BXBX NOVEL Chapter 108: Know-how, Earnings
"Rin," Rin responded with a smile and a nod.
"Alright, let\'s move on, and hopefully, we\'ll find some tomatoes," Laila chuckled as she led the way toward the entrance of the dungeon. Darabri followed, and Rin and Erix quickly followed suit.
The dungeon featured four spacious pathways adorned with neat blueish-brown tiles on the floor. The ceiling loomed twenty meters above, giving a sense of openness.
Since the others were ahead of them, they had already ventured down their chosen paths.
"We\'re heading to the fourth pathway as our team decided, in case there are multiple pathways in the dungeon from the start," Laila informed them before setting off, the trio following closely behind.
As they stepped into the fourth pathway, a wide corridor with identical tiles greeted them. Before long, a Treant monster randomly spawned, blocking their way.
Effortlessly dispatching it with a single arrow, Laila watched as it vanished, leaving behind a broccoli.
"Broccoli isn\'t bad. It sells for 2850 Abyss Coins per kilo," Laila\'s eyes gleamed. "Okay, we\'ll farm this section until an elite Treant shows up."
"Be cautious, both of you," Darabri cautioned as she turned to Erix and Rin. "The more we defeat, the stronger they\'ll become until an Elite spawns. So, choose your attacks wisely."
"By the way, the drops belong to the one who gets the kill, right?" Erix inquired.
"Yes, but kill stealing is not tolerated."
"Understood."
The group continued onward, encountering more Treants that continued to spawn.
However, it didn\'t take long for Laila and Darabri to be surprised by Erix and Rin. They were effortlessly defeating Treants without taking any damage!
\'Their movements and combat styles are impressive. Not many possess such high combat expertise,\' Darabri mused.
After twenty minutes of constant Treant battles, they accumulated 2 kilograms of broccoli. Then, an elite Treant emerged.
But it met a swift demise, with Laila delivering the final blow.
"We\'ll split the drops equally from Elites and Bosses," Laila stated before dividing the eight broccoli pieces among them, ensuring each got a share.
"Since we\'ve cleared the Elite section, we\'ll proceed to the next floor if there\'s no boss room at the end," Darabri informed Rin and Erix.
Laila and Darabri shared knowledge and rules about exploring newly spawned dungeons as they moved.
After arriving at the end, all groups gathered as their paths also led to the same end.
The other groups shared their findings as Rin and Erix found out that monsters in the other three paths apparently dropped Onions, Spinach, and Green Beans.
"Let\'s take a five-minute break to recover and use any potions if you have them," Mondar suggested, producing a Strength boost potion he promptly consumed.
Rin and Erix lacked potions, so they sat cross-legged, practicing meditative breathing to hasten their recovery.
"Need a mana recovery potion? You can owe me one," Laila offered with a smile, extending a mana potion toward Rin and Erix.
"Thanks, we\'ll hold onto it for now," Rin accepted with a grateful nod and a smile before putting the potion in her Hunter card\'s storage.
After five minutes, the group stood before the boss room and entered as Mondar unlocked the door.
The floor boss was a five-meter-tall Granite Golem, and it wasn\'t much of a challenge as everyone killed it within two minutes by working together.
A door manifested at the end of the big room after the boss vanished, leading to the next floor.
The floor bosses didn\'t drop anything but unlocked an exit to the next floor and granted everyone a random temporary buff for ten minutes based on individual contribution.
So, without delay, everyone quickly continued to make use of the buff and farm monsters after entering the next floor.
After two hours, everyone finished all ten floors and defeated the final boss, ending their expedition of a newly spawned dungeon.
Rin and Erix reached level 53, while others didn\'t level up at all since all of them were above level 70, with Mondar being the highest level among them, at level 82.
"We\'ll have to hunt wild monsters now," Rin said after exiting the dungeon. Turning to Laila, she inquired, "Do you know any missions requiring to kill wild monsters?"
Rin and Erix also needed to kill wild monsters because dungeon monsters and wild monsters differed.
Dungeon monsters would disappear after death and drop some loot, but they wouldn\'t give physical stats after one killed them, nor would they drop their beast core. But Erix and Rin needed to increase their stats, so they had to hunt wild monsters.
"There are plenty, haha," Laila admitted with a wry chuckle, "I pulled you out of the Hunter Guild just as you entered, so you didn\'t have time to look around, but there are many missions like that."
Darabri nodded. "Wild monsters\' body parts and their cores are used as ingredients in many things, so there are always missions and demands for monsters."
"Let\'s go together since we are going to sell our vegetables," Laila said with a grin. "You can also pay 10% of your share after you covert your veggies into money."
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After finishing their business in Hunter Guild, Rin and Erix returned to their room in Blue Leaf Inn.
Their total earning was 78,600 Abyss Coins.
"I am famished. Let\'s eat something in the restaurant below. The smells were great when we passed by it."
"Sure, but," Erix wryly smiled. "Did you see the price of food?"
"Nope," Rin tilted her head, puzzled. "Are they very expensive?"
"If I recall correctly, a burger-style food was priced at 3000 Abyss coins. And premium dishes cost as high as over fifty thousand."
"Damn, alright," Rin pouted. "Let\'s keep our spending moderate for now. To increase our power, we want to kill wild monsters more than dungeon monsters."
"Yep. But before going out again, let\'s finish our daily hour in the Limitless Plane. We haven\'t entered inside since arriving in the Abyss."
"Regarding that, I have an idea," Rin said, her expression contemplative and serious.