41 - the days of someone's nest

Second day.

Thor and his team's speed of annihilation increased as they became more accustomed to the situation.

Through the first day's battles, it is known that there can be up to six hobgoblin hordes roaming in a single layer.

The maximum number of hobgoblins in a swarm is three, all of them being a combination of fighters and shooters.

The hobgoblin shaman seems to emerge from the second level.

When they enter the cave, they are first scouted by Moe using .　

From a close distance, the fighters close the distance without turning on the lights, relying on Moe's purple eyes.

The battle takes only about five minutes.

After that, he turns on the rented magic stone lamp and retrieves the ear and the magic stone.

After turning off the lamps, the search and search and search again are repeated.

The hobgoblin fighters now have swords, but they only wield them with brute force, so their reach has been slightly extended.

This is not a problem for Thor, who is skilled in evasion.

Shooter's projectiles, which are prone to irregular rotation due to their shape, are also easy targets for Thor to at an angle.

The miners' organizer was quite surprised to find that the destruction of one layer was completed in less than an hour.

It is said that a party that tries for the first time cannot even clear the first layer on the first day due to the unfamiliar environment.

The number of miners had increased to fifteen on the second day, as if Thor and his party had realized that they were different.

The number of hobgoblins they were able to defeat in one attempt in the morning and two attempts in the afternoon was forty-seven.

The reward for defeating one of them was fifty copper coins and five skill points.

The rusty sword was so heavy and tattered that it was not worth bringing back, but instead, the magic stone that could be taken was ninth class, and the purchase price was fifty copper coins.

In addition, there were eighteen goblins that I had hunted frequently while I was outside.

Since there is still some boar meat left, the caterpillars and the armored boars, which are hard to bring back, are excluded from the hunt.

The first day's earnings were four silver coins, five large copper coins and one medium copper coin.

On the second day, he earned four silver coins, four large copper coins, and 80 copper coins.

The only expenditure was one medium copper coin for the rental of a magic stone lamp.

The average number of skill points each person receives per day is about ninety.

"I can make a lot of money in the dungeon!

"Well, usually there are five of us to take on a challenge.

"You mean Moo is playing too fast and loose!"

Since this was indeed the case, Thor and Sora each pulled Moe's cheeks from both sides and then poked him.

The third day.

The man who was in charge of organizing the miners showed us the map and explained it to us.

He told us that the first layer of the cave was basically a long passage leading east, three dead-end passages that branched off to the south, and one passage that looped around to the north to join the others.

The ramp leading to the second level is suspected to be at the end of the east passage.

As for mining, one of the south passages has been completed.

Since the number of miners has increased by five to twenty, a new escort party has been assigned to prevent monsters from gathering while the miners are waiting.

"Thank you for your hard work!　Mr. Thor."

"Cha-sus. Nice to meet you.

Hi.

"Hello."

The young adventurers who arrived were familiar faces: Sisan, Riccar, Hink, and Alethea.

They had met Thor the other day when they were attacked by a swarm of armored boars, but they had not yet finished making up for the armor that had been destroyed at that time, and they had accepted the request to earn money for repairs and such.

Sisang, who had a large hole in his circular shield, lifted up his rented small shield in embarrassment.

The goblins around the cave had been cleaned up by Thor and his men, so their job was to secure the route to and from the miners carrying ore to the city.

The four had previously run out of strength after fighting only a few goblins, but now they were able to continuously kill several herds a day.

"That's all thanks to Mr. Thor.

"It's like I've got some f*cking guts. I'm not so scared anymore.

"You were swinging your sword around like an idiot the other day when I jumped out of the way, but lately you've been able to back off properly."

You've been shooting arrows at us for a while now! You used to be so cool and not shoot at all.

"Now that the injuries have decreased, my work has decreased as well, but I can watch with peace of mind. Thank you for everything.

On the third day, the number of hobgoblins killed was forty-nine, and fifteen goblins.

The income including the sale of magic stones was four silver coins, three large copper coins, and ten copper coins.

The fourth day.

The hunt for hobgoblins in the first layer has stabilized.

We are told that the second south passage has been picked up and that the third passage is expected to be finished by the end of the day.

On the same day, when Thor came out of the cave after finishing his work, Sisan and the others asked him for permission to join them in mining the ore.

In fact, the conquering party had the right to mine the ore and bring it back home, but Thor and the others had waived the right because it was too difficult to carry it.

And Thor and his friends have no plans to make heavy armor made of cast iron.

Incidentally, ten reasonable iron ores from the pickaxe would fetch two large copper coins, and ten copper ores would fetch fifty copper coins.

When Thor nodded his head, Sisang and the others were overjoyed and rushed into the cave.

For some reason, Moe was among them, so he grabbed them by the neck and held them back.

"Moo wants to dig holes too!"

"You like holes that much?"

"Playing with rocks is a lot of fun, Tor-chan."

"Is that so?"

"If you hit a stone mountain, it will rattle and fall!"

I remember a child playing such a game during a break.

"Well, I'll help you when we're done killing the goblins, To-chan.

"Okay!　Good luck, To-chan."

Thor was surprised at Moe's surprisingly good control.

On the fourth day, the number of hobgoblins killed was fifty, and seventeen goblins.

He earned four silver coins, four large copper coins, and one medium copper coin.

The hunting is going well and the earning is good.

Thor's face, however, is a little clouded.

The fifth day.

Forty-six hobgoblins and thirteen goblins are killed.

He earns 4 silver coins, 2 large copper coins, and 30 copper coins.

The total income for the last five days was 22 silver coins and 20 copper coins.

The mining of the three passages on the south side has been completed.

The next big passageway is to the north and finally to the east, which seems to be the end of one more layer of mining work.

"No, I haven't seen progress this fast in a long time. To be honest, I wasn't expecting it at all at first. I had heard that it had been less than a month since I became an adventurer, so I thought that if I could get halfway there, that would be good enough. But when I opened the door, here we are. I'm utterly amazed."

"I'm kind of embarrassed when I get too many compliments.

No, no, no, it's a really great story. I was almost fooled by its appearance.

"Sora, you're so cute. I don't think anyone would believe that."

"Ha ha, no doubt."

During the break, Sola and the miners began to share a small snack together, and Sola had become very friendly with them.

In addition to her cute appearance, she is very popular in no time at all because of her unaffected personality.

Glancing at the happy Sora, Thor discusses his future plans with the miner who is in charge of organizing the meeting.

"So tomorrow we'll take the morning off, and we'll go up to the second level at noon, right? Are you sure you can make it that early?

The first layer is no longer worth the trouble. We'll just have a quick look around.

"Well, we're glad to get the job done so quickly, but we don't want you to do anything too rash. I've heard a lot about ...... from the lumberjacks. They say they'd be in trouble if it weren't for you guys. I didn't believe them because I thought they were joking, but when they showed me how they work, I understood. Well, I'm sorry I doubted you."

"Oh, don't worry about it. I'm used to that sort of thing.

Thor's reply brought a subtle smile to the man's face.

There were only ten days left before the deadline.