“Well then, the next objective… It’s kind of difficult, but I’ll take down a hundred killer rabbits.”
“Then we should take out goblins now.”
“Yes, but…”
“Is there a problem, darling?”
“No… It’s just that the possibility of one of you spawning a Hobgoblin is higher than zero.”
“Ah… That’s right. I can see the smoke that comes out of goblins clearly here. Yes, I’m sure that might happen.”
Yes, I had sixty Luck when I first came to this dungeon. That’s enough to accidentally spawn a Hobgoblin on this floor, so it’s very possible for people with around eight or ten Luck to spawn one.
“What should we do…”
“Well, if one does spawn, we could just take it down… But if I interfere, it will probably stop the killer rabbit count.”
“You are correct.”
“Then I won’t attack it. Can you two handle it?”
“Understood.”
“Yes!”
I leave the front line to them, and only step forward when there’s a killer rabbit, meaning we’re going around the first floor doing the opposite of what we were doing. There really aren’t many killer rabbits on this floor, so I feel like we might not finish before midday if we stay on the right side. We have to move around from one side to the other, meaning we have to keep passing through the central path.
And as I thought, when Aira takes down her three hundredth goblin, a Hobgoblin spawns. She leaves temporarily, and Ayane takes on goblins in the meantime. I’ll have to pat her a lot later.
After about two hours, I finally reach a hundred.
“That’s a hundred!”
Smoke leaves the body of the hundredth killer rabbit, and rises. Then it slowly comes down, and starts condensing right here.
It doesn’t swell, or show any sign that it will go somewhere. It’s not moving like I expected, so I’m more alert.
“Ayane, behind me!”
“Y-yes!”
Ayane gets between me and Aira, and we watch the smoke for a few dozen seconds.
When the smoke finally clears, it finally appears.
“Haha, seriously…”
Name: 525-1
Description: ??? placed on the second floor of the 525 dungeon. Offer the appropriate false image
It’s a treasure chest with a carving of a Hobgoblin.
“I thought something was off when I learned there was a treasure chest on this floor. I figured every nook and cranny of this floor was investigated in the last five years. And there have to have been others like me who look around out of curiosity. And yet, there were never any reports about a treasure chest. I see, so this is why.”
“I was not expecting it to only appear like this. You really are full of surprises, master.”
“No, I didn’t expect it either. But… I doubt it’s like this in every dungeon. I assume Unlucky Hall has one hidden somewhere too, since there’s only one type of monster there.”
“More importantly darling, can you pick up this treasure chest?”
“Oh, you’re right. There’s no way it was originally here.
I do as Ayane says, and decide to try lifting it.
But since the lock will disappear the moment I touch it, I have Aira do it instead. And she lifts it easily, without really trying.
She then tries to put it in her bag, and it looks like we can take it home despite it being a trophy treasure chest…
“…Should we leave for now? I’ve checked everything I wanted here.”
“Yes!”
“Good job master.”
I activate the transceiver, and report that the operation ended without any issues.
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“Good job Shouta.”
“There’s never been so many Hobgoblin voices echoing in the dungeon before. Seriously, nice going!”
Say Maki and Aki while each grabs one of my arms. Meanwhile, the branch manager is sitting down in front of us, smiling.
I’m sure they’re showing off how well we get along, but since we live together, I think she gets the message… Or maybe they’re just showing their appreciation…?
“Yes, you worried us, my honey.”
“Hey, we’re done with that!”
“Y-yes, it’s embarrassing in front of mom…!”
It really is. Then let’s leave those names for another time as a joke, and report the results first.
“Ahem. Can I have the report, Amachi?”
“Yes. Ayane, the camera.”
“Yes!”
Ayane is sitting on my lap as usual, and she connects the camera to an image display terminal to show the footage.
We see the Hobgoblin fights, the General Goblins, and then the powered up Hobgoblin. All of them feel lackluster, without any real points of note, but at least they do their job gauging the power of the rare monsters.
“…It will do. With this much visual data, the problem children of the first floor won’t be as big of a problem anymore. Can we publish this with the rare monsters of the second floor of the 810 dungeon in the auction tomorrow?”
“Yes, if there’s enough time… And you don’t need to hide me, people know anyway.”
“Are you sure? You will be promoted to A+ soon. There is no doubt you will attract attention.”
“You asked for information about rare monsters until the second floor, but I intend to go after all rare monsters within my reach. It’s only a matter of time until people realize who’s providing this. And you heard my stats, so it will be difficult for people to actually do anything to me directly.”
“You have a point, but… There might be people who just don’t care about anything, and will threaten you or the ones around you.”
“I gave the girls skills in case that happens. Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re protected from everything, but if I find more useful skills, I’m going to prioritize using them to keep them safe.”
I’m sure there are more like Adamantine Armor.
And if possible, I want them to have Level Gacha too…
Could I get it again now? I have thirty times more Luck… I’m curious about the trophy in that dungeon too. I think I could go visit it soon.
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