Chapter 37 Crystal Cave Floor 1
"Why don't we start exploring? The lower floors usually take about thirty minutes for it to be completed. We don't have time to waste." So, making the call, we started exploring.
This place wasn't as narrow as I thought it to be for a cave. With the cave being 30 meters wide and having a height of 5 meters, we have enough space to fight.
The three of us then walked straight forward, and a monster appeared. There were three giant crystal golems. They had a height of two meters with a shiny red core in the middle.
"Serena, I will take two of them while you take the other one!"
"Got it!" Saying that, I aimed at the golem's core and shot my plasma beam at the first golem. I didn't know how many monsters were in the cave, so the amount of mana I used on that attack wasn't much.
The magic attack landed and instantly destroyed it. Attacking the second one, I defeated both of them. Serena, on the other hand, had also finished her golem.
"I heard the first floor was easy, but I didn't think it was this easy." I honestly thought that the first floor would be harder, I didn't do much, and I had already destroyed the golems.
"The first floor to the tenth floor could be cleared by a first-rank magician. However, the difficulty would increase once we get to the eleventh floor."
"Look at the shiny thing that they dropped!" Olivia screamed in excitement. People usually do like shiny objects. After all, they're eye candies, after all.
Olivia, who was picking them up, showed us what they were. "Three small mana cores and some crystallized stone," Serena told us what they were. It was a shame that we couldn't take anything from the dungeon unless they were from monsters. These crystallized stones could be objects used to make armor or a weapon to conduct mana.
"Let's continue exploring." Finishing everything in this place, we delved deeper into the cave. This time a different monster had appeared. Four crystal dogs were sitting on the ground, looking asleep.
"I will deal with all of them at once," I whispered to them, not wanting to wake them up. Seeing that both Olivia and Serena agreed, I made a small sun blasting them with it, exploding. I could feel the breeze of it. It was a shame that I didn't have enough mana to create more mass for my sun. It will be destroyed when that happens or if that happens.
With my explosion, the four crystal dog was destroyed. They didn't even stand a chance against me. So, dropping four small mana cores and some crystal dog bone, we ventured in some more.
"I'm getting bored of this place. I don't want this place to be worse in my eyes. So let's just beat the boss." Even if the scenery was incredible, everything else was boring. I wanted to have some excitement here.
"It's rare for you to complain openly," Serena told me her thoughts. Olivia also widened when she heard that.
"Can you blame me? I was so excited to visit this place; the first floor is too easy." I spoke to them about my true thoughts. Olivia gave me a nervous chuckle hearing that.
"Serena, do you want to deal with the enemies? I doubt that the both of us would need to fight together."
"I don't mind testing my magic on them." She calmly said.
We continued walking deeper into the cave. Dealing with a few more monsters like a breeze, Serena had items dropping. There wasn't any item that looked rare from the looks of it.
"Hey, Olivia." She was looking around, focusing on our surroundings.
"Hmm?" Catching her attention, she looked at me cutely, unaware of what I would ask of her.
"Can I play with your breast?" I don't know why but squeezing them was something that would calm me down. I didn't need to think much when playing with them.
She was flustered listening to a random request of mine. Of course, it was unreasonable for me to say that but playing with something soft is quite entertaining.
Olivia nodded shyly, looking away. Going behind her, I gently grabbed her, and we continued exploring. She was quietly looking down, unsure what to do. Her breathing was ragged.
Serena, who saw what we were doing, sighed. She was already getting used to it. Serena knew nothing would change if she glared at Olivia in jealousy. She had accepted that they would need to share him. She also knew I favored Olivia a little more due to her adorable personality, someone easy to pick on.
Having to fight every monster in the cave, they finally reached the end. There was a gate blocking the path. It was a steel door, unusual for a place like this.
"Looks like we made it to the end, Serena. Do you wanna take a break to fight it, or should I just destroy it?" I didn't care what method we used. I wanted to see what she wanted.
"I want to beat it," Serena said she was someone who liked to achieve something. So it wasn't surprising for her to want to fight it.
Olivia, using her magic, made us drinks, refreshing us. "Olivia, you really shouldn't doubt yourself with that magic. It's a lifesaver and good magic that would help anyone. With you, we could easily continue without taking too long to rest." I spoke the truth. Olivia was someone who couldn't believe much about herself. I wanted to help her tackle that problem, at the very least.
"He's right, you might not be as good as me, but your magic is very convenient. It's too bad my magic has some limitations preventing them from doing stuff like that." Serena complimented her in her own way, it wasn't great, but it was better than looking down on her entirely from the first time she met her.
Olivia shed some tears, tears of happiness. While I often complimented her, Serena rarely did; it made her feel better about hearing that.
Finishing our rest, we started pushing the steel door and went in.