Dictatorship of the Labyrinth City 354

Chapter 354 – Loot Knows the Answer (3)

RPG special.

In theory, you can grow as much as you want as long as you put in the time.

No matter how much a mobile gacha game is pay-to-win, as long as it is an RPG game, it can be time-to-win if you are Bill Gates.

The goods in the game are limited, but in the midst of limitation, they are ‘infinite’.

It doesn’t make any logical sense, but there is one system in every game.

Respawn.

When a mob or object with a specific reward reappears.

Of course, there are some things that do not have the concept of respawn, such as NPCs that do not respawn once killed, or epic items that can no longer be obtained once obtained.

But the infinite labyrinth is different.

Among the goods obtained from the Infinite Labyrinth, the only goods that are believed to not respawn are myth stones.

All others respawn.

The goblin killed on the 1st floor reappears about 3 hours later, or the boss monster killed on the 10th floor causes another entity with the same appearance to appear when a new party enters the boss room.

The Infinite Labyrinth has already proven for hundreds of years that infinite resources can be obtained, and humanity has been able to secure an infinite amount of magic stones from the Infinite Labyrinth.

If so.

What exists in the infinite labyrinth?

The soil of the infinite labyrinth, the trees of the infinite labyrinth, the water of the infinite labyrinth.

And wouldn’t it be possible to farm the food produced in the Infinite Labyrinth if you want?

-Why are you farming it, risking the threat of being killed by monsters?

There was a problem with profitability.

You can risk your life and fight against monsters to get magic stones, but risking your life to dig up trees and grapple with monsters is impossible.

Efficiency was as important as risking one’s life, so the adventurers went out with only the magic stones.

But.

If you have the ability to sufficiently control the threat of monsters.

If you are in a situation where you must secure the resources inside the infinite labyrinth, even if it means taking on the threat of monsters.

If you have to use the resources in the infinite labyrinth ‘right away’ due to some restrictions.

In a situation where the absolute amount of resources themselves is a problem rather than a problem of profitability.

Of course, it is natural to farm resources in the infinite labyrinth.

“…”

Central square.

The smell of savory bread wafts.

It smells like ordinary bread, but nearby, wizards and priests are busy reciting magic and performing purification rituals.

‘I hope there is nothing wrong.’

I feel like I’m going crazy because of the smell that stimulates my empty stomach.

It may be because I’m hungry, but I feel angry if I can’t eat it even though it smells so delicious.

There is food, so why can’t I eat it?

That’s because the food is cursed and plagued, and if you eat it, you will become undead.

If grain is infected with a plague, the correct answer is to burn it rather than make bread.

However, if we say that the plague can be purified, or that there is no problem even if there is a plague.

If it simply functions as food, anyone who wants to eat it can eat it as much as they want.

“It’s all baked, Count.”

“Hmm.”

The maids, whose entire bodies were wrapped in white cloth, took out the iron plate from the oven and placed it on the table.

Ruggedness itself.

There are some traces of being slightly scorched, but no matter how you look at it, it is a well-baked bread.

There was no salt sprinkled or shaped, just a lump of bread that was kneaded with flour, then added eggs to soften it, poured in beer to ferment, rested, and then baked.

“Great Goddess. Look down upon us and give us new hope.”

Following the priests’ suggestion, I put my hands together and prayed, then lightly took a piece of bread, chewed it in a big bite, and swallowed it.

“…”

It’s stuffy.

Even with eggs added, it is still a little dry.

Compared to bread made from wheat grown on the farmlands of Permaten or bread baked with high-quality flour from the Empire, the texture of this bread was similar to the bread you would find at a large supermarket.

The quality is so low that it cannot be compared to famous bakeries, or at least franchise bakeries.

I really had a strong feeling that I had no choice but to eat to survive…

“Count, are you okay?”

“There is no particular problem other than the lack of taste. To me.”

I soaked a large piece of bread in the jam I had prepared in advance, and then barely managed to put another piece of bread into my mouth.

“Of course it’s not as good as the bread baked at the count’s castle, but at least it’s better than eating a sawdust baguette.”

“Then… “

“The quality is low, but that’s not important right now. What’s really important is…”

I lifted the remaining piece of bread to another level.

“There is nothing wrong with me, Rouge Permaten! But there is nothing wrong with me, so I don’t know what will happen to you.”

Everyone is paying attention.

It seems to be the same for me, but people think that ‘Rouge Permaten is a very special being.’

“Perhaps I already have the Permaton curse, so eating this grain won’t get me cursed.”

