Is this related to the ruler too?"
This area should be the center of the dungeon city, which should be a huge city .
Judging from the land ma.s.s on the map, the states of the surrounding stores and the dense buildings, there"s no mistake about it .
Yet, there"s too few people here .
The spa.r.s.e figures of people are obviously unbalanced with the number of stores .
Adventurers who should naturally be here in a dungeon city are mostly absent too .
"You got that right . Apparently they found a strong monster in dungeon floor 10, so most adventurers got mobilized to defeat that monster . And this is the result . "
Most huh, just how many adventurers are mobilized .
It"s true that more people is better if you want to beat a strong monster . . . but only if all members have reached a certain level of magic combat competency .
Randomly grouping small fries together will only turn them into a drag .
And I don"t believe that the adventurers of this dungeon city have reached that level .
I mean, the weapons they"re selling in the nearby shops are all awful .
"Both strong and weak ones?"
"Yeah . Every adventurer in this city was made to roll a dice, anyone who rolled any other number than six had to partic.i.p.ate . Volunteering was formally optional, but they pretty much are coerced to . The people who refused to partic.i.p.ate last time were driven away from the city . . . . I wonder how many will die this time . "
They decide by rolling a dice, not by the adventurer"s strength huh . That"s just way too much . . .
Perhaps the ruler of this dungeon city is even more inept than Biffgel .
" . . . I see . Thank you for the information . Let me purchase some of these . "
I randomly bought several spices the store was selling .
I could buy food, but due to the matter with Storage magic, I wanted something light .
"Come again!"
However, if this ruler guy is this incompetent, we might get rolled up in some trouble here .
Demons also might something to do with it, but I don"t feel any presence that points to that .
Well, let"s just how things are while exploring the dungeon .