168 The Great Horse Sutra (3)
explorer.
A professional group that enters the labyrinth, hunts monsters, and collects magic stones. The general public thinks that the battle with monsters is the biggest problem of this profession.
However… … .
“Actually, if you ask explorers, you get completely different answers.”
absence of light.
Not being able to sleep when you want to sleep.
Feeding like fodder and accumulating s*xual desire.
Sweaty body and dirty bed.
“On the lower floors where the expedition period is short, it is less. However, the higher the level of explorers, the higher the percentage of respondents who answered that this part was more difficult than combat.”
“Um, that’s right.”
“yes. Even large clans say that from the 7th floor onwards, after completing one expedition, it is common to have a rest period of two or three months in the city.”
First of all, as a person belonging to this occupational group, it was an understandable content.
However… … .
“therefore?”
the afternoon of the 22nd.
To be precise, what is the meaning of saying this while it is meal time and I take the jerky out of my bag and eat it?
He wouldn’t do this without a purpose.
“If you want something, just tell me.”
When I stared at him with an eye to tell the main story, Raven answered with a voice full of determination.
“Today, I eat something right. Not jerky, but with fire.”
Whoops, yes, that was the purpose.
Guess who’s not a wizard, if you want to eat something delicious today, that’s enough.
I thought for a moment before answering.
“Okay, that’s right.”
“No matter how Mr. Yandel is the leader, he has to ask the team members’ doctors… … . Yeah? I beg your pardon?”
“He said good.”
“Uh, really?”
Thinking he would be rejected, Raven’s eyes widened.
He must have known that he was making an exaggerated claim.
This is not the 4th floor.
There, I cooked and ate it every day, and sometimes even roasted meat with preservation magic on it… … .
The 5th floor Daema-gyeong is an open world structure.
“Is that really okay? If the smell spreads, there is a high probability that you will not be able to eat properly because of the monsters?”
“You… … . What do you want?”
“Oh, no… … Come to think of it, I think magic could solve the odor problem to some extent.”
Now that I see it, it looks like I just wanted to tell you this.
Anyway, when it was decided to cook and eat, Ainar, who was anxiously overhearing the conversation, opened his mouth.
“This is a wizard… … ?”
I think it was impressive that you got my permission with just a few words… … .
‘Now that we are on the 5th floor, we need to improve this as well.’
In fact, it was something I was thinking about.
Now the total expedition period is about a month, isn’t it?
It is also necessary to take into consideration the stress of the team members.
Because when people become sensitive, they can set up their days even with trivial things.
“Then please, Mr. Karlstein. If you need water or fire, please tell me.”
“Um, so can you turn the fire on?”
“Is this enough?”
Soon after, our team’s official chef, Misha, started cooking with Raven’s help.
The menu is a tomato stew stuffed with meat.
“Today is so delicious!!! Missha! Can’t you marry me later?”
“What are you talking about? Einar and Karlstein, I will live with you.”
“Uh, I’m glad you enjoyed it, but it’s a bit… … .”
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Misha glanced at me with her tail curled up.
“… … .”
“… … .”
By the way, me and Uncle Bear stood guard while we ate. Not a single monster appeared until the three of them emptied their bowls.
“Hmm, you really don’t smell at all? What kind of magic is this?”
“We applied air control magic and combustion magic. It collects the smells in one place and burns them.”
“Um, that’s right.”
Uncle Bear said that he could have a humane meal even on the 5th floor.
This was also the case with me.
To be honest, I’m really sick of jerky now.
“Okay, then, let’s have dinner for the two of you. Now we will set up a sentry.”
Soon after, we both sat down and ate the stew in a bowl. Just like a barbarian and black bear macho uncle, 5 minutes was enough, and again, the monster did not appear until the meal was finished.
It wasn’t just because of the effectiveness of the deodorizing magic.
‘… … Overall, the number of monsters has decreased.’
It’s been felt for a few days, but the number of monsters on the 5th floor is significantly less than in the game.
Of course, there are probable causes.
‘Damn clan bastards.’
Daema-gyeong is a structure in which mobs are regenerated from the mirrors located in each field and released into the canyon.
But since the clans monopolize such hunting grounds and hunt regenerated tribes, there are only a few monsters that crawl out.
‘… … Well, thanks to that, I found it early.’
I smiled at the moss on the street corner.
