Chapter 4: Currency

"Well, we arrived at the first stop" said Ars while standing in front of a building that had a sign on it that read "Yube Inn"

"Lodging?" Rayleigh asked while raising his eyebrows.

"This building is a building that functions as an inn. In this dungeon also has the concept of setting the time of day and night. Adventurers also need rest time to recover the energy they have after going on an adventure. Of course, adventurers are free to choose whether to return to the previous world to rest or to rest in the dungeon by renting a place to stay in an inn."

Ars paused for a moment and continued, "The Yube Inn is an inn that has common qualities within this floor. This inn doesn't charge too high a price especially to the adventurers who have just entered the dungeon. The price for the room itself, which is the most standard, is 10 bronze coins and even then you have eaten the breakfast they prepared even though the taste of the food and the food provided is not much. However, it was enough for the adventurers who had breakfast to eat. Meanwhile, if adventurers want to get a better room, the maids can go find a higher quality inn even though the price is also quite high."

Shakky and Rayleigh nodded and kept the information in their minds.

"Let's continue"

Ars then took them to a closed house.

"In this dungeon, adventurers can later buy a property or a house that they will live in" Ars said, "Just like this house" Ars immediately pointed to the house that was right in front of him, "This house itself is a house that has no occupants. Or you could say this house is specifically for sale. This house is sold once with all the equipment in it. It means that when adventurers buy this house, they don't have to worry about the household equipment they have to prepare."

"This is really something very interesting" said Shakky while touching her chin, "Can we see inside that house, Ars?"

"Too bad" Ars shook his head, "It can't be done"

"Can not?" Rayleigh asked as he raised his eyebrows, "How can adventurers judge the house if they want to buy it?"

Ars didn't immediately answer the question but directly touched the front of the house where an information board immediately appeared inside Ars.

"There are also like that?" Shakky asked with a face full of surprise.

"Every house that is ready for sale will have a mechanism like this" Ars said, "Adventurers who want to buy a house and want to see the information on the house can simply see it through the information board that can be accessed directly in front of the house like what I did. This information board will later provide pictures of the situation of the house as well as other things along with the price of this house."

"Hmmm…"

Shakky and Rayleigh then walked by Ars and saw information about the house. The house seen by Ars is a house that has 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, there is also a living room, family room, dining room, and kitchen that are all ready to use.

"50 gold coins?" Shaky asked.

"Is this price quite expensive, Ars?" Rayleigh asked.

"Hmmm… Well… How should I say it… Honestly, for this price, it's quite cheap, especially since this house itself is a standard house" Ars paused, "If you want to say expensive… You can take the example of the building on the forest floor of the lake with a very beautiful view. or maybe a house on a sky island…"

"Island of the sky?" Rayleigh immediately showed his interest, "Does such an island also exist?"

"There is" Ars nodded, "There is also such an island on this floor. However, that island is not a liveable island because it is in monster territory." Ars paused and continued, "Back to the previous topic. Regarding the price of this property. This price itself is quite cheap compared to the prices of houses in the locations I mentioned. Some even have a higher price. However, it is upstairs. For the houses built in the two places I said before… At least the cheapest price is 50 white gold coins"

"50 white gold coins?" Rayleigh asked while raising his eyebrows.

"By the way, it seems that this place doesn't use paper currency and instead uses coins." Shakky said calmly, "I saw that the rewards that adventurers would get when completing missions were coins and not money paper." Shakky paused and continued, "I guess this coin has grades too, doesn't it?"

"That's right" Ars nodded, "This world does use coins as currency that is used as an object of payment for something. The currency with the smallest value in the world is bronze while the highest value is white gold. 100 bronze coins are worth 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins have the same value as 1 gold coin, and 100 gold coins are worth 1 white gold coin"

"100 gold coins has a value equivalent to 1 white gold coin…" Rayleigh muttered, "Doesn't that mean 50 white gold coins equal…"

"Of course… That's equivalent to 5000 gold coins and to collect 5000 gold coins is quite difficult and long. One has to do a lot of missions and hunts in order to collect that much."

Shakky and Rayleigh were quite speechless hearing this especially both of them have good thinking skills and can judge situations well.

"Oh yes. I forgot to tell you too" Ars suddenly remembered something, "Later on when someone has registered to become an adventurer. In addition they will get access to the dungeon and also their status map. They will also later acquire an ability called storage space."

"Storage?" Shakky and Rayleigh asked with great interest.

Ars then immediately summoned his status board and immediately entered the storage area, "This is the storage capacity's ability. With this, the adventurers can store the things they have, such as money and other items. This ability alone could only be used by someone inside the dungeon and not in the outside world. Later when someone has successfully registered to become an adventurer, they will later get this ability along with 10 storage spaces that they can use to store their items. Items stored can be in the form of weapons, food and others. As for the money they have. They can directly put it into the storage area where the money will go directly to the bottom city by generating a numeric value."

Rayleigh and Shakky stared curiously at Ars' storage status panel.

"Well, about something that can store items and then use them in the real world. Items like that are in this dungeon."

Shakky and Rayleigh's interest immediately increased upon hearing this and their gazes immediately turned to Ars.

"Is it true that the item is in this place?" Rayleigh asked.

Ars nodded, "There are three ways to get it. The first way is to buy it directly at the Blackmist Shop. Getting it this way itself is quite easy. Because you just need to find the Blackmist Shop, go to it, then buy it there. Usually items like this are sold there and will not run out. However, the drawback is that the amount of storage space in these items is relatively small and the price is also quite expensive. Usually for a storage item with 1 storage space it costs around 1 to 10 gold coins and it depends on the Blackmist Shop who wants to sell it at what price"

"10 gold coins for one storage space ?... The price is quite high." Rayleigh nodded seriously.

"Then the second way is to get it through items dropped by monsters when they die. The monsters killed by the pre-adventurer will immediately disappear and leave something behind. If lucky, an adventurer could get the storage items he wanted. However, this method is also less effective. Because if you want to use this method one has to be lucky and also the adventurer can't have storage items. It's the same with the first way ."

"What about the third way ? Is it the same as the other two ways?" Shaky asked.

"Well, this third way is quite different from the first and second way. This third method frees the adventurer to be able to get the storage item he wants but the adventurer must have strong strength to be able to get it" Ars said, "This third method is more like gathering materials to make storage items"

"Gather?" Rayleigh asked.

" This way an adventurer will come to the Blackmist Shop and ask the shop to make a storage item according to his request. Later the Blackmist Shop will ask you to find the items needed to make the item and then hand it over to them. Usually if it was an adventurer who gathered the ingredients, the price for self-made was quite cheap. Meanwhile, if you use materials owned by the Blackmist Shop, the price will be very expensive. Especially if the summoner requested the creation of a storage item with a large amount of storage space. The materials for making that item must be very step-by-step and hard to find."

"Nevertheless… I prefer to use the third method" Rayleigh said calmly, "I can gather those materials while also leveling up to increase my strength."

"Everyone has different choices. Some like the first method , some like the second way, and some like the third way." Ars paused and continued, "Well, since we've already discussed the issue of the Blackmist Shop. How about going over there? At the same time, the two of you can see the various items an adventurer must have."

Shakky and Rayleigh nodded.