Chapter 288

Rookie Hunting (3)

“Well then, want to head right into the dungeon?”

“Yes, thank you, Gesunoh-sama, Kiwami-sama . ”

They went into the dungeon, led by Kiwami as their scout . Mai, the blue-haired young lady, set foot into the dungeon—yet still, she was more calm than Gesunoh had thought she would .

He wished she would have at least been excited for entering a dungeon for the first time . Maybe she was just good at concealing her expressions?

“Ojou-sama, have you been inside a dungeon before?”

“Yes, I asked Shina to show me around a little yesterday . Well, we turned back after seeing the second room though . ”

Oh, so she’s already been into a dungeon before?

Gesunoh thought to himself, now understanding why .

This dungeon was particularly special, it was a dungeon you could enter with even a G-Rank in your party, or even a part of F-Rank adventurers .

Though if you wanted to enter with a G-Rank, your party would need to have a person in it of at least D-Rank to be allowed in .

“Shina’s here too, a dungeon like this should be an easy thing . ”

“Ojou-sama, please don’t let down your guard . Dungeons are dangerous places, okay? … Gesunoh-san, Kiwami-san, please say something to Ojou-sama as well . ”

The topic had suddenly shifted, but Gesunoh and Kiwami just smiled .

This young lady being so cocksure would only serve to make it easier on them .

“Oh no no, it’s as our Ojou-sama says . A low difficulty dungeon like this is so easy that even beginners are allowed to delve into it . We’ll be able to manage even without you two worrying about anything . ”

“Right? That’s why darling and I are here . ”

Kiwami winked at Mai . Having great timing, two goblins appeared and attacked them . Gesunoh made quick work of them, defending Mai and Shina as they’d declared .

Even with their rotten core, they were still C-Ranks . Mere goblins would never best them .

“Amazing work . Don’t you agree, Senpa—Pet-chan?”

“…”

The pet beastkin looked on with cold, expressionless eyes .

… She didn’t even look at the young lady . As I thought, the two of them don’t get along well .

Kiwami was convinced of it .

“I-I want to give a reward to Gesunoh-sama after doing such amazing work . Please accept this . ”

Saying that, Mai pulled a silver coin out from her [Safe] and handed it to Gesunoh .

“Haha, I’ll keep it as a good luck charm . ”

How much money does she have in there?

Not skipping a beat and still keeping a smile on his face, Gesunoh started thinking about how things stored inside containers created by space-time magic—[Safe] for example—would spill out if the caster died .

“Oh? I don’t get any?”

“The person who defeated the goblins a moment ago was Gesunoh-sama though? Kiwami-sama did nothing . Right, Shina?”

“Yes, Kiwami had done nothing . Rewarding a person who simply stood and watched would be wasteful . ”

Tch, f*cking amateur bitch .

Hearing her say that, Kiwami cursed her out in her mind . In fact, Kiwami had noticed the goblins ahead of time and closed off their path of retreat while Gesunoh took care of them .

However, that could also mean that Shina took her to be a useless individual and may lower her guard a bit more .

Though besides, speaking entirely in terms of how little someone had done, Shina was the most useless as she’d only stood next to the young lady the entire time .

… They preferred enjoying themselves with people that were still alive, but it wasn’t exactly a requirement . They could still have fun with someone after they’d killed them .

“Darling, could you give me that? I’m going to embed it into her with [Healing] after cutting the tendons of her arms and legs . We’ll do the young lady on her like that and kill her later . ”

“Kukuku, as expected of my honey . That’s a great idea . Let’s slice up this Ojou-sama with the sword in there . ”

Gesunoh and Kiwami spoke to each other in whispers so that the other two wouldn’t hear them .

“Well then, how about we check out a bit deeper in? I heard about an interesting room at the guild . Wanna try it? Not like there’ll be any trouble with us here . ”

“Yes, please guide us . ”

“Ojou-sama, I do not believe that we should go any further in, it is dangerous . ”

“Be quiet, Shina . We have Gesunoh-sama here, a C-Rank . There won’t be any problems . ”

“…”

The beastkin pet sighed, her eyes still cold .

Making their way through the first floor, they finally made it into the labyrinth area . Even there, they didn’t come across any major enemies . Although it did have iron golems in it, all they came across were clay golems .

They were cleaned up about as quickly as the goblins .

Although there was a labyrinth, they easily made their way through it using the map’s help and quickly came upon their goal—the [Avarice Trap] .

Gesunoh and Kiwami entered first, followed by Mai and Shina after being invited in .

Kiwami approached the pedestal with the sword in it . With everyone in the room—Gesunoh standing in the rear—she pulled out the sword .

Shortly afterward, they heard a noise and the entrance was blocked by needles .

“Crap! We’re shut in!”

Gesunoh spoke with a forced tone .

“!? Wh-What happened?”

“Wh-What is this?”

The lady and her escort reacted in similar ways . Their behaviors were so alike that it was like they were connected by strings . Seeing them like that, Gesunoh grinned .

It looked like the ladies hadn’t collected any information about this room . It would have been somewhat annoying had they known about it .

“Gesunoh-sama, what is going on?”

“Don’t worry about it, Ojou-sama . In truth, after pulling that magic sword out of its pedestal, the room will lock itself down for a single night . It is a safety zone, there is no danger . ”

“Just one night?”

“Yes . We will rest here and return tomorrow in the morning . ”

Gesunoh smiled as warmly as he could to reassure the lady .

“Is that so?”

She appeared to be convinced .

“However, you unilaterally deciding our schedule is troubling . We haven’t prepared to camp?”

“I am sorry for that . Don’t worry, though . We have prepared accordingly, including enough for the Ojou-sama, of course . ”

With that, Gesunoh invoked [Storage] and took out a collapsible tent and sleeping bags .

The [Storage] scroll was expensive, but it was convenient . Time inside it was stopped, so you could even keep severed animal parts preserved in it .

“Oh? You can use [Storage]? Is that why you weren’t worried about meals before?”

“Yeah, we can eat freshly prepared meals like this . ”

Gesunoh took out some soup, steam still rising from it .

The soup was, however, drugged . It wasn’t so much that you would notice after a mouthful or two, but around an hour after finishing it, you would grow numb and become unable to move .

Feeding them this would make their job easier than just attacking them normally, but—

“Ojou-sama . Please eat what I have prepared . We don’t know if they put anything in that . ”

“If you say so, Shina . Gesunoh-sama, please eat that with Kiwami-sama . ”

“Oh? Oh well, then . ”

Of course it wouldn’t go that smoothly .

Gesunoh clicked his tongue . Even so, they wouldn’t have any problems if they just attacked them during their sleep . He decided to wait for night .