Chapter 115 – Dungeon camping.

“It’s hot…too hot…”

A young lady moved the collar of her robe to the side to air it out. She felt warm and sweat was slowly building upon her ivory skin.

“Charlene please, the knights might be looking…”

The girl quickly moved her hand away while looking to the side, for a moment she forgot that there were many men around this encampment that they were building.

“What are those useless knights doing, is our tent ready yet?”

After the boss chamber was cleared out the group of knights and nobles descended to the large underground volcanic area. However, they had taken quite some time to get through all the levels, mostly because a certain someone that liked to complain a lot had taken many breaks along the way.

The leader knew that everyone was getting tired. Percival decided to build an encampment not that far away from the boss chamber.

There they discovered a large cave, this area was mapped out well so after clearing out some monsters they knew that they could rest here for the night. The monsters would respawn periodically but they would not do it in areas that were populated by many people.

The noble ladies had entered the cave as it was slightly cooler than the outside. The knights were still assembling the tents along with a few porters that were carrying them around.

“Here, this should help.”

Lucille placed a small metal plate and placed it on the ground. On it, there were various runic symbols and a little circular spot in the middle. Into that spot, she inserted some kind of blue marble. The moment she did the magical device activated.

The runes started shining in a blue hue while giving off a nice cool breeze. It seemed like in a small diameter around this device the climate started changing.

“What would I do without you, Lucille!”

Charlene quickly moved over to where the plate was. Soon she looked to the side of one of the knight’s that was stationed here as protection.

“Bring us some chairs!”

“Yes my lady!”

The knight nodded and quickly went outside to procure the items that the ladies wanted. Soon the two were sitting around the magical device, looking at the marble in the middle starting to dim.

“This pseudo Elakian gem won’t last for long…”

“I know, but it will take a while to connect the fluid apparatus to everything. We’ll get worse grades if we don’t prioritize our defenses first.”

Lucille replied to Charlene who was in a bad mood. Normally these two were given priority but now they were on a mission. Percival was the leader and if he continued to pamper part of his battalion the teacher from the academy might lower their grades.

The knights needed to set up the perimeter, build tents and add any fortifications that could help against a surprise monster attack. With this, the two people that couldn’t really do much were left here in the cave to their own devices. They were both mages but they were not needed there to assemble the tents.

These tents that the knights had were of the same type that the group of adventurers had. There were no actual craftsmen with them that could do any repairs. Everything would have to be done by the knights or by the people they hired to help them. The adventurers were also part of their forces and even if they acted more as scouts they could be given certain tasks without failing the test.

“GOAHHHH”

“Huh? What was that?”

“It sounded like a monster?”

The two girls looked at each other for a moment and quickly grabbed their magical staves that were placed against the wall. Following the strange sound outside they could hear that the knights were shouting out something.

“Oh… is it dead?”

When the two ladies arrived outside they found two dead volcanic salamanders. One had many stab wounds while the other a severed head.

“It’s dead? Uh, why did no one tell me?”

Charlene complained a bit while pouting. Before the girl ran outside she had fixed her hair and robe so that Lord Percival would see her at her best. With the monsters dead she would not be able to show off anymore.

“Lady Lucille, you should go back inside, it’s not safe out here.”

“Sir Robert, are you okay?”

The blue-haired girl looked at the young man from the Arden house. His silver armor was covered in some blood and so was his sword.

“Don’t worry my lady, this is only the monster’s blood, I am uninjured.”

Lucile took out a piece of cloth and moved over towards Robert. The young froze in place as the lady started rubbing the blood out of his armor.

“My Lady… you shouldn’t…”

The other knights started looking with narrowed eyes at Robert and the mage, soon enough Lord Percival arrived to scold everyone.

“All of you, get back to your posts, lady Lucile please return to the cave, someone explain to me what occurred here.”

Robert flinched and turned back to the commander, after doing a salute he gave a recount of the events that transpired here.

The two monsters crawled out of the small lava pools and attacked them. Robert managed to chop off the head of one while the other was taken out by two other knights.

“Any damages?”

“Commander… one of the monsters damaged our tents.”

“How serious is it?”

Another knight that was there came over and also started making a report. During the struggle with the volcanic salamanders, one of the tents was hit by its attack. The item was mostly intact but its runic structure was damaged so it wouldn’t be able to be operated anymore. The cooling effect wasn’t activated, sleeping in this tent had become impossible now due to the heat.

“One of our tents is already damaged so soon…”

“Lord Percival, can’t we just replace it?”

Charlene moved in from the side. Her shoulder rubbed against the lord while she batted her eyelashes in his direction. The girl wasn’t really that interested in this conversation but if the man she was eyeing as a suitor was involved she saw it as a chance.

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“Yes we do but…”

Percival knew that the tent could be replaced but this was still a finite item. This was far too soon into their expedition to be losing their resources. He was already contemplating on letting more of the knights sleep in the cave instead and saving the tents for the future.

“If only we had someone able to repair it…”

Percival mumbled.

“Don’t we?”

“Lady Lucille?”

Lucille looked at Percival and then pointed out into the distance. There the two small tents of the adventurers were situated. They could also see a man dressed in crimson armor looking from afar. However the moment he was noticed he quickly made a 180-degree turn and slipped into one of the tents.

“The adventurers?”

“Yes, I’ve read their roster, that man is a Runesmith, he might be able to repair the tent!”

While most of the nobles ignored the adventurers Lucille had gone through their abilities. The guild supplied them with their names, ranks, and general skills. The man dressed in red armor was quite the particular person as his class was listed as ‘Unknown Runic Craftsman’.

“Are you sure Lady Lucille?”

“Yes, I heard one of his party members mention it, she was quite boisterous about it. That armor he is wearing is also a runic item, I’m sure that he made it himself!

“Hm…”

Percival looked to the damaged tent and then to the group of adventurers in the distance. Using their runesmith to repair the tent would not be seen as a demerit so there was no reason not to try.

“You, bring the Runesmith over, tell him to repair the tent. Report to me when he is done.”