Chapter 15 – Episode 14 – Let’s Go to the Dungeon!
When I left Lisbeth and her shop after choosing the clothes, it seemed that lunch time was approaching before I knew it. After having lunch and deciding to look around town, I went to a store Lisbeth knew.
Lisbeth, walking down her path, seems to stand out, as if I hadn’t made a mistake in choosing her clothes. Men passing by can be seen glancing back at Lisbeth, blushing at her. Certainly, Lisbeth is quite good looking. Since Lisbeth is wearing such a sexy style, I can understand the feelings of the men who pay attention to her.
Lisbeth and I arrived at a cafe-like shop with outdoor tables. The look of surprise at my appearance is no longer new. Sitting on the floor next to Lisbeth’s table, she watched Lisbeth order. She asked if the clerk asked me if I had any orders, so she asked if I could put some vegetables or something on a tray or something as it is, since it’s hard for me to eat because of the way I look now.
After the clerk entered, saying yes, a dish that looked like a sandwich and tea in a glass were placed in front of Lisbeth, and vegetable ingredients that looked like they had only been trimmed were placed in front of me. I really like this store to be able to take care of you like this.
While eating, I asked Lisbeth if the street where the shop was located was like a noble street. She wondered if it might be because there were quite luxurious stores, but it wasn’t like that, and she told me that it was a street with high-end stores with the entrance to the noble residence on the north side. She added that she was going to go to a really expensive shop inside the aristocratic district, but she went there out of consideration for me. Although it is said to be a noble residence, is there any problem entering it?
And the shop I went to this time is only a high-end shop that nobles sometimes visit because the shopkeeper’s costume design is famous, but the high-end shops in the aristocratic residence that deal with aristocrats say that the price range is different. Even for the order itself, after looking at the design and choosing the clothes, there are expensive shops that are made-to-order where you have to wait at least a month or two… I think women’s clothes in another world are really filthy expensive. Well, even the luxury brands on Earth had clothes that made me think they were crazy just by looking at the price range. I chose it for adventure, so I thought it would be a bit convincing considering that it had some magical skills.
“Then, where shall we look around in the afternoon? Radia is so much wider than I thought, so I guess I’ll have to walk around in moderation.”
“I will guide you to the guild management office and shops you should know about near where you live. There aren’t many shops I know of yet, right?”
After eating like that, I went to the guild management office, and passed by a place where people lived in small officetel-like buildings. There, Lisbeth spoke in front of a neatly designed building.
“This is the inn where Als and I live. The location is nice and tidy, and the price is cheap compared to the quality of the furniture and options in the room, so it’s quite difficult to find an empty room. Als and I barely signed a contract. The room is on the small side for two people to live together, so although Ars fell to the second floor and I fell to the third floor. Accommodations and houses that are suitable for two or more people to live together cost a lot of rent.”
Is it like a popular one-room building? Als, this high-born son, but we’re lovers, so can’t we live together? If I had come to this world as a human, I wouldn’t have cared about whether the room was small or not, and if I had a girlfriend, I would have chosen to live together. Well, if two people live in a cramped room in a small room, it might be difficult to rest properly after an adventure.
“Unless you bought a house or bought a house, most adventurers live around here. This is where you will understand when you say accommodations. If you go further down, there are cheap lodgings, but when I went there, it was only dirty and shabby lodgings that could have bugs. You’d better look for a room around here when you can get into human form.”
Saying that, Lisbeth said that she would leave her shopping bag for a while, and she went into the inn. As she opened the door, the inside looked like a neat lounge, and it certainly looked fine from the entrance. Well. When I get the humanization skill, I’ll have to look for a room around here. Afterwards, Lisbeth, who had just come out, moved to look around the streets again.
After that, she followed Lisbeth, who guided her around the guild management office and the shops near the warehouse where I lived, and talked about this and that. Street vendors selling various food ingredients, a street where equipment shops that can match adventurers’ equipment, stores that handle various medicines or supplementary materials from adventures, etc., Were gem-like information one by one.
In the middle, I showed the warehouse-like building where I live, and Lisbeth’s expression changed subtly. What kind of livestock monster cages do you live in? Does it look like a monster cage to others? Well, it’s a monster, though.
As long as I get the humanization skill, I will live in a neat accommodation.” She went to the guild management office to wait for Als, and after telling her to have dinner at the management office’s cafeteria if she seemed to be late, she entered the guild management office.
