Chapter 26: Expensive Information

Guild.

"Hmmm,"

Ars, who was reading a book, suddenly immediately felt the presence of someone who broke into the guild through the dungeon. Ars immediately stopped his reading activity, standing quietly, while looking at Rayleigh who stepped out of the dungeon.

"You complete this second mission faster than before, Rayleigh" Ars immediately opened the conversation while watching Rayleigh walk towards him with a smile.

"Hahaha, of course!" Rayleigh said with great pride, "The mission performed by me is only a mission to collect elixir manufacturing materials. How could it be possible that the mission will be completed in a long time?"

Ars immediately confirmed related to the mission just completed by Rayleigh, "I have already confirmed it. You can already check in the panel your current status. Your exp must have come in along with the money from your mission"

Rayleigh immediately opened the status panel that belonged to him.

Name: Silver Rayleigh

Level: 1

Status Information:

Strength: 5 (+5)

Defense: 5

Speed: 5

Free Points: 0

Finance: 0 white gold coins 0 gold coins 7 silver coins 0 bronze coins.

Exp: 46.8% (1170/2500)

List of Abilities

· Advanced Conqueror Haki (SS)

· Advanced Armament Haki (S)

· Advanced Observation Haki (A)

· Sword Skills (B)

Equipment:

· Normal Sword - Level 1 (Strength +5)

"By the way, have you ever come to Sky Island on floor 1? That place is a location that is usually overgrown with various medicinal plants. There is also Sky Island, which is located close to Atlantis City, which is overgrown with Grisal Plants. Did you come there?"

"Sure" Rayleigh nodded as he lowered his status panel, "The scenery up there makes me quite nostalgic especially considering my adventures with my previous group. I wonder when we can have such an adventure again?"

"As long as you can quickly obtain the resurrection crystal to resurrect Roger. You can immediately re-experience the adventure together with him" Ars replied calmly.

"How about we suggest so that we can get it quickly?" Rayleigh smiled, "As the owner of this place, you can do it, right?"

"Although you are the first adventurer here. There is no such thing as a backdoor" Ars said flatly: "Get the item by your ability. I won't help"

"Hahaha, as I expected" Despite getting a direct rejection from Ars, Rayleigh just laughed and wasn't angry about this.

"Oh, yes. Hancock and others took on a pretty interesting mission" Ars instantly changed the subject.

"Quite an interesting mission? Hearing you say these things, surely the mission they took was not an ordinary mission, right?" Rayleigh asked, raising his forehead, "It just so happened that at the time I was on the mission before, I saw that Hancock and others also seemed to be on a mission. Is that the mission you said is quite interesting?"

"I don't know enough" Ars shook his head, "Hancock and others took two missions. The first mission was the destruction of the bandit camp that existed in the southern area of Atlantis City. While the second mission is the collection of information related to a new underground maze that appeared 10 kilometers in the northern region"

"Northern territory?" Rayleigh asked, "I guess the mission Hancock was carrying out at the time I saw her was a mission to carry out the destruction of the Bandit Camp"

"Did they go to the southern region?" Ars asked.

"Yes. They came to the same territory as me" Rayleigh nodded, "Which mission did you say was interesting enough?"

"The second mission," Ars said, "Was pretty interesting and adventurous because the underground maze they were going to investigate was a newly formed underground maze. The rewards for that mission are also quite rich... How a... you come together to carry out the mission?"

"Come with them?" Rayleigh asked strangely, "What is that request from you?"

"Not really" Ars shook his head, "It was just a suggestion from me. Whether you want to participate in the mission or not, is your decision. I also don't think Hancock will resist your involvement in the mission. The underground maze is different from the monster area because in the underground maze there are many traps and monsters whose strength is quite strong. Your participation in this mission can guarantee the safety of Hancock and others. You will also benefit later"

"Oh? Advantage? What benefits did I get?" Rayleigh's interest increased hearing this.

"You will gain experience in exploring underground mazes," Ars said calmly, "By the time Shanks and others came. You're going to form a team with them, right? With you forming a team, the best mission to be carried out by you is the exploration or conquest of an underground maze where the rewards obtained are higher than other rewards. Although some missions are not in the maze have equivalent or even more rewards. But there are few of them and they are hard to find. With your participation in this mission that Hancock will carry out, you will gain experience in exploration in dungeons and will also have future readiness."

"Hmmm, that's not something bad" Rayleigh nodded.

"If you want to come along. My suggestion is to carry out this mission tomorrow" Ars said, "The location of the underground maze is quite far away and also at this time will be soon in the afternoon. With the level of strength you currently have, it will be very dangerous to break into the monster's territory at night. The strength of monsters at night is usually increased by two to three times compared to their normal strength"

Rayleigh took a deep breath at this and asked, "Are you kidding me?"

"Do you look at me like I'm joking?" Ars asked strangely.

"I don't think so..." Rayleigh shook his head, "As for my suggestion. I'll take it. I'll wait for Hancock to come back and discuss this with them"

"Likely, they will still be back for a long time," Ars said calmly: "You can go back into the dungeon and start preparing your equipment. You already have money, don't you? Go to the Blacksmith and then buy the equipment you need or don't upgrade your sword. So that later it will be easy to defeat monsters in the future"

"The plan is just that" Rayleigh smiled and continued, "How long do Blacksmiths usually upgrade one's equipment?"

