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Over the Infinite – Chapter 1 (7)

 

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Translator: mii

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「You can’t sell the skills that you acquired, and there are some skills that you can never have because of the compatibility, but it seems like people normally sell it. But they can’t use it unless they have debuted, and you also can’t use the skill in this hall.

It’s just that, you may be wondering about this, but the skills you have acquired won’t immediately take root. It requires repeated repetitive practice. Skills that are gained outside gifts won’t be immediately effective.」

What Philos told us was just as I had predicted.

I also had a gifted skill called《 Melee Combat 》that I learned without doing anything, but there was no way a newborn baby could use《 Melee Combat 》.

At the end of my countless battles with many wild animals and Gobtarou… alias goblins, I finally managed to get a hang of it. Also, I fought with orcs before.

I had heard that there were rare occasions where someone could get gifts by posteriori, but those people also wouldn’t be able to use them right away. But that also meant that they could learn much more efficiently than someone who didn’t have anything.

Because there was such a gap, it would be necessary to train to get a hang of it after purchasing the skill and determine how much I can use it.

「Other than party, there seems to be a group that gathers many adventurers called as clan, but if we don’t understand our own skills, we won’t be able to make sure that any clan will let us join them.」

Ah, clan, huh? There was also something like that in the game I played a long time ago. It should be a small organization of adventurers too in this place, right?

Then, were the and I met at the entrance were also something similar to that? …Were those their clan names?

…Did that mean I couldn’t enter unless I became a Mohawk… No, I wouldn’t join them too, okay.

「That’s why, you can test the skills in the guild and see how much you can use it.

Also, there’s not only training on swords, but also on general combat techniques. This kind of self-appeal is what both of you also be thinking within a month.」

「I see.」

Although they were more experienced than us in a mere one month, the story from seniors was helpful.

The break was about to end just at the right timing, so we decided to return to the hall where the lectures were held.

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In addition to the skills and gifts Philos told us at the break time, the afternoon lecture continued, supplementing what we talked about at the morning, and also the matter about the stores that sell weapons, armors, and some other things.

「Now then, let’s talk about the dungeon, There won’t be a problem even if you don’t really know about it, and you will naturally learn about it after forming a party, but since there’s no harm in knowing it, please listen to me carefully.」

Did he mean even if there was an accident due to lack of information, it wouldn’t be a problem because “we wouldn’t die”?

I believed it was a scary way of thinking, though.

「There were a lot of dungeons in this city. This was the result of the increasing amount due to the demand.」

Demand? So dungeons were something that could increase?

「The trial dungeon is a good example, but it’s created from the idea that if there is a dungeon with a certain level of difficulty and a certain depth, it will be a training for beginners.

There are also labyrinths where you can’t carry any armor, labyrinths with time restrictions, labyrinths that can’t produce any sound, and labyrinths where action skills are disabled.

All these dungeons have been created with the help of the Dungeon Master, one of the city’s representatives.」

I see. I didn’t have even a slightest idea what kind of ability this was, but that meant this city was based on the ability of the Dungeon Master, huh?

Labyrinth was also not something that naturally appear, but man-product. …Maybe labyrinths outside this city were also the same?

Did that mean the Dungeon Master was a reincarnator with cheat ability as Yuki said?

「There are countless labyrinths like these, but they are just for training, preparation, and starting points to capture the real deal.

As adventurers, the labyrinth recommended to all of you is only one, the labyrinth called as the ‘Infinite Corridor’.」

「Uhm, is the Dungeon Master the one who recommends the adventurers to capture the dungeon?」

Yuki asked that question.

That’s right, normally, wasn’t the Dungeon Master was like someone who waited for the adventurer? Like last boss, or something like that.

「Yes. Among all of the dungeons, the Dungeon Master especially recommend adventurers to capture this『Infinite Corridor』.

Therefore, the capture of this Labyrinth has rewards that you can’t even compare with other labyrinths. The forefront capture group should have tremendous assets from this.」

「How far has the capture progressed? Also, I’m… not sure if we can capture it, but what if we managed to complete it? Will the labyrinth disappear?」

It would be troubling if it disappeared. My source of food would be gone.

「The other labyrinths will remain even after they are captured, but I’m not sure if it’s possible to fully capture the labyrinths of the Infinite Dungeon. The Dungeon Master even won’t tell us, the Labyrinth Guild staffs, about that.

By the way, this is the progress of the capture. A few days ago, there’s a report that it has exceeded the 87th layer.」

「87th layer…」

Well, if I thought about it normally, the goal would be 99 layers or 1○○ layers, but wasn’t it already impossible for us to catch up?

Even if it was the recommended one, I felt like there was a helpless gap.

「The capture has been stagnant for a long time at the 75th layer, but it has been going smoothly since the 76th level, and it has been progressing with one layer a month.

There are rumours that the hundredth layer should be the goal, but if we’re believing that, then the labyrinth should be fully captured next year just as Yuki-san said.」

Was he meaning to incite us to do our best to capture it, or was he telling us that there was no way the goal was at the hundredth layer?

Or maybe if someone managed to capture the hundredth layer, there was the Dungeon Master’s hidden purpose that would make the management of this city better?

No matter how much I thought about it, I could only guess. There was no way I could find an answer with this.

「We are thinking of holding a commemorative festival as a break after the 90th layer is captured, so we’ll be glad if you can participate.」

It should be fun, but we had to make our debut before that.

「Now, let’s continue. This is probably the biggest feature of the labyrinth, but even if you die inside the labyrinth of this city, you won’t die. Accurately saying, even if you die, you will be resurrected.

The mechanism won’t be disclosed, but there is no one but only one person who died in the labyrinth until now.」

Eh, there was?

He told us in advance that we wouldn’t die, but then he said some unexpected contradicting things.

Yuki and Philos also looked upset. …I didn’t know about Gowen.

「Well, all of you should be okay. There is only one person who died because of old age.

He was a very energetic old man. He became an adventurer to look for a way to become young again and died with great joy once he got it.

…This actually happened just recently, but I have to explain it every time because of my duty. Does it mean I’ll have to talk about that old man every time I’m giving a lecture from now on?」

「O-oh, that means dying because of old age is no good, right?」

Even the administrator side had a surprising loophole, huh.

「Please note that if you enter the dungeon with an injury or illness, it won’t heal. When you come out of the dungeon, you will return to your original state.

It’s also similar to senility, but if you die inside because of a disease you have before you entered, you might not be able to get resurrected. This is an issue that is still under verification.」

It wasn’t impossible for us to die. That meant, there should be another possibility on dying other than because of old age.

In the first place, the idea of ‘I can die because I can revive’ was dangerous. Wasn’t the need to survive was something necessary for capturing the dungeon?

「Therefore, this is a ruler that have been decided just recently, but those who are not healthy can’t challenge the dungeon.

If you lost your arm, you definitely won’t be able to heal it outside, but in this Labyrinth City, you can generally heal it even if it cost money, so please challenge the dungeon after becoming healthy.」

It was normal to think of this as a matter of course, but the point was that we would get revived or our injury would get restored only inside the dungeon.

If a seriously ill person or a person with missing arm entered the dungeon to heal themselves, jt wouldn’t have any effect, so they should treat their own disease individually… Anyway, this city could heal a missing arm, seriously? How amazing.

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