#477. It’s useless worry.
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Limon’s day is early in the morning.
It starts with checking the ingredients for the day at the market.
As it was built in the middle of the wilderness, the materials available in Rushmore City, which was not well distributed, were limited.
Fortunately, fresh ingredients are not available.
Unfortunately, the ingredients were very poor.
Because…
“Does this artificial meat look a little off?”
“What are you talking about? It’s fresh meat from today’s grade AA food plant.”
“Not everything fresh is good. As you can see, the distribution of muscle and fat here is too monotonous, right? It’s obvious that the person in charge made it roughly.”
“Ah, if you don’t want to buy it, don’t.”
“It’s not that I won’t buy it. You want the meat over there, not this one.”
“Are you considering meat quality and only going to buy something from a B-grade food plant?”
“Today it looks good.”
“It’s difficult for a man.”
While grumbling, the butcher picked up the chunk of meat Limon had mentioned and cut it into chunks.
It’s because it’s early in the morning.
Yuna-kyung, who was dozing on top of Limon’s head, muttered in a sleepy voice at the sight.
[Haam… I just feel that this city is really chaos.]
“What do you mean?”
[Everything from one to ten is jumbled up.]
Yuna-kyung muttered in a timid tone.
It’s not a ranch, but just seeing the production of meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables in a plant gives admiration.
It was because the butcher shop felt like it was 100 years old, and using a clunky knife even felt a sense of alienation.
It wasn’t just food.
An anti-gravity car roams in the sky, but a wagon is running in the alleyway on the contrary.
Selling black and white newspapers under the hologram image.
There are some amazing things that are unpredictable with modern technology, and there are also quite a few old things that make you wonder if this is a modern city.
How can ancient and medieval modern and modern civilizations be so mixed?
It was pretty inconceivable.
“Mix it up. It might feel that way to someone seeing it for the first time.”
[Isn’t the team leader like that?]
“Because North America has been like this since the Golden Age.”
[That’s what I learned from history books, too… Was it really like this thousands of years ago?
]
Limon smiled and said.
The golden age…
No, even 500 years ago, there were few people who had the impression that this continent was jumbled.
There was only overwhelming admiration.
This is because, no matter how old things are here, most of them are hard to imagine, let alone imitate, on other continents.
Especially in places like Rushmore, which were built by Elementalists and Shamans.
[This is a strange story. It was the same with the Transcontinental Train, but after all, people here have been enjoying the current culture for thousands of years, right?]
“What’s surprising? After all, all human technology comes from spirits and magic.”
Inventing an engine modeled after the spirit’s heart.
Create a train imitating a transcontinental train.
Such as researching armored cavalry and developing reinforced exoskeletons.
The process of scientific and technological development that mankind has accumulated is ultimately a history of imitation and imitation.
After lightly pointing out.
Limon added one more word.
“On the contrary, the pace of technological development these days is strange.”
[Is that so?]
“You can tell just by the fact that the difference between North America and other places has almost disappeared.”
100 years at most.
In the meantime, human technology has developed at a frightening speed.
To the extent that in the past, all the public can enjoy cultural artifacts that were monopolized by only a few as the exclusive property of EK.
In particular, the technological advances that have occurred in the past 30 years are greater than the sum of all the hundreds of years of change that Limon has seen and experienced.
“Honestly, that’s the mad princess’s credit.”
[Sister of the Silver Dragon Princess?]
“She’s not called the greatest genius of the Seven Dragons for nothing.”
Ever since the days when it was called the Demonic Cult.
The Silver Dragon Clan has stole, copied, and mass-produced EK’s technology tenaciously, like a plundering clan.
But anyway, it’s an imitation.
Because the stolen technology is imperfect in many ways, the silver dragon clan’s counterfeit incidents were notorious.
The Chernobyl accident was a prime example.
The reason why Bahamut became a large company was that it pushed quantity rather than quality through mass production.
Even after the growth of various production players, there were times when they almost fell behind in terms of quality and quantity.
But after Catherine became a princess.
The situation has changed.
Even the previous Silver Dragon Princess had all sorts of failures when copying EK’s techniques.
Yekathrice has achieved numerous technological advances by directly improving them beyond just stealing and copying them.
Supercomputers and smartphones.
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft and reinforced exoskeleton.
hologram devices, etc.
It was no exaggeration to say that most of the high-tech devices created by mankind were touched by Yekathrice.
[…It feels strange to hear that crazy sister was a genius scientist.]
“Not really a scientist. He’s just such a genius that he’s good at everything.”
[Honestly, that older sister is also genius at dictatorship.]
There’s a reason that Bahamut is called a conglomerate with the best technology in mankind.
After being handed over the meat with a calm evaluation.
Limon suddenly turned his head.
“Of course, no one can follow our boss if it’s an all-rounder.”
“Hey, even if you say such obvious words as flattery, the only thing I will give you is the price of meat.”
“Thank you for giving it to me, but…”
It seemed like he was telling me to pay on his own.
Charlotte shook out a card.
Then, while paying for the meat with the card, Limon asked languidly looking at Limon, who couldn’t hide his shy expression.
“Are you dissatisfied with something?”
“Rather than complaining, I wondered if the boss needed to follow me all the way to the grocery store.”
“That is an arrogant word. Don’t you know that choosing good ingredients is the basis of cooking?”
“That’s true, but I don’t have anything more to teach you?”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t teach me. It’s worth it just to see how great the sword master’s discernment is.”
“Hmm, what if it’s the boss?”
