Chapter 26
I Will Sell Off
Anything Unnecessary
I've arrived in front of the Higashi-Nakano Dungeon Administration.
Being in the usual place is reassuring. The time is just past 9:00 PM. As
expected, having a watch is convenient. Yeah, I'm a little happy.
The sales pitch for this one I found at a thrift shop was,
"Resistant to impact, and resistant to dirt! As a companion for Dungeon
exploration!" Even if it was being sold at a bargain price, as long as
it's usable it's totally fine.
The rugged and chunky-looking wristwatch doesn't look good on my slender
arm no matter how you look at it, but what I need is its performance. I'll get
something that satisfies both performance and fashion once I have more leeway
with money. Absolutely.
「'Sup, Onee-san.」
「Aoi-chan, 'sup. The Dungeon today too?」
「Yeah, yeah.
If I don't earn money and rent a room, I can't get a smartphone contract, after
all. I'll make a killing.」
「Then lend me
your ID card... here you go.」
I lightly checked the returned ID card myself as well. I really want to
reach Level 10, where a Class will sprout, soon. If I do, the numerical values
of my status that have been continuing their low-altitude flight might shoot
right up.
■ Memories of the Star Soul
Name: Nagakura Aoi Scarlet
Level: 7 (Experience required for level up: 126)
Class: —
Vitality: 12 (+560)
Spirit: 12 (+630)
Attack: 12 (+560)
Defense: 12 (+560)
Magic: 12 (+595)
Resistance: 12 (+525)
Destiny Power: 528
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)
·
『Rock-hard Armor』 (Summons a sturdy shield)
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)
·
Blessing of the Yakubyogami (Returns calamities
and imparts bad causes and bad results. Proof of being acknowledged by the Yakubyogami
for solo subjugating the Smallpox Evil God)
For now, it looks like I'll reach Level 8 with today's Dungeon
exploration. It'd be nice if I can learn another usable skill. Huh? My
Blessings increased again somehow. Smallpox Evil God? Which monster is
that referring to. Or rather, Yakubyogami (God of Pestilence), is this
really okay.
「Aoi-chan, you said you were going to go to other Dungeons, right.
What happened with that?」
「Oh, that's
right. I'm glad you asked. I got various things, but first I'll hand over the
equipment I won't use. Here, these.」
■ Abyssal Guardian Katana: Spirit Augmentation, Resistance
Augmentation, Dark Attack Augmentation. A katana harboring the power of
darkness like the abyss.
■ Dragon Knight's Spear Medal: Attack Augmentation. A brooch that
improves the attack speed of spears.
「Heeh. The
katana and brooch, especially the katana, give off the feel of quite an
excellent sword. 『Solo Dungeon』 is more
amazing than I thought. As for the selling price, it will be a consultation
with the headquarters, so please wait a while.」
「Okay. I also
got things that look like consumables, so take a look at those too.」
「Alright,
bring them out.」
■ Copper Ingot: A lump of copper metal.
■ Potion: Heals wounds when ingested.
■ Book of Awakening: Randomly learn a skill.
I took them out one after another from the Dimensional Pouch. There were
4 sets of 40 copper ingots, 2 potion bottles, and just one Book of Awakening.
「Ooh, you got
your hands on something interesting here. The Book of Awakening is a
rare item that lets you randomly learn a skill.」
「That
"randomly" part bothers me, though. Should I just go ahead and
casually use it?」
「I think it's
better if you don't. Because if you're unlucky, you might end up acquiring a
skill that's like a curse.」
「What do you
mean?」
A curse. What's that about.
「There are
various kinds, but for example, skills like 『Frail』 or 『Slow-Footed』. It seems these are basically never
learned by leveling up, but when you use a Book of Awakening, they say
there's a low probability you might pull one.」
Are you kidding me. That's scary.
「You can't
seal or delete skills once you learn them, right?」
「You can't~.
However, the probability of drawing a bad skill seems to be low, so quite a few
people do use them. As the Dungeon Administration, we don't recommend it
since it can't be undone, though.」
I'm already quite strong as I am, so it's a good thing I didn't use it.
