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Kujonin - Chapter 36

Published at 17th of May 2018 07:56:56 AM


Chapter 36

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“A~… it’s delicious.”
“It’s this year’s shincha.1”
The Dungeon Master poured another of serving of green tea from the small teapot into the tea cup.
Currently, I, Ayl, and Velsa, we three are intruding in the Dungeon Master’s residential subspace at the bottom of the well.
The Dungeon Master, who looks very much like a world famous plumber, is named Marcus-san; he doesn’t have the same 5 letter name as his first and last name2.
After finishing our introductions, we are sitting on mats plaited from robust leaves in a corner of the room.
On top of the mat is a tea table; for a Japanese person it’s extremely calming.
Ayl and Velsa are a little puzzled that there are no chairs.
Oh yeah, the only people who sit on the floor in this world are slaves and me, when I’m making medicine.

“Is that the dungeon core?”
Velsa pointed at a large, glittering, golden orb enshrined on a shelf in the back.
‘No, that’s a monster’s magic stone. The dungeon core is way further below. And for that motter, it’s in a place where only I can go.”
“That big of a magic stone… no way!?”
“Is it the magic stone of a giant monster on the surface!?”
Ayl and Velsa raised startled voices.
“That’s right. I absolutely need large magic stones in order to maintain the dungeon. I can’t get power all at once from a lot of small magic stones, ne.”

This dungeon in its entirety has an amazing ecosystem.
A giant maze and a vast forest. And furthermore, there seems to be things like a lava zone and desert on lower levels.
And within is an enormous number of monsters living their lives.
This environment was made by just one person, the Dungeon Master Marcus-san.
When I honestly praise him,
“Though it’s become much easier now, thanks to the ghast terrors,”
Marcus-san had said.
Ghast terrors are the superior ghost terrors, so the ones who made the village are the fake elves.
“Why do they have the forms of elves?”
“The ones who protect the forests are elves, right? And also for my personal interests, I guess.”
“Where is this dungeon’s strongest monster?”
“I wonder where it is. The further down you go the stronger the monster are, but truthfully, if you’re talking about individual strength, aren’t the monsters on the surface stronger?”
“How many different species of monsters does this dungeon have?”
“I don’t really count much. There are also those guys who evolve on their own. If you’re a monster scholar, won’t you try to count them?”
“H,ha…”
Marcus-san answered Velsa and Ayl’s questions while laughing.

“Why are you a dungeon master?”
“N? Nn…”
To my question, Marcus-san scratched his forehead, smiling bitterly.
That might have been bad to ask.
“That kind of this is complicated. Rather, why is Naoki-kun exterminating pests? You’ve come to a different world with such great pains, so wouldn’t it be fine to do something different? The world has magic and levels, and even things like skills, so I think it could be amusing.”
When we were introducing ourselves, I conveyed that I was from a place called Earth, I worked as a pest exterminator, and my previous world didn’t have things like magic and levels.
By the way, Marcus-san doesn’t seem to have come from Earth.
It’s just, from what I heard about, it seems it’s a world that’s a lot like Japan.
I wonder if it’s the Mushroom Kingdom?
Ayl and Velsa were surprised that I had come from another world, but the assented to it with, “It’s not like it doesn’t happen.”
“In my case, it’s just that it’s the fastest way to earn money, I guess.”
“I see, so that means you weren’t particularly summoned here, ne.”
“Yeah, my memories already fuzzy, but I died once in my previous world and was picked up by this world’s god. I can’t remember what kind of face the god was making or what kind of voice he had. Even the god’s divine protection or a mission, I can’t remember anything like that. My level rises easily because of my occupation though…”
“I see, how nice.”
Marcus-san was smiling a lonely smile.
“How nice?”
“Because I was summoned in order to defeat the demon king, ne. When there was no demon king anymore, I wasn’t needed for anything.”
On top of being summoned, if I was told I wasn’t needed anymore because the demon king was gone, I’d yell, “Don’t screw with me!”
“To that point, you can live as you like. If god had any expectations of you, then god would have provided some skills and abilities. You are completely free. Your goals and dreams, your life’s fate, and even your place in this world are decided by yourself. Have you found any kind of goal in this world?”
“Not anything in particular yet. I was thinking I’d travel around the world and decide on it slowly.”
“Un, that’s good.”
After that, with Velsa and Ayl asking Marcus-san questions, the tea was gone.

“If you would like, should I show you around the dungeon?”
“Is that okay?”
“””Please do.”””
Marcus-san said, “It’s because I have guests after so long,” and cleaned up the tea.

Before we came to the dungeon, the only ones who came seemed to be mostly adventurers who came to level up and demons who came to solicit him.
“There weren’t many people who came to converse,” he said.
Furthermore, when the giant monsters appeared outside, absolutely no one came.

“This way.”
So saying, Marcus-san opened a window in the room.
It was mysterious that there was window when we were underground, but it appears to be a passage.

When we climbed through the window, it was a desert.
Like the forest, it’s a place that’s bathed in a light like sunlight from the ceiling, and the ground is all sand.
Other than that, there’s nothing that can be seen.
“The monsters here are the strongest in this dungeon, I guess? If you’d like, would you like to fight a little?”
“E! Is that okay?”
Ayl excitedly asked.
“Aa, just, I’ll have nothing to do with it if you die.”
Ayl is quite agitated.
Although Velsa and I aren’t particularly interested in fighting strong monsters.
“Then why don’t you go by yourself? We’ll come later to pick you up.”
“I,is that okay?”
Ayl jumped on my suggestion.
Ayl’s level has risen and she’s become inhuman-ish, so if an opponent she can’t defeat appears, then she can run away from it by herself.
“But in that get up, won’t you die of dehydration before you fight a monster?”
Ayl’s in her usual bikini armor.
It can’t be helped so I lent her my coverall.
I also handed over a waterskin from the item bag.

“Then, later!”
So saying, Ayl raced off into the desert.

“She’s lively, na. Then, this way.”
Seeing Ayl off, Marcus-san brushed aside the sand from where he was standing and pulled up a lid on the ground that was like the top door of a cellar.
So there are stairs there.
When I went to descend, there was a smell like rot.
It was a unique smell, like the smell of mold.
It’s completely different from the desert; it’s cool and chilly, and dark and humid.
I, in a T-shirt and shorts, quickly regretted lending my coverall to Ayl.

“We’re not going to some place like a glacier, right?”
I asked, with goosebumps appearing.
“Aa, you’ll be fine like that. But it’s a little gloomy.”
Marcus-san produced a fire ball and floated it in his hand.
“I’m not particularly specialized in magic, but this at least I’m good at.”
So saying, Marcus-san went to descend the stairs.

When we descended the last of the stairs, it’s a dark cave-like place, so when we looked at our feet, there were mushrooms being cultivated there.
Marcus-san lit a nearby torch with the fire, and in an instant, countless torches installed along the wall lit up, making the room bright.
The room’s size is quite wide, probably about like a baseball stadium.
There, completely covering the ground, are mushrooms being cultivated.
And, when I look with Search Skill, there are monsters rustling about.
Small masmascarl are winding between our feet.

“This here is this dungeon’s hidden spot.”
Marcus-san said boastfully.

shincha – lit. ‘new tea’, the first tea picked in spring Mario Mario again.




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