Chapter 109: A Strange Trio Enters the Dungeon!
After stocking up on some food, Ethan prepared to head to the dungeon.
Today, he brought a 'flying mobile warehouse', so he didn't need to worry about 'dropped items' and 'magic stones'.
Exploring the dungeon with a 'flying emergency food' should be quite interesting, right?
"Alright, we've eaten enough, it's time to go to work."
"Work? What kind of commission is it this time?"
Paimon asked subconsciously.
After all, in her understanding, the Traveler's way of making money was by doing tasks, big or small, earning varying amounts of money.
"We're going to the dungeon. Paimon, remember this isn't Teyvat, it's Orario."
"Oh, right, this is Orario, not Teyvat anymore."
Paimon nodded, her face full of realization.
Clearly, although she was a Cursed Corpse created from his memories, Paimon's cognition and many other aspects were still closely related to 'Genshin Impact'.
This wasn't because she was not a true life form, but purely because this was what he had instilled in her while making her.
When he first created Paimon, Ethan hadn't expected her to become a 'Abrupt-Mutation Cursed Corpse'.
He had simply poured a lot of information about Paimon into her in order to recreate this cute emergency food.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally ended up creating a living Paimon.
"The dungeon, can I go with you?"
"Uh~"
Just as Ethan and Paimon were talking, Ais, who had been rather quiet, suddenly spoke up.
Her curiosity about Ethan and her fondness for Paimon made her want to go with them, especially since she was very curious about his strength despite his low level.
She wanted to know why he was so strong.
"You want to go to the dungeon too?"
"Yes, I often go to the dungeon alone."
"I see, then let's go together. We're friends, aren't we~"
Paimon said, looking at Ethan with her big, watery eyes.
It was really hard to refuse if Paimon acted like this.
Even Ais followed suit and stared at Ethan intently.
However, unlike Paimon who was good at acting cute, Ais looked a bit like she was being forced to do it.
"Alright, let's go together then."
"Yay—"
Paimon cheered and reached out her little hand towards Ais.
This was their victory.
However, Ais didn't react and looked at the approaching hand with confusion.
"Yay~?"
She glanced at her own hand, and without needing to be taught, she also extended a hand and lined it up towards Paimon.
"Ais, it's not like that, we need to coordinate."
"Oh~"
"Let's try again, yay—"
"Yay~"
Their hands, one big and one small, clapped together.
Paimon was very happy.
Ais looked at her hand, then at Paimon.
This was the first time she had encountered such a thing, but it felt good.
"Young people are full of joy~"
Takemikazuchi sighed and then focused on his work.
For him, selling more Jagamarukun was the most important thing, and everything else was secondary.
After all, his Familia's financial situation was quite tight.
Just like that, the three of them, a man who was supported by a goddess, a girl who was like a princess in her Familia, and a flying emergency food, formed a team and entered the dungeon.
And as soon as they entered the dungeon, Ais seemed to become a different person.
If in Orario, Ais was a cute and kuudere girl, then now she was a powerful warrior.
With the 'Desperate' sword in her hand, all the monsters were killed with a single strike.
However, because the difference in strength was too great, Ais, who was already at the peak of Level 5, had no pressure at all in the upper floors of the dungeon, effortlessly slaughtering everything in her path.
"Ethan, what's this?"
"Magic stones. You can exchange them for valis at the Guild, which means you can exchange them for money."
"Exchange for money?"
Hearing this, Paimon's eyes lit up.
She flew over and picked up all the magic stones fallen on the ground, putting them into her small pockets.
These were designed by Ethan for her, two small pockets connected to the 'Imaginary Space'.
Paimon's body was engraved with his 'Imaginary Number Magic' Cursed Technique, allowing her to open the gate to 'Imaginary Space' anytime and anywhere.
So, she was definitely a good helper to have around.
Moreover, because of Paimon's 'greedy' personality, she didn't need him to say anything, she took the initiative to work.
And Ethan could naturally take out all these magic stones at will, after all, he was the sole master of the 'Imaginary Space' and Paimon only had access to it.
"So many magic stones! How much money can we get for these~"
"Don't worry about money, I'm a rich man anyway."
"Hmph, Paimon doesn't want to go hungry. Paimon will keep all these magic stones for herself."
Saying that, she ignored Ethan and continued to pick up the magic stones dropped by the monsters Ais killed.
The scene was incredibly weird.
A beautiful girl was killing monsters in front, a flying little cutie was picking up dropped magic stones behind, and a boy was strolling leisurely at the back, like a retired old man taking a walk in the mortal world.
'Crack——'
Just as Paimon was immersed in the joy of collecting spoils, a crack suddenly appeared on the ground.
The next second, a small green-skinned monster crawled out from under the ground.
"Wah! A monster! Traveler!!!"
Paimon was startled and quickly flew towards Ethan.
Only by his side did she feel safe.
'Ya ya——'
It was a Goblin, and not an ordinary one.
Its skin was light black, and unlike those skinny green skins, its body was muscular.
It held a wooden club in its hand and was about 1.7 meters tall, a 'giant' among Goblins.
"A black Goblin, an strengthened species?"
Strengthened species had stronger growth potential and intelligence than ordinary monsters.
They were considered an 'irregular' in the dungeon and were extremely dangerous.
Some particularly irregular monsters even made it onto the Guild's bounty list.
And strengthened species among Goblins were extremely rare in the dungeon.
After all, the probability of such low-level monsters giving birth to strengthened species was not high.
'Ya——'
With a roar, the black Goblin charged towards Ethan, following its 'mother's' orders and its own instincts to tear apart all life in front of it.
"Traveler, this monster doesn't look easy to deal with. How about we retreat?"
Before Ethan could speak, Paimon started to back down.
'Pfft——'
However, a pitch-black sword shot out from a crack in the ground, piercing the black Goblin's chest.
And just like that, a rare strengthened species monster died so undramatically.
"Didn't I tell you, Paimon? I'm very strong."
"So amazing, Traveler."
Paimon was also surprised.
Was the Traveler really this strong?