Oh, it’s good. I can taste it, so it’s not like I can’t try food. I guess that makes sense, though—I mean, I do have fangs and a tongue.
“Thanks for the meal.”
Let’s look at the other stalls. So there’re armor shops, weapons shops, and tool shops as well. Looks like there’re all sorts of things for sale here; pretty much anything adventurers would need. Buuut I can’t tell what any of them do... I wonder if I could if I had some kinda Appraisal-type skill? Anyway, everything seems useful, so I’ll just grab it all for now.
I took anything that caught my eye and threw it inside me. Not for eating, obviously, but for storage. After I’d finished looting the place, I turned to my original objective: exploring the east side.
After a while, I came upon an elevator. It was the one I’d originally ridden in to get to this floor.
Hm, the first underground floor is too easy, so let’s try going lower.
*KerSNAP!*
But when I tried to approach the elevator, something repelled me.
Huh? Is there something there?
I gently extended my hand.
*KerSNAP!*
As I thought, there’s something blocking me. An invisible wall?
Apparently, I couldn’t make use of the elevator.
Hmmm... I rode on it to come here, so maybe I can’t use it when it’s just me? Well, there’s no point thinking about it when I can’t use it. Let’s just move on.
*Clack, clack, clack.*
After some exploration, I found a 2x2 block room. There was a huge, impressive-looking piggie inside. It donned armor and a mantle, and it looked slightly more important than your run-of-the-mill orc.
Ahh, so I guess this is, like, the first-floor boss? I can see stairs leading down in the back.
“Hello!”
“Oink oink!”
When I raised my hand, the boss orc did the same. His friendly reaction told me that he wasn’t a bad one.
I continued walking towards the stairs, but that turned out to be a futile effort too. There was another invisible wall, just like with the elevator.
“So I really can’t head down, huh?”
“Oink oink.” The boss orc slowly shook his head.
So, it finally dawned on me that I couldn’t leave the first underground floor.
Seems like I’ll just need to do my best here for the season.
I went back to the starting square. All the survivors—those managing the stalls—had vanished.
I was told that I would die if I went outside, but I decided to try the stairs upward anyway.
Yep, there’s another invisible wall here. Just as I thought. Well, if I’m gonna be a monster on this floor, why not give it everything I’ve got?
That was when an adventurer came down the stairs. He froze upon seeing the state of the square.
“Wha—?! What the hell?!”
“Explosive Legs!”
*KaBOOM!*
Yeah... Wouldn’t the most efficient way be to just wait here for adventurers to come down?