In the middle of a 3000-hectare field, stood the half-collapsed frame of a skyscraper building. The building was smothered on one side by a dense carpet of brightly colored flowers. They covered the ground and pushed up the surrounding building like a snow drift. Like a sprawling bouquet, they were very varied. Some large. Some small. Some a vivid blue. Some red. Others were creamy white, with scatterings of orange-fringed crimson on the broad petals.
On the other side, the vivid color of red and brown covered the ground and piled into sand dunes, the surface undulating into the distance, it was barren and desolate, winds stirred up the wispy sand, "Ouch" and got into Asato's eyes. Several trucks and men were out there, heavily armed with big lance and tower shield, gun-sword, Blaser R8a, spiky armor, plated armor, scaly armor and et cetera.
Though, the most magnificent thing was a straight line, right in the middle of the building, that precisely separated the flower field and the desolate desert. I dropped my jaw every time I saw the flowers transformed into a sand every time it crossed this line and vice versa.
"Is this the first time for you guys to see the [Dungeon]?"
A blondie with bluish wyvern armor, vambraces, shoulder guard, and skirt. 1.8 meters of dazzling steel formed the base of her magnificent spear. It had a bayonet attachment at the top of the folded spear tip. A lever at its middle that can be used to raise the head and a gun trigger positioned below it.
"Ah, yeah, please treat us well. Yuzu~ be a good child okay~?"
It was a 3-hour journey from our city to this [Dungeon], this [Dungeon] located in a city highly known for its war monument, though, now it had become the war-zone. While peddlers and street vendors selling various things from fruit, hot dog, takoyaki, kebab and et cetera near the flower garden. The desert area heavily restricted, only someone with rank C or higher can enter it. Anyhow, I called Julia asking for an advice with grinding spot, and this was what we got, no I didn't mean it in a bad way, but this was too much! We really owed her a lot, she even took us to this [Dungeon] and gave supplies for our equipment, I tried to pay her but she declined by saying "It's fine~ I owe you a life~ this much is nothing."
Now, that I thought about it, was she the one that put me into the VIP room? but... seriously!? who would have thought that Julia was a rich girl... and I mean it! she really rich, there were 2 butlers and a maid, all dressed neatly, exclusively came to this location only for taking care of Yuzu while we were Grinding. ...ugh... my stomach, at least we must raise our level by two or three on this dungeon!
Kyo put his mouth next to my face and whispered something to me. "Nashi... where did you find this girl!?"
"I didn't... she was the one that found me, maybe"
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Still with his iconic thick glasses and short messy hair, but now he brought a whip-rapier at his belt, this also functioned as a waist bag. With a green uniform covered with vest, vambraces, elbow and knee guards all made from a thick reddish-brown leather, Julia said even though this was a thick armor, its weight was almost the same as a sweatshirt.
The others two that wore a green uniform, came in
Ume wore a dark green hooded jacket with a pointed, t-shaped opening leaving the eyes, nose, and mouth exposed. Her neck covered with the same colored scarf. She brought a longbow, made from an oak tree, and each of its corners had a pulley and iron plate at its front, the bow itself almost as big as Ume upper body, and it can be folded into 30cm. On her had chestguard that became one with her right armguard, and it had a smaller pocket, on her left gloves she had a bundle of wires.
She looked at me and smirked. "Hey! Make sure you date this girl!"
Serizawa wore a plain brown robe, it looked thick, I felt sultry from seeing it. Though she said this was for covering her weakness in fire and ice element and she brought a giant backpack, twice of my body size made from silicon carbide, and on its back, it had a special pocket that functioned as Toriko seat. While Toriko was armed with a piece of the iron talon, her beak also covered in sharp metal beak.
Asato had a somewhat military look, he wore a grey colored kevlar on top of his uniform, helmet with face cover, function belt that had many kinds of tools and a backpack for his 'supplies', ah and he had..... a revolver sheathed on his belt modeled in Colt New Army Model 1892. Ugh...
"...Something wrong?"
A calm, cold tone of voice came from my back. "Nah, I'm fine"
Kurogane tied her hair and let it dropped down on her right shoulder, her armor was a little bit looked like Ume, but her's was black-colored, the hood also had cat ears and she wore a full body leather armor, there were no traces of her uniform, rather than scarf she had a mask that also acted as air filter covered her mouth, twin daggers on her back, sheathed hidden blade at her vambraces and boots, retractable claw at her gauntlet.
"Damn... isn't that too much? how many weapons do you plan to bring?."
"....Prepare an umbrella before the rain."
"Sorry, Yukino~ the others thing you ask hasn't come yet.." Said Julia.... Wait!? Kurogane still asking for more!?
"*sigh* Julia, let me pay..."
"Eh, it is fine~ the thought alone is enough, fufu~," Said Julia while she smiled and walked next to me, "By the way~ as I thought, that armor really suit for Nashi!!" Ahaha... She circled my body a few times after she said this.
Thought, originally I already brought a standard leather armor, but Julia insisted for me to wear this. *sigh* dark purple coat, with a dim-golden strip and many pockets on its inside and outside, it can store almost 40 knives underneath it was blue uniform with a white strip, a leather chest guard that also had many hidden pockets, and a funtional belt the same one as Asato, thought mine was purple-colored, and only had throwing knives and retractable javelins
Ah, our target wasn't the dessert, but the garden area near the skyscraper, from what Julia said there was a type of monster over there wasn't aggressive, weaker than Dire Rat and gave 10Exp per kill.
"Allright~ operation Training and Grinding, begin!"