第二話 〈百足坑道〉
都市ラコリナの冒険者ギルドで簡単な顔見せと情報収集を行った俺とルーチェは、都市近辺にある森奥地に出現している〈
聞いていた通り、大きな崖壁に、虹色の渦が生じている。
「さて、行くか。鉱石集めにな」
「はっ、はい!」
ルーチェが俺の言葉に気を引き締める。
【〈百足坑道〉:《推奨Lv:60》】
中へ入った途端、頭にメッセージが響く。
内部は洞窟のようになっており、大きな空洞が延々と続いている。
内部の壁には、一定間隔で魔石ランプが設置されていた。
「前の〈天使の玩具箱〉のときもそうでしたけれど、推奨レベル、高いですね......」
ルーチェが不安げに、恐る恐ると歩く。
「推奨レベルはあくまで〈夢の主〉の目安レベルだからな。道中で出てくる魔物は、この目安よりも大きく下がる」
それに〈マジックワールド〉でレベルを上げるためには、自身よりレベル上の魔物を狩っていかなければ、あまり意味がないのだ。
特に今の俺達程度の低レベルの間は、かなり高めの推奨レベルの〈
今回の第一目標は、黒鋼系装備の回収である。
黒鋼系装備とは黒鋼と呼ばれるこの世界の金属で作られた装備であり、比較的ドロップしやすく、それなりに価値が高いのだ。
また、黒鋼は加工しやすいため、大量に集めて鍛冶屋に持っていけば、好きな武器に加工してもらい直すこともできる。
今のレベルでルーチェの〈幸福の天使〉の幸運力七百%アップを活かして装備を整えるのであれば、この〈百足坑道〉以上に適した場所はないだろう。
「安心してくれ、ここで主に出現する魔物......スマイルは、動きが単調で、一撃もそう重くない。複数体で出てこない限り、まず事故は起きないはずだ」
スマイルは岩塊のような魔物であり、安定して黒鋼系装備を落としてくれる、俺達の今回の標的である。
「いつも思うんですが、エルマさんって本当に詳しいですよね、クラスにしろ〈
「ん? あ、ああ......実家の方でな、子供の頃に叩きこまれたんだ」
「あ......そ、そうだったんですね。それは、あの、ごめんなさい......。あんまり思い出したいような話でもありませんよね」
「いや、そう気にしないでくれ。ルーチェのお陰で、エドヴァン伯爵家とは綺麗に別れられたからな。今となっては、そこまで引っ掛かっていることもない」
......さすがに、前世の記憶が何故か活用できて上手く行っている、だのと説明できるはずもない。
俺にもよくわかっていないのだ。
元々が突拍子もない話である上に、張本人である俺自体がその全貌を全く掴めていない。
「やっぱり貴族の方々は、凄く情報持ってるんですねぇ......。でもエルマさんくらい詳しかったら、ギルド側に立って冒険者のスキル相談でもやったら大成功するんじゃ......!」
そこまで言った後、ルーチェの顔が真っ青になった。
「そ、そうなったら、アタシ不要になっちゃう......! も、もうちょっと冒険者しましょう、エルマさん! ね? ア、アタシ、頑張りますからっ!」
もっとも、クラスアドバイザーが存在したのは、こっちの世界ではない。
〈マジックワールド〉での話である。
習得するスキルの性能は勿論のこと、スキルの扱いやすさ、武器や〈
この世界で買う恨みは、〈マジックワールド〉で買う恨みの比ではない。
俺がエドヴァン伯爵家にいた頃、〈
ルーチェのキャラビルドの相談に慎重になっていたのも、そういう流れを知っていたためである。
自分の情報に自信があったとしても、相手との考えのズレや認識の違いがないか、相手の方針が今後変わる余地がないかをしっかりと詰めておかなければならない。
気軽に何十人の相談に乗れるようなものではないのだ。
「あのぅ、エルマさんも、クラスアドバイザー、少し考えていたり......?」
「いや、俺は絶対にしない」
俺はそう断言した。
「そうなんですね、えへへ......ちょっとだけ安心しました。......エルマさん、お顔、少しだけ怖いですよ?」
「悪い、あまりよくない思い出がな。それより、ターゲットのお出ましだ」
ごとん、ごとんと、前方から音が聞こえてきた。
通路の先に、直径一メートルほどの、ごつごつした球形の岩塊が現れる。
岩塊の表面には、満面の笑顔が浮かんでいる。
Lv :45
HP :60/60
MP :45/45
「い、いきなり【Lv:45】......! エルマさんっ! あの岩顔、マリスって人と同じレベルですよぅっ! 実質次期当主様です!」
「落ち着け、ルーチェ。さすがにアレをマリス呼ばわりは怒られるぞ」
無論、あのときのような接戦を強いられることはない。
安定した勝算があるからこそ、この〈百足坑道〉を選んだのだ。
「さくっと倒して、ドロップアイテムを吐き出してもらおうか」
Volume 2 - Ch 2
After a short information gathering session and check-in at the adventurer's guild here in La Colina, Luce and I headed for a Dungeon that spawned near the city, deep within a forest.
