Chapter 88 – Debut
‘I’m so glad you liked it.’
Sprout smiles with satisfaction at Jun’s answer.
When she suddenly smiled, Carol, who had extremely cold eyes just a moment ago, narrowed her eyes and glanced at Seojun.
‘I think there was some misunderstanding.’
Jun looked embarrassed at that gaze and smiled awkwardly.
Although it is not as high-level a connection as the soul tie between Jun, Fortuna, and Sprout, there is a connection and means of communication called the tie of contract between an ordinary summoner and a summoned beast.
Carol, who has been exposed to various abilities as a guild receptionist, would naturally know of their existence.
She seemed to suspect that Sprout was smiling because Jun had secretly praised her through the string.
It was a misunderstanding on her part, and since such a misunderstanding was unnecessary between her and herself, she had to resolve it immediately.
If the relationship between her and her dedicated receptionist becomes uncomfortable, it is Jun himself who will be in trouble.
Jun used all his thinking skills to think about how to resolve her misunderstanding.
In times like this, it would be best to tell the truth rather than lie, but Jun couldn’t bring himself to do that.
Of course, how on earth could I say that I was satisfied because I liked the size of my breasts.
Also, to a woman who was eliminated as a concubine candidate due to the small size of her breasts.
Well, I don’t know that fact.
“I think Sprout’s abilities are amazing. “I think it will be a great help in the labyrinth. What do you think, Carol?”
“Now that I think about it…”
June told her lie to save Carol’s face and her own conscience.
Carol crossed her arms as if waiting to see what excuse she would come up with, and then she was shocked to see a pink bird flying around her.
She made an excuse in relation to the labyrinth to divert attention more effectively, which was an excellent choice.
But how desperate is she to finally realize something so shocking?
“Split? Alter ego? Sprout, what are your abilities? “Please let me know.”
Carol soon gathers her emotions and asks Sprout a question.
Sprouts spoke to Jun before answering her question.
‘Concubine So has other abilities, but since that woman is a stranger, she will hide those abilities.’
‘Yes, do that.’
When he gave permission, Sprout nodded and opened her mouth.
“It is neither division nor self-immolation. “My ability is to create lower spirits.”
“How. Jun! What should I do if I have this much luck? Just making a contract with a spirit is amazing, but that spirit has the ability to summon a servant! “It’s like winning the first prize of the lottery twice.”
“Is Sprout’s ability that rare?”
“Sure! How rare. I’ve been working as a receptionist for quite a long time, but I’ve only seen a handful of summons with the ability to summon subordinates. “This is my first time seeing a spirit have that kind of ability.”
“Is that so? I think many natural spirits have similar abilities.”
Unlike spirit world spirits that are born with only the power of their attributes, natural world spirits that are created through various coincidences and the passage of time do not have abilities limited to their attributes.
Representative examples were the weapon spirit that allowed one to handle weapons well or improve the performance of the weapon, or the emotional spirit that could control the emotions of living creatures.
“Strangely, there are no spirits born with that ability. There were a few natural spirits that had the ability to split or self-immolate. Well, after some time they all started exploring the labyrinth…”
“Have you destroyed yourself?”
“Yes, in the Demon King’s Castle, the side effects of self-replicating abilities such as division and self-immolation are doubled.”
“The reason Carol is so excited about the ability of the follower summoning type is because there are no such side effects.”
Self-replicating abilities such as splitting and self-immolation are very powerful as they even replicate the caster’s power to a large extent.
However, since even the ego was divided and duplicated, there was a high probability of mental abnormality, and there was also a high probability that the alter ego would turn back to become the original body.
On the other hand, the family summoning type ability was very safe because the family’s power was not that strong, but the family obeyed the caster absolutely and had no effect on the mind.
Even if it were to turn back, the distributed power and intelligence were not that great, so it would quickly self-destruct or be reverse summoned.
“How can you not cheer when you hear that a summon that already does not account for the number of people is summoning even the inner circle? Additionally, Sprout is a spirit that does not need to consume food. Are there any other spirits that can help you explore the Idajido Labyrinth? I definitely don’t think there is one.”
Exploring the labyrinth required as many people as strong power.
There were so many things to do other than combat, such as moving supplies, keeping watch, searching, cooking, cleaning up, etc.
However, not many people could explore the labyrinth together.
This is because if many people gather within a certain radius, the difficulty of the labyrinth increases rapidly, as if someone is interfering with exploration.
In addition, the more people gathered, the faster the materials were consumed, so the size of the party naturally had to decrease.
