Chapter 27: Part 2
"Can you give us a tour of this Dungeon?" I am quite curious about it now.
"Yeah! I want to see what super secret project you're working on!" Even Milim was interested.
"Of course my friends!" Surprisingly Veldora took the lead, he was surprisingly passionate about this project.
"The Dungeon isn't fully complete though, there are still some floors that we aren't sure about which Monsters to have on them." Said Rimuru.
"Hmm, I see, well maybe Milim or I can give some ideas."
"Umu! Count on me!"
We followed him as he led us to the first floor.
"This is the first floor, it is basically the adventurers guild of the Dungeon! Adventurers can register here, sell the items they got in the Dungeon, as well as pay to utilize the gym and training areas."
Damn, I was impressed, they really went all out and have everything that's really needed to run a business like this.
"How much does it cost to enter the Dungeon?"
Rimuru is the one who answered this time, "Three Silver Coins." Hmm, it's not a whole lot but it will add up over time. Besides it has to be affordable for Adventurers, most aren't super rich after all.
One silver coin is equal to $10 U.S. Dollars, so 30 bucks total to enter The Dungeon.
We then continued on, "Floors 2-4 contain super small fry like F Rank Monsters. Only the treasure rooms are guarded by a D Rank Monster."
Monsters had already begun being spawned as Veldora was using the very bottom floor as his living quarters.
"Treasure rooms? What do they have?" I assume chests but you never know.
"They have the low tier chests that give low tier rewards like Low Potions." Rimuru answered. Hmm, not crazy good but super useful so that Adventurers don't need to pay for their own potions as long as they are smart.
This is only the beginning after all so of course there aren't going to be super good items.
There were some traps along the way, like moving tiles, rotating tiles which will mess with one's sense of direction, low ceilings but no instant death traps on this floor.
"This is floor 5, it's also filled with small fry!"
"I'm pretty sure basically everyone is small fry when compared to you Veldora." I responded.
"Ghaha, that's true my friend!"
I felt Rimuru elbow me, "Don't boost his ego more than it already is!"
"Eh, don't worry, Veldora knows not to go too far right?"
Veldora gave a nervous laugh in response. Well that answers that question.
I expanded my senses a bit to see what sort of Monsters were on this floor. Mostly D Rank Monsters, so Veldora was right, small fry.
"Then there are treasure chests on this floor that start to contain equipment, though only the worst equipment." I nodded.
Floors 6-9 were pretty similar though C Rank Monsters started to appear. Once we got to Floor 10 I could tell it was a bit different.
"This is the first Boss room!" It was quite large and it was a single room, no maze to get through, no traps, nothing except for the Monster in front of us. Said Monster immediately cowered upon our entry to this floor, it knew we were not to be fucked with.
It was a B Rank Black Spider.
"Is there any other reward for clearing this floor?" I asked.
Ramiris is the one who answered this time. "Hmph, of course there is, after all, I, the great Ramiris designed this! After they clear this Floor they can teleport back here without having to clear the previous floors."
That's good, having to redo everything everytime you leave and come back would be a pain in the ass.
It's kind of like a save point.
"And then the first three parties to clear this Floor in a given month will receive 3 gold coins!" My eyes widened in surprise once I heard that. Three gold coins is no small sum to the average person after all, a single gold coin is about equal to $1,000 U.S. dollars, so three of them is 3 grand.
Hell you can get quite a bit with less than 5 silver, a standard Low Potion costs 4 silver, I remember the average daily income in Ingrassia is 7 silver coins.
"Eh! Is 3 gold coins a lot? I remember I gave Felix a bunch of those!" Ah, she's right.
I decided to educate her a bit, if she was going to take running a territory seriously then she should know the struggles of the common man.
"Don't compare the amount of money you've acquired over thousands of years to those regular humans have, you're a Demon Lord too so money is easy to get for you Milim. For most 3 gold coins is more than a month's worth of salary."
