Chapter 66
Making the Monster Enhancer
I’ve finally finished the procedure of selling the ornaments and jewelries I’ve found in the ruins .
After a while, my name was called .
They game me a satchel that contains coins .
According to the officer in charge, I received quite a sum of money .
It seems that the Marquis has instructed them to do so .
Are they celebrating for the discovery of the Dragon Eye Sakazuki?
Well, I’ll gratefully accept their generosity .
Though I said that, I don’t even know the market price of those treasures I sold off .
In any case, my purse became warmer again .
To the extent that even the three days of lodging isn’t even a problem .
[I also have to check some information about that egg soon . ]
Should I look through the “Encyclopedia of the Forbidden Arts” later if there’s any information written in there?
[Hati-dono . ]
When we were about to separate in the ruins, Mist called out to me .
[I’ve only seen it from quite a distance, but it seems that there’s an immense uproar going on in there . ]
[Holding still in your position was a great idea . It is Hati-dono who really needs to be praised . ]
Mist let out a strained laugh .
I pointed towards my backpack that carries the silver bones .
[I entered the ruins not because I want your praise, but because I wanted something for this guy . There’s no need for me to face unnecessary troubles . Anyway, what’s your plans hereafter?]
[Tomorrow, I will be receiving some hospitality from the marquis along with the reward . ]
Like I thought .
[I wish I could decline too . But if I weren’t to accept it, I don’t think I would be able to get my rewards . ]
[Well, it looks like that marquis is someone fixated on formalities . ]
Surprisingly, she was being recruited by the marquis to be included in his private soldiers .
[That’s why, I’m going to have to stay another night here in Mills . ]
[Are you going to be staying in the inn?]
[I was told that they would prepare a room in the Marquis’ mansion, but I declined their offer . ]
[Then, are you going to rent another room in the room?]
[Yes . Nevertheless, I would be expecting to get 300 gold coins tomorrow so I have no concern about accommodation costs for the meantime . ]
[You’re going towards their house tomorrow, so are you going to have some free time?]
[That’s right, but it seems like I will be able to stay here for some time . ]
Around this time, the people of the Marquis were surely investigating whether this Dragon Eye Sakazuki that Mist brought is real or not .
I wonder if they can even be appraised by people who haven’t seen the real thing .
I take out the pocket watch .
[How about we talk in my room at around 8:00 pm? I thought you would also want to take some rest now in the inn . I feel like their making the dinner separately for different people in here though . ]
[I understand . ]
Finished making an appointment with Mist, I promptly left the ruins .
I already have the tools I needed to turn the bone meal into an enhancer .
I bought it when I visited the shops with Mist before .
They would get some cracks if I were to bring them with me inside the ruins, so I left them in the custody of the officer in charge of me at the checking station before I entered the ruins .
The necessary tools needed for the preparation of the Enhancer were also described in the “Encyclopedia of the Forbidden Arts” .
The basics about using these tools seem to be similar to the other tools from back in my world that resemble them .
It seems that making an Enhancer is simpler than I had thought .
The first bottleneck that I faced with making these were just the acquisition of the monster materials .
However, I’ve just safely acquired the materials earlier .
There was only one thing left that I have forgotten to buy before .
I forgot to buy it because I put my thought more on the ruins raid rather than the Enhancer .
I went towards the main street in order to purchase some .
Finding the store that deals the desired item, I entered .
There was a lot of them stocked in the inventory .
It seems that there were no shortage of this type of goods .
There are several types of the item I needed .
Their prices seem to differ from one another depending on the details on the said item .
However… the store owner won’t allow me to confirm the contents at all .
After checking them out, I presented the selected item towards the storekeeper .
[Can I have this?]
I finished the transaction and left the store .
Well, I kept standing outside the premises of the store and leaned my back against the store’s outer wall .
Untying the knot of the item, I spread it out in front of me .
[Let’s see, Jonato Princ.i.p.ality is here…]
I have just purchased a world map .
I wanted to get this before .
The Urza Kingdom where I am now is located in the southern part of the continent .
Looking through here, Mills seems to be the southernmost city in Urza .
Further south of Mills, there is a dark-colored forest and the Disposal Ruins .
Right in the center of the continent lies the Great Ruins, the Golden Demon Zone .
North of the continent lies the Magnal Kingdom .
[The Magnal in the north is the forefront force against the Great Demon Emperor, or so I heard…]
The Kingdom of Magnal was spreading out from east to west .
