第三十四話 報酬額
俺とルーチェは無事に冒険者ギルドで報酬金を受け取った後、酒場にてちょっとした祝賀会を行っていた。
「ここでD級冒険者になれたのも......一千万ゴルド舞い込んできたのも、嬉しい誤算だったな」
D級冒険者になったことで名声点が充分に稼げたため、一つのスキルツリーに投入できるスキルポイントの上限が【30】から【45】へと上がったはずだ。
これでしばらくはほとんどスキルポイント上限値を気にせずに済むだろう。
〈燻り狂う牙〉の入手も見えてきたところだ。
......しかし、ラッキーだったと思う反面、またこの世界の歪さが見えてきた。
実は〈マジックワールド〉では、冒険者ギルドが〈夢の主〉の討伐報酬金を出してくれるようなことはなかったのだ。
人命の価値が上がったこの世界だからこその措置だといえる。
高レベル冒険者がわざわざ低レベルな〈
そのため討伐報酬金を出して埋め合わせる......という建前ではあるが、実際には別の側面もあるはずだ。
金銭に余裕のない冒険者が、危険を承知で〈夢の主〉へ挑むための動機付けの強化である。
露悪的にいえば、命に値段を付けているような行為だともいえる。
この世界では仕方のないことなのかもしれないが、力の及んでいない冒険者がエンブリオに挑んで〈
せめてもう少し世界の仕様が共有されていれば被害も減るのだろうが......そこに関しても、どうにもこの世界はちぐはぐなように思える。
「ど、どうしたんですかぁ、エルマさん? 何か、考え込んでいらしているようでしたが......」
「ああ、すまない。少し課題というか、悩み事というかな。ただ、せっかくの祝賀会だ。今は素直に楽しまないとな」
の入ったグラスを掲げる。
ルーチェが笑顔でグラスを持つ手を伸ばし、俺のグラスへとぶつけて乾杯した。
「ええ、そうですよぉ! 明るく行きましょうよ、明るく! 今日は好きなもの好きなだけ頼もうって言ってたじゃないですかぁ! アタシ、〈錬金王の竈亭〉で好き放題に頼むの、夢だったんです! 冒険者としてこれだって成果が出せたら、パーティーの仲間とここに来ようって!」
ルーチェは嬉しそうにそう話した後、苦笑しながら人差し指で頬を掻く。
「......もっとも、そのときはクラインさん、リースさんとここに来るつもりだったんですけどねぇ」
俺の脳裏に、冒険者ギルドで声を掛けてきたクラインの姿が浮かんだ。
クラインは俺達がギルドを出てからもしつこく追い掛けてきていた。
最初は腰を低くしていたが、最後にはやや喧嘩腰で『お前が出ていくときに最低限困らないように恵んでやったのに、恩を忘れたのか!』と叫んでいたが、ルーチェが『......受け取ってません』と返すと、がっくりと項垂れ、そのままトボトボと去っていった。
「うわっ! 〈王蟹の黒茸ソース掛けパイ〉、八千ゴルドですって! 危うく頼むところでしたが、まさかここまで高かったなんて......。エルマさん、このページの奴はダメです! 単品千四百ゴルド以下のものから探しましょう!」
ルーチェがメニューを見て騒いでいる。
好き放題頼む、という意気込みは早速打ち砕かれたらしい。
「すまない、〈王蟹の黒茸ソース掛けパイ〉を頼む」
俺が通りすがった店員へとそう声を掛けると、ルーチェがびくりと肩を震わせ、あわあわと不安げに俺と店員の顔を交互に見ていた。
「だ、大丈夫ですかぁ? そんなペースで頼んでたら、足りなくなっちゃいません?」
......〈天使の玩具箱〉であれだけ稼いだというのに、どうにも実感が湧かないらしい。
一千万ゴルドの討伐報酬と聞いてもどっしりと構えていたが、あれはどうやら入ってくる額に対する感覚が麻痺していただけで、自分が使う分には別のようだ。
「今回の報酬品の扱いと取り分について、ざっくりと話し合っておかないとな。まず、例の〈
技能の書
市場価値二千万ゴルドのアイテムだが、ルーチェが使用する価値も充分にある。
魔物相手に距離を取って安定ダメージを稼ぎやすい上に、わかりやすく強い魔法が手っ取り早く手に入るため、今後パーティーを組んだときに仲間からも舐められにくい。
「エルマさんは使わないんですか?」
「ああ、〈中級風魔法〉は悪くないスキルツリーだが、俺はもっと上を目指したい。スキルポイントの割り振り方は概ね決まっている」
