189. New village




 In the morning, I woke up and left my room to find Emily standing in front of me.

"Good morning, Emily.
'It's good morning. There was a letter for Mr. Yoda.
A letter? Unusual, who's that from?
He's the chief of the village of Indore.
For Indor?

 I accepted the letter, cut the seal and looked inside.
 As I read the contents, I found that it was a letter of thanks.

 I heard that the residents of Indor were happy to hear that Linus, the former head of the Samethrene Association, had been disqualified.
 Even after Indor was saved by me and joined the Cyclo family, it was still being harassed by Sametilene.

 Originally, Indor was under the umbrella of Samethrene.
 A city that has a dungeon may have a village built in the middle of nowhere in the form of a pioneer for when the dungeon is born.
 Indor is a pioneer village that was built with the help of Samethyllene.

 It had a lot going on and was being treated badly by Samethylen, and I stepped in and helped.
 The people in the village call me "Benefactor" and thank me for my help.

 The letter repeated "thank you" over and over again, as if that, in turn, indicated the degree of harassment.

'So the harassment has continued since then?
"Not important enough to report," it says.
'Sober harassment or ...... insidious.'

 Well, but it's good to see that go away.
 From now on, the head of the Association of Same-Chillen will be the one who is breathing down the cell's neck, so the harassment will stop altogether.

 I'm going to pick up Aurum, who has been in the dungeon while I've been away, in the evening, so I'll talk to him by Indor then and reassure the residents.

     ☆

 Nihonium, 7th floor underground.
 I put on Leia and used a fireball to take down the electrified mammy, using mainly fireballs.
 Leia tried to pick up the spirit seed that was dropped after defeating it with her arm, but it slipped through as it should have, with no one else touching it but me.

'I won't touch it, I'm sorry Master,'
'Never mind, this is inevitable. It's something only I can touch.
Just the master?
Yes, I'm the only one in the world.

 I took the seed, the seed disappeared in the palm of my hand and the spirit was up one.

'The world's only ...... master is amazing.'
'So don't worry about it. You can follow me elsewhere.
Okay, here's what I'm gonna do.

 Leia transformed one of the arms.
 It was just an arm, but it morphed into an intricate design.

'What's this?'
This is a map of the hierarchy, and that's where the monster is.

 As Leia explained, there was some terrain I knew, and it was indeed a map of this hierarchy.
 And Leia moved some dots (,).
 'The monsters are there, I can see that.

'I didn't know you could do this.'
I practiced yesterday. This is easier to master.
Yeah, that's pretty straightforward. Thank you, Leia.
......

 Leia was silent, but I could tell she was happy.

 The seed of the Nihonium Dungeon, Leia didn't touch it after all, but she weaved another technique instead.
 The map that could be viewed at any time was very useful, and although my efficiency only increased slightly, it was half the wear and tear, or rather, double the ease compared to when I didn't have it.

 With the help of this extremely useful ability, I effortlessly raised my spirit from B to A on this day.

---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP SS
MP SS
Power SS
Strength SS
Intelligence SS
Spirit A
Speed SS
Dexterous F
Luck F
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     ★

 At noon, I came to Indore with Leia.
 I met and talked to the village chief, and he thanked me again for my help.

 He asked me to let the whole village have a big feast, but I politely refused because it was too much of a big deal.

 And now Leia and I are strolling through the village of Indor.

 The golden village of Indor.
 It was once an empty, cold village, but now it was bustling with the sand and gold produced by the Aurum Dungeon.

 The village is vibrant and the building rush continues.
 It looks like it's about to become a city in size, not a village.

 Even if you go around the city a bit, there are many bars, brothels, gambling dens, and other shops that cater to people who have a lot of stirrups.

This is the master city: ......
Nominally, I didn't do anything in my job as head of the Dungeon Association.
'But a master's city, a master who has an entire city, is amazing.

 Leia's words were a bit itchy.
 We continued walking for a while, and then I saw one beggar on the street.

 It suits him in a way.
 The number of people in the village is increasing, and trash is piling up here and there.
 With the increase in the number of residents, it looks like the garbage is not being disposed of in time.

 The beggar next to it ...... looks very natural for a location.

 When I walked past the beggars, one of them gave me money for some of them.

 The frequency is much higher than the similar scenes I know of.
 After all it is the gold rush, everyone is warm in the pocket, it seems that there is no hesitation to give.

 Just when I thought I could make a living begging here.

Master.
What's going on?
It's a monster.
What?
It's a great thing.

