Chapter 68 - The Quest Isnst Done Yet 3 (1/2)

Chapter 68 - The Quest Isn't Done Yet (3)

The humans were in a heated battle at the port.They were trying to stop the advance of monsters that were coming out from the ocean.No one was the wiser when they left the city to head towards the mountain.No, there would be one person within the city, who would notice.Etna knew he had left, but she didn’t follow after the party.It seemed she was going to behaveby waiting at the inn.

“I think we are far enough.”

When he reached a large clearing, Artpe took out the corpse of the Kraken from his Dimensional Pouch.He had taken off a lot of parts for Mycenae, yet the corpse was still enormous.After butchering the tentacles and body of the Kraken, the corpse was at a size where the dissection of the corpse wouldn’t be too great of a challenge.

“We are almost done with the body…..All right.Let’s put that aside for now.”

“You are going to use it on the barrier wall?Right, Artpe?”

Artpe couldn't help but laugh at Maetel’s sharp insight.For some reason, she became unusually smart regarding any work related to Artpe.

“That right.I’m going to dry the Kraken’s body, and I will grind it into fine powder.It’ll become a great ingredient that will allow me to Reinforce various materials.”

“As expected, Artpe is too kind.”

“I’m just trying to restore the barrier wall, so they can’t use it as a talking point against me.”

No one believed the bullshit Artpe was spouting. Artpe simultaneously activated several magic as he spoke.He let out fire, wind and Mana Strings.He dried the body of the Kraken, and heminced it into fine powder.After putting away the powder inside his Dimensional Pouch, the only part left was the Kraken’s head.

“Hoo-ooh······ Let’s do this.”

It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the head was the most important part of the Kraken.Artpe let out his Mana Strings, and his movement became more careful.

“First, I’m going to split open its head, and I have to carefully extract the ink sac.”

“The sac is pretty small compared to the enormous size of the Kraken.”

“If the sac is capable of producing a lot, it doesn’t have to be large. Here it is······.”

Then he added something special to it.It was something only Artpe could do.He Reinforced it.He Reinforced it twice, and the ink sac went through a transformation.Its size decreased to a point where Artpe could hold it with one hand.Of course, the ink within the sac was also Reinforced.

However….

“Huh..”

“What’s wrong, Artpe?”

He had a hunch that he would be able to Reinforce it one more time.When he had this feeling, he tilted his head in puzzlement.Normally, he was able to Reinforce an item once or twice.It was a limit that couldn’t be surpassed without the support of ingredients like the Magic Stones.

‘Did my skill evolve thanks to the fight with the Kraken?’

It was as he suspected. He had to rampantly use his Reinforcement skill in the fight against the Kraken, and it allowed him to acquire some kind of an Achievement.When his EXP was being tallied, his Reinforcement skill had grown.

As a result of this venture, Artpe’s Reinforcement skill had reached level 51.When he arrived at Frate, his skill level had been 43.He had gone through an amazing burst of growth.

No, the skill level wasn’t the important part right now.The important part was the fact that he could use Reinforcement three times on his party’s equipment without the need of Magic Stones.

“Hey, you guys should come here too.”

“Yes!”

Artpe immediately Reinforced the ink sac.Then he Reinforced his boots and the other equipments of his party members in one fell swoop.The effect was amazing.His boots had already boasted cheat-like abilities, but the equipments of his companions were close to reaching its shelf-life.Their equipments were perfectly restored, and they had evolved into something better.He was satisfied with the result.

“Oppa!Oppa!The hammer can store and release vibration now!”

“Finally, the true power of that metal type will be revealed..”

“Wow.I can shoot my Beam twice in a row!”

“Yes, let’s just call your move as the Beam from now on.”

If he had his way, he wanted to Reinforce the Demite Gemstone.However, the Demite Gemstone hada sense of self, so it was like trying to Reinforce a person.It was impossible to do for now.However, it also meant that he would be able to Reinforce it some day in the future…..

‘I’ll worry about it when I reach that point.The more important thing right now is in front of my eyes.’

Artpe shook his head from side to side as he stopped churning his thoughts.The completed ink sac was the perfect size for portability.He hung it inside his robe.Even if the Kraken slammed its body into him, Artpe’s bones would be crushed, but the ink sac wouldn’t burst open.Aside from the ink sac, most of the remaining organs became food for Roa.He gave her parts like the liver.These were organs that possessed strong Mana, yet it was poisonous for human consumption.

[Nyaa, nyaaaaaa.]

“All right.Since you are going to eat all of this, you have to spit out the other items later on.”

[Nyaaa.]

The loot given to the nobles were fake.The true Artifacts containing the Kraken’s Record and Mana was within Roa’s stomach.

It seemed the innards of the Kraken prepared by Artpe was pretty good.Roa didn’t think too much on it as she readily nodded her head.Artpe scratched the underside of her chin as he continued the butchering.

After a short amount of time had passed, the head was completely dismantled.The only thing left was its enormous stomach.When she looked over it, Maetel’s eyes turned round.

“Artpe, there’s something alive inside!”

“You should unsheathe your sword.Be ready.”

“······yes.”

The meaning behind Artpe’s words were simple to discern..There was a living being inside the Kraken’s stomach, and it was a monster.Maetel didn’t dig too deep into the subject.She unsheathed and gripped her sword.

“All right.Here I go.”

When Artpe confirmed that she was ready, he controlled his Mana Strings to carefully split open the stomach.

From within it, a beauty with dazzling white skin and ocean-colored hair appeared.

“Koo-ooh······ Hoo-oohk······.”

She had a very distressed complexion, and she was gasping for air.There was no vitality or magical energy remaining within her body.She would have died within a day or two if she had remained inside the Kraken.

Moreover, the Demonic gene had invaded deep into her body……It was obvious that she had been a sacrificial lamb for the Demonification experiment.It wasn’t a coincidence that she was inside the Kraken’s stomach.No, if he considered the worst case scenario, she had been allowed to be swallowed by the Kraken as part of the experiment.This might all be interconnected.

“Eeeeeeeeek!”

However, Maetel didn’t care about the deep implications of all of this.She didn’t care about the condition of the woman.The only thing that mattered was the fact that the woman was naked.Maetel grinded her teeth in anger as she pointed her sword at Artpe.

“Now I will use this sword on Artpe’s eyes!”

“Calm down.I didn’t rescue her, because she’s a woman!”

“Unni, this monster is suffering under the same symptoms as me.I’m sure oppa was able to identify this.”

“Oohk.”

She was barely able to put away her sword when she heard Sienna’s words.Artpe let out a bitter laugh as he spoke.