第二十三話 成金ラーナの出現率
その後、俺達はしばらく〈
ルーチェがいるためレアな魔物の出現率が上昇しているとはいえ、成金ラーナは簡単に出会える相手ではない。
ただ、成金ラーナが出やすい生成ルートや魔物の配置は、当然〈マジックワールド〉プレイヤーの嗜みとして頭に入っている。
今日の間に一体......いや、二体は狩れるはずだ。
「ふっ!」
俺は襲い掛かってくる箱型の魔物の体当たりを盾で防ぎ、素早く身体を密着させてから〈当て身斬り〉で弾き飛ばした。
紫色の箱が吹き飛んでいく。
「よし、ルーチェ、今の間に逃げるぞ!」
「は、はいっ! トドメさせそうですけど、いいんですよね?」
「ああ、余計な戦闘は控えた方がいい。あいつは今回のターゲットではないし、下手に追い詰めると他の魔物を呼び始める」
箱の魔物は正式な名前をトイボックスという。
一定ダメージを与えると、箱が開いてシンバルを持った悪魔が出てきて、大音響を鳴らして仲間を引き寄せるのだ。
そこまで足は速くないため、相手の体勢を崩せば振り切るのは容易である。
「ふう......悪いな、俺の足が遅いせいで二度手間になって」
「いえいえ、そんな......。で、でも、本当にこのまま成金ラーナだけを目標に絞っていていいんですかぁ? エルマさんの安定感凄いですし、ツギハギベアのときみたいに他の魔物を倒していけば、今日中にあと三つくらいはレベルを上げられそうな気もするのですが。その間にまた、何かアイテムがドロップするかもしれませんし......エルマさんなら、経験効率のいい魔物や、いいアイテムを落としてくれる魔物もわかっているんですよね?」
確かにルーチェ視点では、そう思えてならないだろう。
一日でレベルが八つも上がった時点で、彼女からしてみれば大収穫なのだ。
ここから運頼みのレアドロップで一攫千金なんて夢のような話を追うよりも、さっきまで同様に堅実にレベルを上げてドロップアイテムを狙いたいと思うのは当然だ。
ただ、〈マジックワールド〉ではレベル上の魔物を倒せさえすればレベル自体は簡単に上げられるので、知識さえあれば、低レベル帯で一気にレベルを上げることは別に難しくない。
「ただ、それならこの〈天使の玩具箱〉を狙う必要はなかったんだ。単に堅実なアイテム集めやレベル上げなら、もっといい場所がいくらでもあった。それに、なかなか見つからないのは織り込み済みだ。後一日限界まで探して、ようやく二体といったところだろう」
しかし、それだけ成金ラーナには狙う価値がある。
今の俺達のレベル上げと金策の最適解は、成金ラーナを狩り続けることだ。
しばらく近くの村から〈天使の玩具箱〉に通って、成金ラーナが尽きるまで狩りを続けてもいいくらいだ。
「ルーチェがそうしたいというのなら、仲間の意思は尊重するが......もう少し、続けてみないか? 魔物を狩りながら並行して行いたい、というのならそれでもいい」
まあ、根気のいる作業なのは間違いない。
元よりルーチェはそう簡単に成金ラーナに会えるとは思っていないようであるし、遭遇しても倒せるのかどうか疑問に感じている節がある。
そうでなくても、仲間の考えは尊重しておくべきだ。
知識やレベルの優位性があるからとああしろこうしろと一方的に命じていれば、父親やクラインと同じだ。
「そうか? あまり遠慮はしないでくれよ」
......クラインのパーティーでは扱いが悪かったようなので、そのときの卑屈さがどうにも残っているように思う。
「百でも千でも、成金ラーナを狩りましょう! アタシ、やってみせますよ!」
「......やる気があるのはいいことだが、そんなに狩ったらロンダルムの物価がとんでもないことになるぞ」
「そ、そんなに成金ラーナって凄いんですか? 噂にはよく聞きますけど、実際に成金ラーナを狩った人なんて、見たことがないものでして」
「ああ、だから俺も奴に狙いを絞ってるんだ。だが、幸運力を高めても簡単に会える魔物ではないから、不安になってきたり不満が出てきたりしたら、いつでも言ってもらえた方が......」
俺がそう話していた、まさにそのときだった。
「ゲコッ、ゲッ、ゲコッ」
カエルのような鳴き声が聞こえてきた。
俺とルーチェが同時にそうっと振り返ると、曲がり角からぴょこっと、黄金の輝きを放つラーナが跳び出してきた。
前足でポリポリと頭を掻いている。
お、思っていたよりも出現が遥かに早い!?