 Leia said with her usual, emotionless expression.
 Her gaze caught the beggar.

'Really?'

 Leia nodded clearly.

'Same type as the Master's dog.'
Cerberus. ...... I see.

 Leia can detect a monster's presence and she knows it because she saw Cerberus, my guard dog who lives in the house, yesterday.

 I saw a beggar.
 To all intents and purposes, he's a human being, but if Leia says so, I'm sure it's a human being.

 I walked up to the beggar.
 He doesn't know now, but if he did, he'd be in big trouble.

 I don't have a collar or anything like Cerberus to show that I'm someone's "property".
 If they see we're haggled, they could take us out.
 So we need to get to him before they do.

A little.
What the f*ck?

 The beggar looked up at me with slightly frightened eyes.
 He looks middle-aged, his clothes are tattered and his hair is shaggy.
 For all intents and purposes, he looked like a homeless man or a beggar.

 I believed Leia.

 I absentmindedly pulled out my gun and fired a recovery fusion/sleeping bullet.
 The beggar instantly fell asleep, and I stuffed him in my pocket and left the place.

 I don't want him to get out of control, so I'll take him somewhere we can talk at length.
 We'll talk then.

     ☆

 We left Indore for a while and came to an empty field.
 There, he sent out a beggar and waited for him to wake up.

 The beggar woke up after a while and looked around with a frightened look on his face.

'Don't be afraid, I'm not the enemy.
Oh, what are you gonna do to me?
I know you're a badass.
-Oh!

 I grabbed his hand as he tried to escape.

'Ha, let me go!'
Calm down, I told you we're not the enemy. If we were the enemy, you wouldn't have brought me here in a sleep, you would have killed me on the spot.
Ah, .......

 The beggar stopped his rampage, he seemed to understand my point.

'Have you calmed down or are you going to tell me a story?

 Because of Cerberus, I'm willing to help you if you need it.
 The beggar thought for a moment and nodded quietly.

'Duh, where do I begin? ......
'First of all, tell me what kind of monster you are. For all intents and purposes, you're a human being.
I'm a monster named Clayman.

 He said this, and then suddenly the color disappeared from his body.
 The color disappeared and the shape changed.
 He became a slimy, clay-like figure.

'I see, so you're the type of monster that can turn into many things.
Yes, I do.
So you've been acting like a beggar and getting favors from the people in your village?
'Yes ...... I had to do this for everyone. There's no other place in the world as rich as this golden city, so ......
For everyone?
'I have other friends. But they're all recognizable huggers at a glance, so I'll work like this and get everyone to .......

 Really? .......

'Is everyone a lot?'
That's fifty-six in all.
'That's a lot! I thought you couldn't feed yourself if you were begging?
'But I don't know what else to do. If it's not me, they'll find out and kill me in a heartbeat.
...... right?

 It was the same with Cerberus.
 He looked almost like a dog, rifling through the city's trash cans and running away from humans.

 For some reason, a haglemono with a near-human self-consciousness would end up doing something similar.

 In some cases, I thought about keeping this monster in the mansion, but fifty-seven was a bit much.
 I can't physically fit in the house.
 And the other two dwellings I own aren't even close.
 The only way to get around that is to rent a new one.

 Either that or we build on it.
 Maybe we could build some kind of dormitory, and then put monsters like Cerberus and Clayman in it.
 Maybe it would be better to build a place dedicated to that.

...... oh.

 Suddenly, I remembered.
 The word "make" reminded me.

 How Indor came to be, and where I stand.

"Let's build a village of haglemono.

 I looked straight at Clayman and said.

"Huh, mm, in the village?
Yeah. I'm the head of that village's dungeon society.
Yeah!
'We can pay and have a village built by someone willing to settle it.'
Oh, really?
Yeah. It's a pain in the ass if we use the association's money, so I'll pay out of my own pocket. You can do that now.

 I talked about things, told a still skeptical Clayman about the possibility of making it happen.
 As we talked, we adjusted the plan to where it was realistic.

 I could make ten million piro in a day if I worked hard, I'm the head of the dungeon association.
 There are a lot of things we can do, and even if we do it firmly, there are multiple options left.

 Talking about it, I looked at Clayman.

"What do you say?
Yes!

 Clayman turned back into his human form and grabbed my hand as hard as he could.

'Thank you!'

 I said.
 The hand that grabbed me forcefully was a bit painful, and it seemed to speak volumes about their predicament so far.