The Water Magician: Arc 1 Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 10] by Tadashi Kubou

Author:Tadashi Kubou
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Gate

The next day, the Crimson Sword and royal magicians finally made their way into Layer 10, their target, after finishing up their exploration through the ninth the previous day.

“Looks like the university people did pass through here yesterday,” Arthur said as they entered the level.

“Hm. And yet we haven’t received any reports of problems. I suppose that means there’s nothing here on the tenth layer, eh?” Abel said.

“But nothing’s changed for us. We’ll keep doing what we set out to do. Starting with detecting any residual traces of magic.”

“I’m gonna walk around checking for traps.”

And with that, Arthur and Abel went their separate ways.

If you wanted to explore a deeper dungeon, you definitely needed certain types of people in your party. Namely, you needed scouts, which searched for traps. In the case of Lune’s dungeon, it was well-known that traps existed in Layers 10 and below. In short, if you planned on exploring from here on down, you needed a scout.

But the Crimson Sword didn’t have one. Abel the swordsman, Rihya the priestess, Warren the shield bearer, Lyn the magician. Only these four made up the party. However, in the past, the Crimson Sword had explored the dungeon below Layer 30.

So how had they dealt with traps on that occasion? Abel discovered them and, depending on their design, disabled them as they descended. He’d long since resigned himself to the reality of their party being one without a scout, but he was nevertheless extremely skilled at the role. Of course, he couldn’t deal with all the traps because he wasn’t a professional scout, so they generally avoided them when they explored the dungeon as a party. Unfortunately, he’d only taken jobs on the surface these past two years, so his ability to disable traps had deteriorated...or so Abel himself thought.

The next question on your mind might be: “Why do traps even exist in dungeons?”

Well, the answer to this question wasn’t confirmed as a real theory, but the mainstream idea held that “the dungeon was generating traps for some reason.” Though a very small number of people had hypothesized that the dungeon monsters were creating these traps, this possibility had been recently eliminated.

Either way, a vast majority of the traps in Lune’s dungeon fell into the poison or pitfall categories.

For these reasons, a scout was indispensable for any parties who wanted to explore below Layer 10.

I could have sworn there were traps discharging poison in the tenth layer... But I don’t see a single one now.

The Crimson Sword’s four members systematically quartered the level.

“No traps or monsters...” Lyn said, her head tilted in puzzlement.

“The university’s research team didn’t encounter any monsters here either, so perhaps the next layer will end up being our real target?”

Apparently, Rihya had gathered information again from her former colleague yesterday.

“They’re already on the eleventh then?” Abel asked.

“Yes. They were scheduled to enter it in the morning.”

The four of them continued prowling through Layer 10 while munching on the portable rations the royal magicians had prepared.

“Sure would be nice if things stayed as uneventful as they are on this level.

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