Overloaded With Attributes Chapter 68
Kazura Takatsukasa's Conflict and the Carefree Big Brother
It's been three weeks since Shouko called, and I started diving into the dungeon with that "slightly weird" boy. Though, since he's a student, he can only enter the dungeon twice during the week and on his days off.
But exploring the first floor with him—yes! We're supposed to be on the first floor, where only beginners go, but with him, it's not a chore, it's a real adventure!—has been so much fun, encountering things I never knew. Yes, this is the kind of experience Kazura became an Explorer for!
"So, when do you plan on coming back?! Because you're gone, the training of the mid-level members has completely stalled!"
...Of course, there are also people who just have to rain on Kazura's "fun." It feels a little bad to treat her, 'Ashiya Hitoha'—my contemporary from back in the Labyrinth Course days—like a nuisance... No, wait, it's her fault for not reading the room, right?
The Explorer Clan, Oukaranman. Its history is long... but that's a long story, so who cares. Anyway! She invited me to join "that place" five years ago, when she took over from the previous clan leader. With the change in leadership, the old-timer veterans either retired or moved to other clans. It was hectic. Even with the turnover, she somehow managed to build it into one of the top three most famous clans in the country. That's all thanks to her management skills.
She even did things that seemed totally unrelated, like buying a "video site," and then used it to stream and make Explorers popular with the public. That was her achievement, too. Yep, she's skilled. But lately, she seems to be misunderstanding something.
"...So what if the training is delayed? 'Training' sounds nice, but what we're actually doing is just 'leeching'—letting them get the last hit on monsters that Kazura and the others have already beaten half to death. You can't possibly think that raises competent Explorers."
"That again... I already explained! First, we let them safely absorb enough mana on that floor! After they've built up some strength, then we polish their skills!"
In a way, she's right. It's true that our clan hasn't had a single death in two years. —But that's only because she's not letting anyone challenge a floor appropriate for their skill level.
"...Hey, Hitoha. Do you remember... when you first invited me to the clan?"
"Why bring up ancient history... If this is about the Vice-Commander position, you're the one who turned it down!"
—Wrong. That's not what Kazura is talking about.
'Don't you want to see the 7th floor, past the 6th floor that no one has cleared in 200 years?'
When you said that to Kazura, your eyes were sparkling. Can you make that same face now?
"Well, anyway, my ax is broken, so I'd just be dead weight if I went back now."
"WHAAAAAT?! You were just escorting a student! How did you break the 'Atlas Battleax'?! Do you have any idea how valuable that was?!"
"...I don't think you, Ashiya-san, have any right to criticize me about a weapon that I obtained and I was using. Do you understand who you are speaking to right now?"
"Eep! I-I'm sorry... p-please don't be so angry... It's just... you've never been gone this long before... I-I was lonely, and I got needy... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Kazura-san, who broke her weapon in the "Fierce Battle (Forced Home Run)" with the Metal Slime. But look! There's this super-famous metal called "Holy Silver"... well, I have to buy it.
"Holy crap, the price per kilo of Holy Silver is insane! 10,000 stones?! Are you kidding me!?"
That's 2 million yen! And you need at least 2 kilos for a sword! If she wants another ax... that's 20-30 kilos, right?
"Big Brother, what is 'Holy Silver' anyway?"
Eh? You don't know the most famous Holy Silver? ...Oh, right. This world doesn't have a certain novelist with a name that sounds like "Troll's B*lls." So of course.
"Um, it's... a very strong metal... I guess?"
"Why a question? Is it one of those sketchy mythical metals, like Apoitakara or Hiiirokane?"
No, not some mythical thing. In the other world, it was... not common, but it circulated among nobles.
"W-Well, anyway, this means a few more trips to the Slime 5th floor—"
No, wait. Even if it's a slime, pitting a Level 10 monster against Level 3s is dangerous.
(Meanwhile, thanks to that ridiculous Level 30 Metal guy, I jumped to Level 20!)
You know? My combat power is 174! I started at 58, that's triple! Triple! So, does 1 level up = 10% of my initial combat power? By that math, Kazura's power is 438, so... divide by... no... just divide by 6.
My initial power was 58. Her initial power... is 73? Atena's group, this woman... is that it?! Is it their faces?! Is it their "Face Score"?!
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