Unfortunately, there are almost no items like subspace bags in this world, and there are very few people with abilities similar to subspace.
Because of these points, summoners with summoned beasts were positioned as tier 1 recruitment targets in companion recruitment.
This is because summoned animals whose existence is dependent on someone are not included in the number of people.
For reference, if the summoned animal is a type that does not consume or barely consumes materials, such as a spirit or fairy, it is a tier 0 recruitment target.
So, what tier should Jun, who has spirits and fairies and even specializes in exploring labyrinths, be a candidate for recruitment?
I can guarantee you that it will be impossible to measure. If you want to recruit him…
“Even if the party is exploring the 31st floor or higher, they will try to come down to the first floor and take Jun.”
“No way. I can’t believe I would go that far.”
You cannot go back and forth between the levels of the labyrinth at will like an elevator.
When re-entering, you can go directly to the floor you last explored using the church’s items, but other than that, you had to walk on your own.
Considering that each floor was the size of a small principality, going down from the 31st floor to the 1st floor was not easy.
“No, it’s quite possible. Jun’s skills are excellent enough to be used even on the 31st floor and above, and all of these abilities are absolutely necessary when conquering the labyrinth. It’s worth the hardship.”
“So, Carol, what do you want to say?”
“Please let me know if you want to join a party that has already been created, or if Jun will take the lead and form a new party. “If I know that, I can help Jun.”
Carol with a serious expression.
Looking at her attitude, it seemed like the reason she barged into her room without even getting off work was to ask her the question she had just asked.
Well, naturally, there may be no intention to ask you out on a date.
‘No, maybe the reason is bigger.’
‘My Lord, now is the time to think like that. If someone asks a question, you have to answer quickly.’
‘Neng.’
Jun opened her mouth at Fortuna’s scolding.
However, Carol opened her mouth before him.
“It may be difficult to decide, but please make it as soon as possible. Rookies who have just become adventurers will soon form a party with people with similar skills and begin exploring, and adventurers who went back to their hometowns at the end of the year will return and resume exploration in a few days. “Once full-scale exploration begins, joining and recruiting parties becomes several times more difficult.”
“Don’t worry, Carol. “It was decided a long time ago.”
For the past five years, Leonard and Robin have been feeding June information about the Labyrinth whenever they can.
Through that information, Jun established a policy on how to act in the labyrinth, and of course, some of it included the companions who would be exploring the labyrinth together.
“I will recruit colleagues myself.”
The optimal number of people at a party to explore the labyrinth is 5 or 6. At a party that has already been created, there is a high probability that the number of people will already be full.
Jun didn’t want to join such a party and explore the higher difficulty labyrinth.
Even if there were seats left, Jun had no intention of going to the party.
The existing party members would have formed a strong bond while exploring the labyrinth, so it would not be easy for new members to join in, and if a dangerous situation arose, the person who joined later would have the highest chance of being abandoned.
‘If I were to go to Tatsu and Emily’s party, I wouldn’t have to worry about that, but…’
Unfortunately, their party was packed with only 6 people.
‘Let’s not be sad. It may be heaven’s will to push forward with the original plan. It is unclear whether I will be able to take over the role of leader of the party.’
The main reason why Jun wanted to recruit his colleagues directly was so that he could become the leader of the party.
In order to most efficiently use abilities such as collecting information through radar, processing information through thinking, and distributing consumables through space, it was best for him to become the leader of the party.
If he joined a party with a party leader and used those abilities, it was obvious that he would be checked by the party leader.
Since ancient times, there can never be two heads in a group.
“Good for you. I was going to recommend that episode too. Almost all the ranker parties at the forefront of conquering the labyrinth are people who have been exploring together from the beginning, so Jun, please take the time to recruit compatible colleagues.”
“Yes. Still, I’m worried. “I don’t want to spend too much time.”
“Hehe. Do not worry. “I’m here to help with that.”
Carol smiled sweetly, said that, and took out her notebook and pen from her purse.
“Jun, please tell me what conditions you want. “I will find and recommend adventurers who meet the criteria as best as I can.”
“Thank you. Then…”
Jun began to state the conditions he wanted.
They were all reasonable conditions, so Carol nodded and wrote them down in her notebook, but the moment she heard the final condition, she couldn’t believe her ears.
“… I’m sorry, Jun. I think I misheard the last condition. Could you say it again?”
“A woman. It would also be nice if it were a pretty and plump woman.”
“… Are you planning on having a harem party?”
“Yes.”
Jun obediently agreed.
“I’m going to have a party made up of my wives.”
By placing a very, very thick iron plate on her face.
