Okay, let's have a strategy session.

She moves fast...

　After finishing the comp mess with a bomb, I calm down and sit back in my chair, propping my elbows on the desk and crossing my hands in front of my face.
　Then I look at the girls to discuss the plan to collect the magic stones.

''Okura-dono, you will give up quietly this time!　After all those times, aren't you satisfied with what you've done?

No!　We spent the magic stone up there!　Can you back down!

"You must give up, sir!　I'll never have a meeting, you know!

　Noll hits the desk with a bang, desperately pleading with me to give up. But that's not me giving up.
　I've spent all those magic stones... there's only one left and there's no way I'm giving up now. Giving up now would be like giving up on a prize that is about to fall in a crane game.
　There's no way I could ever regret it.

What's wrong, Mr. Noll?

'Come to think of it, I hadn't heard of Sisha. Well, I haven't actually experienced it either.

Uh ... this has happened before, sir.

　Sisha doesn't seem to know why Noor is rejecting her so much.
　To her, Nol tells her about what happened at that time.
　
　When you think about it, is it reasonable for Nol to show rejection again to this extent?

''That's.......you were having a lot of fun again, weren't you?

That was no fun...

　I was bracing myself for the same reaction that Esther had when she found out about it, but she said something completely misguided.
　
　Well, from my point of view, it's rather convenient. She's going to be able to endure a work hunt with me.

'So, brother?　What's the plan?

'Eh, Esther!　Don't listen to it!　We can still turn back now, sir!

It's good. I honestly feel frustrated that I'm stopping like this, too. Isn't it not too late to think about it after you hear your brother's story?

Ugh, but...

Mr. Noll, let's just hear a story.

I understand, sir.

　She stubbornly tried to refuse to listen to me, but after hearing Esther and Sisha's opinion, she seemed reluctant and gave up.
　Maybe it's the difference between someone who actually experienced it and someone who just listened to the story. If that's the case, should we stop doing it with the momentum we did before?
　If both of them were to become knolls now, they might not be able to collect magic stones anymore.

''Hmm, gosh darn it. Well then, I'll say it again.

　Based on what I've just thought about, let's make a plan about the hunt.
　Because if you do something reckless without thinking ahead, you'll ruin yourself like a bill. I don't want the experience of wetting my pillow when I see the bill.

　There are six more days of this gacha, including today. The period may be renewed after the date, so let's think of it as 5 more days. Think of it in the long run, and you'll be in trouble if it's too short.

　First of all, as far as hunting grounds are concerned, I don't choose to look for a new hunting ground.
　If I'm going to waste my time looking for an efficient place to hunt now, it's safer to hunt where I know and earn money. Then, the current candidate places are the North Cave, the Goblin and Orc Forest, and Mount Remri.
　Mt. Remri is out of the question when considering the efficiency of the magical stone. It will take longer to defeat the enemies than the others. If I have to choose, it's between the other two.

　In a normal hunt, the cave in the north would give me about seven magic stones in an hour. And the one in the orc forest is about 5 in an hour, like I did before.
　If I had to choose, I'd have to go with the northern cave. But at this rate, even if I hunt for 10 hours, I'll only get 70 of them.
　Even if I try to increase the efficiency any further, it's impossible since it's almost the highest efficiency in its current state.
　It's not even that wide, so even if I try to fish, I don't have enough scorpions, and if I increase the number, the burden on Estelle will increase too much.

　So this Heihachi thought about it. Why don't we just hunt in both?
　As long as Estelle and her fishing partner were present in the northern cave, the hunt would be enough. Then, there would be two extra people.
　So we can go to the Orc Forest with these two extra people. This way, the magic stone efficiency would be much better. We know from the last labyrinth that even if we get away, we can still get magic stones.

　I spoke passionately to the girls about the above.

''That's about it. Do you have something to say?

Yes!

Nole or what?

Why can't we just give up?

'Rejected. Please understand.

Oh, no.

　But Noll still doesn't like it, or tries to disagree with me.
　Hmmm, is there anything I can do to persuade him?

'You're quite negative, Noll. Are you really that uncomfortable with it?

