Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

Is that not the most cliff-hanger-est-y title you've ever seen or what? I might be able to do one more chapter in 2-3 hours but iffy and this time it might end on a bad cliffhanger. So don't count on it, regardless next chapter not for another 12-16 hours.

Year 7444, Month 10, Day 8

We've returned from the dungeon. Excluding the first day we only explored the 7th floor for three days but this should be plenty. Just as we had predicted due to the fact that the passages are wide and it's bright the speed of exploring seems to be considerably fast. Also, I'll just say this as well. We still haven't arrived at the teleport room from the 7th floor to the 8th floor. Though there's some forked paths up until now all of the destinations we've teleported into have been dead ends.

We still haven't encountered an ogre mage but including the three on the first day we killed a total of 29 ogres. They came out in maximum groups of four but as long as I use magic to finish off one or two at first, then if we focus them down we're managing them. I think we've gotten quite a bit used to combat against ogres.

Though really, you know ogres, they're idiots on the same level as goblins, so you can easily get them caught up in traps, or rather leading them around. We tried doing a variety of experiments but as long as we have some distance then we can seriously defeat them safely. Of course it's also fine to use projectile weapons and attack spells as well. Ah, freezing them in ice and burying them in dirt is no good. It's not that it can't be done but when I just tried burying their lower bodies it was impossible. Just like the Horned Bears in the past, if I aim to cover it's entire body and suffocate it to death then it's possible but if I don't go that far then they manage to pull themselves out with pure strength. Though suffocating them to death is fine as well if we do that then the only one who gains experience points is me.

The correct answer was. Drugs. All you have to do is smear some paralysis drugs on a throwing knife and manage to hit with it. And, then when it can barely move you can slowly kill it. The magic paralysis drug (it's almost like Dereonola who tried to rape Bel in the past taught me though) that I used during my training of the spell {Remove.Paralyze} has taken a great role. We have Bel smear an arrowhead with plenty of it and then aim for their legs. If we run away for a bit then it's legs get numb and then if we put the same drug on the blades of swords then in a short while after cutting it the drugs will have circulated to the point where it can't do anything.

Incidentally the natural paralysis drug(I was surprised after hearing how it's made but it's the exact same as the one Myun taught me in the past) that can be made from the ingredients of Ganbi grass and green tree frog that Miduchi brought had almost no effect. The one that had the most effect was a paralysis drug that was made from some sort of mixture of the fluid secreted from the feelers of the {Scavenger Crawler} and magic stones. It's pretty cheap since the adventurers who use it are often ones who struggle against orks and hobgoblins on the 1st and 2nd floors. Since it was low enough that even the slave Derenola was able to buy it the sale price is at most 20,000 Z (2 silver coins).

I've tried using it on a number of different monsters up until now but there wasn't a monster it was this effective on. The {Cave Boars} on the 6th floor can keep moving around for 5-10 minutes even after taking it. It properly works on Orks and Hobgoblins but it's free to just freeze their lower bodies in ice. It seems that this paralysis drug isn't very effective unless it's against humanoid races. I found it strange why it wasn't used very often until now but since the only place {Scavenger Crawlers} are is the dungeon in Baldukk so it seems they don't circulate very often. Furthermore it seems there's a number of different mixtures for it but the cheapest one was the most effective kind. Just, if we buy too much of the stuff then the stock will run out quickly, and it'll seem suspicious.

Paralysis Drug

Magic Stone.Alum.Scavenger Crawler Fluid.Ritto Leaves

State: Good

Manufacture Date: 7/6/7444

Value: 200/g

Endurance: -

Ability: Applies a magic-based paralysis when absorbed and inhibits voluntary movement.

Effect: Paralysis effect towards humanoids(most effective via oral intake)

It looks like this with Identify but putting it frankly it's classified as a paralysis drug with a considerably weak effect. Recently whenever I bring in some feelers from the Scavenger Crawlers as thanks for buying them I buy a couple of different varieties of mixtures. If you rub them on the blade of your sword then they're about a charm and most of them don't work.

Furthermore, we still haven't found any sort special rooms like monster rooms on the 7th floor. Also, the only monsters we've encountered on the 7th floor were ogres and goblins. After carrying 29 ogres worth of magic stones into the magic tool shop and the owners eyes went wide in surprise. The average value price of them was 120,000. The sale price was 800,000 Z (80 silver coins) times 29 of them. That's 23,000,000 Z (23 gold coins). I wanted to combine them but I couldn't do it. After all the magic stones were only the size of the nail of a little finger, the color was light gray and close to white. It's impossible to combine them without a larger mother stone.

I only noticed after seeing the magic stone of the ogre but the magic stones of the ogres are all about the size of a little finger. The Horned Bear's was a lot bigger and the Death=Tyrant.Kin's magic stone was so large it's not even a comparison. Though in reverse when it gets to that size it's probably difficult to use since there's no way to fit it inside of a magic stone box on the average magic tool.

Since the total amount was large I was a bit worried he would refuse to buy them but he bought them with no problem. Certainly there are magic stones in the shop window that have sale prices of about 2,000,000 Z. Since the ogres magic stone is at best 1,000,000 Z it should be included in the goods he deals in.

With a smile on my face I gave out 46 silver coins to each person and Miduchi was surprised and, "Th..This much.." at a loss of words. Yeah~ buy whatever you like. I profited 20 gold coins after all. Furthermore, that's just from magic stones. It's a new record that's largely overwritten all of our previous records. Up until now our highest record was about 4,800,000 Z. We suddenly increased it by close to five times that.

We returned to the inn once and after leaving our bags and changing everyone went to the usual "Murowa" to eat and drink when some young adventurers came to greet us after hearing the rumors. When asking them, what rumors? and it seems that the old man from the magic tool shop put up a sign saying, "Singular Ogre Magic Stones Mass Arrival!!" It seems that thanks to that there's rumors that someone made it to the 7th floor.

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