Chapter 309 – Life Is Hard Mode (1)
Taboo.
That means you should never commit it.
If there is one taboo that has always been observed in the Permaten over the past hundreds of years, it is that no one with Permaten blood should enter the Permaten Infinite Labyrinth.
When a person with Permaten blood enters the Infinite Labyrinth, the Infinite Labyrinth explodes.
More monsters are created, and they run up the stairs to get out of the dungeon, eventually causing the dungeon to ‘backflow’.
The goal is to stably kill demon beasts and secure mana in the infinite labyrinth, but countless demon beasts jump out from inside and instead attack the Fermatten?
For mankind, the infinite labyrinth is not a place of opportunity, but a place of disaster.
As soon as monsters that humans cannot easily handle come out of the labyrinth, the literally ‘infinite’ flood of monsters is something that humanity must work together to subdue.
The trigger of that disaster is the blood of Fermaten.
But how about thinking about it this way.
I have the power to fully control that disaster.
It has the ability to sufficiently handle the surge.
Even if a runaway occurs, what if no one gets hurt or killed and only the advantages of the runaway can be reaped?
-Isn’t experience farming a piece of cake?
Now, there is a mass outbreak of monsters.
Now, it’s time for a large-scale hunt.
Now, it’s farming time.
The experience points people gain from dealing with monsters will also increase.
There will be more monsters captured while dealing with them.
If you can afford it, you can kill monsters and get their byproducts to your heart’s content.
Even if the runaways subside and countless magic stones can be secured, this is a revolution in the infinite labyrinth.
However.
The deepest level of the infinite labyrinth is 50 floors.
In other words, since I know that the farming area is up to the 50th floor and the maximum level area is level 100, I am only using the infinite labyrinth half of the time.
‘I can’t stand inefficiency.’
Are you going to sit still and be satisfied with your current financial income?
Will you take on the risk and take on the challenge to gain greater opportunities and rewards?
I have already achieved a lot as Count Fermaten, but human greed knows no bounds.
Therefore.
I enter the lab infiniteyrinth myself.
In order to cause a runaway in the infinite labyrinth.
And to advance down the 50th floor of the infinite labyrinth.
Never.
Never.
It is by no means the case that all the monsters that appear between the 31st and 50th floors are beast-type monsters, or that there are no amorphous monsters, undead-type monsters, or ‘female monsters’.
It’s not because there are other female monsters downstairs.
Everything is for the economic development and future of Fermaten.
* * *
“…All preparations are complete, Count.”
“Hmm, that’s good. You worked hard, Astarotte.”
“There are so many magic stones, it’s no problem preparing this.”
I stood in front of the entrance to the Infinite Labyrinth – the old Count Permaten Castle.
‘You’ve come a long way.’
The entrance to the infinite labyrinth, the square, is full of countless people who came to see us.
There are some who came from outside, but most of them were born in Permaten, still live in Permaten, and grew up in Permaten for a much longer time than me.
Considering that I was possessed for only a year, these people have been living here for twice as long as me.
So, I understand that everyone came to the square with half worry, half anticipation – no, in fact, 99% anxiety.
Because it has to be that way.
-Absolutely not! What kind of lab infiniteyrinth has Permaten entered? Is there anything that could ruin Fermaten!!
The labyrinth is their life, their job, and their home.
The Count is doing something stupid – no matter how you look at it, he is doing something that is no different from suicide. This is a situation where even Young Ji-min should stop him.
And yet, despite all the noise, no one stops me.
Even if there is 99% anxiety, there is that 1% ‘faith’.
1 year.
After I fell into this world, I proved it with the achievements I showed over the past year.
-Still, maybe it’s different if it’s ‘Luge’ Fermaten?
-Luge has entered the infinite labyrinth! He will make us more economically prosperous!
-If you get more magic stones and gain more benefits in the infinite labyrinth… Then you will surpass the count family…!
As a result of that proof, we gained ‘trust’ from people.
Today, I will prove that trust again in a new form.
“Ah.”
I climbed onto the podium set up in the square by the earth wizards.
Unlike the usual way of walking around naked, everyone swallows their saliva and looks up at me when I come out wearing dazzling armor like a king going into war.
“Everyone, you know what day it is. Today, I am going to do something crazy that many Fermatens have not tried and no one has dared to do.”
Everyone in the square already knows.
Rumors had been spreading for several days leading up to today, centering around the Count Castle.
