Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Underestimated

"For now let"s go see how it"s like there . If it looks like we can farm exp nicely we"ll continue the hunt, otherwise, we"ll just fall back . "

"Since we"re going to use the elevator and all, I"d like to go with the hunt!"

"Alma, it"s going to be a deep floor, you can"t be careless just because Mathi-kun is with us! Safety first!"

Ruli gave a well-reasoned warning to the enthusiastic Alma .

We entered the elevator station while talking .

" . . . This place"s pretty big . "

"Lots of people too . . . "

"It kinda feels like the guild!"

Iliad"s elevator station was an unexpectedly huge building .

Iris is right, it"s definitely similar to the guild .

Apparently adventurers are waiting here for their turn to take the elevator .

On the walls of this waiting room, there are boards like the one in the guild, with dungeon-related quests, states and maps of floors posted on them .

Since there are official guild windows as well, you can probably accept quests here .

Though well, since the dungeon"s maps and states are only up to floor 10, they"re of no use to us .

While thinking that, I went to fetch the queue note .

"It"s for four people . "

"Understand . Please hold onto this note here . "

The male receptionist said that and gave me the queue note--and then he winked at someone behind me .

The recipient of that wink is a man in adventurer"s attires .

. . . Not sure what the wink was for, but I suppose I should be vigilant here?

After taking the note I went back to the girls while thinking that .

"The elevator will come in about one minute it seems . "

I pointed at a signboard next to the elevator .

It shows the remaining time for the next elevator to come .

. . . Judging from the number of people waiting for the elevator, doesn"t seem like we can get on this one .

Guess we"ll just wait for the next or the one after the next .

It"s not like we"re that much in a hurry anyway .

While I was thinking that--someone called from behind .

The owner of the voice is the man who was winked at earlier .

"Oy, you brat over there . You gonna explore the dungeon with your friends?"

. . . Well now, that sounds exactly like how 『a veteran adventurer picking on a rookie adventurer』 would say .

I guess I should answer like a rookie adventurer would then .

" . . . I"m not a brat, I"m an adventurer . "

The man glared at me after I said that .

When I glared back at him, it became a glaring contest .

『Are we . . . being picked on?』

『It doesn"t feel like he"s being hostile at all though . . . 』

『You"re able to perceive that much now huh . 』

The man picking on us most likely holds no malicious intent on me .

Rather, despite his words, I can"t feel any hostility from him at all .

The adventurers around us are also looking at the great sword man with 『good work』 looks in their eyes .

Those aren"t eyes looking at a veteran adventurer who"s bullying a rookie adventurer .

This is probably a threat to warn reckless adventurers who come to make a quick killing so they won"t get too reckless .

This much should be menacing enough for rookies and their shallow combat experience .

The man is probably going to try to frighten the rookie, then show the difference in strength and then say, "My top floor record is floor 5 . "

Once that"s done, the rookie then would realize that they have no hope of challenging even floor 5 and start from shallow floors .

Thus, the rookie won"t throw away their life by recklessly challenging difficult floors .

This must be their goal .

After all, losing rookie adventurers who don"t know their strength would be a huge loss to them .

Pretending to be ruffians to warn such adventurers is probably their job .

They"ve picked equipment that are outwardly impactful than their actual performance as well .

There were people who took similar job like this even in my previous life .

I guess rash adventurers exist no matter the ages .

. . . Now then, how should I go about this .

I don"t mind having a fight and show them our strength to rest their worry, but that"d take time and make us stand out .

While thinking that--an adventurer who was in the waiting room"s interior called out to the man who were having the glaring contest with me .

"Camias, you"d better stop . Don"t think the guy even needs that . "