"Hmm, I see." I was glad she was at least trying to understand what I was saying. Ruling a territory can be tough, especially so for Milim since she can't hand the work off to someone else like I can. Though I'm sure Arc is helping her quite a bit.
We quickly moved on past Floor 10, Floors 11-19 were quite similar to 6-9, just with slightly stronger Monsters.
"This is the second Boss Room!" Exclaimed Veldora. "It's slightly stronger than the last one."
It's an Evil Centipede, a B+ ranked Monster, a little bit weaker than the Mutated Evil Centipede I fought back in my first night at the Ogre Village.
That Mutated Evil Centipede was probably ranked at A-.
"This is Floor 25, starting from here there is a very low chance to find Special Grade Equipment, that chance will only increase as they go further and further down The Dungeon."
That makes sense, some of the mid tier weapons can be considered to be priceless let alone the top tier ones. It's rare for even an A Rank Adventurer to have a full set of Rare Grade Equipment. I'm sure once word gets out that you can find high tier equipment in The Dungeon, then people will begin to swarm in.
We skipped past Floors 26-29 seeing as there was nothing worth noting on those Floors. I also noticed Ramiris taking a seat on my head but just decided to ignore that.
"Floor 30 has another Boss, but this one is harder since he also has minions of his own." Said Rimuru as we entered the Boss Room.
"Ghaha, that's right, but he's still small fry!" Man Veldora is his own hype man.
Rimuru sighed. "We get it Veldora, everyone is small fry for you."
"I knew you would understand Rimuru!" Veldora spread his arms wide and boasted.
The Ogre Lord and his minions immediately bowed upon seeing us. The Ogre Lord on his own was ranked B+, but he had 5 minions as well, each ranked at B- so this Boss fight will be a significant challenge. Those minions can be quite annoying after all, taking pot shots at the worst moments when everyone is fighting the Boss.
"For this Floor the first five parties that clear it in a given month will be given 10 gold coins." Damn that's 10 grand.
"Eh, when do we get to see some strong monsters?!"
"Ahaha, I don't think any of the Monsters in here can be considered strong to you except Veldora, Milim." I said.
Milim crossed her arms and pouted. "Ehh, that's boring."
She is right though, none of us could really enjoy this dungeon. Is it possible to create Avatars that we can inhabit that restrict our strength?
'Answer. It is possible by utilizing the Pseudo Souls, since Pseudo Souls are emulations of the soul container since they are empty they can be used as a medium to contain a soul.'
I shared Odin's idea with everyone. "That sounds super fun Felix! Maybe we can finally do that jumping thing you talked about!"
"Indeed, we could do that Milim."
"Ghaha, as the King of The Dungeon it is my duty to inspect my servants, indeed I approve Felix!" King of The Dungeon? Oh well, I guess the dude is living out his chuuni fantasies.
Ramiris was eagerly nodding alongside Veldora.
"Hmm, that could work." It seems Rimuru is communicating with Raphael. "I have another idea that we can use to add on to it." A black core appeared in Rimuru's palm. "This was made using the core of Charybdis, it's basically an empty shell now so it can be used to contain the Pseudo Souls. In fact we can use this to create Monsters that we can inhabit." Ah, I did let Rimuru consume Charybdis back then huh? He needed a bit of a boost in power back then.
Still, our plan is coming together.
"But let's wait until The Dungeon is open so we can prank some Adventurers."
We all agreed.
We moved onto Floor 40. "This is where the true Dungeon starts! There are instant death traps along with much stronger Monsters!" Death isn't something that needs to be worried about in the Dungeon as using Ramiris' Small World they can be revived at the entrance of The Dungeon, even the pain that comes with experiencing death is negated. That Skill is busted.
"The Boss on this floor is special too! It's a Tempest Serpent, a Monster that can only be born directly from my Magicules!"
And Veldora isn't wrong, as a Monster born from Veldora's Magicules it is stronger than most Monsters at the A- Rank.
"What's the reward for clearing this floor?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Twenty gold coins!" Damn.
Floors 41-49 were far harder than the previous Floors as this is where things started to get serious. Only the truly strong could get past Floor 40 and they were continuously tested as they went further into The Dungeon.
