"There's no whatever or anything else, I really don't know much of anything at all."
Teacher Mila made a troubled face as she said it. It seems it's not like she's trying to hide it but she really doesn't know much of anything about it.
"..It's not like I'm hiding anything though. What I know is..I guess..Only about the origins of how the dungeon was made."
Wh..What was that!?
"Oh! Would you please tell me about that!?"
Origins huh? That's something I'd absolutely like to hear about.
"And, even if I say that. The one who made this dungeon was the Demi-God Besshu-sama. But, I don't know what the reason for making it was, though I don't have any interest in that either so it doesn't matter at all."
I see Besshu-sama...Demi-God huh? It seems there's the influence of a considerable number of Gods on Orth. However, things like Gods I don't really have much interest in for right now. Miki, no Lilus, if her name came out then it would be different though.
"I see. So, a Demi-God was the one who made it. Come to think of it, previously you said there was a condition to come to this area from the 3rd floor right. Right now, when we use the teleport crystal on the 3rd floor we aren't chanting the incantation that floats on the surface of it. We're teleporting using the method we heard from Lilus but what was the method that teacher mentioned at that time?"
"That time..Ah, the second or third time you two came here..What kind of method did you hear about from Lilus-sama? Well, it's probably the same though."
Teacher Mila already knows about Unique Abilities. I guess it's already fine. It seems there's nothing good that will come from hiding it from the fairies. I explained that we got here by singing song from the world Miduchi and I previously lived in and were born to this one from and that phrases in it were the key to the teleport from the 3rd floor.
Since I felt it was necessary to explain it at the same time, I gave a simple explanation that most likely George.Rombert the First may have been from a different time period, he was a "human" from the same country, and then, also said that Lilus was born in the same world as well.
Additionally I was about to say that Lilus was my wife as well but before I could say that, hearing everything up to there teacher Mila wasn't surprised at all as she casually replied.
"Yeah, I thought it something along those lines. I've heard that originally we lived on the surface in a land called Gwirumu. We were supposedly in a corner of wetlands that was at the side of a lake far bigger than the one here. But you know, just as you can see, we're too weak to live on the surface. Putting aside Miduchi, since Al has Identify I'm sure you can imagine. During the time we lived on the surface even those who lived the longest was at greatest several decades. A lot of our allies passed away being eaten by something."
"No way.."
Miduchi was shocked.
"If we can live for hundreds of years then both our mana and our magic special skill levels increase so it's more difficult to die though. However, our grandparents from that time couldn't stay alive that long so easily."
Ho!? It seems it's turning into quite the story...
"Quietly and as if hiding, though I say that it was in a world that's so wide it's not even worth comparing to here we tried to live leisurely. But, at one point, a rumor started to spread around that the scales from fairy wings are a miracle cure for any disease. A lot of human races came along and tore off our wings. Fairies are weak after all. If our wings are torn off we die in a few days. Ah, I'll just say this but that it's a miracle cure is a lie. That's not the case."
For just a moment I thought about requesting sharing a bit of those scales for the sake of Miduchi's older brother. I wonder what Miduchi was thinking. I was about to look to my side but stopped.
"Lilus-sama found out about us on her travels and must have pitied us. She said that she would prepare a place we can live peacefully. Ah, at that time it was still before she had become a Demi-God. After that countless tens and hundreds of years passed, around the time our numbers cut 100, Lilus-sama appeared at Gwirumu once more and guided our few remaining grandparents that had survived to this land."
"Your majesty.."
Lilus traveled from the East to the West. It's a story from when she was still just a simple Elf {Immortal} before she had become a {Demi-God} and obviously a Dark Elf. It might be possible it's a story from 1,000 years ago.
"She taught it to us at that time. If we ever have to go outside for some kind of task so we can always return back to here."
Hm~n.
"Back then, it seems this dungeon was still only just made. I've heard that there was a guardian on the 1st floor as well. Also, it's said that when Lilus-sama teleported through the floors she was able to teleport along with all of the remaining survivors."
Yeah, the hands of the fairies are small after all. If Lilus grabs on to that crystal rod, I'm sure all of the small palms of their hands could fit on the remaining portion. The fairies which are almost like small winged insects swarming to the crystal rod, I'm sure it was a chilling sight.
