Zulu and Angela seem to be having trouble with the fallen Mad Treant. It's only obvious. It's a tree after all. That's right isn't it? That was thoughtless of me. It's impossible to cut through it with a knife or sword I'm sure.
"Zenom, Ralpha. Would you help them with taking out the magic stone?"
"Hn? Ah, I guess so." "Got it."
During that time Miduchi-sensei's lecture continued.
"It's mentioned in a variety of games but Treant are largely split into three categories. The ones that were originally just simple spirits or something close to that. Like the spirit of the tree, speaking in terms of Japan it would be something like Kodama or Tsukumogami and they're often beings that have a good feeling as they try to help you. Next is the type that comes out in Tolkien's famous books and it's a race called the Ent and obviously they're divided based on gender as well. It might have been created based on legends from around the world about the tree spirits I just mentioned. The next one is fine to say it's the same but for some reason that ended up becoming ferocious and in most cases whether it be games or otherwise they come out as opponents and monsters like this."
Ho~ho~ Toris, Bel, Gwine, and Basutoral were all nodding to themselves as they listened.
"This time was the worst third type of them. It was in an underground labyrinth, a dungeon after all. It should be fine to conclude that. But, it's considerably lucky. The lumber material you can get from Treants often have magical properties and if you produce bows or shields from them and..we ended up burning it quite a bit.."
Ah..Do..Don't look at me with those eyes. I didn't know about it. Look, everyone other you is making faces like it couldn't be helped right?
In the first place putting aside the equipment of a monster, you wouldn't normally think of making a part of their body into materials right? If it was fur or a huge fang then it's not as if I wouldn't understand though. Eh? You've mentioned it before? Did I hear about something like that? Ah, I heard about the ingredients and such for the medicine.
Ah, but you know, don't things taste better when burnt? That's unrelated? Ah, I see.
Sorry.
Suddenly when we noticed Zenom and the others were all whispering about something in a low voice by the side of the fallen Treant. It seems they noticed we've finished up our discussion.
"Umm..Madam, where in the world is this monster's magic stone..." "Miduchi, around where is this things magic stone?"
Zulu and Zenom asked Miduchi. Miduchi made a difficult face after being asked. I'm sure she doesn't know. I guess that's only obvious. It's a tree after all.
In the end we tried smashing the axe into the area seemed like the chest. Since it was hard and the blade wasn't passing through so easily everyone wanted a saw.
As a test I had Zenom cut off the branches right arm(?) with his axe and checked the status and it came up as Treant Wood and after all just as Miduchi said with Identify it was coming up as something considerably valuable.
Since it couldn't be helped we decided to cut off and threw the thin branches that were largely grown from it's head and didn't seem like we could use before carrying the entire corpse that is the lumber together with us to the teleport room on the 8th floor and then we'd slowly take the magic stone out from it there. However, carrying this ended up being extremely difficult.
After tying a rope around it and dragging it along as we returned the way we originally came back to the teleport crystal the time(we most likely dragged it a distance of around 6-7 km) was already past midnight and regardless of the fact that we took some breaks while moving, we were all exhausted.
However, it was a huge help when Toris said, "Please tie the rope around this area. It's center of gravity is here." and instructed us on the various places to tie the rope. It seems that the Treant wood has different density based on the place so it was a completely different spot from the center of gravity everyone had guessed.
In the first place even if I say it's lumber it's in the tree stage before it's properly been processed so it's not a clean geometric shape. Even if the density wasn't all that different I don't think it would have been much different with how unreliable we are at measuring by eye.
It's plainly useful, 【Scale】. It was when I was thinking that and wondering if it could be used in any other words as I tried Identifying Toris's Scale once more and,
【Unique Ability: Scale; After using this ability, for the level of the ability multiplied by one minute....the division can be maintained perpetually so long as concentration is maintained and no other intrusions enter the operation. The MAX level expansion ability is that it becomes possible to use the ability on living things but bear in mind that clothes and equipment are processed as different targets.】
And it's there. I wonder since when it was added to the display?
Rather than something like that, this is, if you use it on a person or monster wouldn't you be able to figure out the center of their gravity? I guess that means he can see the center of Bel's gravity huh?
If they're using heavy metal armor then the center of gravity might be off but if it's leather armor then I'm sure it wouldn't be all that different. If I have do something like Judo or Aikido I have no idea if he could do something like the air throw? Maybe I'll have him try doing some hand-to-hand fighting the next time we're training?
