Borkus' Sub-Dragon Savannah

**Borkus' Sub-Dragon Savannah** (ボークス亜竜草原 ()) is a C-class dungeon originally located near Talosheim.

## Overview

In old Talosheim, many ordinary people engaged in gathering activities inside other Dungeons, but this was considered highly dangerous and only expert adventurers entered it.

The interior is reminiscent of the Earth's Cretaceous period, with dinosaur-like sub-dragons and ferns flourishing.

## Economy

The dungeon's most valuable produce are found beyond the eleventh floor, while resources that can be obtained from prior floors are primarily monster loot. Inside you can harvest amber, whetstones and medicinal fern trees. The most sought-after resource is the honey and beeswax of the rare and perilous Cemetery Bees.

Inside, large tree-sized ferns can be found, and its fresh leaves can be crushed to make medicines, and dried and boiled to make bitter healthy teas. Whetstone rocks can decrease the rusting or oxidation rate of weapons.

## Geography

The majority of the dungeon's floors are vast grasslands covered in thick verdant grass, although there are a few floors dominated by leafy forests with rivers and lakes. The dungeon's floors are big enough to house a large number of monsters. There aren't many traps nor monsters with attacks that cause status effects, but the monsters are strong.

As you descend to the lower floors, the battles becomes harsher. The 20th floor mid-boss may either be a Rank 6 Poison Wyvern, or the easier Rank 6 Hydra. The Dungeon Boss resides on the 30th floor.

## History

According to legend, the dungeon was discovered by Borkus' ancestors, and it was named after the great amount of sub-dragons which spawned in its great grasslands.

Historically, the titans of Talosheim sought to reach beyond the eleventh floor of the dungeon, where valuable materials beyond monster loot could be found. However, because of the dangerous monsters, only experienced adventurers ventured into the dungeon.

Vandalieu challenged the dungeon for leveling purposes.[?] He thought that the dungeon's mid-boss would be a Thunder Dragon, but it ended up being a Tri-Horn instead.

At his sixth attempt fighting the second mid-boss, a hydra appeared instead. Vandalieu wanted to switch out his opponent for a wyvern, but Borkus said it was impossible, so he confronted the beast. Van used his new death bullet spell and shot it at the hydra, that was trying to escape from it, he ended up killing it in less than a minute to everyone's shock.

## Structure

First Floor
The floor was described as if they had traveled back in time to the cretaceous period, as the landscape was covered with some flying monsters and other terrestrial reptile-type monsters that hid in the grass.
Monsters
Flying monsters
Dinosaur-type monsters - Rank 3 monsters
Raptor-type monsters - Rank 3 monsters
Boss
Great Raptor - Rank 4 monster
Pre-fifth floor
Monsters appearing in the earlier floors tends to be sub-dragons such as cretaceous period dinosaurs.
Monsters
Raptors
Armored T-rexes
Crocodiles
Turtles
Fifth floor
From this point onwards, there's no more rank 3 monsters, and some rank 5 monsters may appear.
Pre-Tenth Floor
Monsters and demons appearing in earlier floors look like dinosaurs, but there's also some demonic reptile-type ones like crocodiles and turtles.
Monsters

Blinded Tyrannosaurus - A rank 5 Tyrannosaurus upgraded version with scales as thick as dragons ones.
Tenth Floor

Mid Boss
Rank 5 Tri-Horn variant - An evolved Tri-Horn variant with two bright horns emerging from its forehead.
11th Floor
From this point onwards, the dungeon difficulty increases by a large margin. While most monsters are rank 5, some rank 6 monsters will appear among them. In exchange, you find a large amount of valuable materials other than monster loot. For this reason, many of Talosheim's adventurers aimed to reach this level of the dungeon.
There exists enourmous tree-sized ferns.
On the plateaous, you may find amber.
On the cliffs, you may find whetstone rocks.
Monsters

Unnamed rank 5 bug that is described to be as dangerous as other dinosaurs.
Cemetery Bees are the rarest monster in the dungeon.
Flying ammonites
Herbivorous dinosaur-like monster - A monster with a thick bone layer rock-like head resembling an egg.
20th Floor
The floor where Vandalieu found Quinn.
Mid Boss
Rank 6 Poison Wyvern
Rank 6 Hydra
30th floor
The dungeon boss resides on this floor.
## Trivia

* Vandalieu described the scenery of the first floor as "just like in a movie".
* The dungeon was previously mistranslated as "Borkus' Evil Dragon Savannah", due to a mix up between the kanji for *sub-* (亜) and *evil* (悪).

## Quotes

* Borkus to Vandalieu: "The Dungeon we’re going into is a C-class Dungeon. It’ll be on another level from the D-class Dungeons you’ve already been in, kid. Don’t let your guard down."

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Chapter 18 (Light Novel)
2. ↑ Chapter 38: *The Dungeon boss is disappointing* (LightnovelBastion)
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 Chapter 48: *It seems I’ve become a place for insects* (LightnovelBastion)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 49: *The victory against the mid-boss was unfulfilling, but the Dragon Golem is next* (LightnovelBastion)