Chapter 20: Formation of the First Party in the Dungeon

"It's hard to defeat the monsters in the dungeon?" Ars asked with a relaxed smile.

"It's not too difficult to fight with monsters of equivalent level or one higher level compared to us" Rayleigh shook his head, "The difficulty is to fight monsters with a level that is already three to four times higher compared to our level. The distinction of power status is very influential in the dungeon"

"You have to start paying attention to that, Rayleigh" Ars said, "Unlike in the outside world where even if it's only a little different in power, there are many other factors that can support it. But in the dungeon, the difference in status can also greatly affect the battle. You can also overcome this by using equipment that can increase the strength of your status. But..."

"I know" Rayleigh nodded, "My current financial condition is difficult. I never thought that the current money is so precious"

"Hahaha, you know, money is indeed very valuable, especially for meeting daily needs" Ars laughed happily, "I have confirmed your mission reporting. You can already see your status panel. All the mission rewards are there"

"Already?"

Rayleigh was surprised by this. Rayleigh then immediately entered his status panel and immediately confirmed that he had earned 5 silver coins and 500 Exp points according to the mission reward he was about to receive.

"By the way, why don't you all complete the mission of collecting Grisal Plants?" Ars asked with interest, "You are in the outer zone, Grisal plants are quite common plants outside the safe zone. This means that it is very easy to get. Why don't you finish that second mission of yours?"

"I haven't done any mission confirmation to the person who issued the mission"

"Hmm, I see" Ars nodded.

While Ars and Rayleigh talked to each other. Hancock and his two sisters are also currently in talks.

"Senior Sister, what do you think? Do we have to do the movement individually or create a party?" Sandersonia asked with interest.

Marigolds are silent and waiting for the decision made by Hancock.

"We will form a party," Hancock said calmly, "Although there are losses obtained by us later by dividing the amount of Exp obtained by us at the time of obtaining the mission reward. We can cover that by taking on a large number of missions as well as aiming for higher-income missions."

"Isn't it a problem to take a large number of missions?" Marigold asked strangely. "I don't think Ars ever said this to us even Shakky and also Rayleigh never told us how many missions could be taken"

"Ars" Hancock immediately called Ars where he was currently talking to Rayleigh.

"Hmm?" Ars immediately stared at Hancock along with Rayleigh.

"How many maximum missions can a party take?" Hancock asked.

"How many? The maximum mission you can take in one take is 5 missions" Ars said calmly, "Meanwhile if the five missions have been completed, you can do it again. In the calculation of taking missions every day, there is no limit. There are only restrictions on taking missions in one take only"

Ars paused and continued, "It seems that you guys have already decided to form a party. Do you want to make up for the shortcomings of the formation of the party by taking a large number of missions?"

"Yes. Is there anything wrong?" Hancock asked, raising her forehead.

"There is nothing wrong" Ars shook his head, "It's also one way to do it. However, every day the missions inside the dungeon are always getting updates. My advice is that you guys should take one or two missions in one take and don't take a large number of missions right away. Because it is possible that at the time of the retrieval, you at that time of the day could not complete the mission while the next day there was a mission that was easier than the mission you had with a greater amount of income than the mission you currently have"

"I think we can listen to the advice that Ars gave, Big Sister," Marigold said, "Moreover, with only two missions alone, with us forming a group, we will be able to complete it quickly. In addition, we will also always meet with the mission board because we have to do reporting every time a mission is completed."

"Yes," Hancock nodded after thinking for a while, "Sonia, Mari. Let's make a party"

"Fine, Big Sister," Sandersonia and Marigold said excitedly.

They immediately began to form their party.

"Isn't it okay to take a mission at a time when you still have a mission to do?" Rayleigh asked after thinking about the question asked by Hancock before.

"As long as the person or group does not have 5 missions. They can take the mission back" Ars said calmly, "However, this is only the current rule"

"At this time?" Rayleigh asked, lifting his forehead.

"At present, the number of adventurers is only small and there is still the freedom to be able to take on a large number of missions. Meanwhile, at a later time, the number of adventurers will increase. There will be a limit to the number of missions that can be taken by adventurers, especially for missions on the lower floors such as the 1st to 10th floors where it is likely that many adventurers will gather on this floor. Later on this floor, there will be restrictions on missions that can be taken such as adventurers can only take one mission from one task"

"That's fair enough" Rayleigh nodded, "Considering that later in the future there will be many who come here at least it is likely that the majority of the world's population will come here for adventure. Surely many will not get a mission if an adventurer is exploring the mission at hand" Rayleigh paused and continued, "I am quite interested, what if this place is already known to many people? This place is too small to accommodate a large number of people"

"I just need to change places," Ars said calmly, "When the number of adventurers has increased a lot, I will probably change locations later"

"Change location?" Rayleigh asked with interest.

"The location where I moved is still in this Grand Line territory," Ars said, "I wouldn't have any thoughts of going to the New World. Because not everyone can go there. As for the Grand Line, although also due to natural conditions and also difficult conditions, makes it difficult for many people to survive here. Comparing it to the New World, however. That's one, two very different things"

Rayleigh nodded and continued, "Well, I think I'd better continue my mission. I am also quite interested in the sky island in the dungeon"

"You will be able to get there soon," Ars said with a smile, "The scenery there is very beautiful. If you've ever gone to Sky Island then get off there at a low speed. You can see the scenery of the world's oceans. While on that sky island, you will be able to see directly the geographic view from the 1st floor of the dungeon"

"This makes me even more interested in going there. In that case, I'm leaving first" Rayleigh immediately turned away leaving Ars to enter the dungeon through the entrance portal.

