11th Floor Business Plan
11th Floor Business Plan
<Otil*(5ch): You want me to turn this into a magic item so it can be used semi-permanently, right?>
<Survivor★(2ch): Yes. Is that possible?>
<Otil*(5ch): What do you take me for? I can handle magic of this level all by myself.>
Otil replied that she could do it alone without the help of the elder witch.
Plus, seeing as she called it "magic of this level," the magic itself didn't seem like a big deal.
<Otil*(5ch): However, making it semi-permanent is a different story. To be precise, I don't have the materials.>
<Survivor★(2ch): When you say materials, what kind of materials are you talking about?>
<Otil*(5ch): I need an item imbued with a reasonably strong power. The type or whatever doesn't matter.>
An item imbued with power, huh...
<Survivor★(2ch): Would this work, by any chance?>
Along with that, I sent one of the elixirs given to me by Yoo Hyun-min hyung from Channel 7 via a 1:1 trade.
Otil didn't say anything for a while, perhaps examining the elixir I sent, but she replied shortly after.
<Otil*(5ch): It's imbued with more powerful energy than I thought. This should be enough.>
<Survivor★(2ch): That's a relief. But why do you need an item imbued with strong power?>
<Otil*(5ch): When you condense strong power, it exhibits a regenerative property. I'm using that property.>
I thought that even if you used the regenerative property, the regenerative power would eventually diminish, but it seems that wasn't the case.
<Otil*(5ch): However, this glass bead isn't suitable for a magic item. I'll make you a new one.>
Otil ended the 1:1 conversation with the promise to make a new magic item.
'Come to think of it, I didn't ask when it would be finished.'
I thought about contacting her again to ask, but I decided to let it slide, thinking it would be made when the time came.
'Anyway, it feels like things have been settled for now.'
There was still a long way to go to escape the apocalypse, but it felt like I had at least put out the immediate fire.
Thinking that if I kept moving forward little by little like this, I could save the world, I decided to do my best today as well.
Fortunately, the next few days passed uneventfully without any particular incidents.
In the meantime, I ate the remaining Restal's heart and became a little stronger than before.
'And Rubyel...'
She had used the Mana Potion received from Channel 7 so far to improve her physical condition and even raise her realm.
"Done! Now, whether it's the 23rd floor or whatever, the monsters are all dead!"
Rubyel, having raised her realm, had an aura that seemed more fiery than before, though it wasn't entirely clear.
It also felt like her complexion and skin had improved, just like when I first ate the Restal's heart.
[Congratulations.]
[The ability, 'Modern Item Purchase', has leveled up.]
And Modern Item Purchase also leveled up, finally reaching level 5.
['Custom Order' has been added to the Modern Item Purchase list.]
As a level 5 feature, [Custom Order] was added, but honestly, I was quite disappointed.
The [Custom Order] added this time was an ability that would make and sell whatever I wanted if I asked for it.
'Looking at it just like this, it's good, but.'
The problem was elsewhere.
What if I asked it to make a Nano Suit?
[This item cannot be manufactured with current technology.]
It answers like this, saying it's impossible.
'It probably can only manufacture items at the level of modern technology.'
However, if there was a useful point to this [Custom Order], it was that it could also manufacture 'firearms'.
Until now, Modern Item Purchase didn't sell firearms like guns, but it was possible with this [Custom Order].
For example.
"Make me a K2 rifle."
[Calculating custom order cost.]
[K2 Rifle: 650 points.]
[Would you like to place a custom order?]
"Make me a K-2 Black Panther tank."
[Calculating custom order cost.]
[K-2 Black Panther Tank: 10,000,000 points.]
[Would you like to place a custom order?]
Like this, items that couldn't be bought with Modern Item Purchase were possible, but I wasn't drawn to them.
I was currently carrying future weapons from Channel 4, so there was no need to insist on modern firearms.
'And it's not like a tank or something like that is something an individual can buy anyway.'
If I had to find a place to use it, I suppose it would be selling it to Channel 3.
'If I released firearms into Channel 3, it would become easier to deal with the raiders.'
However, in the broadcast I saw a few days ago, all the raiders were carrying guns.
If I thought about other survivors also having their firearms stolen by raiders, it wasn't an easy decision to make.
'Anyway, if I summarize Modern Item Purchase, it's like this.'
Level 1: Item Purchase.
Level 2: Resource Recharge.
Level 3: Product Repair.
Level 4: Item Rental.
Level 5: Custom Order.
And the day the 'Hideout' I ordered from Mr. Know-It-All arrived.
"It's the 11th floor."
I and the Hero Party were able to reach the entrance of the 11th floor of the labyrinth.
It was still before lunch when we arrived at the entrance of the 11th floor of the labyrinth.
Elisicia looked at the 11th-floor entrance in front of us and told me information about it.
"For your reference, if you enter the 11th floor, there will be more people than you think."
"People?"
"Hunters have set up a base on the 11th floor."
A base?
"Isn't the 11th floor dangerous?"
"We've prepared enough, so it's not that dangerous."
As Elisicia said, if they hadn't prepared enough, they wouldn't have made the 11th floor their base.
"Anyway, you need to be a little careful about the hunters staying on the 11th floor."
"Is that so?"
But I didn't 100% understand what she meant, but fortunately, Rubyel explained it for me.
"Staying on the 11th floor basically means they are capable people. Also, there need to be such people so that the number of monsters will decrease a bit more."
"Ah. So that's what you meant."
In the past, Rubyel said that even if the Evil God uses all its power to catch monsters, they don't reappear.