Wait, is this a chance to become even stronger? No, no, I shouldn't be greedy.
After all, I've got nothing but good-looking skills so far.
「I see. By
the way, can this be sold?」
「Since it's a
rare item, it sells for not a bad price. If the Dungeon Administration
buys it, it's 250,000 yen. I think it would sell for even higher if you sell it
directly to someone who wants it, but you probably shouldn't do that. Because
if that person ends up drawing a weird skill, they will absolutely hold a
grudge against you.」
「Ah, there
are guys like that, aren't there. I'll sell it to the Administration. What
about the others?」
I have high expectations for the selling price of the copper ingots.
They are beautiful lumps of metal, after all. I want to keep the Potions for
myself, but I want to know their value.
「I'll just go
appraise them to be sure, so wait a bit.」
Onee-san took one ingot and one Potion and retreated into the
back room, returning in less than a minute. I'm already a bit excited just by
the 250,000 yen for the Book of Awakening, but I wonder what will happen
with the others.
「Sorry for
the wait. We can buy the copper ingots for 1,040 yen a piece. Let's see... it's
41,600 yen in total. As for the Potions, they're 180,000 yen each. Should we
just buy all of them?」
Huh, is that all the ingots go for? Because they were beautiful metals,
I ended up thinking they'd fetch a higher price. Come to think of it, if you
think of a 10-yen coin made of copper, I guess that's how it is.
「I'll hold
onto the Potions. By the way, what level of injuries can these heal? Like,
would you be saved even if you're about to die?」
「It's hard to
be specific, but it'll instantly heal injuries that would take up to about
three months to fully recover from. Well, it depends on the severity, but
things like bone fractures, torn ligaments, or deep cuts seem to fall under
that. If it's a High-Grade Potion, it seems it can even heal near-fatal, severe
injuries.」
Ooh, amazing.
「Then, any Hunter
would want one, huh.」
「There's
quite a lot of general demand for them too, you know. There are even some Dungeons
where Potions are said to drop easily, and there are even Hunters who
base their activities around aiming for them. Especially if it's a High-Grade
Potion, the digits on the selling price are different, you know.」
Certainly, setting aside near-fatal, severe injuries, if it instantly
heals a bone fracture, 180,000 yen might actually be cheap. If I can earn
efficiently, maybe I could try a Dungeon attack aiming for Potions
myself someday.
「I'll
stockpile plenty of Potions, and maybe sell the surplus. Next is the magic
stones I've held onto, I'd like you to buy all of these~.」
I unleashed the spoils of war I've had up until now from the Dimensional
Pouch. I think I can expect quite a bit.
「Whoa~,
you've hoarded a lot again.」
Onee-san tossed the magic stones one after another into the
tool that automatically appraises them. While we were chatting about this and
that, the results came out.
「As expected
of your skill, Aoi-chan. The payment for the soul stones is 332,800 yen.
And if we total that with the Book of Awakening and the copper ingots,
it's 624,400 yen altogether. Aoi-chan, you're amazing.」
Whew, 620,000 huh. Are you kidding me. Just the results from yesterday
and this morning amount to this. Me, I can definitely become wealthy. I'm
already the great millionaire of the future.
「Umm, just
deposit all of this time's earnings, thanks. By the way, Onee-san. By
any chance, are all Hunters rich?」
「That's not
the case. You take it all because you're solo, Aoi-chan, but normally
people form Parties with about five to seven members, you see. There are
also various expenses, and if you deduct those and divide it up, naturally your
share will decrease. To begin with, if you were to try and gather 600,000 yen
worth of soul stones in a single exploration, the benchmark would be around the
Twenty-Fifth Floor, which is close to the lower layers of the Dungeon,
so reaching there isn't easy either, you know?」
Umm, does that mean that in my 『Ultra Hard Mode』 Dungeon, the
difficulty around the Fourth Floor of the upper layers is already on par
with the Twenty-Fifth Floor?
No, I guess not. In my case I'm solo, so the conditions are a little different, right. In reality, I wonder how it compares to a normal Hunter.