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Translator: Raizu
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Chapter 26
East and the West Choosing the Hunting Grounds
[Uwaa… Holy s.h.i.t I"m outta here. Let"s leave.]
[Wha-, what do you mean, haven"t we only just arrived?]
[Maybe Noru doesn"t think they look gross.]
We are currently at the Western Forest after departing from the Northern Cave. The monsters around the vicinity of the forest, are green caterpillars that exceeded 1m in size. They also have a black pattern on them, I get gooseb.u.mps just looking at them. They wander around the area in groups of more than 10.
Nuuu, I don"t wanna fight this type of enemy. I"m 100% sure their body fluids will spurt out when attacked.
[Nn? Disgusting you say? I think they look kind of cute though.]
[O, ou. I forgot how amazing you are. You totally have my respect.]
I did think her sense was different from the norm, but I didn"t think it was this different. It feels like Noru has somehow become a distant existence.
[That somewhat doesn"t sound like what it really means… So what should we do?]
[Mーmm, I"ll just look at its status like always.]
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● Race: Caterpillar
Level: 40
HP: 15,000
MP: 0
Attack Power: 300
Defense Power: 100
Agility: 5
Magic Resistance: 0
Unique Ability: None
Skill: Sticky Thread
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It"s not really very strong, but they really don"t look compatible with Area Hunting . They also have the troublesome Sticky Thread skill.
[This location looks iffy as well. They have really low agility so luring them will take forever. They also have a boatload of HP.]
[Muu, that means we won"t be hunting here then.]
[Let"s just check the rare variant here before we leave.]
[Understood!]
It was decided that this location isn"t suitable for baiting into area hunting, so we"ll only be confirming the rare monster variant and drop items here.
After getting buff support from Estel, Noru stormed out and ripped the caterpillars apart.
Even though she said they were cute, the scene of her cutting them down with no hesitation whatsoever gave me the shivers.
[She did say they were cute, but she still cuts them down anyway…]
[Yeah, as though an unwavering blade.]
Estel and I joined in the attack, and we cleared out all the caterpillars in the forest"s vicinity. I really don"t like this spine-chilling feeling I get whenever I stab them with Bar. I"m definitely not hunting here again.
The drop item are Silk Coc.o.o.ns. It was creepy enough that they are caterpillars, but the items felt good to touch as I collected them. They feel like the sort of material clothes would be made out of in this world.
After I finished collecting the items, we then waited for the rare variant to sp.a.w.n.
And a few minutes later. A ma.s.sive caterpillar about 5m in size came tumbling out of the forest as it mowed down trees in its path. Fluffy fur can be seen growing out of its body here and there.
[Uhyaa!? That"s ultra gross, big momma chicken this location is super bad.]
[Oh you"re so exaggerating so much Okura-dono. You should take a closer look. Those lovely round eyes, that soft looking body. Isn"t it cute?]
She gently speaks to me.
The heck are you talking about. The only thing I can see is how disgusting it is!
[Surely Estel understands where I"m coming from, right?]
[Fufu…]
[E, Estel? Eh? Am I the only one who is weird here? Okura-dono, Estel, can you two just say something!?]
When she asked Estel, Estel just averts herself with a slight smile.
It looks like she(Noru) has finally noticed that she is abnormal, but I ignore her because it"s only going to be trouble if I react to her now.
I"ll confirm the status of this disgusting fellow for now.
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● Digger Race: Caterpillar
Level: 60
HP: 56,000
MP: 0
Attack Power: 400
Defense Power: 300
Agility: 5
Magic Resistance: 10
Unique Ability: HP Absorption
Skill: Sticky Thread Self Destruct
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These things really have a c.r.a.p ton of HP. Additionally it has the dirty HP Absorption ability. Also, it can self destruct too.
There were enemies that had the self destruct skill back in GC, it"s another dirty skill which causes damage in the immediate area after the monster is defeated.
[Now then, let"s get to hunting the rare variant. Estel, are you ready?]
