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"Come from the treetops of the Flame Tree.

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　With Ninessa's words, a glowing white sphere appeared in midair.

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　The belongs to the auxiliary category, which is rare in the Flame Spirit Tree, but it is a magic technique that can be applied in various ways even though it is a lower branch skill.

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　It is especially useful in dungeons as a light that does not require fuel and can change its position at will.

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　A chicken-egg sized ball of light floats up to a hole in the ground and illuminates the back of the hole.

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　It seems that there is no monster waiting inside.

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　I would like to escape quickly while the clay figures are attracting a swarm of ants, but that is not going to happen.

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"O Lord of the Tree of Life! Please repel the uninvited calamity.

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　As soon as the vision was secured, Ram Merulla began to recite a prayer.

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　This is a magical technique of the water spirit tree that prevents physical changes to some extent.

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　At the end of the chanting, the water wizard girl raised her staff with a large teardrop-shaped rain crystal stone on it.

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　Immediately, Thor felt something like moisture covering his body surface.

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　This magic technique would normally only affect one person, but the special priest's staff allows everyone within the range to benefit from it.

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　The group, having made their preparations quickly, started down the slanted hole with the light of the lantern in the lead.

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　So far, not a single word has been uttered in vain, except for a few words of prayer.

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　After about 30 steps, the descent switched to a horizontal level.

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　The first place on the first level, at the bottom of the hole, looked like a slightly larger room.

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　The floor and walls seemed to be coated with earth, and when I lightly kicked them, I did not feel any signs of collapse.

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　The ceiling was smooth and smooth, and the fingertips were high enough to reach if one jumped up.

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　The construction of this dungeon seemed to be quite different from that of the only other dungeon Thor had ever been to, the Ko-oni no Tsubo (Ogre's Cave).

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　There were no monsters to be seen within the range of the white light.

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　However, he could see what appeared to be a passage that branched off in several places.

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　Thor turned around and looked up at the hole from which he had descended.

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　The fragile clay giants seem to have long since disintegrated, but there is no sign of ants approaching down the slope.

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　This was apparently due to the fact that each ant had its own designated habitat.

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　Therefore, it is possible to easily break away from the pursuit by moving up the hierarchy.

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　And this easy way out is the biggest trap in this dungeon.

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　With a sound like the popping of bubbles, the sensation covering Thor's body disappears.

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　Each descent down the hierarchy causes some kind of irregularity in the body and mind.

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　This trap, called the "invasion curse," was the curse that caused the "Platinum Flame," an A-ranked party that the boundary town of Dadan prides itself on, to suffer greatly in the previous session.　

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　It seems that mental and physical abnormalities occur each time one descends a level, and the deeper one goes, the greater the number of abnormalities.

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　In other words, the further you go, the more shackles you have in your way.

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　However, it is not difficult for Ram Merulla, who has the blessing of Aluria, the water god who governs healing, to return to the original state if it is a normal (...) state abnormality.

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　And there are also means such as the substitute foam that protected Thor earlier.

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　However, there were some abnormalities that even a high ranking magician like her could not cure.

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　That is the root curse that is added as a characteristic to the skill tree, which once tormented Yuril for a long time.

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　However, it is said that the invasion curse here is temporary and will disappear as soon as you leave the dungeon.

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"Well, it seems that I drew the wrong one from the first layer. I can't feel the magic power returning at all.

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　The brown-horned girl, who had closed her eyes for a while to concentrate, said in a disappointed tone.

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　She had summoned such a huge clay figure that it seemed to have drained her of her magical power, but she showed no sign of recovering.

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　This is a curse called , which causes a significant delay in the recovery of magic power.

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　A party consisting mainly of magic-users is almost dead.

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　Last time, when Stratchia and his party hit this curse at the fourth level, they survived by drinking expensive magic restoration medicine.

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"Mmmm, if it's true, I'd like to get a silver coin for each touch, but I'm going to ask you to ...... do it for me.　

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　Staring at Thor, Kugase's face tightens a little and he holds out his hand.

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　In our prior meeting, we had decided in advance that in such a case, it would be Thor's turn to .

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　Just as Thor was about to squeeze his hand back, someone suddenly appeared from behind Kugase.

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　With a mischievous look on her face, Ninessa suddenly puts her hands around the girl's waist.

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　The red-haired beauty puts her mouth on Kugase's cheek and speaks to her in a teasing tone.　

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"Hmmm...hey, how far can I touch you for a single gold coin?

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"Hey, don't do that, Miss Ninae."

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"Well, if I pay you, you can touch me as much as you want, right?"

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That's a figure of speech. Oh, God!

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　Ninessa, who had softly restrained Kugase from behind, closed one eye at Thor meaningfully.

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　She seemed to be teasing the girl on purpose to relieve her tension.

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　Thor touches Kugasse's hand, which is distracted by the girl's back, and quickly brings her body back to the landing site.

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"Hey, where are you putting your hands?

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"Look, it's done."

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"What?"

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"Oh, are we done?"

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　Ninessa easily lets go of his hand and asks with a fascinating smile on her face.

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"How's your magic?"

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"Oh, it's back. ....... ............ what?"

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"Really?

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　Rummella, who had been glancing at the proceedings from the side, joined the conversation with an impatient tone.

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"You've recovered perfectly. It's amazing.

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".................. Bullshit. All of ...... in that one moment?"

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"Uh-huh. It's full. ......"

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　The two girls looked at each other and then at Thor's face sullenly.

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　Then they praised him in slightly less prickly language.

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"You're good, old man. I've been thinking about it. This will save you a lot of money!"

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"I'm surprised. For someone brought here by that prince, you must have been a pretty handy guy.

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Heresy is always hard to understand. But fear not, Thor. Times are only as good as the fools who talk about them.

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"Well, I think that's enough chitchat. Prince?"

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　Nodding at Ninessa's words, Straccia looks around the room with her arms folded.

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　Then he lifted his eye patch and stared sharply at the passageway leading to the back of the room.

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"My accursed, magical eye, point out to me the true path!"

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"Second from the right, my prince."

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　For some reason, it was not Straccia's left eye that showed the way, but rather a dumbfounded-looking Rummella.

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　With a snap, the prince put back his eye patch, nodded broadly, and started to walk toward the end of the passage.

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