〈重鎧の誓い〉と〈燻り狂う牙〉を伸ばしていく必要がある。
〈中級風魔法〉が入る余地はない。
無理に上を目指さなくても、〈中級風魔法〉を習得すれば、充分冒険者として今後一生困らずにやっていけるだろう。
〈愚者の曲芸〉と〈豪運〉では戦闘面のわかりやすい強みに欠けるが、〈中級風魔法〉があればその点をクリアできる。
パーティーの仲間にも困らなくなる。
「エルマさんがそういうつもりなら......じゃあ、アタシも使いません! だってそれって、目指す先が変わるってことじゃないですか! せっかくアタシだってもっと頑張れるって、エルマさんがそう教えてくれたんです! できるところまで挑戦してみたいですし......それに、早々にはいお別れなんて、寂しいじゃないですか!」
ルーチェがぐっと握り拳を作ってそう口にした。
俺も本音を言えば、ルーチェには最終的に強くなれるビルドを目指してもらった方が嬉しい。
〈豪運〉持ちの道化師とパーティーを組める機会は今後ないだろうし、それ以上に、ルーチェ程に信頼できて勇敢な仲間が見つかるとも思えなかったからだ。
「だったら......アレは売却だな。正直金策を焦る事情があったため、アレを売りに出せるのはありがたい」
ルーチェが首を傾げる。
「討伐報酬が一千万ゴルド......魔石が総額四百六十万ゴルド......アイテム総額が五千九百万ゴルド。魔石はギルドが冒険者支援のために市場価値で引き取ってくれる、アイテムの方は市場価値の七割で捌けるように頑張ってみよう。そうすると、総額はだいたい五千七百万ゴルドってところか」
「......額を聞いただけで、眩暈がしてきました。やっぱりどうにも信じられません」
「これを八対二の約束だったから、ルーチェが四千六百万ゴルド、俺が千百万ゴルドってところだな」
思ったより額が溜まった。
次はレベルが上がったため、もう少し上の魔物を狙った金策も行えるはずだ。
成金ラーナのいた〈天使の玩具箱〉は使えなくなってしまったが、また別の〈夢の主〉を狙ってみるのも悪くない。
「あの話、まだ生きてたんですかぁ!?」
ルーチェが机を叩いて、立ち上がった。
「どうしたんだルーチェ、周りの客が見てるぞ。八二だと不服だったか?」
「い、いえ、すみませ......じゃなくて! 受け取れるわけないじゃないですかぁ、どう考えたって! だいたいエルマさんが計画して、エルマさんが身体張ってたのに! どっから出てきたんですか、あの八二って!」
「だが、これくらいで取り決めしていることが多くて......」
この世界では知らないが、〈マジックワールド〉では幸運担当は他のメンバーの三倍程度の分配を得ることが多かった。
それも、他のステータスも上がる代わりに幸運力自体の上昇率は低い〈強運〉のスキルツリー持ちや、便利な魔法を覚える代わりに初期幸運力で道化師に劣る奇術師など、いわゆる妥協幸運担当での配分でそれである。
ルーチェは道化師であり、初期幸運力も恐らくかなり高い。
四倍が相場と見て間違いないはずだ。
四倍の報酬は高く感じるかもしれない。
だが、幸運担当は上位勢のパーティーにおいて必須クラスでありながら、戦闘においてどうしても地味な立ち回りを強いられがちなのだ。
かつどうしても参加できないエンドコンテンツがあったり、全体的にイベントでは他クラスより活躍できないことも多い。
そのため強力ではあるが、『幸運力重視のキャラビルドをしない理由』が存在する。
そういう諸々も考慮すれば、妥当なラインになってくる......。
「どの界隈の話なんですか、その取り決め条件!? 逆の立場でエルマさん、受け取れますかこの四千万ゴルド! アタシ、パーティーに誘ってもらって......ここまでレベルを引き上げてもらったことだけでも、感謝してもしきれないくらいなのに!」
仮にこの世界でそこまで浸透していないとしても、あのアイテムドロップ率への影響度合いを考えると、この辺りが適正なラインだと思うんだがな。
Ch 34
After Luce and I safely received the reward money from the adventurer's guild, we came over to a restaurant to have a small celebration.
