Just from a slight contact, Aina could feel that Shirou Emiya was not an unstable person.
If such a person becomes an adventurer and goes into the dungeon alone to explore, Aegina won't say much.
But before becoming an adventurer, Shirou Emiya entered the dungeon.
At this moment, she could only pray that Shirou Emiya was rescued by a passing adventurer.
Compared to those arrogant adventurers, a polite person like Emiya Shirou left a deeper impression.
Chapter 429: Caught in the act
"Um, how many gold coins can these magic cores be exchanged for—"
Aina, who had sharp ears, heard a familiar voice coming from a distant window.
Shirou Emiya stood at the window farthest from Aina with a guilty look on his face, ready to exchange the magic core in his hand for gold coins.
However, there was no need for Aina to go over and accuse.
In fact, most people in the guild remember Emiya Shirou.
Strangely dressed——
She doesn't look old, but she is very mature.
After asking questions for nearly an hour in the guild—
Soft conversation attitude————
And, the thought of wanting to enter the dungeon without receiving God's blessing——
It can be said that compared to most adventurers, Shirou Emiya is unique.
Even though the person who entertained Shirou Emiya was Aina and not anyone else, the other members of the guild were extremely impressed by Shirou Emiya.
After all, when Shirou Emiya arrived, it was not long after lunch time, and the guild hall was almost empty. Even if you didn't want to pay attention, you would notice Shirou Emiya.
What's more, he said something shocking, asking whether one could enter the dungeon without receiving the gift. He didn't seem like a person who had lived in a world where gods descended for a long time.
"You, you, you went to the dungeon?"
The window lady standing in front of Emiya Shirou looked at him with confusion and shock, and she couldn't help but stutter when she spoke, as if she had seen something that was impossible to exist.
Emiya Shirou nodded without denying it, but took out a small cloth bag full of magic cores from his night hat and placed it on the table in front of her.
There was no point in denying it. He just wanted to earn a living through the magic cores.
It's impossible to find some other vendors to exchange.
Shirou Emiya is not familiar with business matters.
And the magic cores contained in that small bag are not only the magic cores dropped by the orcs killed by Shirou Emiya.
For some reason, as if the dungeon was temporarily abandoned, the goblin army and the skeleton army appeared normally on Shirou Emiya's way back.
This also allowed Shirou Emiya to gain a little on his way back.
Although the probability of dropping magic cores is not high.
After all, not all monsters will drop magic cores; it is a probabilistic event.
Unfortunately, Shirou Emiya did not have any special luck. After killing his way up, and with the remaining magic cores dropped by the orcs, he could only barely fill the entire small cloth bag.
But it was enough to make the girl standing at the window look dazed.
Looking at the dazed look of the lady at the window, the adventurers nearby were very puzzled.
Isn't it just a bag of magic cores?
Is this very different from the amount they usually get when they go into the dungeon?
Sometimes, if you are lucky, you can get even more.
For adventurers who have reached level 2, this small bag of magic cores might only be one-tenth of the amount they need for a trip to the dungeon.
They didn't know why the window lady had such an attitude.
Even for a novice adventurer, if he was a little more cautious or had the guidance of an old hand, he would only be slightly surprised and amazed to get so many magic cores on the first day.
I shouldn't be that surprised.
Of course, there is another thing, which is that she doesn't know how to deal with Shirou Emiya's current situation.
It was the first time for her to see someone walk out of the dungeon alive and obtain such a large number of magic cores without accepting the gift or becoming an adventurer.
"Let me do it. You go and deal with the other adventurers' matters first—"
A familiar voice came from behind her. It was Aina, who had noticed the situation here from the moment Emiya Shirou opened his mouth.
Shirou Emiya could only respond with a wry smile.
If I have to say anything, I was at fault first.
Since I must go to the dungeon, many things should be made clear in advance to avoid worrying others.
But for Shirou Emiya, there is no one in this world who cares about him, and Shirou Emiya did not express many things directly.
It wasn't because Aina was familiar with Shirou Emiya.
However, as a consultant for new adventurers, Aegina has seen many of them die in dungeons due to their arrogance.
Of course, she also understood in her heart that exploring the dungeon itself carried many uncertain dangers.
She had seen a lot of them. Compared to those who were arrogant and had bad personalities, more people who died in the dungeon were new adventurers who were full of passion and had dreams.
People die every day in this city, not to mention inside the underground city where there are almost no rules.
As a normal person, Aina would naturally not want Shirou Emiya to die in the dungeon.
"This is the amount of gold coins you exchanged—"
After a brief count, Aina placed a bag of gold coins on the table in front of Shirou Emiya.
At this time, Aina and Shirou Emiya were sitting at the table in the guild hall.
