Dawn Traveler Chapter 24

Sorry for the wait. Here’s the chapter. Readers of DDLW the next ch will probably be posted tomorrow, hopefully.

Enjoy~

DISCLAIMER: I do not guarantee the accuracy of this translation.

Tl: DarkNari

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The Beginning of Experience (Part 3)

"오랜만에 넓은 평원을 보는군. 새소리가 뚝 끊겼어."
"It's been a long time since we saw a wide plain. The birdsong has cut off."

"The territory of Earl Parker is that way. I think we can get there before the sun goes down today."

"Kuahhh. I feel like I'm alive now that we have come out of the forest. It would be nice to have a cool beer and relax."

"On the way back let's try and stop at a bar in Ellim. Even if we can only buy alcohol brewed by farmers."

"Alright, I'd like some too."

Rendall, Laeli, Nedhand, Herz, Grona and Jess exited the Elven Forest.

In the Elven Forest, Jess was the guide.

He went to many places while running around breathing in the breath of the forest and playing with Alrium.

The reason he knew his way around the woods was to gather all the herbs, but in any case that trustful aspect of him gave Rendall and Laeli a good feeling.

"Honey, Jess has already grown so big."

"We can increase the amount of training from next month."

Seeing Jess running around with a bow and breathing in the breath of the forest, Nedhand let out a loud boisterous laugh at how adorable he was.

Moving through the Elven Forest they exited at the place closest to Earl Parker' territory and travelled until nightfall.

The tomb robbers had to hurry and find the dungeon because it was better not to be seen by people until they had finished their work. (Darknari: I really want to call them tomb raiders, what do you guys think?)

"Hmm. First of all, it seems that this mana wavelength is unstable."

After arriving at the teritory of Earl Parker Herze observed the flow of mana in the sky.
6서클의 마법사이기에 과거보다 수색 범위가 훨씬 넓어진 것이다.
Since he is a 6th circle magician his search range is much wider than it was in the past.

Of course, if the magic that disguised the dungeon was active like normal, it would not have been so easily found.

"Is it far?"
"아닐세. 걸어서 2시간 정도."
"No. About two hours on foot."

"Let’s go."

The party walked towards the dungeon, and they could not stop lamenting that
불과 1, 2년 전만 하더라도 밀과 보리가 풍성하게 자랐던 땅에는 무성한 잡초들이 자리를 차지하고 있었다.
the land where wheat and barley grew abundantly only a year or two ago was now occupied by lush weeds.

The bones of the humans that had not been rescued were everywhere and many of those remains were of young children and women.

"Seeing how there are not that many male bodies, they must have become conscripts and had died fighting elsewhere."

"When looking at the state of these bones, some children seem to have been eaten."

"Sends a chill down one's spine."

Laeli covered Jess's eyes from the cruel sight.

It was the heart of a mother that did not want to give her young child a big psychological shock that would have a life-time impact.

"My boy, you should not see this."

"Yes, mom."

Jess saw a bunch of bones through her fingers.

Well, if I mess up and get caught by the Phraison tribe I guess I would end up like that.

He held almost no fear of the corpses.

Since he was very young he had seen many bodies of monsters and humans while being carried on Grona's back.

In reality, the fear or risk of death was much less. There were dangerous incidents, but it didn’t happen very often. (Darknari: He's talking about the other world here)

However in this world, death may come suddenly and without any reason.

It was fun to pursue endless strength through training, but he wanted to live as long as possible.

Will the Phraison tribe boil me? No. They're simple so they might just grill me……. (Darknari: google gave me "Will the Pharisee breed me?" o_O)

As it became night, they moved slowly while thinking useless thoughts.

They tread on the white bones that gave a bluish glow.

On account of not taking up torches, it was dark and the gra.s.s and branches were rustling from the wind blowing and making strange noises.

Everyone felt spooked, but they were able to thoroughly suppress it since they had a lot of experience robbing tombs.

For a robber, a corpse is not much different from a merchandise display.

Jess is also old enough to know what is really scary.

There is nothing as scary as my mom's, Laeli's, scolding. My dad freezes and can't move an inch when she does.

Herze continued to monitor the discrepancy of the mana.

"I think it’s near here. It seems that the magic is disintegrating at a fast pace as the waves of mana are scattered lightly."

The entrance to the dungeon was past the two mountains from the castle of Earl Parker.

It was a difficult place to find because it was camouflaged by magic and in a dense forest where there was no reason for people to visit frequently.

Shortly after Herz restored the unstable mana, as if it was a lie the entrance to the dungeon was revealed.

"I’ll go in first."

"Let's go in together."

Randall and Nedhand stepped into the cave with their weapons pulled out.

Jess took out the bow that was presented to him by Lisianthus.

If there are monsters, I should use it. I should be of enough help with this.

