Chapter 285

Chapter 285 – A slow farm

Looking at the K-I-A Board, I confirmed my status .

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Level：１／１

ＨＰ　ＳＳ

ＭＰ　ＳＳ

Strength　　ＳＳ

Endurance　ＳＳ

Intelligence　ＳＳ

Mentality　ＳＳ

Speed　ＳＳ

Dexteroty　Ｄ

Luck　　ＳＳ

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After defeating Zombie Dragons one after another, my Dex has finally raised to a D Rank .

As the counter 1 Dragons kept appearing during my farm sessions, it was much more difficult to farm efficiently . Before I knew it, it was already evening, and it was time for me to head home .

Since I knew the way to meet the spirit of Nihonium, the only thing left now is one last push—-

“——Let’s not do that . ” (Ryouta)

I immediately changed my way of thinking .

No point pushing myself .

Isn’t the whole reason why I’m here is because I died from overwork?

Let’s try to avoid making the same mistakes twice in a row .

What’s more———

☆

The next morning, after having my breakfast, I went and met with Plumbum .

“Ooh, I’ve been waiting for you . ” (Plumbum)

As usual, she was drawing pictures of me, but when she looked up and face me, she smiled sweetly .

And the main reason why I didn’t want to push myself, is because I wanted to meet with Plumbum everyday, as promised .

If I were to burn the midnight oil, I’ll accumulate more stress, and it might affect my performance as well .

I do have a similar promise with Aurum, but since she’s always curious with so many other things, I don’t feel like I’ve betrayed her when I didn’t go and meet her for a few days .

However, Plumbum is different, as she has been betrayed before, and if I were to break that promise, she might not trust anyone anymore .

And today, she has her usual smile and laughter, which warmed my heart as I sat down next to her .

“…… . ” (Plumbum)

“What’s up, why’re you staring at my face like that?” (Ryouta)

“Did something… . . happen to you?” (Plumbum)

“Eh?” (Ryouta)

“Your expressions seems different from usual . ” (Plumbum)

“Different from usual?” (Ryouta)

As she said that, she used her hands to touch and rub my face .

I do believe I’m feeling normal, and fine .

“Are you worrying about something, and keeping it to yourself?” (Plumbum)

“What makes you think that?” (Ryouta)

“Don’t think that I’m ignorant, I’m always watching you, so of course I would know . ” (Plumbum)

With how straightforward she was, it made me more embarrassed .

“I see . Well yeah, there is one thing that’s bothering me—–Ah no, more like troubling me . ” (Ryouta)

“What is it . You can talk to me about it . ” (Plumbum)

“But… . . ” (Ryouta)

“I am . ” (Plumbum)

“Hm?” (Ryouta)

“You can say anything you want to me if it helps relieve you . ” (Plumbum)

“I see . ” (Ryouta)

I’m glad that I came today .

No one has ever said that to me before .

I can say whatever I want to her, and she’ll listen closely to me, which makes me glad .

“Actually—–” (Ryouta)

I told her about what I was worrying about, the fact that I couldn’t find a surefire way to defeat the counter 1 Zombie Dragons .

It’s not that I’m asking her to find a way to help me, but just letting her hear what I’m worrying about .

Plumbum who listen till the end, stood up and started waving her hands at random .

Then, 1 turtle appeared out of nowhere .

It was a turtle the size where even an adult can sit on, and the surface of the shell reminds me of a UFO .

“This is?” (Ryouta)

“This is the rare monster of my dungeon, a Chrono Turtle . ” (Plumbum)

“Chrono Turtle huh . ” (Ryouta)

“Try defeating it . The shell is hard enough to deflect any bullets of yours, but there is a way to defeat it . ” (Plumbum)

She then taught me the weakness, and asked me to use the Growth Bullet to attack at that one spot .

The effect was as expected, with one hit, the monster was defeated and it dropped some liquid .

“And this is?” (Ryouta)

“It’s what the humans called <Toki no Shizuku> . ” (Plumbum) (TLN: I tried finding the meaning of it, but all I got was a song by GLAY, and directly translating means drop of time/beads of time)

“Toki no Shizuku?” (Ryouta)

After saying that, she once again waved her hands and another Chrono Turtle was summoned .

Then, she threw the Toki No Shizuku onto the Chrono Turtle .

Then, the turtle’s colour changed .

“It has frozen……? No, if we go by the name——Did time stop for it?” (Ryouta)

“Yeap . ” (Plumbum)

She nodded .

“It’s an item that freezes the opponent when thrown at them . Maybe you can use this on that Zombie Dragon?” (Plumbum)

“…… . !!!” (Ryouta)

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Nihonium 9th floor .

Looking around for a particular Zombie Dragon, I walked around the dungeon .

Then, I spotted my foe .

Moving closer, I threw the <Beads of TIme> (Temp) at it .

Then, the Zombie Dragon froze like the Chrono Turtle .

The colour changed, but it didn’t move at all .

What’s more, the counter remained at 1 .

I went ahead and fired bullets at it, and the counter was still at a 1 .

“Alright!” (Ryouta)

I did a guts pose .

Then, I tested some other things .

With the Zombie Dragon stopped, I used the Invisible Blue Flame Bullet and burned it, and the counter was still at a 1 .

After having its entire body burned to crisp, the time suddenly started moving and it was defeated .

The Dex seed dropped .

Not stopping there, I wanted to test again .

I finally found another one, but there were 2 of them .

This might be hard to test, and I wanted to run away——-but I took out my revolver .

“…… . . ” (Ryouta)

 I stopped moving .

Then, something suddenly sparked in my head .

I can do it! 

I tried scooping up water that is spilling through my fingers .

Concentrating at my fullest, my thoughts became clear .

I took out the <Beads of Time>, and threw it on my revolver .

The revolver changed colour, and time stopped .

I removed the bullets that have stopped in time, and inserted a new normal bullet .

Then, I fired it .

It fired towards the counter 1 Zombie Dragon .

Then, the counter————remained at 1 .

With the revolver having the effect of the <Beads of Time>, the counter didn’t decrease!