The day after the Infinite Circle defeated the Fire Dragon. The five of them were dealing with the newspaper's interviews. Diniel, Hannah, and Amira responded to them as if they were accustomed to it, while Daryl was chewing on his nerves every time. They had been interviewed by the newspaper several times before, but they still weren't used to it.

　Among those newspapers is the Solit company. The connection with the aristocracy created by the Stampede, and the relationship has improved to some extent because the Sollitto company, fearing this, covered up the suspicious rumors about Tsutomu that occurred during the Stampede.

　However, Tsutomu also suspected that Sollitte was acting on his own, so he had two other newspapers investigate. No such evidence had been found so far, but he would continue to have them investigate just in case.


'I was nervous...'
You're pathetic.
Ugh.


　Daryl, who was holding his hand to his chest as if relieved that the interview was finally over, was pierced by Amira's unrelenting words.


''Just nod your head at random like that.
No, no....
'Just like when you're hiding in a dungeon, that's fine. You niggardly, pissed off bastard.


　Amira didn't like the fact that Daryl, who had been more active than she was in the fire dragon fight, had been yapping at the newspaper people, and she was poking at him. Daryl looks around as if to ask for help, but Tsutomu and Diniel pretend not to see him.


'You're stronger than me. What are you going to do when you're pecking away like that?
Yes, sir.
So I just crawl down to the ground?　Huh?
Not really.
What about it?
Yes, sir.


　This kind of exchange between the two of them has already taken place many times. Even Hannah, who at first had to intervene and stop them, had become troublesome by now and was no longer speaking.


''We're taking down!
Yes!


　Amira let out a tongue lashing at Daryl, who happily jumped in at Tsutomu's call, and Hanna didn't blame her for her actions, but kept a bitter smile on her face.

　Although not as much as Amira, there are times when Hanna also wants to be firm with Daryl. A tank with a high VIT to catch the attacks of monsters. It's a role that Hannah has longed for. However, with Hannah's race and job, a low VIT was inevitable and she couldn't take on the role of a tank.

　Of course, she is happy with her current role as an avoidance tank. Thanks to this standpoint that Tsutomu taught me, I can now tank with my low VIT, and it's definitely more fun than before.

　However, I still feel jealous of my high VIT. I still have a bit of a feeling of envy of my high VIT, so I had a bit of a feeling about Daryl's humility.


'I just wish you could be a little more firm.
'You're right!　That bastard is so strong, he should have held his ground.
That's right.


　He walked warily to the two of them talking at a volume that Daryl could hear. Tsutomu was starting to feel sorry for him, so he turned to follow up.


'Well, Daryl, this is his first clan. As far as clan experience is concerned, he's no better than the two of you, so you'll have to forgive him for being a little humble.
What, are you a Klan virgin?
..........


　Daryl's mouth snaps up as his face turns red at Amira's mannerisms, and Tsutomu puts his hands on his hips in disgust.


'Amira. You need to choose your words a little bit.
I know it's true.
I'm telling you to pick your words.
Okay, okay.


　Amira waved her hand to deceive Tsutomu without making much eye contact with him. Tsutomu let out a big sigh at the sulking Amira and then led everyone out of the Sollit company building.

　After that, they separated from Diniel and Hannah for a moment and the three of them headed to the Doren Workshop. The three of them went to Daryl's workshop to have Daryl's equipment and Amira's large sword serviced.


''This is another one of those fancy breaks.
I'm sorry...
"Isn't that a fire dragon?　Then it's inevitable.


　The old dwarf, Doren, laughed vigorously and accepted Daryl's two tattered suits of armor. He also received Amira's great steel sword easily and passed it to his apprentice.


''Old man. I'm counting on you.
You're a feisty girl as ever, my dear. You should learn a thing or two about dogging.
Please don't....
'Oh?　Does that mean you're mocking me?
No, I didn't!　Mr. Tsutomu!　Help!


　Daryl flinched and hid behind Tsutomu at the exchange between Doren and Amira as if they were talking back to each other. Tsutomu scratched his cheek as if he was troubled by the two men who were all twisting their mouths in a nasty way.

　After leaving Tsutomu in charge of their equipment and chatting for a bit, he left the Doren workshop and returned home to the Clan House, as he had nothing else to do. Today and tomorrow are holidays, so after that they are free to do their own thing.


I'm sorry. It's a good idea to go training while we're inspecting the volcanic hierarchy.
You like to train...
Well if you don't want to, you can say no. Then I'll just go on my own.
I like it. I like it too. Training.