Because.......think about it. We've already done it for 18 times and it didn't come together, right?　If you were to have all of these, how many would you need?

Could be in the next one?

''That's how you say it, and you're going to hunt until the very end of the period on the sly.......''

　There's certainly a possibility of that........ But I can't back down now if I've pulled back this far.
　I really, really need to welcome Luna-chan!

I know Nole doesn't like it. But you'll have to help me with that. I'll do whatever I can to help you afterwards.

　I didn't want him to not cooperate with me at this point, so I asked him to put my hands together and worship me.
　Hearing my words, Noor reacted by twitching his body.

''Anything........so is there........''

Brother, does that mean we are too?

Oh, yeah, of course.

"Hmm, that's a good idea. Let me help you.

　Noor puts his hand to his chin and starts to hmmm and worry. Esther, who was listening with me, also put her hand on the desk and leaned forward to listen, as if she was curious about what I had said.
　She agreed with me with a cute smile, but................................maybe it was a bad idea. You never know what in the world you're going to be asked to do when you look this happy. I'm afraid of what's to come.

Anyway, it sounds good. I'll be happy to help you, Okura-san.

Oh, well, thanks a lot.

　Sisha smiled and agreed with me while saying something creepy.
　Oh man I'm more scared than Esther.
　I don't know what they're going to ask me to do...............................but I want to have a comp mess, so I'll just have to be hungry here.

So, what about Noll?

Mmmm ... that's all right. You will cooperate.

'Yes!　Thank you!

　Thanks to the two of them agreeing to it, Nol also agreed, as if he had no choice.
　Phew....................Now we can hunt somehow. I'm afraid of what will happen later, but I'll give up that it was necessary.
　I'm going to have to get the girls to push me through. I'll have to do my part to repay them in my own way.



　Day 1.

　The next morning, about the time the sun was starting to rise, we started moving from our homes to hunt.
　Since we have the beacon at our disposal from home, we start by driving Esther and the others to the cave to the north. It's great to have a home.
　First thing in the morning, I looked at the remaining period of the Gacha and saw that the display had changed to say there were 5 days left.
　Apparently the duration of the gacha was counted in one day, not after clearing the labyrinth. Egregious.

'Well then, let's start hunting hard today!

Okura-dono... you have it rigged, don't you?

Yeah, pretty cool, huh?

'It's not cool...'

'Hi!　I'm sure you'll say that.

　I'm using my new equipment since it came out of the mess.
　It's a black armor that you wear on your shoulder, with a number of sharp 20cm spikes on it.
　I thought it was pretty cool, but the reaction of the Nolls was subtle...why?

　------
Shoulder Pad with Spikes
　Attack +100
　Defense +100
　------

　It seems to increase your attack power, and it's a pretty good piece of equipment. If I tackle it with this, I'll be able to do some damage.

''Ugh........it's finally here.......''

　Leaving Esther and Sisha in the cave to the north, me and Noor moved into the orc forest.
　When we arrived in the forest, she sounded reluctant, as if she remembered what had happened before.
　I could have brought Sisha with me, but I decided to let Noor and Sisha take turns being the fisherman and hunting orcs, just to test it out.
　I've lent Sisha my holy grail cloth and my defensive bracelet, so she is fully prepared for the fishing role.

''Noor is a lot stronger than he was then, and I think he can do it even faster this time.

The Blackoak was already a blow to the Blackoaks since then, so I don't think it will make much difference.

　Hmmm, I thought that Noll's ability value had jumped and that he would be able to hunt faster than before... but not so much?

Well, well then Noll, you take this one, this one, and this one. I'll hunt elsewhere.

Huh?　I thought we were going to hunt together?

'What are you talking about? Unlike back then, you're already at a higher level and equipped, so of course you're going to hunt away.

　Back then, it took me several attacks to take down a black orc on my own, but now I can take them down in one or two shots on my own.
　So this time we plan to stay away and go around the separate repop zones. I plan to do the same thing in Sisha.
　

''........Okura-dono has also grown up. This is what it feels like to watch him grow up, isn't it?

You're my protector!　I'm not dusty!

