Volume 7 - Chapter 3 – Part 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 – Part 3
Filth hair with a color between red and violet, the sah Lord
However, that color could not be seen now as her eyes were closed
Maybe because of her race’s longevity, or the special effect of the crystal ht have possessed, she did not look at all different than how shi+n remembered her, despite the fact that 500 years had passed
Her chest, on par with Schnee’s, and the ical armor adorned in black and violet around her waist were shi+ning as they did in the past
“This is a crystal of…Drop of Erathe Fila 【analyze】 he had realized it was actually an ancient-class material named Drop of Erathem
“Does this ical power of insane proportions?”
Depending on the size, this material would be polished and used as a weapon If one ended up trapped in it, not even Fil the fact that her appearance hadn’t changed and that『Exvaine』 no longer recognized Filinal owner, shi+n speculated that the Drop of Erathe seal on Filma
“Do you know her?”
“Yes, she’s the comrade eren’t able to contact”
shi+n answered with a nod to Konig’s question
In this state, it was obviously impossible to co active recently, right?”
“So it seems We don’t know if it was because they couldn’t act, or they simply didn’t”
shi+n answered Milt’s question based on the inforotten from Schnee
“Do you think that this could be related so at the crystal which i co from it
“…it’s possible Sae as this found on top of the Ley line…it wouldn’t be weird for a connection to be there, right?”
“That’s right, I don’t think there were any quests where you could find Drop of Erathem near Ley lines either”
Drop of Eratheical power accuy would always floere not suitable
“Regardingsimilar happened in another place”
shi+n remembered what happened at the shrine where he met Yuzuha What shi+n no is that the demons had a certain reason topowerful from under that rock But that rock is yucky too)”
Thanks to her deep connection with the Ley lines, Yuzuha could apparently clearly feel the power sealed under the crystal She did not seem to knohat a crystal was Even such a precious item was a rock in Yuzuha’s eyes
The usually curious Yuzuha wouldn’t move from shi+n’s shoulder this time
“Hey shi+n, just what is this…?”
Tiera drew closer to shi+n, as lost in thought
“It’s a peculiar itee, though…”
shi+n gave a simple explanation to Tiera, who looked at the crystal as if she saw an incredible thing Even after hearing shi+n’s words however, her expression reic power trapped here…it’s tainted Uugh…why…is this…”
shi+n was concerned as Tiera’s behavior was rather unusual
As if answering his doubts, Tiera put her right hand over her mouth and sat down She held her own body with her left ar from her eyes
“Wh-hey Tiera! What happened to you?”
Thinking that Tiera’s sudden change had been caused by a Mind-type skill, shi+n quickly checked her status There was no change, however, nothing to explain why Tiera had suddenly burst into tears
“Tiera, please be strong You must not lend them your ears”
Schnee had noticed Tiera’s abnormal state, ran close to her and spoke to her in a calm, clear tone She took Tiera’s head and turned it towards her, looking at her straight in the eyes
“Master…this is, this is…”
“What have you felt?”
“I heard…screams “Stop it, please save hed…”
Tiera stringed words together, her body stiff, i the unusual situation, shi+baid and Konig too stopped searching the surroundings and listened to Tiera’s words
“Sch…Yuki, what’s going on?”
“I suppose she heard the voices of the people that were killed here”
Schnee spoke as she was cals
Elves had sharp senses, which apparently included their sixth sense as well
“I cannot speak in detail, but Tiera’s sixth sense is more sensitive than other elves I am not particularly sensitive to such influences, but still I can hear whispers I suppose that a great number of people have been killed here”
Schnee, her brow furrowed, caressed Tiera’s back
“The presence that permeated the other rooic circle that we changed before contained thiswrong with this crystal It could be the central point that’s casting an influence on the Ley lines”
Listening to Yuzuha and Schnee, shi+n started viewing the crystal’s brilliance as so ominous
“I suppose it is best not to touch it without the necessary preparations?”
“That’s right You can feel why if you go closer, the ”
shi+n entrusted Tiera to Schnee and walked closer to the crystal, then nodded at shi+baid’s words
The crystal wouldn’t originally be affected by the s would be different
“If the Ley lines are tainted the miasma must be connected to it, I suppose it’s better to purify it?”
shi+n recalled the blacktheir battle He now understood that the mist too was a kind of miasma
“Kuu!”
