Too Close to Call

The teleportation took No-Name and me outside the dungeon.

No-Name immediately shook off my grip.

"That's harsh treatment for someone who just saved you."

"I don't recall asking you to save me."

"That's unfortunate. I put helping you ahead of the reward."

As I spoke, I opened a teleportation gate and went back to retrieve the magic artifacts I'd protected with a barrier.

For now, I kept anything that looked valuable for myself and tossed the rest—anything that looked like it might sell for a high price—onto the surface through the teleportation gate.

A little while later.

After moving most of the magic artifacts out of the dungeon, I returned to the surface through the teleportation gate.

"Unexpected. You're still here?"...