"Thanks--"
Emiya Shirou took the money that Eina handed out and put it into Yogashima.
"Which floor did you descend to today—"
Although Aegina was a little angry at first.
But she quickly calmed down, and was surprised at Emiya Shirou's strength.
Not only did Shirou Emiya return safely, he also brought back such a large number of magic cores. It can be clearly judged that Shirou Emiya has the ability to venture into the dungeon.
Even with such a large number of magic cores, Aina did not see any obvious external injuries on Shirou Emiya.
At this age, even without receiving the gift, he can explore the dungeon so easily. Anyone would be surprised.
This world does not mean that those without gifts are incapable of exploring dungeons. Many people of a certain age who have not received gifts also possess powerful strength.
Gifts are accelerators that enable people to accomplish in a very short period of time what would take decades of hard training.
To some extent, it can even help people go one step further.
Although most of the powerful people in Orario have received gifts.
But it does not mean that there are no strong people among those who have not received the gift.
It’s just that, overall, they are not as good as those who possess gifts and are constantly growing.
If Shirou Emiya was really saved by someone else and survived, Aina would definitely give Shirou Emiya a lecture.
But now, Aina just wanted to know what Shirou Emiya encountered and what he did in the dungeon.
You know, a bag of magic cores is a simple thing for adventurers who have been immersed in dungeons for many years.
But for a novice acting alone, it is a difficult task. Basically, the magic cores obtained by a novice acting alone are extremely scarce, and can basically be counted on a few.
"Tenth floor——"
"Tenth floor!?"
Chapter 430: Adventurer without Gifts
"How did you get down to the tenth floor?"
Aina frowned tightly. Not to mention that Shirou Emiya was not even an adventurer, just from the time point of view, Shirou Emiya would not have enough time to go to the tenth floor and come back.
It was already noon when Emiya Shirou left Hephaestus's workshop.
According to Fuyuki City time, by the time Emiya Shirou arrived at the guild, it was already around one or two in the afternoon.
After Shirou Emiya's constant questioning and Aina's answers, by the time Shirou Emiya left the guild, it was already three o'clock.
So far, just over three hours have passed.
It wasn't that it was impossible to get from the first floor to the tenth floor in more than three hours, but not only did Emiya Shirou not have the maze map provided by the guild.
He even made a round trip to the dungeon in more than three hours.
This is a very incredible thing.
The various mazes in the dungeon alone are enough to give adventurers without a map a headache for a long time.
Without a map, you may not be able to leave one of the floors even after spending several hours.
Of course, it wasn't that Aina didn't believe that Shirou Emiya had reached the tenth floor.
Because there is one thing that is enough to prove that what Emiya Shirou said is true.
That was the magic crystal that Shirou Emiya exchanged for money in the guild.
The dropping of magic stones is not completely random, at least there is a logic in their size.
As the number of floors increases, the magic crystals dropped by monsters will naturally become larger.
The magic crystals that can be dropped by monsters on the first level are only the size of a fingernail.
They initially estimated that the magic crystal handed over by Emiya Shirou was at least on the 70th, 80th, or 90th floor.
The size of magic crystals dropped on the same level also fluctuates.
If you are lucky, you may get a magic crystal the size of the tenth level on the seventh level.
"I'm not sure. I didn't encounter any dungeon monsters on the first nine floors!"
Emiya Shirou also thought for a moment and expressed the doubts in his mind.
Shirou Emiya didn't know if it was normal that he didn't encounter any monsters in the first nine floors.
"You mean, you didn't encounter any monsters before you reached the tenth floor?"
Aina frowned even more tightly. This kind of thing was simply a fantasy. She had never encountered a situation where an adventurer could keep going without encountering any monsters.
The monsters in the dungeon are not like the beasts living on the ground. They don't know what fear is.
Even powerful adventurers at the forefront of the dungeon need to kill monsters that rush towards them as they travel from the surface to the depths.
Those monsters would never give up attacking just because of the difference in strength.
However, Aina could feel that Shirou Emiya in front of her did not seem to be lying.
However, this was just Aina's intuition. As for whether Shirou Emiya was really lying to her, she naturally had no way of verifying it.
"And when you come back?"
"It was normal when I came back."
Aina pushed her glasses. She didn't know how to answer this question.
From the past to the present, nothing as incredible as this has ever happened.
"First, complete your adventurer's formalities. I'll find time to look up the information later."
Aina took off her glasses and pinched the bridge of her nose.
In fact, the impact brought by Shirou Emiya was far greater than he had imagined. When exchanging gold coins, everyone in the guild had their eyes wide open.
That's a human being without any gifts. The seventy, eighty, ninety, or even the first level could cause a novice adventurer to lose his life, not to mention a human being without any blessings.
