Chapter 177.2
Dungeons were not completely dark. As could be said of any dungeon, due to the nature of the dungeon [to lure in prey], the walls and ceilings in the dungeon emit a faint light and the brightness was about that of a moonlit night, so even those with weak night vision could fight sufficiently if their eyes were accustomed to the darkness.
But that was only in large corridors and halls, and the light did not reach the narrow corridors and divided paths that were the beasts’ nests.
That information would be a key point in a dungeon fight. The others seemed to think that the small passages in the ceiling and walls were monster dens, but with high Taijutsu, Concealment, and Detection skills, they could be used as raid points.
In fact, the passage near the ceiling I explored was a nest of large bats, which I now used as one of my temporary bases.
On the second day, I examined the beasts in the dungeon.
This dungeon was a [beast dungeon], and the beasts that I defeated could be used as food if I treated them well. In fact, the meat of an unidentified beast was being eaten at the Demon Fort, but it was probably obtained from the dungeon.
There were no ordinary animals in the dungeon, even if they were beasts. There are only monsters in the form of beasts that have been turned into monsters with magical elements. In a normal dungeon, monsters of Rank 1 or so appear in the lower levels, and the difference between floors was limited to the number and frequency of monsters, but that could not be used as a criterion here.
The complexity of the other floors of the dungeon meant that even on a single level, one could encounter large beasts and Rank 2 herds like the one Camille and the others had come in contact with. I have only seen beasts up to Rank 3, but I have the species and their habitat in mind, along with the geography of the dungeon.
On the third day, I decided to look for another entrance.