Chapter 0378 Scouts, they’re important
Translator: Tseirp
“We’ve been separated…”
“Yeah. Was it a teleportation trap?”
Amon commented and Zeke agreed.
“I heard about it from Ryo-san some time ago. Arthur from the Court Magician Order said that some dungeons in the Western Countries have teleportation traps.”
“I guess that’s exactly what we encountered.”
“Also, he said there are also magic-nullified rooms. Apparently Abel-san told Ryo-san that.”
“…That’s basically a magician killer… well, it’s also a priest killer.”
Zeke replied to Amon’s information with a wry smile.
Although they were separated, they both remained calm.
“Honestly, if it’s me and Amon-san as a pair, we’ll probably be able to handle ourselves. But if the other four were split into two groups… well, I guess everyone would be able to handle themselves too?”
“Yeah… Etho-san and Harold… should be fine. Etho-san and Gowan… won’t likely face any problems either. As long as Etho-san isn’t teleported alone, I feel like they’ll be fine.”
“You’re right.”
Zeke agreed with Amon’s guesses, and in the end they both laughed.
They were a B-rank party and a C-rank party.
Everyone was strong in their own way.
“Okay… then we should just advance.”
“Yeah!”
Zeke initiated, and Amon nodded.
After all, procedures in the event of a split were already predetermined.
They didn’t expect to be separated due to a teleportation trap, but it was possible to be separated in a dungeon.
There were various kinds of traps after all, such as pitfalls and moving walls.
In the West Dungeon, you can return to the surface by conquering the floor.
Therefore, if they were separated, they would each conquer the floor and then return to the surface and regroup.
That was the arrangement.
So, the two started moving forward.
The problem wasn’t them.
“Layered traps… they’re definitely aiming to kill us.”
Niels grumbled but didn’t stop swinging his sword.
Harold was swinging his sword next to him.
Behind them, Gowan was lying on the ground.
While Etho shot arrows with his rapid-fire crossbow, he occasionally made Gowan drink an antidote potion.
“Two potions left!”
Etho shouted to let them know that they were in a critical situation.
However, even then, Niels couldn’t think of a good solution.
They were forcibly teleported and the first trap was a magic-nullified space…
And then deadly poison arrows.
Not only that but an attack from a large number of goblins as well.
Five poisoned arrows flew toward Harold.
Gowan pushed Harold away and parried the arrows with his twin swords, but… one of them struck him.
Because it was a magic-nullified space, Etho couldn’t use his <Heal> and <Cure>.
The only way to keep him from dying was by giving him potions periodically.
In that situation, they had to deal with a large number of goblins.
Of course, goblins aren’t a big deal.
But still, there is power in numbers.
Niels and Harold were still capable of cutting them down, but eventually, they would get tired…
Ping.
Niels cut down the arrow that came flying at him.
“Now there’s Goblin Archers.”
Even Niels’ voice was beginning to be tinged with anxiety.
To be wary of attacks from both short and long-range… the difficulty level was now dozens of times greater than before.
And they would fatigue several times faster now…
(It’s getting bad)
Naturally, he didn’t put that into words but just thought it in his head.
Niels was the leader there.
He was also a commander.
Ryo always reiterated that the commander’s choice of words has a strong influence.
And King Abel, whom he respects, said it too.
Sometimes you have to say things you don’t mean!
“We’ll cut down the archers too! Gowan, stay with us!”
It was pretty much a yell so that Gowan could hear him as he fought the poison.
But that’s fine.
Niels’ voice gave Harold and Etho, who were on the verge of losing hope, a little bit of vitality.
Muster up some energy.
But…
Harold’s fatigue reached its limit before Niels.
“Ugh”
A Goblin Archer’s arrow pierced through Harold’s right thigh.
Seeing that, the goblins pounced on Harold all at once.
“Don’t underestimate me!”
However, Harold is also a C-rank swordsman.
And a man who wants to become a duke in the future.
He couldn’t die in a place like this!
At that very moment, his sword swing was his most powerful and sharpest ever.
The heads of three goblins were sent flying with a swing.
However, he lost his balance because he used too much force.
He quickly regained his balance, but even the goblins with low intelligence understood.
That meant Harold’s physical strength was reaching its limit.
Of course, Niels, who was fighting beside him, also understood.
