I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 116

The adventurer who came in together with Natalie was――――

He was very handsome, about the same age as Mika and the others, and had a very fresh atmosphere.

He had blond hair with outward flicks as a distinctive feature, and blue eyes.

His body was medium-built and average height, seeming like an all-rounder rather than a hardcore frontliner?

Logan-san is―――― definitely a hardcore frontliner…

“I’m Brave. I’ve been assigned as your assessor this time, nice to meet you.”

“Yes. My name is Cruz. I look forward to working with you this time.”

I took the outstretched hand and shook it. He was quite a friendly person.

“This is Sir Brave. He’s currently one of the most advanced adventurers tackling the 30th floor.”

(What, he’s also someone tackling the 30th floor like us!? I hope I can get some information.)

“Depending on Cruz-kun’s ability, you can go down as far as the 25th floor. The decision to descend further is left to Sir Brave.”

So, our job is to show our strength to Brave-san.

“Starting from floor 26, it becomes impossible to judge while also protecting people in the event of an emergency.”

As expected, going to the 30th floor is a no-go. Still, if we can hit the 25F, Kouga can probably reach the 30F in a week.

“Now then, once you’re ready, please head to the dungeon. Sir Brave, I’m counting on you to look after Cruz-kun.”

“Yes, leave it to me, Logan-san. Are Cruz-kun and his team ready? We’re ready anytime.”

“We’re ready as well.”

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As we left the guild, we met up with Brave-san’s party members.

The five-member party included a very beautiful blonde human woman, a burly ogre man, a muscular Ox-tribe man, and a petite woman from the winged race.

The two muscle guys are probably the front line, the two women the rear guard, and Brave-san’s likely the all-rounder.

“Take care, Brave-dono.”

Brave-san received a salute from one of the dungeon guards. I suppose getting to the 30F makes you well-known.

Even as we left the guild, he was attracting a lot of attention.

“Alright, let’s start from the 5th floor.”

We joined Brave-san’s party and descended to the 5th floor.

“You’re really popular, huh? Is that what they call charisma?”

“Haha, that’d be nice if it’s true. Hey, you over there. Mind if we do a little hunting around here?”

Brave-san called out to a nearby adventurer who looked to be hunting.

“Brave-sama! Yes, of course! Please use the area! We’ll move elsewhere!”

The adventurer replied with the energy of someone meeting a celebrity.

“No, I’ll just take down a few monsters and leave, so I’ll call out to you then. Also, as an apology, here’s a mid-grade healing potion.”

This is my first time seeing it, but I guess if you can reach floor 30, you can get mid-level items too.

“Thank you so much! I’ll treasure it like a family heirloom!”

“I’d be happier if you actually used it when you need it, though.”

The adventurer looked intoxicated by Brave’s refreshing smile.

A few moments after that fan-like adventurer walked off, two golems emerged.

“Cruz-kun, we’ll deal with one of them. You guys take care of the other—”

“No need. Two’s not an issue. Kouga.”

“Alright! I can smash ‘em, right?!”

Kouga leapt from my shoulder and transformed into a golem. On the outside he looks like a normal one, but inside he’s a Bronze Golem, so no number of enemies can trouble him.

“Go all out.”

Kouga smashed the first one with a right hook, then brought his left hand down and cracked the other’s head open, silencing it.

“It’s done! I made sure one’s still good for materials!”

“Good job. We’ll bring one back.”

With that, Kouga devoured the shattered one, then swallowed the intact golem whole and stored it with [Storage].

“Impressive. I’d heard you were strong, but not this strong. Looks like this place is too easy, so let’s go to the 6th floor.”

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They went on defeating monsters smoothly after that, with Kouga handling most of the fighting.

Since Rafa and Uri occasionally fought too, it didn’t seem like Kouga was seen as the only strong one.

“Cruz-kun, you guys are pretty strong. I never imagined we’d reach floor 15 of the Wind Area in a single day.”

