Capítulo 107: 107. Tundra Dungeon
This Red Gate dungeon is different from any other dungeon that Indra has ever raided. His magic sense is blocked here. He can't sense magic power clearly for an unknown reason.
The most he can do is sensing the magic power of those around him. He tries to test the limit and he can only sense magic power clearly in a 20 meters radius after testing it with the other Hunters.
Indra's magic sense is the best among everyone here, yet he can only use it that much, so it's worse for the others. They can only depend on their other senses now, so they need to focus more.
However, even their other senses won't help much because of the environment. Not only is this dungeon very cold, there's also a quite strong blizzard that blocks their hearing and sight.
The cold is blocked by Indra's Rune Magic enchantments on their gears that provide warmth, but he can't do anything about the blizzard's effect on their hearing and visions.
The team agrees to explore the dungeon quickly, hoping to find the monsters quickly. The longer they find the monsters, the harder the battles will be because of their fatigue.
Ragnar leads the exploration by walking at the front. Indra has the widest magic sense among them, so he is in the middle. This way, he can warn them quickly and can even create a barrier to protect them when needed.
They walk carefully because their visions are obstructed by the blizzard. Everyone is on their guard and looks around carefully to avoid being attacked by surprise.
The exploration will be very difficult because they can't see far enough to find any route. They also can't mark the spots they've stepped on because there's nothing other than snow. No tree, no rock, only snow.
"Stop!" Indra suddenly tells everyone to stop.
Everyone immediately prepares for battle because they think Indra senses some monsters.
"No need to be alerted. There's no monster. I just have an idea."
"What the hell, man. You scared us." Ragnar is displeased, just like the others.
"Sorry about that. But this is really important. We have been walking without any leads or guides. We don't even know where we are walking to. If this keeps up, then we might need a really long time until we find the monsters. Heck, we might even just go around in a circle."
Everyone thinks that it really is possible.
"Then do you have a solution?"
"Well, I have an idea and I think it's worth a shot."
Indra takes out a small magic crystal from his inventory. Then he writes some runes in the air using his glowing index finger. After he finishes, he moves the runes into the magic crystal.
The small piece of magic crystal glows bright red and Indra throws it onto the snow below him. A red light pillar that reaches the sky suddenly appears there.
"Hmm, I hope the red light can penetrate the blizzard and we can see it even from afar." Even Indra doesn't know how well this will work.
"Well, it's still better than nothing I guess. At least we will know if we find the spots we've explored when we find the red light you made." Ragnar doubts it can be seen from a very far location.
"T-then, what if you instal another one when we can't see the previous red light? So these red lights will act as nodes to show us the way if we are lost." A young S-Rank hunter gives his opinion.
"Yeah, and maybe we can attract the monsters using the red lights too." Another S-Rank gives his opinion.
"Oh, good ideas, you guys. The red lights will be like our checkpoints and because they can attract monsters, we need to be careful all the time."
Everyone agrees and they resume their exploration on full alert. Indra plants the red light magic crystals when they can't see the previous lights. The distance between them is around 100 meters each, which is 5 times further than what Indra can see normally in this dungeon.
The monsters should really be attracted by the red lights if they see those. Seeing how no monster appears yet, it means the monsters are still far from them. But they need to stay alert all the time because their senses are obstructed here so the monsters can suddenly appear.
Indra gives them some jerky to chew and candies every hour to keep them energized. They keep staying on their toes all the time, which drain their physical and mental energy, so they need some food they can eat while moving.
As the team's support, Indra needs to make sure everyone is well. Not only food, he needs to keep them hydrated, warm, and have proper rest as well. A support is not a simple role in the team.
This dungeon is really wide. They don't find any monster even after walking for a whole day without even finding the checkpoints they made which means they don't go in circles. Yet they don't find the monsters.
Luckily, there's still the concept of day and night here, so they can rest. There were some Red Gates that didn't have day and night in the past, so the Hunters had difficulties tracking the time inside the dungeon and it messed their sense of time outside for a while.
When night comes, the team stops their exploration and rest. Continuing at night is not a good option because their already bad senses will get worse and it will be much colder at night, which is dangerous.
So they rest and Indra is creating a small dome with his barrier. He even made the floor so no one needs to sleep in the snow. No one also needs to stay awake as a guard because it's completely safe inside the barrier.
"It seems like the blizzard will never stop. This is permanent weather here, the setting of this dungeon, so it won't disappear."
"Yeah, it means we won't find any monsters soon. We might freeze to death before even finding a single trace of monsters."
"But we can only keep moving until we find them. There's no clue or sign that can help us find their locations."
The team is having a discussion while warming themselves with a simple soup. This is a good time for them to discuss their next moves, while resting and sitting around a fire camp.
"Wait! What if we lure them?" Someone suddenly shouts a little.
"What do you mean luring them?" Ragnar asks.
"It's just as I say, baiting them to come to us instead of us searching for them. Look! We couldn't see it before when it was still bright. But now we can see some red lights while we could only see the closest one before."
Everyone looks at where he points at and sees 4 other red pillars. This doesn't mean their sights have gotten better, but the red lights are more visible because the surroundings are dark.
"So you want to lure them here now? Mate, even if they come, we'll have a hard time fighting them in the dark. And we need to rest, we need to sleep to fight properly."
"I know. But this is a very good chance to finally get the monsters."
The S-Ranks are debating while Ragnar is relaxing and minding his own business on the side. He wants to enjoy his warm soup and doesn't want to get involved yet.
As for Indra, he is thinking alone without joining the heated up discussion. "That's actually a good idea. As he says, this might be our best chance to do that."
"Huh?"
"Are you serious Boss Indra?"
Everyone else looks at Indra confusedly because he is the one who says they really need to rest properly.
"Yeah, don't worry. We will still rest well tonight. Trust me bro."
They look at each other before sighing and agree to follow whatever the plan that Indra has. So Indra quickly executes his plan. He takes out some rather big magic crystals from his inventory.
Then he carves runes on the magic crystals, similar to the ones he used before. But there are some differences that only Indra knows.
Indra then puts the magic crystals around the barrier dome and activates the runes. They shoot red lights that are brighter than before and the lights even move around as if they're dancing.
"We just need some music to turn this into a party."
"Yeah, but it's too bright now. I don't think I can sleep at all under these lights."
The hunters are impressed but also worried they can't sleep. So Indra does something to his barrier. He uses his Rune Magic to make the barrier black to block the light and also makes it sound proof.
"Let's sleep. We'll find out if the lights attracted monsters tomorrow morning."
They sleep and when they wake up in the morning, their camp is already surrounded by monsters.
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