Chapter 162: Alex's Hell Desert Adventure
Chapter 162: Alex's Hell Desert Adventure
Vrooooooommmmmm!!! *Roaring Machine SFX
Within the endless desert, a heavy-looking monster vehicle moving at a fast speed, creating a storm of dust behind it.
The sands can't hinder it a bit as it continues past through the sand dunes recklessly.
Inside the steel car of monstrosity, I sitting on the driver seat with Alexa beside me.
She was concentrating on the scenery in front of her, trying to finding a path for me and guiding me in the right direction.
It has been already a week since we use this Monster Car to explore the Hell desert.
In this past week, we already conquered 4 floors, and proceed to the 44th floor with Alexa's guidance.
Just like what she said about being an expert in the desert when we first taking our step on the 41st floor, after the first sandstorm pass through our place on the centaur gold mine, she successfully deciphered our coordinate and the direction for us to conquer the Hell desert.
Considering the possibility of the next floor of the hell desert was the same world as the 41st floor, Alexa trying to use the coordinate reference of the 41st floor to conquer the next upper floor.
Luckily, it seems her guess was spot on, thus we can conquering the next floors quite smoothly.
Even though I said it lightly, but the journey actually was not as easy as I said.
Throughout the journey, we faced a lot of trouble.
From the desert monster to the wandering centaur tribe and sandstorm.
All the time, we forcing past through any obstacles while inside this vehicle.
When it came to battle, we reckoned on using a ranged attack rather than using melee attacks and leave our vehicle.
Considering our way of fighting, basically, the one who worked the most during the battle was Anna and me.
After all, we are the ones who had a powerful range attack.
With me controlling my Sword Qi, and Anna who moved on top of the magic car with her bow and started shooting arrows, we killing and slaughtering every monster who trying to hinder us along the way at a fast speed while moving with our car.
On the other hand, Anni and Alexa, they will assist from the side with their throwing skill.
Ma there's some exception for Anni though.
Since I temporarily put some magic skill on her, she can do more than assist us throughout the battle with her simple magic.
If you guys wondering why I didn't paste the magic skill on her for real, it's because she was the one who didn't agree with it.
She explained that magic will only hinder her progress in mastering her combat style and developed her unique style of fighting.
At that time, when I heard Anni's reason, I began to recall that my combat style is still messed up somehow.
Even though I already chose which skill that I will focus on developing right now, but my combat style is still quite random since there are too many skills under my sleeve.
It's not that I did not realize it sooner before, but even though I know it, I still didn't know what is best for myself.
After all, if I didn't realize it at all, I will not purposely save quite a lot of combat skill on my skill storage lying idle.
Considering my current situation, as expected, finding a suitable teacher is the best option for me if I want to find a path that suitable for me.
Ma I can think about this in a more detailed manner later.
For now, before the story shifted and running in a more random direction, we better stop talking about my battle style development.
After all, It would be better if we talk about this topic further when I already find a teacher in the future.
Back to the monster that we killed along the way.
Maybe you guys wondering, how about the loots dropped by the monster? If it was that problem, the Undead army lying within my shadow already dealt with it.
Of course, during the process, I will stop the magic car and let out my undead army to collect it swiftly.
Thus, we can spend less time collecting loots and spend our time better at exploring the dungeon floor.
During our exploration, we faced a lot of Centaur tribe, but the one which had a permanent settlement can be counted with one hand.
As for the rest, all of them seemingly living by wandering around the desert aimlessly.
Speaking of the Centaur Tribe's permanent hidden settlement, it turned out none of them have something like a hidden gold mine like we previously found.
When I complaining about this thing, Alexa reprimanded me about my ridiculousness.
She told me that the gold mine we found before was like founding a needle inside the haystack.
Only in one on million chance people could found it in this Hell desert.
That's why Alexa told me that I was really lucky to find one on the 41st floor before, considering the last time when an adventurer party finding it was about 5 years ago.
It seems I still underestimated the rareness of this special dungeon ore.
As expected, maybe I should be more grateful for my luck to find the cave full of gold ores in my first exploration and stop being greedy.
Taking it more easy will help me to enjoy the dungeon exploration better after all.
And so, here I am still exploring this Hell desert with my special-built monster magic car.
