Chapter 22

After having some talk with each other, Laudia, Rachel and Joshua decide to give the Goblin King's armor to Ricky and the Goblin King's amulet to Agnes. Not only that, Laudia and her group decide to give them two hundred million rupiahs for their works.

The Energy Core from the skeleton they defeat is bigger and heavier than your usual Energy Core. Not only that, but it also has purer energy that many Blessed One want to power their tools. The Wild Hunt party was able to get almost one billion rupiahs from the energy core alone.

Because of this reason, many people are willing to buy them at a higher price.

Other than the Energy Core, the Wild Hunt party did not sell the item they got from the boss. The items that the Wild Hunt decides to take are the Goblin King's arm guard for Laudia and Goblin King's medallion for Rachel. The arm guard increases the wearer's defense by fifty percent of the wearer's total defense. On the other hand, the medallion increases the wearer's healing spell by two hundred percent. This will boost Rachel's healing spell and make her an even more valuable healer.

While Joshua did not get any item, Laudia and Rachel decided to increase his money share. He gets three hundred and fifty million rupiahs for his job. Laudia and Rachel want to give him five hundred and fifty million rupiahs, but he decides to decline it.

He did not really need more money as he already had a good financial life for at least ten years just from his quick life as a blessed one.

"So, what should we do now, cap?" Joshua looks at Laudia, who is sipping her coffee. "Should we get back to the C-rank tower? Or should we search for a new tower? I think there is a B-rank tower in Kalimantan? I don't know if this is real or not."

Rachel looks at him and says." That is true. A new tower appeared three days ago. The Kalimantan government decides to conceal it from the public, but they are not fast enough. Many people have already shared the picture and video of it appearing from the ground."

Laudia nodded her head before saying.

"Because of the leak, they decided to tell the public the rank of the tower after the initial investigation. B-rank tower… That is a difficult tower, especially without any information about it beforehand. It will be dangerous, but the reward for informing the National Guild about the tower will be huge."

A newly born Tower has a higher danger rate because of the unknown monster, trap, or boss. However, the reward from bringing that information is also higher than your usual reward. If you can bring the floor map, you will be given a massive amount of money for it.

However, if you decide to lie to the national guild? You will be sentenced to death. The reason? That false information can kill people, and the guild did not want that.

"Should we go there?" Joshua asks.

"Hmmm, no. Not now. Maybe in the future. The Bali Expedition will be over in two weeks if the news is to be trusted, and if by then we did not get any information about the first floor, we will try our luck."

"Two, huh? Should we hunt in the C-rank tower for now? Gather enough money to buy the item needed to buy all the items we need before the hunt?"

"Sure."

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Eka looks at the report and releases a sigh once again. However, instead of a tired sigh, he had a relieved sigh. Even with him screwing up (Even when it was not really his fault for getting mind tricked), the Wild Hunt party still sells their Energy Core at the National Guild rather than to the private guild or an open market.

The Wild Hunt decided to hunt the Slime Boss and get into the twenty-first floor in the past week. The twenty-first floor of the tower.

From the report, the Wild Hunt did not really have any difficulty in clearing the twentieth-floor boss. The boss is called the Melter because it can even melt steel armor if it touches the slime's body in a second. The Melter is a massive slime. Twenty meters in height and weight around twenty tons.

It can reduce its mass by spraying a massive torrent of acid that can melt the human body if given enough time and quantity. Unfortunately for the Blessed One, the Melter can regenerate its mass in a few minutes. However, the Blessed One can use this to kill the Melter because its mass is also its defense.

However, even when the slime has the biggest mass, it is still a slime. It was an Infernal Beast that was weak against magic. Rachel and Joshua are two magic users in the Wild Hunt party, with Laudia equipped with magic equipment.

It was not an easy fight, but it only took twenty minutes to beat, unlike the Goblin King that took more than one hour to beat. Not only that, but they also did not take much damage from the boss.

After beating the boss, Joshua, Laudia, and Rachel get into the twenty-first floor of the tower. This floor is filled with a Salamander. A pony-sized lizard that breathes fire. It does not have thick skin, but it can burn your skin if you get too close as the skin emits fire if its enemy gets too close.

Because of this reason, Joshua and Rachel become long-ranged fighters as they cannot get close to the Salamander. Joshua creates a spear and even uses his newly learned ice spell to hit the Salamander. He decides to tell his party members that he can learn a magic spell and even have a good amount of mana reserve.

Rachel also decides not only to focus on supporting and attacking the Salamander with her water spell but also heal Laudia at the same time. Laudia is still a tank, but she cannot use her power as the Salamander will always run away from them if they get too close. Right now, she is only in the front and takes all the damage she can.

The Wild Hunt managed to get into the twenty-third floor and even created a detailed map for the twenty-second floor. Eka knows that Laudia will not give his guild false information, but he needs to send someone to check if this map is truly what it says it would be. It was just a formality.

There is a small clearing on the Twenty-Second floor where the Salamander did not want to come. This small clearing is a natural, safe zone. Sometimes a dungeon will have a natural safe zone, a place where the Infernal Beast will not spawn and will never come.

This place is a perfect place for the Blessed One to rest before continuing their hunt. However, at the same time, this place is a nest for bandits to ambush many tired Blessed One. Because of this reason, many guilds, private or government-owned guilds, decide to place a guard to make sure no one can do anything stupid in this place.

Eka takes another paper from his drawer and starts to write an order paper for the National Guild employee. After the scout he sent to the tower comes and checks the safe zone, he will send the guard to the safe zone.

He also writes some papers to give the Wild Hunt party a bonus if the information is correct. The guild can use the safe zone and make it a market if the size of the safe zone Laudia told them is true. It can bring an extra income to the guild.

Eka wants to be the one who congratulates Joshua, Laudia, and Rachel personally, but because of the previous incident, he is afraid that he will make their relationship even worse. He really hoped that Yamazaki died of choking.

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On the other side of the world, Yamazaki Tessai is sitting inside his office with a smirk on his face. In front of him is what used to be a Goblin King's crown, an item that lets the user summon twenty Goblins to do their bidding.

Useful but not too powerful items in general. Many items have the same rank but have more powerful effects.

However, if the Goblin King's crown goes through a ritual that he got for a massive amount of money from the Black Market, it will change into the Black Crown.

Black crown lets him summon thirty True Vampire, an A-rank Infernal Beast that spawns inside an A-rank tower. They are an intelligent Infernal Beast that can create a battle tactic, use an underhand method or even bribe people. Not only that, but they can also speak a human language making them one of the few Infernal Beasts that can speak a human language.

Besides their intelligence, they are also a powerful Infernal Beast who deserves their rank.

However, what makes Yamazaki willing to use a large amount of his money to buy this item is the passive effect it grants him.

It increased his power by three times. When Yamazaki puts the crown on his head, he can feel his power increase in strength, and he starts to laugh loudly.

"Hahahahahaha! With this, I can control all the S-rank and rule the world! Hahahahaha!"