Dungeon Defense (WN)

The town burns. Between the hot smoke and the hot flames, a great shadow shines. Whatever it was, at least it was clear that it was not human. And that it's killing villagers mercilessly.

“Dad! Mom! Daisy!”

“No! ”

In one word, "No," the boy understood everything. You can't run there first. We need to turn around and run. In one word, he had to leave his father, mother and sister and run away. If he did not run away now, he would die without hesitation.

Even in two syllable words, someone's death and someone's life could intersect. The boy didn't know why it was so scary yet. But I was terrified. For the first time since I was born, I encountered death. The giant shadow of the monster seems to stare at you. The boy turns around and starts running in the woods. In my head, only the words I heard earlier repeated.

No! No! No! No!... ’

I wonder how long it took. My stomach hurts. I ran like crazy, and I got distracted. I was thinking, "I can't run anymore," The boy's gaze flashed. Maybe they raided the town! The boy quickly hid in the nearby forest. But immediately, the boy was relieved of what the man shouted.

“I'm a patrolman! No survivors!? I'm a patrolman! Shit. Survivors, no survivors!? ”

Occasionally, there were soldiers in the coin village on patrol who withdrew taxes. As far as the peasants who abandoned their homes and fled from taxes, there were no others to kill, but in the boy's eyes, that soldier shines like an angel. The boy ran out of the bush.

“Me, me! Soldier! Over here! ”

“Oh, my God! Oh, my God, there it is! ”

The man smiles brightly. With a joyful look. The boy's face was completely relieved. I felt that the man truly welcomed him. But I couldn't stay relieved. The boy had a family.

“Monster, a monster attacked...... The town is on fire! Mom, Dad! ”

“Okay, you're a brave kid. Calm down. Calm down. ”

The man bent down and stroked the child's cheek.

“A punitive force has entered the village. I've been instructed to go around looking for survivors who might not know. ”

“Punitive force? Really? ”

The child jumped.

“Are you sure you and Dad can live? Your sister, the villagers? ”

“Of course. I promise. Soon you'll be with everyone in the village. ”

The boy thought it was a lie. I felt instinctively that the adult was making up empty words to calm himself down. But the boy also wanted to believe what the man said. There was a corner of the man's voice that I wanted to lean on.

“Yes!... Ugh, ugh... ”

“Oh, my God. You must be relieved. That's right. Come here. ”

The man hugged the boy.

“Her name is Daisy, right? ”

“Ugh…… Do you know Daisy, sir? ”

“Of course I know. And your name is Luke. ”

The boy nods. The man's neck was flooded with tears.

“That's right."

“The inside knows about your village. I've heard so much about you! Even Luke told you about the girl next door when you were seven. ”

“Eek? Wow! Whoa! How did you know that!? ”

Ashamed of the place where fear and sadness had passed. My God! My dad must have told this patrolman about himself. He used to tell me everything about himself. The man chuckles.

“All right, now you've got a face, brave boy! ”

“Hah…… even my dad. ”

“Come on, let's go to town. It's time to meet my father. ”

I'd like to meet him right now, but the boy stepped out of the man's arms. The boy walked towards the village feeling lighter. I knew all the forest roads around the town, so I didn't hesitate to take a step.

And...

* * *

Percussion!

An arrow is inserted into the target. On the edge. I was happy that I put it in the target.

“You've improved a lot. ”

Laffith said.

“If you can't shoot this, you'll just have to die. ”

I reloaded the next arrow. I've been practicing my crossbow lately. I wanted to have a means to protect myself. The bow takes too long to master, and I don't want to learn spears and swords as melee weapons. I can't believe you punched me in the spear with an adventurer! It's scary.

‘It's cheeky but whatever. ’

He knew his fountain. If a kid can't fight, he'll die for nothing. And it was much braver to shoot a bolt than to hide in the devil's room and watch.

“I got the product you ordered yesterday. ”

Laffith said, "I wondered why you came all of a sudden when you were practicing with the crossbow, and now you're a merchant." Looks like he came to do business. But isn't Laffith suddenly trying to bargain?

“I will receive 550 gold per page. ”

“What, 550? ”

Forgetting to load the arrows, my neck snapped. Lapis was naturally expressionless. Ha! I'm going to eat the fleas' fingernails!

