Chapter 17
To an Even Higher
Income Earner
Flea markets are wonderful things. Riding the momentum of buying a large
amount of jerseys and towels, I even managed to get my hands on a bunch of
unused second-hand socks and sneakers. With this, I can completely bid farewell
to the tattered old hand-me-downs I've been using to death until now.
I'm turning over a new leaf. Moreover, despite buying so much, my
expenses at the flea market didn't even reach 3,000 yen. My wallet doesn't hurt
at all yet. It doesn't hurt or itch in the slightest.
This is what it means to have money!
Up until a few days ago, 3,000 yen was a huge sum of money to me. Yet
now, it's a level of bourgeoisie where that amount of spending doesn't even
make me flinch.
「Fuhaha, I
suppose this means bidding farewell to sleeping rough starting today~」
There are plenty of prospects for income from here on out. Rather, I
should be greedier. I can defeat Rat-kous with ease, so as expected,
it's no good to just be satisfied with the Second Floor. Since it seems
I still have plenty of leeway in terms of combat power, I definitely should
challenge the Third Floor next. The rapid advance of me, whose
civilization level has risen, continues!
I could already live the hotel life. I could live a rich hotel life. I
could even live in some renowned hotel.
Sleeping rough in a park? Haha, that's not something a young maiden
should do. It's impossible, right.
When I went to the usual Dungeon Administration before sunset,
that Onee-san wasn't there. That person is frank, so it's nice and
easygoing. Instead, I headed to the counter where the ossan I had seen
before was.
「'Sup, ossan.
I'm back.」
「I am Kikukawa.
Nagakura-san, is that the equipment produced in the Dungeon? I
have heard about it from Tachibana.」
「These
clothes? They're cute, right. All thanks to 『Solo Dungeon』. Besides,
if you go to a hidden room, there's guaranteed to be treasure.」
「If that is
the case, how about trying to go to other Dungeons as well? If it is
just the uppermost parts of the upper layers, I believe you could obtain
equipment and such relatively safely again.」
Oh wow, that makes sense. There are a lot of Dungeons. If I just
rampage through the upper floors of all of them, won't I be covered in super
strong equipment and become practically invincible?
「Nice! I'll
try that next time. Today I'm going to make a killing on the Third Floor,
so please register me~」
「I will take
your ID card... Here, I am returning it. Please be careful.」
「I'm offf~」
It's Dungeon attack time! Dashing through the First Floor
and Second Floor of the solo Dungeon, let's go forth to the
unknown Third Floor. Thanks to my super strong equipment, I don't feel
any particular tension.
The basic structure of the Third Floor is no different from up to
the Second Floor, only the monsters change from rats to bats. The
difference from before is that the bats cling to the ceiling and fly down to
attack. Even so, based on my experience of being repeatedly subjected to
jumping attacks by the Rat-kous, I don't think I'll struggle.
After walking just a little bit, I immediately discovered a bat hanging
from the ceiling. The fact that they are in a group is another difference from
before. Anyway, nothing starts until I try. Here I goo.
「Oryaaa」
If I raise my voice, the monsters on the high ceiling will come to me.
As usual, they're about the size of a medium-sized dog, but since I'm used to
this from the Rat-kous, it's nothing to worry about. In fact, their
movements are even slower than the Rat-kous. Even if there are multiple
of them, I can handle this with ease. They're already like summer bugs flying
into the fire.
「Heave, ho!」
With a single movement of swinging the hammer down and then up, I buried
four bats. Leisurely collecting the high-quality magic stones, these are 500
yen a piece. 2,000 yen total, thanks, life is an easy win!
As I thought, this is a breeze. Mr. 『Ultra Hard Mode』, it's a
breeze so far!
At this rate, I feel like I could already go to the next floor, but
according to what I've heard, the difficulty spikes up sharply from the Fourth
Floor. This floor is sufficient for earning money, and if I'm going to
challenge it, I'll do it after talking to Onee-san. Next time is fine.
And so, I became completely absorbed in searching for bats and
continuously collecting 500-yen magic stones. How long has it been, I wonder.
It feels like about two hours. It's inconvenient not having a watch~. Maybe
I'll just buy a wristwatch. If it's a cheap one, it shouldn't cost that much,
right.
Haa, I'm tired of bats already. I should have easily defeated over a
hundred of them. A special monster like a dragon didn't appear either, so I'm a
little disappointed. Come to think of it, I might have leveled up by now. Let's
see.
■ Memories of the Star Soul
Name: Nagakura Aoi Scarlet
Level: 6 (Experience required for level up: 385)
Class: —
Vitality: 11 (+240)
Spirit: 11 (+390)
Attack: 11 (+480)
Defense: 11 (+480)
Magic: 11 (+510)
Resistance: 11 (+450)
Destiny Power: 527
Skill: 『Ultra Hard Mode』 (Imposes trials. Increases Dungeon difficulty,
increases reward acquisition rate according to difficulty, growth rate changes
proportional to difficulty) : 『Solo Dungeon』 (Allows entry into an exclusive Dungeon) : 『Martial Soul
Resonance』 (Equipment
binds with the user and grows according to level) : 『Poison Attack』 (Inflicts
poison damage upon attacking) : 『Star Thread Spinning』 (Visualizes details of the Star
Soul Crest) : 『Status Ailment Resistance』 (Grants resistance against status ailments) Class
Skill: —
Blessing: Blessing of Benzaiten (Increases Charm, Artistic
Ability, and Financial Fortune. Proof of being acknowledged by Benzaiten
for solo subjugating the Five-Headed Dragon)
「Ooh, it did
go up as expected. But my status is a stable increase of just 1. Can't
something be done about this, seriously.」
I'm on the verge of giving up. My base status goes up way too little.
Since I ended up hearing that normally Level 5 has an average of about 30, it
makes me feel even worse.
Ah, but the correction values went up a ton? What were they last time again. I completely forgot. My skills increased again, but the explanation isn't an explanation at all. Mr. 『Star Thread Spinning』 sure is half-assed.
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