Aside from being the king of sex, there is a curse that cannot escape Permaton.

“There is a curse so strong that eating this bread may not cause you to be cursed. But you are different.”

Those who are not cursed.

“If an ordinary person eats grains from the Infinite Labyrinth, they may become cursed. They may be bound to the Fermatons forever like me, become demons, or become undead that try to kill people.”

“…”

“Who will step forward first?”

I held the bread high.

“I, Rouge Permaten, proclaim here: Those who decide to eat this bread for everyone will become Permaten’s heroes.”

To be honest, we are looking for test subjects.

Does a curse appear when you eat bread?

So, how does the curse appear?

“The curse may appear immediately, or it may manifest itself slowly over time. If you eat this, the curse of the infinite labyrinth will accumulate, and one day you may suddenly become a monster.”

No one knows the future.

I also don’t know, so eating this is like taking a step into the unknown.

“But if it’s safe to eat this. If there’s no problem at all. If the only flaw is that it’s a bit tasteless!!”

This is it.

“We no longer have to buy food from the empire!!”

It will be an ‘infinite’ revolution.

“Just by defending the Infinite Labyrinth, you can obtain magic stones, gold coins, and even food forever!”

Until now, only magic stones could be obtained.

It was most economical to get just the magic stones.

I was just worried that I would be cursed if I got something else.

“Who will raise the flag for Fermaten! The banner of revolution!”

“I am.”

While everyone is watching each other.

“I will step forward.”

“…”

Joanna, no one else, was the first to step forward.

“If there is no harm in eating this food…”

Joanna’s eyes sparkle with intense determination.

It must be that they are thinking of using this food as a ‘military resource’.

“I will eat it first.”

“…Good.”

Good.

If Joanna steps forward and gives, if my knights, rather than anyone else, steps forward first, the others will also readily extend their hands that had been pulling her back forward again.

However.

‘You already have a curse.’

There is a very terrible and evil curse called the Curse of the Black Flame Dragon. Will eating the grain containing the curse really cause the problems I think it will?

In a way, isn’t Joanna also an ‘immune’?

Kwadeuk.

Joanna chewed the bread rather roughly.

She deliberately moved her mouth loudly, chewing the bread so loudly that everyone in the square heard it.

Gulp.

She swallowed the bread in one go, even making a flicking sound.

“…”

Nothing happened.

So that’s the problem.

“This, this…”

“Isn’t there a problem?”

“Yes. The vice-captain of the Luna Hall Knights ate bread that may have been cursed…”

One by one, the people began to relax.

Over the past few weeks, the amount of food released has been limited and distributed to those coming from the royal capital, and everyone has slowly begun to longer than anyone else to solve the hunger they have been enduring.

However.

“B-but Vice-Captain Joanna had sex with Rouge Permaton, right?”

“Huh?”

“She’s a woman who was cursed by Rouge Permaton. Doesn’t that just act as a defense against the curse? She ended up with a body that will later inflict an even bigger curse on her children.”

“…”

I have a problem with the fact that Joanna is mine.

“Is that so…?”

The problem was that he was having sex with me.

‘I guess that’s a good thing.’

No matter how hungry they are, everyone is afraid of the curse.

Since I don’t know how the curse comes out, I can’t even touch the bread because I’m especially scared of turning into something like undead.

What is it?

If it continues like this…

“I will do it.”

Behind Joanna, a maid approached.

“Amy?”

“I am a virgin who did not have sex with the Count.”

“!!!”

Everyone is buzzing.

The people are more confused than when I started baking the cursed bread in the square to use it as food, or even when Joanna and I started eating the bread.

“Oh my god, a virgin? In the countess’ castle?”

“Didn’t Rouge Permaton have sex with such a beauty? That’s crazy!”

Surprisingly, that crazy thing is true.

Every day, she asks what color her panties are today and she cleans up the spilled semen, but Amy is a virgin who has never had sex with me.

“I have the honor of taking the first step in starting a food revolution in Fermaten.”

“…Are you going to be okay?”

“Yes. It’s just eating bread, right? Even if it’s bread stored in a place full of monsters and dead people.”

Amy held her bread high, lifting it high into the sky with both her hands and then putting it into her own mouth.

“If the blessings of the goddess, the royal family, and the Permaton are together.”

Kwadeuk.

“…”

The moment you take a bite.

Gooooo!!

From Amy, purple-black magic began to emanate.

It’s definitely the curse of Fermaten –

“Amy, you, you… !”

“…I…”

“It seems like my breasts have gotten bigger…”