Chapter 226.2 - Rare Monster Material |
Since everyone was teleporting to each area from this fairy square, this place became some sort of a hub. Not to mention that the distance toward the boss room was quite far.
Just in case, when we tried to check the closest boss room, the boss had yet to respawn.
The long distance and our lack of information about the time needed for respawn of the boss made it quite inefficient.
Thus, we had no choice but to aim for rare monsters instead. They were not boss yet had power rivaling that of boss monsters, and they could be found anywhere. Finding them was hard, but it was much more efficient than waiting for the boss monster to respawn.
In fact, we had already found and defeated Crystasaurs and a monster that looked like the general of living armor.
And though it was mere coincidence, the Yamada party encountered and defeated Kelpie when fishing at the lake. This fella also had a boss quality core, it was an unexpected haul. Due to that battle, everyone became tattered and slimey.
Now we had four big cores.
Crystasaurs that we found first, the second one that we found later, from Living General and Kelpie, combined was four.
Takanashi could use alchemy to combine those cores and increase their size to their limit. In short, no amount of cores from small fries could match one big core of a boss-rank monster.
According to Takanashi, it was possible with advanced alchemy but… I doubt she was telling the truth.
「A~h, so busy~.」
「Momokawa-kun, since you seem free, come help us!」
「He won't hear you, such workload… I should've been with Kenzaki-san in the hunting team right now and yet…」
It was Nakajima, he had a forlorn look due to a mountain of jobs before him and a furious Himeno.
Since any kind of material had to go through first processing, their job was really simple, but seemingly there was no end to it.
I mean, Himeno, you already skipped yesterday's healing magic training session to play at the lake, right? I know about it. Since you feel refreshed after having some fun, you might as well do your job properly.
「Impossible, I'm just as busy as you two~.」
「Don't screw with me! Help us already, it won't end at this rate!」
「My skill is going to get dull if I don't fight… I'll get another lesson from Kenzaki-san but…」
From the looks of it, it seems both of them were really overwhelmed by the amount of the work.
Behind those two were heaps of mined light stones, and various corpses of monsters in huge quantities.
After removing impurities from the light stones with simple alchemy formation, it was then sorted by the intensity of light and attribute.
The corpse of the monster was dismantled into various parts such as viscera, core, horn, talon, shell, scale, and skin by their respective attributes.
Though both of them were wearing work clothes made from spider thread woven by me, the white clothes had already become very dirty with grime and blood. And this was their third clothes already.
I, on the other hand, was lying down elegantly, designing a new magic item while drinking honey lemon from the glass in my hand.
It couldn't be helped, thanks to 『Curse ALchemy Formation』 my dream expanded without limit.
「Hohohoho, nothing beats drinking refreshing honey lemon while looking at the lowly daily laborer.」
「DAMN CAPITALIST, GO TO HELL!」
「Whoop, just kidding. I'll help you guys.」
Himeno, who got cornered, might have been accidentally enlightened to develop communism.
Maybe she was the type that would finish her job properly when entrusted with one. It felt like she was about to blow her fuse before the workload was clearly beyond her limit. The workload was so much to the point that she couldn't even flirt with Nakajima.
「Then get yer ass here.」
「Let's begin with tidying everything.」
「Don't screw with me! Do you think we have that kind of leisure with today's quota!?」
The one who decided the said quota was me though. Well, it didn't really matter since I wasn't a stingy boss who would blame his workers for no reason.
「Well, at least it's impossible to work properly with many things scattered all over the place. So let's use this chance to calm down.」
I mean, the workshop looked as if an artist was in a hurry and started with the material before him.
If it were me, I would begin with sorting the materials. Using Rem, of course.
「Then, maybe we have to call Randou-san. Her training seems to be going well. And should we call Takanashi too? She might be slacking off anyway.」
「Such thing…」
「Eh?」
「If you can gather people that easily, you should have done that from the beginning!」
My bad Himeno-san. I mean, I'm a class rep too.
You said the nice thing, I have the power to mobilize personnel.
「Okay then Himeno-san will be tidying the materials scattered around. Nakajima-kun tidy the light stone. Leave the unused materials and trash to Rem.」
Now, let's call the diligent Randou-san and the truant bi*ch Takanashi.
And just when I was about to call them, the teleportation circle at the entrance workshop glowed.
Who returned I wonder.
「Welcome back, Tendou-kun. How's the catch?」
「Oh, I hunted down something that you'll like. See――『Death Stalker』」
Tendou-kun held his right hand aloft, deploying a golden magic circle, and dropped a giant scorpion monster from within. To be exact, the upper half was humanoid like that of Arachne.
Its thorny black carapace reflected a dangerous purple light. Its humanoid upper half was also clad in a bulky carapace which reminded me of the living armor.
And yet, both of its hands were a pair of giant scissors.
The tip of their long tail that got cut from its root was akin to a huge, scorching spear.
「OOOOOOOOOH, THIS IS A REALLY NICE MATERIAL, AND POISONOUS TOO!」
「Yeah, its poison is really something else. Anyone who gets poisoned by this fella will die for sure.」
「Thanks a lot Tendou-kun.」
「Now I'm going to sleep, too tired after fighting this fella.」
「Mei-chan is in the dining room, grab some beverage from her.」
「I'll show my face over there.」
Tendou-kun walked away as he replied, waving his hand lazily.
「Wait, Tendou-kun!」
「We will go with you~.」
JuryMary Combi followed him. It had been a while since they were teamed up, that might be the reason why they were all fired up.
「The bath has already been warmed up, you may use it anytime you want.」
「Thank you Momokawa!」
「You'll become an ideal wife.」
Well, the one who wanted a wife was me though. I mean, it was like a dream to make my wife make me choose from a bath, meal, and her.
「Thank you for the hard work, Class Rep, Natsukawa-san.」
「Yeah, I'm really exhausted. And Ryuuichi is always acting on his own convenience.」
「NAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, I'm tired of scorpi~on.」
The duo who appeared last, Natsukawa-san and Class Rep, looked a bit too exhausted.
「You mean Death Stalker? It seems you managed to get quite high-quality material, thanks a lot.」
「We met one deep in the mine. It's so strong that its strength might rival a boss class enemy.」
「Uhi~, honey lemon is sho swee~t.」
「Wait Natsukawa-san, that's mine!」
Why are you drinking it at your own convenience?
Geez, even though her portion of sweets was prepared in accordance with the contract, I felt Natsukawa-san became less and less reserved toward me after signing the contract.
And like a drug addict, she became more and more dependent on honey. If I gave her sweet now, she might step into the path of no return.
「Do you want to take a bath first or have a meal?」
「Thank you. You really are sensible in this regard, Momokawa-kun.」
「You'll become a good wife.」
「 I heard the same praise a while ago.」
Since all the girls in our class became stronger in their respective vocations, I noticed that they went further and further from acquiring domestic skills. At least, the person I asked to explore the desert area was more suited for subjugating monsters than cooking.
「Oh right, Himeno-san, can you prepare the bath and meal instead of me from now on?」
「I-I'm already really busy as it is.」
「E~h, I think this kind of chore will boost your girl's power through the roof and give you have more homey feel.」
「Enough already… Whether it's a girl's power or face, I even lost to Momokawa-kun… Once I finish this job I wi—」
「Sorry, I'm just teasing you Himeno-san. Anyhow, let's dismantle this Death Stalker first.」
With that, we gathered the five big cores. Our preparation had gradually entered its final stage.
The day for the decisive battle against Yamata no Orochi was also drawing closer and closer.
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