Volume 1 Chapter 12 There's Something in the Diamante Kingdom That the Hero Community Wants... Let's Get It.
"This has become quite serious, hasn't it?"
"Yes, I didn't think someone who is 'smart but lacks imagination' would be this interesting."
"Interesting, you say..."
Luster Report headquarters.
As usual, there are few people, only Rangella and Tiaris.
By the way, Horace is at the Great Mine of Gold World (Kinsekai) collecting minerals.
Why don't he take Rangella with him?
Regarding this point, "I would take her for training, but since I'm heading to an area where even Rangella can't keep up, there's a risk she might die, so I leave her behind."
However, if you go to the rare stone market, there are minerals that are hard to find when Horace is dungeon diving.
Rangella is not a golem master, and her knowledge of magic items is not deep, so she's not quite sure what kind of minerals Horace is looking for.
But, by reading books, she can gather information like, "Generally, golem masters desire these minerals. I don't know why, though."
It's important to secure these minerals once we find them.
So, while Horace was dungeon diving, some incredible information flew in.
"A simultaneous attack on the hero community facilities? They must be out of their minds."
"I thought this might happen when I mentioned repaying 20,000 coins."
"Is that so?"
"I told you before, 'smart but lacks imagination'."
"I don't think they're smart..."
"Heh heh, a fool doesn't become a smart person by learning one or 2 tricks, and a smart person doesn't become a fool by making one or 2 mistakes. A fool stays a fool, and a smart person stays smart. But 'imagination' is not about how your head works, it's about your field of vision..."
"So?"
"It means they lack social experience."
"To say such things to a noble..."
Tiaris gives a gentle smile and says something quite wild, but Rangella seems to agree too.
"Still, it's true that many community members are angry everywhere, and I wonder what to do... What is the debt of Diamante Kingdom?"
"If they solve this big problem with a lump-sum repayment, they need 1 billion gold coins."
"1 billion gold coins... how does that compare to all our assets?"
Tiaris secretly thought, 'You don't understand your own asset situation at all!' upon hearing Rangella say that.
But, since they've only focused on defeating the Demon Lord and not on money, she's not criticizing them.
"Well... roughly, around 40 billion gold coins, I guess."
"Do you have a use for that much money yourself?"
"No way, there's no way."
Defeating the Demon Lord.
That journey is not sweet.
The Demon Lord's male domination is absolute, and if, for example, a man she captures is given a 'potion that makes them a monster but grants overwhelming power,' they drink it without hesitation.
The first country the Demon Lord took control of was once a large nation where she served as a full-time Council Member, and it was heavily invested in research, so there were many strange potions.
In this world, 'defeating monsters yields coins,' but because these potions turn humans into monsters, beating them, whether human or former human, yields lots of coins.
Along the way, they gather necessary materials by demolishing entire 'dungeon with ongoing great floods,' doing so many flashy things, so the hero community is not at all short of money.
"And, where exactly do you store such large amounts of gold coins?"
"In a 'Item Box' at our base. My master made it, and the more magic power you pour in, the bigger the capacity, so that's where we keep it."
"That really has such amazing effects, huh."
Tiaris thought, 'This guy doesn't know anything,' but decided not to say it.
"...Well, let's leave our assets here, and how shall we settle this?"
"Do they have something we want... I wonder?"
"Master needs some metal, I think..."
Just then, Rangella had a bright idea.
"How about we get the 'Antenna' from the Diamante Kingdom's capital?"
"An Antenna? Is there such a thing in the capital?"
"It's not famous because no one else uses it. Now, Master's golem control range is limited to 3 meters from himself. But with the Antenna, Master could control the whole capital."
"I see, considering that Master is 'walking on my feet to get the metal' now, even if making an Antenna itself is easy, making one 'in the capital' would be hard, both in materials and technique..."
A brief silence.
"Shall we take it?"
"Let's just take it."
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