A new chapter is up.
Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ In Tali’s eyes, a monstrous beginner like Nolan had to be terrifying.
It was almost as if the space beside him rippled, and a familiar piece of background music began to play.
‘In this life…’ See?
There it was again.
Nolan raised a hand and killed that sudden background music before it could continue.
The abrupt absurdity left Tali unable to react.
What was happening?
Why had music suddenly started playing for no reason?
“There is an old saying where I come from.” “If no one clears my path to the summit, I will make the climb myself.” Did he actually enjoy being underestimated at the start?
There was something satisfying about proving everyone wrong.
It made Nolan feel like the hero of his own story.
If Tali had not been standing right there, he might even have indulged in a smug smile.
“All right.
We do not need to talk about that here.” “This place is dangerous.
Unless it is necessary, do not say anything that damages the team.” Nolan did not continue wrestling with the issue.
He adjusted his attitude again.
He still needed a basic understanding of the difference between adventurers and Supporters.
“Tali, you are a Level 1 Supporter, correct?” After checking his equipment again, Nolan asked the question he had been wondering about.
Tali had been thinking over that strange old line.
When Nolan asked if she was a Supporter, her expression changed several times.
“Yes.” She answered seriously.
“What is the difference between an adventurer and a Supporter?” In terms of magic power, Nolan could heal thirteen patients with severed limbs in a single day.
His magic reserves could endure quite a bit.
But physically, he still did not know where the difference between Supporters and adventurers actually lay.
“Combat power, skills, magic, and things like that.” “For Pallum Supporters, compared with ordinary humans, the physical gap is also very obvious.” Tali thought for a moment.
“Also, part of the reason Pallums become Supporters is that many Pallums develop abilities that are not meant for combat.” “Some of us are still very strong, but our skills tend to help us carry more without getting tired.” Tali knew a fair amount about these things.
As she explained, Nolan took out a computer and recorded her words.
He was not trying to make a perfect transcript.
He only needed to understand the differences between certain terms.
“Strange.
If that is true, Pallums should not have weak combat power.” Nolan calculated it for a moment.
According to Tali, Pallums were a subspecies of humanity.
Their bodies were relatively small, but in a party, they should still be able to contribute a certain amount of combat power.
“It does not work like that.” “Aside from general abilities, a Supporter’s skills and magic development are usually connected to their Familia.” Tali felt that Nolan did not seem to know any of this.
In reality, a Pallum who wanted combat power usually had to join a Familia that could help them develop that kind of power.
And if the body was the advantage, why would a god choose a Pallum instead of a beast person or human with better raw potential?
Because of Familias, many ability developments were connected to the god a person followed.
“So abilities develop differently?” At that moment, Nolan began to understand why his own magic resembled flame.
It seemed his magic had developed from Hestia’s nature.
“That really is a difficult problem.” If the problem came down to gods, then asking more was pointless.
“Forget it.
We continue deeper.” Nolan set aside the useless topic and chose to keep adventuring.
“Yes.” Tali noticed that Nolan had stopped asking questions, and she quietly let out a breath.
Whenever Nolan asked her questions, she felt a great deal of pressure.
It was like some invisible psychological weight pressing down on her.
The two of them continued deeper.
“Next is the second floor.” “Compared with the first floor, monsters on the second floor appear from the surrounding stone walls.” The first-floor monsters were very weak.
Even a Supporter could face them with relative ease.
After the second floor, however, everything changed.
Even without the monsters, the environment itself became a deep black passage.
There was almost no light around them, so adventurers had to rely heavily on their own performance.
The walls also produced monsters by themselves.
Even with a basic understanding of the safer upper floors, the danger here was enough to bury a Level 1 adventurer the moment they became arrogant.
“It stinks.” Nolan smelled rot and spoiled citrus.
The odor was like a mouth that had not been rinsed in decades.
It was foul enough to nearly make his brain short out.
“Yes.
It is like that.” “From the second to the third floor, the routes are narrow passages.
They are different from the first floor’s connected corridors.” “Except for the lights at key junctions, there is no light here.” Tali saw Nolan pinch his nose, showing a very beginner-like side of himself.
“Once we reach the fourth floor, the smell will not be this bad.” The passages were narrow, and ventilation was terrible.
Everything in front of them was excellent in the worst possible way.
“A monster appeared.” Tali had some understanding of everything within the fifth floor.
She noticed signs of a monster and pointed in a specific direction.
“Is that so?” The moment Nolan heard her, he activated his firearms.
Not only that, a powerful floodlight shone out.
It illuminated the corresponding area and exposed the scene there completely.
“That is a monster unique to the second floor, a small dungeon goblin.” Tali recognized it.
These monsters were small dungeon goblins.
“They are good at sneak attacks.” “For beginners, they are also known as rookie killers.” Tali explained that these small dungeon goblins specialized in ambushes.
“They are similar to us Pallums, but much weaker in strength.” She added more information.
But as soon as her voice fell, Nolan raised his hand.
A large number of handguns emerged from Spatial Storage and arranged themselves into a formation.
“Ready.” “Fire.” The handguns fired in unison.
Bullets poured toward the small dungeon goblins as if they cost nothing.
CREATORS’ THOUGHTS AuroraVale Thank you for reading.
I hope this chapter pulled you a little deeper into the story.
Stay close, because things are only getting more interesting.