“This, just how far does this basement go? It feels just like climbing the Harukas’ never ending staircase . ”
There’s a 300 meter tall building called the Abeno Harukas neat Tennouji . It’s a commercial building and more importantly, the tallest building in Japan .
[Translator’s Note: Japanese people really like tall buildings, tall structures impressed them because of their unstable environment, earthquakes etc . , and to them tall buildings are a reflection of engineering and architectural genius . ]
Haruna managed to make it level 30 without any injuries .
All the way down to this level, she did not encounter any other Adventurers, so it did become kind of lonely .
Furthermore, although there’s a legend that indicated that the Old Saxon dungeon extended all the way to level 50, the current record for the deepest dungeon exploration was only down to level 37 .
Like most dungeons, the deeper one goes, the possibility of a monster dropping a magic stone increases . At any rate, monsters seemed to be a naturally occurring thing . Thanks to this, Adventurers were able to make a living by coming to this dungeon to hunt for monsters .
If Haruna had decided to put in the effort, she could easily break the level 50 record, however, it seemed that Haruno did not have such awareness in her head .
“How far am I supposed to walk? It feels like I’m walking from Osaka to Nishikujo, ya wa . ”
As Haruna continued hunting for monsters and collect magic stones, complaints and grumbles continued to spill out of her mouth .
“I guess, dis feeling of making money, it’s not bad, not bad at all . ”
That day she stopped at level 30 and returned to the surface .
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She exchanged her magic stones for 50 gold coins at the Guild . Giving Loofa yet another shock .
“Um… this… these are all collected in a single day’s trip to the dungeons?”
At level 30 forward, the creatures that drop things like magic stones will drop higher quality stuff . On top of that, because Adventurers rarely made it to the deeper levels, the items that came from the deep levels are rarely circulated in the market, making them even more valuable .
“Yup! By the way, is dis really a lot?”
The value of one gold coin was worth about 50, 000 Japanese yen .
“Oooh, what a princely sum, I can live well from dis for at least a year . ”
“Yes, I’m all fired up now!”
Haruna merchant instincts clearly recognises the profitability level of this job .
She got so motivated that she dived back into the dungeons again . However, since it’s annoying to keep going back and forth from the surface into the deeper levels, she made level 30 into a temporary headquarters .
After that, there was nothing was heard in the deeper of the dungeons but the sounds of ‘Tei! Tei!’, slashing of sword, interspersed with the occasional barehanded strikes . At any rate, her modus operandi was to beat up as many enemy as possible . Once the monsters have turned into magic stones, she would collect the lot .
At the end of the week she spent collecting stuff and fighting monsters, the Guild exchange rate office yielded a total of 400 pieces of gold coins .
“Aaah~ I feel like a celebrity, wa~ Like I should be buying a second holiday home in Awajishima . ”
That’s one life problem gone from her plate .
Once, she encountered a purse snatcher . Naturally, she went after the poor guy immediately .
“What are you doing! You, go and earn money of your own!”
With Haruna’s status, chasing after a snatch thief on a bike was a piece of cake .
Passerbies who witnessed this chase was stunned .
“That Female Adventurer is a monster…”
“She ran like a tiger after that guy…”
Were the words that floated in the wake of rushing passed them . Her great confidence in her leg power made chasing the purse snatcher a simple thing .
From that day onwards, no one was foolish enough to rob Haruna .
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Well, now that Haruna had solved the issue of her daily living-
Thanks to the wriggle room she had gained from monster killing earnings, she started to turn her eyes towards something other than making money .
Setting up a headquarters in the 30th level of the dungeon was not something that could be done easily by most Adventurers .
Many Adventurers actually ended up in deep trouble by the time they hit level 15, having used up all of their items . In fact, there were many dead Adventurers on this level .
For the most part, people who died unnaturally in the dungeon would have their equipment and other valuable things taken away . There were actually no rule against corpse robbing . The Adventurers world is one of survival of the fittest, where the weak became food for the strong .
“Hm, guess I can do it somehow . ”
Each time Haruna saw a corpse, she would put her hands together and mutter a prayer .
“…manman tchyan a~n…”
For some reason, the Kansai locals would say their Amitabha prayers in this way .
Since the transportation of a corpse all the way to the surface was an exceedingly difficult and labour intensive job, when a party member died they would be placed in a room of the floor they died in instead of an actual grave .
After seeing the corpses, Haruno decided to give the remaining, still living, Adventurers candies . Since they were in the same line of work, it made sense to help them due to work relationship .
The candy actually helped the Adventurers recover from exhaustion . Furthermore, due to the rarity of sweet things, the candy itself already counted as a valuable item . Therefore, the people who received the candies were even more grateful than expected .
“You are that well known angel who distributes sweets!”
It certainly did not take long for Haruna to earn this new nickname .
“Well~ Do I really look like an angel? You guys certainly are skillful with your words, na~ Way better than the men of Osaka . Here, have three more black candies as service from me . ”
Haruna has the Simple Dimension Control magic that allows her access to an infinite amount of candies in her bag . Occasionally she’d take out other types of candy like the Su Konbu[1] .
“Um, this, it’s not a lot but please receive it with our thanks . ”
The tall Adventurer she met at level 14 held out some silver coins to Haruna .
“No need, if I take money, I feel like I’ve taken advantage of people, wa . ”
“No, no, I would feel bad if I take something without giving anything in return . At any rate, money is useless to those who does not return alive . There, please accept . ”
“Since you say it that way, I’ll gladly accept . ”
“There are many who died without meeting you . Being able to meet you is my good luck . ”
Certainly, the people who have met with Haruna have a higher survival possibility .
However, because the dungeon was a large place, it was not always easy to meet up with Adventurers .
“Somehow, if possible, I’d like to save as many people as I can, na…”
At that moment, Haruna was hit by a sudden revelation .
“That’s right! If I stay in one place, anyone can meet up with me easily!”
“Oh, did you have some sort of inspiration?”
“I’m going to open a shop in the dungeons!”
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[1] Su konbu – Sour konbu is a type of old fashion candy made from seaweed . As the name suggested, they have a sour taste .