It's been two weeks since I returned to my days of circling the Limpophart dungeon.

　Finally, I got the "Rock Carbide Shield" drop from the Rock Turtle.

　...... is fine, though.

''Uuuuuuut ......!''

　Eco hugged the shield and wouldn't let go, which was a rare occurrence.

　It wasn't a problem until he handed the dropped shield to Eco. It was a trivial matter to the extent that Eco was dancing around with great joy and ran out of acidity from being overjoyed.

　The moment I said, "Well, I'm going to strengthen it, so please give it to Yukari once," she behaved suspiciously, and if Yukari approached to receive it, this is the situation. It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on it.

I'm not going to take it off, Eco, I'm not going to take it off, I'm just going to strengthen it. I'm just trying to strengthen it.
''That's right, Eco. Even my Flame Wolf no Bow has become much stronger with Yukari's enhancements!

　Yukari and Silvia called out to soothe her.

　For the past 2 weeks, Yukari had been prioritizing the 【Smithing】 skill of 【Performance Enhancement】 among the 【Smithing】 skills, and she finally reached the 5th level the other day. The 《Performance Enhancement》 has a jump in the correction of the success probability of strengthening from the 5th level onwards, and in addition to that, it can be strengthened to a higher level, i.e. up to one level before the final level. Hence, Yukari had been very excited for the past few days as she could finally play an active role like a blacksmith.

''Really ......?''
Yes, of course. So, you see?
No!　My face is scary!

　The cause seemed to be Yukari's spirit. It's true that if he came close to me with that cold expression, I'd be scared. ''It will be taken away!'' I can't help but think. I'm going to call it a shield, or rather my balls, .......

...... master.
'Oh, never mind. I get the impression you're cold, but I know what's on the inside. You'll be fine.
Mmm, yeah. She's a cold-hearted, jerky, argumentative, venal woman, but if you ignore that, you'll be fine.
Okay, Miss Sylvia, we need to have a word with you later.

　Let's just leave the two of them who are so close together ...... and do something about the ecology.

Eco. I'll get it back to you. I'll have it back soon.
Ugh.

　Eco looks at me while pressing her face to the shield.
　It's like a cat that's bit into a toy and won't let go. Is it a beastly instinct?

...... Well, okay.
　I decided to leave it alone for a while. There's no need to rush.

"Let's go back to the inn for today. We'll have a dinner and a strategy session at night.
　I told everyone that and left the Limptofert dungeon.



　Two hours later.
　When it was time for dinner, Eco, with his wilted ears and tail, handed me a rock-clad shield, saying "I'm sorry. He said, "You've forgotten me.

"He said he couldn't stop himself from thinking that he might be able to take his first gift.

　Sylvia follows up. 'I see, if that's the case, then maybe it was still a behavior peculiar to beastmen.

Sorry Eco, it won't take long, just wait for me. Yukari, please proceed to the third stage. The reinforcement method is a VIT specialization.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

　I handed the shield to Yukari and gave her instructions. If it's the fifth level of "performance enhancement", the third level of enhancement has a 94% to 89% to 84% chance of succeeding, plus a status correction is applied to it. By the way, if you fail, the enhancement level will return to zero and 25% of the time your equipment will be destroyed. I don't want to fail as much as possible because I invest a lot of materials to strengthen it. In this case, the item "Rock Carapace" dropped from the Rock Turtle will consume 14 pieces in total. It costs 1.2 million CL per item.

'Done!'

　...... works well, doesn't it? It's a five step and a growth type 'blacksmith' for that. Excellent.

'Quicksilver. Thanks.
No, not really.

　Yukari was nonchalantly humble without changing her expression. Lately, I've noticed that when she's happy or embarrassed, the tips of her pointed ears twitch and turn a little red. I've started praising her more often than not, because she reacts to my praise nine times out of ten. Every time I think about it, I can't help but grin when I think about how pleased Yukari is with herself, thinking that she doesn't notice me.

'See, Eco,'
You're fast!
You have to thank Yukari.
Thank you, Yukari!

　Eco gave Yukari a big smile and thanked her for her help. Yukari said without changing her expression, "You're welcome," but her ears were firmly twitching, "You're welcome.



'Change base?'
Yeah.

　After dinner.
　Sylvia tilted her head at my announced policy.

'Why?　As it stands, you're getting a fast lap around Limptofert. The experience is delicious. Plus, I've made tens of millions of CLs on rock shells: ......

