Back At The Adventurers' Academy
"Ummm... Why are both of you wearing sunglasses, Vier-chan, Felin-chan? It's not even that bright even if it's already midday."
"Because the Statue of Liber might release a blinding light that can erase our current memories, Mifumi-sama."
"Mhm!... We don't want to forget anything!"
"But didn't you say that the stories in your dreams are not true, Vier-chan?"
"But we can't be too sure, Mifumi-sama. After all, we're still not sure what the Statue of Liber has been used for in the past."
"Mhm!... Why did they make the giant golem lady?!"
"Sigh... Fine! You can do what you want, Vier-chan, Felin-chan."
""Mhm!... Then please wear these sunglasses too, Mifumi-sama!""
"Ugh!... Do I need to?..."
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The three of us woke up a little bit late today. Especially me, since I woke up past ten in the morning. Well, that is probably because we're all tired from our long journey to get here at the Floating Island of Liber and not just because I'm too lazy to wake up early.
We then ate our brunch, late breakfast, and early lunch, as I told Mifumi-sama and Felin about the new story that I saw in my dream.
Then after half an hour of our leisurely walk around the outpost town, our group is finally back at the Adventurers' Academy in front of Ms. Klea's receptionist counter.
"Ummm... Why is your group wearing sunglasses today?"
"Because we don't want our memories to get erased!"
"Ehh?... Erased?... How?"
Felin gave the same answer that we told Mifumi-sama earlier.
Compared to Mifumi-sama, Felin can be easily influenced by the stories from my dreams which I occasionally tell to both of them. And just like me, Felin can't help but believe that most of those stories are true.
That's the reason why Felin won't hesitate to give this kind of answer even if it could cause a bit of confusion like what is happening to Ms. Klea right now.
I want to explain those things and clarify what Felin said but it would be best that other people don't learn about my dreams.
"That's just a bit of a joke... Right, Felin?..."
"Hmmm?... Oh, right! That's just a joke, Miss!"
Sheesh... It's a good thing that Felin could remember about my dreams being a secret.
"So why exactly are the three of you wearing sunglasses? Are you perhaps trying to start a new trend?"
"Of course not. We made quite a scene yesterday here at the Adventurers' Academy. Therefore, we're trying to hide our looks even for a bit so we won't attract unwanted attention."
Ohh!... Nice thinking, Mifumi-sama. I didn't even think we could do that.
"It may be able to hide a bit of your actual looks but... I think you're getting much more attention right now compared to yesterday's event."
"""What?..."""
We immediately looked around our surroundings after Ms. Klea made those remarks. And she's right! Everyone is looking at us while having some casual chatting.
..."Hey do you think those sunglasses look cool?...
..."They're the ones that come from Greendale Town, right?"...
..."Does that look popular at their place?"...
..."Let's go buy some sunglasses too"...
..."Is it summertime already?"...
..."Sigh... I want to go back home and go to the beach."...
..."Don't you think that sunglasses will match perfectly with a black robe?"...
That last one is definitely starting a new trend.
Anyway, enough about sunglasses. We're starting a bit late today so we better get going on the things we need to do.
First, gather information about the Dungeon and get a map of the whole floating island or the outpost town.
"Do you know where we could get information about this floating island's Dungeon, Ms. Klea?"
"Is that why your group is here today?"
"""Mhm!..."""
"Well, there's an Archive here at the Adventurers' Academy but it's only for the current students and members so you won't be able to use that place."
"Ehh?... Isn't that a bit unfair?"
"Mhm!... Unfair!"
"Is there any other place we could use, Ms. Klea?"
"If it's only information about the Dungeon's monster you're looking for, then the town's library should be enough for your research."
I guess that should also be fine. But I wonder what is the difference between the Archive and the town's library. Well, that is not important right now.
"Also, can we get a map of the outpost town and the dungeon here?"
"And please help us find the location of the places where we're looking for!"
"Please help us, Miss!"
I, Mifumi-sama, and Felin all said our inquiries to Ms. Klea.
We're not exactly sure if Ms. Klea would help us since our group is still not a student of the Adventurers' Academy but she gladly agreed to our request.
I guess it might be because of the connection we have to Misaki-sensei... Probably.
Anyway, Ms. Klea provided us with a map of both Dungeon and the Adventurers Outpost Town.
Apparently, the map of the Dungeon includes the whole floating island. And that is because the whole floating island is the dungeon itself.
Also, except for the Adventures Outpost Town where we're currently, there are three more outpost towns located in this Dungeon.
In addition to giving us a map of the Adventurers Outpost Town, Ms. Klea also wrote down the location of the library and other places we're looking for.
Ms. Klea indeed became helpful to our group. I guess treating her to something once our group is not busy would be nice.
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"""Yeah!.. We're here! And we didn't get lost!"""
The location of the town's library is just a few minutes walk from Adventurers' Academy. Of course, we won't get lost.
Anyway, time to gather information about the Dungeon.
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The information we learned at the town's library includes the following.
First, the Dungeon is under Rank B and named Concrete_Jungle. It has quite an unusual name though.
Second, it has four circled layers. The first one is the Outermost layer which is mostly a forest where the four outpost towns are located. The second one is a rocky terrain. The third is the old ruins of the floating island. And the fourth is where the Dungeon_Core and Dungeon_Keeper are located.
The third includes what kind of monsters exist in the Dungeon or here at the Floating Island of Liber. Most of the monsters are Golem but they vary at every layer.
At the first layer, Wood_Golem and Mud_Golem can be found. At second layer, there are Rock_Golem and Metal_Golem. At the third, some rare Golem might appear like Crystal_Golem or Mithril_Golem. Also, at the third layer, monsters called Mecha_Droid will start to appear. Then at the fourth layer, there would be more bigger Mecha_Droid.
That is all the information we learned about the Rank B Dungeon, Concrete_Jungle.
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"Mifumi-sama, Vier, what kind of monster is a Mecha_Droid?"
While we're walking towards our next destination, Felin randomly asks that question. Well, it's not exactly random since we just got out of the town's library.
Anyway, we're familiar with what a Golem looks like since it was taught by Misaki-sensei back at the Adventurers' School in our hometown. But it's our first time hearing about the monster called Mecha_Droid.
It makes me wonder why Misaki-sensei never mentioned that monster before if she knew that our goal was to go here to the Floating Island of Liber.
Well, enough of that. Misaki-sensei probably forgot.
"I'm not sure either, Felin-chan. They look weird based on their photo."
Mifumi-sama is now looking at the pictures of Mecha_Droid she took at the library using her Art_Phone.
And she's right, Mecha_Droid is really weird. Some of them look like animals and some have Golem's figure. However, unlike the Golems who have solid bodies, Mecha_Droids are made up of some kind of metal parts. Like some metal gears and plates.
"If I'm going to describe them, they're more like giant clockwork monsters."
""Giant clockwork monster?""
Mifumi-sama and Felin are quite confused about how I describe the Mecha_Droid. That's probably because they have never seen the inside of a clock.
"Well, the Mecha_Droid body looks like what the inside of the Relic called Rolex_Watch that Master Berlin had shown me a few years ago."
"So Berlin-sensei knows them... I wonder why they never told us about the Mecha_Droid."
See?... Mifumi-sama has the same though.
"Well, we can ask them once we're back home. For now, let's buy some equipment we can use to fight those Golems."
""Mhm!...""