After Rayleigh entered the dungeon. Hancock and his two sisters along with Solome also entered the dungeon through the entrance portal.

Dungeon, 1st Floor, Atlantis City, City Park.

By the time Hancock and his two sisters entered the dungeon and arrived at the city park of Atlantis City. The three of them were immediately shocked by the scenery of the dungeon because it was almost exactly like the outside world. The only difference is that many different races live there.

"What is this inside the dungeon?... It's amazing" Sandersonia muttered in surprise as she glanced toward the entire city park.

Hancock and Marigold were also quite surprised by the inside view of the dungeon.

"Hancock" Along with that, there was a sudden sound from Rayleigh who was indeed in charge.

The three of them immediately turned around and looked at Rayleigh who was close to them, "What are you guys going to do after this? Take a walk to see the dungeon or directly take a mission?"

"We will directly take the mission" Hancock replied calmly, "A walk can be done later. The current priority is to increase strength"

Sandersonia and Marigold nodded seriously.

"I see" Rayleigh nodded, "Well, if you guys need something like you want to walk around in this dungeon. You guys can contact me. I am quite familiar with this place and many of its places are also known to me. I will help to introduce it to you guys"

"I understand" Hancock nodded.

After saying the thing he wanted to say, Rayleigh immediately went to continue the mission possessed by him.

"Sonia, Mari. Let's take a look at the mission we can carry out"

"Okay, Big Sister"

The three of them immediately went down to the mission board there and began to look around the missions offered there. There are a lot of missions there where it makes them quite a lot of options to carry them out.

"Senior sister, how about we carry out this mission?" Sandersonia asked as she picked up the mission sheet and handed it to Hancock.

Hancock immediately saw the mission.

Needed! Adventurers or Parties who can help to carry out the extermination of the bandit group that is currently building an existing camp in the 3 kilometers of the southern area of the outer zone of Atlantis City. Mission rewards 20 silver coins and 2000 Exp points.

"What do you think, Big Sister? I think this mission is a suitable mission for us to do, especially since the number of rewards obtained in this mission is also relatively high compared to other missions."

"This mission is indeed very good. We could also kill those disgusting bandits" Hancock nodded then her gaze went towards Marigold, "Did you find an interesting mission, Come on?"

Marigold nodded and immediately took off the sheet of the mission poster and said, "What do you think of this mission, Big Sister?"

Needed! Adventurer or Party to investigate the underground maze that has just appeared 10 kilometers north of the outer zone of Atlantis City. Mission rewards 50 silver coins and 5000 Exp points.

"Underground labyrinth?" Hancock muttered seriously.

"It's a very good mission," Sandersonia said excitedly: "Big Sister, how about we take this mission– No, we took these two missions. These two missions can give us very large rewards, especially the missions obtained by Mari. We just need to do an investigation in the underground maze and then give our findings there."

"What do you think, Big Sister?" Asked Marigold back.

"All right. Let's do this mission" Hancock nodded.

Sandersonia and Marigold heard this very pleased. Although they do not yet know what the underground labyrinth is like. They knew that there they were just doing investigations and also even though they died later. Right now they don't have anything that will fall by the time they die. They used their advantage.

After getting the mission to be performed, Hancock and his two sisters went straight back into the Guild and immediately handed over the two missions to Ars.

"The annihilation of bandits and also the investigation of the maze?" Ars asked, holding up his forehead, "This mission? Isn't this mission going to lead... Ah, it's really interesting. I didn't expect that they would get a mission tucked away by me. I guess it's okay for them to do this mission—Maybe adding Rayleigh is pretty good."

"Is there anything wrong, Ars?" Hancock asked strangely staring at Ars who had been silent for a few seconds after they gave up this mission.

"No, no, nothing" Ars shook his head immediately.

"Ars, what is an underground maze?" Sandersonia asked puzzledly.

"An underground labyrinth is a place like a maze found underground. Usually, this kind of underground maze has monsters, traps, and others" Ars paused and continued, "Are you sure you guys are going to take a mission to conduct an underground maze investigation?"

"What do you mean? Do you think we can't complete that mission?" Hancock asked grimly and also annoyed.

"Who said so, Hancock?" Ars asked strangely, "I just want to confirm it. Are you guys going to do this investigation mission or not"

"Of course! Hmph! Do you think we will take back the thing that was already taken?" Hancock asked proudly.

"I don't think so" Ars shook his head, "My suggestion is if you want to do this dungeon investigation mission. Do it together with Rayleigh"

"Rayleigh?" Marigold asked strangely.

"Why should it be together with him? Can't we do it ourselves?" Hancock asked back.

"There is a lot of uncertainty that exists in the dungeon," Ars said, "You guys look at Rayleigh before. Although he has the ability and experience, he almost feels death even though the missions performed by him are classified as low-level missions. This is because of his carelessness factor which makes it easy to complete a mission. This mission you take can be said to be a middle-level mission that will soon become a top-level mission within the 1st floor. The underground labyrinth has a lot of uncertainty there. But, it also depends on you. Want to listen to my advice or not? It's all the decision you guys made"

Along with his words, Ars had also confirmed the mission, and panels from the mission immediately appeared in the view to the left of Hancock and his two sisters.

"Hmph! Mari, Sonia. Let's go" Hancock sniffed with pride and turned away leaving the venue.

Sandersonia and Marigold quickly bowed their heads slightly to Ars as a sign of their apologies for Hancock's attitude and immediately followed Hancock into the dungeon.

"It's a very troublesome attitude" Ars sighed, "I hope that by the time he feels the death in the dungeon, his attitude changes for the better"