Alchemist's Cave

This is region in the southwest of the Melromarc kingdom

Back Ground
.It's original name was never mentioned. According to a legend, an evil alchemist made it into his base.It was clearly known that he was experimenting on an evil plant and it remained sealed in an chest, with a warning of not breaking the seal. In the past, the area hadbeen overtaken by Vines.

Summary
It was first visited by Motoyasu and his comrades to break the seal of the miracle seed to help the famine hit villagers. Motoyasu though to get an artifact from a maze to solve the drought problem. They went and defeat the guardian golem, as he open the chest and took the seed, the maze collapsed. Wondering why he the maze collapse, he told others the condition to clear is to defeat the golem before the torch at the entrance went out, but Malty say that she thought we don't need the torch so she blow it out. As the maze collapse the party got separated. Motoyasu heard Malty and others talking about how his food is terrible, how they had sold the last girl who tried to join them as a slave, and how he sexual harass them all the time, telling himself that it is the monster (Voice Gengar) trying to confusing him, he continue to search for his party. He reunited with his party and left the maze. Returning to the village, he gave the artifact seed to village head and told him that it will solve their food problems.

Later Naofumi along with his comrades and Magic shop witch to get a magic stone which will enable to make special thread for Filo clothes. Nafoumi see the open chest and reads the instruction of not to break open the seal of the miracle seed as it would cause disaster. He noticed that the chest was already opened and he went on his way to fulfill his own objective. Like Motoyasu, he and his party also hear voices of his friend, but the magic shop owner explained them to be monsters. He and his party defeated a Nue monster which the magic shop owner suspects to be the pet of some rich noble. They succeeded in getting the gem and left the cave

Land scape
It has an intimidating entrance to a ruined temple with cave and it was built into the rudiff cliff.

Monsters

 * Guardian golem
 * Voice gengar
 * Nue

Trivia

 * The voices heard by Motoyasu in the cave is most likely-be true. and it may in fact be his comrades's voice, as he saw his comrades already killed Voice gengar monster long before his arrival.
 * Motoyasu had knowledge of this region precisely because of his games.
 * Naofumi concludes that the alchemist was not evil. All he tried was an experiment to make a plant which can withstand famine, but it got backfired.