Chapter 366 – Farming, Farming, Farming Again (1)
As preparations to collapse the imperial economy are gradually underway.
Farming continues.
Food is something that people eat and then disappear.
As the number of mouths to be fed is increasing by the minute, I came down to the Infinite Labyrinth again today to take care of more mouths.
“I think there are more people coming to Fermaten than the undead killed here.”
Wow.
Clear away the last undead that rushes in.
As soon as we entered the 46th floor of Hard, hundreds of undead showed their anger and rushed towards us, but we eliminated the undead more mercilessly than before.
“Don’t you think so, Charlotte?”
“It’s good. For the Count.”
Charlotte lowly smiled and whispered at my complaint that wasn’t my complaint.
“In less than three months, let alone half a year, the population has doubled.”
“Grunt.”
“There are as many as 150,000 people who want to live in the capital, not refugees, who have entered the outskirts of Permaten? You can be proud. If this continues, it could become the Permaten Empire?”
“Well, when people come, can’t we ask them to bring a year’s worth of food for themselves?”
Any number of residences can be provided.
If you want, you can even build a house made of magic stones.
The furniture and miscellaneous items inside can be obtained somehow, whether by using items produced within Fermaten or bringing them from outside, and people do not starve to death if they do not have them.
But without water and bread, humans die.
Even if there is water and bread, there is no choice but to reduce mouths when there are far more mouths than the resources given to the Fermaten.
Or, supplying water and bread from somewhere with suspiciously rich resources.
“I really wouldn’t have done it if there wasn’t an infinite labyrinth.”
“It’s all thanks to the Count. Hard mode was opened, and he thought of supplying food here. Above all…”
Charlotte pokes my waist from the side.
“Thanks to the Count who enslaved the succubi and sea elves, the food situation in Fermaton has improved a lot, right? Hehe. I can’t believe they use succubi as farmers.”
“They can easily work for 8 hours if they just suck a man’s dick once, so we can’t just leave them like that.”
There are a lot of dicks.
As the rumor spread that you could have free sex in Permaten, young people from all over the kingdom were the first to arrive in Permaten.
“If I had lived as a poor person in the kingdom, I would definitely come to Permaten. I will feed you, let you sleep, and even give you free sex. As long as you don’t rebel, the Count, who is kinder than anyone else, will take care of everything.”
“I’m kind?”
“Of course. Unimaginable events in the Empire are unfolding around Fermaten right now.”
Charlotte held up one of his fingers.
“Taxes.”
“…”
“The people of the territory work hard and die every day because of taxes, but over there in Permaten, they say you can make money just by having sex every day. It’s probably spreading throughout the empire now, right?”
“What do you think?”
I removed the undead corpses and opened the tightly closed door of the warehouse.
“If our lives are told to the Empire, how do you think the Empire’s citizens will react?”
“Even if it’s impossible to rebel, I will definitely feel envious. Even if you are proud of the empire, in the end, it hurts your stomach to see those who are worse off than you.”
Charlotte grasped the air with her hand and shook him up and down.
“If they found out that a man who lived as a beggar in the Empire was fattening up his stomach by shaking his waist in Permaton, they would definitely be furious.”
“Then they will become our enemies.”
“Yes. The Empire will try to attack the Fermatens more aggressively and more severely than the noble allied forces. If the Empire raises an army…”
Kuuk.
Charlotte stabbed me in the waist with her index and middle fingers.
“200,000.”
“…”
“A 200,000-strong army will arrive. This is the maximum force the Empire can deploy on the Fermatten front.”
“Do you mean soldiers can come from other places?”
“What, some?”
“It’s annoying.”
If a war actually breaks out, Nero and other kingdom officials will prepare for it in earnest, but I can’t just sit back and have sex.
“I wish there was some good way to break through.”
“Mainly what?”
“Hmm… “
One thing, I have a plan.
“It’s you, Charlotte.”
“…Me?”
“The easiest way to win against the imperial army is for you to step forward.”
It was impossible in-game because it was basically a 6-player combination labyrinth strategy game, but there is an ultimate skill that might be possible in this world if you do it well.
“What if… “
Sigh.
Open the warehouse door.
“Count!”
Saaeaeek.
Before I could react, a shadow stretched forward from above me.
Ku-euung!
The undead that was trying to bite me with its mouth open towards me was knocked to the floor by Vorpal Rabbit’s fist, and I carefully lowered the Doombreaker in front of me.
“It’s starting to pop out from inside the warehouse. Thank you, Charlotte.”
“…You were prepared.”