“Please…! This is too cruel…”
Yuzuha howled, her fur straight, and Tiera pleaded, her eyes briies We ca priority to a comrade of mine could be truly disrespectful…but please, allow me to solve this situation first”
“…no, you do not need to apologize Please do as you wish If I overlooked soive herself, even if we could save her”
shi+nthat the latter would probably be opposed
Contrary to shi+n’s expectations, Konig agreed to shi+n’s proposal after just a brief silence
“Are you sure? The demons could notice our presence”
“If it happens, it happens I aht I have a duty to protect the people I do not possess any special sense, but I too feel so froood with so the few is sonore such a source ofspoke frankly, but shi+n felt that he was forcing hiin, then”
shi+n gave a sh Cure】 towards the crystal It was the superior version of the 【Cure】 skill he had used on Milt, and it could heal multiple status ailments at once
As it had happened to Milt, the ht that shi+n released and grew thinner
“I guess it’s thicker here…then how about this!”
shi+n decided that using only one hand would have taken too ht hand, he raised his left hand towards the crystal and cast the Divine-type skill 【Purification】
The lights e the whole underground space
In response, thein an eerie ht
shi+n felt the rising of resistance, also increase the er
Roughly 5 minutes later, the miasma had apparently finally reached its limits, and melted away in midair
The crystal, free of the inal brilliance, and the whole party sighed in relief
“The ht…?”
“Yes, it’s okay No one is suffering anymore”
“Kuu”
Tiera and Yuzuha replied to the words muttered by shi+n
The one
“H at the crystal, raised his voice
The crystal’s surface was being gradually enveloped in red light
“…did I do so the crystal is the light coical power of the person trapped inside”
shi+n was concerned, but Tiera, who had come next to him, spoke with conviction
Tiera continued by explaining how highly dense
“I believe that as Fil tirew As the miasma disappeared, it became easier to see”
Schnee coic perception abilities, so they quickly realized as happening
After cal down, shi+n could also faintly feel the presence of Filic power
“shi+n, you sure have ht away because deep down you are really angry that your support character was used like this, right?”
“Well, yeah”
“In this world, NPCs are people too after all To be angry because the support characters, or should I say people, that you care so much about have been used is perfectly nor a former player herself, Milt understood what he felt She nodded and whispered “That’s the shi+n I knoith a se, do you…”
His head now cooled off, shi+n sighed He knew full well that he wasafter seeing others lay hands on one’s companions”
Schnee spoke as if to defend him, but shi+n silently shook his head
“No, that was completely unexpected, but I should have at least inspected a little retted the false step he took No matter what happened, he had to keep his cool
“(Kuu? It’s co?”
Just when he regained some calm, Yuzuha suddenly shouted fro no ht to the crystal
“Kuu~~, Kuuh!”
Yuzuha flew to the point where the crystal lowing in golden and silver hues sprang forth, to be absorbed by Yuzuha’s body
The light wrapped around Yuzuha, and after several seconds it disappeared, completely absorbed by her
“Yuzuha? What just happened?”
“(Kuu! Yuzuha, Power UP!)”
Yuzuha sat straight and howled shi+n looked at her closer and noticed that she had grown larger, her tails increasing froained part of her strength
“(Did your power co the Ley lines disappeared?)”
“(Yep, I guess!)”
…her intelligence hadn’t changed much, it seems
“Well then, this isn’t like Yuzuha’s power up, but let’s free Fil next to the cheerful Yuzuha, shi+n activated 【Crafting】, a skill common to all production-related jobs
All production-related jobs require learning this skill, which is exclusively used to craft Drop of Erathe this, shi+n touched the crystal As he activated the skill, a rainbow-colored light spread fro the crystal
After the crystal had been sufficiently covered, shi+n grabbed it His fingers penetrated the hard crystal quickly, as if it was th on his fingers and pulled With a sharp, clear sound, the crystal cracked
“Looking at shi+n work, you’d think the Drop of Erathem was soft”
“But it’s actually a material that not even Ancient-class weapons can chip…wait, what’s happening now?”
shi+n voiced his surprise while he was trying to turn the crystal into an item card
The crystal in his hands suddenly floated inFilma also floated upwards
“Kuu?”
Yuzuha was looking at the scene, puzzled but without feeling any particular sense of danger or trying to run away
The crystal shoneinto 5 globes of light
Filma, maybe due to the effects of such a phenoht
shi+n was increasingly wary of this phenomenon he had never seen before
“What’s this!?”
One of the five globes of light was absorbed in Fil four, three moved respectively towards, Schnee, shi+baid, and Tiera
“!?”
The globes showed no sign of stopping, so the 3 readied their weapons Additionally, Kagerou stood before Tiera as to protect her
“What the!?”
“Hnngh!”
“Gruu!”
“Aah!”
The globes would not stop, so the three swung their weapons Yet the globes sih thelobe even passed through Kagerou
As the globes penetrated the
Schnee elow, shi+baid a silver and black one, Tiera a reen, and yellow After several seconds, all the lights disappeared together
“Are you alright…hoa!”
shi+n was rushi+ng to the three’s side as the globes of light were vanishi+ng, but as the light holding Filed directions to catch her as she was falling He caught her in his arms, then looked back at Schnee and the others
“…this is…”
“Hmm”
“Ehm…”
Their expressions showed surprise, but not pain or discoht?”
“Yes, I cannot feel anything wrong with my body How should I say it…oes for me My stats have increased as a whole”
“Ehm, yes, I think the same happened to me too”
“What?”
shi+n too was surprised to know about their stats increase