DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level Volume 11 (Light Novel) (eBook)

Tarisa Warinai (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-7368-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Kanami, Liner, and Titee have finally escaped from the Dungeon and reached the surface. They retrace the steps of their scattered friends and arrive in Whoseyards, which has changed dramatically in the year they were gone. Kanami meets his friends from the past and is finally reunited with his beloved Lastiara, but for some reason, she refuses to accompany him on his next journey. What path will Kanami take in the midst of a tangled relationship, reunions, and breakups a thousand and one years in the making?!

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“That’s why I haven’t been keeping up with what’s been going on in the Allied Nations. I was wondering if you could give me a quick rundown?”

“Sure, if that’s what you want,” Ragne said gladly, thumping a hand on her modest chest.

I took advantage of her kindness and asked her questions without hesitation. “First of all, what’s up with Whoseyards? Isn’t it all a bit much?”

“Well, Whoseyards is the best in the world these days. In the past year, we’ve been able to bring all the troubles here in the South under control and have become the head of the Allied Nations. It’s similar on the Mainland, and the world now revolves around us.”

“It’s amazing that it only took one year. But why so suddenly?”

“It’s all thanks to the power of this guy named Ide. In the year you were gone, Mr. Kanami, he did a great job. He’s basically worthy of being in history books now.”

Ide. The Thief of Wood’s Essence. I’d known he had to have been behind it. The expressions on the faces of Titee and Liner, who were acquainted with the man, changed.

“Ide... What did he do to Whoseyards?” I asked.

“He provided a great deal of technology and information,” Ragne said. “And, well, as I recall, he improved the leylines, established new means of transportation, improved trade conditions, stabilized agriculture and industry across the countries, and standardized the treatment of slaves. But not all of this has spread easily to other countries yet. There were many things that I, as a knight, couldn’t understand, so I don’t think the general population understood them any better.”

My face twitched at the mere mention of these things. Although he was from a thousand years ago, Ide had been influencing the world without any mercy.

“The greatest achievement of all is the advancement of magic technology. That’s easy to understand, so anyone can see how great it is,” Ragne continued.

“What kind of things did he do?” I asked.

“He’s proven that anyone can control the magic in this world. The magic textbooks of the Eltraliew Academy were completely rewritten. Thanks to that, the standards for mages have risen considerably.”

So far, all of Ide’s achievements seemed to be for the benefit of the people. I was surprised by how much he’d interfered with the world, but maybe he was just doing what he could for the sake of everyone in it.

“The number of incantations have also increased dramatically. The worst part of it all is the phenomenon called Compensation that occurs with the incantations.”

I immediately retracted my earlier thought.

“Compensation is a technique to squeeze out magic ability beyond one’s limits, so the value of people who can use magic has increased significantly. Also, speaking of magic, the country’s been revealing various secret magic techniques. One of the most famous is how to create Jewelculi. There was an uproar when the Jewelculi research institute was shut down altogether due to Ide’s revelation. It’s been about half a year, I think.”

Ide was doing whatever he wanted. I raised dealing with him to the top of my priorities list.

“Hey, Ragne...do you happen to know where Ide is now?” I asked. I had an idea about it but wanted to confirm what he might be up to.

“That’s the thing! It’s a really big problem! Ide pulled out all the money and personal connections from the Allied Nations and defected to our enemy, the North! It was a big deal! And then, as if following the legend of a thousand years ago, he founded a country with someone called the Sovereign King Lorde as its ruler! He started acting as the Chancellor up there. This new country is very strong. The Border War on the mainland, which was supposed to be in a temporary truce after the Great Calamity that happened a year ago, has intensified again, and everyone’s on edge. I’m not sure what to do about it. And that’s also how I ended up as the Head Knight.”

The Great Calamity she referred to was probably the battle between Palinchron and me. Even though so many people had been swallowed up by the World Restoration Array, Ide had rebuilt the world in just a year. And if I wasn’t mistaken, it was to continue the battle between the Northern Alliance and the Southern Alliance from a thousand years ago. And the reason he’d gone to such lengths to make Whoseyards the center of prosperity in the South was likely to recreate the exact conditions from the past.

We’d already known that all of Ide’s actions over the last year had been for Lorde.

“He’s really going all out, huh?” Titee muttered.

