Chapter 5: The First Battle of the Dungeon
Unexpectedly bright, this is Emiya Shirou's first impression of the dungeon.
Filled with narrow passages, forks in the road, and caverns of various shapes, the combat environment here is extremely unfriendly to adventurers with long weapons.
"Fighting in this environment is really unfriendly to newcomers. The sense of oppression of the environment and atmosphere and the sense of crisis of monsters at any time, I am afraid that those who are not good in their hearts will soon lose their combat effectiveness. ”
But that's for the average newcomer.
For Shirou Emiya, who has experienced the Holy Grail War and fought against legendary heroes, there is nothing to fear.
His body may still be mortal, but his spirit and will have already been tempered into a warrior.
The environment of the dungeon could have a negative impact on him.
"Click-"
With a strange sound, cracks suddenly appeared in the walls around Emiya Shirou.
Through these cracks, new monsters croaked to the ground.
The newborn ones looked at the tall figure of Emiya Shirou standing in the middle of the passage, and their mouths howled as they surrounded Emiya Shirou.
"Is this a living dungeon?"
Looking at the scene of the dungeon's mother giving birth to a monster, Emiya Shirou's mind couldn't help but recall the description he had seen in the book.
The dungeon is alive.
The monsters that spawn in the first few floors of the dungeon are mainly goblins and earth spirits.
And now it was the legendary goblin that appeared in front of him.
They have sharp claws and sharp fangs, and new adventurers can be injured by them if they are not careful.
"Is this a monster? Finally a bit of an adventurous world vibe. ”
With the sword in his hand raised, Emiya Shirou rushed towards one of the goblins, he didn't plan to wait obediently for the other party to surround him.
The current Emiya Shirou is not outstanding in terms of physical fitness, and even in terms of physical fitness, he is much behind those orcs.
He was able to surpass other adventurers because of his rich combat experience and mature combat methods.
As for magic, how much magic power does he have once the inherent enchantment is used?
It's a protracted battle in the dungeon, and that's where he needs to get used to, and now it's not the time for him to have Miyu's magic.
Rushing in front of this goblin, Emiya Shirou raised his sword and ended its life in an instant.
How fragile, but that's what goblins are all about.
Even if you are a newcomer, as long as you are cautious and courageous enough, you can easily defeat them.
Therefore, for newcomers, the most important thing is the mentality.
After slaying the goblin, ignoring the monster that had turned to ashes, Emiya Shirou turned his head and rushed towards the other monsters.
If you can solve them all one-on-one, why bother to play one-to-many.
The speed of the goblins is not fast, and the closest to Emiya Shirou are the two goblins that have gathered.
Rushing forward and back, calculating the right time, Emiya Shirou directly kicked a goblin away, and then threw a weapon at it.
After slashing the remaining goblin with a sword, the goblin that was kicked in the distance was also stuck in the ground and turned to ashes.
"Projection begins!"
Instead of picking up the lost weapon, Emiya Shirou directly re-projected a new weapon to make up for his shortcomings.
Looking at the only three remaining goblins, Emiya Shirou rushed forward calmly.
Get rid of them all quickly.
"Sure enough, the first floor is for new adventurers to adapt to the environment, and this is not the battle arena I need."
Pick up the six magic stones on the ground and carefully put them into the backpack behind him.
It's all money!
In this world, because of the popularity of magic stone products, magic stones are almost equal to money.
Magic stones are also the main harvest of adventurers, and the magic stones obtained by hunting monsters can be exchanged for Falis directly in the guild on the ground.
Therefore, the magic stone is money.
"These six magic stones are about a thousand magicians, which is enough for a meal."
Carrying his backpack and cleaning up the battlefield, Emiya Shirou re-entered the path deep into the dungeon, and for him, the first layer was too simple to have the effect of exercising.
The bounty of this world, while much like the board in the game, is not gained by hunting monsters.
The improvement of the God's Favor attribute is achieved through training.
God's Favor has a base stat of Strength, Durability, Dexterity, Agility, and Mana.
If you want to increase your strength, you have to exert force.
If you want to increase your durability, you must withstand attacks.
If you want to improve your dexterity, you have to be physically active.
If you want to improve your agility, you have to run with all your might.
If you want to increase your magic, you have to use magic.
Daily exercise can also improve these attributes, but it is nowhere near as fast as the speed of actual combat with monsters.
There is a great terror between life and death.
Only a real battle of life and death can bring out the full potential of adventurers.
The monsters on the first floor are no different from exercising among the Clan, so he needs to go deeper into the dungeon.
The eighth floor of the dungeon.
This is the area where killer ants are located, and it is also the area where the number of killer ants is born the most.
In the dungeon, sometimes these monsters are born on several floors, but as the number of floors deepens, the number and frequency of monsters are constantly increasing.
The eighth layer is the area with the largest number and frequency of killer ants.
"Bell ——!"
The two swords crossed, blocking the attack from the front, and the Emiya Shirou, who had been looking at the surroundings, kicked it away directly, and then slashed at the other killer ant that was already approaching him on one side.
With a swift sword, he directly cut off his arm, ignoring his roaring cry, Emiya Shirou chased after him and struck in succession, and the two short swords were like juggling in his hands, slashing at a strange angle, directly beheading him.
But this is not over, Emiya Shirou turned around, and rushed towards the other two killer ants on one side, surrounded by many killer ants, he did not have any panic and fear, and calmly faced these monsters in front of him.
Rushing to the side of the two killer ants next to each other, Emiya Shirou calmly blocked it with his left sword in the face of the attack of one of them, and then pierced the other killer ant with a close sword.
Then he leaned back without any pause, slammed his back into the killer ant behind his back, and at the same time crashed into it, the left sword that had been used to block was withdrawn, and he stabbed backwards with a backhand.
"Bang!"
The killer ant who was knocked into one side of the wall by Emiya Shirou had no ability to fight back at all, so he was fixed on the wall by Emiya Shirou with a sword.
As the left sword was drawn again, the killer ants behind Emiya Shirou had been reduced to ashes.
All that could be heard was the sound of the stone falling to the ground.
Looking around at the few killer ants that were left around, Emiya Shirou, who was slightly panting, decided to fight quickly.
With a light step under his feet, Shirou Emiya, who rushed towards the killer ants again, easily harvested the lone monster.
Only a few of them got together and it took some effort on his part.
In the face of the killer ants that jumped towards him, Emiya Shirou also jumped forward, and while spinning his body in the air, he directly threw the two weapons in his hand, penetrating the bodies of these two monsters.
He then re-projected his weapon in the air, slashing at the last two killer ants in mid-air.
I saw a flash of sword light, and the two killer ants had been directly split and turned into ashes.
Half-squatting on the ground, Emiya Shirou slowly stood up, turned around and looked at the battlefield he had just faced, and in the dim passage, the ground was full of shining magic stones.
"Looks like there's going to be a nice takeaway today."
Leaning against the wall on one side, Emiya Shirou, who was panting lightly, smiled happily.