　Conquering dungeons is Tsutomu's goal, and more importantly, he finds fun in it. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them. The corners of Amira's mouth lifted in a grin at Tsutomu's reply.


''Ah!　I want to go too!
I'm going to go say hi to Mr. Garum for a bit, so I can't go.
Pass.
Yes, sir. You two get some rest.


　Saying that to Daryl, who bowed his head, and Diniel, who only raised his hands while lying on the sofa, Tsutomu took the two of them to the volcano hierarchy and began to train specially.


　--Oooh--


Ajee.
Uh-oh.


　The two of them were very groggy after finishing their training at the volcanic level. At any rate, this was intense combat training in a volcano with high temperatures. You need to get used to the heat first.

　But these days, tools and equipment to deal with the heat have become more available, so it's definitely easier to proceed than other major clans. Besides, Aldrete Crow's gift of reaching the 71st level is also a great gift.

　From the seventy-oneth level, it was a snowfield. If you defeat the ice monsters that appear there, ice magical stones will be dropped on rare occasions. As soon as it was discovered that the currently rare and valuable Ice Demon Stones could be dropped in the God's Dungeon, bloodthirsty merchants were rushing to the Clan House in Aldoret Crow.

　The demand for ice demon stones was great. Various artisans wanted Ice Demon Stones, but the supply was low as they could only be obtained in the most dangerous areas of the outside dungeons. However, if Ice Fiend Stones were to drop in the dungeons of the gods, where they could be brought back to life even if they died, then a steady supply could be expected.

　Right now, Aldrete Crow was torn between the rough waters of merchants competing for the rights to ice magic stones. Luke, the leader of the clan, couldn't sleep properly because he was busy compensating those who were living by collecting ice magic stones in the dungeons outside and dealing with various organizations.

　However, currently there was still no clan other than Aldoret Crow that could capture the seventy levels. Therefore, they would be able to monopolize the concession of the Ice Demon Stone for a while. The profit from this could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars if it was done poorly.


(It's going to take a while longer for ice magic stones to be in circulation.)


　If a large amount of Ice Demon Stones were distributed by Aldoret Crow, the price of magic tools and other items that used them would be cheaper, making it easier to attack the volcano hierarchy. It was possible that Aldoret Crow would be afraid of it and store the ice magic stones for a while, but it would be difficult to hide them against the blood-eyed merchants.

　Mounted golems on the 70th level don't have a lot of physical attacks to get through, so an attribute attack method is a must. Since Diniel was currently the only person in the Infinite Circle who could use a decent attribute attack, a certain amount of ice magic stones would be needed to produce an attribute arrow. But that too would be solved by Aldrete Crow.


(The Red Demon Squad, too, a pause.)


　The fact that Alma was on her knees in the volcanic hierarchy after the black cane was almost taken away from her in the volcanic hierarchy was spread among the people, although it was not reported in the newspapers. And of course, Tsutomu had also heard that information.


(.......................It's kind of scary.


　Alma's unusual obsession with the black cane was confirmed by Tsutomu during the Stampede. He was not really interested in imagining what would happen to Alma if the black cane was taken away from her. In the meantime, he had arranged to meet with Weiss tomorrow, so he would ask her there, but Tsutomu had become more concerned about his back recently.

　He had thought that after Alma left, he would transfer the black staff to someone else to resume the dungeon attack, but the Red Demons didn't seem to be doing that. However, if they didn't also use the Black Staff on the Weisses that were incompatible with the Volcano Hierarchy, the Red Demon Squad's dungeon attack would be at a standstill. Those other attackers were not low level, but with a formation of four attackers, they would need to be overwhelmingly powerful. Unless they changed their fighting style or used the Black Staff, the Red Demon Army would not be able to move forward.


(The Red Demon Corps will probably stall for a while. If that's the case, the next candidate to break through the seventy levels would be the Silver Beast. (You've risen in the ranks.)


　If we're talking about clans, the closest thing to a mounted golem attack is Silver Beast. It's a lot of fun to watch, and Silver Beast's fan base is growing quite a bit.

　Other guilds and guards, though not clans, have also made it to Mount Golem. The guild is in charge of managing the searchers, and updating the hierarchy is part of their job, as they can't talk about it if they are weak. The guards were also updating the hierarchy in case there were criminals among the searchers. The labyrinth-conquering squad was also excluded because they were going on an expedition to a distant dungeon and wouldn't be diving into God's dungeon for a while.


(I hope I can capture seventy levels around the third.)


　Tsutomu thought about that, and put a medic on the zombie-like gait of Amira and Hannah.