Incidentally, while Zulu, Bel, Gwine, and I were dragging it along the way, Ralpha got tired and tried to sit down on the tree triggering Zenom's fury as he kicked her ass off. Take that~
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Year 7446, Month 9, Day 9
The Kafu(A stew-like cooking using pork and vegetables like potage. Of course it has Baldoggie in it) Giberuti made had just the right amount of salt as it tasted delicious to our exhausted bodies and since we're young we ended up unintentionally eating a large portion of it. I'm sure we'll just end up spending all of today trying to take out that huge Treant's magic stone without returning to the surface after all. We had him cook seconds of bacon and eggs and we cleanly devoured that as well.
It was troublesome so I just wanted to ignore the Minotaur but after all I'd like to take care of the toilet outside. I also wanted to have a shower in a bright and liberating place. Miduchi and Bel fired off arrows into the back of it's head until it was like a bee's nest and finished it up in no time at all.
Recently the Minotaur has only appeared with nothing but it's loincloth.
It's gradually deteriorated since the magnificent axe it had the first time and since around the 10th one the axes have been crude almost like it was from the stone age. Somehow it's not as if it hasn't started to feel a bit pitiful.
Zulu and Angela take the magic stone out from the Minotaur's corpse without a word of complaint before dragging it off to the corpse pile in the back of the pillar. I don't know if it's because the atmospheric temperature feels like 15 degree C or so but in about five days the flesh started to rot and in less than one month it will turn to just bones. It seems that one it turns to bones it remains for a matter of years. Behind the pillar there's already over 30 Minotaur corpses and skeletons laying around.
I quickly took a shower and then fell asleep soon after.
I wanted to take things a bit easy the next morning but even then we all woke up around 7:00 am and gathered around the Treant we left in a corner of the room.
While Giberuti was making a sad face I used the spell {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud} on his favorite iron pot to change it into a mud form inside of a container I made from ice and started bleeding from my nose while making a saw. I was able to make a saw(I just hammered out some cast iron that was adequately molded and made blades on it) that's considerably more efficient than those circulating around Orth but looking at Giberuti's face and I somehow it feels a bit complicated.
Since there's a handle attached to it as iron material crushing Zulu's bastard sword would have had a higher purity on top of being high quality so we should have been able to get more materials from it and maybe even been able to make a chisel and hammer. It would have been fine to do that as well but swords are expensive. I couldn't bring myself to crush an item worth over 1,000,000 Z just to make a saw.
While I made the saw because it would be bad to damage the magic stone we couldn't bring ourselves to use it with a lot of momentum behind it. We couldn't do anything but use Zenom's axe to get to the inner layers and then carefully disassemble it.
It was already past soon when we finally somehow managed to get the magic stone out.
Ah, in the end it was behind the forehead of the face. Thanks to that a considerable amount of the wood ended up becoming nothing more than valuable trash.
The value of the magic stone was 2,500,000 and actually felt a bit lacking. If we sell it for a proper price then it would be around 17,000,000 Z or so but I don't think we would be punished for hoping for a bit higher of estimate. The size is one size bigger than an ogres but the color is different. It's considerably close to white.
We were exhausted so we decided to deal with the lumber again next time and returned to the surface.
While climbing the stairs towards the surface I took out the magic stone we obtained from the Treant and held it in my hand. I don't know if he's there or not but I was thinking of bragging to Church-san.
Unfortunately Church-san wasn't there but I endured by bragging through reporting our battle results to a young man from the Baldukk Knight Group. Seeing the magnificent magic stone the eyes of the knight group member went wide in envy but he politely congratulated us and gave me information.
"This morning when {Gehenna.Flare} returned they were carrying a splendid magic stone as well. It was smaller than that but it was a color that didn't fall behind it. Supposedly they obtained from defeating a monster called the {Flesh Golem} in a room on the 3rd floor. It seems there was a member who was seriously injured as well but whether it's the {Slaughterers} or {Gehenna.Flare}, as expected of the top teams."
Oh! So those guys encountered the {Flesh Golem} as well!? Well, they have a number of veterans with them so I'm sure they were able to win. How much did it end up going for when we got it again? I think it was around 4,000,000 ~ 5,000,000 or so. Since I cashed it in after I was beaten down to the 14th floor my impression of it was pretty weak.
"Ah, come to think of it, it seems there's a party that still hasn't returned yet as well."
He~ But something like that happens every month so it's not really unusual. Well, just in case I guess I'll try asking who it was huh? Thinking that it was just when I was about to ask what fools ended up screwing up.
There was a single silhouette that approached us. It's the dwarf from {Verdure.Brotherhood}, Renbaru(Renbaru.Flameshaft).
