CH 52

Chapter 52: Deep Floor of The Dungeon

「Maika, I can at least drink one can of beer right!?」

「No means no! That’s what a heavy drunkard always said at first, dad! I’m sure that you’ll lost control once you drink a can and keep drinking till you passed out and woke up noon next day, you won’t get even a drop of liquor until we finish this job!!」

「The heck, my daughter is such a demon!」

The president made a face as if he just swallowed a fly while grunting in frustration. Thus, the president had no choice but to give up due to Maika’s insistence.

「Yuuma! You seem to have a lot of worries about not being able to raise your mana index but, that might be a blessing in disguise, you must have great potential. I’m sure that soon enough, you will become as famous as 『Flame Emperor Albert』 and 『Thunder Beast・Tennouji』! I have a high hope on you.」

The president laughed heartily but Yuuma couldn’t help but feel anxious since his “Wall of Mana” might be even less than 1.

They decided to hit the bed right after dinner.

When they go up in the next day, they resumed their activity of diving into 『Red Dungeon』, subjugating monster, and collecting magic gems.

The president and Tanaka gathered a lot of magic gems in the three days they dive in the dungeon.

The total value was no less than six million. Maika had also gathered around twenty magic gems from the monster that she defeated.

The amount she gathered was close to hundreds and thousands yen.

Compared to them, Yuuma had only got three magic gems from the monster that he defeated.

「Getting three magic gem right off the bat when this is your first time working like this is amazing you know!」

Though Maika praised him, the value of his three magic gems were less than 100k yen, there was a huge gap between the value.

On the way back to their lodging, the president tapped his shoulder.

「Well, tomorrow is your holiday. You’re going to raise your mana again in 『Blue Dungeon』 from the day after tomorrow. Just focus on that for now!」

「A-Ah…」

—“That means I’m gonna be drenched in frog’s bodily fluids again after tomorrow” Thought Yuuma, but he knew the president was right, raising his mana index was his top priority.

「Okay! Now that’s our job has ended, let’s have a barbeque party~~~~~~~~~~!!」

「Wait now, Dad! No liquor, you still have to drive the car back to home after all!」

「WHAT!? I’ve endured it for three days, please let me drink today!」

Maika and the president started their usual quarrel about drinking liquor. Yuuma was getting flustered since their argument started to heat up but Tanaka goes in between them, to calm them down with a calm look on his face.

「Since I’m not drinking the liquor, let me drive the car. That way the president can enjoy his boozes.」

「OOH! Good job, Tanaka-san. Okay, let’s go to Izakaya. Izakaya here we come!」

In the end, they went to Izakaya in the 『City of Explorer』 along with the president who had whole face smile on his face.

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「CHEEER~S!」

The president didn’t want to seem like he was drinking alone, so he raised his beer mug for a toast before he drank the beer.

「Puha~~~, that’s hit the spot. You guys don’t hold back, eat to your fill!」

「Please keep it in moderation dad.」 Said Maika with a rather helpless look on her face.

Yuuma whispered “I’ll dig in” upon the feast before him. There was assorted sashimi, sushi, hot pot, and yakiniku before him.

They were currently inside the biggest Izakaya in the city of seeker, “Yamayama Dining”. The huge shop which was filled with the people who just came out from the dungeon was bustling with life.

Seeing Yuuma seemingly worried about which food he was going to eat, the president who was in a good mood after being able to enjoy booze again called out to him.

「What do you think, Yuuma? The deep dungeon is different from 『Blue Dungeon』, right?」

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「Ah, Yes! Especially the “Dungeon Mirage”, it’s so amazing. Did all deep dungeon gave that kind of feeling?」

Seeing Yuuma ask that question while eating the tuna sashimi, the president bottomed up the beer in his mug at once. After that, he placed the empty mug on the beer coaster with a satisfied look on his face.

「Well, not all of them. Different dungeon has different unique trait, “Dungeon Mirage” never happen in the other dungeon.」

「Is it true that the only deep dungeon in Japan is the 『Red Dungeon』?」

「No, there’s another one, the 『Black Dungeon』 in Yokohama. It should have around 150 floor.」

Yuuma read in the book that the red dungeon in Japan had 180 floors. And according to the information in the same book, a dungeon with more than 150 floors was also categorized as a deep dungeon.

In short, the 『Black Dungeon』 just barely qualified to be called deep dungeon.

It didn’t close the possibility of some dungeons appearing in some deserted place which had yet to be found somewhere in Japan. And that was exactly what Yuuma worried about.

「Come to think of it, how did they know the number of the dungeon’s floor even though no one had ever reached its deepest floor?」

「That matters huh. I’ve also investigated that matter in the past. Maybe you can call it that I investigated about this matter while playing bowling.」

The president stuffed the meat before him heartily and spoke as he munched on the meat.

「Bowling?」

「Yeah… Ah, wait a minute.」

The president ate the remaining meat before he continued his explanation.

「I don’t know about the details but, it’s possible to examine the number of the floor of the dungeon by digging a really deep hole into the ground beside the dungeon to obtain their geological formation. That’s the usual method used to measure the number of a floor in a dungeon.」

「Hee.」

Yuuma couldn’t help but admire the people who dug maybe thousands of meters underground to measure the depth and number of the floor of a dungeon.

「Then, speaking of the deepest dungeon in the world, it must be…」

「Naturally, the white dungeon in Palestina, 『Orpheus』.」