Episode 18.23-24 (1/2)
Everyone sank down on the sandy ground, completely wasted.
One part of the desert that was overflowing with magic beasts has regained its calmness, serene as if nothing happened.
Lecan suddenly noticed how there was no magic stone left behind.
(That many magic beasts and zero magic stones huh.)
Lecan is slightly disappointed.
”Lecan-san.”
”Talk later, drink this.”
Lecan handed over medium red potions to everyone.
Their bodies are all full of bruises from their fight with the Spotted Spiders.
A red potion doesn't only heal wounds, it also restores your inner strength and stamina.
Lecan drank a medium red potion himself.
However it wasn't enough to heal his body, he regretted not taking a Large Red Potion instead.
”
.”
Eda cast
on the three as well as herself.
His fatigue immediately disappeared, and an indescribable sense of euphoria soaked up his body.
Only those who have experienced it first hand could understand this comfort.
Everyone had an enraptured look on their face, no one said anything for a while.
”Lecan-san. What was that wide-area magic?”
”<Crawling Flame> magic.”
”I can't believe a single man could exercise such a magic by himself. And here I had steeled myself to never get surprised by Lecan-san again.”
”I heard you the first time.”
”But to think 10,000 Spotted Spiders would really come out. Just what was the condition that triggered it anyway.”
”Who knows.”
”Perhaps.”
”Arios-dono. Do you have an idea?”
”Perhaps it's when it received damage above a certain threshold in one hit.”
Make sense.
That does sound plausible.
”But whew, I cannot wait to go back home and give <Saint Light of Paradise> a go.”
”What's that?”
”<Saint Light of Paradise> is a magic tool used to measure life forces. The boost to life force you get in dungeons are far greater than what you get above ground. However, defeating only the same type of magic beast over and over will sharply lower the boost. Before we got here, we traversed through all the floors, beat many powerful magic beasts and even the Queen. I'm certain the boost we experience will be quite something.”
”So there's a magic tool that measures life forces.”
”Lecan-san. That's something only the Royal Knights can utilize.”
”Hou.”
”And there were 10,000 Spotted Spiders then. We defeated 10,000 magic beasts that spawn on the lowest floor. Ufufu.”
”Hm? You get the boost to your life force even if you don't defeat them yourself?”
”Isn't that only natural. Otherwise, Recovery users who do not engage in a fight can't catch up with the rest of the team. Even shield warriors, they don't directly deal damage to magic beasts, but their life forces get boosted nonetheless.”
Come to think of it, it was the same as his former world.
Recovery users and support mages would grow, their mana pools as well as their stamina would rise with each battle even if they don't directly participate. That's just how it works.
Meaning, Eda must have got her life force raised from all the battles so far. In other word, she won't die as easily now. That alone is worth taking her to this dungeon.
Lecan got up and began carving out the mats.
He struck the head, but it wouldn't fall off.
He put away <Sword of Agost> in <Storage>, and took a Solid Sacred Silver Sword.
Using that, he cut off the head.
Heles came by and started cutting off the legs.
Arios walked to the entrance, looked for something before finding it and putting that something on his neck.
It must be an anti-curse equipment.
Must have fallen off during the fight against Spotted Spiders.
Hence why he fell victim to Queen Spider's <Charm>.
Head.
Eight legs.
All of them are in a good condition.
And Venom Sac. They managed to miraculously procure it intact.
And most importantly, a giant magic stone.
It's such that even Lecan is not sure what to do with it.
”Arios.”
”Yes.”
”You take the venom sac.”
”Eh? Yes. Thank you very much.”
”Heles.”
”What is it.”
”You take the head and eight legs.”
”Eh!”
”All these together would be quite a sight. I'm sure it'd satisfy this master of yours and their audience.”
”B-but. But I can't possibly take such valuable items.”
”You've done enough to warrant them.”
”Lecan-dono.”
”Take pride.”
Heles quietly nodded.
”Aa~aah. You made her cry again. Lecan is really a bad person.”
”I am not crying. But yes, Lecan-dono is a bad person. No.”