1.99 Lucky Player

The guild was crowded, with many adventurers there. Some were looking for members to complete their teams, while others already had formed teams.

Masaru was happy. He had some coins to buy all the items and had the prize money at the counter. Nothing could go wrong.

Kaede was attending to people, while Amanda was trying to help.

Soon, a large line began to form. All the team leaders received a red bracelet, which was equipped with a small crystal connected to one of the guild’s internal systems. Only Masaru and Kaede had access to it.

The item would perform a large-scale teleportation to the fifteenth floor. This system was rarely used, since it consumed an exorbitant amount of energy, and the costs of using it were rarely paid for with monster kills by whoever used it. That was why Masaru only used the system when it was truly necessary. In this case, he did not want to save money.

Kaede had not liked the idea. She preferred the guild card to be used. Everyone could receive a card with access to the dungeon, but Masaru preferred to use the system to make a different impression. He had his own reasons, and this was a way to show everything the guild had.

Haru was looking at all the adventurers. Hina was drinking tea while waiting for Mio.

Without anyone noticing, the three entered the dungeon and quickly went to the sixteenth floor.

Mio threw the crystals on the ground, and they waited for the event to begin. They were in a place without any monsters.

All the teams were in line, and Kaede registered all of them. One hundred and nine teams, much more than Masaru had predicted.

Masaru gave an awkward speech that nobody paid attention to. Then he pressed a button, and everyone went to the fifteenth floor.

"Now I will ask you to stay far away from each other. For two hours, several monsters will spawn here, and during this period, you will have to kill as many monsters as you can.

Everyone received an item collection ring. Use the item from time to time. No team will be able to steal another team’s drops, so you do not need to worry about that. The team that gets the largest number of crystals wins, but all the crystals and other drops will be bought by the guild for a value above market price. So no one will lose out.

When the clock reaches two hours, I will use an item that will make all the monsters stop spawning. During that period, you will still be able to kill the remaining monsters. When the last monster is killed, we will begin the count."

Masaru waited a few seconds. At that moment, the teams were moving away from one another, and there were no monsters on the floor. A little earlier, Masaru and Kaede had cleared the entire floor and activated an item.

Masaru activated an item, and a great event began. The monsters appeared and started attacking all the teams. Masaru used a platform and remained floating in the air, with Kaede beside him.

"They are both in the guild cafeteria, both of them are drinking tea right now."

"Ask Amanda to keep an eye on them and on any movement they make."

The entrance to the dungeon was closed. No one could enter until the event ended.

"Should we activate it now?" Aino asked.

"No, let’s stay here a little longer. Then we will activate it. People need to have a little fun before the problem starts," he said, laughing.

"That woman over there is looking this way." Aino pointed at Amanda.

"You’re right. She must want to know why we’re here. The dungeon is closed. But we won’t pay attention to her."

Amanda was terrible. She did not know how to disguise her looks. She was staring fixedly at the two of them. Then she stopped and returned to her normal duties, but from time to time, she looked back at the two.

The teams were handling the situation well. Before the event, Masaru had held a major promotion on support items. Stamina potions, some pills, and healing potions were half price. He made the potions himself, and his sister made the pills. The production costs of the items were extremely cheap, since the products were not high quality. Even so, they fulfilled the role of support items.

The teams were using the pills. Their speed increased, as did their strength a little. But there was a cost, the fatigue that came afterward. Many used the pills as if they were candy. No one seemed concerned about the negative effects.

"They’re idiots," Kaede said while pointing at a team whose member had taken five pills at once.

"Yes, they are. But they paid for them, that’s what matters."

"I was the one who printed the packages and did the work of putting all the negative effects that come with using them on them, but nobody actually read that."

"Nobody reads those things. People only care about the positive effects, like that woman over there who is lying down."

He pointed at a woman who was drinking a healing potion. An orc had hit her, and one of her arms had broken. The potion quickly took effect, and her arm gradually returned to its natural position.

"Her team has a healer. She preferred to take a potion instead of using her companion’s ability. I wonder why."

"To save her companion’s mana?"

"That could be it, or it could be that she doesn’t trust her, or that she doesn’t know the abilities of all the team members. Using a potion for an injury like that is a waste of potion and money. Not that I don’t want to sell more potions, I just think it’s unnecessary."

"Every year, the same thing. Don’t you agree? There is always some rookie who doesn’t know the basics, and even with the classes, they refuse to learn. I feel like it’s getting worse and worse."

"Yes, every year there are some rookies who make me rethink many things."

Ren stood up. He pressed a crystal on one of the rings. Amanda saw the movement and sent the information to Kaede.

"They did something. Amanda saw him press one of the rings. Could that be the item that activates the crystals?"

Masaru picked up his cellphone and called Mio. She did not answer.

"I believe so," Masaru replied.