Translator: LN&WN Warrior
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"This"s Haruki. It seems like the Monsters Stampede will happen, please get ready immediately and come here."
"...... Hmm! I, I understand!"
She could speak fluently despite the tension colouring her voice.
After the call was finished, Haruki quickly started sound.
He turned on the computer and brought his tablet that had not been used for a long time out of the house.
He opened "Let"s be" on the tablet while watching the entrance of the dungeon.
It was connected via WI-FI tethering from the computer, but the time for the homepage was open quite slowly.
That might be a result of heavy web traffic from adventurers in various places.
‘For the "Let"s be" server which can withstand 1,000,000 users..."
‘Looks like the situation is really bad."
As Haruki predicted, BBS was flooded by many people.
Because various kinds of information were posted in an instant, he had difficulty to capture information.
But when the pieces of information were collected, he finally able to see the complete picture.
Strange phenomena occur in all dungeons in j.a.pan.
Until now only some of the dungeons flooded with monsters.
But, the subject of a strange phenomenon was the same.
In other dungeons which were still not flooded also had a high chance of stampede occurrence.
After closing the BBS, Haruki opened WIKI to find a page about Monsters Stampede.
It was quite time-consuming for the page to open completely as it seemed like many were trying to access it.
"......Yup, as expected."
Haruki had confirmed that this was the situation before the stampede occurred.
The Monsters Stampede that would occur was similar to the Monsters Rampage.
The difference was, every monster partic.i.p.ated in the Monsters Rampage must be subdued.
It didn"t matter whether it was 1,000 or 10,000 monsters.
However, based on the previous occurrence, the Stampede would end as long as 90% of monsters were defeated.
Another of the requirement was to defeat the BOSS which came out with the Stampede.
Although the number of events that happened was still small, those vital points had been “verified”.
Those were the only conditions.
No more records could be found.
After confirming those conditions, he saw a woman walking towards the dungeon.
"......Is it Akane?"
"Yeah, yeah, this is Akane-san. What"s the matter? Do you want to hunt this early?"
"You too, right? Akane-san want to prepare the shop?"
"Of course, I"m a clerk with legendary cla.s.s abilities?"
*Glance*
‘How can she admit it herself. "
"I come to the store in the early morning and learn various things."
"So, there are also things that you need to learn? "
"I learned how to check the medicines as those products that I ordered came today."
"Really. It"s nice timing!"
‘So, it arrived today."
‘It"s really nice timing."
"What kind of medicines come?"
"Okay, okay, there are..."
The girl opened the delivery box at the shop entrance with the key, from inside the girl took cardboard.
"Immediately sell all the medicines to me."
"Okay... what"s wrong? Has anyone been hurt? "
"That might happen after this”
Haruki said while looking at the dungeon.
"A Monsters Stampede may happen today.”
"…………Well, then I"m going home now."
"Wait."
Haruki quickly caught the nape of the neck of Akane who wanted to escape.
"Ahaahahaaan! Let me go. I don"t know anything so please let me go! "
"Don"t run and cry, calm down......"
‘For her who is able to beat up thug adventurers to fear a Monsters Stampede."
‘Is she traumatized by it?"
"Let! Me! Go! I don"t want to be involved with a troublesome thing! "
‘It seems like she"s running away because it"s troublesome. "
‘Then, I won"t be gentle with her." Haruki suddenly pulled her and brought his mouth closer to her ear.
"Isn"t it a problem if your store is destroyed?"
"What? Yo, yo, yo, you! What do you want to do with my shop!? "
"Nothing. It"s just that, soon there will be a Monsters Stampede from the dungeon in front of the shop……. You are smart so you can understand what it means right? "
"
"I, I, items in this shop are almost non-existent, so even if it was destroyed—"
"Rebuilding the shop, merchandises cost, and repairing require a large amount of money."
"Ugh!"
She murmured in a loud voice.
Prehab prices and money spent on repairs.
Of course, the budget for reconstruction and repair costs came from sales revenue.
Of course, it wasn"t enough, and it wasn"t possible for the business to continue in a destroyed shop.
It didn"t matter if it was in summer.
But she would die in the winter.
