The next day Mike gets out of the car and Mollie gets out of the passenger side "I understand that you want to make more out of the dungeon but for hunters, quality counts for a lot, but not many people can make proper equipment out of dungeon materials" mike smiled "if this doesn't work out then we haven't lost anything since its material that would have been thrown out anyway... but if it does, it opens up a whole new door for us... you're here, so see if it's worth it or not. " Mike walks into the swapmeet and walks toward the stall in the back where he had previously placed his order. when he walks in with Mollie the stall owner sees them and hurries to the back, returning with her son holding two belts "I didn't have much time to make other things so I make these two" he places them on the counter, the moment they were placed mollie observed them. noticing the leather made from the supplies and the buckle made from the bones, it astonished Mollie that the materials would be used this way "I've seen a lot of monster equipment but this feels solid like you put a lot of attention into making this" mollie picked it up and put it on "I don't feel like this is giving any boost, were going to have to get it evaluated at..." "Heat resistance..." Mollie was confused, mike could see in his menu the moment he touched it that he received a heat resistance effect from coming in contact with it "These belts both have a heat resistance effect on them, making them very useful in certain conditions... we would have to test them to figure out how much this effect helps" Mollie was astonished "what's your name kid" "my name is peter, so I take it you like the belts" Mollie put down the belt "your hired, we will supply all the resources you need, it shouldn't take me long to find a buyer" Peter was surprised "I already have a job, this is only a side job" mollie laughed "working with us you wont need a side job... you can think about it if you want but, without the supplies that we provide you can't make more of these, and trying to get some sort of job or apprenticeship from a large guild would make you into their slave, so I believe that this would be the best choice for you" peter thought about it for a moment, and looked at his mother "ill take the offer" mike smiled and welcomed him "alright, Mollie your in charge here, I've got something to do so ill see you later" mollie was surprised but realized that according to their agreement, this would fall into the category of supply management, she quickly regained composure and continued as mike left.
mike went to visit his sister at the guild, when he arrived he noticed that it was empty, there wasnt many people all the time but it was very quiet so mike decided to sit in the lobby and wait. after a couple minutes he noticed peoples voices come from down the hall, since all the voices appeared at once when a door opened, it was obvious they were all in the soundproof room, mike waited a moment and from behind others Lilly appeared "hey miguelito, what are you doing here?" mike stood up and gave her a hug "im here to update you and to give you the earning from the first haul so far" Lilly was confused "that isnt due until the end of the month" mike smiled "i found someone new to join me and i wanted your opinion" Lilly seemed worried "that dungeon was just for practice, theres barely any profit to be gained there paying someone else might get a little dificult" mike hands over a check to Lilly "we just started but this is your share" Lilly looke at the check for $5075.50 "what, you just starte with that dungeon, how did you make so much already?" mike laughs "Johns been working hard, but this is just a part of it, looks like theres still plenty to make from that dungeon if we just use the extra monster supplies instead of throwing them away" mike explains how he found someone to make equipment out of the supplies so that they could sell the equipment instead of supplies they cant. "wow mike thats a great idea but thats a separate business, and we didnt expect to make anything more than our inicial investment which youve already paid about half of it with this check" Lilly waive the check in her hand "in that case ill purchase the unused supplies at minimum market value an give you guys the 40 percent of the purchase as agreed" Lilly smiles "you dont need to, but what ever you decide is fine" mike smiled, gave her a hug and left.
