They spent a while in silence, Luna and Ash letting Yarrow mull over the information he'd been given and how best to act upon it. Ash began playing with her Spellweaving again, creating a couple of spells that would be useful outside of combat.
Starshine, her light damage spell, and Starsoak both had the same strike word in them, she'd noticed, though the spells weren't yet sophisticated enough to indicate whether the strike was long distance or not. Curious, Ash pulled out the small dagger Yarrow had ensured she had for self protection and attempted to cast Starflame on it. The small blade was quickly wreathed in magic.
With a slight sigh at the ever-growing list of spells, Ash opened her status screen and checked on them. There didn't seem to be a mastery system on the spells such as with her abilities, which was a bit of a relief, though it would make grimoires even more important as she faced off against stronger opponents. She doubted the lower form spells she was creating would be able to keep up forever.
Yarrow shook his head, as if to shake away the idea that his own world could lose access to the gods and remembered suddenly that they'd been talking about dungeons before he'd gotten distracted. He glanced to Ash and blinked a few times, shocked that she'd already puzzled out weapon enchants and more than a little frustrated that everyone had forgotten to mention it as an option. That was why there were particular teachers for new magic users just as with everything else, what was common knowledge to them was not necessarily so to others.
"I'll have to take you to the temple instructor," he grumbled, "In case there is more we forgot to teach you," he shook his head again, a physical reminder to get back on topic, "Near here there are three dungeons. The lowest difficulty level is just a large meadow, though like most dungeons it is in an extra-dimensional space of its own. The next most dangerous is a cave system followed by a strange forest maze. There likely will not be enough time to tackle the forest maze considering it will have shifted rather recently. Without scouting abilities, it's best to wait for someone else to map it until it changes again in a month. I recommend we start in the meadow and, if it goes well, try ourselves against the cave."
Ash nodded but paused suddenly as she caught what he said, "We?"
"I will be joining the two of you, of course. You are likely both at this point in time considered Starlight priestesses. While I am relatively certain Luna has the experience to take on the dungeons alone, it would still be best for the two of you to have a defender as well to take one on. Beyond that," his concerned gaze slid to Ash once more, "I do not feel comfortable leaving you in a dangerous situation after being asked to look after you by Lord Sidus."
Ash grumbled slightly but accepted the explanation readily enough, considering how bad off she'd been the day before she could hardly blame him for his worry. Even if her bouts of pain were going to be much farther apart, he'd have to see that with his own eyes in order to believe it. That meant she was likely stuck with him for a day or two at the very least.
Their decision made, Yarrow took the lead and headed towards the first dungeon they'd be tackling that day. The dungeon gates looked almost the same as they did when they showed up in Ash's own world, strange deeply colored frames with a door set into them that would keep the inhabitants from escaping so long as their power didn't grow unchecked.
The frame for the meadow, befitting its status as an incredibly weak dungeon, was a deep serene green. The dungeon was formed almost entirely from the emotions tied to serenity and calmness. It would have few monsters within and most of them would be non-confrontational.
Yarrow reached for the door then paused, "We should add each other at least to the adventuring list and then form an official party," he instructed, "Or we could end up in different instances of the dungeon."
Freshly part of a party and with Yarrow on her friend list under Acquaintances at his own insistence, they finally entered into the dungeon. Ash took a moment to gain her bearings as she always did just after entering dungeons, grateful for the shield spell that surrounded the door to keep it from being destroyed. The sight before her was beautiful, flowers spilling everywhere with a number of creatures wandering about.
Despite the serene look, she knew it was dangerous, that the creatures within the dungeon weren't real and its ecosystem was artificial at best. Few dungeons contained anything that broke down bodies as that was done by the dungeon magic itself. That left many bird-type monsters and other insectivores with no food source, resulting in a convoluted food chain where the monsters often turned on each other any time hunger was an issue.
In truth, not being physical creatures, monsters didn't need to eat but many of them didn't know that. Adventurers would have to regularly head into the dungeon to take care of its inhabitants, else hunger might force them to try to break free. Ash activated her Unicorn Eyes skill, intent on using it in combat to try to get used to it an found herself frowning at the huge amount of information it provided on monsters.
It didn't give anything as in depth as their condition, health points as the game interface would call them, but it told her what elements they had command of. That, in turn, told her what they were weak to and was information she hadn't thought to check on the wind rodents. The skill also tagged whether or not they were territorial, passive, or outright aggressive and would attack on sight.
Despite the low danger level, Ash caught sight of several creatures stalking near the edge of the meadow that were labeled as aggressive. Firefang Wolves, an entire pack of eight of them. Her skill snapped a warning that they weren't naturally native to the dungeon, which meant their danger level was unknown. The wolves had either been formed by defeated adventurers or the dungeon had somehow been missed on a regular culling rotation and been allowed to gather too much magic, forming something more dangerous with it.
The wolves had already seen them, but stayed warily at the edge of the meadow. They knew about the door's barrier. Ash warned the others and told them to prepare for combat as soon as they stepped past the safe zone.