Fairy Village For The First Time In A While
How about just getting married already?
If that"ll raise your morale then it"s fine.
While we were doing that the {Butchers} and {Exterminators} came back. It gives an impression like the number of people suddenly increased.
"How was it?"
Miduchi asked about the results of battle but there"s no way of hiding the refrigerator so she"s smiling.
"Yeah, we made quite a bit."
I smile from feeling pretty good as well.
"We found a gold ore on the 6th floor as well!"
Ho! That"s good news.
""It"s an ore with a good feel to it.""
"It won"t take that long right."
The members of the {Butchers} are making a racket as they boast about it. I guess it"s in that bag Jeru is carrying? Judging from the size it"s probably not much different from the one we previously found on the 6th floor. It looks considerably big. If the purity is about the same then after refining it should come out to around 20 kg. It seems the young Kimu and Hisu split up Jeru"s belongings to carry.
"What about on the {Slaughterers} end..{Status Open}..a refrigerator! That"s amazing. Isn"t it a high cla.s.s magic tool!"
Kevin got excited seeing the name of the refrigerator.
"We"ve seen one once when we were in {Sun.Ray} right."
Kamu said enviously. Well, it"s worth more than that gold ore after all. But, because they found a gold ore Kamu"s face was satisfied.
"Master, I"ve returned just now."
The {Exterminators} came out of the dungeon just a bit later before Angela approached and knelt down before me. Henry, Mekku, Rubi, and Jesu the four of them all knelt behind her.
"Yeah, good work. How were things for you? Did anyone get injured?"
"No. There wasn"t any particularly large problems..However, that is..We didn"t find anything significant.."
Oh my, just because the {Slaughterers} and {Butchers} found treasure doesn"t mean you have to shrink back that far. It"s normal not to find anything. Rather it"s luck after all.
"Hn, I see. Then, you go and eat together with everyone. After a short rest help carry the bags together with Zulu and everyone else."
I ordered not just Angela but all of the kneeling slaves behind her. The ground is hot after all.
""Yes, master.""
While I was slowly drinking some beer and talking to everyone, the {Butchers} finished eating their Baldoggie in no time at all. I was talking together with Miduchi, Rodrick, and the reincarnated people but it seems they"re waiting for Miduchi.
Ah, I see. They want to take the gold ore to the goldsmith right away. Also, they probably have to cash in the magic stones and such as well. Starting this month since it was the former {Sun.Ray} + someone, the portion for my combat slave not being included increases the amount the {Butchers} get.
However, while it was only a few they defeated ogres on the 7th floor and have their magic stones so as a matter of fact their income has increased and even I"m earning a bit more. I said to Miduchi, "Everyone"s waiting. Go ahead." and send off to the {Butchers} before throwing the last bit of Baldoggie I had remaining into my mouth and washing it down with beer.
"Then, it"s about time for me to start getting ready as well. Ah, Zulu..is really still in the middle of talking...Angela, or notm Henry sorry but go and borrow a carriage and have it sent around to Boil Manor. Here."
I said that before handing Henry 2 Gold Shu a bit more than the fee for renting the carriage(The market price for renting a carriage with two horses is 200,000 Z for one night. This time it will be for two nights so it costs about 400,000 Z). Angela who I almost called on by mistake has to go and cash in the magic stones with the {Exterminators} after this.
After all the amount of magic stones the three parties of us {Slaughterers} carry in is quite high so it takes a bit of time to cash them in. Putting aside the {Slaughterers}, the remaining two parties almost never combine their magic stones into one after all. They have a bulk of small magic stones from the 1st to the 5th floors.
It"s really hard for me to understand but it seems that"s the adventurer way of doing it. They aren"t all that heavy but they end up bulky so I think it"s just a waste though. Supposedly it"s cool to pa.s.s through the entrance plaza displaying a bag full of magic stones. Most likely those sorts of values were adopted because everyone was against the MP consumed with void magic in order to combine magic stones into one. When we first came to Baldukk I was too afraid to waste any mana on doing that as well.
In about 20 minutes Henry borrowed the carriage. The change I said to use for meals for the combat slaves until I return and the remainder is for "Use it to add to tonight"s dinner. I"m sure you"re all going to have a feast right?" and pushed it on to Toris who was holding back. The {Butchers} still haven"t come out of the magic stone shop. We packed the refrigerator into the load of the carriage and while we were at it took the gold bars out from the bag Giberuti was carrying and loaded them on as well. Of course the other stuff that didn"t fit in his bags and we were carrying has already been loaded as well.
"Master, what"s this?"
Angela asked strangely while helping out loading the carriage with our bags.
"Nn, these are some of the goods we found this time"Ehheeee, it"s heavy right?"
When I tried to reply Ralpha interrupted me as she bragged with heavy breathing.
"Hn? Yeah, it"s a bit heavy even though it"s not very big."
"Well, Ralpha you can take your time bragging all you want later. I need to go to the capital right away today. I can"t sell these if it"s not the capital either."
After saying that I got on to the coachman"s seat. Ah, I need to say it before I forget.
"In regards to that ore. Sorry but put it in the temple. Later on we"ll move it over to my locker. Also in regards to that ring I"ll discuss it with Miduchi before deciding whether to get rid of it or not. I think we"ll return just as planned on the day after tomorrow."
And I whispered to Zenom. Zenom replied with, "Nn, as expected I"m tired so I"m not going to the capital this time but I"m relying on you." He requested from smoked Neisun(a fish that resembles the Pacific herring). It"s not as if you can"t buy it in Baldukk but Zenom prefers ones hand-made by a famous smoker in the capital. I"ve partic.i.p.ated in eating some of it a number of times as well but it"s certainly delicious. It"s quality goods.