　Crossing his arms and nodding his head in agreement, Noll looked at me.
　It was nice to hear him tell me I'd grown up, but it was kind of complicated.

　Then the hunt began, just like we did before.
　I went around the three repop locations just like Noll did, taking out the goblins and taking down the black orcs when they sprang up.
　Thanks to her buffs, even I was able to take out a Black Orc in one hit.
　But compared to when the two of us were going around together, the time to deal with the goblins and orcs was slightly slower than when we were going around together, and it wasn't nearly as efficient as saying it was twice as efficient.
　Still, though, it's more efficient than going around together.
　As for the drop items, I won't be picking up any of them this time.
　If I have time to do that, I have to get as many magic stones as possible.

''Okura-dono, it's getting dark soon, isn't it?　I think we should end the day...

'd*mn it, what are you talking about? I've only accumulated 114 of them!

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that it's easier than before, but this kind of hunting is still hard work...

　It must have already been nearly ten hours since we started hunting. When I looked at the sky, it was already approaching sunset color.
　I was calmly taking down goblins and orcs by gutting them with Excalibur and smashing their heads with tackles.
　Then Nol approached me and said it was time to call it a day. I looked at the magic stones and saw that they had increased to 128.
　
　But this isn't enough to win the Comp Gacha. I need to earn more and more magical stones.

　As I was thinking that, my phone vibrated. When I looked at the screen, it looked like Esther had contacted me via walkie-talkie.

'Brother, let's call it a day. As expected, I'm exhausted.'

"I've been running all day, but...

'Mmmm ... yeah. Let's call it a day for now.

　I've reached my limit over there.
　I was just thinking yesterday that I shouldn't take it too far.

Now, let's draw lots of gash from today's results!

Please, sir, I beg you to bring it to an end.

'Huh, I've been doing this for more than twice as long as I usually do, I'm exhausted.

'I feel like there are still scorpions chasing me from behind...'

　I went to pick up Estelle and the others and returned to my home. Then they all sat down in chairs and all surrounded the desk to spin the mess.
　Noll clasps his hands together as if in prayer, Estelle has her elbows on her chair and covers her eyes with one hand, as if she's tired, and Sisha is holding her arms in a cold pose, as if she has a chill.
　Perhaps it was the first time they've been hunting for a long time, but Esther looks particularly tired. Looks like we shouldn't let her get too reckless.

''Alright, then I'll use the magic stones I've accumulated to play a mess. Nole will draw today.

Yes, sir!　Let's get out of here!

　Quickly, it's time for today's mess. You can only do it twice today. If you can now pull the Dimension Room, the hunt is over at that point. You will be released.
　Noll sounds more motivated than ever before, as if he's expecting it.

　Whoa!　Shouting, Noor tapped the eleventh series of gacha.
　A treasure chest appeared on the screen. And the treasure chest was silver, gold. It stopped at gold.

[R Food, SR Beacon, R Potion x 10, R Great Sword, SR Excalibur, SR Explosive Ticket, R Thin Book, SR Corona Ring, R Hot Ring, R Flash Ball, 'SR Spiked Shoulder Pad'

Uh, no, sir!　Why does this keep coming up again and again!

I mean, it's a comp target but you're wearing too much.

　Noor looks frustrated as he buzzes his arms around.
　 Oh, Excalibar's out there too.
　

　She looked frustrated, but she pulled herself together and tapped on the 11-ring gacha again.
　A treasure chest appears on the screen. And the treasure chest is silver, gold. It stopped at gold.

[R Snack, SR Treasure Ball of Life, R Plushie, R Junk Ring, SR Escape Device, R Panacea, SR Waist Pouch, R Smoke Ball, R Camp Set, SR Pot Lid]

'Ugh!　It was money again, sir....

I don't see why knolls won't work...

　
　In this case, I'll just have to let Moffat pull it off tomorrow?　Moffat wouldn't be ruled by greed.

'I have to do that again tomorrow...'

'I'm the orc tomorrow, aren't I?

　Esther also has a dark expression on her face with a frown, probably because she didn't end up today.
　Sisuha seems to be particularly unfazed, and seems to be more concerned about tomorrow. Her positivity might be the best among us........