"Do you know about {Black.Topaz}?"
There's no way I wouldn't know about them right. ..I can tell he didn't mean in that way just from looking at his face.
"What is it? The day before yesterday? Ah, I guess it would be three days ago or so we met them on the 7th floor but.."
Hearing that Renbaru squinted his eyes as if glaring at me and, "They still haven't returned from the dungeon. According to schedule they should have returned at latest yesterday. I can't believe it's the case but.." started saying something like that.
Those guys, they still haven't returned? On top of one dying there were some injured as well, if they were making the map while confirming things as they moved then I'm sure their movements would be slow. If they encounter any ogres and take breaks then wouldn't it take a considerable amount of time? It's common for the top teams to not return for 2-3 days and such. It seems that other teams even camp inside of the dungeon after all.
"Please don't say such bad jokes that could hurt someone's reputation. We just went to their aid when they fell into a dilemma and saved them you know?"
I said with a slightly angry tone of voice. It's only obvious right.
"Ah, is that so..Sorry. I was feeling a bit on the edge..Sorry about that. However, I see. If you don't know then that's fine. I apologize for intruding when you're exhausted."
Renbaru said that before turning and heading away from us walking towards a corner of the entrance plaza. There's a chair in the shade where he was going and it seems that's where he's waiting. After he mentioned something to Zofi, the slave of Viruhaima's that I saw once upon a time she quickly ran off somewhere. I guess her destination is Elm Tree Manor?
After quickly cashing in our magic stones other than the big game one from the Treant we returned to our inn and after relaxing for a short while a messenger came from {Verdure.Brotherhood}. I thought that would probably be the case so I didn't go outside.
"Greed-kun. I'm sorry but our leader Roberuto wants to talk to you. If you have time tonight would you come to Dorureon? We don't mind however many others come along as well. Also, if it's troublesome for you to go there then if you just designate a time and place we'll go there."
Oh Basu-san~(Basuraito.Kerutein) it seems you have it hard as usual. The food of Dorureon is extremely appealing but I'm a bit tired so pardon me from anything heavy. I'd really like to eat some Somen right around now. It's hot after all.
"Is 6:00 pm at Murowa fine?"
"Got it. I think it will be myself and two others from our side that go."
"I understand."
While watching Basu's back as he left I thought for a moment. It's fine that {Verdure.Brotherhood} and {Black.Topaz} are in a cooperative relationship. It probably also has the meaning of rivaling us included in it as well. However, what about that level of concern?
I can't imagine that {Black.Topaz} would end up the prey of some monsters just like that. Of course ogres are strong but even they ended up spending some amount of days I don't know after teleporting into the 7th floor reaching that monster room without suffering any real damage at all. I don't think they would be done in so easily.
Let alone, if it was right after they had just lost one of their members. Wouldn't they just be more cautious than ever as they carefully proceed? If you calmly think about it then hasn't {Black.Topaz} only gone to the 7th floor two or three times right? I don't know if the reason they charged into the monster room was because they were letting their guards down or out of a sense of rivalry or whatever but I think they're just trying to return to their initial resolution as they slowly move ahead.
If it's sis Anderson then I'm sure she can do it and if she can't do it then I think she would have been by a monster long in the past and become excretions leaving just her magic stone.
Honestly speaking I think that after all they have plenty high enough of a skill level for them to reign over the town of Baldukk as a top party. Don't be making such an uproar over a party like that just returning from the dungeon 2~3 days late. If I use some extreme logic then even this time if the {Slaughterers} didn't have enough rope from the survival kits I have everyone carrying then when we defeated the Treant I would have ended up having to change Zulu's bastard sword into a saw on the spot for us to disassemble it there.
Even though you could say we don't have to worry about it for a short while after defeating the boss of a monster room, we would have ended up needing to select members to remain cautious of the surroundings and such, and we should have been considerably late in returning. If the day we had defeated the Treant was today then after all I think our schedule would have taken an extra 2~3 days.
We would have had to disassemble the Treant down to lumber that could be carried by one person and then slowly made several round trips carrying the heavy load back and forth to the teleport crystal.
In the evening the {Butchers} and {Exterminators} came back from the dungeon as well. It was just right so I instructed them to eat at Murowa today as well and sent Rodrick's combat slave Denda off to the restaurant to reserve it.
Eee~ old man Viruhaima.
I'll surround you with close to 30 people tonight. I'll have you confess everything you know.
Well, I'm sure it's nothing significant though.
Occasionally I just want to enjoy old man Viruhaima's frightened face as the snack to go with my alcohol.
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