Dungeon Defense (WN)

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Adventurer.

Although it looks like a lot of romantic professionals, the reality is very far from romantic.

First of all, they are not citizens of the city or peasants of the town. I don't have a home. At that time, I only eat food for a day, helping the citizens solve their quests.

Subdue a sudden Monster Village, bring me the rare ingredients for the production of Specialties...... A city contractor, to say. He doesn't pay taxes because he's not a citizen, and he doesn't pay taxes, so he's just a vagabond who appears to be a city parasite.

Most adventurers are homeless or orphaned. It's not rare to run away at night and live as an adventurer because you can't stand the tyranny of the lord…… The ingredients of origin are highly suspicious. Unbelievable.

“It's better to leave the herring to the cat than to the adventurer. ”

This is generally the perception of the adventurer. Even if it's not good enough.

Unlike modern times where laws and security have developed, it is abnormally important to call it trust, and all adventurers with vague origins are reluctant.

Let's say you give someone a part time shop. What if part-time student eats the store's money and runs away?

It is simple if the security network is strong and modern with a thorough understanding of individual information. You can call the police and arrest them. However, the security net is poor here and the information base is only in a very crude form. If a part-time student flees the city, arrest him.

That's why everyone tries to use someone they can trust.

Typically the son of another citizen. They are less concerned about fleeing the city because they will have citizenship. Even if you run away, you can still sue your parents at that time. Safe.

Or a priest in a temple and a bureaucrat in a city who vouches for his identity. People like this are trustworthy. Priests and bureaucrats recommend someone meticulously selected, even for the value of their name. Therefore, if you want to get a job, you must get a certificate of identity from a reputable priest, bureaucrat, or merchant.

That's not the case for adventurers.

“At least you can join the mercenaries if you keep up your good work. ”

“Living in the world isn't easy. ”

Jeremy smiles bitterly.

She and I are now at the Adventurer Guild shrine. It was an old building. The wooden floor was crooked when I stepped on it, and all I could find was cheap beer and a dirty price. I poured a low quality beer into my mouth and looked at the guild scene.

“I'm recruiting an adventure party for Dalian Castle! ”

“15% Overall for Yellow Adventurers! Promise 10% to Green Adventurers! ”

It was as noisy as the Dothraki market.

While people were wandering around the building restlessly, the wooden floors cried loudly. The adventurer shouts aloud, asking if anyone can set up an adventure party with him. He makes every effort to greet a worthy colleague.

This is the adventurer's place. This is a guild hearing.

I can't help but trust each adventurer. In that case, the guild is the way adventurers have sought. There is one Adventurer Guild in a city like this one.

In a guild, it manages the 'credibility' of an adventurer.

Citizens put quests into the guild. The adventurer selects the quest he/she will take in the quest field publicly placed in the guild. If the adventurer successfully completes the quest, "Is this him? Completed the quest diligently."

Of course, if you give up the quest, it says, 'This person neglected the quest.'

Data accumulates about which adventurers can be credited.

Adventurers who lose too much credibility are expelled. No one leaves a request to that person.

I don't know if it sounds like a brutal story, but I can't help but build my own professional family as an adventurer. Anyone who is unfaithful in any world will be put to death. Adventurers are no exception...

That's why adventurers never accept quests that go beyond their own fountains. If the owl follows the owl, his leg will be torn apart. Is this quest appropriate for my abilities? What are the odds of us failing? You must think carefully.

For example, Give 50,000 Gold to the adventurer who catches the Demon King Barbato! . This is absurd, even if the prize is tasty. Only a madman would catch a quest.

But don't be too cautious. Don't you think you should just put it on your mouth and live? You must also have the courage to take some risks.

Careful eye, bold guts. Only a man with two things will succeed as an adventurer. And with a little luck, we can survive to the end....

I took a beer.

“But my castle is known to be a dump. ”

“I see. Seems like all the adventurers in the city are here. ”

My dungeon doesn't even have a name.

Like Barbatos, the Palace of the Dead. Like Python, "Lethe Sleeps in the Water." There is no such thing as a fancy nickname for a fabulous Castle of Magic.

It's just Dantalian Castle.

It breaks my heart that I feel like such a crappy dungeon master....

Well, anyway.

In such a crappy dungeon, he won 4,000 gold prizes. There were also 1000 gold prizes personally placed on my neck by the city mayor. In total, it was 5000 gold.

Adventurers say it's bad luck.

Even if you have 10 Adventure Party members, you can easily calculate and lose 500 Gold per person. I can't miss this opportunity. Adventurers will think so.

“That's what I was after. ”

“Haha, I'd be surprised to know that the Demon Lord is right around the corner. ”

Jeremy shudders.

