Guiding principles. Basic guidelines, dictating which actions should be taken, under what kind of notions, seeking what kind of results.
No matter how I look at it, I lack funds. If I donât do something I wonât even have enough to pay for the inn. Iâm seeking money. Seriously.
ăAnd so Iâm thinking of going to a labyrinth? A dungeon? It seems dungeon tours are pretty profitable, so I thought Iâd make some money while also sightseeing?ă
ăA labyrinth? A dungeon? Do you mean that place where everyone was desperately trying to kill as many monsters as possible to at least somehow get their numbers down? That thing? Just where in this world is such a fun dungeon where you can make money while sightseeing?ă
Well, monstersâ numbers will go down with just me being inside, and I also have a person fully capable of destroying it on her own? Arenât I working hard?
And she finally got outside, so Iâd like to show her the world? I mean, I also didnât see anything apart from the town and the forest.
Yes, itâs important to expand your horizons. After all, we donât even have published travel diaries. Or actually, doesnât something like ăTravel Diaries of the Remote Frontierăsound pretty cool?!
ăSo? Are you going to traverse it like the Great Dungeon?ă
I wouldnât say that I ăTraversedăthe great dungeon? More like, took a wrong step and fell all the way down? Can you really call that ăTraversingă?
Even if you can, it was still just climbing up the stairs, step by step. Speaking of which, the stairs there were way too long!!
ăNo, just go inside, stroll around up to the point we can safely reach, make money, and go back? Kind of?ă
ăăăWas a dungeon a place where you can safely loiter around, make money, and go home?ăăăăI kind of remember almost dying there?ă
Well, thatâs because you donât account for a safety margin. Since you have no concept of risk management, you come close to dying⊠That is what I thought, but didnât say aloud⊠Even so, they are glaring at me for some reason? Glaring really hard? Yeah, I guess I should keep my mouth shut.
ăI tortured geeks a bit, and turns out there are quite a lot of dungeons here and there? And well, there are no monsters in the forest anymore?ă
ăYeah, seems so. But are you going to destroy dungeons now? Just because you exterminated all of the monsters in the forest? And why are you casually torturing geeks!!!ă
Well, there are no other sources of income? There is only 50,000 ere of pocket money per day? I think itâs fine for the Avatar of Avarice to get angry demanding a raise as well?
ăTorture? Donât say such terrible things. Since I didnât burn their heads yet, we just chatted for a bit while I was trying to do so? Just a friendly chat?ă
ăăăYou are the one who said you tortured them! And you canât call chatting while you are trying to burn their heads ăfriendlyă!ăăă
But they didnât burn? It was another failure. Because I sold themăProfession Medal -ăJob Specific Trait Upăă, the guardianâs abilities were boosted. I mean, even Meteor wasnât enough. Even though I threw 16 of them in rapid succession. As expected of a cheat job. He should apologize to the jobless!
ăSo, after breakfast, Iâm going to assess the new dungeon property near the village downstream.ă
ăăăThe new dungeon property? It is indeed a new dungeon, but itâs not like it is up for sale?ăăă
ăEh? Just what is a dungeon? Can you assess it?ă
ăAnd regardless of that assessment, he is going to usurp all floors if he likes it.ă
ăAnd itâs not like he is going to buy it or anything! He is going to seize it from monsters! Eh? It is supposed to be a good thing, but why does it sound so evil?!ă
Well, looks like there are no lots for sale. But the hotel pay is a constant problem, I stay on the tab, collect all the money I can from the town, pay the tab, then stay on the tab again, and when I eventually run out of money again, go to the guild and take all of their money, pay the tab. Iâm barely staying afloat? After all, I even have the Avatar of Avarice with me. Well, I ordered a sexy dress at the general store, and then forced her to buy it⊠Which is fine, but the underwear to go along with it was very expensive. Of course, since I was there, I bought all of it, and thatâs how all of my money disappeared! Well, naturally, being a highschool boy, I then worked really hard during the night!
I mean, I was summoned to this world when I was in the second year of high school. so the only chance I had to see hostess bar ladies was on TV. And then there is a sexy backless dress! The cut is so low that her back is completely exposed! Of course, as a highschool boy, I couldnât afford not to buy it. Both the dress and whatâs inside were amazing.
ăCoincidentally, itâs a pretty new and weak dungeon with only a few floors. Wouldnât floors 10 to 20 be just right for an underground residence? And it is also close to the town?ă
ăăăăAs I thought! He wants to occupy the dungeon!ăThere is nothing coincidental about this! That was your plan since the very beginning!ăăăă
I mean, if it grows gigantic, reaching 100 floors, then I will be able to build a huge bath there, but having to walk the stairs to the 100th floor is too much! One would definitely get cold on the way back from the bath?
ă10 floors sounds reasonable. Should be affordable. The only thing in question is the arrangement of rooms, I guess?ă
ăăăAre we still talking about dungeons? You didnât switch to real estate talk, right? And there is no ăAffordableăto dungeons!ăăă
ăAnd what kind of arrangement do you expect to see? Iâd be very surprised if the dungeon map had 3LDK written on it! ă
ăIn the first place, a house spanning 10 dungeon floors is ăReasonableă?ă
Close to the town, fully equipped with a village in proximity, an underground housing of reasonable size, and moderate floor count.
Surrounded by nature you also will be able to enjoy a great panorama view? Well, not like itâs a very unique point. Everything is surrounded by nature here.
Iâd rather prefer some kind of trading center. A Shopping Mall-like dungeon with a huge bookstore would be the best. Yeah, if I find one I will immediately capture it!
Well, first I will have to take a look anyway, so letâs head there. The Great Dungeon was too big. And for some reason, the lower floors are in danger of collapse, because they are riddled with holes, so itâs not safe? Hm, Armored Pres-san is looking at me with a flat gaze?!