episode_0348

A dungeon hidden from prying eyes near Floraz.

A plan to make the most of it.

[Public dungeon creation plan]

It was written on a bundle of parchment that was over 10 sheets of parchment in outline, and if you count all the contents, it would be dozens of sheets.

Aurora, who held it close to her chest and carefully held it in her tentacles, smiled a bewitching smile that gave off a dangerous scent even to me, who was no longer human.

What can I say, since it was in my hands first, there didn’t seem to be any problems in reviewing the content itself and executing it.

‘The plan itself was pretty good.

Explain all the actual and reflected benefits that can be obtained.

Rather than worrying about keeping it a secret by keeping it exclusive to us…

Rather, it creates an economic system… …

Aurora can think of something like this on her own… … ‘

Anyway, even as people in the back alleys, they all want to protect their own interests.

If you can keep it a secret by limiting the information that can be passed on to the royal family as much as possible, but not use poison on your own, that is enough.

‘Well, something like this… …

Actually, is there something you are hiding from me? ?’

I suddenly felt curious about Aurora’s past, and I wondered how smart she could have become if she had not been reduced to a drug dealer.

‘No matter how commoner he may be… …

With a head like this, he would definitely get a spot wherever he went.

‘Maybe he was living a decent life.’

While Vivian felt like a flashy politician in the sun who controlled people with her charisma, Aurora felt like a secret power who quietly manipulated people from behind the scenes, even though she did not show a large presence.

Of course, Vivian began to appear in the public only recently for the purpose of running Floraz, but seeing her act as a subordinate hidden behind her name…

As Aurora began to manage businesses, the division of roles gradually became clearer, so it must have been interesting to observe the differences between them.

‘But if he was going to do something dangerous, wouldn’t he have done it a long time ago… ?

It may seem like self-praise, but tentacle brainwashing is perfect.

I think maybe I can put my worries aside… ?’

Aurora had a great understanding of the world created by people, and also knew how to handle the secrets of those people.

In any case, as written in her plan, opening up the dungeon to the people of the back alley brought about various changes in the ecology of the back alley.

One is that, as I mentioned earlier, a new commercial district centered around dungeons began to form within the back alleys.

If a profitable business was created, as always, various kinds of beans would also be created.

“Let’s cut it a little more.”

“You’ve already cut it three times!!

At this rate, there’s almost nothing left!!

I’m the only one who gives this much discount?

If you don’t like it, look elsewhere!!”

“Here, we sell bundles of arrows!!

Five silver coins in ten bundles!!”

As the dungeon was revealed, there were hunters to hunt monsters, and then there were butchers to slaughter and dismember the monsters that the hunters would hunt, as well as artisans to process the by-products and make products.

At the very least, there were no exceptions, including a handyman who would run errands so that the hunters could concentrate on hunting, a general store merchant who would airlift necessary items and sell them on the spot, and a bewitching prostitute who would serve them on a happy harvest night.

Although the outpost itself is protected by force to some extent, it is also clearly part of the dungeon.

Because of the special nature of the industry, which involves the risk of dying at any time, a certain premium is added to the price.

That’s why I’m the type of person who would take risks for an attractive ‘hot soup’, and this back alley was already overflowing.

“Oppa? I guess they are on their way from hunting?”

“That’s right? Well, are you even interested?”

“Do you think I like sagas?

It makes you happy to hear the story, right?

It might be better to listen to it in bed… … ?”

“Huh? She was a girl who did good things, right?

But what to do with this? My bed is already full, right?”

“What… … ? Didn’t we just come in… ?”

“Ah, there is something called a reservation.

You too will have to work harder to make money. Haha!!”

The prostitutes who, after working hard and sincerely, took aim at the hunters’ bloated wallets, were no exception.

Of course, you can’t earn much more than if you risk your life fighting monsters, but if you apply the industry’s special features, the money earned by prostitutes who entered the dungeon with risks is also quite high.

In general, I guess they were women who were sensitive to risk.

Many women were afraid of entering the dungeon, where their lives were at risk.

Except for a few women who had the courage or were looking to turn their lives around because they had nowhere else to go, there were not many people who were able to go deep into the dungeon and work as prostitutes.

Unlike men, women tend to prefer safe and stable work even if they earn a little less than risking their lives to earn a lot of money.

Therefore, except for those who entered with determination as a swordsman or hunter in the first place, there could not have been many women who entered the dangerous dungeon to do other chores.

As evidence of this, even though the number of ‘women’ disappearing from dungeons is gradually increasing, the number of female swordsmen entering the dungeons continues every day.

‘Because we are a species designed that way from birth…

I have no choice but to understand that part… ‘

In any case, if that were to happen, it was natural that Henia would be very active in sectors other than hunting.

The den’s special forces are made up of loyal female beastmen armed with wild instincts.

Although it was only recently that they began to show off their fierceness, they deserved to be evaluated at that level.

Their bodies slowly mutated as they were pickled in Enic’s nutrient solution, as if it had been a while since they were weak and delicate females.

Enik’s gift to its female host is powerful strength, and unlike its previous skinny body, it has a well-replenished body that can bring out its natural wildness.

As he was able to call their hunting skills the best in the dungeon, Henias were able to hunt efficiently even with a small number of people.

“You caught a lot this time?”

“Yes, Queen… !! I happened to run into them along the way… ”

“It was something that could not be helped.

Well, next time, you never know…

Try to set your goal a little smaller.

Because we have to control the inventory released into the market.”

“Yes!! Please keep this in mind!!”