"Although, no~one is willing to go outside~ though. We have berries here and there's fish in the pond as well. There's honeybees in that corner too. It's rare for anyone to ever make it here and the first time someone came here was before we were born but it seems they were well-mannered and apologized for intruding and didn't hurt anyone. Of course there's occasionally those who harbor ill intentions towards us as well but we kill all of those. It's a comfortable place for us. I guess we've come to truly feel that, now we don't really increase our numbers much at all. It's more fun to play than increase after all. If there's few deaths then there's no reason to hurry and give birth to children."
After that, I heard several stories but it was fundamentally just information that isn't very useful to me. I guess since we got engrossed in our conversation, before I realized it the fairies had left because there was nothing more to eat and they were having fun flying around the waterside. Among them there was also some that seemed to be doing something like magic training as well but I guess originally they get bored easily like Karl, they seem to get invited by their allies and go off to play right away.
"Now then, I'm sure once again this time, it's that right? You came to have me to teach you some spells you don't know right?"
"Wa ha..That's right."
"It's written on your face."
I guess it was obvious.
"Well that's fine. You brought along a lot of fish for us after all. Just, I wonder what's good? I think I've already taught you quite a few though"
Mu, anything is fine as long as it's a spell I don't know, or at least that's what I'd like to say but if it's possible then..I guess so. After all, the number one thing would some kind of spell that would be useful in helping explore the dungeon for the time being. The runner-up would be something that might not be useful for the dungeon but still convenient to know.
"Is there any kind of spell that lets you talk with a target that you can't see?"
Miduchi said that, but a spell like that, it's one of the first things I asked when I came here, and that, didn't you say it before as well?
"I don't know of any."
See.
"Ah, I'm sorry. It's fine even if you don't talk. It's fine if you can just convey ideas or something to a person that's far away though.."
I've tried asking that as well. I was wondering if it wasn't possible do something like {Facsimile}. The reply was obviously "I don't know of any."
"I said it last time but the "communication" type are impossible. Since it's become possible for me to make small parts using {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud} as long as we can secure a stable "power source" then eventually I think we'll somehow be able to do something about "wireless telegraphy" but I'm sure it's no good for a while longer. I think it would best to give up on things in that area."
As a matter of fact the real reason why I learned {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud} was so that I could efficiently extract and process Germanium as well. I found tungsten(I don't know if it exists in the natural world but it probably does), so if I can just find germanium then there's no reason I wouldn't be able to make a point-contact type diode.
I don't know if high purity ores themselves of things like Chrome, Nickel, and Molybdenum can be discovered(not mined) in the dungeon but I've confirmed their existence and used a couple of them as well. I'm sure there's no that just Germanium doesn't exist.
In regards to the power source and a storage battery {condenser} as well something like a Leiden jar I can make with the ingredients bought from any general store in Baldukk. After that it's just a matter of accumulating electricity from {Shocking.Grasp} or {Lightning Bolt} after all. If I made a tiny Leiden jar into a {condenser} then I can make an {amplifier} as well and I don't think there's any harm in hoping for something on the same level of ability as a small vacuum tube at the size of a little finger either.
I'm sure the abilities would be tremendously low compared to those on Earth and even if I could make the device itself it would be questionable if even Zulu could carry it around but even then I've already got the prospects for making a wireless transceiver device. If it's on flatland and we make use of rods standing up antennas then it should be possible transmit around 10 km. If we made a relay station at the top of a high mountain then it should be just a bit better. Even that is more than plenty to bring about a revolution I'm sure.
After all there's a high chance that we can't make dispatch orders on the battlefield. No matter how much they surpass us in strategy if we can just secure a wireless communication network then I'm sure we can win against a force with similar numbers. Even Morse if you get used to it you can send several characters if you have 5 seconds and if it's things like advance, withdraw, right, or left then I'm sure even an idiot can understand it.
Even when it comes to clashing head on in a wide plain the merits of being able to quickly give out orders to each unit are immeasurable after all.
Eh? If it ends up being stolen? Isn't it fine to just use a code at that time? If it's established for sure that there's no reincarnated people among the enemy then even Japanese is fine and if there is then we could just make a simple list of orders and change it periodically. It's fine even as just open up number X order document as well.
Regardless of the case if it's in a range that we can clearly see then I'm sure a huge antenna would be unnecessary and even in the worst case there's the possibility of communication by wire as well. After all right now if it's just at the level of making wire, I can do it in a few hours of bleeding from my nose. If I really felt like it then I could take the ingredients of copper ores and rubber and make them both into mud together and create a rubber coating around the copper line even making an electric cable..a nosebleed dripping down without eating or drinking for half a day? I don't want to do that~ I need to get even more used to it.
"The last time you taught us about the resist type spells, so once again this time could you teach us some kind of spell for protecting our bodies?"
