Dungeon Master Makeup Money (formerly known as Dungeon Master Funding)

"What shall we do..."

At night, I exchanged Mr. Philip for a dark atmosphere in a tavern co-located in the Adventurer's Guild to order liquor with my buddies.

The dark atmosphere is due to the failure to achieve results in the Giant Dragon (Giant Mall) crusade.

"Oh, come on, it's a lot darker than that."

One adventurer notices how we are.

"Didn't you make money for slapping all that big mouth?

"Don't laugh at him."

"That's right, you're pathetic"

My buddies join me and laugh.

I came a little mucky, so I sprinkle the gold coins that were stuck in the bag on the table.

……

The words of the adventurer clog the gold coins placed on the table.

"It's not like we didn't make any money."

"Besides, that's part of it."

"Some...!

I am surprised by the words added by Mr Philippe.

There are about a hundred pieces of gold scattered.

There were nine other bags of such gold coins in the toolbox (item box).

He succeeded in earning about 1,000 gold coins, but not in his original purpose, the Giant Land Dragon (Giant Mall) Crusade.

An adventurer leaves surprised by the gold coins he earned in just one day.

"Well, shall we start a reflection"

Reflections while drinking.

When something bad happens, it's best to get away with the booze. Most of all, I can only have about one drink, so I can't escape to booze just to taste the atmosphere.

"Why do you think he didn't come out when he'd mined 1,000 pieces?

Ask Philip, who has experience encountering giant earthdragons (Giant Mall).

"There's no way I can tell."

I didn't expect this to happen for Mr. Phillip either.

"You guys are too abnormal in the first place."

Just over three hours to collect 1,000 gold coins.

After collecting at an unusual speed, he stood around a mountain of gold coins and waited, but no sign of a giant earth dragon (Giant Mall) appearing for hours.

I was stunned by this.

"If it's the ecology of a giant demon, don't you experts know better?

It's not like I'm an expert...

"There are several possibilities"

With that in mind, Melissa had already considered the possibility.

However, the wine that should have been in the glass at hand was already empty, while placing an additional order with the waitress who had passed nearby.

I don't care how many drinks this guy has because his parents inherited some alcoholic stuff together and not drunk physique. Envy.

"Firstly, there is the possibility that there is simply not enough gold coins"

"You don't have that."

Immediately denied by Mr. Philip.

"A lot of adventurers in the guild own a lot of gold coins, but there's definitely not a guy with a thousand. They got a couple of guilds from adventurers until they paid a commission for the investigation, but still, hundreds of them are a good place."

They also pretty much forced 200 of the A-rank adventurers.

There can't be a shortage of us making five times that.

"So the next thing you know is time."

"Time?"

"We haven't had a day since we started mining. It is possible that the giant earth dragon (Giant Mall) has not noticed it because it was too short an event."

"... do you?

Mr. Phillip is leaning on his neck, but it can't possibly be. We should have done more digging.

However, in that case I would do nothing for a few days in the mine...... or I would be taking my time.

"But given the temperament of the giant demons we've encountered so far, there seems to be another possibility."

"Is there such a thing?"

"That we are avoided."

Is it the same pattern as Giant Poison Moth (Giant Moss) or Giant Sea Demon (Giant Kraken)?

"Dude, he's a really strong demon. It's impossible to avoid attacking humans."

I have trouble with that because it can be.

The giant demon holds powerful magic in his body commensurate with his enormous stature. For this reason, they also have excellent ability to measure their magic power.

Because of that, they also notice the magnitude of the potential magic that we're suppressing.

The demon he thought was no match for himself chose to flee, and even the Giant Sea Demon (Giant Kraken) was trying to accumulate strength by pulling a cage in the labyrinth and attacking the ship for a gap without us.

If you were trapped somewhere in the mine just like the Giant Sea Demon (Giant Kraken), the way to find the Giant Land Dragon (Giant Mall) is troublesome.

"Is there any way?

"Yes."

No, I was going to ask him, but Melissa already had a solution for me.

It tells me while emptying a bottle of wine I ordered extra.

"Drink that much. Are you okay?

"... I'm thirsty because I was in a dusty place."

"What are you talking about now? You're the youngest of us and you keep drinking indefinitely when it comes to alcohol. It's pointless to worry about drinking too much."

There's nothing like getting drunk and feeling sick.

Plus I work my head off, and I was calm.

'You will disclose one of our trump cards to Mr. Phillip, are you sure?

"Trump card?"

Pendulum Dowsing.

"Oh."

Pendulum Dowsing.

A magic tool (magic item) that tells you where it is currently by moving the pendulum to the target position imagined by the user.

It consumes a lot of magic, so you can't use it without us, but there are no more magic tools (magic items) to find what you're looking for. That is such a precious substitute for an assassin if he is known to his opponent in power.

In the meantime, I will allow you to trust and entrust it to the body of Illis.

"Is this...?

He looks at the pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) removed from the storage ring and tilts his neck.

I was surprised when I briefly explained the effect.

"But okay? You didn't want me to know that you had magic tools like this that you didn't use earlier."

"This is the easiest way to find out where the giant dragon is right now."

"If that's the case"

Mr. Philip has a chain of pendulums (Pendulum Dowsing) and imagines a giant earthdragon (Giant Mall).

Only Mr. Philip has witnessed the appearance of a giant earthdragon (Giant Mall) among these members. I really needed his cooperation.

There was a lack of magic, but the tip of the pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) is lifted by Illis sitting next to him gently holding a chain and flushing his magic.

"Oh, oh!... oh?

The tip pointed a point in one direction of the mine.

However, it immediately starts pointing to another location and stops for just a moment and changes the direction of the tip again to another location.

The tip of the pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) is uncertain.

This has never happened before.

"... what do you mean?

They don't even know the labyrinth nucleus (dungeon core), which conveys confused emotions.

"The pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) is definitely responding. It doesn't look like it's caged like a giant Kraken."

The question is, what are you reacting to?

Because there are multiple objects that react, I show them everywhere.

"Probably this"

Melissa's hand was directed towards the gold coin placed on the table.

"It is believed that this gold coin was created from the magic of a giant earthdragon (Giant Mall). Because the gold coin contains magic, the pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) may have reacted by mistake to the giant dragon (Giant Mall) himself."

The pendulum (Pendulum Dowsing) that was moving around to show that it was true turns to the gold coin placed on the table.

"Are you saying that we don't know the current location of the giant dragon?

Nodding to Mr Philippe's question.

The method of exploring using magic tools was lost.

"So here's the second proposal."

I was not given time to be depressed by Melissa, who had firmly prepared the next proposal.