1. DELICIOUS IN DUNGEONCopy !req
2. The third floor of the dungeon,Copy !req
3. after you go through the graveyard
in the tallest tower's forests,Copy !req
4. you'll arrive inside the Golden Castle.Copy !req
5. Once opulent,Copy !req
6. the interior is now covered
in dust and mold,Copy !req
7. a shadow of its former glory.Copy !req
8. Deep within,
footsteps echo through the halls,Copy !req
9. they could belong to another adventurer,Copy !req
10. or to a former resident, now undead.Copy !req
11. -
- That there's a skeleton.Copy !req
12. That's a human.Copy !req
13. -
- That's a ghoul.Copy !req
14. You're weirdly accurate. But how?Copy !req
15. The footsteps of people,
skeletons, and zombiesCopy !req
16. all sound totally different.Copy !req
17. -
- Hmm?Copy !req
18. We'll go left.Copy !req
19. There are Golems down that other corridor.Copy !req
20. Golems, magical creatures
made from mud, dirt, and stone,Copy !req
21. and humanoid in shape,Copy !req
22. puppets that follow their creators
every order.Copy !req
23. Wait.Copy !req
24. Before you say it,
we are not eating Golems!Copy !req
25. They're 99 percent rocks and dirt.Copy !req
26. They're not alive, they're magical.Copy !req
27. - Heck, even I can make one of them.
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28. - Teach me how!
- No.Copy !req
29. If she taught you how,
we all know what you'd do with it.Copy !req
30. If there's Golems down there,
I need to get some things from 'em.Copy !req
31. Follow me.Copy !req
32. My base camp.Copy !req
33. It's not much,
but make yourselves at home.Copy !req
34. Whoa.Copy !req
35. Oh, do you live here?Copy !req
36. Nah, I don't sleep here much.Copy !req
37. I do my hunting
on the second and fourth floors.Copy !req
38. Around about every month or so,Copy !req
39. I go to the village to get spice
and other stuff I'm low on.Copy !req
40. In fact, I ran into you
on my way back from a supply run.Copy !req
41. There's not much to eat here on the third.Copy !req
42. Most of the monsters you find
are either rotten awayCopy !req
43. or just bones walking around.Copy !req
44. But...Copy !req
45. we got Golems!Copy !req
46. Whoo, boy, they are something special!Copy !req
47. Their bodies are filled with nutrients,Copy !req
48. and they maintain
a consistent temperature and humidity.Copy !req
49. A useful critter if there ever was one.Copy !req
50. So what you're saying is...Copy !req
51. you use them as a walking veggie patch?Copy !req
52. That's an affront to farming!Copy !req
53. And to magic scholaring too!Copy !req
54. What's the harm?Copy !req
55. I might not like magic much,
but I dang well appreciate Golems.Copy !req
56. They're a whole lot better
than your average cropland.Copy !req
57. Bugs are never a problem
'cause they kill 'em all.Copy !req
58. They deal with vegetable thieves too.Copy !req
59. Who'd steal veggies off a Golem?Copy !req
60. They keep their water levels perfectCopy !req
61. so they don't dry out.Copy !req
62. And anything you plant on 'em
is guaranteed to grow,Copy !req
63. they do all the hard work for you.Copy !req
64. But like any field of crops,
they need tending now and again.Copy !req
65. That's how come
I set up my base camp here.Copy !req
66. -
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67. No way!Copy !req
68. What are you gonna do?Copy !req
69. - Should we help?
- Nope!Copy !req
70. That's amazing.Copy !req
71. - He knows how to handle 'em.
