Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne? Chapter 215

Now then, shall we go...

"Just look, that's some amazing equipment."

"Idiot, that person is Kalstalan-san. It's only obvious he has some banded-mail."

"Yeah, it seems they bought some new combat slaves. Supposedly from Ronslail again."

"We can't buy something like metal armor but if it's a slave then..Should we pool our money together to buy one?"

"He..The idiot is you...If someone like you was their owner they'd die right away and it'd be a heavy loss."

"Got~it!"

Even if listen to rumors like that while doing nothing it's just a waste of time so I decided to have a simple meeting over the formations of using {Arrow Head} while moving and {Reverse Triangle} while in combat. The {Reverse Triangle} formation has two cases one where I'm participating in the combat and one where I'm not. In the past, they should have done it when other members from the {Slaughterers} acted as leaders so excluding my two new slaves they should get a grasp on it quickly. On the 1st floor you could say that just those formations are plenty.

I guess it's about our turn.

"Goreda!"

Miduchi and the {Butchers} teleported into the 1st floor in front of us.

Alright, there's no one else holding on to it in a half-assed way.

"Then, let's go. Zettafu!"

The moment we teleported in everyone let go of the teleport crystal and turned around. It seems there's no monsters around us.

The direction the arrow on the pedestal was pointing is the wall. When I went to approach it to confirm the number and Sanno approached it as well. The wall has the number "121" written in the {Common.Language}. While I was spreading out my own map Rodrick opened his map after being told the number by Sanno as well.

I patted him on the shoulder from behind and whispered in his ear "Relax. They're weak opponents. It's fine if you just wait for the front line to break the opponents posture and stab them with the spear. It's simple." and I also said "In the worst case I'll back you up." to try and calm him down.

Seeing that Ginger said "It's just as your master says. In the past I've seen him fight against an opponent that was so strong there's no comparison with those goblins. Even in the worst case there's no chance of us being killed." and tried to encourage him. Hearing that Manzokki's expression got a bit softer and it seemed like he was able to relax a bit.

Ah, come to think of it, when we saved Ginger on the 6th floor there was something like that.

However, it seems that Manzokki was only finally able to relax hearing the words of the oldest veteran adventurer in this {Sooner}. That's fine but I wonder if he wasn't able to relax just from hearing my words? It's fine since I'm still just a brat after all though. But, Manzokki is one year younger than me at 16 years old. I'm sure rather than someone like who isn't all that different age a veteran adventurer like Ginger would seem more reliable. An old man's wisdom rather than a turtle's experience I guess.

Putting that aside, I wonder who I should have take command of the combat? According to the reports I've heard that Ginger seems to be the best choice and the runner-up would be Rodrick. Since it's the first time, I guess Ginger is the safe choice?

"We'll charge in at 3, 2, 1. Hisu back us up with the bow. Alright? 3..2..1..Now!"

Ginger took command and raised her voice as the signal. At the same time everyone raised war cries like "Uoo~!!" while charging into the group of goblins. Even when the goblins were caught off guard they still stood up and tried to fight back against {Sooner} with their clubs and wooden spears as they approached.

However, in the end they're just sad goblins. They managed to stand up in a hurry but there were even ones that dropped their weapons and ended up tripping and falling over.

I moved to the side of Hisu as she fired her bow and watched over the battle from the rear.

After all it seems like they can win against goblins with no problem. After a short but intense battle I confirmed the damage and just Rodrick's slaves Denda and Karimu suffered some light injuries but there was nothing severe. The injuries themselves weren't anything that would keep them from moving either and just simple bruises. Even if you just ignore it without treating it they won't die from them. Of course, it's far from a heavy injury like a bone fracture.

Rodrick used {Cure} on Denda and Karimu and my combat slave Garuhashu used the healing spell {Cure Light} on Sanno, additionally I used the spell {Cure Serious} on everyone who was hurt so not even the pain would be remaining. Since their HP wasn't completely recovered it was a bit troublesome but I used {Cure Light} as well.

After that we walked around the 1st floor and I had them enter combat a number of times. They didn't need my assistance almost at all. Since just about every battle there was some light injuries I had basically turned into a first-aid box. This, if a healer had treated all of them wouldn't it exceed around 1,000,000 Z per person? No matter how much money they have it probably wouldn't be enough~ Thinking like that and I feel like I profited a bit.

In today you could say I was almost perfectly able to get a grasp on the abilities of {Sooner}.

The number one in abilities was after all Virginia.Nyuman(Ginger). It's also big that just her level is far above the rest at 15. She precisely stabs monsters with her spear through the gaps of the front line. She's also considerably skilled at keeping monsters in check. Honestly speaking as a fighter her technique with the spear is high enough to the level where it's even rude to compare Gwine and Basutoral with her.

In terms of her ability to lead you could say there's no problem there either. I guess because she's experienced a number of perils she's able to remain composed and calmly deal with the situation. If she can remain like this even on the 6th and 7th floors then she would be reliable but..in that regard I'm sure Gwine and  Basutoral are veterans so when it comes to their overall abilities I can't say anything. Though it might not be something to make comparisons over.

It's certain that {Sun.Ray} was a first-rate party after all and even among the initial reconnaissance members for the 6th floor she wasn't one of the suckers. I guess I'll use her as the standard for 100 points huh?

Following her is the number two Hsiurura.Harurein(Hisu) and Rodrick.Faruergaz(Rodrick). Once again Hisu has experienced combat a completely different number of times so she's always able to remain calm and pick out her targets.

