The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 54 (2/2)
“Indeed it is,” said Vandalieu
The Kobol tree was still only a meter and a half tall, and it hadn’t even produced ten fruits yet
There weren’t enough
“H it with Mana for now,” Vandalieu decided
In Devil’s Nests, even norrew faster than usual, not justthe soil
With that being the case, would the growth of the Kobol trees be accelerated if Vandalieu deliberately provided more Mana to the soil?
With this idea in e amount of Mana into the soil around the tree and, while he was at it, he also applied the fertilizer he had created with Fermentation
The next day, the Kobol tree was over threeon it
Not only that, but there werearound it
Getting carried away by this success, Vandalieu decided to cultivate trees of other fruits in different places
The space between the first and second outer walls didn’t have a single building there yet, so he planted seeds for various fruits including acorns and walnuts to begin his experiment here
He used Out-of-body Experience to branch his arms out like tentacles, coround Holding nothing back, he poured Mana into the soil starting in the h the afternoon all the way into the evening He had recovered so perhaps about 300,000,000 Mana into the ground
This was because the number of spells he could cast at once had increased due to the Long-distance Control and Multi-Cast skills
However, the next day, nothing had changed
Thinking that Mana alone didn’t work, he applied his handround
“If this goes well, we can eat all kinds of fruits every day When I go to the Orbau back rare fruits and seeds… Talosheido up within hiround today as well
And the next day, Vandalieu headed to the site of his experirown, only to find that they had grown beyond his expectations
“Wow, I’ve done so incredible, if I do say so myself,” he remarked
Vandalieu made sure there was no poison in the fruits just in case, then headed straight back to the city to report the results of his experiment
“Oh, hoonderful!” exclaiends of Vida, as said to have transformed the barren wastelands into lush forests for the sake of the people! This is a miracle! Truly divine work!”
“No, no, it’s not a miracle or divine work I’m a person, after all,” said Vandalieu
“But it really is a,” Darcia told him “I’m sure you’d be able to turn even deserts into forests, Vandalieu”
“Mole thicket,” Vandalieu reminded her
“That’s plenty fast enough Forests normally take hundreds or thousands of years to form, after all”
Not everyone had gone ious fanaticisive Vandalieu ood mood
“What is this flower used for?” asked Basdia
“It is a Defeat flower,” replied Zadiris “If I recall, the boy said oil can be taken from this tree’s seeds”
This floas sie amounts of this flower available It had been named the Defeat flower because when the flower fell froeneral who had been defeated in battle falling to the ground The tree provided them with oil
The fruit that formed after the flowers fell could be steamed and squeezed to produce oil that could be used as fuel or food
There wasn’tin Talosheiht Vision skill that allowed theht, or the Dark Vision skill that let them see in complete darkness as if it were the middle of the afternoon But Vandalieu had actually wanted oil to use in food
“With this, I can e, and also mayonnaise…”
TLN: Deep-fried food without batter or breading
It was possible to take oil froreater, and taking lard from Orcs and otherit fros that he had been unable to make before –
“Bocchan, isn’t that tree ?” asked Rita
“Eh? No way, there’s no way a tree wouldback fros to look at the tree that she was pointing at But a moment later, he was perplexed “Huh? Was there a tree in that spot e first came here?”
Right before Vandalieu’s eyes, the tree’s roots ish motion
“… It did move, didn’t it?” he said
“It does seereement
“See, I told you it moved, didn’t I!” exclaimed Rita
“It looks like an Ent… Where did it sneak in from?” asked Zadiris
“Well, if it’s just one tree co that it would be best to fell the tree just in case, Vigaro, as now a battle lumberjack, raised his trusty axe
As he did, the entire thicket squir of leaves
“… Did all the trees we can see just move?” asked Rita
“Could it be that all of the trees in this thicket are Ents?” Kachia guessed
Her guess was entirely correct
Ents are Rank 3 plant-type monsters
They use their roots as legs tothose of huth is proportional to the size of their bodies and their trunks are as hard as iron As they are made of wood, they may look weak to fire, but they possess the Fire Element Resistance skill, so they are difficult to burn
However, theirtheir branches and roots around in battle Because of their folk-tale like appearance and their huent, but their intelligence is not significantly different from that of Goblins
However, as they possess the characteristics of plants, they do not attack other creatures except in self-defense or if they are in extre as they are not carelessly approached and no fires are lit nearby, they are relatively unthreatening, rare monsters
Their fresh leaves can be used to h-quality wood Their faces are used as proof of their extermination
Incidentally, the cause of their appearance has long been a source of puzzle theory is that there are ‘Ent seeds’ that grow into large trees and form Ents However, the existence of such seeds is still yet to be proven
Another theory is that nores have tried pouring Mana into soil in experiments to test this theory, but in the end, no trees transformed into Ents in these experiments
“So, Van, how much Mana did you pour into them?” asked Basdia
“If I recall, I recovered my Mana as I worked so it was around 300,000,000 Mana yesterday,” replied Vandalieu
“… Your Mana is a as always, isn’t it, Van?”