Just as they said, it was a rainbow colored swirl right against a cliff face.
"I guess we should head in to gather some more achievements."
"Y-yes!"
Hearing what I said, Luce braced herself.
[(<Centipede Pit> :<<Recommended Level: 60>> )] 
As soon as we entered, a message rang out inside my head.
The interior was cave-like, with a tunnel leading away as far as the eye could see.
At certain intervals, magic stone powered lamps were placed on the wall.
"It was true for the Angel's Toybox too, but the Recommended Level is really high..."
Luce kept walking nervously.
"The Recommended Level is entirely based on the Dream Lord's difficulty. The monsters that appear along the way are significantly weaker."
Also, to level up in Magic World, you needed to fight higher level opponents, or there was not much meaning to it.
At our current quite low level range, it was especially common practice to challenge Dungeons with a significantly higher Recommended Level.
Our number one objective right now is to gather black steel type equipment.
Black steel type items are made of black steel, a type of metal in this world, and are fairly valuable despite them having a comparatively high drop rate.
Furthermore, since black steel is also easy to reforge, you can gather up a bunch of them and bring them to a blacksmith and have them create the type of weapon you like better.
There should be no better place than this Centipede Pit to make use of the 700% Luck increase provided by Luce's Skill, the [Angel of Fortune], to get new equipment.
"Don't worry, the movements of the type of monster that appears here the most, which is called a Smile, are easy to see through, and it doesn't hit that hard either. As long as it doesn't appear in a group, there should be no chance of an accident."
A Smile is a kind of rock monster, which can frequently drop black steel items, and our current target.
"I keep thinking that Elma-san is really knowledgeable about things, be it about Classes or Dungeons...."
"Hmm? Ah, yeah....at home they made sure I would learn it when I was a child."
"Ah...that's how it was. Well, uhm, sorry about that.... This must be something you would've rather not remembered, I guess."
"Nah, don't worry about it too much. Thanks to Luce I was able to have a clean break from the Edvan Family. I'm not that hung up on it anymore at this point."
.....as expected, I can't really explain to her that I'm doing well by making use of my memories from my previous life.
I myself don't really know what's up with that, exactly.
It's a crazy story to begin with, but even I, who had it happen to, don't know the particulars.
"Nobles really do have a lot of information.... With how knowledgeable you are, Elma-san, you could work as a Skill Advisor at the Guild and accomplish a great deal with that....!"
After saying that, Luce went white as a sheet.
"B-but then I would become unnecessary....! Let's keep adventuring for another while, Elma-san! O-okay? I'll be doing my very best!"
That being said, it wasn't this world where those Class Advisors existed.
It's a story from Magic World.
There were a number of players that worked to know everything there was to know about all learnable Skills, how to best use those Skills, all kinds of weapons, the market price of Skill Books, every type of Dungeons and Events, and even the circumstances of large Guilds to best be able to give advice on character builds. People called those players Class Advisors.
The animosity one could gather with that in this world simply cannot be compared to how it was in Magic World.
When I was still living with the Edvan Family, I heard about an adventurer getting killed after giving advice to a noble about a Skill Book.
The reason why I was cautious about giving advice to Luce about her character build was because I knew what could come of it.
Even if I'm confident in my information, I need to consider the possibility of a misunderstanding between us, or that she might change her mind in the future.
It would be a bad idea to casually give advice like that to dozens of people.
"Uhhm, Elma-san, did you ever think about working as a Class Advisor....?"
"No, I would never do that."
I confidently declared.
"That's good to hear, eheheh.....That's somewhat of a relief. .....Elma-san, your face is a bit scary right now, you know?"
"Sorry about that, I remembered something less than pleasant. Leaving that aside, our target just showed up."
Thumping sounds could be heard from in front of us.
In the corridor ahead of us, an approximately one meter wide, scraggy, somewhat spherical lump of rock appeared.
On the surface of the lump of rock, a full-face smile could be seen.
Level: 45
HP: 60/60
MP: 45/45
"A [(Lv:45)]  right out of the gate....! Elma-san! That rock face is the same level as that Mariss person! It's basically the same as the Heir of a noble family!"
"Calm down, Luce. If people found out, they would get mad at you for calling that the same as Mariss."
Of course, this fight won't be cutting it as close this time.
Us being able to easily handle the enemies here was specifically the reason why I chose this Centipede Pit.
"Let's take it down fast, and have it cough out those drop items."
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