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72. How does he know
where the magic cores are to disable 'em?Copy !req
73. I think I know how.Copy !req
74. All done.Copy !req
75. You mind helping me harvest
all the veggies off 'em?Copy !req
76. I couldn't even tellCopy !req
77. these were gardens
on their backs at first.Copy !req
78. Since the plants live on the Golems,Copy !req
79. are they like... parasites to them?Copy !req
80. Nope, it's a symbiotic kind of thing.Copy !req
81. Once the plants take root,
they hold the dirt togetherCopy !req
82. and make the Golem's body stronger.Copy !req
83. Really?Copy !req
84. Give me a hand pulling up these weeds.Copy !req
85. Now that's a harvest!Copy !req
86. Finally, we get to eat
some normal vegetables!Copy !req
87. Set the weeds over here
so they can dry out.Copy !req
88. Dead weeds make great fertilizer.Copy !req
89. In fact,
I got a batch ready from last timeCopy !req
90. that I'll bury in the Golems now.Copy !req
91. Huh?Copy !req
92. These jars are filled
with a different kind of fertilizer.Copy !req
93. - I give the Golem a splash of it...
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94. ...and it's good to go!Copy !req
95. I knew it!Copy !req
96. Knew what?Copy !req
97. That's how you knew
where the Golems' cores were!Copy !req
98. You plant them back each time yourself!Copy !req
99. It is a crime, you know.Copy !req
100. Tampering with magical creatures
without permission.Copy !req
101. What crime? I'm just tilling soil
and tending a farm.Copy !req
102. An illegal Golem farm.Copy !req
103. Till the soil up good and dig some ridges.Copy !req
104. Also, never plant the same thing
in the Golem you got it from,Copy !req
105. rotating crops
keeps the soil working right.Copy !req
106. I'm so tired.Copy !req
107. I felt like it took more effort
than fighting monsters.Copy !req
108. Thanks to all your help,
it got done fasterCopy !req
109. than if I did it myself.Copy !req
110. I drank so much water I need to pee.Copy !req
111. All right,
while the elf girl's in the bathroom,Copy !req
112. do me another favor
and help me sweep up this extra dirt.Copy !req
113. Taro, Jiro, Saburo.Copy !req
114. Do they revive right away
after you bury 'em?Copy !req
115. No, it takes a little while.Copy !req
116. The roots need time to grow enough,Copy !req
117. so the dirt doesn't come apart
when the Golem gets up and moves.Copy !req
118. You really do care a lot
about these Golems.Copy !req
119. That's so amazing.Copy !req
120. And you've been doing this
all by yourself.Copy !req
121. Hasn't that been difficult?Copy !req
122. Nothing hard about it at all.Copy !req
123. It's a thing I like doing.Copy !req
124. We're all done!Copy !req
125. Now, let's have a feast
of all the stuff we worked so hard to get.Copy !req
126. What a beautiful color.Copy !req
127. Guess I'm the expert
at peeling things now.Copy !req
128. You want it smaller or is it okay?Copy !req
129. Nah, that's perfect.Copy !req
130. Need to light that fire? I can do it.Copy !req
131. I got my striker and flint for that.Copy !req
132. You don't have to light it that way
all the time.Copy !req
133. It'd be faster with magic.Copy !req
134. How can you like Golems and be anti-magic?Copy !req
135. Every time you do a thing the easy way,Copy !req
136. it dulls your skill for doing it.Copy !req
137. Convenient and simple ain't the same.Copy !req
138. Doing things your way with magicCopy !req
139. is the same
as buying veggies at the store.Copy !req
140. Hmm.Copy !req
141. This is the last of the Basilisk bacon.Copy !req
142. It's ready.Copy !req
143. FRESH VEGETABLE LUNCH
FROM THE GOLEM GARDENCopy !req
144. Thank you for the meal!Copy !req
145. This is so good!Copy !req
146. How can something that grows underground
be this delicious?Copy !req
147. Maybe the veggies taste so good
'cause there's something in the Golem.Copy !req
148. Shut it!Copy !req
149. I don't care if it walks,
it's just a veggie patch.Copy !req
150. Oh, by the way,
if a Golem's body is 99 percent dirt,Copy !req
151. what's the last 1 percent of it?Copy !req
152. -
- That's secret.Copy !req
153. Oh, that hit the spot.Copy !req