As she sat at the table, she heard that the guild management office was open after dinner until around 9:00. Since the gates of Radia close at 8:00, they say they close after receiving the quest report from the last guild. Come to think of it, the time and calendar are similar to Earth. Is the planet’s size and rotation period similar to Earth’s? While hearing that information, Ars returned and ordered dinner together. When Als saw Lisbeth’s changed dress, she blushed for a moment and put on a surprised expression, but with compliments on how pretty she was, she returned to a slightly more serious expression. No, is that the end of you?
“Are you done with your business? What the hell is the deal with only the warriors while hiding information like that?”
Lisbeth asked Ars in a slightly annoyed voice. Yes. I am also quite curious. However, Als’s expression was quite serious, for some reason it seemed to be out of the ordinary.
“Do you remember that the day I went to the lord for the call for warriors, I told you that a veteran warrior who was quite strong died? He was a fairly strong one among the warriors of Ladia with a level over 50.”
“It’s a little too much to be over 50. I think the average adventurer is around 30-40. So, was there a commotion because he died?”
“No… It’s really unfortunate that he passed away, but it’s not just that. The problem was his body.”
After hearing the explanation from Ars, who said that to my question, in another world, even if it is a corpse, if it is not damaged to the level of powder or too much time has passed, it is possible to identify whose corpse it is by analyzing the Esser remaining on the corpse. He has to bring the body, but if you analyze it with the magic tool in the guild management office or the lord’s castle, you can figure out who the corpse is and what abilities it had until death, similar to adventurer card information.
“But, when the guild member of the person who died this time brought the corpse and judged the corpse in order to determine death… There was no information about him being a hero. “
“…Under? Does that make sense?”
Lisbeth asked with a slightly surprised face. According to Ars and Lisbeth’s story, those who were chosen as heroes never lose their qualifications. Even if he died, the information that he was a warrior should come out in the corpse judgment, but for procedural reasons, the information that he was a warrior was nowhere to be found after judging the body of a hero. Since he was a veteran, he had renewed his adventurer card countless times, so the lord or guild manager had seen the veteran warrior’s qualifications disappear.
“At first, there was some way to say that he wasn’t cheating, but… There’s no merit. Because being a hero is more important than the benefits of the country. It’s hard for the country to take care of that many warriors, so there’s not much benefit unless it’s like a kingdom direct warrior who is selected for strength and loyalty. He’s not weak enough to need an impersonation.”
“Then… You mean that something happened at the time of death, and that hero’s qualifications for being a hero disappeared?”
Ars nodded and continued his explanation.
“According to the guild members who retrieved his corpse, he preferred a tactic of rushing through the dungeon with a fighting spirit, guiding his guild members to finish the monster, and then joining in to catch the boss. In this dungeon, they were using the same tactics to enter the area their guild was in charge of, but after the guild members finished off the monsters, they went inside and said that the hero was found dead.”
“As he is a hero, it must be difficult for guild members to kill him for some reason… After all, he killed a hero over level 50 in the dungeon, and there is a reason why his qualification as a hero disappeared, right?”
“That’s right.”
After talking like that, before I knew it, a waitress at the management office’s cafeteria brought the menus I ordered. Ars took a break, drank a drink, and ate a bite of fried meat before continuing the conversation.
“In addition to this, the dungeon itself that appeared this time is a bit strange. Originally, a dungeon is a different space away from reality that is created when high concentrations of esser and teser collide. After arranging the monsters and bosses inside, if all living creatures escape, it will naturally disappear. Since there are monsters that do not leave corpses, the only materials that can be used as extra income are minerals and plants that can be brought out from inside the dungeon. If left alone, monsters and tasers will flow out like a cursed mountain range, so the country will pay the request and the guild will receive and process the quest.”
I am grateful for Ars’ kindness in explaining in detail, perhaps for me.
“This dungeon was a fairly large-scale dungeon with a strong concentration of tesser, which has been occurring occasionally lately. So, most of the guilds that can afford to participate in urgent quests have even dealt with monsters that appear to be bosses. By the way, Tesser has been stabilized, but the dungeon is not disappearing. Right now, the lord and the camp are thinking that the cause might be related to the death of a veteran hero.”