“Because you never know what might pop up. Ah, this is Rouge Permaten. “This is conveyed to all knights.”
Inside the warehouse, be careful of the undead that come out after being trapped.
“But thanks to you, I survived. …Wait a minute, don’t come inside.”
I stopped Charlotte from entering due to the traces of the undead destroyed by Vorpal Rabbit.
“Why are you doing that?”
“No matter how you look at it, it’s just not a good thing.”
“What’s new? Well, I know how it feels.”
Charlotte’s expression hardens after checking the inside.
The undead hidden in the warehouse like a trap was a girl with a similar size to Charlotte.
“This is…”
“A warehouse is a warehouse, but it is not a food warehouse.”
There is some food left.
However, the food was covered in rotten mold and full of traces of eating.
“Count, this…”
“…I guess it’s a sign of death.”
The inside of the warehouse door was full of traces of attempts to open the door.
Perhaps those undead were locked in a warehouse and sealed here for hundreds of years.
And every time we descend the Infinite Labyrinth, we will meet someone new here.
It is not a trap.
I was just a poor lamb trapped here when the world was copied here.
“Mourning.”
I lightly closed my eyes and prayed for the undead to rest in peace, then looked inside.
“…Mourning is mourning, and farming is farming. Charlotte, don’t you see something unusual?”
“Hmm… “
Charlotte looked around the inside of the warehouse and pointed to an item on the shelf.
“Can I have that?”
What Charlotte was pointing at was a small rabbit doll.
It looked similar to a Bhopal Rabbit, and was the only one in the warehouse that looked clean and clear.
“I will use that doll. If you take that doll outside, the people trapped here will at least feel like they are getting outside.”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
Although it may break the sentiment a little.
“Let’s farm that.”
“…Yes?”
Charlotte’s expression hardens.
“Let’s farm undead corpses?”
“No, let’s farm dolls. You control the dolls you get from the infinite labyrinth. With magic.”
“Hmm… “
Charlotte looks at the doll with a serious face.
At the same time, Bhopal Rabbit held her doll in her hands and brought it in front of Charlotte, who looked around to see the state of her limp doll.
“I don’t think it will be a big problem to control it, but what do you plan to do with it?”
“Mobilizing dolls to the front lines?”
“…”
“I will create a puppet unit and you will be on the front line. A puppet master who will subdue the imperial army.”
“Hmm.”
Charlotte caressed the doll, the ‘weapon’, with serious eyes.
“Everything you get from the Infinite Labyrinth becomes a resource. And among them, dolls like this are the same…”
“What do you think?”
“You farm everything else than just dolls, right?”
Charlotte pointed to the items in the warehouse.
“Aside from food or wine warehouses, there are definitely warehouses where people put miscellaneous items. If there is such a warehouse, we take care of all the things in it.”
“It’s a good suggestion. It’s an item from hundreds of years ago, so it may be old in design, but it’s much better to have it be classic and clean rather than shabby.”
I looked at the doll’s fabric.
Although the material and shape of the cloth could not be said to be very good, it was no different from the clothes worn by people from all over the country.
Clothes on dolls that may be relatively cheap have this texture, so what if you could rob a nobleman’s dress warehouse?
“It doesn’t end with just farming food.”
“Count!! I have something to report to you.”
Outside the warehouse, Joanna came running.
“Undead inside the inner warehouse…”
“It appeared here too.”
“As expected, you are the Count.”
“Who was injured?”
“No.”
“Thank goodness. I was wondering if there was someone who didn’t hear me.”
Undead appeared in other places as well.
In other words, from the 46th floor onwards, you cannot let your guard down even while farming.
“Did something special come out?”
“Yes, that is.”
With a very serious expression on her face, Joanna took out one of her books and handed it to me.
“…I think I have found the key to destroy the empire.”
“Huh?”
“Would you please look at this?”
“…”
What Joanna gave her was a ‘history book’.
“It’s a little uncomfortable to talk in front of Charlotte…”
“It’s about the fall of the empire, why?”
“…It is directly denying the foundation of the imperial lineage.”
“Huh?”
What are you talking about?
“The Count said that this labyrinth is the same world as it was hundreds of years ago, right?”
“Yes. The day the Infinite Labyrinth opens, I expect that many cities in the world will have been copied into it or something like that.”
“In that city, there was a book that summarized the reality of the empire. And…”
“What is it? Look.”
Charlotte personally took the book Joanna brought and looked at its contents.
“…Oh my, crazy.”
Charlotte was surprised, her eyes sparkling.
“Count.”
“Why?”
“I heard you were of imperial blood and were slaves?”
“…”
