Chapter 330
Chapter 330: Perhaps stuffing faces with hot dogs first thing in the morning was a mistake, since now their presence is on the same level as the air and can be barely felt.
Day 79 – Morning, White Weirdo Inn
Although it was just force majeure, nothing more than a chance accident brought by an unfortunate coincidence caused by carelessly walking into a highly productive industrial area and getting caught up in industrious tentacles, I’m getting scolded? A double sermon mode. But they looked like they were having fun? I mean, they had such blissful smiles? It’s quite puzzling?
It looked like they were having the time of their life, hitting the absolute peak and then going even further beyond, reaching the level of enjoyment that seemed to touch the heavens… But apparently, it wasn’t okay? They seemed totally into it, but they’ve been in a seriously annoyed, sulky mood since morning.
「I… was about to die! Even though I’m an undead, I thought, I’d die!」
「Overwhelmed by pleasure,
Pushed past the peak of excitement,
I almost died, breaking through dangerous limits one after another!」
No, I mean, you were No Life King-san, so you wouldn’t die from something like that? Probably? And while Dancing Girl-san is starting to speak in longer sentences, she sounds like a suspicious Chinese person because she keeps splitting them in three parts, but we got new cheongsams to try? Yup, I made some.
Yeah, looking totally worn out and mentally drained, their faces shine with a lustrous gloss as they give me a sermon, languidly draped in sheets that are barely covering a very unladylike sight, giving off an irresistibly alluring aura, which is gearing me up in a highschool boy sort of way for a round of high intensity tentacle and highschool boy gymnastics before the routine morning radio calisthenics, but they seem to be kind of angry, so the situation seems to be calling for patience.
But when I first met them, both had a look of despair, with the first words I heard from them being 『Kill me』. But now they are scolding me with a flat gaze every morning, saying that they thought they’d die, so this is definitely an improvement. It would be even better if they were a bit nicer with their scolding, but they seem much more lively when they’re angry like this. They were pretty intense yesterday, too, seemed almost euphoric, maybe? Thanks to that, it looks like they still can’t move. Alright, let’s run away!
And now for the breakfast meeting. Looks like everyone couldn’t get enough of hot dogs, so we are having them in the morning, but the orphans don’t get pseudo chili sauce or mustard.
Everyone is making suggestions, discussing and adjusting, while stuffing their cheeks.
「We’re going to, you know? Take that deeep, partially-done dungeon, force our way right into the first floor entrance, then plunge deeper and deeper, pressing on, driving ourselves in with all our might as we invade every inch of the dungeon, tearing through it bit by bit, pressing onward and onward, sinking deeper, completely overwhelming and conquering it to the very end. Like, ravage it to the absolute limit?」
「「「Explain it more normally!」」」
Their faces are red? To be getting a concentrated Flat Gaze bombardement from numerous blushing cute girls so early in the morning, the Frontier is a great place after all. However, getting scolded for simply answering a question about our plans, I can already see a high false accusation ratio is awaiting me today as well.
Yes, the last dungeon we explored wasn’t cleared yet.
That place went beyond 94 floors. But we had to go back because the unexpected appearance of Mistilteinn left me without mana…… It’s been neglected for more than half of a month.
I mean, I jokingly thought that it might just be hiding, so feeling a bit nostalgic, remembering those summer days of the second year of middle school, I tried shouting, 『Pierce through, Mistilteinn!』—and then it actually pierced through! I also was surprised, you know? I mean, I didn’t expect that?
As a result the exploration ended unfinished, but after three weeks the monsters on the upper floors must’ve respawned already. If we start from the first floor there it should be just perfect to raise Dancing Girl-san’s levels. And that dungeon not only had good items but also good quality magic stones… A dungeon of that depth has to be destroyed, otherwise, it’s too much of a risk. Artificial overflow affected 30 floors at best, so they were easy to handle, but with 50 or more floors it would’ve been too much for the Frontier army or the Royal Guard to handle, and even Murimuri Castle might’ve been not enough. And overflow from a dungeon with almost 100 floors is impossible even for the classmates to handle. Even if they can fight inside such a dungeon, going through the floors one by one, if all of the monsters rush out at once, with floor bosses and a dungeon master in the mix, they would have no chances of stopping that.
But everyone still seems to be focused on the Kingdom’s side, even though thinking about it is completely pointless.
Thinking about the stuff we know nothing about, like this world, or otherworld transfer, or flaming geezers, aren’t going to bring any clarity, and if geezers are flaming we can just burn them. In the end, countries or continents have absolutely no significance for us. I mean, we don’t even know their names? A continent, the name of which we don’t know, with some sort of countries, the names of which we also don’t know, obviously sounds like something that has absolutely nothing to do with us?