あと数時間は初遭遇まで粘る必要があると思っていたのだが、やはりルーチェの初期幸運力がかなり高い値を引いているとしか思えない。
幸運力に依存するスキルを百回程使って幸運力を逆算する方法もあるので、今度機会があったらルーチェに試してもらうのもいいかもしれない。
Ch 23
After that we kept exploring the Dungeon for a while.
Even though with Luce here the spawn rate of monsters was greatly increased, the Golden Rana is still not a monster that you would be able to come across easily.
However, as a former Magic World player, I of course know the best spawn routes and the usual placement of monsters.
We should manage one...., no, two today.
"Fuh!"
I blocked the attacking box shaped monster's ramming attack with my shield, then keeping close to its body I knocked it away with [Vital Blow].
With that the purple colored box went flying.
"Good, Luce, it's time to run away!"
"Y-yes! But it looks like we could defeat it, so shouldn't we?"
"No need, we should avoid unnecessary fights. That one is not our objective today and it may even start calling other monsters if we fail to take it down fast enough."
That box shaped monster's official name was Toybox.
After taking a certain amount of damage, the box opens and a demon with a cymbal pops out, which starts making a ruckus that calls other monsters.
It's not that fast, so if you manage to unbalance it first, then it's not too hard to get away from it.
"Fuh.....sorry about that. Because of how slow I am, we ended up having to deal with it one more time."
"No no, that's not.... B-but, should we really keep our focus narrowed to just the Golden Rana? Elma-san can keep the attention of the monsters amazingly well, so if we were to hunt other monsters like we did with the Patchwork Bear, then I have a feeling that I might be able to gain another three levels today even. There might even be other item drops in the meantime.... Elma-san knows which monsters would provide the best experience points and item drops, right?"
It's no wonder Luce would come to think that.
For Luce, gaining eight levels in one day is already an amazing harvest.
Instead of switching to a risky strategy of aiming for a great windfall from rare drops which might end up nothing but a pipedream in the end, steadily increasing her level and watching out for normal drops like before sounds obviously more appealing.
However, in Magic World all you needed to do to raise your levels quickly was killing higher level monsters, which means if you were knowledgeable enough it was not at all difficult to raise your level out of the early game range.
"Then there was no need to come to the Angel's Toybox at all. If we wanted to keep to a slow and steady leveling and item gathering strategy, then there were other, better suited places for that. Also, the fact that it's rarely seen was already taken into consideration. I expect we will only be able to find two at most if we keep at it for the entire day."
However, the Golden Rana is more than worth the risk.
For our current levels, the best way of making money is to keep hunting Golden Ranas.
Even staying at the nearby village for a while and commuting to the Angel's Toybox until we run out of Golden Ranas might not be a bad idea.
"Luce, if you want to do that, then as my teammate I will respect your wishes, but.... could we continue with it for a little while? It's fine if we do it while fighting other monsters."
Well, it obviously requires a lot of patience.
To begin with, Luce obviously thinks that coming across a Golden Rana is not that easy, and even if we do, she might have doubts about our ability to defeat it.
Even without that, I should respect my teammate's opinions.
If I end up just unilaterally ordering others around just because my level is higher or that I know more, then I will be the same as my father and Klein.
"Is that so? You don't need to be so reserved."
....it seems she wasn't treated that well in Klein's party and her servile attitude stayed with her somewhat.
"Let's go and hunt Golden Ranas, even if it's a hundred or even a thousand! I will do my very best!"
"....it's good that you are so motivated, but if we were to really hunt that many, then the market would just simply crash in Rondalm."
"Is the Golden Rana that amazing? I just barely heard about it in rumors and haven't even seen anyone that managed to kill one."
"Yeah, that's the reason why I singled it out as our objective. However, even with increased Luck it's not easy to come across one, so if you have started having reservations or feel anxious about something, then you can tell me anytime...."
Just as I was saying that, it happened.
"Ribbit, ri-ribbit."
A frog-like sound could be heard.
As Luce and I slowly turned around at the same time, a Rana with a golden radiance hopped out from around the corner.
It kept rubbing its head with its front legs.
Th-that was much sooner than I expected!?
I thought we would need to buckle down and hold out for a few hours until we could come across one, but it seems Luce's initial Luck stat must've been really high indeed.
There is a way of determining her Luck stat by having her try a Skill that's affected by Luck a hundred times and calculate the result from that. I should try to have Luce do that when I have the chance.
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