Upon hearing the mention of Mana in the hundreds of s these days, let out a sigh She had been training in ic recently, but her Mana was just over one hundred
In a single day, the five-year-old boy in front of her had poured three round Wasn’t it simply too extraordinary?
“I wish you’d share some of that Mana with me,” she said “Well, you do share it with me from time to time,” she added
“Indeed,” said Zadiris in agreee is, they would not possess a hundred million”
It seemed that as a result of an incredible around, all of the previously very ordinary seeds had grown into Ents
This made the truth behind the appearance of Ents very clear
It did seem like it would be years before this was announced to human society, however
“By the way, is it alright with the plants like this?” Vandalieu wondered
“You walked around before you brought us here, didn’t you?” said Vigaro “Isn’t it fine, then?”
“It does not seem that they will attack us e come near,” said Sam
“Holy Son, how is your Death-Attribute Charm?” asked Nuaza
“H”
Why was Death-Attribute Char an effect on plant-type Ents who didn’t have death or cemetery in their names?
It was unclear, but there was no denying that it was affecting them
But Appraisal revealed…
【Rank: 4, Name: Immortal Treant, Summary: Mutant Treants who have been showered in death-attribute Mana as seeds However, they do not possess evil natures They are resistant to all kinds of conditions, physical attacks andabilities】
In other words, they were Ents that were incredibly difficult to kill
“Well, I suppose we haveforces and an additional source of food,” said Vandalieu
For now, he needed to refine the Defeat flower oil He decided to ht away
A group of seven people proceeded through a large, dark corridor
The group ofvarious kinds of equipeon ruins
This would be half-correct
“There’s less resistance than I expected, for great ruins that were supposedly sealed off a hundred thousand years ago,” said aa spear as he stabbed a Demon to death
TLN: This is デモン/demon in katakana, I previously translated 魔人/majin to “demon” I’m not exactly sure what Majin are so I’ll probably just leave thelish
Deulations of contaminated Mana with evil wills that turn into oat that the man just defeated was the weakest kind, but even that was a powerful Rank 6 enemy However…
“It’s nothing but sood exercise”
“You are absolutely right, Riley-Aniki!” said a sht equipment who appeared to be a scout
The unamused face of the Green Wind Spear Riley twisted in a small smile
“There is no helping it; there is no way that a suitable opponent for someone like you who is an A-class adventurer with a title would be easily to find,” said a wo top, ould appear to be a prostitute rather than aa staff
Riley’s sreider
“Do you think so as well, Flark?” Riley asked
There was no response
“Ah, come to think of it, your collar is set so that you can’t talk, isn’t it? Well, whatever”
Theplate armor and a hel a shi+eld larger than the slance at Riley But Riley showed no signs of concern as he chuckled and continued
“Well, I suppose there’s no helping it,” said Riley “I’h to think that heroes who leave their na flashy work They have to do this kind of dull work as well Especially when it’s requested by Earl Mauvid”
“The words of a hero are really so else!” said the small man in admiration
“Kyah, hoonderful!” squealed the fee
Flark said nothing, letting out only a sh The other two praised Riley and flattered him even more unabashedly than before
This conversation alone would be enough to indicate that the adventurers of this party were not all of equal standing, but the collars worn by Flark and the others made it very clear
The three of the hard, black collars on their necks They were slaves owned by Riley The raved on the collars showed that they were criminal slaves
Unlike slaves of debt ould be released and return to beco normal people once their debts were paid off, crially treated in any manner and they wouldn’t be released until their deaths
There was no way that these were companions of equal status Riley held their lives and possessions in his hands With a party formed with just these slaves, it was not unnatural for Riley to become carried away
However, there were three more people other than Riley and his slaves They were three individuals with pale skin and cri wry s
“Do you guys think so as well?” Riley asked them
One of the red-eyed individuals smiled even wider as he answered
“We are grateful that ere able to e, Riley-dono”
There were fangs visibly protruding from his mouth