Limon scratched his cheek.
But these days, Charlotte is burning her passion for learning.
From cleaning to playing.
He was trying to learn everything he could learn from himself, so it wasn’t strange that he was paying attention this way as well.
It made Limon’s feelings complicated, as he stuck with Charlotte day and night thanks to him.
What can I do?
This arrogant princess is a person who will surely do what she wants.
In the end, Limon, who decided to accept the situation, wandered around the market with Charlotte.
“Since we got good meat, let’s try to save the ingredients today.”
“How did you say it?”
“How about raw meat?”
“You are barbaric to eat meat raw.”
“Savage things have their own savage flavor. The meat here is artificially made anyway, so it’s safe.”
“If you do, it would be better to season it with wine.”
“Without seasoning, but with wine? Depending on the type, it will definitely be fine.”
Maybe it’s because I’ve been teaching and learning to cook for the past few days.
Yuna-kyung opened her eyes wide as she saw the two people naturally buying various materials while having a conversation without interruption.
‘…why does it feel like seeing a newlywed couple discussing the breakfast menu?’
When the blue bird tilts its head at the question of not knowing the answer.
Limon asked suddenly.
“Come to think of it, how is the dungeon raid situation now, boss?”
“I just reached the 70th floor yesterday.”
“Hmm?”
It hasn’t even been a week since I started clearing the dungeon.
Already reached the 70th floor.
It was a feat that would break the previous record.
But instead of admiring it, Limon expressed concern.
“Looking at the slowdown, it seems that the attack is starting to get blocked, right?”
“It’s only because the hunting hawks are incompetent and can’t guide the way, but it’s not to the point of being blocked yet.”
[Do you see this?!]
“Well, don’t blame our idiots too much. Among your clan, the only ones that can break through the 70th floor are the Yellow Dragons, right?”
It was somewhat predestined.
Until now, the raid team was able to easily break through the dungeon thanks to overwhelming force.
However, from the 60th floor of the dungeon, it is the domain of high-level players.
In particular, the dungeon of Indy Jones has been messed up by the Liberation Brigade’s tricks, and it’s dangerous even for players over level 90.
Even the masters of the Golden Dragon clan deserved to struggle.
“Are you okay, boss?”
“You are worrying unnecessarily.”
“I mean it’s better not to be too vigilant. At this rate of progress, it will take another week to clear the dungeon.”
Limon pointed out coolly.
The purpose of the Liberation Brigade is the Seven Arcs.
It was because there was a high possibility that he would escape without having to deal with the Golden Dragon clan.
“That’s why I said it was useless worry.”
But Charlotte snorted.
Because I already knew that fact.
Still, the reason she was able to dismiss Limon’s point was simple.
“From now on, I will go out on my own.”
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“Damn damn damn!”
dungeon depth.
There, Labyrinth was tearing her hair out.
Until the Golden Dragon Clan first entered the dungeon, he was confident that buying time was easy.
Until I broke through to the 16th floor on the first day, I thought it didn’t matter because it was a low floor anyway.
However, when the attack team of the Golden Dragon Clan reached the 70th floor beyond the 50th and 60th floors, Labyrinth couldn’t help but feel nervous.
“The Golden Dragon Clan, those ignorant things…! Attacking my dungeon like that!”
More than anything, what pissed him off was the way the Golden Dragon clan attacked the dungeon.
Whether it’s a clever trap.
or powerful monsters.
be it labyrinths or difficulties.
It’s absurd just to break through with force.
Because that simple ignorant method works better than any strategy method.
As the owner of a unique skill called 『Dungeon Master』, Labyrinth was proud of the dungeon he created, so it was an eye-opener.
Besides, it wasn’t just the Golden Dragon clan that pissed him off.
“Indy Jones, I would have gotten my hands on Seven Arcs long ago, had it not been for this useless ploy…!”
Labyrinth gnashed her teeth.
The ruins of Indy Jones are full of all kinds of useless mysteries, and it was impossible to break through in a short time.
That’s why I chose erosion.
It was to turn the entire ruin into a dungeon.
Because he possessed the 『Dungeon Master』, he could dominate any dungeon as he pleased.
The problem was that Indy Jones’ remains were so tricky that his remains were automatically hidden in the boss room on the 100th floor.
On the other hand, his level is 98.
Even if he uses the 『Dungeon Master』, he can only control up to the 98th floor.
It wasn’t easy to dominate up to the 100th floor.
Now there are two ways left.
Proceed with further erosion to bring the artifact down to the 98th floor.
Or he could go up to the 100th floor, defeat the boss, and obtain the Seven Arcs.
The former takes time.
The latter must risk their lives.
This is because there was a restriction in 『Constellation Descent』 that it could not be used on floors that had not been cleared.
Without that restriction, all the ghosts of the Liberation Brigade would have reached level 100 long ago.
Of course, if you get the fifth Seven Arcs, you can use that power to reach level 100 much more safely.
That’s why I’ve refrained from taking on risky challenges for no reason until now…
“Let’s see, Princess Gold Dragon.”
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
In the meantime, Labyrinth didn’t worry.
It was his theory that if you wanted an egg, you could cut open the chicken and get both.
Above all, Labyrinth had the last resort to save his life in any situation.
“The moment I reach level 100 will be your end!”
Become level 100.
rise to the position of monarch.
To get the Seven Arcs.
And to achieve the true purpose of the Liberation Brigade.
Labyrinth took a stride toward the 99th floor while clutching the ring with a red jewel.