He was even wearing a sword at his waist.

It was a small sword that Rendall bought at a smithy in Ellim.

This gave Grona the impression that the baby she used to carry around on her back had grown up. She also took out her own bow.

She first made a proposal to Jess.

"Do you want to make a bet?"

"What kind of bet?"

"To catch a lot of monsters. The penalty is was.h.i.+ng dishes."

"Okay."

There is nothing as foolish as fighting an elf in archery. However, it was worth a try since dark elves are more specialized in spirit arts and offensive spells.

Moreover, he learned from Lisianthus, the best archer in the continent, and for a dungeon it was more important to shoot faster than range and accuracy.

Jess and Grona went into the cave, escorting Laeli.

"The door that hides truth. Make what is seen not be seen."

Herz temporarily set up a phantasm spell at the entrance to the dungeon to keep other interlopers from coming in.

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"조심해라."
"Be careful."

"Take it easy, we have the time."

Gis received the support of his uncles and carefully approached to dismantle the traps found in the dungeon.

There were traps built on the floor and walls in the dungeon. Some were magical, but there was also a significant amount of mechanical devices.

In fact, quite a number of first time robbers question the need for mechanical devices in a magician's dungeon.

However for the most part they were very useful.

Magicians would spend their lifetime studying alone, and as such were on guard against burglars who came in pursuit of their treasures and research materials.

At this point, if the intruder is simply a single skillful magician, an arrow launcher and others like it become an effective defense tool.

Even if a thief or a dwarf was involved, it was useful as a means of buying time to vacate the place or prepare to fight the enemy.

The magicians could set up offensive and defensive magic formations beforehand in their dungeon that could be invoked at a later time.

After the death of the magician, they served the role of protecting the research records, materials, the body, but it was more reliably used for their survival.

"At least two of the three lines connected to the trap are fake……. No. Looking at the precision of the other traps, they could all be fake."

Jess found the line that was the real trigger for the trap under a stone. When pressure was applied, the trap was the kind that spewed out a poisonous liquid.

"The way to dismantle it is to neutralize or seal the poison, but that is idiotic and takes too much effort……. Let’s see."

He dug up a few more stones and found a knot. If he untied it and tied it to the ring that protrudes next to it, the trap will temporarily stop working.

In places such as a magician's dungeon, most of the traps were devices that could be temporarily stopped because they also had to consider the convenience of the inhabitants.

"Hm. Well done."

Nedhand nodded as he watched his meticulous handling of the trap.

Since magicians were not experts in traps, there were a lot of parts that were lax in the setup of the machinery.

They were clever to set up the traps, but when finis.h.i.+ng it off they were lacking in duplicity.

What was really difficult to dismantle were the traps in a tomb of those of the high n.o.bility.

This was because they put in a lot of money to get specialized engineers to install hazardous traps with double or triple steps. (Darknari: can someone help me out with word choice here, steps/contingencies/anything else? Help nothing sounds right)

However most of the traps could be safely dismantled if they were discovered.

Since the tomb robbers were constantly improving their skills as well.

"Then let's keep moving forward. Looking at the magic devices, the magician was at a considerable level."

"It seems it was worthwhile to come here."

"I hope we get good pickings after such a long time……."

The exploration continued once more.

The places where the traps were hidden were found by Jess and Nedhand, and Jess was in charge of dismantling them.

With so many years having pa.s.sed by the traps did not function properly or became useless enough not to be dangerous, so for Jess it became a good practice for tomb robbing.

After walking for a while, Nedhand was in awe at extent of the dungeon.

"It’s a fairly deep dungeon."
"들어온 지 20분은 넘은 것 같죠. 이렇게 깊게 뚫으려면 마법사의 마력이 상당했겠어요."
"I think it’s been over 20 minutes since we arrived. To have penetrated this deeply, the magic power of the magician would have been considerable."

Grona was very interested in this magician.

Together with Herz, she was able to compose simple magic as a dark elf.

"Magicians are the type to be fond of mysterious things, so there might not be many treasures. But I wonder what kind of research he was doing."

Herz was much more hopeful because the dungeon was not too small. Then when they tried to turn around the corner, Jess held them back.

"Wait."

"What’s wrong?"

"What’s the matter?"

"You may stop if you are frightened. You've done well until now."

"Take a little rest if you find it difficult."

From just a single word from Jess, Laeli, Nedhand, Rendall, and Grona immediately expressed concern!

In training they were harsh, but in practice they didn't want him to over exert himself if there was a lot of danger. But that wasn’t why Jess stopped.

– 침입자를 물리친다. 침입자를 물리친다.
[Repel the intruders. Repel the intruders.]

강한 마음이 앞에서 전해지고 있었기 때문이다.

The reason was that a strong will was being conveyed ahead of them.