While we were doing that the {Butchers} came out of the magic stone shop. Jeru is still carrying the gold ore as usual. Just like that they entered the goldsmith three buildings down. Even from here I can tell everyone"s quite excited.
Angela said, "Faruergaz-sama. Well then, shall we go to cash in as well?" and called out to Rodrick before leaving my other combat slaves and going with the {Exterminators} into the magic stone shop. Even they had Ginger and Hisu switch out of the party so their profits have increased from the number of heads.
The {Butchers} came out of the goldsmith shop in several minutes. The value is unknown until it"s refined after all. Miduchi said farewell to everyone in front of the shop and after splitting ways came over to the carriage.
"Sorry for the wait."
I was handed 1 gold coin and over 10 silver coins from her. Amazing~!
"We killed a total of 8 ogres after all. Last week it was 7 of them. It"s a huge profit. I"ve already taken the expenses out for the two times."
Even then it"s this amount! That"s quite~ something. Including my share even with 11 people getting a cut it"s a considerable amount of money. Obviously they were defeating monsters other than the ogres as well so even subtracting the 300,000 Z expense from these two and a half weeks I made a profit of over 1,000,000 Z.
"Eh? That much!? Things must have been difficult for Miduchi-san right?"
Back when the {Butchers} were still {Sun.Ray}, Gwine partic.i.p.ated with them just once so she joined the conversation.
"N~ I don"t think it was to the point of being called difficult? It"s been one year since then right? I think everyone"s levels have probably gone up after all. Since Zenom was the one who brought them out before me it seems they got a bit used to it."
Hmm. It seems it was worth sending over Zenom and Miduch one after another.
"..I can"t be slacking off either.."
I heard Basutoral whisper to himself. Come to think of it this guy was watching how they fight along with Gwine at the time as well. That"s right, give it your best.
Miduchi and I the two of us went to the capital right away and planned on bringing the {Refrigerator}, gold bars, and {Ring.Of.Protection} into the company connected to Duke Sandak, Sandak Company.
On the trip to the capital when I discussed things in regards to the ring with Miduchi, after thinking about it for just a bit she said "We should sell it." Even though it"s only a mere 1 HP, once per day, she evaluated the ability of damage reduction as being "something important" though...
"Certainly that might end up being the line between life and death. Even then we should try selling it this time."
And said decisively. The reason was, "The only one who accurately knows it"s abilities is just your right? Honestly speaking, it"s not a {Magic.Item} that you could say is very powerful, so it"s not all that regrettable right. Rather than that, I think it would be better to learn how they investigate the abilities and what kind of price tag it might be given." was what she said.
Certainly it"s just as Miduchi said. I was a bit relieved because it was the same as my thoughts on it. If it ends up with a price that"s far too low then it"s just a matter of not selling it after all. At that time since they still haven"t been given a {Magic.Item} as a charm I"ll give it to either Ralpha or Angela..or not. I guess it"s fine if I just give it to either Henry or Mekku. Of course it"s fine if Miduchi or I use it as well but neither of us takes damage very often after all~
After confirming the quality of the gold bars we brought into Sandak Company(most likely they"ll end up melting them down at a goldsmith) I had them pay the money to Greed Company. I asked them to contact me when the {Refrigerator} sells and if a potential buyer makes an offer on the {Ring.Of.Protection}.
However, I included that "after" selling it at a price I"ve accepted they tell me how they investigated what kind of abilities it has as a condition. Of course even if the degree of the ability is uncertain as long as I accept it I"ll sell it. According to Miduchi it seems there"s collectors with unique taste out there. Collectors indeed..Of course the world is a big place so I"m sure there are though. I wonder about that?
Furthermore, in regards to the {Big.Freezer} and large chandelier we brought in previously but it seems some buyers are still competing over the {Freezer} at over 300,000,000 Z. I wanted to try asking for the information of the buyers but it would be unpleasant if Sandak Company thought I was going to invade their field of business so I endured it. Unexpectedly it seems the head house of Duke Sandak is buying the large chandelier. It"s just huge and bright with no ornaments to it so when they offered 40,000,000 Z for a chandelier in just name I was ready to raise my arms and cheer as I sold it.
After showing my face in my company and glancing over the account books for a moment, we quickly went to the smoker and obtained the smoked Neisun Zenom requested while also buying as much dried fish as Miduchi and I could carry from this shop.
After that we took a bit of a detour around to the East side of Baldukk and after entering the town got a room at a random inn before leaving all of our bags. I paid an extra amount of money to put a tag on the smoked gift and store it together in the refrigerator of the inn. It"s together with other stuff but the ones managing it are the inn employees so there"s almost no need to worry about it being stolen.
After that Miduchi and I, the two of us wore hooded robes that hide down to our feet and separately entered the dungeon through the entrance plaza in the heat. We grouped up again in the teleport room on the 1st floor. I arrived at the teleport room on the 1st floor in about two and a half hours and when I was drinking water while waiting Miduchi arrived soon after.
The two of us teleported into the 2nd floor. As expected I guess we can"t make it that one place..Since it couldn"t be helped we decided to return from the 3rd floor as usual. After clearing through the 2nd floor we lowered our hoods again before entering the teleport room where second-rate parties are likely to be camping. After quickly teleporting into the 3rd floor the two of us raised our hoods and after checking if the incantation appeared in the teleport crystal again we held on to it while singing the "j.a.panese Anthem".
"Karl, it"s me! Al!"