To get from one floor to the other inside a dungeon, we will have to take the portal that connects the floor.
Every dungeon has its own way to reach the next floor. The open field dungeon have a stair like your typical dungeon games to access the floor above or below it. The Rock and Sea dungeon however, uses something akin to a portal to transport us to another floor. This might be due to the fact that the depth of the dungeon, even the sea on the 1st floor have a depth of 30Km. I think the god or whoever the one created the dungeon must have thought of it (But really, why do dungeon exist in the first place?). As for the Icy dungeon, I never see it but to access the floor below, there something akin to an elevator, now that's unique. Who know, maybe it's because if it's a stair, it will become slippery and aren't suitable for use
As our first destination is the 9th floor, we didn't bother to stop by in any of the floors. With the bus golem, I straight away uses traverse the straight main road from the first floor up till the 9th floor. Unlike the open field dungeon where I had those passengers inside the bus to get out and walk to get to another floor since you can't just drive a vehicle through a staircase (well, there are methods to do that actually or else those merchants from the country of Kisarre won't be able to bring their goods), the portal is big enough to let my bus golem to pass through it.
There are people that we met along the way. Some a tourist from Malsia accompanied by an adventure, some are merchants going to Malsia to make business there. Some even just went solo. Well, inside most of the dungeon in this world, as long as you stay on the main road, your safety are almost guaranteed. It isn't known why but monsters, traps and things that are harmful aren't likely to appear in the main road.
Once we reach the 9th floor
"The sea, it's raging!" [Kara]
"Are you really going to dive into the sea Brother Ash?" [Mara]
"Well, I can just wait for a while. Who knows, maybe it will be calm later" [Ash]
Yeah, the sea is raging, and quite violently at that. The sea just near the main road aren't affected but those far away, I swear to god a tsunami might appear any minute.
This floor length is around 1.5Km, so I should travel to the centre first and scan the whole floors for any traces of water crystal stone.
"Here, make yourself comfortable" [Ash]
"Can I swim?" [Singa]
"I wanna swim too!" [Charlotte]
"No you can't! Rean, Elise, make sure they stay here! And if anything happens, here, use this. I already told you right how to use it right?" [Ash]
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"Yes!" [Rean]
"Understood" [Elise]
At the middle of the main road, I set up some portable camp that we get from the castle, it sure is big and it comes with utilities such as bedroom, toilet and kitchen. One would think that travelling through the dungeon will be hard, but looking at how they're all playing with Behe right now, it's like we never step inside a dungeon. (Well, you can say that this is similar to a camper van, which got me thinking, should I upgrade the bus golem into a camper van, or should I make a new camper van golem just for traveling). It's an interesting idea and one that I can explore in the future.
"I bet other will be jealous of us, look at how luxurious our travel is" [Farhah]
"This must be how the royal, rich nobles and merchants travel" [Savel]
"Maybe" [Karon]
"I hope I can always travel like this in the future" [Zerolith]
(Looks like I will create a camper van golem in the future then) [Ash]
It might be early, but I should prepare some food for them while using my search and scan magic. Sure I can just stay silent and enter a meditation state to increase the effectiveness of the magic, that way I can search better and faster, but I am traveling with them and the reason why I allowed them to come along is to have some quality bonding time with them, so let just do that.
(Maybe a BBQ style would do?) [Ash]
Nope, should do something simple first, this is our first time traveling like this, so I should do something simple so that we can gradually get accustomed to traveling.
"You want be to make some fried rice?" [Elise]
"I can help that" [Kara]
"Fried rice it is then" [Ash]
"Then I will be the one going to cook the dinner tonight" [Rean]
And with that, Elise, Kara and I cook us some meals. There are some foods that Claude cooks for us but I kept it for a case of emergency inside my item box. As we prepare the materials to cook
(Ohh... there's some wavelength similar to water crystal inside the drainage, somewhere in the southeast) [Ash]
It's weak, so I guess it must be deep inside the sea, or maybe it's because of me not concentrating enough. Well, I will just confirm it after we eat together
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After eating, Zerolith and Karon are tasked to clean up and wash the plates we had used, and as for Charlotte and Behe...
"Let us swim!" [Charlotte]
"Meow!" [Behe]
"No, don't you see the raging wave there!" [Ash]
Singa might have given up (or appear so), but Charlotte seems way to eager to swim. Plus
"At least let me dip my foot into the sea!" [Charlotte]
"Charlotte, it's dangerous! Do you want to get eaten by a shark!" [Mara]
"It's fine! I can communicate with them!" [Charlotte]
"That wasn't the point!" [Mara]
"How about you practice your water magic?" [Kara]
"But there are no targets to hit" [Charlotte]
Yeah, she is dead set on swimming, but a no is a no, so sorry Charlotte, you puffing your cheeks while begging me won't work wonder here
"Hmph!" [Charlotte]
"Meow!" [Behe]
Yeah, they're both sulking, can't be helped
"Rean, Elise, take care of others and you ABSOLUTELY CAN'T SWIM! YOU HEAR ME!" [Ash]
"Yes!" [Kids]
"Hmph!" [Charlotte]
Now I'm worried, should I just send them back home...