episode_0077

After looking closely at the pit from a distance, I was able to roughly determine its location.

The blood slimes were moving like water in a huge pit, but they were forming a circle around the plant and trying not to leave.

‘Did you say aplesia?’

The slimes seem to be fighting each other to take over the space, perhaps because they are trying to eat what is left over from the vegetation, or because something like honey flows from the plant itself.

I looked around the lake to see if there were any other plants like that, but the only area with huge plants was the area where Peria was attacked.

‘Anyway, what should I do if it’s this dangerous?’

Even if you know the location and number, that’s it.

Looking at the moving part of the slime, the size of the plant is approximately slightly larger than a baseball field.

I don’t know what the plant looks like, but as long as it doesn’t eat people and slime, you could probably play baseball on it until the bottom of the 9th inning.

“Shall we try it?”

Tumble-

Just in case, I threw a rotten human-sized tree trunk, and as before, tentacles came out and snatched it away.

Tsk!

“Yikes!”

And then, as expected, this kind of thing was not my thing, and a piece of wood came out of the hole and shot out strongly in the direction I had thrown it.

When I saw it return to the exact direction I was in, it was so strong that I wondered if it was angry at the plant subject.

Since it is called a vegetative plant, I think it is similar to a carnivorous plant.

Carnivorous plants don’t eat anything for a while after eating something, so this one did it because it thought it might have eaten Peria and gone into a lull, but it was so big that it didn’t seem like a person the size of Peria would have gone.

“Well, Peria was resurrected before it could be properly digested, so even though she swallowed it, it wouldn’t be in her stomach.”

“Why? Are you going to get rid of that for me?”

Ayla came over before I knew it and said something as if she had been watching what I was doing.

“Aila also said you came to get rid of that, right? Rather, I don’t have to look at the contract?”

“I signed it in advance. I guess there are a lot of things I need to write down. I heard the pen flies around a lot?”

When I looked back, I saw Peria continuing to write something on a piece of paper that had already been signed.

‘That’s already over.’

They probably start with clauses that are advantageous to them and double and triple up on penalties to ensure they can’t escape.

‘If you think you need it, you can even sign an organ donation contract.’

To be honest, I don’t know how much Aila will keep that contract, but Peria, as a trickster, probably has a plan, so I decided not to worry about it.

When I returned, I made a makeshift safety line by sticking pieces of wood around the area, considering the length of the Aplesia vines, and discussed it with Aila.

“I need to catch the newborn blood slime here, but it seems like it’s taking too long. That guy is deep in the pit and covered in slime, so I don’t think he can start a fire.”

“I see. Still, it’s easy to kill that thing.”

“How?”

“Um… like this?”

Eila takes out an arrow and ties it to her bow.

“Heup.”

And it infuses magic power.

If you put magic into a vaguely refined arrowhead, it will explode.

And ordinary humans do not have the energy to put so much effort into the tip of an arrow after only shooting it once.

However, the elf’s arrowhead must have been specially made and began to take on Aela’s magic and turn blue.

And when Aila let go of her finger-

ping-

The arrow pierced through the slimes and entered the inside where Aplesia was, and immediately a red flame was seen for a moment and a popping sound was heard.

Aila, who saw this, was very embarrassed as the result seemed to be different from what she expected.

“Yikes, you didn’t count the slime! Is this a big problem? I don’t think it’s possible with this. Normally, if it was about the size of Aplesia, an arrowhead like this would be enough, but I didn’t know it was covered in so many blood slimes.”

‘Is that elf technology?’

When I heard the explosion sound, it seemed like the arrow had hit the plant inside, but the plant wasn’t completely dead.

It seems that the firepower has been halved because of the slime.

Eila looked at the remaining arrows in the quiver, but they all seemed to be insufficient to deliver a clear blow to the inside, so she gave up in the end.

“If this goes on, I’ll have to go back to the forest and come back. It would be nice to have a weapon that can easily flow magical power, but it would be difficult to find here now. I think there is a limit to putting magic power into an arrowhead. There should be a spear made by the druids, but this… The patrol sword is not that good, so if you put too much magic into it, it will break.”

“Does it take a long time to get to where the weapon is and back?”

‘I want to finish it today.’

All I wanted to do was finish my business and get out of this wetland quickly, so I asked Aila for more details.

“About two days from here? It’s really annoying. Despite tradition and all, patrol units with a lot of young people do not even provide horsemen, which are means of transportation. Are there any scenery that you can only see by walking on your own two legs?”

While Aila was talking, she was already stressed because something had gone wrong, and she seemed to have the type of personality that loses concentration quickly, so the conversation drifted off to another direction again.

“Oh, by the way, while I was thinking about it, there are those red panda bears that Lee Rim saw the other day, right?”

“I didn’t know it was a name like that. But why?”

I immediately remembered the bear Aela had mentioned.

Bears shooting bows carrying arrows similar to the javelins we saw before.

These bears have brown or orange fur overall and dark black fur on their legs.

“Last time, I was good at teaching those demon beasts how to shoot archery, but since you guys got caught, they couldn’t do anything and they all died. So the druids are teaching me fighting techniques that will help me win in close combat this time. I’m telling you to be careful. Lee Rim needs to grow his hair, so he can’t die.”

“… Thank you for the advice. The content is scary, though.”

