第二話 〈幻夢の穴〉
「レアな〈
ルーチェが聞き返すと、ケルトは楽しげに、ニヤニヤと笑っていた。
「ああ、そうだ。上手くいきゃ、ちょっとした財産になるだろうよ」
〉の出現率には偏りがあり、頻繁に出てくるものもあれば、滅多に出てこないものもある。
中には超低確率の〈
この類のものはドロップアイテムや経験値が美味しい代わりに、〈夢の主〉が討伐されなくとも魔物が一定数討伐された時点で崩壊を始めることが多い。
「とは言っても......俺達は所詮、B級冒険者だからな......。その手の〈
「なんだよ......冷めた奴だな。まぁ、それは正しいが。お前なら上手くやるんじゃねぇかと思って一応声掛けてみたいんだが......さすがに苦しいわな」
ケルトがポリポリと頭を掻く。
「因みになんてところなんだ? レアアイテムが落ちるところなら、騒ぎが落ち着いた頃に店で破格の値段で出回ってくれるかもしれないな」
「又聞きなんだが......〈幻獣の塔〉ってところらしい」
「〈幻獣の塔〉だと!?」
俺は大声でケルトの言葉を返し、思わずその場で立ち上がった。
疎らにいた他の客達も、何事かと俺の方を見ていた。
「エルマさん、エルマさん、一応内緒話ですから......!」
ルーチェが声を潜め、俺へと言う。
「あ、ああ、悪い、つい......」
「まぁ、俺はどうせ潜る気なんざなかったからいいんだが......そこまで驚くところだったのか?」
「正直......〈幻獣の塔〉だと話が変わって来る」
「欲しいアイテムがあるんですか、エルマさん?」
「......出てくる魔物はランダムで五種類なんだが、高確率でこの中にグリムリーパーが入って来るんだ」
「グリムリーパー......ですか?」
ルーチェの言葉に、俺は大きく頷いた。
〉がそれなりの確率でドロップする。あれさえあれば、道化師クラスのルーチェの攻撃性能が一気に跳ね上がるはずだ」
〈豪運〉持ちの道化師にとって〈死神の凶手〉は外せないスキルツリーである。
いわば重騎士の〈燻り狂う牙〉のようなものであり、手に入れるまでがチュートリアルだといっても過言ではない。
〈死神の凶手〉自体がかなりのぶっ壊れスキルツリーであり、近接クラスであればほぼ採用候補に入る。
とはいえ大きな弱点があって、候補には入るものの、実際に〈死神の凶手〉を習得するプレイヤーは少ない。
運否天賦の割合が大きいスキルツリーであり、肝心な場面で機能せずにデスペナルティを受けるリスクが付き纏うためだ。
だが、ルーチェの桁外れに高い幸運力の前では、そんなリスクも無いに等しい。
この世界ではスキルブックは貴族が牛耳っている。
ここを逃せば、次の入手機会がいつになるのかわかったものではない。
「〈幻獣の塔〉はそこまでレベルが高いわけでもない......。奥に入らず、浅いところでグリムリーパーを探して回るのは充分可能だな」
ここで〈死神の凶手〉が手に入れば、一気にルーチェを強化することができる。
〈燻り狂う牙〉のようにスキルの発動条件が厳しいわけではないため、しばらくは俺よりルーチェの方が圧倒的に強くなるかもしれないくらいだ。
グリムリーパーに絞って狩り続ければ、いずれは〈死神の凶手〉が落ちるはずだ。
「やりましょう、エルマさん! きっとここは踏ん張りどころですよ! ここで行かないなら、冒険者になった甲斐がありませんもん!」
ルーチェがぎゅっと握り拳を作る。
俺はそれから、ちらりとケルトを見た。
「それで......腕利きで性格面に信頼が置ける、B級以上の冒険者ができれば欲しいんだが......」
「悪いが俺はパスだぜ。誘いは嬉しいが、別の用事があってな。それにみみっちく、堅実に......が俺のモットー。美味しそうな話ではあるから乗っかってはやりてぇところなんだが、リスクを侵すのは性分じゃねぇ」
特にソロで活動しているのは、ケルトみたいな特殊なタイプを除けばかなりのレアケースだ。
メアベルも回復クラスの報酬面が安定しているため単騎で
一匹狼を気取っているケルトとは違うのだ。
固定パーティーを持っている冒険者に協力を頼んでも、断られた挙句、固定で組んでいるいつもの仲間と一緒に〈幻獣の塔〉へと向かわれるだけだ。
不用意にライバルを増やす結果になりかねない。
〉は、魔物が狩られれば狩られるほど消滅が近づくのだ。
かといって、ずっとソロで活動しているのは特殊なタイプのクラスを除けば、性格面に難のある冒険者ばかりだろう。
今回もルーチェと二人で回った方がよさそうだな......。
Volume 3 - Ch 2
"A rare Dungeon....?"