154. I'm so stuffed.Copy !req
155. I feel like taking a nap now.Copy !req
156. Go on and take one.Copy !req
157. I got a few chores I need to do anyway.Copy !req
158. Help clean up.Copy !req
159. Gonna hit the head.Copy !req
160. I appreciate having
a nice, clean bathroom way down here.Copy !req
161. It's so much better
than your typical hole dug in the ground.Copy !req
162. In a dungeon
where there's a lot of foot traffic,Copy !req
163. there are designated areas for restrooms.Copy !req
164. They're always so well-maintained,Copy !req
165. some of them even have
fresh flowers in them.Copy !req
166. I wonder who goes to all the trouble?Copy !req
167. Mm?Copy !req
168. Senshi!Copy !req
169. What is it?Copy !req
170. What are you doing?Copy !req
171. I'm gonna fill up my fertilizer potsCopy !req
172. with the slop from the toilets.Copy !req
173. I can't believe
you can do that after eating.Copy !req
174. This is the best fertilizer
we have down here.Copy !req
175. Then the veggies we ate were...Copy !req
176. Get a grip.
That's how it's done up top too.Copy !req
177. Yeah, I know. It's still gross.Copy !req
178. Hey, Senshi. Hang on.Copy !req
179. Why do you go to all this trouble
to live down here?Copy !req
180. No offense, but life's easier up top.Copy !req
181. You can still be self-sufficientCopy !req
182. and do all your farming and hunting
and stuff like that.Copy !req
183. If I lived up there,Copy !req
184. who would keep the bathrooms clean
and stock down here?Copy !req
185. When a zombie's stuck
in a toilet, who'd pull it out?Copy !req
186. Who'd fix the Golems if they fell apart?Copy !req
187. You know,
there used to be ten walking around,Copy !req
188. but now, there's only three.Copy !req
189. If they're gone,Copy !req
190. the monsters from the lower floors
would find their way up here.Copy !req
191. That'll force the monsters
that live here nowCopy !req
192. to go who knows where.Copy !req
193. And those monsters will force
other monsters out of their homes.Copy !req
194. If that happens,
this place will change in a bad way.Copy !req
195. You won't be able to hunt
or even walk around.Copy !req
196. The dungeon is the same as a field.Copy !req
197. If you don't take care of it right,
you can't enjoy what it brings you.Copy !req
198. My thinking is,Copy !req
199. in here, I eat what I grow or hunt,Copy !req
200. but I always give something back to it.Copy !req
201. Living like that
makes me appreciate the dungeon,Copy !req
202. makes me feel like
when I step foot in here,Copy !req
203. I'm a part of it all.Copy !req
204. And that makes me happy.Copy !req
205. But if that's the case,Copy !req
206. is it okay to leave here
to help us on our journey?Copy !req
207. Won't this fall apart without you?Copy !req
208. Nope, I don't have to be here
all the time.Copy !req
209. The Golems can take care of things
for a month or two.Copy !req
210. Besides, if you folks
up and died of malnutrition,Copy !req
211. I'd feel terrible.Copy !req
212. Wait here for me.Copy !req
213. I'll be done in a bit.Copy !req
214. Senshi is so amazing.Copy !req
215. What are we doing carrying all of this?Copy !req
216. I use them to barter with.Copy !req
217. Used to sell 'em from a stand
where I'd leave 'em,Copy !req
218. but that didn't work out.Copy !req
219. You just left them there?Copy !req
220. Honor system.Copy !req
221. I had a treasure chest there
to drop your money.Copy !req
222. But the cash got stolen,
so I stopped doing that.Copy !req
223. No wonder that treasure chest...Copy !req
224. Always had money in it.Copy !req
225. Is this floor the only one
you do your bartering on?Copy !req
226. My usual customers are down a few floors,Copy !req
227. we set up a time to meet,
so they won't be there now.Copy !req
228. I didn't want to leave these
rotting on the Golems,Copy !req
229. but if we can't trade them off,
we'll just have to toss 'em.Copy !req
230. Oh, well.Copy !req
231. That is out of the question!
We can't waste this food!Copy !req
232. After all the work it took to grow,Copy !req
233. it's perfect and shiny and delicious.Copy !req
234. Veggie lover.Copy !req
