Water Magician

Chapter 378: Scouts, they’re important

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“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 and .

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.

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 and .

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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