When Luce asked back, Celt started smiling widely.
"Yeah, that's right. If everything goes well, then you should be able to gather up quite a fortune from it."
However, each type has a different spawn rate; some appear quite frequently, while some do only rarely.
Among them there are the Phantasmal Dungeons, that only appear extremely rarely....which are also called bonus stages.
In exchange for the exceptional drop items and plentiful experience points, these types of Dungeons tend to disappear even without defeating the Dream Lord once enough monsters get taken down.
"That being said....we are just B rank adventurers.... Those types of Dungeons can normally only be cleared by A rank adventurers and above."
"Tsk, what a stick-in-the-mud. But yeah, you're right in that. I thought that you two would be able to take advantage of it, so I thought I would tell you about it, but I guess it's too difficult in the end."
Celt scratched his head.
"By the way, what type is it? If it's the type to drop rare items, then after the hubbub dies down, some of them might be put on sale in some of the shops for an exceptional price."
"It's just hearsay, but....apparently it's called the Phantasmal Beast Tower."
"The Phantasmal Beast Tower!?"
I unconsciously shouted back at Celt, and even stood up without thinking.
Even the very few other guests turned towards us, wondering what happened.
"Elma-san, Elma-san, that should still be a secret for now.....!"
Luce whispered to me in a quiet voice.
"Ah, my bad, I just...."
"Well, I had no intentions to delve into it, but....is it really something to get so surprised about?"
"Honestly.....if it's the Phantasmal Beast Tower, then it becomes a different story."
"Do you have an item you want in mind, Elma-san?"
"....there are five types of monsters that appear at random in there, but one has a high probability of being the Grim Reaper."
"Grim Reaper....?"
I nodded to Luce's words.
"It has a fair chance of dropping the [Reaper Assassin] Skill Book. With that, Luce's Clown Class should get a large boost in terms of attack power."
The [Reaper Assassin] Skill Tree is indispensable for a Clown with [Great Fortune].
It's basically the same as the [Smoldering Fang of Madness] for the Heavy Knight, in terms that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call everything before you manage to get it the tutorial.
The [Reaper Assassin] itself is a fairly broken as hell Skill Tree, which every close combat Class could potentially contemplate picking up.
That being said, it also has a large drawback, which makes it so that a lot of players contemplate picking it up, but very few do so in the end.
It's a Skill Tree that depends a lot on Luck, which could lead to having to eat a death penalty when it sometimes fails to deliver in a crucial moment.
However, with Luce's exceptionally high Luck, that kind of risk might as well not exist.
In this world, the trading of Skill Books is under the control of the nobility.
If we let this chance to obtain one go, then who knows when we will get another opportunity.
"The Phantasmal Beast Tower is not that high level either.....It should be more than possible to keep to the more shallow parts and search for Grim Reapers while avoiding the deeper sections."
If we manage to get the [Reaper Assassin] here, then we will be able to strengthen Luce by a significant margin.
Since it doesn't have strict activation requirements like most Skills in the [Smoldering Fang of Madness] do, Luce could become even more overwhelmingly powerful than me at this point in time.
If we keep ourselves to hunting Grim Reapers, the [Reaper Assassin] should drop sooner or later.
"Let's do it, Elma-san! This is a time where we should do our best! If we don't go now, then there would be no meaning to have become an adventurer!"
Luce clenched her fist tightly.
I then glanced at Celt.
"So then....we would like the help of a skilled, at least B rank adventurer who we could trust...."
"Sorry, but I will pass on this. Thanks for the invite, but I have some prior engagements. Also, my motto is 'stingy and steady'. It sounds like an excellent deal, and I would like to accept, but it's not my style to take risks like that."
Especially those that are flying solo are very rare, aside from peculiar types like Celt.
Even Mabel, who frequently participates in Raid Quests due to how good they pay healers for it, apparently has her own stable party.
Celt, who is playing at being a lone wolf, is different.
If we try to invite someone in a fixed party, they would not only refuse, but also bring their party and head to the Phantasmal Beast Tower themselves.
It may turn into just increasing our number of competitors instead.
Even more so in the case of a Phantasmal Dungeon, where every hunted monster gets us closer to its disappearance.
That being said, the solo players are made up of, aside from some people with unique Classes, mostly those that have some kind of personality problems themselves.
It looks like it will be better to go with only Luce this time as well....
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