Facing Haruki"s threat, Akane"s body lost its energy as if giving up.
"......How should I put it, you are an adventurer, right? They will definitely call you even if you escape."
"It"s fine if I don"t respond to the call because I didn"t change my address when I moved."
"......."
‘She really has a bad personality. "
‘Someday she will definitely get unimaginable retributions, right?"
‘………Ah, no. This must be one of the retributions."
"Anyway, give me the items first. The salves will definitely necessary when the Stampede occurs."
"I understand. You will pay for it, right? "
It was not because she was greedy.
Even in any crisis conditions, businesses didn"t have the right and obligation to provide sponsors for free.
After the terminal was on, he held the IC-card to complete the payment.
10 cases of 10 ointment medicines cost 3,000 yen per item. The total payment is 300,000 yen.
He didn"t think it would hurt him.
Because he felt he might be hurt even more if he didn"t pay
And while he finished the payment, the fully equipped Karen arrived.
It seemed like she frantically went out of the hotel after listening to Haruki"s words. The problem was her bed hair was still there.
"I think you said there is a Stampede, but why are there still no monsters coming out?"
"The Stampedes happen in various places, but it seems like the time of occurrence are various too. "
Karen listened to Haruki"s explanation about the information he read on the BBS of "Let"s be".
At that moment there are sounds of sirens.
‘Finally, it"s time for the Self-Defence Group to appear. "
Haruki started his move before they arrived.
"Karen, get ready for a defensive battle here while I go to explain the situation to the Self-Defence Group."
"Will Karaboshi-san join us to face the wave?"
"I will rather find the BOSS."
"You, you can"t!" It"s dangerous! "
Karen caught and held the hand of Haruki who wanted to go.
"That"s okay. I can definitely deal with Monsters Rampage if it"s just monsters like Black Racc.o.o.ns. If they are stronger than Black Racc.o.o.ns, I will escape."
"But, isn"t it safer to partic.i.p.ate in the defensive battle here!?"
"Well, of course..."
Haruki considered that while holding his chin.
He would definitely meet with Monsters Rampage if he enters a dungeon.
But Haruki still wanted to enter the dungeon.
‘I will enter the dungeon when stampede occurs. "
‘Opportunities like this might not come for a second time! "
‘It will definitely be an interesting experience; I won"t let it go when it"s in front of my eyes. "
‘—But if I say that, Karen will definitely go mad."
"We can prepare countermeasures as long as we know what monsters are coming out. Plus, from the information on WIKI of "Let"s be", it is possible that Stampede will stop if the BOSS is defeated. By scouting, if you target and defeat the BOSS. I think that way is better for protecting the city than continuously defeating endless monsters. "
"...... Then, I will follow you!"
"No. Karen must partic.i.p.ate in the defensive battle. "
"Why!?"
"Because you"re a burden."
"......Hmm!"
Karen gasped as her face turned pale.
Before she said something, Haruki took off his mask.
Haruki deliberately erased his presence.
"I have a thin presence, so I can act without being found by monsters. Instead, I will be found if I am with Karen.…… You understand what I mean, right?”
Only by moving lightly, Karen couldn"t find Haruki anymore.
‘Usually, I will feel frustrated, but now I feel very grateful. "
"………Well, I understand."
She still not really convinced.
However, Karen who had experienced Haruki"s aura could only nod.
"But, please don"t act carelessly."
"Of course."
After handing over most of the ointment he had bought before, Haruki carried his bag and headed to the dungeon.
He gave no sign to Karen who could not say anything.
Though Stampede would happen, he felt excited.
‘I must be crazy. "
‘But no matter what, I really enjoyed it. "
‘Well, that"s because I see a future where cities are not trampled by monsters and no one dies. "
But do not know whether the success rate is 1% or 0.1%.
To be sure, Haruki extended his hand to the road to realizing the vision.
To suppress the damage made by Stampede to zero.
How great would it be if he managed to get that future?
He couldn"t stop his thought.
It couldn"t be helped if he enjoyed it.
He couldn"t contain himself.
Not adventuring is something he doesn"t want.
"Wo-ho!"
Haruki immediately ran into the dungeon while laughing loudly.