[Yeah, I"m good to go, Onii-san]
[I"m getting left out like it"s natural!? Both of you, don"t ignore me~]
Ignoring the lamenting Noru behind us, we prepare to deal with the Digger which was heading toward us.
We are now heading to the Eastern hunting ground after we safely dealt with the Digger.
It was eventually defeated by Estel"s magic. I didn"t want to touch that fluffy fur at all, so I got it barbecued with fire magic.
In the end it self destructed, smoke raised from its body after it scattered what looked like acidic fluid all over the area it in its dying breath.
I wouldn"t want to fight something like that under any circ.u.mstance. Its drop item is the same Silk Coc.o.o.n as the normal caterpillar, just much bigger.
[Muu…]
[Hey, how long are you going to stay dejected for. It was our fault, okay?]
[We were only joking with you, alright?]
Looks like she"s still grumpy from us ignoring her earlier. She, who was sitting behind me on the carpet, was fidgeting with her index fingers in front of her chest.
[Then, do you two think that those monsters we hunted earlier are cute?]
[……]
I turned and faced Estel who was beside me. Then we both nodded and stayed silent.
To each their own. It"s not nice to outright refute her, so I think the best would be to not touch on the subject at all.
[Ahー, right. Anyway looks like we have reached the next hunting ground. Do take care when alighting~]
[Aahー! You went and diverted the topic! Muuu, jiiiiiiiiiii~]
I decided to cut off on the topic as we have arrived at our destination.
Noru grabbed my shoulders and glared at my face but I ignore her. She kept doing "jiiiiiii" right beside my ear. Her face is so close to mine.
[This place gives off eerie vibes.]
[Sure feels that way, are those the monsters that appear here?]
I set aside the girl who is stuck beside me for the moment and check the hunting grounds.
Countless long and slender stalact.i.tes pierced out of the ground, it was a lonesome looking landscape void of any greenery. As though a graveyard.
Towards what looks like monsters where Estel was pointing at, were dozens of "things" that had white humanoid upper bodies and no face.
A, are those… Don"t tell me…
[Kyaー!? Ghosts, ghosts have appeared!?]
[Yeawch!? Wha-, Okura-dono! Don"t just suddenly cling onto me like that!]
I let out a scream and jumped onto Noru and hugged her, both of us then fell together.
It"s ghosts, friggin ghosts. Are you telling me they seriously exist in this world. I"m bad at dealing with the ghostly type of stuff.
[Onii-san what"s wrong?]
[But, y"know, those are ghosts. Aren"t you afraid?]
[Isn"t being afraid of ghosts pointless?]
[…. I guess so.]
[Uuu, if you"re going to accept it that easily then I"d wish you didn"t cling onto me like that.]
[My bad my bad, I did that instinctively as you were at just the right spot.]
Thinking back there"s already "monsters" in this world, it"s not weird for there to be ghost type monsters.
Besides you can defeat these ghosts in this world.
Time for the usual status check.
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● Race: Ghost
Level: 40
HP: 10,000
MP: 500
Attack Power: 250
Defense power: 100
Agility: 50
Magic Resistance: 60
Unique Ability: None
Skill: Telekinesis
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Our compability with them looks bad. Their decent-ish HP and 60 magic resistance makes for a bad comparison with our efficiency in the Northern Cave.
They can also use ranged attacks with Telekinesis which only makes it worse.
[Hーmm, this place looks iffy as well. Their magic resistance is too high.]
[So, does that mean we will be hunting at the Northern Cave?]
[That"s how it is… Noru, I really feel bad about this, but can we depend on you?]
[Fufuー, just leave it to me.]
In the end, all the other locations were no good except the Northern Cave efficiency-wise. We"ll probably go to the other places as a change of pace every so often.
I"m really grateful to Noru for being willing take the bait role. I"ll need to reward her properly some other time.
We"ll be heading back after completing our objective of confirming the rare variant in this location.
Due to some inexplicable reason ghosts in this world are susceptible to physical attacks, I can pierce them with Bar with no problems. More like the body part that gets attacked disappears.
