Three years after D Genesis Dungeon

"A little rain?"

I muttered while sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked on the roadside and watching the rain start to hit the windshield.

"So you did it well? 』

A grumpy voice can be heard over the handsfree phone. The main voice is Yoshitake Enoki. I'm just my boss. This time, the client who made her angry with her mistakes to send her apologize to me, who is poor, can't help but be skeptical.

First of all, I'm a researcher, though it's used conveniently in various departments. This is a sales job.

"No ... it's going to be closed." ! How did you apologize! 』

You're going to be sending it down to a serious incident. Are you stupid? I want to say. I want to say it.

"I'm sorry." That is your mistake. I can't really use it. enough. I think you're definitely paying off and your bonuses are zero because you've lost your key business partner. '

Huh? Is this irrelevant in the first place? Isn't it your difference! When I tried to complain, I was disconnected.

"... Huh"

Somehow it's already crazy. Reduced pay? No bonus? I don't know what it means. If you succeed, my power. If you fail, your mistake. So why is he in a higher job?

"... Is that guy going to get a job?"

If you look only at your profile, you will have a great career.

"Huh. I feel like dying. I don't want to return to the company ..."

The sound of the rain hitting the roof increases. I turned on the car engine and switched on the wiper. At the same time, the music that started playing on the car radio suddenly breaks.

"Hmm?"

"It's breaking news. In the United States, it seems that the middle depth dungeon was finally captured. "

The studio is roaring over the news. Apparently, breaking news is reported.

"Mid-depth dungeon. There must have been some great items."

It has been three years since the dungeon appeared in the world. Initial confusion subsided, and dungeon hunting permeated fishing to the point of danger. Defeating a demon seems to be a bit dangerous, but the act itself is not much different from fishing or hunting. More or less, both will be at risk of life.

I'm going to dive into dungeons and try to release stress with adventures. I started the car, thinking.

Around this area, around the Meiji Jingu Gaien, there are many Olympic-related buildings, and some large buildings were just starting to be built. Rain is gaining some momentum, and the sound of water hitting the roof of the car echoes inside the car.

Yosei: It's been three years since the dungeon spread, and it's finally like that. Today we're welcoming Mr. Yoshida, a dungeon researcher. Yoshida, please.

Yuki Yoshida. D rank I often hear this name recently, but researchers are awful. It's not clear. Did you dive properly?

"Thank you" "It's a place, area 36. It is a so-called Evans dungeon discovered at Summit Lake in Mount Evans, Denver, Colorado. How are you, Yoshida? ”“ Even a shallow depth dungeon with up to 20 layers has only been counted, so this is a great achievement. ”

"I see. By the way, what is a medium depth dungeon? ""Yes. About 80 dungeons have been discovered all over the world, but they are classified into three depths: shallow, medium, and deep for convenience. " That's not the case. " The deep underground in the MLIT's terminology was a concept related to underground use so far, so it was not suitable for dungeon classification. Therefore, a new concept was created to avoid misunderstandings. ”“ I see. ”“ They are defined by the number of layers. "

Rumor has it that armies from all over the world have settled on the border where small arms become useless.

"Then, the Evans dungeon is not so deep, even if it's a medium depth." "No, it's just a convenience classification, so it's not clear. In the first place, a deep dungeon as defined has not yet been confirmed. ”“ What is it? 』

"For example, in Tokyo, the SDF countermeasures have reached the 21st floor of the Yoyogi Dungeon. So it's certain that Yoyogi is at or above mid-depth --- "" I don't know how many layers you're going to get down to? " ""That's right. If you actually get down, if you have more than 21 layers, you know that it is a medium depth, but in the first place there are not so many dungeons where the capture is progressing. Even at the 80th level, no one has ever arrived, so we don't know if that level exists. " Then, in fact, does the dungeon have only 31 layers? "It's possible until someone reaches layer 32."

"But domestic dungeons have been announced as having a shallow depth of 5 and above that of 4. Why do you know this? "It's only an estimate. By observing a special shaking called a dungeon quake that occurs when a dungeon is created, the depth of the underground occupied by the dungeon-called the dungeon depth in JDA and expressed in m- It can be estimated "" It is amazing "

`` In Japan, which was an earthquake great country, Hi-net and GEONET were already in place since the dungeon appeared, and by comparing them with those records, it is estimated roughly by known dungeons. '' The inside of the dungeon seems to be a mysterious space, and it is not really known whether there is a strict relationship between the occupied depth and the number of layers. If the occupied area is deep, it seems that there are many hierarchies. "" It was so. "" By comparison, the estimate of the number of layers in other dungeons is the estimate that was raised earlier. "

"I understand that. By the way, at the bottom of the Evans dungeon, it seems that some skill orbs dropped. Unfortunately, the content has not been announced. "" Because of the dungeon products, it is the easiest item to understand. "

"Skill orb ..."

