Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 2 Part 1 by Akito Narusawa

Author:Akito Narusawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: The Smiling Fiend

We continued traveling along the stone-paved floor, heading to the hidden area. The straight corridors were perfect for seeing ahead, even if there were plenty of crossroads. Thus, we had to be vigilant against ambushes from the blind spots of the intersections.

I’d walked by myself as there were bound to be more encounters in these parts that other adventurers rarely ventured. Although, I had to keep an eye on how my legs were doing as I proceeded.

“What sort of monsters will we get on the tenth floor?” asked Kano, idly spinning her dagger in her hand.

“Mostly large humanoid monsters like trolls and orc lords,” I explained. “The miniboss is a minotaur.”

“Ooh, a minotaur?” noted Kano, humming. “I wonder if I’m strong enough to beat an orc lord in a fair fight now...”

The image of the orc lord as a fearsome foe was still fresh in my mind from our trains on the fifth floor, but we were probably more powerful than it now. That realization hadn’t quite sunk in based on how quickly we’d leveled up.

Many humanoid monsters were on this floor, so I instructed Kano to put on her chest the Crest of the Orc Lord we’d found on the fifth floor since it would give her buffs against them. The badge with a cute picture of a pig would increase her attack damage by ten percent and reduce received damage by ten percent. Only the fifth floor’s orc lord dropped this item, and perhaps I could get a few more if we could monopolize the bridge-dropping trick.

We heard pounding from the left corridor, and felt tremors as we approached an intersection. A troll was coming. I peeked around the corner and saw a troll lumbering in our direction.

At almost three meters tall, the troll was a giant. Thick fur covered its muscular body, it used tattered rags like clothes, and it had messy hair. Trolls weren’t perceptive, so they wouldn’t attack unless we strolled blatantly up to them despite them being active monsters.

“What do we do?” whispered Kano. “Should we fight it?”

“No,” I whispered back. “We’ll wait for it to pass by.”

Small-bladed weapons like daggers and shortswords often failed to penetrate past a troll’s thick muscles or fat unless you managed to hit it in the right place. To take a troll down quickly, you needed a weapon with a longer blade or skills with high attack power and penetrative capabilities. We were better off avoiding the fight for now.

So, we backed up and waited for the troll to pass before continuing to the hidden area.

***

After another kilometer of walking, dodging traps and sneaking past trolls, we reached a spot on the road blocked by an orc lord. There was no other way around, and the monster was there to stay.

Orcs were slow and horrible at pursuing their enemies, but I wasn’t sure whether my numb legs would carry me fast enough to outrun one. I had the option of letting Kano bait it into chasing her and getting it lost.

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