Episode 7.8-9 (1/2)

Floor 16 magic beasts are third rank of Wonder Wood magic beasts, Tiny Armwood (Palbaruan).

It looks like three twigs attached to two trunks and root. Rather, it's practically a tree without leaves.

Encountering them in a forest would have been quite terrifying. But there's no tree growing in this dungeon, as such no one would get fooled as long as they knew about their existence here beforehand.

They attack simply by swinging their arms around, but on top of being very powerful, it's also got reach and are curved on unexpected spots, so there's no point in hiding behind a pillar.

These magic beasts have multiple of their thick roots stuck in ground. So they must be immobile, or so Lecan thought.

And yet, that's actually not the case according to the handbook. Their roots move in ground followed by their main body above ground. The thinner part of their roots break off while the thicker ones get damaged every time they do though, hence they get slightly weaker whenever they move around. Yet, adventurers who let their guard down and dare to take a rest on this floor thinking that these tree monsters won't move shall meet an unsightly end here.

Lecan pointed his finger toward a Tiny Armwood in his sight.

But then something hit upon him and he spread open his fingers and thrust his open palm forward, before casting the spell.

”Flame Spear (Bandroux)!”

A spear of flame flew off his palm without any resistance, smashing the Tiny Armwood's trunk and even broke apart an old tree-like pillar behind it.

A penetrating power like never before.

Lecan adjusted his course a bit and went to look for another Tiny Armwood.

”<Flame Spear>!”

Tiny Armwood disappeared, leaving a treasure chest behind.

It's his first treasure chest today. Inside is a Medium Blue Potion.

Come to think of it, he's spent quite a bit of mana already.

Lecan put that Medium Blue Potion in his mouth, bit open its container and drank the content. He drank the container along since it immediately melted away. Apparently, it melted from his saliva.

Not enough.

His lost mana has not been refilled yet.

He took another Medium Blue Potion and drank it. But, it's still not enough.

He took a Large Blue Potion and drank it. It sufficed this time.

From what he gathered just now and last time, it seems like small and medium kinds of both red and blue potions have weak effects on Lecan.

--I'll sell small and medium ones from now on. Anyway, the Flame Spear just now felt great. It's like my mana went out smoothly just like that.

He approached the next Tiny Armwood and shot out a flame spear from his palm. Both its power and piercing strength have gone up.

--When I fire through my fingers, the direction is restricted by the way my fingers form. Yet I can freely set the shooting direction when I fire through my palm. Let's test this out a bit more.

For the next Tiny Armwood, he went for the trunk of but right before the Flame Spear hit, he changed its course toward the branch instead.

The spell was cast without any problem, and it accurately destroyed the branch without getting weakened or diffused.