Yes, it is.

We can only deduce that both of us are here, but the quest is all a trap. Adventurers have been deceived at the level of the Dantalian Castle as previously documented.

“Lots of low-level adventurers. Oh, you poor thing. We're all going to die.”

Just like Jeremy said. Even if Barbatos aren't as vicious as I used to be, my place isn't as ugly anymore.

Even though it was only the first floor, the best architects in the market made it sticky. Almost unlimited funds were poured out. Various traps and mazes have been built in the dungeon. The rowdy adventurer couldn't even get deep enough to escape.

“Still, Your Majesty. Wouldn't it be a little dangerous if talented people came? ”

“Now all the skilled men are out there as mercenaries in the Lily War. ”

I shook my head. The Lily War refers to the ongoing civil war in Frank. The Kingdom of Brittany, symbolic of the Black Lily, the Frankish Empire, symbolic of the White Lily. That's why it was called the Lily War.

War is the best business for skilled adventurers. The Adventure Party simply changes jobs into mercenaries and fights alongside the paying side.

The monthly war raging in Habsburg, and the civil war that took place in Frank. It's an unfortunate era for the people of the continent, but it's always a good life for a bunch of quest starving adventurers. 'It will come out on its own.

I told you.

“All the adventurers left in the city are still in one piece. Most of them are subordinate.They 're not for mercenaries. Well, no matter how high you hold it, more than a middle-class adventurer will leave the city. ”

I deliberately wrote on the quest as follows:

Pay 4,000 Gold to those who capture the Demon King Dantalian.

The deadline is imminent. Until the last day of this month.

Life and death .

“What's important here is that the deadline is imminent." It's only a full full day. It's not possible to join the elite adventurers who are currently on the battlefield because they heard the news. ”

“Ha, that's what I meant. ”

Jeremy opens his eyes slightly.

“One of the baldies I was telling you about is working fine. I admire Jeremy every time. ”

“…… is that a compliment? ”

“Of course. The weeds are the best in the world, but even with 60,000 men, we cannot defeat 20,000." ”

I moved my legs under the table and kicked Jeremy's shin bones. Jeremy frowns.

“That's because Henrietta de Brittany is a fraud...! Will the Knights ever turn against the main force in my life? ”

“Ugh. Kicking a woman out is barbaric. ”

“Does it hurt? Does it hurt a lot? That's it. ”

I snorted.

Regardless of what happened, not one of my men truly respected this body. Lapis is standing on top of my head. Laura used to follow me around so cute, but nowadays she's thinking in a weird way. Jeremy's just a bitch.

“Ugh, those ugly things. I don't want to praise me for coming up here, starting with nothing... ”

“Don't get me wrong. I truly admire and revere His Holiness Dantalian. ”

Jeremy chuckles.

“But what about Dantalian? It's more comfortable around here. ”

“Comfortable?”

“Yes. I admire King Pymon, but he is impeccable. That's what heroes are born with a thousand names. I get that feeling myself. So I stand next to him and I get solemn and serious. ”

But, and Jeremy said,

“Dantalian, I feel like I've got a screw missing from my head. ”

“ ……. ”

I kicked the shin bone again without saying a word. Jeremy skillfully dodges as expected this time. Damn it.

“I don't mean to insult you. If King Pymon was walking like a camel without missing a single step towards his vision... Yes. It seems that Dantalian has just committed himself to the passage of time. ”

“That doesn't mean I'm not trustworthy. ”

“Oh, of course, it's completely unreliable. ”

Jeremy laughs.

“But, sire. A life of idealism tires people out. It's like a hot flame that makes the people around it run. Burn them at the same time, turning them into a handful of ashes……. It's far from the fire-like life of Dantalian. ”

“Hmm.”

I drank beer. I couldn't understand what he was talking about, but it wasn't an insult.

“The talents gathered to His Holiness Dantalian must have sought refuge in your unique vanity. In a world with nothing but thorns, such a sanctuary, at least for someone, would be quite precious. ”

The conversation has been interrupted since then. Jeremy glances at this side with a big smile, and somehow I feel uncomfortable looking at it and grab a beer.

“Hey. May I join you? ”

It was about that time that an adventurer spoke to us.

A man dressed in luxurious leather armor. Even pretended to be a solid adventurer. The man was asking us for forgiveness with a good smile.

“Yes, what can I do for you? ”

I reacted with a sales smile. In fact, I was able to switch my face in half a second anytime, anywhere.

“I'm trying to save the adventure team. ”

The adventurer's brother sat down in a chair and said.

“You guys look pretty good. How's it going? Setting up an adventure party with me? ”