It’s different from other moss I’ve seen passing by.
A mixture of red and green moss.
And a black moss the size of a marble that was formed at the point where the two moss met.
‘The question is, how to induce this naturally… … .’
A monster appeared from the front of the car I was thinking about.
Eight level 6 monsters, ‘Hell Hounds’.
Think of a dog with four eyes the size of a tiger. It’s a bonus that his whole body is engulfed in black flames.
[Creepy-!!]
“Ready for battle.”
Since it was a monster I had been catching for a few days, I went into battle without a briefing.
It took about 10 minutes to finish the battle.
“Are you going to go further down now?”
Raven asked about the plan, and I pondered for a moment.
There is still a long way to go before camping.
How can I stay in this place without feeling uncomfortable?
‘Zep, if it wasn’t for the smell removal magic, I would have been fighting monsters by now.’
It was a moment when I thought about it and regained my appetite.
‘… … uh?’
The black moss in the corner has disappeared.
As if something invisible was trying to pick it up.
‘… … He’s already here?’
I placed my order quickly.
“Raven, it feels like something is with us.”
“yes? What is that—”
“Try the detection magic.”
Was it because he had measles once on the 4th floor by a masked man? Even with instructions based on intuition, Raven used magic without questioning.
“Dire Tanib Karsachi.”
A wave of magic that spreads out in a circle.
Soon, Raven’s expression turned serious.
“there is. There is something in front of it.”
“Are you human?”
I asked, pretending not to know, and Raven used the ‘find’ magic instead of answering.
Whoops-!
A bunch of lights sticking to the air like clay.
Before long, the light faded, revealing the figure of the man who had been hiding.
“… … Yes?”
It was a squirrel.
It is about the size of a six or seven year old child.
Sitting in front of the moss, he was gnawing at the black moss with his front teeth.
[What?]
The squirrel tilted his head as if he felt our gaze.
“… … ! Ears, cute!”
“Looks delicious!”
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Misha and Ainar exclaimed at the same time.
It was the next time Raven shouted excitedly.
“It’s Mila Loden! You have to kill me!!”
yes you know
How hard is he to meet him?
“Ah, huh… … He’s a monster too… … .”
Somewhere with a sad face, Misha raises her sword.
On the other hand, Uncle Bear loaded arrows into his crossbow faster than ever.
It wasn’t just one person who recognized the value.
“You are lucky. Meeting Mila Loden on the first expedition.”
“Come on, wait a minute. distortion! I haven’t used distortion magic yet!”
Raven dissuaded Mr. Bear and quickly memorized a magic spell.
Not just distortion, but ‘upper distortion’ magic.
Now, there is a higher chance that the corpse will remain intact when the monster is killed.
[Mew, Mew-!!]
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Mila Roden triggers a match as soon as he receives distortion magic.
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Maybe it was an instinct engraved in DNA.
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Most of the ancestors would have been beaten by this and lost.
“Abman!”
A crossbow arrow was fired at the same time as I shouted.
However, like the few herbivorous monsters in the labyrinth, he avoids them with agile movements.
I immediately dashed forward and grabbed the tail.
[Beep! Beep! Beep!!]
The boy struggled and let out a feeble scream.
As I was doing this, I felt like I was hurting animals all over again… … .
Well, what do you do?
that this is the providence of nature.
slurp.
It was a car that reached out with the intent to kill it by smashing its head like that.
“Wait!”
Raven stopped me.
“Can’t we just kill him as completely as possible? I heard that leather sells quite expensively.”
Words like a magician who pursues rationality.
I obediently agreed and grabbed Mila Loden’s neck and tail and bound him.
and… … .
“Misha.”
“Uh, huh? My, what am I supposed to do?”
“Isn’t your sword the thinnest?”
Ainar uses a great sword, and Uncle Bear’s arrow is too large to be an arrow.
Not to mention my mace.
He also has a monster name, so it would be difficult to kill it with a normal knife.
“Poke the forehead.”
“Ugh… … .”
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Misha had a somewhat reluctant expression on her face, but in the end she pulled out her sword and gave her rest.
[〨… … .]
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Mila drooping as if the power went down.
I swallowed my saliva and counted.
‘1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds… … .’
The time that would have disappeared into the light after being declared dead.
“Bjorn!! Meat is out!”
The body did not disappear.
