第七話 巨人の足音
「さて、目標はあとスマイル六体か。装備も整ったし、レベルも上がった。手早く狩ってしまいたいところだな」
「クライは別換算なんですね......」
ルーチェが苦笑しながらそう零す。
休憩を終えた俺とルーチェは、また〈
ひとまず、今のレベル帯にあった最低限の装備は整えることができた。
だが、できれば、もうワンランク上の装備を購入できる準備をしておきたいところだ。
あくまで黒鋼装備はお手軽に強いコスパのいい武器であって、今のレベル帯での最強格の武器とは言い難い。
武器は強ければ強いに越したことはない。
そのためにも金策に手を抜くわけにはいかない。
金銭が足りないからやりたいことができない、欲しいものが手に入らない、なんて場面に陥りたくはない。
特に特定のレア〈
技能の書
この世界で買い逃せば、次の入手機会が何年後になるのかわかったものではない。
「な、なんでしょう......? 巨大スマイルですかね?」
「そんな魔物はいないんだが......」
それに、ここの〈夢の主〉は、こんな音を立てないはずだ。
「ミスリルゴーレムか!? まさか、そんなレアモンスターが出てくるなんて......」
答え合わせをするように、ズゥンズゥンと、音が響く。
間違いない。
この音は......魔銀の巨人、ミスリルゴーレムの足音である。
ツイているにも程がある。
ミスリルゴーレムは〈百足坑道〉の超レアモンスターである。
倒せば、強力な武器の素材となるミスリルをドロップしてくれる。
ただ、クライなんかとは比にならないくらい強い。
ここ〈百足坑道〉は動きの読みやすい敵が多いのだが、ミスリルゴーレムは一撃が重すぎる。
〈マジックワールド〉では低確率とレアアイテムに釣られて挑んだプレイヤーがこの手の魔物に全滅させられるのはよく笑い話にされる風物詩だったのだが、この世界では死んでは元も子もない。
逃げるなら、探索を打ち切ってでも逃げた方がいい。
他の魔物と戦っている最中に追いつかれたら一巻の終わりだ。
「ハイリスク、ハイリターンだな。どっちかでいえば、退いた方が賢明なんだろうが......」
正直、ミスリルは滅茶苦茶欲しい。
ファンタジーにおける強い金属の代表格のようなもので、その威光はこの世界でも変わらない。
ミスリル装備は、黒鋼装備とは比べ物にならない程に強力だ。
「悩むんだったら、行きましょう! アタシは臆病ですけれど......それだけだったら、冒険者なんてとっくに辞めてますよ!」
「いいのか?」
「エルマさんが悩むってことは、そっちの方が分があるってことですからね! 無謀だったらそもそも悩んでないだろうなって、アタシはそう信頼してますから!」
ルーチェがぐっとガッツポーズを取る。
初対面のときはルーチェは気弱でお人好しな性格なのだろうと思っていたのだが、彼女はここぞという場面で勇敢だ。
「......それにぃ、多分アタシの幸運力で引き寄せたんだろうなぁって思うと、なんだか放置するのが申し訳なくって。ミスリルゴーレムって、多分アタシの〈豪運〉のせいですよね......?」
ルーチェがいじいじと、指先を合わせ、言い辛そうにそう口にした。
「ま、まあ......多分、そうだな......」
ミスリルゴーレムは、ルーチェの幸運力の高さが呼び出した魔物と考えて間違いないだろう。
通常であれば、こんなにあっさり出没するような魔物ではない。
「何にせよ......ルーチェがやる気なら、遠慮なく挑めるな。ミスリルの巨人狩りと行こうか」
俺は自身の手のひらを拳で打った。
ミスリルゴーレムはレベルがかなり高く、ステータスも強大だ。
タフで、攻撃力も高い。
あまり馬鹿正直に攻めるわけにはいかない。
「さて......まず、あいつと戦う地形を選定するか」
「地形ですか?」
「ああ、〈天使の玩具箱〉で成金ラーナを倒すときも、通路の幅が重要だっただろう?」
通路の幅が広すぎれば、成金ラーナに逃げられる。
しかし、狭すぎれば、成金ラーナを刺激せずに背後を取ることができなかった。
エンブリオ戦でも、天井の高さと奴の高度が同じだったからこそ、ルーチェが天井に足を付けて体勢を整え、奴を倒しきることができたのだ。
エンブリオがボス部屋にいれば天井が高すぎてあんな芸当はできなかっただろうし、そもそも広いボス部屋内を飛び回っていれば、奴にダメージを与える難易度も跳ね上がっていただろう。
強敵と戦う場合には、その場所の地形が重要になってくる。
「ここは洞窟系の〈
Volume 2 - Ch 7
"Well then, our remaining goal is another six Smiles. We got our new equipment and our levels went up too. Let's finish hunting the rest right away."