And she also said that we should catch as many as possible so that the Evil God wouldn't be able to absorb the monsters and recover its power in the future.
'But logically, the Hero Party can't catch all the monsters in the labyrinth.'
That's why it seemed like they needed capable people staying on the 11th floor.
'Then, is Elisicia planning to go to the 11th-floor base?'
Thinking that, I asked about it.
"Are you planning to go to the 11th-floor base?"
"Yes. Because there might be injured people."
Hearing Elisicia's answer, I agonized over whether I should use the Stealth Cloak or not.
The strange thing was that if it were in the past, I would have used the Stealth Cloak without hesitation, but now I was at least hesitating.
'What's the reason?'
Telekinesis? Taehwa 9-Style? Nano Suit? Restal's heart?
'Or it could be the existence of Veronica, who said she would protect me.'
It might be that all of this combined led me to think like this.
Anyway, I agonized over the Stealth Cloak for a moment, but I decided not to use it and entered the 11th floor as is.
"The 11th floor has changed back into a cave-like form."
If the 10th floor was an incredibly wide wasteland, the 11th floor was a cave form, just like the 1st to 9th floors.
The difference was that it was a wider type of cave than the 1st to 9th floors, and Elisicia nodded.
"Yes. It's the same form as this up to the 19th floor."
"Does something change from the 20th floor?"
"It gets a bit more gloomy and colder."
Elisicia answered that and headed toward the base where the hunters were gathered.
The base was right near the 11th-floor entrance, so we were able to arrive without walking much.
'She said there were more people than I thought.'
There were roughly 20-30 people at the base.
If I included the people who went hunting, I thought there might be about 50 people.
'But.'
Looking at the hunters, for some reason, homeless people came to mind.
The way they were all resting, relying on a single sleeping bag laid on the floor along with worn-out armor, was exactly like that.
'There's nothing proper here.'
All they had were old equipment and sleeping bags, and the reason wasn't hard to figure out.
'They must be eating what I uploaded to the exchange.'
They would be disposing of the remaining trash with [Point Acquisition].
Perhaps because they disposed of it with [Point Acquisition], the interior wasn't completely filthy.
"Oh. It's the Hero."
"Hero! Thanks to you, we're eating well!"
"But why is the Hero so clean?"
"I see there's a beastkin too?"
The hunters greeted the Hero Party as if they were glad to see them.
It was a scene that showed that Elisicia's popularity wasn't too bad either.
"Is there anyone who is injured or has difficulty moving?"
At Elisicia's words, a few people raised their hands.
"Aila, please."
"Leave it to me."
The Saintess, Aila, called the people who raised their hands and began to heal them.
It seemed like she healed the injured like this every time she came to the 11th floor.
'Come to think of it, Channel 2 has a small population.'
It was necessary to save even one person.
Anyway, while watching Aila heal them, someone asked Elisicia.
"Excuse me, Hero. Is there a reason why you're so clean?"
A disheveled female hunter looked at the rest of the Hero Party, including Elisicia, with a curious expression.
Elisicia and the Hero Party washed every day, but their weapons and armor were also brand new thanks to the [Product Repair] I possessed.
"We're washing every day thanks to Survivor-nim."
Elisicia looked at me, who wasn't wearing the Stealth Cloak, for a moment and said it was thanks to me.
"Huh? You wash?"
The female hunter turned her head sharply and looked at me, who was mixed in with the Hero Party.
"Ah. So that man must be Survivor-nim."
Seeing the female hunter looking at me with a glad expression, I asked just in case.
"Uhm, do you want to wash?"
"Yes? Is it possible?"
"It's possible. And your equipment looks worn out, but I can make it like new."
At my answer, other hunters also started to look at me one by one, showing interest.
It seemed like they were interested in the fact that I could make their equipment like new, as well as the washing.
"Alright, attention."
Just then, Rubyel, who was next to me, stepped forward and got the attention of all the hunters.
"Want to wash up cleanly? It's 100 points. Besides that, I'm also selling things like making equipment like new, tents, sleeping bags, lanterns, and so on separately."
"100 points?"
The female hunter was surprised by the expensive price of 100 points and asked back.
Regardless, Rubyel answered simply without batting an eye.
"Where are you going to find enough water to wash cleanly on the 11th floor? Besides, 100 points isn't a big deal."
The female hunter hesitated, perhaps because 100 points was still a lot, but eventually nodded.
"Yes. I'll pay 100 points."
"You can give it to me or Survivor."
Rubyel said that and stood in front of the female hunter as if she would receive it.
After that, whether the female hunter handed the 100 points to Rubyel, Rubyel said to me.
"It's done now. Install a shower room in that corner."
"I'll install it, but..."
I thought 100 points might be too much.
Rubyel seemed to notice my thoughts and answered immediately.
-Don't worry about it. Basically, the hunters staying on the 11th floor have a lot of points.
Rubyel must have used magic, as she transmitted her words directly into my head.
'That's amazing.'
What kind of magic is this?
-Also, the hunters need to feel the need for points so they'll work hard hunting in the future.
'Ah.'
Apart from that, hearing Rubyel's words, I was finally able to grasp her intention.
In a word, she meant to make the hunters continue to need points so that it would encourage them to hunt.
'But for that, I need a continuous trading partner.'
For now, I'm doing the shower room and equipment repair, but if I leave the 11th floor, I won't be able to do that either.
However, if I left a continuous trading partner here, I could do it through that person, so I looked around for a moment.
'Hm?'
Along with that, I could see a hunter approaching me from one side.