***
Grade 7 Mila Road.
A squirrel with a mirror on its back.
It is classified as a rare species like Mimic.
It’s very difficult to meet.
“Fufu, thanks to Mr. Yandel, I caught a very precious monster. Do you have experience, Mr. Urikfried?”
“It’s my first time too. Because he is that precious.”
Even Uncle Bear, who had been active on the 5th floor for a long time, was about to hunt for the first time.
Well, if you look at his habits, it’s understandable.
A non-preemptive monster with constant stealth ability.
But you can’t even go inside if you’re using detection magic? In fact, it is a monster that can only be met by luck.
Of course, assuming you don’t know anything about black moss.
‘If you wait here, you can unconditionally catch it with one detection magic.’
Of course, it’s easy to say, I didn’t figure this out until I was stuck on the 5th floor for over a year.
Isn’t it a game full of all kinds of hidden pieces?
With the thought that there might be conditions for the appearance of Mila Loden, I went through all the recorded files, and found that the moss on the terrain disappeared in one of the recorded files.
At the time, I thought it was a bug, but… … .
‘The true pervert game.’
As a result of checking, it was not a bug, but a hidden element.
As soon as the moss disappears, if you turn the detection magic, there is a 100% chance that Mila Rodden will appear. Of course, the success of the distortion magic was another matter.
“It seems that beginners are lucky. Even the distortion magic succeeded at once—”
“Upper distortion. It’s not just distortion.”
“Ah oh. Yeah top distortion… … .”
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Mila Loden’s distortion success rate in the game is 20%.
Even if it is a high distortion, it is less than 30%.
So I thought I would have to catch three or four before they came out.
“Anyway, can you give it to me?”
“Do you know how to slaughter?”
“It was something I did every day during my apprenticeship.”
The droopy corpse was quickly dismantled into leather, intestines and bones by the slaughter knife held by Raven.
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Much faster and more sophisticated than the Rot Miller.
Wow, that’s another area of expertise.
“But where is he so expensive?”
“Leather is in demand because of its rarity, and tendons are used as magical materials. However… There are other things that are really worth it.”
Soon after, Raven finished the slaughtering process by cutting out the mirror that had been attached to her back with a knife.
“It’s this mirror.”
“mirror?”
“yes. You can’t take it out into the city, but it can be very useful inside.”
Afterwards, Raven explained in detail the purpose of the mirror.
I looked at it with satisfaction.
‘Is this why the team should have a wizard?’
It is easier to proceed
In the past, I had to explain everything from one to ten. Whoo, can I live like a normal barbarian now?
“But Yandel seems to have a good sense too.”
“yes?”
“There was no way I would have felt the presence of Mila Loden.”
Raven looked at me with strange eyes, but passed without any doubt.
He didn’t think it was unreasonable because he himself went through a similar thing on the 4th floor.
Okay, so this part is done.
“So how do you use it?”
In the game, mirrors were simply attached to the wizard and one click of a button was all it took.
So, what about in the real world?
“Uh, I don’t know either.”
huh?
“It’s not even written there in the book. Wouldn’t it work if you push in the magic?”
“… … give it a try Oh wait, before that, let’s start with bonding magic. Because it’s something you don’t know.”
“Good idea.”
Once the binding magic was re-established, Raven grabbed the mirror and closed her eyes.
It looks like it’s pouring magic power into it, but… … .
As a barbarian with no magical talent, he didn’t feel anything special.
But how long has it been since then?
flash-!
A mirror shone brilliantly around us.
And when you wake up.
“The character has entered the Fire Mirror.”
We emerged from the labyrinth filled with darkness and stood on the vast wilderness.
“Suddenly the space changes, it looks like you’ve entered a rift!”
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Mister Bear’s review.
However, this is quite different from the crack.
First of all, there is no guardian, and it is not in the form of a dungeon.
An open world structure that is only infested with monsters.
So, again… … .
[Go elsewhere, Barbarian. This is the realm of our clan.]
The world beyond the mirror where the clans sat down and ate the monsters that came out.
I used to call this hidden field like this.
“Bjorn! Monsters are coming from all directions!”
“Ready for battle!”
burning zone.
「Field Effect – The other side of the world is given.」
“The manastone drop rate is greatly increased.”
「Essence drop rate is slightly increased,」
Let’s just float two integers, no more, no less.
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