“What is more fearful than a territory war in the neighboring baronial territory is the runaway of the infinite labyrinth. It has been quiet so far, but I was afraid that if it went out of control, monsters would come out from within the labyrinth at any moment. However.”
Flap.
Behind me, soldiers holding flagpoles wave the Permaton flag widely.
“It will be different from now on. It will be different in the era of me, Count Rouge Permaton. As it has been so far, the runaway in the infinite labyrinth will not be runaway, but our ‘opportunity’.”
Turn crisis into opportunity.
I have already shown everyone the paradigm shift.
“More monsters! More magic stones! More rewards! If you don’t risk your life for it, how can you stay still!”
Boom!
A huge rock fell in front of me.
Golems that are several meters tall drop rocks in front of me.
In the middle of a rock as large as the golem’s body, there is a long spear stuck in it.
“I, Rouge Permaten, intend to attack the Infinite Labyrinth in earnest. If there is someone who created the Infinite Labyrinth, if there is someone who put a curse on Permaten’s blood, I must find him–“
I grabbed the spear.
“We will truly make the Infinite Labyrinth our own!”
And I lifted it with both hands.
“Ooh, ooh…?!”
The people of the territory are scared.
He grabs the spear stuck in the rock, lifts it with both hands, and raises it high in the sky.
“I, myself!!”
I picked up a stone bigger than my body with a spear and hit it on the ground.
Kwaaaaa!!
The ground rumbles loudly.
The vibration is so loud that it makes you wonder if the vibrations are going all the way to the infinite labyrinth.
At the same time, the rock hits and dust rises, and the rock splits left and right.
“Look.”
I grabbed the spear, took out my ‘weapon’ from the crack in the rock, and put it on my shoulder.
“I am not weak.”
Two-handed hammer.
A weapon forged based on magic stones obtained from the Infinite Labyrinth and commissioned by a blacksmith known to be one of the best in the kingdom and empire.
-You want me to make a weapon like this…? Hmph, if you want to make a weapon like that, you’ll need to bring this much!
-It’s not that I don’t have enough money.
-Well, in that case, in order to produce it, this level of magic stone is needed…!
– Magic stones are more abundant than money.
-…How many times can I fail during the production process?
-Time is tight, but budget is infinite.
Although it took several months to make through trial and error, it was created by grinding the magic stones obtained from the Infinite Labyrinth. It is an incredibly powerful weapon that seems to be boring even if you only look at it from the outside.
“Until now, the Infinite Labyrinth has been a disaster for us Fermatons.”
If I had to give it a name, wouldn’t it be ‘Doom Breaker’?
“But now, I, I, Rouge Permaten, will become the scourge of the Infinite Labyrinth.”
I lowered the hammer part of the Doom Breaker and put the helmet that Astarote brought on top of my head.
“The monsters of the Infinite Labyrinth will be frightened when they see the Permaten.”
Just like when I went down with my full body armor when I was a ‘hot guy’, I picked up the hammer with my full body armor.
“The moment the monsters of the Infinite Labyrinth come out of the Infinite Labyrinth, they either come out dead or become our Fermaten’s.”
Thump, thump, thump.
When I gave a signal by pounding the floor with a hammer, the knights gathered behind me.
“With my knights, I will conquer the infinite labyrinth.”
These people are usually dressed as bunny girls, swimsuits, or nurses.
“Forget all the history up to now. The moment you walk with me will be a new beginning for Fermaten.”
But now, my women are much more extravagant than the royal knights or the imperial knights, and are armed with armor and weapons made of metal and ‘full-body magic stones’ that are both sophisticated and practical.
“I will stand at the forefront.”
I put the Doom Breaker on my shoulder, then turned and headed towards the entrance of the Infinite Labyrinth.
“This one step is just one human step.”
Boom.
“It will be the first step to open the brilliant future of Fermaten.”
I just stepped into the realm of the infinite labyrinth.
Soon.
Gooooo.
I feel like the magic flowing from the infinite labyrinth is changing.
At the same time, it feels like the entire old county castle is being immersed in darkness.
“Po, run away…” “?!”
It is not a runaway.
This is a unique system of Infinite Labyrinth that must exist.
What they thought was just a ‘runaway’ has just opened up with me stepping in.
“Don’t worry. No matter what monster appears.”
This world is a fucking gacha game.
“I will crush the heads of all those who stand in my way with this.”
Infinite Labyrinth.
1st floor.
[HARD].
Begin conquering the true dungeon.