Other warriors and guilds, who found it strange that they did not disappear, continued to search the dungeon, but only found the dungeon space where the monsters disappeared, and found no traces.
“This is the reason why the warriors were summoned here… There was an opinion that the cause might be a monster or an attack on a lonely hero. The other warriors, along with the guild members, moved together while being as careful as possible. But no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find any trace. Even the priests from the church came out to help.”
As the conversation continued with serious expressions, Lisbeth and I ate the dishes on the table and the weeds in front of me, while focusing and listening.
“I was afraid to aim if I was alone, so I took quite a risk and several warriors who were stronger than the deceased hero moved separately, but I couldn’t find anything. I think it’s probably aiming for some condition or a weaker person. When I went to the southern gate today, the officials of the lord castle compared the unusual internal structures and decorations brought by the returned guild with the dungeons recorded so far… But even that, I couldn’t figure out a dungeon with a similar case. That’s why we talked about it to our guild.”
“Why are we still beginners? No way…”
“Yes. He wants us to explore the dungeon.”
For a moment, Lisbeth’s expression hardened. A dungeon where high-level adventurers gathered, but many were injured and even veteran warriors died. It must have been absurd to ask Madel’s Light Guild to explore such a dungeon, as there are still only two novice adventurers.
“It’s not an opinion that came from simply saying let’s send a weak warrior. For several days, a number of warriors and their respective guild members became parties and searched for sleep, but no meaningful traces were found. I don’t know how long I’ll have to explore to leave it to the high-level warriors all the time, but they have a lot of work to do and livelihoods for them.
“Anyway, why us…”
“Instead, the task entrusted to us is a 3-day limited-time request, including a sema. When I said that we were doing it together with Sema, he said that he wanted us to explore together as he was a Shinsoo. If we can’t find anything, then we’ve decided to deliver the information to the kingdom and conduct an analysis of the dungeon led by the kingdom. Even if we don’t find something, we will be paid, and if we destroy the dungeon or figure out the cause, we’ll record the achievement along with the reward.”
“…But…”
“Lizbeth.”
Als leaned slightly towards Lisbeth, who looked at Als with her worried face.
“I want to.”
And with a serious face, he looks at Lisbeth and continues her story.
“If we can get this thing right, it will be an experience we get out of beginners. All the monsters inside have already been sorted out, so I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. I’m worried about the cause of the hero’s death, but that’s why the quest was assigned, including Sema.”
After talking that far, Als looked at me and said.
“Sema, I talked about you, and the lord judged that if that were the case, he would be able to help us escape in case of danger. And since you are a divine beast, the lord is expecting you to have something that can help you understand that strange dungeon, not just battles. This quest request is 10 gold coins for us for 3 days, and 5 gold coins for you separately. Although we are together on a temporary contract, he said that he would like us to take on the quest together because he plans to give us a tax exemption for this quest.”
Ars said that and asked me to come with him. Tax free for 5 gold coins. This is a fairly, no, close to jackpot condition. It could be risky and it was a daunting task, so did you prepare a lot of compensation? There’s a tax exemption there.
When receiving the reward for the mushroom gathering quest, as a courtesy, take 70% from 1 fairy tale and get 3 small fairy tales. In other words, when 300 won came out, the voice of these crazy thieves came out. I had already spent almost 2 gold today on Lisbeth’s clothes. There are no lodging fees and meals are cheap, but if you go on an adventure without income, you will have to spend a lot of money, but I wondered how long I could last. If you think about finding a room or equipment when you get a humanization skill, you should save as much money as you can.
In addition, this quest solves an abnormal situation that the lord and kingdom are paying attention to. I’m not interested in achievements, but if it goes well, it will be quite helpful to me. When you go to this and get the humanization skill, the beauties Oh, you are the god! You might get stuck while doing it.
“Well. I think i’m fine If only the two of us decide, we’ll do it together.”
“Yes. Thank you sema Then Lisbeth…”
“Haa… I still think we should avoid dangerous things… But Ars seems to have already decided, so there’s nothing we can do about it. Sema, you know how to stab the lord so that if you don’t do it right, you won’t get any reward.”
“Don’t worry. If it is necessary, I will pick up two people and run away with all my might.”
Saying that, we talked about the quest while putting the slightly cooled dishes into our mouths. Great. The first three days from tomorrow are the first dungeons that I look forward to.