235. Let's keep going.Copy !req
236. With any luck, we'll find someone
on this floor who wants 'em.Copy !req
237. This will take forever.Copy !req
238. Even in a dungeon,
there are merchants.Copy !req
239. Enter.Copy !req
240. Their customers are adventurers,Copy !req
241. and those who cannot return to the surfaceCopy !req
242. for... various reasons.Copy !req
243. -
- Hmm?Copy !req
244. Welcome, good folk, welcome.Copy !req
245. Will we be dining in or staying the night?Copy !req
246. We're here to trade.Copy !req
247. Ah, splendid, splendid.Copy !req
248. And what are we trading today?Copy !req
249. Vegetables.Copy !req
250. Get out! Go on! Get!Copy !req
251. But sir, just listen...Copy !req
252. If you want to trade something,
bring gold!Copy !req
253. Understand? You do know what gold is?Copy !req
254. It's round and shiny, and glitters!Copy !req
255. We don't want gems or anything valuable.Copy !req
256. Just some food and spices
from your kitchen.Copy !req
257. Look, isn't this round and shiny?Copy !req
258. Show this here carrot to your cook.Copy !req
259. They'll want to make something good
out of it for sure.Copy !req
260. That's disgusting!Copy !req
261. - Who the hell would want to eat that?
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262. You rotten little--Copy !req
263. If you treat food like that,
I swear you'll get yours in the end!Copy !req
264. What are you waiting for?
Throw these idiots out of here already!Copy !req
265. Just listen!Copy !req
266. -
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267. Uh?Copy !req
268. -
- Orcs!Copy !req
269. First ones to die
are the ones with the weapons!Copy !req
270. Go, kill 'em! Kill every one of 'em!Copy !req
271. -
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272. Why are orcs here?Copy !req
273. They're supposed to live
on the lower floors.Copy !req
274. Who cares about that? We have to-- Uh?Copy !req
275. - Marcille!
- Wait.Copy !req
276. Uh?Copy !req
277. What'd you think you're doing
hanging around a dump like this, Senshi?Copy !req
278. I was gonna ask you the same thing.Copy !req
279. You in a party with this lot?Copy !req
280. That's right.Copy !req
281. Humans and elves. Ugh.Copy !req
282. Don't tell me your usual customers...Copy !req
283. Yep, it's them.Copy !req
284. I had a feeling
he did business with a rough crowd,Copy !req
285. but orcs?Copy !req
286. I thought they'd be goblins.Copy !req
287. Really? I was sure they'd be Kobolds.Copy !req
288. I'd seen the Red Dragon.Copy !req
289. The damn thing used to keep to itself.Copy !req
290. Not anymore.Copy !req
291. He's been showing up near our village,
sniffing around and blowing fire all over.Copy !req
292. We gots kids and old orcs
to take cares of.Copy !req
293. They can't fight,Copy !req
294. so we came up to this floor
till the Dragon left.Copy !req
295. You think that could be our dragon?Copy !req
296. Tell me, where did you see it?Copy !req
297. You think I'd tell you,
a human, where our village is?Copy !req
298. Fat chance.Copy !req
299. Chief, we're done killing everyone.Copy !req
300. Ah, great.Copy !req
301. Pack up whatever's not nailed down then.Copy !req
302. What is this? Milk?Copy !req
303. Yuck, it's rotten!Copy !req
304. Chuck it.Copy !req
305. Them veggies
be something you grew, I guess?Copy !req
306. We're on a supply run looking for food.Copy !req
307. Appreciate it if you share that with us.Copy !req
308. Sure, be happy to.Copy !req
309. What you got to trade for it?Copy !req
310. No trade.Copy !req
311. The tribe's desperate.Copy !req
312. We barely got up to this floor alive.Copy !req
313. You've been a good friend
and I hate to do this, but...Copy !req
314. hand over everything you got, right now.Copy !req
315. -
- Hmm...Copy !req
316. Can't you reason with him?Copy !req
317. All right.Copy !req
318. Glad to hear that.Copy !req
319. I want to ask you
for a favor in return though.Copy !req
320. Let me and my party
spend a night with your tribe.Copy !req
321. What?Copy !req
322. Do me that favor
and you can have my veggies,Copy !req
323. my life, hell, anything you want.Copy !req
324. Huh?Copy !req
325. - Also, you there!