I looked back at her, and her expression was dark. Liner and I wore similar expressions.

“Oh? What’s the matter? As long as we’re here in the Allied Nations, it’s not really anything that concerns us, right? Did I say something bad?” Ragne asked, flustered by the sudden darkening of the atmosphere. It seemed she thought she’d misstepped.

“No, it’s nothing you said, Ragne. Thanks for telling us so much; it’s really helped,” I replied.

“Um, sure... No problem.”

After all this talk, we arrived in front of the main hall of the cathedral and pushed open the door, which was covered with layers of sacred magic wards. On the way in, Dimension sensed that Ragne’s gaze was drawn to a certain spot several times. I laid a hand on the sheathed sword at my waist.

“Um, Ragne, are you interested in my sword?” I asked.

“You got me, I guess. You’re really sharp,” she replied.

“Looking is fine, but do you want to hold it?” I asked. I was curious about something. Once, after the final match of the Brawl, Ragne had held this treasured sword in her hand. At that time, I’d felt an unidentifiable chill. I wanted to take this opportunity to find out what it was.

“No, thank you,” she said quickly, shaking her head with a nonchalant smile. “Honestly, as a knight, I want a famous sword. I really looked up to Lorwen as a swordsman, and I’m sure I could use that blade well. But over the past year, I’ve come to realize that it’s not my primary desire.”

“I see...” I didn’t feel any of the chills from before. Instead, I was now surrounded by the strange sensation that I didn’t know who I was talking to.

“After all, a sword is a sword. I’m more interested in...”

The sensation quickly faded away as Ragne came to a stop.

“Oh, we’re already here. Well, that’s enough idle chitchat. I’ll bring the young lady right away, so please wait here. She’s quite busy these days, so it may take a little while. Please be patient.”

She was back to being her usual self. After showing us around the beautifully appointed parlor, she immediately ran off to fetch Lastiara. As I watched her small figure retreat, Liner sat down on one of the chairs, evidently feeling right at home.

“I’m sure this room is used for guests of honor,” he said. “We might as well relax while we wait.”

Titee and I followed suit and sat down. At that moment, the door to the room, which had just been closed, flew open with a loud bang. In place of Ragne was a priest and two young girls in attendants’ uniforms. I could immediately tell they were high in rank. The priest, looking to be in the prime of his life, had very dark eyes and curly black hair. The two girls behind him were wearing visor-like masks that covered only their eyes. The visors had a stylish pattern on them that matched the girls’ silver hair, but they were too conspicuous to be worn by mere chamberlains.

“The cathedral of Whoseyards is pleased to welcome you. It has been a long time, Master Kanami,” the priest with dark eyes said. He seemed happy to see me.

I, on the other hand, was having trouble coming up with his name. “Umm, well...” I stammered.

Perhaps because of the recent mixture of acquaintances from a thousand years ago, it was hard to wade through all the memories in my head. As I stalled for time, the priest, with a little vein appearing in his temple, announced his name.

“I, Pheydelt, will entertain you all until the arrival of Lady Lastiara. I am that same Pheydelt who once presided over her rebirth!”

“Oh, it’s good to see you again, Mr. Pheydelt.” The memory was vague, but I could kind of remember him. I felt like he’d been there when I’d abducted Lastiara from the cathedral. He was probably the one who’d been screaming repeatedly to get me out of there during the ritual. I’d been brainwashed by Palinchron that day after fighting Alty, the Thief of Fire’s Essence, so I had a dimmer impression of the other events.

“Please forgive me for forgetting you,” I replied noncommittally.

Liner, on the other hand, reacted strongly. “Pheydelt?! Why would someone like you—”

“Master Kanami is a hero worthy of my presence. Besides, I believe I have a deeper connection to you than others,” he answered, a cool look on his face.

He snapped his fingers, and the two girls waiting in the back sprang into action. They took out food and drink from a wheeled cart that they had brought with them and placed them on a nearby table.

In less than a minute, it looked like we’d arrived at a fancy restaurant. Four glasses had been set out for each person, and three...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level
• Illustrationen: Saki Ukai
• Übersetzer: Mac B. Gill
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: action • Fantasy • Isekai • Light Novel • RPG • Strategy • Video game
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-7368-6 / 1718373686
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-7368-6 / 9781718373686