When the dungeon appeared, the world was in turmoil. After all, there were monsters wandering around like a fantasy world. But that's just a small increase in places for human society, such as taiga and rainforests, where dangerous carnivores hide.

What really shook the world were the three items that came from it: cards, potions, and skill orbs.

The first dungeon card, commonly known as the D-card, thrived in the scientific community with its over-technology.

That doesn't mean that we have had a direct impact on our lives. The first time you defeat a monster, a card with the person's name and various other information is dropped-it was just that. Even today, it was used only for Explorer's skill check, but at the time I had the impression that it was even more mysterious.

The strange character used in the 14-letter character string inscribed on the upper part of the back surface became a topic in literary circles a little, but it could not be deciphered and only the character type was collected. When the text was later found to match the text found on the surface of the changing tablet, found in The Ring, it was once again talked about by the public. Was.

But the next potion discovered is different.

The first potion dropped, with its lower body cut off and dropped on a dying soldier, used by accident to create a sensation in the world. The effect, as if ridiculing modern medicine, connected his lower body, surviving from the inevitable "death" itself.

That fact alone, led by world-famous companies, let alone governments and the military, began to send people into dungeons. Various items discovered since then have made the dungeon known as a mine of special resources.

Meanwhile, the first skill orb is discovered. In short, it was such an item that would lead mankind to the next level.

The person who used it can now use magic.

Make a fantasy world a reality. That was a skill orb. It is now being seriously debated whether it is inherited. It seems that military personnel at the forefront have registered genetic maps before searching. Probably for comparison with after orb use.

If the first orb user had a child shortly thereafter, that child should be born soon, but no such news has been reported. In less democratic countries, there were rumors that artificial insemination was used for mass production.

In any case, if such items are circulated and used for crime, the world order may be disrupted. Feared consuls quickly set up the World Dungeon Association (WDA) to manage items from dungeons.

However, in the end, the skill orb itself could not be managed.

An incident occurred in which skill orbs initially gathered from various places disappeared from the warehouse, despite being kept in a safe place.

Suspected personnel were being circulated or fraudulent, but in spite of the small number, it happened intermittently around the world, and it was difficult to attribute it all to artificial acts. As a result of the observation, it is confirmed that the skill orb disappears in exactly 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds after appearing in the world. That meant that distribution outside the field was extremely difficult.

The handling of skill orbs was legally confused. It is so rare that its economic value is undefined, and it will always be zero after 24 hours. Whether such a skill orb would be called a property alone was a matter of debate. Various interpretations have been attempted, but it has now settled on the fact that skill orbs are not movable because of incomplete control, and their free use is not considered a gift or transfer.

If you consider skill orbs to be tangible, all skill orbs are natural products, that is, movables with no owners. Even if A gets it, if he does not claim ownership, it remains an ownerless property. Having passed it to B, he has just passed the ownerless property, and A is merely a means to physically move the property. Whatever route you take, unless everyone in the middle declares ownership, you only have to regard it as the ultimate use.

Of course, if a sale occurs in the middle, a dungeon tax will be imposed.

The world failed to manage the skill orb, but the world order did not collapse.

The number of skill orbs was extremely small, and even fewer orbs were not known by the manager. Of course, crimes that used the power of the orb may not have been recognized as crimes and simply did not show up, but such crimes would have existed before the orb appeared, and as a result nothing changed I couldn't see it.

Such an orb, however, could not be used by humans who did not show the card. If you want to benefit from the orb, you need to defeat the monster once. As a result, tours to defeat weak demons have become more frequent.

No matter how low your chance to get a skill orb, if you only have one day, it's not worth preparing in advance. There were quite a few people who thought so. Especially in developed countries.

At the beginning of the dungeons, all governments were confused by late and late actions, but within a year, laws and administrative systems were in place, and each dungeon was managed by the government and the WDA. .

"If you discover it, it's not a dream, but that doesn't come to the public."

There were rumors on the net that item boxes were discovered and that there was transfer magic, but information about orb users was more likely to be concealed and their credibility was low. However, if the concealment is not determined by law and is disclosed by the person himself, it is free. As a result, even if you're a little inconvenienced, you're sure to notice.