- Me?Copy !req
326. That stuff's not rotten,
it's fermented!Copy !req
327. Don't you dare throw it away! Bring it!Copy !req
328. They took all our weapons away.Copy !req
329. How could you put us in this position?Copy !req
330. If we find out
where they set their camp up,Copy !req
331. we'll never see the surface again.Copy !req
332. Tell me you have a plan.
Please tell me you got a plan.Copy !req
333. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
334. That jar I told the orc not to throw out
has got yeast in it.Copy !req
335. Yeast is a leavening agent.Copy !req
336. And I don't know if you noticed,Copy !req
337. but the orcs also grabbed
every sack of flour in the kitchen.Copy !req
338. You know what that means, don't you?Copy !req
339. Uh... no.Copy !req
340. We can make bread!Copy !req
341. - Dummy! I can't believe...
- Wait, so you don't have a plan?Copy !req
342. - ...how stupid you are!
- Nothing?Copy !req
343. - You're an idiot!
- Not one plan?Copy !req
344. Pipe down, you savages!Copy !req
345. Is that an elf?Copy !req
346. What a barbaric face.Copy !req
347. You has to stay in this pen.Copy !req
348. Dad's back from pillaging.Copy !req
349. We won't end up as ingredients
on their dinner, will we?Copy !req
350. What did you do with that jar
of leavening agent? Huh?Copy !req
351. You don't know what it is,Copy !req
352. you don't know how to use it,
so give it to me!Copy !req
353. Come on! I can make bread with it!Copy !req
354. Bread! Bread! Bread! Bread!Copy !req
355. Bread! Bread!Copy !req
356. Put flour, salt, sugar,
leavening agent, and water in a bowl.Copy !req
357. Then knead it.Copy !req
358. Work that sucker till it's nice and firm.Copy !req
359. Are you playing with mud?Copy !req
360. Uh? Huh?Copy !req
361. Time for your history lesson, kiddo.Copy !req
362. In the old days, we lived up top,Copy !req
363. not here in the underground like the bugs.Copy !req
364. Humans and elves like those onesCopy !req
365. murdered most of our kin
and stole the land we had up there.Copy !req
366. I seem to remember
orcs did a whole lot of murdering too.Copy !req
367. What's that?Copy !req
368. Now's a good time to add the olive oil.Copy !req
369. Hmm.Copy !req
370. Anyway, they chased us down
to the underground,Copy !req
371. and our tribe found a new home.Copy !req
372. For a long time, we lived in peace.Copy !req
373. Till their kind found us again.Copy !req
374. To knead, you hold the edge,Copy !req
375. - and smack it down, again and again.
-Copy !req
376. They poured oil in our caves
and set fire to it.Copy !req
377. That's because your people
wouldn't stop raiding the villagesCopy !req
378. - of every other race in the land!
-Copy !req
379. We was doing what we had to to survive.Copy !req
380. All orcs ever did was rob and kill
and terrorize everyone!Copy !req
381. That's why you were chased here!Copy !req
382. Come on, Marcille, stop it.
We're their guests--Copy !req
383. Shut your hole, you damn half-foot!Copy !req
384. Get your fingers in there
and work that dough!Copy !req
385. Sorry.Copy !req
386. Give me that. I'll do it!Copy !req
387. Your kind chased my tribe underground.Copy !req
388. We found this dungeon
and made it our home,Copy !req
389. and you come here to steal it!Copy !req
390. It was the villagers who were the first
to discover the dungeon!Copy !req
391. But us orcs were the first
to come down this deep!Copy !req
392. If that's where you want to go with it,
then zombies were here first!Copy !req
393. Once you get it stretching easy,
it's time for the first proofing.Copy !req
394. When the dough gets twice as big,
cut it into equal pieces,Copy !req
395. then shape with your hands.Copy !req
396. - Why you've been so quiet, tall-man?
