[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 512

The C-Grade items are priced far higher, up to a few gold per drop. I don't believe anyone in this town that isn't a part of the army can farm these just yet, but I'll still leave them up for people to try. Most likely, some of the army recruits will go off and fulfill these orders once they have some free time. I'm not worried about it.

This is most importantly to get people used to the system, and stimulate the economy a bit.

Right now, it's technically losing me money, I could just farm everything myself, but it will be far more convenient for me once my trading deals expand and I can't physically farm enough materials myself.

Once all of the signs with pricing are made, I show up to Dan Striker's mercenary bar and tell him to break the news about extra work being available at the guildhall if anyone wants it.

I have my double that is guarding the isolation pod with Ember inside do some extra work, having it wait just above the bunker entrance inside the center room and answer all questions from passersby once a few people come by interested in the details of farming and payouts.

By the end of the night, over 2 dozen people have come by in total.

My second double stays high above the town to do general surveillance, while my third and final double watches over the dungeons to make sure that everyone entering them is able to handle the monsters inside. Some may challenge higher grade dungeons than they're ready for, so I'll lightly regulate the canyon for now to make sure they don't kill themselves just for an extra silver coin or two.

For those that come by, I offer high-grade gear that fits their needs for free as a one-time deal. After the first, they will have to buy it in a basic marketplace I'll be setting up in the guildhall in the upcoming days. Not only will people be able to hand in item drops for profit, I'll be selling crafted gear, mana crystals, and various magic items so they can buy what they wish for personal use as well.

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Three days pass.

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As expected, the farming operation starts off slow, but word of mouth spreads, and I even have to go to Vice City to exchange some of the platinum I'm sitting on for gold and silver coins to craft them into the Flame Emperor's coins to keep up with the expected volume in the future.

In just these past three days, almost 10% of the E and D grade items necessary have been farmed. On day one, it was less than 1%, and every day the volume is rising as I give them regen potions to heal their fatigue and more word of mouth spreads.

I'm looking forward to further growth to meet this deadline that now has 27 days remaining, we're right on track.

The members of the army that have been training in the labyrinth all have grown very quickly too.

In just two days, all of them have blown past level 500 and ranked up, making it to the 30th floor, gaining a few hundred million MCP each.

By the end of the third day, all of them managed to clear the 30th floor boss solo, surpassing level 750, and as a congratulatory gift for making it this far, I craft a special blood-bonded piece of gear with the extreme grade element stones they've managed to farm themselves matching with their elements.

As we move on to the final stretch of floors, 31 and onward, I see this team of elemental elites becoming an unstoppable army. My goal over the next few weeks is to get every one of them to level 1000 with the mana control and combat ability to match it.

After another long hard day of training, they all go back to the residential area and relax and have their off time while I get more work done.

They all may be rising in mana control drastically, but none of them are near my level where they basically don't have to sleep at all anymore.

Every 30 minutes or so while we were training in the labyrinth, I went up to the 39th floor to collect more firestones. At night while everyone slept, I continued to farm.

After these sessions, I've managed to farm 136 more containment stones and have collapsed 14 more dungeons with them ranging from E to D far out in the solitude of the desert. I have more than enough luminite now to create multiple teleport platforms, so my plan is to see Bri and craft hers while I deliver the first installment of her raw farmed dungeon materials.

Along with this, the construction materials needed to begin phase two for the Crimson City's expansion are ready for pickup.

This order will be enough to build over five times the housing that's available in the city now. It will also expand and fortify the guildhall to look more professional and efficient. More streets and buildings in the outer areas of the town will be made to produce another 20-30 shops around the new apartments, and most importantly, enough materials are being purchased to begin making a road as a proper trade route connecting the nearby sectors and smaller isolated villages.

So, as the sun sets, I hop into a dungeon and teleport to Vice City to get things in motion.

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