After defeating the demon king in another world and returning to Japan, a dungeon appeared on the ground. - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

“It’s finally after-school…”

All the classes were finally over, and it was after-school.

I quickly left the school and headed for the dungeon.

“This is my first day at exploration. I got to give my best.”

It has been only a few days since I became an explorer, but I haven’t had the time to dive in it.

In order to get out of my poverty as soon as possible, I was planning to dive into the dungeon everyday.

First, go to the explorer center that was built near the dungeon.

“Let’s leave our luggage… and borrow a weapon”

I put the bag containing the textbook in the coin locker.

After that, I presented my explorer card and got a set of equipment called armor and sword.

All explorers can borrow equipment by presenting an explorer card like this.

“Well then, let’s go…!”

After wearing the equipment in the changing room, I decided to finally head to the dungeon.

Normally, an explorer would receive a request called a quest at the reception desk before diving into the dungeon.

Quests have fulfillment conditions, and if you clear them, a reward will be paid.

The explorer’s income is mainly the sum of this quest reward and the exchange fee for magic stones.

And in many cases, receiving a quest is more profitable than simply subjugating monsters and exchanging magic stones for money.

But I won’t take any quests today.

It’s not that I don’t have confidence in completing the request, but it was my first time and it’s the time after school.

I don’t want to get penalized in the unlikely event that the quest is left un-achieved.

The quest should be taken when you can dive into the dungeon all day long.

That’s why I decided to dive into the dungeon for the monster’s magic stone only this time.

“I got to hold my card over here…”

The entrance to the dungeon was blocked by a steel door, and a card reader is installed nearby.

When I held up my explorer card, there was a short beep and the steel door slowly opened.

“Well then, let’s go!”

What appeared in front of me was a dark cave that continued into the depths.

I readied my weapon and took the first step.

『 Gugya! ? 』

“This is the fifth one.”

Letting out a scream, the goblin fell down.

His severed arm bled as he convulsed, but eventually stopped moving.

As soon as it died, the body dissolved into air and disappeared.

I collect the magic stones left behind.

About half an hour has passed since I dived into the dungeon.

I was currently at level two of the dungeon.

So far, I’ve killed about five goblins.

If I remember correctly, the market price for one Goblin’s magic stone was 100 yen, so I’ve currently earned 500 yen.

The hourly wage is about 1,000 yen.

“… this is no different from a part-time job.”

I let such complaints leak out.

It can’t be helped, since the upper floors monsters, which are basically all small fries, don’t make me much money as well.

No matter how long I hunt in a place like this, I will never reach the average annual income of an explorer, that is of 20 million.

In order to earn a lot of money, you need to go down to the lower floors and defeat powerful monsters.

However, since I’ve been diving since the evening today, I don’t think I can go that far to the lower layers.

“Nn…?”

Suddenly I found something in front of me.

“It’s a vertical hole, isn’t it.”

A vertical hole is a gap connecting the lower layer, where the wind was blowing through right in front of me.

Dungeons sometimes have vertical holes like this that allow you to go down to the lower floors faster from using the stairs between floors.

Vertical holes can be very useful, but their use is not recommended.

This is because no one knows how far the vertical holes are connected.

If it just falls one layer down, it’s fine, but if it goes beyond two, to three, and sometimes even crossing ten or more layers.

At that time, there is a possibility of encountering strong monsters that do not match your ability. And apart from that, you may even die from taking an incredible amount of falling damage.

Therefore, pits are basically not used by anyone other than explorers who are absolutely confident in their abilities.

“But it’s quite convenient for me right now.”

I threw myself into the pit without hesitation.

Right now, I don’t have time to go down one layer at a time.

That’s why such a vertical hole is all the more convenient.

Even if I go down several floors, I won’t have a hard time fighting the monsters.

After all, I’ve traveled through dungeons in Arcadia to the point of rot.

If it’s me who defeated the demon king, I should even be able to beat boss residing at the lowest level without much difficulty.

“Ooh…, it’s going quite deep…”

While listening to the sound of ‘Hugoooo’ blowing through my ear, I fell down to the lower levels.