“It’s all thanks to Brave-san and the others for managing the monster numbers. Advancing with just five kills helps a lot.”

They’re even adjusting things so that each of us can consume one monster.

“Showing enough strength to make five enemies seem sufficient is impressive. Well, this is my first time handling this kind of request, so maybe that’s just how it is.”

“Huh, so requests like this aren’t very common?”

“That’s right. It’s rare for adventurers to move to another dungeon since you have to restart at the first floor.”

(So, do they think we’ve got a shady past or something? Ah, that’s why they asked about a criminal record!)

“Now then, Cruz-kun, how about you show us what you can do?”

“Up to now, Kouga’s been doing most of the fighting. Alright, there’s a Monster House nearby, I’ll take it out solo.”

With that size, it’s probably around 20 to 30 monsters. And since it’s only 15F, they’re just birds, its no big deal.

“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

Brave-san’s party shows concern, but this is a good time to prove my strength and reassure them.

“If it’s Cruz-sama, there’s no problem. Birds like that are no more than a flick of the sleeve.”

“Yeah… Cruz-san is stronger than us, after all!!”

“I see. Then I’m looking forward to it. Still, we’ll wait in front of the Monster House just in case, alright?”

“Yes. I’ll be off, then.”

As soon as I enter the Monster House, I transform into a hawk and soar into the air.

Using [Remote Operation], I hurl fire-attribute tentacles like missiles at the birds that appear and bring them down.

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“That wraps it up.”

I secured four to eat and ten relatively undamaged ones, then left the Monster House.

“Come to think of it, Cruz-kun was a slime-type too… I forgot since you’ve been in human form the whole time.”

After this, we received the stamp of approval that this floor was also done and proceeded to the 16th floor.

Then, after reaching the 20th floor, today’s assessment came to an end.

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As it was getting close to evening,

“Cruz-kun, I’m going to make today’s report to the Guild Master. After that, how about dinner together?”

I received an invitation to dinner from Brave-san, but…

(I’d really like to go to the public bath today. Plus, I need to tell Mika and the others about leveling up. But maybe I could get some info about the 30th floor too… It’s hard to decide…)

Dinner → public bath → return to the village and talk about the level issue.

(Alright, let’s go with that order. Maybe I can get some useful info over dinner. And I’ll have Rafa and the others work on Kurinde’s house renovations while I’m bathing.)

“Understood. Then I’ll go into the dungeon for a bit to level up while I’m at it.”

Since the report was expected to take about an hour, I spent 30 minutes hunting on the 17th floor and took down 100 Wind Wolves.

Since I can fly in the Wind zone and spot the Monster House trees from a distance, it’s pretty easy.

I purposely chose the 17th floor because clean kills yield fur and horns worth 2 silver and 90 copper coins, a great payout.

The material selling price per monster is,

The water zone from floors 06 to 10 yields about 50 copper per monster.

The fire zone on floors 11 to 15 gives 50 to 100 copper coins.

The wind zone on floors 16 to 20 yields 1–2 silver coins per monster.

The earth zone from floors 21 to 25 gives 2–3 silver coins.

That’s what they say. Getting close to 3 silver coins even on 17F must be because of the fur.

After exchanging the materials with Natalie, 10 birds from the 16F yielded 12 silver coins, and 100 wind wolves brought in 2 gold and 90 silver coins. Adding up to a fortune of 2 gold and 102 silver coins in just one day.

Surely, it wasn’t just my imagination that Natalie’s eyes were clouded with greed.

If her own child brought home that kind of money, Natalie could live without ever working.

“Oh, and could I get a full set of camping-type magic tools? I’ll be needing them soon.”

“Yes! Please wait just a moment!”

With 50 copper coins a day, you could easily afford to eat out every meal and stay at an inn.

If you can earn nearly six times that without working, it’s no surprise you get a little greedy.

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