Chapter 257

Chapter 260: Izay: Money is Just a Number to Me (Please Subscribe!)

The night passed with an unusual stillness.

The new species did not choose to launch another surprise attack on Loki Familia’s camp during the night.

This allowed the members on watch, including Finn, to breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps the number of new species monsters encountered during the day was all there were? In any case, not being attacked a second time was a stroke of luck.

After all, within the Dungeon, monsters could appear at any moment…

By the next day, the expedition team followed their leader’s orders and began evacuating from the fiftieth floor.

The speed of this retreat might just be the fastest in Loki Familia’s expedition history.

With much of the weapons and equipment destroyed, the group’s pace quickened significantly.

However, for the same reason, the difficulty of engaging monsters on the way back increased.

And there was one more critical point.

They had lost a great deal on this expedition.

To put it plainly — money.

Valis cannot take such a hit!

All the expedition supplies prepared with so much funding went down the drain.

The main members’ weapons had been dissolved. Those were all top-tier Adventurers’ Armed Equipments!

Finn’s Spear of Command, Gress’s Battle Axe of Earth, Tiona’s Ulgah, and Tiona’s custom Recurve Knife and Throwing Knives purchased with her hard-earned cash. The weapons of most of the second unit members were also destroyed.

Though they could somewhat compensate by selling the rewards from Adventurers’ Quests, Magic Stones, and loot items,

compared to their losses, it was like trying to fill the ocean with a teacup.

One could imagine that for a while, Finn and his team would likely have to bear the debt of buying new weapons and tighten their belts.

But there was one person completely exempt from this situation.

As the richest kid in the family, Izay was currently enduring a kind of trouble he shouldn’t be having.

“Hmm… Am I imagining things? Why do I feel like everyone is looking at me with green eyes?” Izay, bearing these gazes, started a conversation with Haruhi beside him.

The fox-eared girl usually stuck close to him when not in battle, much like how a certain small fairy clung to Ais.

“Is what Lord Izay says… like the look of someone staring at a lamb?”

Caught off guard by Izay’s sudden initiation of conversation, Haruhi first averted her gaze before timidly responding.

It must be said, her description felt quite fitting.

However, the word “lamb” stirred some buried memories in Riviria’s mind, causing her expression to become slightly awkward as she corrected her.

“It would be better described as the look of a hungry wolf sizing up a fat sheep, Haruhi.”

“Ah? Is, is that so?”

Riviria’s interjection made Izay pause.

Why did it feel like she was trying to cover something up? Was the teacher still holding a grudge over that incident?

Muttering internally, he subtly glanced at the exquisite cheeks of the elven royal, then… his emerald-green eyes met Riviria’s secretly observing ones, and in an instant, they exchanged information.

‘Izay, you promised to absolutely forget about that incident! Why do you still remember?!’

‘I didn’t want to either! Teacher, wasn’t it you who brought it up first? How unjust this is~!’

‘Ugh, ugh, ugh…!’

The corner of the elven royal’s mouth stiffened slightly, her teeth gritted together as she silently argued with Izay, her beautiful eyes becoming increasingly sharp.

Izay quickly withdrew his gaze, pretending nothing happened.

He did it so fast that even the surrounding top-tier adventurers didn’t notice anything unusual.

At this moment, Ais looked over with her usual calm expression: “Izay… is a fat sheep?”

The girl noticed the strange looks Tione and the others were giving Izay but couldn’t quite understand their meaning.

“Or what? Ais, now all of us are broke except for Izay, the filthy rich dog. He’s still acting like the same old filthy rich dog.” Tione explained.

Wait? What does that mean, calling me a filthy rich dog? You should explain yourself! I’m actually approachable!

Izay immediately became dissatisfied, feeling he had something to say.

But his companions didn’t want to hear him speak. They all nodded in agreement with Tione’s statement.

“Um~!”

Tiona, Bert, Raul, Cruz… even Gress chimed in.

“You’re clearly just jealous of my savings! Beware, jealousy will make you ugly!”

“Ugly!? To quote Loki, we’re practically falling apart! That’s over a hundred million Valis!”

Even the cheerful Tiona couldn’t help but clutch her head and wail.

Spending over a hundred million Valis to remake Ulgah, then another hundred million Valis for Izay to enchant it.

Was money so easy to earn?

At the rate of top-tier adventurers, it would take months to gather over two hundred million Valis, right?

“So, Ais, you get it now? Izay is currently a filthy rich dog that everyone hates!”

Wrapping her arm around Ais’ shoulder, Tione affectionately joked with her. Ais nodded uncertainly.

Upon hearing this, Izay drew out his tone in disbelief.

“Are you saying, Tione, that you’re brave enough? I was considering whether or not to give you a discount, but now it seems we lack fate, huh?”

—!?

Instantly, Tione’s ears perked up. She subtly released her arm from around Ais and began rubbing her hands together as she approached Izay in a flattering manner.

“Lord Izay~ Is what you’re saying true?”

Izay: “……”

Ais: “……”

Others: “……”

The rapid change in attitude left everyone astonished, and Tiona wiped her eyes forcefully, clearly thinking: Is this my sister!?

After a bit of teasing, Izay eventually agreed to give her a slight discount, and naturally, he didn’t forget the others.

After all, money was just a number to him; there was no point in counting anymore.

Every month, he waved his hand for enchantments and split profits lying down with Hephaestus Familia, achieving N small goals.

Selling weapons (consumables) in Orario really paid off!!

But the enchantment effects seemed to have little resistance against corrosive Poison skills, which surprised Izay somewhat.

He couldn’t help but ponder if he should improve his Enchantment techniques.

Within the group, Tiona was shocked for quite a while before snapping back to reality.

“I’ve never seen anyone other than Finn able to control my older sister… Izay, you’re too strong…”

In another sense.

“Being praised like this by Tiona makes me not happy at all~” — by Finn.

After detaching from the deeper layers, everyone continued chatting lightly as they progressed. On the fifth day, the expedition team returned to the Middle Layer area.

Specifically, the eighteenth floor.

But everyone had no intention of resting on this Safe Floor. Compared to stopping in the Dungeon, they preferred pushing a little further until they got home, where they could enjoy a hearty meal and a good night’s sleep.