It’s a pretty long country based on this map .
Magnal occupies most of the top par of the continent .
That place that the fallen Great Fortress – Night Wall was situated in seems to be somewhere in between two mountains .
Sharp mountain-like symbols were extending out towards the east and west of the fort .
I see .
So, they’ve set up the fortress in this plain area huh…
Before this fortress have fallen, they must have been obstructing the intruders in this place .
The name of the Mira Empire is written in the southwestern part of the continent .
This is a place that I’ve only known for the first time .
Situated in the southeast lies the Bakuos Empire .
Nearby, there’s the Holy Kingdom of Neia that is sandwiched in between Urza and Bakuos .
I heard that Bakuos has invaded them and they had surrendered though…
It seems that this map hasn’t been revised yet .
And then, there’s the Jonato Princ.i.p.ality that’s located in the northwest part of the continent .
That’s the country that Mist said she was aiming for .
[However…]
I shift my line of sight towards the upper right corner of the map .
The Alion Kingdom is located in the northeast part of the continent .
It’s the country where that f*cking G.o.ddess lives .
North — Magnal Kingdom
Northeast — Alion Kingdom
Northwest — Jonato Princ.i.p.ality
—In the Center — The Golden Demon Zone
Southeast — Bakuos Empire
Southwest — Mira Empire
South — Urza Empire
There are these six countries on in this continent, that’s if you exclude the Golden Demon Zone .
Alright .
I have roughly grasped the locations of the these countries .
[………… . ]
I was able to grasp the information that I wanted to confirm .
I proceeded on checking out the time .
There should still be plenty of time until the time we promised to meet up .
If that’s so…
[Is it possible for me to just go back to the inn and get started?]
–to make the Monster Enhancer .
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After excusing myself from the innkeeper, I started making the Enhancers in my room .
It can be said to be easy to make since it only makes use of a single material .
I quickly washed the utensils that I would be using with water in the area below .
Pigimaru is lying on the bed .
He’s swaying left and right, but he’s trying to keep quiet as much as possible .
I spread out the tools on top of a clean mattress .
Overall, the utensils were quite compact .
Or rather, I chose the utensils that were as compact as possible .
It’s so that it would be easier for me to bring them on my trip .
Well, I might still make use of it in the future…
I reconfirmed the contents in the “Encyclopedia of the Forbidden Arts” that was left open beside me .
[Let’s see, I should first…]
First, I should finely crush the bones .
Again and again, I pounded down on the bone in a mortar and turned it into powder .
Crush~ Crunch~
Next, mix the powder with water .
[Hmm?]
When they had thoroughly mixed, it looks like the water level has considerably decreased .
The color has also changed from its silver color to a translucent blue .
[Next would be…]
I put the mixture into a gla.s.s container and heated it .
There are special tools that were specifically just for heating .
When it was heated, the transparency of the blue bone powder is increasing .
Until finally, it became transparent .
I feel like I’m doing some kind of science experiment or some sort .
[After this, I will use this filter to— wait, before I do that…]
There were some crystals that were attached to the filter .
When I’ve injected magic element into the crystal, it began to shine .
With this, this filter could neatly filter things through some unique ability .
The price of this thing and that heating magic tool was quite hefty .
It seems that tools that make use of magic energy is somewhat more expensive .
By the way, they said that these tools can’t be used indefinitely because it has some sort of life span which depends on the number of uses each tool could do .
The first filtration for the mixture of bone powder and water is finally finished .
I repeated this until all of the bone meal was used .
And with this…
[It’s finally complete . ]
I seem to have used up a lot of bone meal…
[If you mix water with the bone meal, the water level would go down by a lot . In the end, I only have around the volume of one coffee cup…]
Anyway, the Monster Enhancer is finally complete .
Suddenly, I felt really drowsy .
I check out the time in my pocket watch .
[Should I sleep for a bit…?]
Sleep is really important .
I still had some fatigue that acc.u.mulated in the Mills Ruins that hasn’t been released yet .
I would try to use the Enhancer to Pigimaru later I’ve taken some sleep .
It would be hard for me to sleep properly after I tried using it and something wrong suddenly springs up .
Well, I think it’s going to be okay since the effect was written down in the “Encyclopedia of the Forbidden Arts” .
[And with that, We’ll just use the Enhancer later . ]
[Pii~ ♪]
After asking Pigimaru to wake me up if something happens, I fell asleep on the soft bed .