And so.
We find the trio ever marching forward. Every now and then the system would ask the gem to think of some explosive spells or high energy bombs.
Naturally... gem refused.
This has led to a lot of...'misadventures'...
So much time was spent running away from these 'misadventures'. Plenty of them made the gem suffer.
The system called gem childish and foolish when gem suffered the consequences. And yet, Gem remained stubborn. Refusing to give any right to the systems after last time.
In gems words 'if gem don't have any power, then you don't get to have any power!'.
They would constantly bicker with each other because of this.
As for the water elemental?
As the largest profession by population, she had long been aware to these things by the words of her predecessors. Although melee fighters individually are weaker than elemental users of magic. Quantity triumphs over quality at some point when it comes to survival.
Just don't mention raw or magical power...
Anyways!
So she took all these misadventures in strides. Easily escaping or eliminating them.
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So then.
What is our trio doing now.
...
"I'm telling you, if we go to town and get it appraised we will be dodging a bullet."
"..."
'No! My friends are there, I don't want to risk my friends being mistreated by others! We must go there ourselves!'
"Those dead objects are nothing but an illusion! That and you can't possibly expect every gem to be alive...and be your friend!"
"..."
'System! Aren't you going to say something!?'
[Well uh... Technically speaking your correct in that your...'friends' will be destroyed soon. But the danger is also real, if we go to town to appraise...Most likely this will be over by then and we can-]
"..."
'That's it then! We do not have enough time so we must go there at once!'
[Sigh... I guess there's no helping it. At least it's in the same direction, we can do this while also going in the direction of the great clear lakes.]
"If we got this appraised we would have been much safer because we can get a party to come with us. But if you're so damn adamant then let's go now. It hasn't been the first time I dived solo."
"..."
'Yes, it's time we dungeon dived!'
[Diving into a dungeon shouldn't be too difficult. We have an experienced water elemental to guide us and act as a melee fighter. And what better small shield then an indestructible gem?]
"If I remember correctly I have it somewhere inside my bag... Here it is. This is a dungeon meter, It should help us figure out how dangerous the dungeon is by the mana signature the dungeon emits inside its dungeon. The higher the quality of traps, monsters, and other things, the higher the mana signature."
"..."
'All right, let's go!'
...
Up ahead of the trio and before the mana forests lay a stone gate. Exquisitely carved murals of branches and leaves surrounded the stone gate that had a rather innocuous plain visage. As if someone had innocently placed a simple white gate in the middle of a painting of leaves and branches. Making both the painting and the gate itself stand out more than if they were to be separate.
Inside the gate... Was a bunch cute little foxes in a single room.
Behind that room was several hundred cute little foxes...
Behind that one again was thousands of cute little foxes...
Further behind...
And even further behind...
Oh my, this will be interesting...
Who said quality must win over quantity?