HPDBC Chapter 271: Crimson (2)
Chapter 271: Crimson (2)
chapter 271: crimson (2)
"this is about it. i'm sorry, allen. i've taken up too much of your time."
{tln: merus calls allen, allen-san in japanese. i am just translating to allen.}
"no, you made it easy."
"you have defeated 1 crimson-kaiser-sea serpent. you have obtained 340,000,000 experience."
there were traces of fierce battles in the area.
the leaves floating on the surface of a wide area of water had been erased.
merus wanted to know what happened to his power after he became a summon, so i had him fight against magical beasts.
i knew that neither a-rank magical beasts nor floor bosses were a problem for him in terms of status.
i had him fight against the s-rank floor bosses from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor in order.
he couldn't defeat scarlett, who had a great recovery speed, but he could defeat both beebe and crimson alone.
"i think i can handle everything, except for that long worm."
i also wanted to know how powerful merus was, so i decided to let him fight by all means.
while watching the battle situation using
i came along with my friends to meet him after we thought the battle was over.
"well, it's difficult to defeat scarlett, who has high regenerative capacity."
"really? i don't think there is a magical beast that i can't defeat."
merus looked a little disappointed.
"how much stronger were you when you were an angel?"
i was told that no honorifics were required, so i decided to treat merus the same way i would any other summon.
my friends also didn't need to use honorifics and didn't have to be afraid according to him.
he seemed to have an honest nature that often let his true feelings leak out, saying he didn't want to be formal.
it helped that he didn't have a prideful or high-handed personality.
it was due to how he was treated by the creator god elmea.
"it's a fraction of what it was before."
"so you're saying that the great demon general kyubel is several times more powerful than you are now or even more so?"
"that's what i mean. i have seen you and your friends strength, but if we fight now, we will be annihilated before we can make kyubel take us seriously."
"seriously? he is several times stronger than us?"
kiel once again realized how strong the enemies we were trying to defeat were.
"well, it's getting late. we should leave the dungeon."
it was the third day of our three-day dungeon schedule.
we returned to our base and began to compile the information we had learned over the past three days, which had not changed since the beginning of the year.
"here is the new death zone map. the magical beasts have changed."
"i see. sorry."
and the next day in the adventurers' guild.
at the adventurer's guild, we were shown to a private room, as usual due to the enormous volume of transactions.
at that time, the terrain of the death zone changed, so i gave a parchment with a general map and escape route to the branch manager popocca of the adventurers' guild.
note that angel merus was in my grimoire as a card.
"ummm. well, money is fine. but, why don't we let the adventurers choose?"
i answered the branch manager's question.
i wrote in my proposal about offering points to those who provided information. and they could use those points to buy a letter of recommendation or an honorary award, depending on the accumulated points.
the reason why i thought so was because the adventurers who had made money in s-class dungeons often retired quickly from the adventuring business.
adventurers raiding the s-class dungeon could earn in excess of 10,000 gold coins.
what the adventurers needed after they retired from the adventure was a stable life afterwards.
the money would be enough when they retired as an adventurer.
after leaving adventuring, what the adventurer needed more than money was a title or a letter of recommendation for a new talent.
even if they only had money, they couldn't do anything with it, and many of them become broke after spending a lot of money.
the adventurers' guild, a worldwide organization, could fully support the post-adventure life of those who had contributed and provided useful information for other adventurers and people.
if the good deeds and contributions to the adventurers' guild were well documented and clearly stated, the adventurer could get hired by a noble or a wealthy merchant.
that way, the adventurers' guild information department wouldn't have to purchase valuable information for money.
the department would be able sustain itself without running out of budget.
naturally, the information obtained would be sold at a low price to adventurers who needed it.
the information had to be sold so that those in charge of scrutinizing and analyzing the information could be paid a reasonable salary and hire competent people.
"i see."
the branch manager, next to me, was frantically taking notes."
he asked me to wait multiple times and i gave him time to take notes each time.
he was the one who was supposed to be the leader of the information department.
"there are only a limited number of adventurers who can become a branch manager of the adventurers' guild. so i hope you can think of this as a way to support adventurers in their post-retirement lives."
"so, what is the desired reward you want for providing such information, mr. allen? as a branch manager in the only s-class dungeon in the world, i'll do my best to make it happen. of course, it doesn't have to be money."
he assured me that he would talk to the adventurers' guild headquarters if he had to.
from the look in the branch manager's eyes, i suspected that he would do anything i told him to.
we had not been paid for any information we had provided.
"huh? as i said before, this is information from hero helmios, and a suggestion. if you want to give a reward, ask hero helmios."
"..."
at least the branch manager poppoca, who had met helmios several times in his position, was sure that he couldn't get his head around these things.
with the branch manager in the background, my friends and i left the private room.
"hey, shouldn't we get a reward?"
cecile said to me, who was no longer thinking about the adventurers' guild, that it would be a waste of time.
"what? well, a world-class organization is in our debt. i will retrieve it via helmios when i need it."
i grinned and made an evil face.
cecile let out a sigh.
"okay, we've collected all the medals and i've finished analyzing my a-rank summons. we are going for the 5th floor."
"wow! we're finally going! let's go, let's go, let's go!"
kurena also clenched her fist in front of her chest.
allen finally decided to aim for the 5th floor, where the dungeon boss was located, after months of preparation.