“Hey, are you kidding me? Three hundred gold pieces per page. ”

“Five hundred gold each. Never after that. ”

“But it's expensive. 350 gold each. ”

Then Laffith insisted.

“450 gold. Even if Satan comes, I will not sell it for 450 gold. ”

The merchant's pride hangs here, an argument that seems to be declared. Tsk. I kick my tongue and turn my head again. He says as he loads his arrows in the crossbow.

“Seven hundred gold for two. ”

“…… 1,200 gold for each of the three chapters. ”

Hmm. 1,200 gold for three.

You pull the arrow with a winch. Then he raises the bolt. Be alert, but not impatient. You aim at the target. You hold your breath for days, then press the trigger. The string bounces, and the arrow breaks the wind.

Percussion!

The arrow hits the target. I nodded satisfactorily. It was only a two-shot shot per minute, but with this much power, at least one adventurer could be sent to the goal. I carefully put the iron to my feet and reached out my right hand to Lapis.

“Cole.”

“Very well.”

Lapis grabbed my hand.

“If King Dantalian had been a merchant, he would have fought well. ”

“Well, I'll take that as a compliment. ”

“It's a compliment, of course. ”

Laffith said, "Why not?" It's probably the best compliment to hear from a merchant, just as it is to hear that a soldier is a soldier.

─ Glug! Glug!

─ Carr!

Goblins and fairies congratulate you around you. It was as if the two great kingdoms had only reached a settlement after discussing it for three days and nights. The Goblin gave me something just in time. I waited in advance and gave him a towel to wipe off the sweat.

─ Kerr.

Haha. Maybe it's because fairies are so cute these days. Bling felt a sense of crisis. Seeing as how we're doing service. Ugh, cute thing. It doesn't have to be like this. For the first time in my life, I smiled with joy like my parents who saw their children being sent to work.

“Thanks, kid. ”

Bling clenched his forehead and kissed him.

─ Ker! Ker!

Gosh, I love it. I need to skin you more often in the future.

I sat quietly on a nearby rock. I only exercised for a short time, but I was out of breath. Things with poor physical strength in the world and here are not changing. Wiping your forehead and neck hard with a towel. What are the fairies carrying this time?

“Wow.”

The fairies have brought water to the barracks. The four of them were holding on to the barbell, making sure it weighed quite a bit. Maybe it's the bottled water that's made by the magic of the water family as a group. Thank you.

I took a single sip of water. Cold water flowed down into the esophagus, like rocky groundwater.

“Yaa.”

The service deserves a tip.

I adored the four fairies in turn. I stroked my cheek with my fingers and tickled my belly button. The fairies grin and grin.

Oh, I'm happy. I wish time had stopped like this.

“...... Dantalian. ”

“Huh?"

“You're very kind to monsters. ”

“That's it. So cute.”

I just rubbed the elf's head with my fingertips. Carrr! The fairy grabbed my finger and swayed around like an iron rod. For them, my hand was probably a small playground. Boys, I'm an expensive man, but I'm willing to let you.

“Dantalian. ”

I turned my head.

Laffith brings out a glass jar of something red.

“Huh? What is this? ”

“Potions. I'll heal your wounds. ”

“Are you giving it to me? ”

“Yes, a service. ”

It's always free. I quickly handed over the potion. I was thinking about buying it because it's an expensive product that exceeds 10 gold per person, but I was excited by the good timing. The Kunkuska High Prize! I thought it would impress the customer.

“Thank you, Lapis. ”

“You're welcome. ”

“Wow. How does that work? Is there magic in it, or... ”

“ ……. ”

“Maybe it's a masonry made of stone. Most materials are magical, if you're good at it. ”

“ ……. ”

Yeah? Yeah.

Laffith continues to look this way.

“What's the matter? Is something wrong? ”

“Potions.”

And she pointed to the potion in my hand.

“That's, that's pretty expensive. ”

“Yes, I know. So thank you."

“ ……. ”

“ ……? ”

The blue eyes still stare at me.

What the hell is going on? Oh, really?

“Are you asking me to give it back, because it's expensive!? ”

“…… nothing. ”

She sighs a little.

“Huh, really? This is mine, right? ”

“Yes.”