Some of the traps included poison arrows, poison swamps, airtight rooms which drain all the oxygen in the room, a cutting thread that instantly cuts one's head off if they run into it, a pitfall trap that doesn't kill you, but instantly takes you to a higher up Boss room, most likely resulting in death.
Some of these traps are quite creative. And that isn't the only thing, as Monsters get stronger they gain more intelligence so the deeper you go in The Dungeon, the smarter your enemies become.
"This is Floor 49, my baby!" Exclaimed Rimuru, and I understood why he said that as this Floor was filled with Slimes.
"These Slimes can merge together to create obstacles, and they close in on people once they have them surrounded! They are even immune to physical attacks! Truly Slimes are the greatest Monsters out there umu." Rimuru was really enthusiastic about these guys, though he is a Slime so it makes sense. Dude is probably trying to hype himself up.
There were corridors that were made entirely from Slimes, Slimes were literally raining down from the sky.
Hell there were even golems made of Slimes, and each of these Slimes was extremely corrosive.
Man Rimuru went all out on this floor.
"Now from here on there aren't many Bosses as we aren't sure which Bosses to use, they need to be pretty strong after all. For Floor 50 maybe we can use Gozul or Mezul?" Said Rimuru.
"That's the Ox and Horse guys right?" I asked.
"Umu!"
Veldora took the lead. "Floors 51-60 haven't been completed yet, there are some golems along with guns that fire poison gas but nothing else."
"We were thinking of making it once with more modern things, like laser beams and sonic cannons. But we have time to think about it, it's going to be a long while until anyone gets to this floor going by the average strength of an Adventurer party. The only Humans that I think can make it to this floor are Hinata and her Ten Great Saints."
"Most trained otherworlders probably can as well." I mention. They are born stronger physiques due to their bodies being remade out of Magicules during their journey to the Cardinal World, along with most of them possessing Unique Skills.
"Yup, but I don't think many of them will come here, well at least not immediately."
He was right, it might suck but most otherworlders were either enslaved to other kingdoms or with the Eastern Empire.
"And then Floors 61-90 don't have any Bosses yet." Said a pouting Ramiris. "But maybe a rare Unique Monster will be born and can take up that role."
"Hmm, well you could always have some floors filled with Dragons or Daemons. In fact you could probably make one of the Bosses one of those Daemons you summoned Rimuru."
Rimuru looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "That's a good idea."
"Umu! I the great Milim Nava can get you some Dragons too!" Ah, I already feel bad for the Dragons on the Caanat Mountains.
"Really?! Thanks a lot Milim!" Said Rimuru.
"The Dragons will probably eventually evolve into Dragon Lords like Raiden at some point as well, they will be constantly bathed in Veldora's Magicules after all. So you should probably have them near the end of The Dungeon." I mention.
"Hmm, maybe we can have them right above Veldora's Floor, that way that can get the most out of his Magicules." Added Rimuru.
After Floor 50 even the regular Monsters were at least B Rank, most were at B+ and higher. Some Monsters like the Death Wolves would form packs, a single Death Wolf is B+ Rank, a pack of B+ Rank Monsters will be a challenge to deal with for most Humans.
A Death Wolf is an interesting Monster, since they are technically dead spirits physical attacks will not harm them unless they were from either a Holy Weapon, or Magic Weapon.
And they are just a single type of Monster that is possible to encounter past Floor 50, Rimuru really isn't making this easy.
I shrugged. "It's up to you. Since you don't have any more Bosses to show me, how about you tell me what's after Floor 90?"
"Uhm, Floor 91 is where we store Magic Ore so that it can evolve into Magisteel, Floor 92 is where all the evolved Magisteel is stored, Floor 93 is where we cultivate Hipokute Herbs, and Floor 94 is the garden." Said Rimuru. It seems we had a similar idea, where I am using the Magicules released by an entire country to evolve my Magic Ore, he only needs to rely on Veldora.
Fucking True Dragons.