　There is still a huge surplus of rock shells at 1.2 million CL each in my inventory. I was warned by Yukari that the price could fall if I wholesaled them all at once, so I'm making money by wholesaling them little by little. Even so, they still have a share of 20 million CL per person, so they can't stop laughing.

　According to Yukari, "It's insane to go around a grade B dungeon at high speed. I thought that anyone strong enough could do this, but actually, that wasn't the case. Carefully and cautiously, once every three days at most. It seems to be common sense among adventurers that this is enough to earn money and there's no need to take any more risks, and it seems that our team is the only one to make multiple rounds in a day.

　We need an overwhelming amount of knowledge to make it easy to get around, we need people with the right skills and high ranks, and we need to have a sense of "fun" to spare. Silvia considers that if these three things are not met, it will not be possible to run a fast lap. You may be right.

I'm sure you're right. The first is that the experience is even better than it is now.
Oh, I see.

　That's good, Sylvia nodded. Sylvia is making an effort to raise all the skills of 【Artsmanship】 and 【Magic Archery】 to a high level of 7-dan, 8-dan, and 9-dan, so her experience is needed like hot water. On the other hand, I'm focusing on the main skills for the ones I raise to a higher level and stopping the others at a lower level, so I'm able to get my hands on 【Sword Arts】 and have a little bit of experience to spare.
　Hence, Silvia doesn't have the luxury of time like I do, and she's at an age where she wants experience anyway. It's only natural to agree with her.

"Two, I want to create an armor from the material that comes out.
I see.

　The boss of the dungeon you're about to head into will drop a lot of 'mithril'. Mithril equipment is a staple for intermediate to advanced players. There is no harm in having it. Or rather, it's many times better than leather equipment.

　And the last reason.

Three, you can make gold to die for.
'Naruho ...... wait a minute!

　Sylvia was almost convinced and shouted in a hurry.

'You're going to make even more money than you already do!
Yeah. I'm thinking of buying a house.

Home!
Home?
Yeah!

　All of them were bitten by my words. It seems like there's one person who is slightly different.

"I'm going to build a big f*cking house on the outskirts of King's Landing to house my first test team.
'Oh!'
　Eco's mouth dropped open in delight as I announced this.

　I hadn't used the housing system in my previous life, but I've found it to be very useful in this world. I'm going to build a huge house. I'm going to build a huge mansion.

The goal is 5 billion CL and the way to earn it is 'mithril alchemy'. Anybody have an opinion?

　Sylvia bites down and Yukari calmly raises her hand.

'Silvia-kun,'
Why is the target 5 billion CL?
''That's easy. I checked and the most expensive house in King's Landing was 2.5 billion CL. That's double that.
............

　Silvia is silent with a look on her face as if she doesn't understand what it means.
　A top-notch mansion is 2.5 billion CL, well, what a cheap thing to spend. If that's the case, you'd have to spend at least 5 billion CL to be able to call it "the world's best house". So that's it.

Next, Yukari.
"Yes. What is mithril alchemy?
Good question.

　Mithril Alchemy. This is a very famous method of gold smithing in Mevion.

You can get mithril in the B grade dungeon 'Proline' near the forge town 'Badgold' that we're heading to. But we won't make much money just by selling it.
Are you going to do anything creative?
''Ah. The mithril ore dropped from the boss's mithril golem was turned into pure mithril at once with the 【Smithing】 skills 【Smithing】 and 【Refining】, and then combined with iron with 【Manufacturing】 to make mithril alloy.
Mithril Alloy ......

　Yes, mithril alloy. It is a valuable alloy with extremely high strength, made by mixing pure mithril and iron at a ratio of 1:20. By the way, 51 mithril ores can be smelted at a time in the most efficient way, and 32 mithril ores can be extracted at a time in the most efficient way in the "Refining". Just by doing these two things, the profit can be more than 10 times higher.

''The Smelting, Refining and Manufacturing require 4th, 4th and 6th grade respectively. We'll have to leave it to Yukari.
'Yes, master. Let me handle it.

　Yukari's skill rank required for mithril smelting has already been filled. I'm ready to go.

''Thanks, I'm counting on you. I'll give you the recipe later.''

　When I thanked her, Yukari's expression didn't change at all, she just said, "I'm afraid," and her ears flushed a little.
　Ah ...... this, what is it? It's so much fun. I can't stop doing this.


' ............ By the way, Second-dono.

Hmm?　What's going on?

　Sylvia opened her mouth with a mysterious look on her face.

　And then she pointed out a fact that I had completely forgotten: "We haven't yet conquered the Prolin dungeon.

"We haven't conquered the Prolin dungeon yet...