"Getting promoted to D rank adventurers and that additional 10 million gold was an unexpected surprise, but a welcome one."
By becoming a D rank adventurer I should've got enough Fame points that the max Skill points allowed in a single Skill Tree should've increased from [(30)]  to [(45)] .
With this I won't have to worry about Skill point ceilings for a good while.
Getting the [Smoldering Fang of Madness] also seems closer now.
....however, even though we could be considered lucky in the end, it also highlights the irregularity of this world once again.
In Magic World, there was no reward money offered from the adventurer's guild for defeating a Dream Lord.
I can safely say that it's because of the increased value of life in this world.
Even if a high level adventurer went out of their way to clear a lower level Dungeon, they wouldn't be getting enough rewards that would fit their level.
So they put up a reward for it to compensate for that, officially speaking, but..... that's most likely not the only reason for it.
It's to increase the motivation of financially desperate adventurers to willingly face the Dream Lord.
If we want to focus on the negatives, it's basically putting a price on people's lives.
This might not be that big of a deal in this world, but this offer of reward was most likely the cause for the Embryo getting attacked by adventurers that weren't strong enough, and thereby causing a Wandering Lord incident.
If only information would be shared more regularly in this world, the death toll could be lowered, but.... in this aspect too, this world is strange.
"W-what is it, Elma-san? You seem to be deep in thought...."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I was thinking about something a bit worrisome, but this should be a celebration, we should be enjoying it right now instead."
I raise my glass with cider in it.
With a smile Luce reached out with the hand she had her own glass in and we toasted by clinking our glasses together.
"Yeah, that's right! Let's be cheerful, be cheerful! I said I would order anything I want, as much as I want! Ordering what I want at the Hearth of the Alchemist King was a dream of mine! That and coming here together with my party after achieving something spectacular as an adventurer!"
After her cheerful announcement, Luce poked her cheek while changing to a bitter smile.
"....that being said, at the time I thought I would be coming here with Klein-san and Reese-san."
From her mention I remembered when Klein tried to talk to us at the adventurer's guild.
Even after we left the Guild, Klein kept persistently chasing us.
At first he tried to ingratiate himself for a while, but at the end he belligerently screamed: 'I even left you a gift when you left the party so you would have no problems. Are you so ungrateful now!?', but when Luce simply said '....I didn't take it', he just dropped his head and tottered away.
"Uwah! Crab King Pie with Black Mushroom Sauce, for 8000 gold! I almost ordered it just now, but I didn't think it would cost that much.... Elma-san, things on this page are no good! Let's order something that's no more than 1400 gold!"
Luce was all but bouncing in her seat while looking through the menu.
It seems her objective of ordering anything she wanted was already discarded.
"Excuse me, one Crab King Pie with Black Mushroom Sauce, please."
When I called out to a waitress walking close by, Luce's shoulders trembled and she kept anxiously looking between me and the waitress.
"C-can we do that? If we keep ordering like that, won't it all run out soon?"
....even though we made so much money in the Angel's Toybox, it still hasn't registered for her.
She was surprisingly composed when hearing about the 10 million gold reward, but it seems it was simply because she was already numb to the incoming money. However, using it to pay for something seems to belong to a different category.