"Usually just look at the queue," Ars said.

"Queue?"

"As long as no one asks to be made a gun and not many people are there. Let's just say, at that time it was just you. The increase is quite fast. For weapon upgrades from +2 to +7 levels, it usually takes 30 minutes for every level. As for upgrading more than this, the longer the time" Ars paused and continued, "My advice, by the time you come to the Blacksmith and want to upgrade the goods. Just say how much you want to improve. For example, you want to increase your sword to +7. You can tell the Blacksmith or maybe the employee there to raise this sword to that level. Later, they will tell you how long the process will take and you can choose whether or not to come when the sword is finished. There is usually a difference between the time of upgrading defensively and improving directly. The time to upgrade directly will be faster than defending. However, the price itself is relatively the same."

"Fine" Rayleigh nodded and suddenly himself recalled something, "By the way, Ars. I want to get information about the Lake of Life"

"Lake of life?" Ars asked, raising his forehead, "Oh? This is interesting. Where did you get this information?"

"I got it through a young Alchemist" Rayleigh smiled slightly, "He said that there is a lake that can help to rejuvenate the appearance. Yet it is just a legend among them. However, since it is a legend, surely the place exists, right?"

"Legends are made because someone has come, seen, or felt then spread them," Ars said calmly, "But, you need something to be able to get the information"

"How many?" Rayleigh asked seriously.

"10 white gold coins for the information"

"10 white gold coins?" Rayleigh's eyes widened instantly at this, "Aren't you withdrawing excess profits?"

"How is it possible?" Ars asked calmly, "This information you requested is considerable information besides that the 10 gold coins themselves are the cost of confirming alone"

"Confirm it? What do I mean?" Rayleigh asked with a bad feeling.

"Have I ever said that the place exists or not?" Ars asked back calmly, "I'm just saying that legends are made because someone has come, seen, or felt them. It could be that the legend is a true legend or it may not be. The cost of those 10 white gold coins is just to confirm it. Because it could be, there is someone who made a false legend or whatever it is. If you want to get fully informed about what you want such as rejuvenating your appearance and body. At least 100 white gold coins. The information will be provided and it is informational only. Not included with how to find it and others"

Rayleigh instantly fell silent when he heard this and stared at Ars with a strange look, "You know, I think the previous Shakky was a black businessman who attracted profits at all costs. But hearing you heal the price... I guess you are the real black businessman"

"Don't say that" Ars said grimly: "Shakky withdrew his profits deliberately. He sold a drink that was supposed to cost only a few berries at the other bar but he immediately pulled up to 100 times the price of the other place. I'm not like that. The information sold by me is in line with the price"

Rayleigh sighed at this.

"If you don't want to get information from me. You can try to find the information yourself" Ars said calmly, "Good relations with the people in the dungeon, especially for people who influence the dungeon, will make it easier for you to get various kinds of information, especially important information in the dungeon. Well, with a note that you already have a good relationship with them. If not, then forget it. They probably won't even allow you to carry out the mission they issued"

Rayleigh instantly remembered someone who had a great influence in the dungeon and was now acquainted with him, "It's possible, I can get it from him. But, my relationship with him is still not good enough. Hmm, I don't think visiting his restaurant every day is a problem while trying to improve the relationship with him"

"It seems that you have already got someone you can make a place to get information" Ars said calmly, "What is Jouichirou?"

"How did you find out?" Rayleigh asked strangely.

"Of all the places we've been before. Only Jouichirou was always in place or on the 1st floor. It is very rare for a person to go upstairs to do activities. Hmm, well, it's usually rare for him to go up to do all sorts of activities" Ars said calmly, "You can try him and hope he knows information about the place. Otherwise, you have to find someone who has it or doesn't buy it for me"

"It's impossible to buy it for you" Rayleigh said grimly: "The price you gave is too dark"

"There is a price, there is a quality," Ars said calmly, "The more valuable a piece of information, the greater the price. The information you want is one of the huge pieces of information even in the case of dungeons. Of course, the price offered to get this information directly is also very expensive" Ars paused and continued, "I'm sure you know too, don't you? As a person with experience on the battlefield, information is the most difficult thing to obtain. Similarly, in a dungeon, the more valuable the information, the higher the price. It is even possible that in the future there will be someone who opens a business of buying and selling information in the dungeon."

"Isn't it just going to spark your efforts?" Rayleigh asked strangely, "Don't you mind?"

"They are free to do anything in the dungeon. After all, my purpose for making this place is for fun. As long as they like it, why should I hold it back?" Ars asked casually.

"I think so too" Rayleigh sighed then continued, "I'd better go back to the dungeon. I will prepare well"

"Good luck"

Rayleigh waved his hand and walked straight back into the dungeon.

"Hmmm, rejuvenation, well? I'm quite interested what if the Gorosei are about information about it? They will do everything possible to find the place. Well, the older a person is, the more afraid to die, especially people who hold power. Since they are already comfortable in their position to rule, they will be afraid if they are overthrown. I wonder, what will happen in this world after they know about this place? I'm interested in seeing it in person"

Ars immediately returned to his seat and began to do his activity of reading books in the style of a Light novel.