Dungeon's Final Boss: Banished by My Boss, the Goddess, to Earth—So I'll Continue My Past Life - 43

Chapter 43: The World in Frenzied Excitement

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Inside a certain chat app.

：An incredible sword has been listed for sale in Japan.

：I know. A Japanese appraiser evaluated it as a longsword +5↑ (cutting ability and durability both +5↑, no curses, additional effects unknown). The overall quality is said to be legendary.

：So it’s at least +5 in the aspects we know of? Is your source even reliable?

：This isn’t some random country. Japan’s government agencies wouldn’t exaggerate the appraisal result..

：Actually, an all +5 should be classified as mythical, right?

：Don’t misread it. It’s not all +5, just +5↑.

：Yeah. But still, the mythical grade was originally just a hypothetical tier, assumed to exist but never confirmed to exist for real. If this is real, it would be the world’s first mythical-class weapon.

：So they kept it as legendary grade because they weren’t sure such a mythical grade could even exist in the first place?

：There’s no way I’m buying something like this just from seeing it online.

：Yeah, looks like we’re heading to Japan.

：Wait, are you really going?

：Let me ask you—are you not going?

：This could be the strongest sword in the world going up for sale.

：So, in the modern age, Excalibur will be drawn not by destiny, but by wealth.

：If an S-rank Awakened gets their hands on it, that might just be true.

：Who’s the foolish Japanese person that’s trying to sell something like this?

：Or maybe it’s proof that Japan has no desire to rule the world.

：Hah! Nice joke.

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We were summoned to the D-Ministry. The ones called in were me and Piroane. Facing us were Minister Niitaka and Samejima-san.

“Why…?”

As soon as Minister Niitaka entered the room seemingly in clear distraught. Not understanding what was going on, Piroane and I exchanged glances and turned to Samejima-san.

To begin with, I had no memory of doing anything that warranted being summoned. If they were going to scold someone, I’d prefer they directed it at Piroane alone.

“What is this about?”

Since I had no idea what was happening, I asked Samejima-san that question.

“You two listed something on the online auction, didn’t you?”

Samejima-san let out a sigh as she spoke.

“Yeah. Piroane did.”

“Hey! Why are you making it sound like it was just me!?”

“It was your dungeon, wasn’t it?”

“You got your share of the profits just fine, didn’t you?”

“I was just the courier.”

“Can you two please be quiet for a moment?”

Minister Niitaka, who had raised his head, was smiling, but his smile didn’t reach his eyes at all. He looked terrifying, so we both straightened our posture.

“So, can I ask which dungeon you cleared?”

“…………”

“…………”

“I won’t make it public.”

Since Minister Niitaka said that, I had no choice but to admit it was a dungeon in a certain European country.

“I see.”

With a sigh, Minister Niitaka smiled wryly.

“By the way, are you aware that over there, the sudden disappearance of that dungeon has been making headlines?”

“Really?”

“Didn’t know.”

It was on the news? I mean, I don’t really check Awakener-related articles online either.

“Hasegawa… I thought you were a bit more sensible than this.”

Even Samejima-san seemed genuinely disappointed.

“So, what exactly is the problem?”

“The overall quality of that sword. It’s mythical, isn’t it?”

“Mythical?”

Piroane and I exchanged glances—then burst into laughter.

“No way.”

“That’s ridiculous! Right, Jiro?”

“Yeah. At best, it’s rare-class, isn’t it?”

I had learned about the quality classification system when listing the item on the online auction. Appraisers would evaluate the item, assign numerical values with plus and minus signs, then determine the overall quality based on the average quality. The rankings were: Inferior / Common / Rare / Unique / Legendary / Mythical.

Both Piroane and I had immediately agreed that sword was a rare class at best. And so… Mythical? But why…?

Thinking back, I realized this was because I had different standards than Minister Niitaka and the others.  I had maintained a dungeon for a hundred years. The deeper layers of such a dungeon naturally had incredible-quality drops. Of course, the challengers who made it that far were strong too.

Black Minotaurus, who became the boss after me, had been defeated easily after losing my buffs—because the challengers were that powerful. To me, mythical-class was the kind of equipment they used.

Meanwhile, on Earth, dungeons had only been around for a little over twenty years. There weren’t many dungeons that had lasted long. So in a world like this, even a weapon of that level could be considered mythical…

So that’s what this is about.

As for Piroane, why had she agreed with my assessment? Perhaps even greater items existed in the gods’ world. After all, the ultimate management of dungeon drops was under the jurisdiction of the divine realm. I could craft items too, but only within the authority I had gained as a final boss.

“When Piroane and I agree on something, I should probably immediately assume it must be something unrealistic. This is Piroane we’re talking about after all.”

“That’s just mean!”

“But if they think it’s mythical, we can sell it for a high price, right?”

“Oh, you’re right! Lucky! Now I can hire an editing team!”

“An editing team? Wait, for videos?”

“Yeah! Editing is a lot of work. Now we can have them edit Mimimi’s videos too!”

“That’s true.”

“You two…”

For some reason, both Minister Niitaka and Samejima-san were holding their heads in their hands again. 

“Samejima-san, if you need a new sword, I can get you one.”

“…That’s a tempting offer, but that’s not the issue here.”

“Huh, it’s not?”

I still didn’t see the problem.

“Sooner or later, weapons of that level will appear.”

“Meaning, until that ‘sooner or later’ happens, that sword will be considered the strongest in the world, right?”

“Well, I suppose so.”

“And that strongest sword in the world is attracting famous Awakeners, billionaires, and even governments from all over the world.”

Minister Niitaka said bitterly. Apparently, that was the real issue. But still, I genuinely couldn’t understand why that was a problem.

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