[haah~ it has been a week, and we only conquered 4 floors.
I wonder how the other coped on conquering these Hell desert floors?
And Alex, if you know to create this amazing thing why are you not creating it sooner?
you know we all feel like a salted fish when we walked throughout the desert before right?
What is the small fan thing called again? Right, air conditioner, this little thing installed inside the car sure is an amazing item!]
While I reminiscing about my experience this past week while driving, Anna who was sitting in the back seat suddenly chimed.
[Hahaha, sorry, I just realize that I can modify my magic car design to help us explore this desert a week ago.
Anyway, since we can explore comfortably like this, isn't it well and all?]
[It's not that I tried complaining or anything...
Anyway, if we were taking a long time like this with this monstrous carriage, I wonder how about the other who exploring these floors without this carriage help?]
.....
[That's why people called the 41st to 60th floor Hell desert.
If all people have ridiculous mean like Alex, there'll be no people called these floors with that name]
Alexa who always seriously observing the scenery from the car's front glass, chimed in our conversation and replied to Anna's question briefly.
'Yes, like what Alexa said, this place was supposed to temper and challenge adventurers...
Not to enjoy a picnic and sightseeing like us.
If what Silver Wolf's purpose was really to make their strength growing further, they must overcome and conquer this floor with their own mean'
While continue driving the car, I tried to comfort myself with this thought.
Deep inside of my heart, I couldn't help myself to worry about their well-being who was struggling in the Hell desert to this day.
As seeing it that my party quite struggling before, I realized that the hell desert was harsher than I expected.
However, I must accept that they already made their own choice.
So even if I feel uncomfortable somewhere in my heart when thinking about their struggle while I, myself comfortably took my journey in these supposed to be harsh environment with ease like this, I still have to respect their feeling and trying to not think about it.
[Alex, go in that direction, I believe there is supposed to be an oasis not far from our place somewhere]
When I absentmindedly driving while having those thoughts, Alexa suddenly said and made me back to my sense.
[Oasis?]
[Yes, I saw a glimpse of a mirage in that direction, I believe if we follow that mirage we can found an Oasis somewhere]
[Is that so? We better check it out then~]
I swerved, and change the direction of the car, to run in the direction pointed by Alexa.
Truth to be told, I myself didn't know what lies inside the Oasis.
But considering this place is a dungeon, there's a possibility that something good can be found in there.
Thus, I didn't fuss too much about it and followed Alexa's guidance to find the Oasis.
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Vroooommmm!!!
Sssszzaaa ssszaaaa* Giant Wheel conquering the desert terrain SFX
.....
Conquering the desert, the monster magic car running through all the sand terrain, moving forward at a fast speed.
After taking about 100km distance, a silhouette of the Oasis gradually became visible in our view.
Seeing this, Alexa who was beside me smiled and turned her head toward my direction.
Seeing her eyes, I know that she's being proud of herself right now.
[It's really Oasis!
Alexa, it seems you really have a qualification to called yourself an expert of the desert]
Looking at the beautiful green scenery with a wide lake in it, not far from the place where our car location, Anna shouted with a bright eye.
[Master, I heard it from lady Chali before, that there's a lot of good thing in the oasis.
There's a lot of rare fruit that have some miraculous effect as well as herbs which are raw ingredients to create a high-level potion being in high-demand on the market, in there.
And also from the information provided by Lady Chali, we can find something good if we fishing something on the lake there]
This time, Anni chimed in, explained more information about the Oasis to me.
[In short, this Oasis is a small treasure trove?]
[Right, I believe before we entered the dungeon, master heard it from lady Chali that we need to bring some fishing rods other than pickaxe and shovel.
That fishing rod is needed on this occasion]
After confirming that there's a lot of good things on the Oasis, my expression became brighter as I started driving my monster magic car to stop not far from it.
Break*
SSSzzzaaaaaa!!!!! *the scattering sand SFX
I pressed the brake and drifting the car before making my Monster Magic Car stop with a style.
Pulling up the hand brake, I turned my head toward the ladies and smile.
[Then, what are you guys waiting for, let's go explore that Oasis and find something good!]
Looking at me who excitedly shouting in high spirit, they silently smiled and nodded their head.