Chapter 120 (2/2)

And then, as if she had found soroan And then she lifted the object that she had found –

“Rappie, wait a second, showRapiéçage fro object

Rapiéçage looked at the sed a look with Pauvina “… Half… sies”

“Thanks!” Pauvina said

“… No, I do not believe that is what you should be saying?” said Zadiris

Rapiéçage tore the golden object in half with her fingers

Pauvina took the half of the object that she had been given and showed it to everyone

“… Gold?”

“In appearance, it seeold,” said Tarea

The object shone with a golden color that had attracted people since time i as it crawled around on Pauvina’s palm

It was like a golden aolden Slime

Zadiris tried touching it “Contrary to its appearance, it has a hard texture And it feels cold like old?”

The object had a ht

“Perhaps this is gold that has been transfor the object squirers

Iht, but when he cast the Detect Life skill to investigate, he found that the object gave a life-like response

It see; it was alive

Can a living metal exist? Vandalieu wondered

“It is possible,” said Tarea “It is said that there is a ical metal that contains souls It is called Soul Steel, and if arence of their own”

“It seems that there are various theories, however,” said Zadiris “Whether it has a soul to begin with, or whether it has a soul after it is turned into arms And remember, the Orichalcue? That could be considered a living metal as well, could it not?”

It seeical metal to be alive

“Om, nom”

Chew, chew, che

“De… licious…”

Rapiéçage sed half of that living metal Apparently, it was delicious

“Those living ical metals, are they edible?” Vandalieu asked

“Norh there are tales of Dragons sing them…”

“A, Van-sama! To think that you have made the world’s first edible , however,” said Tarea

“It was a gold nugget to begin with, after all,” said Pauvina

The invention of an edible, delicious metal Indeed, it was likely the first in the world But it begged the question, “So what?”

If it was dirt or rock to begin with, it would be a great invention If it provided nutrition, it er problems

However, the ingredient was luold

If it were just edible and nothing old Extre it, however

No matter how delicious it ouldn’t the demand be too limited?

“Well then, can we try eating it?” Pauvina asked

“Yes, let us try eating it first,” said Vandalieu

“Pigih~” Quinn squeaked

“Even if it is edible and tastes pleasant, there is no guarantee that it will not be harmful,” said Zadiris

“If we have Van-sama cast Disinfect, all of the bad coht,” said Tarea

After that, everyone tried eating a share of it to find that it was delicious The flavor couldn’t be described as sweet or bitter, nor was it spicy or sour, but it was somehow delicious Perhaps it contained some undiscovered amino acid

“Ah, I can feelit,” said Zadiris

“A! I just leveled up!” Pauvina exclaimed

“This is… truly a!” said Tarea

It seeh in small amounts Was it because the metal was alive?

“So, boy, can you see this gold’s spirit?” Zadiris asked

“No, it doesn’t seem like there is one,” said Vandalieu

Despite having been alive, no spirit eold

This living gold was named Life Gold

Incidentally, even Rapiéçage didn’t knohere the silver went, and its whereabouts remained unknown

A fearsoht

At its head was the foron with a head that rese it, Bone Man Leo let out a low groan

Growling rose frohts’ Order, ere originally a part of the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s arhts’ Order

They were mounted on Demon Horses, horses that had transformed into monsters, which could travel without probleh Road Travel skill

However, the De else

TheRank 4 Bicorns, ferocious, omnivorous horse-like monsters who possessed horns coated in deadly venoer than horses and possessed even th and stamina than they appeared to; even brown bears would be prey for them

The hts’ Order were , criht skill They had the sath as Deh the air, their reatly increased

Both were rare, and though they were originally horses, they didn’t forroups Thus, there weren’t any countries that used thehts

“No abnormalities There aren’t even any traces that monsters have come in from outside…” Bone Man murmured in disappointment

“Bone Man-dono, enerally do not venture into places that they are unsuited to live in unless they are greatly starving or have been chased away by an outside enehts’ Order

