Chapter 32 The Overbearing Hero Falls in Love with Me

"Your employee Nina has killed 25 Slimes, and you have also gained the same amount of experience + 100!"

"You have accumulated over one hundred Slime kills (employee kills count towards this), successfully unlocking the achievement [Shaking with Anger! What did the Slimes ever do to you?], congratulations on obtaining the reward [Lottery Attempt + 1]!"

"You have picked up all the loot from the Slimes — [Copper Coin + 1]!"

"You activated [Gold - Eater is King] to consume all the Slime corpses. Since you have obtained the same skill multiple times, it has been automatically converted into related skill proficiency. Congratulations on obtaining — [Lv6. Transformation (1/3000)], [Lv5. Acting Cute (198/2500)]!"

Mu An shook his head.

These monsters were too low in Rank; aside from potential skills they might drop, they provided almost no experience or loot.

They were tasteless to eat, but a waste to discard.

Along the way, he was like a Pokémon Master, consuming every unfamiliar monster he encountered on the [Enemy Detection Radar].

As the saying goes.

Having many skills is never a burden.

Collecting more skills that different monsters rely on to survive in the labyrinth might come in handy later, right?

Furthermore, Mu An had figured out an achievement that was guaranteed to appear.

Every time he killed one hundred of a certain type of monster, it would trigger an achievement reward, and he would 100% receive a Lottery Attempt + 1.

Currently, he had saved up 20 draws this way.

Of course, because they had to stop to fight from time to time, this caused Mu An and his group's travel speed to be extremely slow.

It took a full two days to reach the thirtieth floor.

If they really needed to hurry, all they had to do was sit on the Undead Bone Dragon, and they could probably fly from the fortieth floor to the thirtieth in under two hours.

"What kind of skill is it to bully weak Slimes?"

Renée couldn't help but mutter.

"What kind of skill is it to make snide remarks behind my back? I feel very uncomfortable hearing that, so I'm deducting one Gold Coin as my mental distress fee."

Mu An happily took out his ledger, easily earning another draw.

The young girl rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Along the way, the other party always found various 'reasons' to deduct some mental distress fee; a rough estimate suggested it was already over two hundred Gold Coins!

"Sister Renée, please don't provoke the boss anymore."

At this moment, Nina had also just returned from killing monsters.

Since the monsters here were too weak, using the magic desert eagle was purely a waste of bullets.

It was often not worth the cost; she couldn't even earn back the cost of the bullets.

So she used the 'spoils of war' previously gifted by Mu An, two Obsidian Cold Iron daggers that could cut through iron like mud.

With her current Rank, she could kill a monster in one strike, and could almost always do so without taking any damage.

Renée didn't care about that and casually cast a healing spell to help the girl quickly recover her stamina and mental state.

For a long time, she had been forbidden from participating in combat and could only act as a support role.

Of course, as they progressed to the upper floors of the labyrinth and the monsters gradually became weaker, Mu An stopped restricting her.

Anyway, even if she stole his kills, it was just a tiny bit of experience lost, completely negligible.

"Fine, I've had enough along the way. Being by his side, I feel like even breathing is wrong."

And as soon as she finished saying this, Mu An silently took out his ledger again.

"Who else would treat you like a child if you left me? Snide remarks +1, hmm, deducting another Gold Coin as my mental distress fee!"

Renée was so angry she gritted her teeth, turning her head to glare at someone.

The man didn't back down and glared back at her.

"What are you glaring at? If you keep looking at this handsome guy, I'm going to charge you!"

"..."

"[I... endure!]"

Seemingly thinking of something, Renée had to endure it for now.

During a break, she glanced at Nina, who was organizing the loot, and stealthily found Mu An.

"Hey, do you have any new otherworldly novels?"

Hearing this, Mu An was amused.

After learning that Renée liked reading Hero-series novels, he borrowed her the books he had obtained from previous lottery draws with a tentative mindset.

The result was exceptionally good; the girl didn't make a fuss along the way and was completely engrossed in reading, savouring it with great interest.

She even started staying up late, sanctimoniously saying things like 'Elves are a long-lived race, so what's wrong with sleeping a little less?'

"Finished it so quickly? Don't want to re-read and appreciate it a bit more?"

Mu An smilingly took back the book handed over by Renée, titled [The Overbearing Hero Falls in Love with Me, an Over-300-Year-Old Virgin Elf].

"Hmph! None of your business!"

Renée put her hands on her hips tsundere-ly.

Then, as if showing off, she deliberately added.

"Don't you dare underestimate my memory; they are all imprinted in my brain!"

"Oh, do you want me to praise you?"

"Duck (No need)! I'm afraid you'll charge me!"

One can only say that knowledge is indeed the ladder of progress.

Renée had indeed learned things through reading; she could even use some memes from the real world.

Mu An chuckled and casually handed over a new book.

"Hehe, is it possible that I'll charge you even without praising you?"

"..."

Renée frowned slightly, suppressing the urge to curse.

After lowering her head to look at the title, her eyes lit up immediately.

[Lord Hero, Love Me Fiercely, I Am Your Dear and Contrasting Beautiful Nun Baby]?

Hiss—

Just looking at the title, one could tell the content inside was very exciting!

She couldn't wait to flip through it!

But just as she was about to leave, the man's airy voice drifted into her ears.

"This time, I really have to charge."

"Hmm?"

"Knowledge is priceless."

"Then why didn't you charge before?"

"Because I am kind."

Renée: ?

"Just kidding, no reason, take it or leave it."

Renée bit her lower lip, clutching the book tightly to her chest.

She was very conflicted; as a super novel enthusiast, she really wanted to read this novel!

But fearing that the guy would charge too much, she could only ask anxiously.

"How much will you charge?"

"One Gold Coin a day."

"So little?"

Hearing this price, which was almost the same as not charging at all, Renée felt extremely surprised.

She couldn't believe these words came from someone whose eyes were stuck in a money bag.

But Mu An shrugged and explained.

"In consideration of you often healing Nina, I'll give you a friendly price. So... do you want it or not?"

"Yes!"

This time, Renée answered very crisply.

Not taking advantage of a bargain makes one a bastard!

Especially taking advantage of a certain bastard!

However.

Before leaving, the young girl's footsteps suddenly paused.

Then she left behind a sentence with a firm tone.

"Me healing Nina is out of my own personal feelings, not because of any other reason."

"Don't... ever mix them up!"

[Don't mix them up?]

[Wait until I charge fifty Gold Coins a day, then you'll be obedient!]

That's what he thought, but Mu An naturally wouldn't go back on his word.

He slowly recorded another income in his little notebook.

Little by little, it adds up.

Mu An felt that he still had a chance to 'reasonably', 'justifiably', and 'peacefully' eat up those one thousand plus Gold Coins.