Mike enters the dungeon to find John, Mollie, and Ruina working. "Hey guys, how is it going?" Mike could see that things were much more organized, Mollie walked up to Mike and handed over a tablet "Considering the materials collected by John and Ruina these are the projected numbers" Mike looked at the tablet "What happened, I thought things would have gotten better, not worse by.... 5 percent" Mollie took the tablet, looked and pointed at it "the productivity went up, but the supply of corpses is what has dropped, not to mention, their not looking to well" Mollie pointed at the rat familiars and mike noticed their bodies were noticeably damaged. Mike pulled up his menu and looked at it. The menu showed:
Level 18
Exp: 38%
Health: 236/236
Mana: 316/316
Strength: 7.2 (+3)
Stamina: 7.3 (+4)
Dexterity: 6.9 (+2)
Intuition: 7.5
Magic: 15.8
Unassigned points: 21 points
Servants
Rocky
Bonny
Jenkins
Rollo
Ruffus
Ruina
Unnamed servants: Giant rats (32), Elves (2)
Mike was surprised by the lower number of unnamed servants compared to just the day before. Looking at his menu and the damaged servants, he realized that although their hard workers, they weren't immortal. Mike called all his servants back to see them and again noticed the apparent differences between the named and unnamed servants. Mike knew that naming all the giant rats would make him pass out from mana exhaustion. "Guess it's time to make new servants... but you seem to have run out of corpses, so I'll just have to go out and make some more... while we find a good nest, those who are damaged should rest up. " All the giant rats disappear as darkness takes them over while the named servants stay, and they head out with Mike. after a while of walking the dungeon he notices that it is a wasteland with nothing alive in sight he turns around at the servants following him "Rocky go search ahead and return when you see signs of a nest, Bonny go with him, and..." Bonny ignores him and lays down. "... nevermind, you just lay there and rest for a while" Rocky headed out while Mike and the rest waited, minutes later Rocky returned with the corpse of a giant rat "All alright looks like you found them, lead us there" Mike walks past the corpse and raises his right hand slightly activating his skill and making a new servant. Rocky led them to a hole in the ground, rocky pointed his nose and scratched at the ground with one paw. alright looks good Mike brings out all of the servants "ok everyone wreak havoc on the nest, bring me corpses, and return to the fight" When all the servants left he noticed that Bonny and the two elves were there "Well at least I have company".
after a while of being brought corpses by servants and making new ones, Mike heard a crash, when he turns around he saw Bonny thrown against a rock and the culprit was an 8-foot monster with a humanoid body and long large muscular extremities covered in flack fur except for the paws with large sharp claws, the head of a rat that was foaming at the mouth. the monster quickly set its eyes towards Mike and rushed him, biting into his right shoulder and tearing out a chunk of him, the clavicle stuck out with the subclavian vessels squirting and gushing out blood. Mike saw the blood spray everywhere, felt hitting the floor then felt like he couldn't breathe before everything faded into darkness.
moments later Mike woke up to find himself still alive and in one piece, however, his equipment was torn where he was bitten, but his body was in one piece without lesions he felt better than he ever had before. Mike could see the blood stains on the floor and others in different trajectories around him, Bonny's mouth and the assassin's hands were also stained red. even though they don't listen to his orders it appears that the servants won't allow him to die, but Mike wondered what happened to the monster, knowing he would have died if they hadn't stayed behind worried him. Mike understood that the only reason he was able to be there was because his servants protected him, but he was weak and without them, he would die at his first encounter with a dungeon monster. he finally felt unsafe in the dungeon, this whole time he had felt strong, but reality had hit him hard, the fear was setting in, his breathing felt more difficult, and he felt that even the silence was loud. behind him he heard something being dragged on the ground, he turned around with his eyes wide open expecting to see the monster again, but it was only Rocky dragging back a corpse with him, he dragged it until it lay at mikes feet, then he turned around and went back into the nest. soon more and more monster corpses were dragged out by his servants. Mike felt calmer seeing his servants hard at work and realizing that they would protect him and let him breathe a little easier, however, he understood just how weak he is today. Mike continued to summon more servants, one after another he kept summoning giant rats, after 3 hours he opened his menu and saw that he had replenished the rat monster servants enough and decided to return, mike felt tired, and although now he had more servants, fewer monsters where being brought to him. Mike ordered the rat servants to move the corpses to camp and once there to go out hunting again.
when mike arrived at the camp Mollie and John saw the state of his clothes and were worried that something had happened, "what the fuck happened?... mollie, exit the dungeon and call the emergency services, ask them to send an ambulance, ill start packing up" John grabs a chair and sits mike down, mollie turns to exit the dungeon "whoo, mollie wait! im ok!... I just let my guard down, but look I'm alright" mike moves his arm around, john looked surprised "what do you mean, look at your clothes, they're all torn up and you're covered in blood, we need to get you looked at" mike takes off the torn and blood-drenched equipment exposing his torso, john looked at him and couldn't find a scratch. "See, I'm telling you, I'm alright." Mike goes on to tell them what happened.