Then, in the entertainment world, Dg48 groups were born. If you provide a skill orb to "Shu", it seems that two people can imitate a date until the skill orb disappears. Speaking of lack of moderation, it is true that the handshake ticket business was ridiculed to have come this far, but this is probably to live abundantly.

"I want to be an apprentice, absolutely. Oops."

When the traffic light turned green and the accelerator was opened and the car started, the sensation of tires coming off the road was transmitted to the waist and the car made a bouncing movement.

"What is this ?!"

A car that was running at an intersection hits and bounces around.

"Ya!

I forcibly turned the steering wheel and drove from the road to some construction site, where the front wheel was taken off and spun. There was a deep crack, and it seems that the tire was taken there. If this happens, you have to return the accelerator and wait for it to stop.

I felt like a small shadow was appearing beside the car that turned neatly once, but the behavior of the car was already out of control. The moment the loud noise sounded on the belly of the car, the cold sweat burst out. The car finally stopped just before it hit a large trailer full of rebar.

"I'm not a child right now ..."

It was pretty flashy, and if it had been involved, it would have to be abrasion. They say and kick about the company. I quickly opened the door, jumped out in the rain, and looked for something that hit me. The rain legs were even stronger and could not be seen well in the smoke, but there was something black on the side of the trailer a little further down.

"Hey, are you OK!"

In a hurry, he ran up to the shadow and tried to reach his hand, and noticed that it was strange. I've seen it many times on video, but it's my first time seeing it live. It was not a person at all.

"Go, goblin?"

In front of me who muttered, what seemed to be goblins was reduced to black particles. Then there was a dull silver card.

-------- Area 12 / Keigo Yoshimura Rank 99,726,438 --------

Dungeon Cards-These are the cards you drop every time you defeat a demon for the first time.

It's a card full of things you don't know how to get the owner's name or what's on it.

The area represents the place where the dungeon card appears. As a result of inductive guess from the information of the dungeon card, the area number is increased by 110 degrees in the rotation direction of the earth, and the area number is increased by 10 degrees in the rotation direction of the earth. Was thought to be around.

However, it has been said that the polar zone has been set as area 0 because an Inuit man has recently acquired a card for area 0 at the Pound Inlet in Canada. In any case, Tokyo at 139 degrees east longitude is the eastern end of area 12.

"Rank 99,726,438?"

The rank is said to be the rank that ranks all human beings for something obtained from the defeated monster-although it was called "experience" for convenience in a game. Since I've killed goblins for the first time, there are more than 99 million people worldwide who have defeated more than one goblin. The fact that 1/70 of humanity is already in contact with demons is a figure that we do not know whether it is more or less. I muttered, breathing deeply, thinking vaguely about such a thing.

"Anyway, I'm glad I wasn't a child."

As I picked up the card and looked at it, I relaxed and leaned on the trailer behind. From the intersection, there is confusion and smoke. Apparently, it was a big earthquake.

"Is it OK my apartment?"

After all, it is a two-story rag apartment that is 50 years old. It is not strange at all that it was crushed by a big earthquake. The whole body is already drenched. I didn't change clothes when I got back to work, and once I got home-when I thought so, I slipped back and slipped on my back and put my ass on the ground.

"Well, what?"

I looked back and saw in my eyes a trailer full of rebar going down.

"Yes ?!"

As it descended, there were large, deep cracks ahead of it, probably from the previous earthquake. Apparently, I added the last push to the trailer, which was stopping at a critical balance. Fortunately, the trailer stopped halfway through the cracks and stopped, but a large amount of loaded rebar-very thick and long-slipped into the hole.

"No, this was naturally drunk by the cracks, isn't it related to me? Reimbursement or absolutely impossible."

I was watching it while sweating cold. It's raining from the top of the head to the tip of the foot anyway. I was thinking that I couldn't understand why it was just cold or sweaty, but I couldn't hear the rebar hitting for a long time.

When I approached by the side of the crack, it seemed to be something wrong, and when I approached it, an eerie voice resounded from the bottom of the ground, and the swaying backlash came.

"Now!"

And then, there was a continuous feeling of something being pushed up from inside the body, and when it was over, a beautiful rainbow color appeared before my eyes. When I saw it, I calculated the fall distance in my head and escaped. If iron with a diameter of 4 cm and about 10 m fell freely, it would have been about 15 seconds. …… More than 1000m.

"If the rebar fell vertically, it would still not reach the terminal speed."

In front of me who muttered without meaning, it was still floating.