Teach Me Ontentoo-senpai

I cant investigate anymore on my own.

Its not exactly like I could ask Setsuna why shes not worth any DP either.

So what should I do?

Haah, so someone like that came eh?

Yeah. You dont find it strange, Ontentoo?

Answer: Ask a guide.

Thats why I decided to ask the Stupimander (Stupid Salamander), Ontentoo. Itd be easy to pay him back even if I owed him a favor. Neighbors are supposed to help each other out. It feels like its been a one-sided relationship so far though.

Theres nothin strange about it. Kehma, youre 0 DP too yeah?

No no, this persons an adventurer you know?

Haaah? Kehma, youre a human adventurer too arent ye?

Im a Dungeon Master, its different.

Then isnt that girl a Dungeon Master too?

Hmm, thats a good idea.

Theres a possibility thats the case, but theres other things I want to check first.

Have you ever seen someone other than a Dungeon Master or a Dungeon Core being worth 0 DP? I thought you might know something since youve been doing this for a while.

Ah.. sorry, this is the first time Ive seen this daily DP thing. Between you and me, most of our stuff comes from Tsuia Mountains Earth Vein. I dont care much about intruder DP. I can tell about how strong they are though.

Woah. Me knowing more than Ontentoo was outside of my expectations.

Well, theres a good chance that girls someone related to a dungeon. That said, there shouldnt be some dog rabbit beastkin mix in the Dungeon Cores, maybe its shes a Master? Ah.

Ontentoo stopped like he just remembered something and scratched his face with his foreleg.

What? Dont worry, just say it.

Nah, its just something 5-sama said a while back. Ye know about Core 4?

I saw Core 5 and Core 6 the other day, but I havent seen Core 4.

The heckve ye been doing? Ah, right. 695 got into some dispute. We even got some family name did ye win?

So that got conveyed to the Dungeon Cores that were unrelated to the Dungeon Battle as well, huh? I took a second thinking about how to answer him, but decided to just say it since its not like I really need to hide it.

Yeah, we won.

Kukuku, that so? As expected of someone who beat me. Setting aside the brats under 5-samas command, ye even beat Core 6 and 666 eh? Good, good.

Ontentoos lizard face warped into a smile.

So Ontentoo calls the trivial trio brats?

By the way, the family name was my suggestion.

Ye did eh? With that, it makes my name Ontentoo Labriheart? Cool yeah?

His fire-clad lizard tail struck the ground in what looked like delight.

Sorry, I shouldve thought up a better last name. Right now its just giving off a lovely feeling when added to Ontentoo. [1]

More importantly, whats this about Core 4?

Ah, Core 4 is well, that guys called Chaos.

Chaos whys that?

Who knows? However, doesnt being a mix breed match chaos?

Ontentoo, have you seen Core 4?

No never have. That one doesnt go to the Dungeon Core Assembly at least not since Ive been born and thats been what, four, five hundred years?

Ontentoo, youre so unsure of your age that you dont even remember if youre in your four hundreds or five hundreds? The Salamanders paired up with a Dragon, so maybe his sense of times already gone fuzzy?

Core 4s rank is low for one with a single digit, rather, its beyond low considering the other single digits. Bratsll ask about him when they pop up but no one pays much attention him at this point, same with me.

I see. By the way, do you happen to know what a thing called a Toy is?

Toy? No clue.

This guys useless. Well, setting that aside, I beckoned Ontentoo over.

Ontentoo bent forward and brought his earwell, the part of his head he hears fromand leaned over the table.

I didnt really need to do it like this since were the only two in the room, but it sets up the mood just right.

Would you like to help me with a bit of an experiment?

Sounds interesting? I dont mind, but yeve gotta share the results yeah?

Obviously. Youre a big help, Neighbor-san.

If youre lying, Ill have youeh, whats the thing for times like thateat a thousand needles?

The punishment that was introduced by Gods Vanguards was [Eat A Thousand Needles]. It might be different for Salamanders and Dragons since you guys can eat swords and iron, but normal humans would just die. In other words, it means theyre putting their life on the line.

Seriously? Humans are hardcore.

But theres a loophole for that punishment. For example, theres a fish called porcupinefish that [2]

While having a brief chat about Gods Vanguards and deepening our relationship, we performed an experiment. I dont want to bite into a porcupinefish either and its not like I want to hide the results, so Ill just tell them to him.

As a result of the experiment in the Rokuko-made Feni garden area that had a door to [Fire Cavern], normal dungeon monsters were found to be worth a very small amount of DP.

For monsters with the authority to use the menu, it became 0 DP.

So I guess thats why Chloe was 0 DP?

Heeh. So that happens when ye make them able to use the menu eh? Thats enough, [Burning Fire].

When Ontentoo said that, the fire spirit exhaled a puff of fire and returned.

By the way, its name, [Burning Fire], appears to mean burning fire in Draconic. Im hearing it like that because of Translation Function-san, so Redras probably the one that named it. It really does give the feeling of a plume of fire soaring into the sky though Does that mean there kinds of fire that dont burn for Dragons?

That guys a cheap and easy-to-use guy for our dungeon.

Really its a bit hot for our dungeon. Might be good to put in Fenis area though.

When I looked at the catalog, I saw [Fire Spirit: 400,000 DP]. Expensive.

Aah? Ah, its about 200,000 for us. Im a Salamander after all.

Now that you mention it, there was that, huh.

Or maybe it has something to do with them owning the majority of Tsuia Mountain?

Either way, the core, Ontentoo, is a Salamander, and his master, Redra, is a Red Dragon. Moreover, their dungeons located in a volcano, so its obvious that theyd be extremely specialized in fire. Its natural that a Fire Spirit would be cheaper for them.

Couldnt you change your monsters to not have menu access to earn DP?

Thatd be no good. Even if that Fire Spirit from a bit ago didnt have menu access, itd just be 20 DP a day yeah? The efficiency loss isnt worth it.

Yeah. Another thing I was thinking about was sending monsters to other places.

With this, thats one thing figured out.

Its easy for monsters sent from one dungeon to another to be exposed. All the more if they have access to the menu since theyll be worth 0 DP.

Setsunas true identity is some dungeons monster that has access to the menu, huh?

At any rate, I now know the conditions for being worth 0 DP without being a core or master.

Should I try out getting them to a place with a Dummy Core using a pitfall trap or something?

Footnotes:

Lovely is a pun on the beginning of Labriheart. Laburi -> Lovely. Return

Note that porcupinefish = thousand needles in Japanese. Return