Outside the stone gate. Our trio find themselves looking at a strange gizmo. With dead foxes all around.

"Well... I can pretty much guess what we're going up against."

"..."

'Foxes, foxes, and even more foxes?'

"You betcha, but first we should figure out how dangerous it is."

"..."

'So that nifty little gizmo... Is going to tell gem how dangerous it is right? How does it do it.'

"I'm not sure either, but I know how to read it. The number on the dial will move to the danger level read from the mana inside the dungeon. There is a color graph on the side that correlates how dangerous a dungeon is to the number, but for me... it's useless. I can't reach those higher numbers on the color graph. Anyways, this meter goes all the way to 100. Any further and it just reads error. I can solo any dungeon level 3 or lower. Level 3 is my limit."

"..."

'so... This one is between 1 and 2.'

[To be exact it's 1.75 by the markings between 1 and 2.]

"So this should be okay, not to hard nor to easy. Hmm...give me a moment."

"..."

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'what are you looking for? Don't you have everything you need from your bag? If not you can always open it later.'

"It's best to be prepared and have it right on your waist. Sometimes when you need something in your bag but you don't have enough time can hurt you. "

"..."

'I guess... Why do you have a dungeon meter that goes all the way to a 100 if you can only handle level 3?'

[She probably got it from her parents.]

"My mom gave it to me. She had an extra spare for when she dungeon dives. My father on the other hand got me what I'm trying to look for right now..."

[Knew it.]

"Ah! Here it is. Forceful Dungeon map."

"..."

'oh?'

[Oh?]

"Yup, when you clear 10% of the dungeon. this map will show the 1% of the secrets inside the 10% area you explored. To bad this is the highest one we can get on this continent, and only available at the big cities. Took him forever to get there and come back...but at least he bought 10 of them when he was there."

"..."

'So why did he give it to you?'

[It's obvious, this is an inheritance given to their child.]

"Gave it to me after becoming independent and told me to give it back when I have another one of my own. Although handy downs, it's the thought that counts. Thanks Dad."

"..."

'Well then...are we ready?'

"Yeah, let's do this."

...

Inside the first floor our trio finds a spot to hide inside the hallway before the main floor.

[Hmm... So I see a bunch of little foxes. Should be easy enough.]

"..."

'So a bunch of foxes are up ahead.'

"Hmm...Hey gem can you control more than one fox?"

"..."

'uh...hey syst-'

[Go ahead, just think about it and we can help you control up to 5. But you have to be willing to give us control for now. If you want to control more, we'll talk about it then.]

"..."

'Fine, only for now.'

[Pleasure doing business.]

"..."

'Hey, gem can control up to 5 of them. The other 12 is up to you.'

"5? That's better than I thought. I have a plan, and maybe I don't even have to lift my sword. You probably thought of it too right?"

[What does she...oh I see. Clever girl.]

"..."

'Gem is too lazy to think. Tell gem the plan.'

"It's like this..."