Chapter 81

Extra: Blacksmith 1

I am Gozoh, a dwarf C-Rank adventurer .

Recently, I dove into the [Ordinary Cave]… changed into the [Cave of Desires] .

Before, it was a shabby dungeon for F-Ranks to enter… no, to begin with, it was more of an ordinary cave than a dungeon . At any rate, there was only one path and one room . And now it’s an excellent dungeon .

Although it seems to be confirmed that it has up to four floors, I’ve only reached to the third floor so far .

Anyhow, it doesn’t look like you can advance to the fourth floor unless you don’t return to the stairs, it’s something complication that I don’t really get… Well, although I have a special skill that lets me remember paths I’ve taken before, it just doesn’t work in this labyrinth at all .

Places that I had definitely passed just before would become a wall, so recently I’ve been doubting my special skill .

Well, unlike the skill promised by god, it’s just a normal special skill . There are things like that after all .

I leave the minor stuff to my companion Roppu, so today I’m just swinging my battle hammer .

“Stay down!”

With a dull thud, a lump of heavy iron clashed against my companion’s shield, resounding through the labyrinth .

Our opponent was something recently found out to appear in the [Cave of Desires], an iron golem . Although they had been seen before, unfortunately, it was too much a burden for D-Ranks and E-Ranks . It was something pretty hard to carry out unless you brought a cart, since you could encounter enemies while trying to do so .

Most of all, these guys are worth quite a bit of money when they’re defeated, so for me it’s a delicious opponent . I just have to beat it up with my hammer, a truly simple and easy to understand enemy . Yep, a delicious opponent .

Hitting its head several times with my battle hammer, the iron golem was defeated… Oooh, my hand is tingling . This feeling ain’t that bad, kind of that that numb feeling you get in your hands when drinking sake .

“Booyah, beat it! Seriously, finding the magic stone when it’s buried like that’s troublesome . ”

“Good work, Gozoh . Let’s put it in the cart . Looks like there aren’t any enemies near us now . ”

Roppu pulled the rumbling cart . This partner of mine is a human woman . She looks slender, but she’s a C-Rank adventurer like me . She’s also my good drinking buddy . It was a chance meeting that I met this girl when she went to drink at a dwarf village .

Ah, stuff like that doesn’t matter right now . I put down my hammer temporarily and helped put the iron golem into Roppu’s carrier . As expected of a human-sized lump of iron, it’s really heavy .

“Well then, should we head back?”

“Aye . ”

Although I really wanted to hunt two or three of them in one go, Roppu’s carrier wouldn’t be able to hold them unfortunately .

We have to go up and down the stairs several times to start with, making us defenseless each time . It’s best to hunt them one at a time taking safety into account . It’d be great if Roppu knew [Storage] . That way we’d be able to get a lot of them all at once .

On the return trip while looking out for traps, we kept killing goblins that tried to attack us . We were able to take back a lump of iron today as well . We’ll have a few days of inn fees with this .

“Well, maybe we should live as miners for this dungeon?”

“I don’t want to though, Gozoh . There isn’t a pub here . The food is incredibly delicious, but there’s no way to get any alcohol . ”

Yeah, that’s right .

This [Cave of Desires] has an inn near it, the [Dancing Doll’s Pavilion] . Rather, there’s only an inn and guild branch office here… Well, just that inn is incredible enough . It even has an onsen . It feels greaaat, enough to make you feel like a noble . I didn’t think I’d like it so much before, but now it’s a necessity .

For some reason, [Dancing Doll’s Pavilion] doesn’t serve alcohol . It does seem to use it for cooking though… Its food definitely is the amazing and it has top quality beds . It even has an onsen . Please let me say that again .

—It’d be supreme if it had alcohol!

S-since it doesn’t prohibit it till the point of keeping you from bringing your own, you can get some from traders coming through the path… Rather, what’s up with [Great Tsuia Mountain Tunnel]?

That dungeon is also… a new dungeon with an unclear difficulty . That is, in the meaning that its danger hasn’t been seen .

Although new dungeons were occasionally short dungeons, this was the first time one has appeared with absolutely no danger . Even [Ordinary Cave] had goblins .

No one knows was kind of mechanism is used, but you can pass to the other side by paying money in the booth that’s there immediately after you enter . As for its interior, it’s about wide enough for two wagons to pass each other, there’s even a convenient rest area midway through . I hear that some people are suspicious about it, but it looks like there hasn’t been any problems so far .

Merchants going in with guards can be seen going in and out of it a lot recently . Thanks to that, Pavuera’s sake and salt can be bought cheaply even in Sia . I’m thankful for that .

From a merchant’s point of view, the money paid to the tunnel seems insignificant .

“Aah, sake really is the best though . ”

“Sake while soaking in the onsen, that would be supreme…”

“Ask that Kehma guy, maybe he’d stock some alcohol…”

“Ah, I’d gladly use my body if I could drink sake there . ”

“Please stop… Besides, you know Kehma’s preference, aye?”

“Right… he had that sex slave (Meat) huh… to like such a small kid…”

Even that guy’s a good adventurer if you closed your eyes to him preferring children…

No, let’s stop there . I don’t feel like talking about someone’s tastes . Besides, he takes good care of that Ojou-chan, she looks happy . It’d be thoughtless for me to butt my head in .

Well, while we took a rest and complained like that, the receptionist Silia-chan showed up .

“Gozoh-san . Could I have a moment? A letter arrived from Kantra-san a little ago . ”

“Ooh! Kantra huh, should be a good answer . ”

“The thing about the blacksmith? I also want to hear the result . ”

“Aye, let’s take a look . Give me a second . ”

So, receiving the letter from Silia-chan, I immediately opened and read it .

“He’s coming immediately! It’s great, Silia-chan!”

“That’s good… Ah, we still need to call over a carpenter . And consult with [Dancing Doll’s Pavilion]’s Rokuko-san about the matter regarding the smithy…”

Yeah, Silia-chan looks busy . I think it’d be fine if she relaxed a bit more though .

“Kantra-san, is he doing well?”

“Hmm? Yeah, he is . His old man too . ”

“If Untara-san wasn’t in good health, Kantra-san wouldn’t have time to come here . ”

“That’s right too huh?”

I nodded to Roppu’s question .

Still, to finally see him after all this time . I should get some alcohol ready…