"We need to talk about what to do with the drop items and our respective cut of the rewards. First of all, that Skill Book.... Do you want to use it, Luce?"
The [Intermediate Wind Magic] Skill Book dropped by the Embryo....
Although it's an item with a Market Value of 20 million gold, it would also be pretty valuable if it was used by Luce.
It would provide a stable damage output against monsters from afar and would allow her to obtain a straightforwardly powerful spell in short order, so future prospective party members would be less likely to underestimate her.
"Won't you use it, Elma-san?"
"Nah, the [Intermediate Wind Magic] Skill Tree is not a bad one, but I want to set my aim higher. I've already decided how to use my future Skill points."
I need to put every point I can into [Vow of the Heavy Armor] and the [Smoldering Fang of Madness].
I don't have any surplus for [Intermediate Wind Magic].
She doesn't need to aim high like that, if she learns the [Intermediate Wind Magic], then she should be able to lead a smooth life as an adventurer.
The [Great Fortune] and [The Fool's Acrobatics] Trees lack straightforward battle power, but with [Intermediate Wind Magic] that problem would be solved.
She won't need to be worried about not finding a party and she won't be underestimated like it was with Klein either.
"If you say so, Elma-san.... Then I won't use it either! That would mean that our goals would not be the same! Elma-san just recently proved to me that I can be so much better! I want to see how far I can go, and.... saying goodbye like that would be just too sad!"
Declared Luce with a clenched fist.
From my side, I would be happy if Luce would keep aiming for a strong build.
I don't think I would have the chance to party up with another Clown with the [Great Fortune] in the future, and what's even more important is that I don't think I could find another teammate who's more courageous than Luce.
"In that case.... we will sell that one. To be honest I have a bit of a money problem, so I'm thankful that that one will also be sold."
Luce tilted her head in a questioning manner.
"The subjugation reward is 10 million gold....the magic stones are over all 4.4 million gold.... the items 59 million gold total. The magic stones will be bought at Market Value to support adventurers and let's try to sell the items for at least 70% of their Market Value. That means our expected total is roughly 57 million gold."
".....I got dizzy just from hearing that total. I still can't believe it."
"We agreed on a 8:2 ratio, so Luce's cut is 46 million gold and mine is around 11 million gold."
That's more than I thought.
Since our levels went up we should be able to hunt higher level monsters during our next grind for money.
The Angel's Toybox where the Golden Ranas were had become unusable, so it might not be a bad idea to take down another Dream Lord.
"Are you still saying that!?"
Luce sprang up as she slapped the table.
"Luce, what are you doing? The other guests are looking at us. Do you think 20% is too much?"
"Ah, n-no, sorry.... But no! There is no way I can accept that much, no matter how you look at it! It was you who made all the plans and risked your life the most, Elma-san! Where did you get that 80% from!"
"But this is a common ratio....."
I don't know about this world, but in Magic World it was common that the Luck provider would get about three times as much as other members.
It's the case even with the second-choice Luck provider Class, the Magician, which has useful spells and the [Good Fortune] Skill Tree, which has a reduced Luck gain in exchange for a boost with the other stats, but lower starting Luck compared to a Clown.
But Luce is a Clown and most likely had a pretty high starting Luck.
Four times as large of a cut should be right about appropriate.
That may seem like a lot.
However, while it's a must have Class for high level parties, its fighting potential is somewhat lacking.
Because of that there are some endgame contents that it can't participate in and overall can contribute less to various events than some other Classes.
For that reason, while it's powerful, there are reasons not to use a Luck focused character build.
Taking all that into consideration, the aforementioned conclusion seems more reasonable....
"In what world would those conditions be reasonable!? Would you accept this 40 million if it was you in my place, Elma-san!? Even the fact that you invited me to a party and managed to increase my level to this point is something I can't even properly express my gratitude for!"
Even if this is not that common here, I still think that ratio should be fine based on how much the drop rate was increased.
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