The Power of Youth part II
Part 3
That evening, they had dinner together as usual.
Zal had things he wanted to discuss with Sandro, so he tried to wait until after the meal, but today she had prepared a particularly large variety of dishes, so they were not yet finished eating.
The abundance was not in the amount per dish but in the variety.
There were various dishes on the table, each were French food which did not contain a lot in quantity.
However, Sandro had prepared almost every menu item possible, resulting in more than thirty types of dishes spread across the table.
Sandro ate quickly, if it was a large single dish, she would finish it in no time without making a mess.
However, for these many small French dishes, she took her time to savor each one’s flavor extensively.
After finishing one dish, she would sip tea and wait for the taste to fade from her tongue before starting on the next, which made the meal take longer than usual.
Seeing that the meal would take a long time, Zal began to speak his mind without waiting for the meal to end.
“Hey, Sandro, I think the dungeon we’re using has too many problems.”
“Hmm…?”
Sandro turned to listen, still chewing continuously.
Zal continued,
“Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great asset.
It could be used to create magical stones and attracts adventurers to train minions.
But I think it still has several shortcomings.
First, we can’t be 100% sure that adventurers will keep the dungeon.
If we’re unlucky and encounter those who clear missions quickly, the dungeon could be cleared on the first day, and we’d have to build a new one.
Second, because we need to cater to adventurers and avoid suspicion, we can’t use the minions to their full potential.
We can’t deploy too many minions because it would raise suspicions or endanger the adventurers.
This means we end up spending more time.”
Sandro pondered this while continuing to chew her food, and after swallowing what was in her mouth, she picked up a napkin to wipe her lips slightly before responding,
“Even though we can’t send many minions at a time…
considering the efficiency over time…
this is already a very fast method…”
She spoke with a calm voice and expression, as if she already knew that the other party had something on his mind and prompted him to speak because she wanted to hear his thoughts.
However, Zal did not see her intention and continued to speak cautiously.
“It’s a very fast method indeed, but it requires close management which takes up as much time.
Like yesterday, we had to watch the adventurers for a total of four hours, and that’s the third problem—we spend a considerable amount of time monitoring.”
“Even if we fight with adventurers in other locations, we still have to watch ourselves…
and it would be more suspicious and risky…”
“That’s the fourth problem, ‘suspicion.’ Because we have to be careful not to let anything unusual happen that might raise suspicion, we can only use minions that fit the geography of the dungeon, like wolves or wild animals.
But the minions I really want to cultivate and develop are dragons and warriors.”
Sandro paused to think and reconsider what she had heard. This story is hosted at novelping.com.
Although it was the same level of minion, the ‘unique traits’ that differ by species made the overall efficiency of each type of minions vary significantly.
The wolves that Zal regularly used had several good traits to develop, but none compared to the ‘Dragon Skin’ of dragons.
Now that a way to develop ‘unique traits’ according to the growth of the minion had been discovered, it would be even more worthwhile to invest in high-level minions with good traits to develop.
“You make sense…
I also think you should focus on training and developing minions with special traits like dragons, rather than those with ordinary traits like wolves…
But the training method wouldn’t change much, just the location…”
When Sandro showed agreement in some parts, Zal felt relieved and spoke more clearly.
“Actually, I’ve been thinking, what if we switch to using a natural dungeon instead?”
A natural dungeon referred to various deserted places where magical essences gathered in large amounts, attracting monsters to reside.
It could be within a building structure or just an open area, like grasslands or valleys.
“A natural dungeon, huh?…
But then we could only leave minions there…
and also have to keep going there to summon new ones continuously…”
“And what if we overlay an open-dimensional dungeon on top of a natural dungeon?”
“Overlay it, huh?…”
“Yes, if we create an open-dimensional dungeon overlaid on a natural dungeon without much alteration to the landscape, people won’t be able to tell whether it’s a dimensional dungeon or a natural one.
We just have to hide the core of the dungeon well.”
After hearing Zal’s opinion, Sandro felt that it was a decent method as well.
“That way, we can summon minions directly to the area without having to go ourselves…
But the issue of having to keep watch remains the same, doesn’t it?”
“It changes.
The reason we have to watch is because we have to manage the monsters properly to appease the adventurers so they don’t clear the dungeon too quickly.
But if they thought that it was a natural dungeon with no dungeon core to clear, they will only hunt monsters or clear the area as part of their missions.
We don’t have to worry about them clearing out the dungeon.
Without needing to please the adventurers, we can just place monsters in the area without having to watch.
They’ll just fight the monsters on their own.
If you worried about being suspected of monsters appearing too quickly, we can leave a gap of several days before adding new monsters.”
“That means we’d have to create several such dungeons to rotate the training of minions…”
“Exactly!
Typical of Sandro!
If we prepare about 4-5 such semi-natural dungeons, we should be able to rotate them without anyone noticing!”
Sandro agreed with the plan.
Using this method, they could leave minions to find their own battles without needing constant supervision, allowing her and Zal to spend that time training in other disciplines. New chapters come out on novelping . com first.
Although this method required a lot of preparation, it seemed worthwhile in the long run.
‘…How much more will this kid surprise me…’
Sandro smiled slightly at that thought, as today, he had already surprised and impressed her continuously.
It was a feeling she had not experienced in a long time.
Meanwhile, Zal, still excited about presenting his ideas, continued without noticing Sandro’s expression.
“Now, about the location…
I’d like to train other types of minions too, but I want to focus primarily on dragons.
Is there a suitable place nearby where we could place dragons in a dungeon?”
“Probably not around here…
Or if there is, it’s very few and not enough to cycle daily.
In the Lentia region, dragons are considered rare monsters…”
“Ah…
What should we do then?”
“We’ll have to go where dragons are native…
If it’s there, even if dragons appear every day, no one would think it’s strange…”
“Where?
Where are you talking about?”
Zal tilted his head in curiosity while Sandro took a sip of her tea before continuing.
“The Akatosh Mountains, the land of dragons…
There are many dungeons of dragon-kind there, mostly natural dungeons in open spaces…
It’s probably the most suitable…”
“Akatosh…
That’s in the Zenithal region, right?
But that’s across another kingdom.”
“Yes…
Get ready…
Tomorrow we go to Zenithal…”
After Sandro finished speaking, Zal froze for a moment to adjust his thoughts, overwhelmed by the sudden plan.
Once he understood everything, his expression changed to one of joy, surprise, and excitement.
For someone like Zal who personally loved dragons, going to Akatosh, the land of their origin, was somewhat of a dream.
He quickly went up to his room to prepare his belongings for the journey.
That night, Zal was so excited he could hardly sleep.
He kept thinking about the journey ahead and the things he would encounter once he arrived, his thoughts so numerous and jumbled that he eventually drifted off to sleep while pondering one of them.
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