The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 144: "Nameless Elf-san"

"If I were to say it's a bit noisy, it is indeed noisy... But it's a more ordinary forest than I expected."

Nameless Elf surveyed the forest and murmured.

This is a massive forest that emerged in the ruins of the city of La Colinne in the former Hiers Kingdom, officially called the "La Colinne Forest" according to the management.

She had been active in Portree before, but that country only had ☆1, ☆4, and ☆5 dungeons. Being a player occasionally referred to as a top player, Nameless Elf hesitated to disrupt beginners in ☆1 dungeons. However, charging headfirst into ☆4 or ☆5 dungeons seemed a bit reckless. Although she occasionally peeked into Portree's dungeon strategy threads, parties with at least moderate strength struggled and got wiped out without significant results.

While the party of Nameless Elf might perform better, it was judged that attacking a ☆3 dungeon with known characteristics would be more profitable than venturing into dungeons with only basic information about low-level monsters.

"Spider-type monsters don't appear much in the local areas of Portree. They seem to be in the ☆4 and ☆5 forests, but just hunting small fry in the shallows and retreating is not a bad idea."

It was the first day of dungeon implementation, and such playstyles were possible, but it didn't seem like the approach of top-tier players.

"No, it might be best to wait until enough information about ☆3 is available."

Haruka, a member of the party, spoke up.

Haruka fought as a sword user in the vanguard.

This party consisted of three vanguard members and one rear guard, a team of four with Haruka, Kurumi, and Lamp as the vanguard, and Nameless Elf as the rear guard. All of them were female elves, making for a glamorous team.

Although the vanguard didn't have a clear tank role, the three melee physical jobs constantly switched, attacking and managing aggro alternating. It was a rare type of party where all three served as both tank and attacker by taking turns. While it required highly technical maneuvers, in this game with few instant-death level attacks, they consistently achieved results.

During the raid boss battle with the calamity, they focused on transporting Nameless Elf from Portree and did not participate actively. Even if they had participated, due to the specifications of the artifacts, the number of vanguard members would have been limited, so they would have only been able to do support or undead hunting in the capital.

"Like the calamity, if all attacks are at an insta-death level or there are broken enemies, we won't be able to handle it. We need to gather some information."

"Well, we're paper armor after all."

Kurumi and Lamp had a point. While they didn't doubt their defense and evasion abilities, compared to dedicated tanks, they might fall short.

"Well, that's true."

With Haruka's agreement, they decided to start the conquest in earnest.

From what they gathered on social media, it seemed that parties of about intermediate strength could fight reasonably well. The forest might be a relatively easy field for them.

They hadn't found a clear strategy for conquering the ever-changing dungeon. However, the parties that managed to escape had carefully managed their directions, always advancing in the direction they came from even if they got lost. Many parties had members die in the process, but compared to them, Nameless Elf's party had much higher capabilities. With luck, they might be able to escape without casualties.