After I said that teacher Mila said, "You said you know about {Bark Skin} right. Do you know about {Stone Skin} and {Iron Skin}?"
Miduchi and I exchanged glasses before we had her start teaching us those two spells..though I'm sure the duration will just disappear right away. Judging from the name it seems to be the same type of spell as {Bark Skin} after all...
"That, I can somehow understand that it's more powerful in comparison to {Bark Skin} but is the duration of the effect the same as well?"
"Hn? I guess so. The duration of it is the same I'm sure. The only difference is the defensive power."
Hmn, I wonder about that. Only about 30 seconds for even me huh? It seems difficult to find a place to use it but I'm sure it's useful.
Miduchi was taught {Stone Skin} and I was taught {Iron Skin}.
In the first place if both of us take the time casting it it's not as if we can't use the spell {Bark Skin}, or at least at that level, and I guess the trick to it was different we struggled a bit to learn it.
If I can deploy a defensive field in one or two seconds then it might be useful one day.
With just that as hope we started engaging in practice to learn the spells.
Also, as a bonus Miduchi was taught the spell {Flame Strike} and I was taught the spell {Water Breathing}.
{Flame Strike} is a spell that sends three small {Fire Balls} radiating outwards and while each of the individual {Fire Balls} don't reach the level of the spell {Fire Ball} and obviously it's impossible to control them individual, it's a spell that makes it possible to burn away a somewhat wide range of area. Obviously if you pour more mana into it then it's possible to increase the number of fire balls as well.
The spell {Water Breathing} is just as the name sounds it makes it possible for you to breathe underwater. However, it was unexpectedly difficult to get a grasp on the trick for it, I ended up struggling quite a bit. I mean you know, you have to let water enter your lungs and then take the oxygen from there. At the very least that's how I understood it as working. In other words, it's necessary to drown. Of course, if the spell displays it's effects then you won't drown but the moment water enters your trachea you can't help but instinctively refuse it.
As expected even I was at my limits with this. In the end I was able to learn the spell itself but it end up taking quite a bit of time up until then and since Miduchi got interested in it she just kept struggling with learning it as well and because of the problem with her mana amount she wasn't able to learn it during the time we were in the Fairy Village.
Well, putting that aside, it's big that we were able to learn some defense type spells that seem reasonably useful. {Bark Skin} isn't anything great for the effects it offers and it's a spell that's pretty well-known as well. However, what could be called the advanced versions of that {Stone Skin} and {Iron Skin}, Miduchi and I had never even heard of them before.
There's also the problem of magic special level and MP needed in order to use them but if we can just make use of these then I think it would also be reassuring as well. Particularly Ralpha who stands at the front line. After all it differs from {Bark Skin} in that it doesn't require water magic.
"{Stone SKin}" Alteration (Earth Magic Lv 4, Void Magic Lv 6, Consumed MP 18 Earth Magic Double Void Magic Combination) Raises the defensive power of the targets skin to be like stone. It's not as if it actually becomes stone so it doesn't obstruct the movements of the target. Either until the duration of the effect wears off or the {Stone Skin} receives damage of over double the level of the caster in HP the effect will continue. The duration of the effect is a number of seconds equal to the level of the caster.
"{Iron SKin}" Alteration (Earth Magic Lv 6, Void Magic Lv 7, Consumed MP 29 Earth Magic Triple Void Magic Combination) Raises the defensive power of the targets skin to be like iron. It's not as if it actually becomes iron so it doesn't obstruct the movements of the target. Either until the duration of the effect wears off or the {Iron Skin} receives damage of over four times the level of the caster in HP the effect will continue. The duration of the effect is a number of seconds equal to the level of the caster.
"{Flame Strike}" Evocation (All Elements Lv 2, Void Magic Lv 7, Consumed MP 29) Fire off three small fire balls radiating outwards. Only the one in the center is possible to guide. For that reason, the greater the distance is to the target the greater distance the fire balls will continue to spread out. The angle of the radiation spreads out roughly 10 degrees apart using the center as 0 degrees. Increasing the number of fire balls fired off starts from in front of the center, then the next one after that would be left back from the center, then after that would be to the right as they increase in that order filling the gaps between.
"{Water Breathing}" Alteration.Reverse (Water Magic Lv 2, Fire Magic Lv 1, Wind Magic Lv 3, Void Magic Lv 6, Consumes MP 12) Makes it possible to breathe under water. The duration of the effect is the level of the caster multiplied by 5 minutes.
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