After eliminating the whole body, it drops a white marble-sized gem. So this is their drop item.
We annihilate the ghosts, collect the drop items and wait for the rare variant to sp.a.w.n.
After some time, light starts to gather and the ghosts begin resp.a.w.ning. Amongst them, a 2m tall skeleton in black armor appeared. It wielded a blue-ish large sword and shield.
[That"s the rare variant here huh.]
[What splendid looking bones. I"m sure it was a master fighter back when it was alive.]
[It"s a monster so regardless to its past life that"s just how it looks from the very start isn"t it?]
Yeah, I don"t think there"s stuff like past lives. Time for a status check.
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● Death Knight Race: Skeleton
Level: 60
HP: 30,000
MP: 100
Attack Power: 2,000
Defense Power: 500
Agility: 30
Magic Resistance: 90
Unique Ability: Resolute Soul
Skill: Last Battalion
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Uwah, I so don"t want to deal with this fellow. I"m pretty sure Resolute Soul is an ability that prevents death from a fatal attack leaving behind 1 HP.
The Last Battalion skill, is a skill that cuts all damage taken by 50% when there are no allies in the immediate vicinity. This monster is totally unsuitable for bait hunting at all.
[Uーnn, let"s see. Estel, can you aggro 1 other ghost along with the Death Knight? Then also restrict that ghost.]
[Suーre, leave it to me.]
[After Estel successfully aggros the Death Knight, Noru will block its way when it gets close.]
[Understood!]
If you were to hunt it normally, you will need to deal with multiple targets as there are always several ghosts around the Death Knight. So the plan is to restrain 1 ghost nearby so it won"t activate its Last Battalion skill, we then smack it until it"s completely dead.
Estel attacks the 2 targets with magic to aggro them. Before the ghost moves into attacking range, she restricts it using the magic that she used on me last night.
Noru then pops in Death Knight"s way and lands an attack, which slows its action speed by half. This is the golden pattern.
Then as usual me and Noru gank on the Death Knight, after a minute or so it turns into light particles and becomes a drop item. I sorta feel bad for the monster to be defeated like this.
The dropped item is an armor fit for human use.
Muu, it almost looked like the sword and shield dropped. Maybe those are rare items?
[Fuu, after all that work it"s evening already.]
[We managed to go through all the spots before night time in 1 day, I think that"s pretty good already.]
[I"m, feeling shooo hungry.]
[Hope you two don"t mind heading to the Adventurers" Guild, we"ll only be getting confirmation for our proof of subjugation.]
The sky has become dyed in the color of the evening, right when we completed going around all the hunting areas.
Somehow, compared to the Eagle Warriors, I feel like the other hunting areas caused more mental fatigue.
In order to receive the subjugation reward for the monsters that we have been defeated today, we’ll make a quick stop at the Adventurers" Guild before returning to our inn. Starting from tomorrow we will be hunting at the Northern Cave.
[Excuse me, can someone have a look at our proofs of monster subjugation.]
[Ah, it"s Okura-san. Now then, please present the proofs of subjugation.]
We entered the guild, we then went straight to the counter for confirming monster subjugation. The one who received us, was the buxom Wizzy-chan. I can"t help taking glances at her.
When I placed the drop items onto the designated s.p.a.ce on the receptionist counter, Wizzy-chan somehow looked very surprised.
[O,Okura-san!? Wh, what is going on here! Stinger"s Sh.e.l.l, Digger"s Coc.o.o.n, Death Knight"s Armor. These are all items from monsters that can only be hunted by high tier B rank adventurers!]
[Ahー, we just happened hunt them while we were trying some stuff out.]
[To make it sound like defeating those monsters was just an extra bonus… So the talk of them beating Dhius-sama really is true.]
Ahー, uhh. Yep. All of those monsters were the same cla.s.s as the Eagle Warrior Chief.
Rather there"s also high and low tiers within B rank huh.
I"m planning on hunting Stingers en ma.s.se starting from tomorrow… I"m kind of afraid at what kind of reaction I"ll get, when I bring in the proofs of subjugation.
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