- Huh?Copy !req
397. Don't you have no opinion on things?Copy !req
398. Rumors say if a body defeats
the mad mage that built this dungeon,Copy !req
399. a body gets to rule the castle.Copy !req
400. You must be here
to get to the bottom of this dungeon?Copy !req
401. Oh?Copy !req
402. When you get your kingdom,
what you gonna do then?Copy !req
403. I know all about that rumor too,Copy !req
404. but I never thought about it that much.Copy !req
405. Typical adventurer.Copy !req
406. If I cut down to the bone,
you're all the same.Copy !req
407. A bunch of greedy idiots.Copy !req
408. All you care about is gold and power.Copy !req
409. The thought someone like that
could rule this placeCopy !req
410. - makes my hair stand up all prickly-like.
-Copy !req
411. That's how come if we see
a surface dweller down here, we kill 'em.Copy !req
412. Okay, that does it!Copy !req
413. If you're so noble,
take over the castle yourself!Copy !req
414. Or is stealing stuff
the only thing orcs are good at doing?Copy !req
415. You got guts, elf girl.Copy !req
416. I like you.Copy !req
417. I'm gonna throw you in the fire myself!Copy !req
418. See? The only thing you know how to do
is violence!Copy !req
419. Let it proof some more.Copy !req
420. Then, once it finishes rising,Copy !req
421. set it down over some low heat.Copy !req
422. -
- Steam it for a little bit,Copy !req
423. and when you open the lid...Copy !req
424. Ah!Copy !req
425. ...we got ourselves some bread!Copy !req
426. It smells amazing!Copy !req
427. Let's have a taste.Copy !req
428. Hold it! That bread belongs to my tribe.Copy !req
429. And we're not giving you any.Copy !req
430. What?Copy !req
431. You said you wanted
to make bread and we let you make it,Copy !req
432. but we decide what to do with it.Copy !req
433. -
- Daddy?Copy !req
434. Hmm?Copy !req
435. We all made it together,Copy !req
436. why can't we all eat it together too?Copy !req
437. It's not a proper meal
if you only have bread.Copy !req
438. Main dish, side dish, and veggies,Copy !req
439. you need all of those for a balanced meal.Copy !req
440. Your daddy there,Copy !req
441. he just wanted to wait
until all the other dishes were ready.Copy !req
442. Hold your tongue, elf!Copy !req
443. She's right.Copy !req
444. Your pop said
we could stay with your familyCopy !req
445. - if we let him have our vegetables.
- Uh?Copy !req
446. And your daddy's an orc
who always keeps his word.Copy !req
447. Hey! Get them whatever they need!Copy !req
448. FRESHLY PICKED STEWED CABBAGECopy !req
449. There. It's ready.Copy !req
450. - Eat up!
- Yep.Copy !req
451. It looks yummy.Copy !req
452. Oh, it's good--Copy !req
453. It's good and spicy!Copy !req
454. We used the same ingredients
as we did for your stewed cabbage,Copy !req
455. but this tastes totally different.Copy !req
456. Before, I said
orcs are only good at stealing,Copy !req
457. but you're pretty good cooks too.Copy !req
458. Shut your hole.Copy !req
459. Um...Copy !req
460. earlier, you asked why I wanted
to get to the bottom of the dungeon.Copy !req
461. My sister was eaten by a Red Dragon.Copy !req
462. And we're just trying to find it.Copy !req
463. But if you can tell us where you saw it,
we can go find it and kill it.Copy !req
464. We won't go near your village
or tell anyone about it.Copy !req
465. Hmm.Copy !req
466. I swear.Copy !req
467. Hey, get me that map.Copy !req
468. - On it!
-Copy !req
469. We saw it two floors down from here.Copy !req
470. Near the living quarters on the west side.Copy !req
471. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
472. From now on, I promise
I'll think hard about what to doCopy !req
473. if I end up ruling the castle.Copy !req
474. Ha! To think a guy caught by orcs
and forced to make breadCopy !req
475. - could ever be a king of anything.
- Uh?Copy !req
476. Well, good luck to you.Copy !req
477. This is so good.Copy !req
478. Did you know that cabbage
was grown on the back of a Golem?Copy !req
479. - Hmm?
-Copy !req
480. Opinions may differ,Copy !req
481. but we can all agree, we get hungry.Copy !req
482. Delicious dungeon food
brings folks together.Copy !req
483. Delicious in dungeon.Copy !req