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Chapter 106: Round Raid Efficiency

〜Aun’s point of view〜

After returning to the “Ruins of Silence”, we resumed our raid and returned to the safe area on the 4th floor.

After one month of intensive training under Quereble, we were able to grow significantly.

Especially in terms of defense, the difference is like heaven and earth. But I also learned that there are various other applications. The magic barrier technique has the potential to transform greatly depending on future ideas and our effort.

In fact, Nelfie had acquired a new skill called [Clone], which proved that skills can be acquired not only through aptitude but also through one’s own actions and efforts.

Since we were supposed to assemble once again one month before the Council of the Seven Sphin Nations, we have three weeks left to strengthen ourselves. It feels like I’m unconsciously expecting a call from Ruzark at any time, thus the leveling up period seems shorter.

「Let’s take a break and think about our future plans.」

「Okay! We still have another 3 weeks, correct?」Drake.

「Yeah. I want to raise everyone to level 60 by then, but I don’t really know how long it will take, honestly…」

「Considering that we will be raiding the dungeon in rotation, it would be more efficient to stop just before the boss room. We’re also lucky that the Lich summons a large number of monsters.」Drake.

「Indeed. After defeating the Lich last time, the magic circle for exiting the dungeon also appeared, so let’s go with that plan.」

「In that case, we would need a simple base outside the dungeon. Fortunately, this is a forest area, so we can get wood by cutting down the trees. Considering that we have to move from Alraine every time, it seems like it would be a good idea to build a base early.」Shinku.

「Certainly! Rather than taking time to travel each time, it would be more efficient to create a base early. Besides, if they see us flying from Alraine numerous times, they’ll probably get suspicious. So, let’s use the time to create a base today after defeating the Lich.」

After taking a break, we defeated the Lich again with ranged magic and teleported out of the dungeon with the magic circle and went out into the forest.

Drake confirmed our current location from the sky, from which the ruins can be reached by walking for about 10 minutes.

「Okay, then let’s use this spot as the base for the round raid plan!」

「Roger! Then I’ll use magic to cut down the trees around here!」Drake.

「I will create the foundation and exterior of the base with Earth magic and the trees that Drake cuts down.」Shinku.

「Then I’ll hunt some animals for food to last a few days.」Nelfie.

「Nn. I’ll fetch some water.」

The division of roles was soon decided, and the work progressed steadily.

Drake and Shinku were familiar with the construction of bases, as they had helped with the construction of residences in the Plainevelt village.

Watching them, my desire to construct was also fired up, and before I knew it, I was using the tool set I had in my magic bag to complete the kitchen and bath.

It’s not a permanent base, but since we’ll be living here for three weeks, it would be nice to have the various functions.

Kinu and Nelfie, who had finished hunting and fetching water, also joined the construction work, and in half a day the log house was pretty much completed.

After that, Shinku and Drake cooked dinner, and while Kinu was using fire magic to warm the water in the bath, Nelfie and I set up traps around the log house to keep monsters away and completed the base.

On the first day of the round raid, most of the time was spent building the base. But if we consider the travel time from Alline every day, we can greatly reduce the loss of time.

And now, after dinner, I was taking a bath while thinking about my plans for the future.

Our levels before coming to the “Ruins of Silence” were 54 for me, 50 for Kinu and Nelfie, and 52 for Shinku and Drake. And after defeating the Lich twice, all of our levels have risen by one.

At this rate, I think Kinu and Nelfie will reach level 60 in about 30 laps. By doing a simple calculation, we’ll get in about 3 laps a day, but considering that the higher your level, the less experience points you’ll get, the current raid speed is just barely on the line. At any rate, it is necessary to increase our lap speed while also ensuring safety.

For the next few days, we decided to focus on increasing the pace of laps as much as possible and searching for floors with efficient experience points.

We learned a lot in the past few days. For example, the position of the stairs, the route of the passage type floors, and the position and type of traps. These have not changed since the first dungeon capture, and it seems safe to think that they will not change in the future. It can be said that our raid speed has increased considerably with this alone.

Next is experience efficiency. To put it bluntly, other than the first floor golems, the Lich in the mid-boss room, and the large number of skeletons, there is no other floor that is as good. After the second lap, the treasure chests stopped appearing almost completely.

After annihilating all the golems, we ran through the 2nd to 4th floors by the shortest route, greeted the zombie senpai, beat the Lich, and teleported outside with the magic circle repeatedly.

Of course, the number of laps will have to be increased as the experience gained per lap will be slightly lower. However, as long as there is a time limit, there is no choice but to focus on experience efficiency.

The only unexpected thing that happened was on the 7th day on the 2nd floor.

It was when I was greeting the zombie senpai near the stairs as usual. Senpai bit the back of a Trent who was disguised as a tree, and was carried away somewhere while being swung around by the Trent…

Since he was senpai, I assumed there was some deeper meaning to it and left it as it was, but the very next day, I saw him riding on a Trent’s back energetically and running around the floor. Upon appraisal, his race has also changed to “Rider Zombie”.

As expected of a zombie-senpai. I couldn’t have thought of such a special evolution method…

Anyhow, when 17 days had passed since we started the laps, I felt a shock like electricity running through my body.

「!! My level has risen to 60. It seems that I’m about to evolve.」

「It’s okay, only the Lich is left. We can defeat him easily.」Kinu.

「Just in case, I will be near Aun-sama.」

「Alright, I’ll go beat him quickly!」Drake.

As soon as I confirmed that the Lich was being absorbed into the dungeon, I felt the blood all over my body heat up.

I closed my eyes while calming my breathing and relaxed my body.

In my hazy consciousness, a message flowed through my mind.

≪You cannot select an evolution path as you are on the special evolution path. The evolution will begin.»

・Asura

[TL Note: “Asura” is a fighting demon/demigod in Hindu mythology.]