Compared to the three members of Room 10, the three members of Room 11 didn’t have much stamina.
Or rather, there wasn’t a party in the Kingdom that had the same stamina as Room 10.
Except for a certain water attribute magician, a certain elf swordswoman, and a certain royal swordsman.
“I’m out of potions!”
Etho conveyed desperately.
Furthermore, Harold’s sword had started to shake.
“Is it our end?”
Niels muttered…
At that moment…
A group of goblins started screaming from the right flank.
Furthermore, he could see the goblin get blown away.
No, to be more precise, it was a severed head.
He could also see the staff that caused it.
“Zeke! Throw me an antidote potion!”
Etho shouted.
A moment later, an antidote potion was thrown towards Etho.
After catching it, Etho immediately made Gowan drink it.
“They connected with us!”
Etho’s exclamation was also heard by Niels.
“Harold, we’re almost there, hang in there!”
“Yes!”
Niels called out in encouragement and Harold answered.
Harold also understood.
What happened.
The people they wanted the most to come came.
His party’s priest was probably mowing down goblins like a demon god while trying to join up with them.
And his senior swordsman must be killing goblins with his shockingly swift sword strikes.
He couldn’t afford to falter!
Power returned to Harold’s eyes.
Niels saw that and nodded slightly.
He could see that the party was out of danger.
Amon and Zeke’s extermination speed was truly amazing and the number of goblins was reduced in the blink of an eye.
It was three minutes later that the six people joined up.
Even after they joined up, they were still in a magic-nullified space.
Therefore, it was not possible to heal Gowan with magic.
Still, it was overwhelmingly different from before.
After all, thanks to the two members who acted as their scouts joined them, they no longer would step on any new traps.
That was a huge change.
“Scouts, they’re important…”
No one heard Niels’ murmur.
On the way, they encountered three ogres, but Niels, Amon, and Zeke defeated them.
Harold was still exhausted and was stopped by Zeke.
Harold looked frustrated, but he didn’t object.
He had complete trust in Zeke… even Niels could see that.
And finally at the end of the 120th floor.
The magic-nullification was lifted and Gowan recovered with Etho’s <Cure> and <Extra Heal>.
Their 120th floor ordeal had finally come to an end.
“Aside from the antidote potion, my arrows are too special, so resupplying would be impossible in this town.”
“How about the Holy Capital?”
“I recall there was a shop in the east workshop district that sold a lot of arrows.”
Etho commented that he couldn’t get arrows for his repeating crossbow, Niels clarified, and Amon remembered and answered.
Etho had run out of arrows on the 120th floor of the dungeon.
“We were told not to leave town, but I guess it can’t be helped…”
Niels said with a sigh.
“Let’s return to the Holy Capital tomorrow.”
They didn’t understand.
Why did Hugh tell them not to leave the West Dungeon town?
The reason why Ryo took a day-long detour to this dungeon when he was on his way to the Republic.
Later, those involved were more aware of the importance of properly conveying the message in words.
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Smiling
No offense to the room 10 and 11. I skipped their adventure. This group is so unrealistic. No way Amon is that good already at sword fighting in just a few years. He definitely wasn’t that good when they first met, nothing that indicated he’s genius at it whatsoever. So suddenly becoming good is so weird and quite frankly such stretch.
Hitori022
Idk about you, but reading the past intermission chapters it’s clear that Amon is good with the sword. He’s the type to learn via battles or sparring. He sparred with Ryo and even managed to somehow copy a move from him, which is the fast draw or Iaido/Battojutsu.
Smiling
Even if he’s talented with a sword, there’s no way he could reach that level in just three short years. Even Abel, a recognized genius with formal training, needed years of experience before he was truly acknowledged. And don’t forget, Amon could only defeat the dungeon monsters back then because Ryo had pinned them down with icicle lances. On his own, he wasn’t impressive at all. To suddenly close such a massive ability gap in only three years? That’s simply impossible and unrealistic.
Scorn
I agree with some of your points in your main comment but regarding Amon, he is legit the only interesting member from Room 10 that actually showed potential.
Ryo himself acknowledged that on their early dungeon dives at Rune’s Dungeon. Abel was widely known as a Genius swordsman and Ryo said so that Amon resembles Abel’s swordsmanship. That was a setup for where his character was headed to.