Maybe it's the mood. Laffith's expression seems a little colder than usual. Does it feel like a waste to serve... Tsk, tsk, you have to be satisfied to succeed. Lapis is also early to become a target.

She changed the subject as if she was trying to change her mood.

“Then why did you buy a mid-size teleportation scroll? For me, the more expensive I sell, the better my performance will be. ”

“Hmm."

Mid-scale instant scroll.

A magic tool for transporting twenty people in a single garden. (v.) It can be used to raid fortresses that don't have magic defenses, or to rush off with only the Guards. But it's expensive. One wizard who knows how to teleport was supposed to be a subordinate to the elite, and without such wizards, the price of scrolling was too much. In many ways, it's the same item as Bloom.

‘It's of no use to me now. ’

I just smiled.

“What did you ask for last time? ”

“…… I have no intention of answering. ”

Laffith nods powerlessly.

“Oh, don't get me wrong. You'll get to know it in no time. ”

“Very well. Then I will report on your request. In northern Sardinia, there are 35 total slave labor stations. ”

And she gave me the documents. There was a brief description of the owner, location and scale of the slave auction house.

“There are only three places that are large enough for high-end anger to be traded. We looked at it as a focus. As a result, we were able to identify the slaves His Majesty requested. ”

“Great!”

I squeezed my right hand. I jumped up and down three or four times.

“Good job! You're the best, Lapis! The executives at the Kunkusa Parliament must be all buttholes. You're only a fifth grade clerk! ”

Was my reaction satisfactory, she smiled faintly. After the last big decision, Lapis occasionally showed a smile like now. Compared to an ordinary person, I could recognize him as well as I could.

But that was all I could think of.

She said it naturally.

“It was heavily guarded and well guarded. ”

You want to look at the liver before you give out the information?

My toes stopped when I was dancing excitedly. I snorted.

“I'll give you an extra 10 gold as a bonus. ”

“It took a lot of money to bribe guards and insiders. ”

“…… another 10 gold coins. ”

“Thank you for using Kunkuska again. ”

“Ugh.”

I was bored.

“Hey, you're a real merchant. ”

“No more compliments. ”

Laffith bows. What can I say.If I feel refreshed for some reason, I'm too sensitive. I took a swing at you. I feel like Aura is grassing.

“Oops.”

I spent unexpectedly on getting one piece of information This made her and I a one-on-one exchange. There is no such thing as a member of the Kunkusa Parliament who has no blood or tears.

“Here's your information, my dear Farnese. ”

Laffith brings out the rest of the documents hidden in his arms. I put my heart and soul into her precision, but handed over the paper in pride of getting the information I wanted. The documents detailed the identity of one girl. The girl is tied up with a small group of slavers. It was attached until a few days later that the slave traders were scheduled to move to another city with a giant auction house.

Laura de Farnese. ’

collectively referred to as the "Feudal Statue of Iron Blood".

The woman who tortured me to death in my past life. No, one of the main players who suffered from me in the previous dungeon attack game, to be exact.

If the Demon Kings confront the player as the absolute enemy of the Humanity, Laura is another force in the Humanity that strikes the player with an incident. It is similar to the case when a gamer dies by the Demon King and Laura's forces. There was a post on the Dungeon Attack fan site that said it was a long day and insulted Laura.

Enemies of the enemy are allies.

‘I must bring her to my side. ’

I know how the world works. Then, I realized. I don't just make money using information, can I make my allies a little more aggressively?

In Dungeon Attack, there were as many confrontations as there were with the warriors. Many of them eventually fall for the human charm of the warrior, but others end up like Laura. If we gather them together and unite them, we can defend the dungeon.

Laura was the first candidate. No one hates warriors more than her. Her last act was a masterpiece in the game, and she gently snorted at the warrior who was screaming to stop surrendering.

‘You cheeky adventurer. This body has lived only by hatred. ’

He kills himself on the wall.

A clean and tidy end. With my last will and testament, I ran in line with the other enemies who killed themselves. That is, she is competent, hates the warriors, and even works with the Mages. I, the Demon King, would be surprised if I didn't covet that much.

Lapis told me to go through the paperwork carefully.

“I wonder why you care about one human being. ”

“A human being. ”

My mouth went up by itself.

“Well, we'll see about that. ”