As Shouta struggled buried under mountains of skills. Maki and Aira made dinner, and Aki and Ayane sat at his left and right to support him.
“Shouta, do you understand why I was taken aback when you used to bring all those magic stones?”
“All too well… Compression…”
“Hnfufu. But keep at it. I’ll reward you when you’re done.”
“Oh… Compression. I will. Compression.”
“Don’t give up, darling.”
Aki and Maki’s smartphones vibrated.
They were at the entrance to the fifth floor, so they were connected to the outside. They assumed they received some sort of message, and Maki stopped cooking to check it.
“…Aira, can you please go on without me?”
“Very well, leave it to me.”
“Shouta, I am going to step away for a bit. It looks like mom is contacting about the double announcement.”
“Yes, I guess I’m not the only one affected by it so much. Compression. Tell her I’m sorry.”
“Fufu, she wouldn’t get mad over something like this. But I will. Let’s go Aki.”
“Okay. Good luck, Shouta! Ayane, look after him!”
“Leave it to me!”
“Oh… Compression.”
[Miki]
I want to check the situation, so reply when you see this.
I assume it was him again.
[Maki]
Sorry to keep you waiting, mom.
[Aki]
Sorry. Yes, Shouta took down another unique monster.
[Miki]
I understand. Good work, you two.
So, can I have the regular report?
[Aki]
Okay.
[Miki]
By the way, what is he doing now?
[Maki]
He is buried in thousands of skill orbs.
[Miki]
I-I see.
Sounds rough.
[Aki]
He always looks full of life and cool taking down monsters, but seeing him all limp surrounded by skill orbs is cute too.
[Maki]
Yes yes! It just makes me want to pamper him.
[Miki]
Yes yes, enjoy your meal.
You’re using voice-to-text, so if you start going on about him, it will show up in the chat too.
[Aki]
Ah, yes.
[Maki]
Hehehe.
[Miki]
So what did he do today?
[Aki]
First, he started by conquering goblins as always. The result is what the announcement said, he took down a rare III unique boss, and goblins’ stats went down thirty percent. Rare monsters’ are down by half, and while I don’t know what happened to the drop rates because drops are guaranteed for Shouta anyway, I assume they’ve gone up.
[Maki]
Do you have any reports of changes, mom?
[Miki]
Yes, as much as I can hear.
But it seems the increase in drop rates is not thirty percent. I hear magic stones that had a ten percent chance of dropping can now be obtained at a thirteen percent higher rate.
Also, people with thirty percent drop rates after the fourth floor announcement have gone up to fifty, and people with a high chance to get items stopped getting duds.
We haven’t had the chance to do trials yet, but it might be just an upturn. I want to ask him what he thinks, but he’s busy, right?
[Aki]
I think it will be all right.
I’ll ask!
Shouta!
[Maki]
Ah, mom.
Shouta said sorry for giving you more work.
[Miki]
Fufu, what’s with that?
This is my job, I won’t get angry.
If anything, it will be busier after he conquers it. This is nothing.
[Maki]
Yes. How are preparations going?
[Miki]
Well.
Then again, I’m only preparing messages for my father, the government, and various TV stations, so it’s not very time consuming.
How long do you think it will take for him to finish the dungeon?
[Maki]
At least two days, at most a week.
Goblins are nothing new, so they aren’t a problem even if there are a lot of them. But the same can’t be said for what lies in the forest and mountain…
[Miki]
Still, you’re assuming he can finish it in three days. I’m glad you built a nice relationship.
[Maki]
Yes!
[Aki]
I’m back!
I asked Shouta!
[Miki]
Welcome back. So?
[Aki]
Hmn. I think adjustments have been made to the monsters, the same way that their stats changed. But Shouta doesn’t think about their drop rates, he thinks about the Luck value needed for it to be a guaranteed drop.
[Miki]
Luck value for a guaranteed drop?
[Aki]
Yep.
According to Shouta, if you have a hundred Luck, goblins on the first floor are guaranteed to drop a minuscule magic stone. That means an adventurer with fifty has a fifty percent chance, and one with ten has a ten percent chance.
But if we assume that value has been reduced by thirty percent, the guaranteed drop line becomes seventy Luck. That means adventurers with seventy Luck get it for sure, and adventurers with ten have a one in seven chance.
[Miki]
I see…
That’s a blind spot.
[Maki]
Shouta really is great!
[Aki]
Yes yes, let’s reward him a lot later!
[Miki]
Talk about that all you want later.
Anyway, we are going to look into the drop rates again. I’ll contact you if we learn anything.
[Maki]
Yes.
[Aki]
Okay.
[Maki]
About the golem footage from the second floor. I will release it tomorrow as soon as it’s ready. People should be busy with goblins right now, but I’m sure reservations will be full in no time.
[Aki]
Ooh!
I’m thinking it’ll be relevant to other dungeons too!
[Maki]
But there aren’t that many people like Ayane who can use large scale magic, so I assume not many people will try it.
[Miki]
Yes, but there will be teams that want to try it, so branch managers have been warning them about it harshly. They need to make sure they’re not getting other adventurers involved when they destroy the environment.
[Aki]
Ah…
Shouta can tell if anyone’s nearby, but not others.
[Maki]
It should be tricky for other teams.
Shouta really is…!
[Aki]
Yes, he really…!
[Miki]
Yes yes yes yes.
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