Rodrick was trained by a knight group and has experience in war so if it's this level of front line then it's fine to see him as quite reliable. Those sword techniques he learned in the knight group seem to exceed the average adventurer around there as well. It's also big that he can use magic. But, I'd like for him to train a bit more with magic. Also, every time his allies get injured he seems to panic a bit. 75 points and 70 points.

He falls behind these two a bit but my combat slave Meisun.Garuhashu(Mekku) isn't losing. Including the fact that he can use the spell {Cure Light}, I thought it's only as expected from him costing 30,000,000 Z. The only experience he has in war is the one from last time but even then that's plenty. I wonder if it's because he's properly got the basics covered with the sword skills he trained as a knight, they're properly working against monsters as well.

The reason he seems to be making expressions that look a bit stiff, I wonder if it's because he's confused over the distance between his opponent and there being some forms he can't use? Otherwise, after all because it's his first time in the dungeon? Since he can use water magic his efficiency with using healing spells is good as well, though I might be looking at things a bit optimistically he's still plenty passable with the two above. 70 points.

Next up is Sannose.Kumiru(Sanno) and Rutsogu.Samyueruga(Ruttsu) these two. It seems they were average adventurers up until they started teaming up with Rodrick and the others. There's quite a few times when they show off exceptionally good team work. Sanno seems to have times when he charges in a bit too far but I guess you could say Ruttsu keeps a good eye on that? Both of them get 65 points.

Dendoru.Sumaisu(Denda) is one of Rodrick's combat slaves and he's a huge man who swings around a war-hammer. He's a combat slave that was part of something or other second-rate party that collapsed near the end of last year. The owner of him who died also owned Karieru.Makusu(Karimu) and the two of them ended up going to the family of the bereaved as assets where they were sold to Ronslail's store.

Both of them have quite a bit of strength and they're Laios, which is a race blessed with superior physical abilities, so you could say they're considerably skilled fighters. Just, whether it be the time they were in the second-rate party, before they entered {Sun.Ray}, or even after they entered {Sun.Ray} since it seems in the end they never received any proper training, there's a lot of excess in their movements, and you can strongly feel that they're leaving everything to their strength. Both of them get 50 points.

And then, finally is my combat slave Jesutasu.Manzokki(Jesu). It seems he was from the commoner ranking and received a bit training but at best it's that much. If he continues like this things could get harsh. He's using the spear but if I were to even try comparing them Basutoral and Gwine would probably get angry.

In terms of technique Manzokki seems to have a wider variety of forms but since recently both Gwine and Basutoral have accumulated quite a bit of severe live combat experience against ogres, when it comes to just the "sweeping thrust" form the sharpness would probably even exceed Ginger. If it's up to the 2nd or 3rd floors then the other members can probably cover it up by supporting him but on the 4th floor suddenly the doors open as the undead ambush your party from right in the middle. In that case..he might die...40 points.

I guess around there? Now then, it's almost evening. I guess we'll stop things around here for today and return to the surface. It might be good to have Rodrick take command of the combat tomorrow.

Year 7445, Month 10, Day 4

Today is the eighth day since I've started entering the dungeon with {Sooner}. Entering the dungeon with them ends with this time today. The amount of money we made from sales of magic stones earned this time was? 4,480,000 Z, around 560,000 Z a day. Since I get my share plus one, excluding my two combat slaves splitting that up into 9 that's roughly 498,000 Z. If you think about it in terms of earnings for a single day then it's a new high record for {Sooner}. However, when it comes to just the entry tax it cost a total of around 800,000 Z and then there's the food expenses as well. After all it ended up as a big loss for me.

In regards to the {Butchers} which Miduchi was leading the income and expenses was pretty similar. Even though we can cover it up plenty with the amount being earned from the {Slaughterers}, it's still pretty harsh, this. It's certainly true that it costs that much because we're leaving the dungeon everyday but if we weren't doing that then we'd have to spend the night in the dungeon and then it would be difficult to get plenty of rest and while it's just the 1st floor someone might end up suffering serious injuries from exhaustion of the consecutive battles.

Well, just this there's no helping it.

In regards to the {Slaughterers} since Miduchi and I weren't around as expected they just circled around the wall of the ogre mage rooms so their earnings shouldn't be lower than usual. I thought that would be the case but of all things they found a stupidly huge {Opal} in one of the altar rooms on the 6th floor. According to Identify the value is 8,600,000. That's a market price of 86,000,000 Z. Since it's a gem I'm sure the price will be about half of that but it's still a huge profit. It's almost to the point where I felt a bit apologetic taking over 80% of the earnings even though I wasn't participating. Sorry about that~

By the way, according to the details I heard from Miduchi about the {Butchers} every night and what I knew from acting together with {Sun.Ray} in the past I can more or else assess them as well. However, I want to properly accompany the {Butchers} once as well and see through things. There's also the slaves after all.

In any case, ever since the other day when the notice of the day of judgement came out, the topic has come up frequently in {Sooner} as well. I wonder if Ginger doesn't have any lingering attachment towards Haruku? I wonder how everyone feels about Zemyunel who often took command of them? In regards to the Rindobel couple that was the leaders? I feel like I want to frankly ask their feelings as well but I don't think it's a topic I should ask about from my side. No, right now I'm the leader so I guess it wouldn't be bad to ask either.

But, I guess it's fine. Later~three days from now is the day of judgement. If I just watch Binsu's testimony(after all he was summoned as a witness. I was as well though), at that time and the state of everyone else I should be able to tell.

Chapter end