“But even if it is for our training, si is tedious,” said Bone Man “We have not even cut anything down today”

Bone Man had accompanied Vandalieu on his expedition to the for back, he had returned to his job of keeping watch around the swamp on Leo’s back

However, the marshlands were an embodiment of peace itself, to the point that it was questionable as to whether it was even necessary to keep watch over thein with, so there were alerous ht had explained a o, monsters rarely ventured into the marshlands from the outside

Talosheierous, as one step outside the city’s walls would leave one exposed to lands where monsters of Rank 3 or above roamed

That hy Bone Man was spending his days riding a corpse Dragon At this rate, his skills would grow blunt

But the reason for that was beneath his own bottom

“Bone Man-dono, how about disested

“Indeed There is no way that any ly approach a place that is periodically visited by a high-Rank Undead such as Leo,” said Bone Man

“If Goblins were to see his enorreed

Otherhis scent

Leo had been a Rank 10 Great Mud Dragon when he was alive He had beco a Zo’s Nest, a B-class Dungeon, and regained enough power to be Rank 8

Bone Man’s Rank had increased, so the tere now of the same Rank, but the impressiveness of their appearances were vastly different Bone Man simply appeared to be a Skeleton in a suit of ar with his enormous body and crocodile-like appearance

And though Vandalieu had used ic to stop Leo’s decomposition, monsters with a sharp sense of son’s presence through his scent

As a result, h… Rank 1 s would happily loiter around in Leo’s presence, but that was because they sensed that Leo would take no notice of such low-Rank monsters

It was the sare, but ants wouldn’t

“Jyuuh, but disifted to me by my lord…”

At the thought of dislue, but his sullenness was audible in his voice

For Bone Man, Leo was the Dragon Zoiven to him by Vandalieu He was Bone Man’s beloved mount, and Bone Man always s

Leo gave another groan

Of course, he always had a somewhat vacant look in his eyes, so it wasn’t clear whether Bone Man’s affection was getting through to him

“And I cannot do soer just to stave off the boredom…” Bone Man murmured

“Then you ht “Once we have finished our patrol, you are on leave, are you not? You eon”

“Jyuuh…”

Bone Man reluctantly fell silent and concentrated on his surroundings As this loose conversation ca and hoofbeats of the Bicorn and Nightmare Horses’ could be heard

But the Bicorns suddenly began gnashi+ng their teeth in agitation

“This is the smell of blood!” Bone Man exclaimed

“Did ht murmured

Conflict between monsters was not a rare event However, the s time was unusual The insects and weaker le drop of scattered blood and every piece of flesh

And the Undead, who could see spirits, could see the spirits of Orcs They soon dissolved and vanished, perhaps returning to the circle of transration

“Orcs, this close to the ht

“Jyuuh, the spirits have disappeared, but sos,” Bone Man ordered

The Undead searched the surroundings, but the Orcs’ corpses had been absorbed by soments of broken swords and small pieces of what appeared to be Orc flesh And the tracks of an enor south

“Is so in the south? Jyuuh… I must report this to my lord”

There was a vessel shaped like a round pool, placed in one corner of Vandalieu’s workshop, which was now empty

It was filled with a flesh-colored liquid, and organs like ar fro back inside, over and over

It was themass of flesh that had been produced when Vandalieu used the incomplete resurrection device in an attempt to resurrect Darcia

For some reason, it did possess life, but it was a mysterious object that contained no spirit or soul

At first, Luciliano had observed it enthusiastically, saying that this could be the birth of a new life-for around Now, Vandalieu, Pauvina and the other children were si it dead flesh

However, at thisfrom the mass of flesh

The lu a rabbed hold of so on the floor

A shi+ning, silver object appeared in its hand The luripped this silver object…the silver nugget of an unknown ical metal that Vandalieu had created with death-attribute Mana, withdrew its aret within itself

It began writhingwater… and then it stopped

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