And all of its issues can ultimately be traced back to the same place. Which is here, the Frontier.
「So long as the Frontier is taken care of, the rest doesn’t matter. If the Frontier is peaceful but some sort of a conflict happens outside, then it’s just a war or an invasion that has nothing to do with the world, monsters, demons, or whatever, that they are just doing on their own, okay? The people who keep fighting each other, while completely neglecting The Frontier, the place where the destruction begins, can be just ignored?」
「But weren’t you pretty angry? It’s best if things can be resolved without a conflict though.」
They seem to be worrying about the Merchant Confederation and the Theocracy, but I merely crushed them because they were making moves on the frontier through the Kingdom. I wouldn’t mind assisting the Kingdom or the Beastmen Country if they are willing to become a protective barrier for the Frontier, but in general we have nothing to do with them.
「While I’m a big fan of getting touchy, so much so that my own hands are almost not enough, and assistance of Magic Hands in that regards is highly appreciated, I’m not interested in touching disputes or whatever, and it’s not like I was that angry, I just might annihilate them since they kind of piss me off. It’s just some country which doesn’t particularly have anything to do with the Frontier, so I might as well burn it to the ground a bit and let it turn into just some ruined country? Kind of? 」
「「「You are really motivated to destroy them even though you aren’t interested! Or rather, there’s no indication anywhere that survival is even an option!」」」
In short, I don’t care if they just quietly perish without getting involved with the Frontier. There are tons of reasons that can be used as a pretext to do something ourselves, but it’s kind of a bother. I mean, where is merit (profits) to that? Not a single thing would be resolved from destroying an old man fetishists club? It would bring nothing aside from moral satisfaction.
That’s why dungeons take priority. If we get stronger we can prepare for what is to come, and it also would help to keep at bay the threat that dungeons pose. Nothing but advantages with no demerits, a very economical and easy on finances plan. Yup, I have no money.
But thinking about this from another direction, were the Theocracy or the Confederation to try something anyway, I’d get perfect customers to sell magic stones and mushrooms to at ultra high rip-off prices. And even if we were to destroy them completely, it would bring only some short-time profits, with no long-term benefits. It’s the best if they just get ripped off and perish all on their own.
But while they can’t do anything about the Kingdom at the moment, there is a possibility they might shift their focus to the Beastmen Country. Geographically, the Beastmen Country is the buffer zone between the Kingdom, the Theocracy, and the Confederation. And it is the only state that is friendly towards the Kingdom, and also its ally. Can’t say that I’m particularly fond of it, but if it disappears it will become a demerit for the Kingdom, and there is also a risk of the Geeks leaving if something happens to it.
Looks like those letters were a honey trap set up by cute kemonomimi girls. If something were to happen in the Beastmen Country, the geeks would definitely rush over to help. Unforgivable, even though I was waiting for a honey trap all this time. Anyway, tell me more about those kemonomimi beauties… A Flat Gaze gust followed by a Fat Gaze downpour, aah, what a lovely day.
Yup, I got scolded.
Having finally settled on the policy they decided to prioritize dungeons, focusing on training and strengthening themselves to prepare for emergencies. Naturally, becoming stronger comes before everything else for the pres and others. I mean, they have nothing to do with this world to begin with, nor do they have any debt or obligations to it. Therefore, their own lives and safety take priority above everything else.
「Then, we’ll be taking this dungeon!」
「Aaah, I wonder which one is more profitable? If only there was the gold for exploration written somewhere.」
「I’m fine with anything as long as it’s not bugs, okay? I had enough of bug fluids for my entire life.」
「I’m cool with whatever, so let’s just get on with this. Fine, this one will do. We’ll be going ahead.」
「If we find gear we can used it to repay the debt…」
「I don’t like this 『Iron Woodpecker』. They probably hurt a ton!」
A rock-paper-scissors tournament had started, the winners of which would apparently pick their lot in a ladder lottery in order, which would then determine the symbol-marked string they’d pull from a lottery—it’s so complicated!
I would have preferred a light training session beforehand, but from past experience, training has never once been lighter than actual combat. Still, if I really think about it, something seems off about getting beaten up by a Dungeon Emperor to train for defeating the Dungeon Master? Yeah, a dungeon is definitely safer!
Suddenly going into real combat with new equipment gives me nothing but uneasiness, but it already went through some test runs last night, but… In a monster girl dungeon I’d be absolutely unbeatable. Even Pretty Girl Dungeon Emperor won’t be an issue.
Yup, I tested everything on a Pretty Girl Ex-Dungeon Emperor, so there is no doubt? She collapsed, bending backwards, so the destructive power leaves no room for complaints.
Comment (0)