Life is a race part 6

As her crying stopped she continued "I can't express my gratitude in words young master."

"you don't have to be so thankful Helena,Now that your problems have been solved you can help me in dealing with mine."

"what is it that you need my help for,young master."

"Helena what was your job before being injured."

"I used to be an executive among one of the largest merchant organisation in the orc federation ,young master."

"Helena did you ever come in contact with the adventures in your previous jobs."

"yes, young master due to my job I have years of experience working with them."

"Then do you know how the adventures are able to access the dungeons."

"Before I tell you about adventures and dungeons how much do you know about them,young master."

"Nothing much but that the dungeons are the best place for training and earning money,as for my knowledge of adventurers they are basically the jack of all trades or in another words a sword for hire willing to do dangerous and difficult jobs for their clients."

"Then you really don't know much about the dungeons and adventurers young master."

"Officially according to records there are two types of dungeons young master,the common dungeons that you see everywhere around is the first one.They are often created as result of concentration of huge amount of mana in one particular region.These dungeons are also called "Dungeons of grace" by many adventures as these dungeons often have various items, treasures and artifacts in them.

The dungeons offer valuable rewards to those who seek to challenge and clear it.The dungeons have their unique environment and terrains it can be same or completely different from the region where it is located.Entering a dungeon is like entering a complete different space and dimensions.It is like a small world on it's own.Due to presence of these variable and different environment often rare herbs and minerals are found in the dungeons making it an excellent and important source of income for the region it is located.The high concentration of mana in the dungeons results in explosive growth of the monsters residing inside it making it an ideal place to train.These dungeons don't disappear after they are cleared and are often managed by the lord of the region."

"So Helena,Are there really no other dangers from these dungeons except for people accidentally falling into it and getting killed by the monsters."

"No young master,an uncleared dungeon is always a danger to the territory as there are often cases of monsters coming outside of these dungeons and wrecking havoc in the surroundings.A large scale dungeon outbreak can often lead to destruction of the city."

"So where do the role of adventurers come in all of this Helena."

"Young master,When a dungeons appear the first priority is always to clear it but that is not all,Because the dungeons often require a periodic thinning of monster fauna so that monster outbreaks don't happen so the nobles basically employ the adventurers to do those jobs for them."

"Why don't the nobles clear up the dungeons themselves Helena.As you said the dungeons often contain various valuable item and resources then wouldn't the first one to explore it gets the most profit."

"Yes youngmaster,the first one to explore successfully indeed gets the most rewards but also faces the most dangers.The nobles are able to take care of the uncleared dungeons which are a liability to them without losing a single soldier by allowing the adventurers to clear it for them.

After a dungeon is cleared they can continue to earn money doing nothing but just collecting money from the other adventurers as entrance tax.

Adeventurer's access to the dungeons in search of various herbs and minerals results in their clash with the monsters living inside,which subsequently results in hunting and thinning of the monsters preventing a dungeon outbreak.

The adventurer's spoil brought from hunting and gathering inside of the dungeons are key ingredients for various potions,weapons and items sold by the merchants,stores and guilds.

The merchants acquisition of various resources from the adventurers and selling them after turning it into various tools and potions out of it drives the economy making the region more prosperous and rich.In all of this the nobles didn't have any role to play but still earned the most without spending any money or soldiers.

Meanwhile the money earned by a single adventurer after clearing a dungeon might be huge from an individual's perspective but it is nowhere near making a dent when compared to a territory's budget or the needs of a lord governing the territory."

"So what is the second type of dungeons Helena."

"The second type of dungeon contrast to first one is known as the [Dungeons of grief]."

"These dungeons disappear after clearing them up and unlike the first one these are formed when there is large amount of negative emotions and mana gathered together.They often appear in areas where wars and tragedy has occurred before.These dungeons evolve very quickly and they erode the surrounding environment turning it into a monster infested area.If not cleared up quickly then they can spell disaster for the entire country."

"So how do we enter these different types of dungeons Helena."

"Young master anyone can enter the first type of dungeons as long as they pay the entrance tax and show their guild cards to the guards stationed at the dungeon gates."

"As for the second ones they can only be encountered through luck.

"Helena have you worked as an adventurer before."

"Yes young master,I have worked as adventurer before and infact I was a B class adventurer but that is all in the past."

"Well Helena we need to access the dungeons to help my other maids to swiftly level up without revealing their identities."

"Well that is easy young master,I can register at this City's adventurer's guild and can lead them to the dungeons for their training."

"They just have to cover their faces from the guards when entering the dungeon to not reveal their identities."

"Will the guards not check the guild cards of Agnes and others."

"No young master, just having one of the members of a party showing his adventurer rank and card is sufficient to gain access to the dungeons."

"The status card is checked only to prevent adventurers from recklessly entering the dungeons and dying.The guards at the gates are only there to prevent low level adventurers from entering high level dungeons."

"Helena I want you to register at this city's adventurer's guild today and from tomorrow onwards you will lead Agnes and the others in clearing the dungeons."

"I will prove my worth to you,young master."

After continuously speaking with Helena for a while I bid my farewell to the mother and daughter duo and boarded my carriage to return back to the castle.

While on the carriage Agnes started to speak.

"Why did you ask Helena about the dungeons young master.If you needed anything to know about them you could have asked me or the others maids."

"Helena is new to our group Agnes and she needed something to prove her worth so I gave her a task now she can rapidly be integrated in our group."

Listening to my voice Agnes started to think something for a while and said.

"You are very caring about your people young master."

"Since She decided to join us.She is one of Us. Agnes and it is our job to take care of her problems."

Hearing my reply Agnes smiled a little and went back to remain silent for the rest of the journey.

As we neared the castle gates I disembarked the carriage and went towards my room to recover from today's exhaustion.