While a small number of them went out hunting, the rest of the Henias worked as prostitutes with the idea of taking a break, and when the time came, they would switch shifts, and by the time the third shift was over, everyone would go home.

‘We don’t need to rush.

‘After all, we are the ones in control.’

Although this is basic economic sense, if supply becomes too excessive, the value decreases.

If you send out all Henias, who are natural hunters, to hunt monsters excessively, it will only have the opposite effect of causing the market value of monster materials to plummet.

In that case, if we could properly control both fields, that alone would be sufficient to maintain our superiority.

In particular, this place was not the only place with a dungeon.

If the dungeons spread throughout the capital also begin to become active, the market for monster materials will become increasingly saturated.

The only question was when that time would come, and for the future, we should never aim to operate solely for Hantang.

‘We didn’t come here to sell hot pot.

It’s important to take it as long as possible.

First of all, it’s best to keep important resources here for as long as possible… ‘

Basically, we planned to maintain this dungeon system for as long as possible, so unlike others who aim to make a quick profit, we had to maintain a direction that was as stable as possible.

“Uhuhu… You came to visit me today too… ♡”

“Now, Aang♡ You’re really brave… …

Is it okay to look forward to tonight too?”

Is it because the clothes cover so little of the body, or is it because the body is so healthy that it doesn’t look out of place compared to other sculptures?

Henias, with their lewd and coquettish appearance, were receiving enthusiastic reservation requests wherever they went even today, and seemed to be begging men for the honor of having them sit next to their beds.

“Today’s reservations are fully booked… … ”

“Don’t do that… !! I’ll give you double, how about this one?”

“I would be so grateful if you wanted it that much, but… …

It’s against our rules to break a reservation… ”

“Ah… no… … !!”

“I’ll do better next time. I’m sorry, but please visit next time… ?♡”

Now, the Henias’ night-time skills have become famous, and I feel sorry for the outside women who are desperate enough to enter this dangerous dungeon, but if the level of those women was high, they would never have come to a place like this.

Of all the options, Henia was chosen first, and among the hunters sitting around the bar, it was becoming a point of pride to have called Henia that night.

“Keuheuk… !! Today too… !!”

“Flora’s henias, my wish is to see their faces at least once!!”

“Tsk!! Be more bitter!!

It’s okay if it’s not just me~!!

I can’t sleep tonight and it’s okay to suck!!”

Even though they did not monopolize the dungeon and shared it with those around them, the actual income of the Jebipa and Enic families did not decrease, but rather steadily increased.

In the end, the status hidden in the darkness of the Zebipa and Enic families seemed to be increasing in the back alleys as time passed.

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“Hmm… It’s appropriate for a first time.”

At the same time that the red blood flowing from the sword of the woman standing in front was dripping onto the ground, the woman was rushing forward in an instant, her long bright orange hair flowing.

“Intake… Phew… hmm… !!”

The sword quickly cut through the air with a slightly exerted breathing sound, cutting the flesh in front of my eyes into several pieces as if blood would soon pour out, while also cleanly taking the monster’s life.

And from the people who were watching this scene from behind for a while, awkward mutterings were coming out.

“Ugh… … ”

“Wow… Wow… … Assistant, nice shot… … ”

“Senior Borgia… !! what… cool… !!”

The person who was clearly being glared at at the center of those people was none other than Anne de Monehen, the second daughter of the Monehen family.

The notice she received for dragging someone she had never imagined into their ‘illegal, ‘means of livelihood’ and ‘unofficial dungeon’ was at a level that would have made ordinary people already want to look at the notice and consider their angle of escape.

As expected, the dungeon that appeared this time is, in a sense, a newly opened blue ocean at the forefront of national interest.

A member of an aristocratic family who has a connection to national interests, or at least can claim the right to do so.

Bringing in a member of the highest-ranking ducal family, in effect, was nothing more than saying that we should all die together.

However, because Anne also had unavoidable circumstances, she seemed to be able to somehow ignore the gazes of those around her.

‘If it were like you guys, would we be able to do anything?’

Excluding professors and associate professors, he is the highest ranking member of the swordsmanship department at St. Plancina Academy, and is a genius gifted from heaven who may one day surpass them.

With just his innate sense of battle, he may be comparable to professors who have already been fighting on the front lines for decades.

The family she came from, which received such a fearsome evaluation, was the ‘Borgia duchy’, with no one above them except the king, who was the king of all worlds.

Saying ‘I don’t want to do it’ when she asked me to bring her back was, in a sense, no different from saying ‘I want to die.’

Even though Anne had sky-high self-esteem, at least for her now that she had come to her senses and started to face reality, it was a new method of suicide that she had to avoid for the sake of her family.

At least she had a reason not to give up.

The final pride is that one can never be pushed aside by one’s rival.

Anne chose the latter between being despised by Lucia for telling a lie or going ahead with it, believing in her character, and ended up leading Lucia here.

If you think about it, going against Lucia, even if compared to going against Vivian, isn’t the scale different?

One of the marquis de Grenot’s mistresses, who was considered to be at the top of the list among the marquis, was able to almost completely destroy the financial base of Baron Moneghen with a little effort.

So, is the Duke’s family actually worse than that?

And Borgia, who is said to be the leader among dukes?

Even if she hadn’t acquired the virtue of being able to bow her head a little for her family, she would probably have made the same choice.

‘me too… This didn’t seem right… … ‘

As Anne took a step back and looked at Lucia, a bitter smile was slowly forming on Anne’s lips.