Chapter 26

"Kehgo!"

The nouveau riche Rana, blown away by Lucie's strike, hit the floor with a loud thud.

Cracks spread through its body, deepening, and the emeralds in its eyes fell to the floor.

【You have gained 503 experience points.】

【Your level has increased from 24 to 30.】

【You have gained 6 skill points.】

A vast amount of experience points flowed into me.

This amount of experience points is too delicious.

As expected of the Golden Toad.

"R-really did it... I did it! I'm now [Lv: 27]!"

Lucie also seemed to have increased from [Lv: 21] by six levels.

With just this one nouveau riche Rana, we surpassed the levels of our former party members.

The nouveau riche Rana, unable to maintain its form, transformed into a mist of mana, and its remains dried up.

I held my breath and watched the scene.

The nouveau riche Rana isn't as strong as its level suggests, but the experience points it provides are very delicious... more importantly, it drops high-value items.

The drop rate of items from the nouveau riche Rana is quite high, considering its low appearance rate.

Even without a luck bonus, it's around 50%.

However, it's not 100%.

"Please... nouveau riche Rana...!"

The remains of the nouveau riche Rana became hollow and gradually disappeared... and a large earth attribute magic stone and a golden short sword were left behind.

In the center of the hilt, an emblem of Rana's face was engraved.

"It dropped! The <Shining Rana's Decorative Sword>!"

I couldn't help but make a fist pump.

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<Shining Rana's Decorative Sword> [Recommended Equipment Level: 15]

【Attack Power: +12】

【Market Value: 17 million gold】

A shining short sword of Rana. A lump of high-purity <Toad Gold>.

While its performance is higher than its recommended equipment level, it is already a useless item for those who have defeated the golden Rana.

Many adventurers want to possess it as proof of defeating the golden Rana, but most are dazzled by its value and end up letting it go.

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More than being a weapon, it's a lump of metal worth 17 million gold.

"Amazing! Such a high-value item... 1.7 million gold...! The only other item that dropped with such a high value was the <Blood-Stained Sword> when I had a dispute with Klein and the others!"

Lucie, after checking the item information, said happily.

"Wait, wait, you got the magnitude wrong."

"Eh...?"

"One zero is missing. It's 17 million gold."

Upon hearing this from me, Lucie slowly turned her eyes back to the <Shining Rana's Decorative Sword> and checked the item information.

She seemed to have gotten dizzy and stumbled, falling to the ground.

"S-s-seventeen... million... I joined the party because of a dispute over the distribution of a 2 million gold item..."

"Hey, are you okay?"

"I feel a bit lightheaded, but I'm fine... No, but I still can't feel my legs..."

Since Lucie couldn't move, I thought it was a good opportunity to take a break right there.

The visibility was poor here, so we could also be on guard for monsters.

Lucie sat down against the colorful wall and took a sip from her water flask.

"Feeling better?"

"Yes, somehow... But I still can't believe it. It feels unreal... to get an item worth nearly 20 million gold so easily... Ah, no, it's only because Elma planned everything in detail that we succeeded, so it might be strange for me to say this..."

She still seemed shaken.

After slapping her cheeks and stretching them, she said:

"...What are you doing?"

"No, I was thinking... maybe this is a dream I'm having because of the shock of being kicked out of Klein's party... Because with 17 million gold, you can buy anything! You can eat all you want at a nice restaurant!"

Lucie's imagination of what she could buy was too down-to-earth.

"I could never reach that amount even if I spent ten years diving into the <Dream Hole>!"

"...I admit that the rewards from the nouveau riche Rana are exceptional, but it's probably because Klein treated you poorly."

Adventurers risk their lives, but the magic stones obtained from monsters are worth a considerable amount.

Especially since Lucie had good drop luck, even with the cost of equipment and preparation for monster hunting, their party should have been quite well-off...

From the previous discussion, it seemed that Klein usually took a lot.

"What should we do...? If we have such a high-value item, we'll surely be targeted. That's it, Elma! Let's escape to a remote village together! We can live quietly there! With this much, if we live modestly, we can surely survive for the rest of our lives together! Let's do it! Yes!"

...I thought she had calmed down a bit after some time, but it seems she was still in a state of confusion.

I wanted to explore a bit more today, but would she be okay?

"Shall we get going, Lucie?"

"Eh? Ah, yes! We can't stay in the <Dream Hole> forever... We're leaving from here, right?"

"We'll hunt another nouveau riche Rana before it gets dark. Our goal is two... At this rate, it's not impossible. Our stats have improved, so the next one should be more stable. We should be able to handle any other monsters that appear around here easily."

Especially in the early 30s, the experience points from a [Lv: 40] nouveau riche Rana are off the charts.

We should aim to hunt another one at this level.

"Fe...? Another one...?"

――About three hours later.

"<Dice Thrust>!"

Lucie's seventh <Dice Thrust> finally carved a six into the air.

This time, her luck was a bit off.

Well, think of bad luck in these situations as a future savings.

Bad luck should be used up during times that don't matter.

Probabilities will eventually converge.

Players in <Magic World> tend to be superstitious, fearing that unusual good luck in trivial matters is a bad omen.

I'm that type too.

【You have gained 461 experience points.】

【Your level has increased from 30 to 33.】

【You have gained 3 skill points.】

Good, good, being able to level up ten levels without risk at this level is too delicious.

In a world where penalties for failure are severe, this is even more so.

And from the remains, another golden sword with Rana's face appeared.

Yes, a lump of <Toad Gold>... the second <Shining Rana's Decorative Sword>.

"Good, Lucie! This is 34 million gold! When we sell it at the store, we'll lose a few tenths to fees, but..."

The start is good.

The <Smoldering Fang>, which was thought to be difficult to obtain, is now within reach.

Thanks to the nouveau riche Rana.

It was only possible because Lucie was here and the <Angel's Toy Box> appeared.

If either was missing, the efficiency would have dropped significantly.

There are other <Dream Holes> where the nouveau riche Rana appears.

However, unless it's a single path with few branches like the <Angel's Toy Box>, it's impossible to corner the fast-moving nouveau riche Rana and successfully perform <Shadow Step>.

A path that is not too narrow or too wide, allowing us to circle around the nouveau riche Rana without stimulating it, is necessary.

Only the <Angel's Toy Box> meets these conditions.

"...Huh? Lucie?"

Lucie didn't respond.

She was stiff, having lowered her <Iron Piercer> stance.

As I approached, Lucie swayed and fell to the ground again.

I quickly supported her body.

"S-s-seventeen... million..."

She slumped, closing her eyes.

"Stay with me! Hey!"

Lucie didn't respond to my words.

It seems the shock was too much.

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