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Lesson 18: Our Advantage

"Melissa, you go get a map at the reception."

"Yes."

The moment we reach the twelfth basement floor, when we return to the ground using the metastatic crystals that were nearby, we turn to Melissa to purchase the map.

This time loss hurts.

Adventurer Alliance to use for the first time.

I don't know how far I can trust you when I buy a map.

Me and Sylvia have things to do, so wait here.

"So, what can I do for you?

Ask the person behind you without turning around.

"Oh, did you notice that?

It was a man in a black robe who showed up.

"You knew I'd notice."

"Right. I was on surveillance, but I wasn't hiding any signs. If you're such a brilliant adventurer, you have to realize it."

Maybe it was a kind of test.

There were signs that someone would be watching me when I got back to the ground, so I was thinking of making contact as soon as I got back to the guild.

But as I've known since I was under surveillance, I don't think I'm going to be hostile because confronting each other like this doesn't make me feel hostile.

"So, what are you really going to do?

"I apologize for keeping an eye on you. But it's only natural for a powerful adventurer like you to be vigilant if he comes all of a sudden. This time, I'm supposed to make contact, but there are a lot of other people who care about you."

I did feel multiple signs.

You're not going to follow me to the labyrinth. I can only feel it all over the guild and the city, so fine, but I don't feel good to keep being seen much.

"Besides, he's the adventurer Cattleya brought in. That means you know Rio... and Glorio."

"Glorio -"

He called it his real name, Glorio, not 'Rio', his name as an adventurer.

Possibly know more about it to the present position.

"Sure, Rio hides his position well, but he's done very little as an adventurer this year. There are a lot of suspicious people who just stood out at the Harlem party from the beginning. I don't mean to be offensive, but for better or worse, they stood out. It's the informant who cares what they're doing if they don't show up."

Indeed, it stood out because when I saw it in Allister's guild, I was still serving as many as eight women.

It really stands out at that party.

"So you don't know the end of the guild staff or anything, but our informants have confirmed that they've been in and out of Imperial Castle here in Imperial Capital many times recently. From there, given the recent events in Imperial Castle, it also comes to understand nature and Rio's real position. The guy who can't seem to think that far is second-rate as an informer... no, you can call him an informer disqualified. And you must know where Rio really stands."

"Yeah, we're not adventurers as you think we are, we're working on a request from our original standpoint"

I think the informer in front of me and the other guy seem like a pretty good guy.

Exactly yesterday, today we just arrived. It seems we couldn't even look into our qualities, but here's the delusion, and eventually we find out that we're all active adventurers in the war that happened earlier in the spring.

So at least make it clear that you are an excellent adventurer to the extent that you can get a request from a man who will be an 'emperor'.

"I'm looking into what you guys were doing in the guild yesterday. Looks like you didn't gather any prior information to challenge your first labyrinth. Was that all you could afford?

Not that I could afford it.

I just wasn't thinking about gathering information because I trusted too many pre-arranged rules.

Besides, because of the presence of Mr. Cattleya and the others beside him, I didn't have the idea of gathering information even though I was in an Adventurer's Guild selling maps, etc.

"Or did you decide that you had no problem with power play in the beginning because you had the strength?

"Yes, no maps, but within yesterday, we're done exploring the basement to the tenth floor."

"But I needed a map within my exploration of the eleventh basement to see where I let one girl go to buy a map, is that what you mean?

I guess the idea of an informer is that he got lost while exploring Meadow Field, but it's actually necessary to hurry ahead.

So I can't afford the kind of time I'm keeping up with the word of an informer.

"Let's get down to business than that"

Sounds like you noticed.

The informant removed the rounded paper from the storage ring that was fitted in his finger.

"You should check this out."

I gave you the paper, so I'll check inside.

Inside it is depicted the structure of the labyrinth, and I remember that it is depicted as' 11 'in the upper right corner, but I can tell from the sight that I just ran here that it is a map of the eleventh basement floor.

"You guys should need a map. We have maps up to the 30th basement. Let's sell this."

"... I would buy it at a worded price if it wasn't for an extrajudicial price"

We need to hurry ahead now.

Think of it as an expense that your demerit has caused and decide to buy it at a wording.

Bad negotiations only consume time.

"Are you sure?

"This map is more finely drawn than those sold in the Alliance"

The location of the trap, the distribution of demons, and the location of the material that can be collected.

It depicted a number of pieces of information you might need to explore the labyrinth.

Entrance and exit on maps for sale in guild. Then it just depicts a place where dangerous monsters appear that are life-threatening, and no details are depicted. You need to negotiate with a cartographer who specializes in selling maps to get that much more information.

The Alliance is also trying not to sell detailed maps in order not to deprive cartographers of their profits. I can't get more information on the map I sent Melissa to buy.

"... one gold coin for one, okay?

"Yes."

I take 19 pieces of gold out of the storage ring and give them to them and charge them for a map of the basement 12th floor and beyond.

I only bought it the first time I tried the labyrinth, but at that time I was charged ten copper coins in Allister's Adventurer's Guild. Given that, the amount requested by the informant would be 1,000 times more valuable on the map. It is plugged even considering that there is more information on board.

But we need to hurry ahead.

Nothing is worth more than time.

"I knew it was worth the risk, but it was worth trying to reach you."

That's what the informer says. He gives us the map and walks away from us.

Make sure there's no one nearby and squeal.

"Lucky for you, this way."

"You're right you were lucky, but it's not a coincidence, is it?"

It's not a coincidence, as Sylvia says.

God's Luck (Godluck) x 2.

I had a feeling someone was watching me, and I was activating God's luck between me and Sylvia before I came back to earth expecting some contact from the other side.

As a result, a lucky and brilliant informant came into contact with me.

It's a coincidence, but I was improving my luck to be so.

"So what do you do with this one?

Melissa, who bought a map of the labyrinth at the guild's reception, returns.

"I'll refer to you over there"

Maps purchased from informants are created personally by adventurers who specialize in mapping, called cartographers.

Maps purchased from the Alliance are accurate maps that integrate information from many cartographers to prioritize safety. There are also good people in the cartographer and those who do not. Sometimes the maps sold by the Alliance are better in terms of safety because everything is overlooked.

Sometimes comparing the two maps might tell.

"Behavior from here, but Sylvia slams the map into your head and runs the lead"

"You've done that before, haven't you?"

Sylvia, a scout, runs the lead with perimeter vigilance.

That's the style of exploration I've had so far.

"No, unlike before, you just think about moving on. Melissa and I will take care of any enemies approaching us. Now we need to move on a little bit."

"Will you still chase him now?

"This one has already begun exploring the fourteenth basement floor"

Reports from the United Kingdom monitoring Rio's behavior.

That's all the difference between those who know where they're going and those who don't.

"I have no choice. We have no choice but to take advantage of our advantages and move on."

Our Advantage - that's a higher status than the other guy.