Amon looking up to Ryo (and his personality turning into a battle junkie) is a good indicator as well that he’ll eventually become a strong adventure. Look at those merchant kids under Gecko for example; just weak kids that produces water to drink, and now their basically playing with ice walls and icicle lances that Ryo commended himself.
So Amon being how he is now is reasonable. However, the rest of the party is main issue. That’s where the author is at fault here because the moment we get reintroduced to the party of Room 10 now being a renowned B-class party, I just know that’s the author just pulling up sh*t in thin air.
For some reason, he really sucks at showing us the progress and just resorts to tell us how “amazing” they are now. Same with how we always get the “Ryo loves alchemy” but author doesn’t bother diving into what exactly Ryo does when he studies alchemy. It’s always “Ryo is reading an alchemy book he borrowed”. Show us, don’t tell us. Instead what we get is the same old back and forth of useless yap sessions that leads to nowhere. Yay.
Smiling
I am not saying that Amon is not incredible on his own. I acknowledge he has talent and has huge potential. My point here is he is already so strong and good at it IN JUST THREE SHORT YEARS? That is my main issue here. That is why I emphasized the years. I could understand if it’s 5-10 years but 3 years is just impossible. And they’re all B ranks already.
Aess
The author’s note from when the time skip started stated that they wanted a 20 year timeskip, then went to a 5 year, then settled to 3 years. I also thought that all of the changes to other characters happened too fast, but it makes sense if the author planned for a larger time skip at first.
Smiling
This explains why they seem so OP. It makes sense if the timeskip is like 5-20 years. the author probably didn’t think too deeply about it after changing his mind.
ABC
Most of the physical feats in this series is unrealistic. One of the most major flaws of this series. Although Amon did always have a talent for the sword, considering he managed to get good enough to kill lesser monsters within just a few months of instruction in swordsmanship. But you’re right that he, or anyone from Room 10 for that matter, shouldn’t be as good as they are now. Or even 3 years earlier, considering they had already managed to take down a wyvern back then.
Smiling
Right? I could understand closing a huge ability gap if the time skip is wider like 10 years or even 5 years or so, but THREE YEARS ONLY? And they’re already a B rank party? Come on now. So unrealistic.
And room 11, Harold 3 years ago was considered too young and then C rank already? Naaaah. Too unrealistic even in isekai/fantasy logic. Everyone’s too OP.
Madao128
Yup that’s why i commented earlier that the timeskip should’ve been atleast 5 years due to all the quick changes .. plus adventurers are a high risk job but somehow all the room 10 and other adventurers that the mc is acquainted with are still alive and all which is not realistic… I hate when stories doesn’t have risk factor .. It is about time we see some deaths of his acquaintances to make it more realistic and interesting..coz they are living in such a dangerous world and room 10 having protagonist plot armor is just plain stupid ..
anon110
None of this makes sense. Room 10 was brought up as an outstanding adventurer team but they cannot follow a direct order from their superior? They were explicitly told to not leave town. Running out of arrows and not being able to dungeon dive is not a direct danger to their life. Their accommodations are accounted for by the the kingdom.
Aess
It’s because they became too full of themselves, that’s why the author mentioned how rare it was for people to pass the 100th floor.
If you haven’t realized the author is actually making these characters people who actually have FLAWS. See how they forgot Ryo’s mention about teleportation traps until it actually happens to them?
Frocova
I wouldn’t say that the characters have flaws, for that the characters would need to have that demerit consistently. It’s more about how the story progresses in general. The way this story is written, it jumps from one ‘damsel in distress’ situation to the next one. Just replace ‘damsel’ with say: ‘country’, ‘ city’, ‘party’, ‘adventerur’, …
The competence of the actors involved in a given scene is based on wether their role is the next ‘damsel’ that needs saving or the ‘hero’ that does the saving. And so you get:
– countries that existed next to each other for centuries, suddenly getting conquered in a couple of days
– adventurers that are experienced and clever or incompetent and stupid, based on wether they are the next ‘damsel’ or the hero swooping in and saving the day.
– …
The author up to this point, at least, is incapable of writing a conflict between two competent parties. The only exception would be Ryo vs Leonor. Even for Ryo vs Oscar he made Ryo less competent to make them equals. The characters don’t have flaws, as their competence is inconsistent and wholly based on their role in this damsel and hero play.