"So you are not counting the Cry, huh...."
Luce muttered with a strained smile.
Finishing up our short break, Luce and I proceeded further into the Dungeon.
For the time being we managed to outfit ourselves with the bare minimum equipment for our current level range.
However, I would like to get our hands on one step better equipment in the near future.
Black steel equipment simply has the best cost performance ratio, but it's not nearly the most powerful one in our level range.
You need your weapon to be as powerful as possible.
That's why we must not cut corners with making money.
I don't want to fall into a situation where I can't do something or get what I want, just because I don't have enough money.
Especially if it's an opportunity to obtain a certain rare Skill Book, no-one knows when the next chance would come.
We need to prepare, so whenever we might come across a Skill Book for the [Reaper Assassin], we would have the money at the ready.
In this world, if we miss a chance like that, who knows how many years we will need to wait for the next one.
"W-what could that be....? A giant Smile perhaps?"
"There is no monster like that...."
Also, the Dream Lord of this place shouldn't be capable of making this kind of sound.
"Is that a Mythril Golem!? I didn't think that a rare monster like that would appear here...."
As if to verify my conjecture, thump, thump, the sounds continued.
There is no mistake.
This sound....those sounds are the footsteps of a Mythril Golem.
There should be a limit to how lucky we can be.
The Mythril Golem is a super rare monster of the Centipede Pit.
If you manage to defeat it, it drops mythril, a material that can be used to craft a powerful weapon.
However, it's also hell of a lot stronger than a Cry too.
The Centipede Pit has a lot of enemies whose movements are easy to anticipate, but a single hit from the Mythril Golem is simply too heavy.
In Magic World, funny anecdotes about players who got lured in by the low spawn rate and the possibility of rare drops getting party wiped were frequent, but in this world it would simply lead to death.
If we decide to run, then we should run, even if we have to cut short our exploration.
If it caught up to us while we were in the middle of fighting another monster, then that would be bad.
"It's a high risk, high return situation. I would say it would be for the best to leave it this time, but...."
To be honest, I really want that mythril.
Mythril being a strong metal is a staple of fantasy, which is true in this world as well.
Equipment made of mythril is incomparably stronger than a black steel item.
"If you have trouble deciding, then let's go for it! I might be a coward, but....If I was only that, then I would've quit being an adventurer already!"
"Are you okay with this?"
"That fact that you have trouble deciding simply means that the opponent has the advantage, Elma-san! If we had no chance to begin with, then I believe you would have no problem coming to a conclusion immediately!"
Luce did a guts pose with her fist raised.
When I first met Luce, I thought her to be a timid and good-natured person, but she turned out to be brave when it really counts.
"....alsoo, when I think about the fact that it was probably attracted by my high Luck, I don't want to just leave it alone for some reason. My [Great Fortune] is probably the one to blame for this Mythril Golem, right....?"
Luce kept fidgeting and pushing her fingers together while she somewhat reluctantly said all that.
"W-well....that's, probably the case...."
It's probably correct to assume that the Mythril Golem spawned due to Luce's high Luck.
Ordinarily, it's not a monster that appears frequently.
"Anyway....If you are that raring to go, Luce, then let's face it without any more reservations. Let's hunt ourselves a mythril giant."
I punched my palm with my other hand.
The Mythril Golem has quite a high level and even higher stats.
It's tough and has a high Attack.
It would be bad to attack it straight on.
"Well then.....first, we need to choose the terrain where we will be fighting it."
"The terrain?"
"Yeah, like when we took down those Golden Ranas at the Angel's Toybox, the width of the corridor was important, right?"
If the corridor was wider, then the Golden Rana would've been able to run away.
However, if it was too narrow instead, then it would've been impossible to get behind it without disturbing it.
In the Embryo fight too, since the height of the ceiling was the same as the Embryo's altitude, Luce was able to stand on the ceiling and take it down like that.
In the Embryo's original boss room the ceiling was much higher up, so she couldn't have done the same there, and since the boss would've been able to freely fly around, it would've been much harder to damage it at all to begin with.
When fighting against a powerful opponent, the lay of the land becomes an important factor.
"This is a cavern type Dungeon, so depending on the place, there could be a huge difference in the terrain. For example, the height and width of the cavern, or the footing.... Since we can hear its footsteps, we should be able to easily lead it somewhere, so we should lure it to a place where it would be easier to fight it."
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