85 81 Normal operation is the most important thing (1/2)

Tanaka Jiro, 28 years old, with a girlfriend

Her Suela Hendelberg

Memory Tris

Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time)

Magical aptitude 8 (general class)

Post Warriors

”Then we'll call it one hundred grams of eight hundred yen.

”Did you raise the price?

Yes, unearthed items from the Mushroom King's dungeon are rare and in demand when it comes to luxury goods. So there are plenty of ways to sell them. At worst, you can consume it yourself.

”Was I a sweetheart?

To the extent that it's tolerable.

Is that about as much as you can handle?

The sight of them all lined up on the counter is not a suitable amount for the word ”relaxing”.

I brought a demon called Flegby, a reputedly fragrant honey.

It comes in three full bottles that hold one kilogram.

That's eight hundred yen for one kilogram, which means eight thousand yen for one bottle, or twenty-four thousand yen for three bottles.

For a day's income, that's quite an impressive amount.

The only problem is that the price fluctuates, but since we're the only ones in that dungeon for now, we shouldn't be too worried about it.

But why does the sound of the old cash registers, with their jackin', make my heart jump so much?

When I was buying the item at the store as usual, I noticed that the price was higher than the last time I brought it in, which made my heart skip a beat.

I'm not sure if the sweet love story (strawberry talk) is over? Honey only. Oh, now I'm getting to the point.

I didn't say that.

I wondered what the deal was with leaving the purchase to a senior citizen, but I'm not going to tell you because it's an opportunity for me to legally talk to my girlfriend at work.

At best, I'll swing my fist at Kaido for saying something trivial in silence.

”Aita!　It's unreasonable,

”Here we go, Memoria, we'll be back.

Yes, please come again.

”Oh.

I'm not going to be able to get out of the store to receive the receipt and cash, complaining about Kaido's teary-eyed head.

What are you going to do now, senpai? If you don't have a job, let's go for a drink!

”Dumbass, report first.

It's a good thing, because this dungeon is just a light story about the placement of bugs.

It's nearing the end of the workday, and we can only talk about work or after work.

Kaido seems to want to talk about after work, but I want to go on with my work before that.

Especially if there's something on your mind.

...... Kaido, what did you think at first when you took on Mushiko's dungeon?

”I just think it's weird and I don't like it because there are so many of them. ......

Yeah, I felt the same way. Awkward, huh?

That's right.

To make that awkwardness even more awkward. That's what makes it so much fun.

I don't know if I'm a workaholic sometimes, but I don't think I've ever enjoyed my job. I never thought of work as fun.

It's only recently that I've been thinking about it, too.

So far, I've conquered three types of dungeons, the Kiroh King, the Demon King, and the Immortal King, and I've improved on them.

The KIOH's dungeon has the disadvantage that the number of wandering demons is small, which is difficult to improve due to its production cost. Therefore, I proposed new types of golems and improved traps.

In the Onion King's dungeon, the goblins were given different jobs and assigned to different roles in order to improve efficiency, and I also suggested some tactical solutions.

For the Immortal King's dungeon, I suggested new buildings that were easy to surprise, and tactics that took advantage of their wandering patterns and undead characteristics.

And all of them have produced some results.

When I think about it, I can't help but wonder what improvements I can make next.

So, what are you thinking about, senpai?

”Well, for now, considering the maintenance and dungeon characteristics, we can't use traps related to it.

”It looks easy to install, but the bugs are going to get caught.

I've heard that the Ki-Oh and Demon King are pure labyrinth-type dungeons while the Giant King and the Tree King are pure field dungeons.

And the Mushroom King's dungeon is a half-dungeon type like the Immortal King's dungeon with a field called the Sea of Trees and an ant nest-like dungeon spreading underground.

As for the Dragon King, there's no information on whether it's a half dungeon or a field or a labyrinth.

So I'm going to say that it's irrelevant now and leave it at that.

I'm more concerned with the work I'm doing now.

There should be intelligent bugs further in, but there aren't any now. Having fought the monsters in the dungeon, I can tell you that they are mainly those that are loyal to their appetites. I guess the idea is that it's better to be violent than intelligent. Then, sadly, we can only use simple tactics.

Yes, they were like, ”If you find your prey, you should attack it.

”Maybe it's because it's a magic-powered soul that doesn't need food first. That's why there are no conflicts between demons in terms of food, which is supposed to happen. The production costs are good in this respect, but it's also rare to see such poor performance in terms of maintenance costs. Even if you're making up for it in numbers, you're still too reckless.

Fighting against the dungeon of the Mushroom King, I felt that it was just a manpower tactics with sheer numbers.

Perhaps it's because they're more fertile bugs than goblins that they're constantly attacked by enemies.

A strategy that relies on numbers is very simple and powerful.

But on the other hand, the forces seem too dispersed to be covered by numbers.

Quite simply, there is little breadth in tactics and strategy.

Spawn and attack.

That's what makes that dungeon work.

There are variations in individual differences, but not the word ”coordination.

They simply come after their prey.

Rare is the dungeon that embodies the simple-is-best idea of violence in numbers.

The problem is that you can avoid that violence to some extent if you move as quickly as we did.

Do you think that because the number of enemies increases as you move deeper into the dungeon, it's not a problem?

This is a very different story from other dungeons, which often makes my head twitch.

It's also possible to simply prepare a land that is advantageous to that individual: ......

”Why don't you get a giant bug instead?　You know, like a monster.

It's an idea, but if we're going to have the strongest one in the world, we're going to need a lot of applications. Then we'll have to think about what kind of monster we're going to create.

In a sense, this dungeon is complete, or in this case, it would be more accurate to say that it is complete.

This dungeon is so complete that it's hard to modify.

If you change one side of the dungeon, the other side will have problems.

The more I think about it, the more difficult it is to make adjustments.

That's a tough one.

Oh, I still don't have enough information in the shallow layers. We need to go a little deeper. ...... Then you'll see things differently and come up with an improvement plan. Kaido, it's going to be a pollywood prison for a while longer.

”Oh, come on!

”Patience for a while, patience. It will be easier than today when Katsu joins us tomorrow.

That's the least of your worries, haha, I'm jealous of you guys.

It's hard for a man to be in a situation like this.

”Where's the gender equality?

”Disappeared in a dream

”It's not fair - I want the Equal Employment Opportunity Act to apply.

In the end, lack of information, that's all I can say.

So today's conclusion is the same as before, and it ends with pointing out the details and maintaining the status quo.

It's almost like an itchy feeling of not being able to reach an itchy point.

Hmmm, yes!　What about making insect repellent as an insect repellent?　If the bugs don't come around, the dungeon search will go faster.

I think it would be quicker to set up a special forces team with insecticide and go rolling first.

”Oh.