“Right? Honestly, that’s what I think too. Druids, or should we say that among elves, they are older people who pursue the pinnacle of knowledge in a variety of ways? Since ancient times, when it comes to learning, you have learned all kinds of things, but eventually you started to become interested in such strange things.”

‘It was the Druids who did such crazy things.’

In the elven forest, it was strange to see so many magical beasts that appeared as ordinary beasts but behaved strangely.

The archery bear from before is also a bear, but sometimes I feel like my back suddenly hurts a lot and I turn around to see a ninja squirrel holding small knives dual-wielding my back. The magical beast that looks a bit like a raptor is a spinning spinning beast that some elf must have carefully made. There were also cases where people charged with bamboo spears.

‘It’s a fighting technique for a bear.’

I was disgusted after hearing what Aila said.

Their strength is similar to ours, but if they use their brains properly and use ground techniques in boxing, it would be really scary because of the difference in weight class.

If we go back to modern times, wouldn’t we become MMA champions?

It was too scary to think such scary thoughts, but suddenly I had a good idea to end it here without Eila having to go back to the village, so I talked to her.

“Oh, now that I think about it, I guess I should say that magical energy flows, but there are weapons made of magical energy.”

“Huh? really? Would you like to give it a try?”

He goes to his backpack and pretends to take things out, creating a magic sword and handing it to him.

“Wow. It’s exactly as I said. Magic power is naturally contained in it. Is it like a weapon made from cloud iron or star iron?”

“Well, that’s roughly it.”

In Aela’s eyes, the magic sword seemed to be a pretty good weapon.

After playing with the weapon for a while, she made a suggestion.

“Hmm… With a weapon like this, Lee Rim would be able to eliminate that thing by himself, right? Why not try it?”

“Me? If I go in with this, I think I’ll just die?”

‘I don’t even have a chance to get my footing, so I’m just going to struggle and get to the goal.’

Although Aela suggested it, I don’t have the confidence to fight through slimes with a magic sword against a plant whose overall appearance I don’t know.

“There is no need to go in directly? Just do what I did earlier. When magical power is rotated, the flame properties are concentrated. If you put it in the arrowhead and shoot it, it reacts with the opponent’s magic power and generates flames, and the same thing is done with the tip of the sword.”

“A swordsman uses flames even though he’s not a wizard?”

I’ve never seen knights shoot flames from their swords instead of magic.

Of course, as this world is so large and full of new things, there may be someone like that somewhere, but I haven’t seen anyone perform such an art among the knights of the 3rd Legion.

“There’s nothing to think about. The path is different, but the principle and result are the same. Whether the swordsman uses the magic power contained within the body or the magician draws magic power from outside, both are ultimately the same magic power, right? Well, if you don’t have the knack, it seems like the swordsman won’t use it because the fire will start inside his body. It may be possible because the elves are talented. I’ve never seen it used by humans.”

“There’s no way I can use something like that here that no one else uses.”

Following Eila’s words, I thought about using various methods to manipulate magical power, but there was no way I could use magical energy in the first place.

Aila also seemed to remember that after she said it.

“Hmm, is it a bit difficult? Come to think of it, soul soldiers can’t handle magic. I guess I can use already made magic weapons. It must be really hard.”

“That’s right. So you die often…”

‘Wait a minute, this is a weapon that’s already been made?’

I thought I couldn’t do it because I couldn’t handle magical power, but after hearing Aela’s words, another thought came to mind.

I was thinking wrong.

There was no reason to try to move magical energy that could not be moved with my body.

My artifact was originally intended to be a weapon only.

A weapon of revenge created solely to pierce the heart of an enemy and take their life, as the alchemist collected the souls of angry people.

So it goes without saying that you should not try to use it for other purposes.

Then just do it differently.

Let’s throw away the idea that I control the magic power contained in this artifact and think about making a weapon to kill enemies from the beginning with rotating magic power.

A weapon that explodes the moment you pierce its tip, causing further injury.

Think of such a weapon.

‘Now, let’s make it again from the beginning.’

Soon, as if responding to my thoughts, the magic sword maintained its original form, but only one part changed.

The tip of the sword, about the length of a finger, begins to glow red.

“Success?”

The magic power that was put into the sword by twisting it excessively remains at the tip of the sword.

The magic sword changed its appearance to hurt the enemy in more creative ways as I wanted.

“Huh? what. You know how to do it, right? Is Lee Rim more talented than he looks? The last time you shared a sword with me, you were in pretty good form.”

When I showed the magic sword to Aila, she looked at it for a moment and praised it.

Then, the two of us get close enough to touch the vines of the plant inside the hole and take our positions.

“Now you just have to do the same thing as I did when I shot the bow. Be careful not to let the tip of the sword touch the floor or any other area, and just throw it straight, like a spear, as if an arrow is flying. With that much power, you could finish it in one hit.”

Listening to Aela’s words, I aimed my magical sword.

To help me maintain a more accurate posture, Aila comes right behind me and corrects my hand.

“Now, hold your breath.”

A voice coming from my ear.

“Share the movements yourself. With the feeling of throwing it at one, two, three.”

It increases my concentration and I just step back.

‘one.’

pull your arm,

‘two.’

After taking a step forward,

‘three!’

Shoot the sword with all your might.

A stronger magic sword made by following Aela’s advice.

The sword containing new power plunges straight into the center of the pit.