Chapter 299 - Hero’s First Dungeon Attempt

The following day after Akari sold her items to Tina, she teleported to a certain dungeon found in Vestier, the kingdom of the beastkin.

Her goal was —

“Alright, Tet. Let’s get a lot of gems! I’ll leave the follow-up to you!”

“Yup. Leave it to me!”

A rumor had spread among the adventurers recently. It was said that this particular Dungeon Ruins was filled with many treasure chests containing jewels and other such treasures.

When Akari got wind of that, she decided to come here to get the gems she needed for making accessories, the would-be source of their funds.

She already had a 200 million to her name, but she thought that if she were to collect the weapon and armor needed to slay the Demon King, she would be better off having more money.

Akari was already powerful enough to slay the generations of Demon King that existed before with a single punch even without any sort of weapon. However, she still had this mistaken belief that she was just an ordinary human, and that she needed to be well-prepared or else she wouldn’t win against the Demon King.

The last light novel she read in her previous life was titled “Transmigrated to be the Weakest Hero, Worked Out from Level 1 to 99 Before My Adventure Began” — that was another factor that caused Akari to act so cautiously right from the bat.

Akari was aware that recovery and resuscitation items existed in this world, but she couldn’t revive herself, and she didn’t have any companion in her journey other than Tet.

Thus, she believed that she didn’t have any choice but to be well-prepared.

Her arsenal should contain articles that would prevent her from receiving any damage no matter what sort of attack she got. She must also possess articles that would revive her in case she did die.

Those were Akari’s thoughts.

“Hi, little girl. Are you perhaps planning to challenge this dungeon?”

An auntie selling revival items that could only be used inside the dungeon called out to Akari.

“Er…Yes, that’s what I want to do. I want the jewels that we supposedly can take from the treasure boxes.”

“Alone?”

“No, I’m going with this little kid!”

“Meow!”

Tet enthusiastically waved her paws from Akari’s arms.

She was pretending to be the girl’s familiar so it wouldn’t be a big deal even if it was discovered that she could speak. However, Tet refrained from speaking in public out of consideration to Akari, since she seemed to have a hard time explaining it every time.

“...Haah. Okay, I’m telling you this for your own good. Don’t do this dungeon.”

“W-Why?”

“This dungeon is designed so that even a town girl like you can happily wander around until the second floor. But, take note, the treasure chests you seek can only be found after the third floor.”

This dungeon was located in Vestier, the kingdom owned by Halt. Even the dungeon’s master was no other than Halt.

It was originally built exclusively for training heroes, but Halt modified and converted it into a dungeon that could train Vestier’s rookie soldiers.

This dungeon had turned into a place suitable for obtaining valuable knowledge and skills necessary for a person with combat jobs to survive in this world.They would gain skills such as dealing with monsters, trap detection, and emergency response when they or their comrades were injured.

Since it was useful for training rookie soldiers, it was also suitable for noob adventurers, naturally.

It had become general knowledge among the adventurers of Vestier’s neighboring countries that they could learn the ropes of being an adventurer in this dungeon.

“No monsters will appear on the first floor, and there are no dangerous traps, either, so if you just want to get a feel of how it is to be an adventurer with no pressure then it’s a good place, but… if you’re planning to go beyond third floor to get the jewels in the treasure boxes, then I advice against it.

The auntie ran her eye over Akari’s clothes.

“Trying to reach the third level dressed like that— that’s too reckless, no matter how you look at it.”

Akari was still wearing the clothes given by the goddess as a bonus when she came to this world.

At one glance, it wasn’t that different from the clothes normally worn by town girls of this world.

However, there was no way they were that simple as they looked — they were given by a goddess, after all.

At the very least, the protection it offered was the same with, or even better, than that of Elmia’s armor that Halt made.

It automatically repaired itself if torn, and it could also change into any design that Akari wanted.

Moreover, the spell [Clean], which was essential for adventurers because it maintained the cleanliness of the body even if the wearer couldn’t bathe for several days, was cast on these clothes.

The [Clean] spell was very common in this world, and almost all the adventurers could use it. Still, what made Akari’s clothes a cut above the rest was that she didn’t have to repeat casting it on them again.

Her clothes, which offered protection at par or even above the scarletite armor, was actually a God Grade tier article despite its appearance.

“Get some armor, at the very least. You also have to prepare a weapon or else it won’t do.”

“Ah! You have a point. Then, will it be okay with this?”

Akari had traded her own clothes for the armor displayed at the H&T Corporation yesterday.

Ever since she could use extreme intuition - her <Hypersense>, she could already decide the best course of action when she was in a bind.

“T-That’s — the armor of Kazard, that dwarf’s famous craftsman?!”

The armor was made by one of the most skilled dwarves in this world, and it had been on display at the H&T's flagship store.

Anyone who run a tool shop would have encountered this armor. That was just how famous it was.

Of course, it was only appearance-wise.

Akari’s clothes were definitely of a higher caliber.

“M-Missy… are you perhaps an adventurer who already made a name for herself?”

“Er…A-Actually, you’re right.”

Akari thought that since she was a hero, she was probably someone akin to a strong adventurer, so that was her answer.

“Really? Then I might have been too meddlesome.”

“No, thank you so much for worrying about me!”

“Meow!”

“Well, it’s a dungeon full of surprises even for the strong adventurers. You never know what will happen. I’ll give you this “Talisman of Revival” as a sorry for being rude.”

The auntie handed the talisman to Akari.

This talisman would revive her even if she died, as long as she was within the dungeon.

It was an item created by Halt, the Dungeon Master. Halt employed this auntie to sell this talisman in the market in front of the dungeon.

Each piece of talisman cost 50,000 spina.

It was a steep price for rookie adventurers, but almost all adventurers still purchased them with the belief that it was nothing compared to the worth of their lives.

Moreover, as long as they were careful and stayed within the bounds of safety, they could easily earn 50 thousand spina in no time at all.

“Is this really alright?”

“Yeah. My boss said I can give it for free to adventurers I’ve taken a liking to. Oh, please keep it a secret from the other adventurers, of course. Besides, I’m going to charge you next time.”

“I understand. Thank you very much.”

Akari put the talisman inside her bag, then she entered the dungeon.

In order to obtain the equipment, earn money, get gemstones, and equipped with armor that was the strongest possible in this world —

In short, just for the sake of wasting time, Akari was about to attempt challenging the Dungeon Ruins.