44 Episode 0044



"Grull".

 Not the magical stones Ray takes out of the mystery ring... but the oak and other meat of the higher order makes Seto cry.
 Immediately after he had knocked the oak down, he had put the body in the mistling, but seeing Sett looking at it as if he had eaten it, with the help of Elk, he had cut it into appropriate sizes.
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 Orcs are classified as subhuman, but of course that's irrelevant in this world... no, the meat of Rank D's orcs and their superior species is more magical than the meat of low-ranked monsters in general, and Ray was told by Elk that butchers throughout the city sell it in their own way.

"Here!"

 It's been two days since I came back to town from the oak village.Perhaps it wasn't enough to get food from the residents and adventurers of the town where they were feeding us, Seto swallowed the thrown oak meat skillfully with the kuchibashi.

(The absorption of the magical stones is only done once the set is finished.)

 Watching Seto eat the oak meat deliciously, Ray, who had not been long since his lunch at the Wheat-tei at dusk, insisted that he had cut a branch from the tree and stabbed the oak meat into the ground.
 Gathering nearby dead trees, they are magically burned into oak skewers, and the salt taken out of the mistling is lightly shaken to the surface and carried to the mouth.

"It's certainly delicious,"

 Oaks themselves are ranked D, and they have a strong taste of meat due to their magical influence.Therefore, I could fully enjoy the taste of meat with a simple seasoning of only salt.

"Guru..."

 Until then, Seto had been devouring raw meat, but when he left the forest, he ate cooked water bear meat, and even in the city, he often ate skewers.Therefore, Ray, who was eating oak skewers, sang enviously in his throat, and when he saw them, Ray laughed bitterly and made the skewers for Seto.





"Glu".

 Seto sings with satisfaction, wondering if he was satisfied with eating a few oaks in the mystery ring.
 While stroking his head, he took a break and felt the wind flowing through the forest.
 Enjoy the green scent of the wind, and when you listen carefully, you can hear the chirping of birds, insects, or some kind of beast or monster.Listening to such a voice, Ray takes an oak magical stone out of Mistilling.
 Most of the Oak Mystery had been sold to the Guild, but he had set aside about two for Set and Desize.

"...All right. I'm done taking a break.Seto, we'll start absorbing the magical stones."
"Gruly!"

 Seto also understands that absorbing magical stones increases his power, so he sings happily when he hears Rei's words.

"First of all, this usual oak magic stone.I think it's possible that even the rare species of Goblin in Rank E could learn their skills, but... Set!"

 He called out and threw a magical stone towards Seto.
 I took it deftly with a kuchibashi and swallowed it as it was, but I didn't hear any announcement messages like when I learned the skills, and there was no particular change.

"Nothing will happen,"
"Glu".

 A sadly singing set.
 Just in case, I'm going to have a look at Set's skills, but there are still only two things there: water polo and firebreath.

"What is the standard of skill acquisition?"

 muttering, he threw the other oak-stone into the air, and flashed it death-sized.It was split into two by the blade and disappeared like smoke, but I couldn't even master the skill of death size.

"Did you just waste two magical stones?"Well, the least we could save was the usual Oak Myst."

 Breathing out, he then takes out the Oak Archer's magical stone from the mistling.

"Set".

 Like before, he throws the Oak Archer's magic stone, and similarly, Seto bites it with a kuchibashi and swallows it.

[Seto learned the skills of Wind Arrow Lv.1]

 And an announcement message that resonates in my mind.

"Did you memorize it? But Wind Arrow? Considering Sett's skill names are water polo and firebrace, it's like an arrow in the wind... well, maybe that's a hobby of Takum or something.Rather, the oaks' magical stones are yellow, that is, the earth's magical stones.But do you learn the skills of the wind? Is it because it's the magic stone of Oak Archer? Seto, try using Wind Arrow against the trees that grow over there."
"Gruly!"

 He nods to Ray's words and glares at a tree a little further away as instructed.And...

"Ringling!"

 I was barking high when several invisible objects were shot out of the set, and the trunk of the tree was cut sharply in several places.
 However, because of its low level of LV.1, its power itself is not so strong, and the depth of the cut from the trunk of the tree is only a few centimeters.It has no power to cut the trunk of a tree in two.It may not be a substitute, but its injection speed is clearly faster than that of water polo.

"The power itself is lower than that of water polo and firebreaths, but Wind Arrow, as the name suggests of the wind-arrow, we can use very nearly invisible means of attack."
"Grull".

 She sings happily at Rey's words.He threw one of the remaining Oak Archer's magical stones into the air and cut them in two, as before.At that moment, the magic stone disappeared like smoke...

【Death Size: Acquired the skill of Hidaigiri Lv.1】

 An announcement message echoes through my mind.

"Hitto (flying sword)?" he said, "Well, it's as if it were written after reading it."

 With a death size in mind, Seto takes aim at the tree he just shot at.

"Hit!"

 When you activate your skill and wield your death size, a sword attack follows the name of your skill and hits the tree.
 The point where the flying sword struck was deeper than the wind Arrow shot by Sett.However, the disadvantage is that while a wind arrow can fly several wind arrows just once, only one sword can fly with a flying sword.

"Well, I suppose Wind Arrow is the better man for the trouble, and Hida is the more powerful man for the blow.Now it's Oakmage's magic stone."

 It was somewhat different from what he had expected, but Ray nodded satisfactorily and went on to take out Oakmage's magic stone from the mistling.
 and let it be absorbed into Set, as before...[Sett has mastered the skills of Firebreath Lv.2]

 Announcement messages go past my mind.

"Oh, firebreath Lv.2. Set."
"Gurgling!"

 Realizing what Ray is urging him to do, Seto opens up the kuchibashi and exhales the flames.
 The flames exhaled from the mouth are clearly thicker and far away than those of Lv.and the temperature of the flame itself was higher than before.

"Glu?"

 He turns to Ray and rubs his face against him.

"Oh, as expected of Seto.It was a nice flame."

 and praising him with a scratch on his head, he would chirp joyfully in his throat.

"Now, then, it's death-size,"

 Leaving Sett, he threw Oakmage's magical stone into the air and flashed it in death-size.
 Like before, the magical stone of Oakmage is cut into two and disappears like smoke.

【Death Size: Acquired Magic Shield Lv.1 skill】

 And the announcement message that comes to my mind.
 But when Ray hears this, he frowns slightly and turns his eyes to Death Size.

"Is this off?"

 I'm suspicious, but I'm ready to try it out.

"Magic Shield!"

 At the same time as Ray screams, a shield of light appears in front of him.When Ray sees it, he tries to move the shield of light away, waving his death size.The light shield then automatically moves to a position that is not in the way of the death size being swung around by Ray.
 Ray, who was checking the situation while waving his death size, stops moving and then turns off the Magic Shield.

"It's not a bad idea that it works automatically.It's not bad, but..."

 muttering, he turned his eyes to the dragon robes he was wearing.
 Made from dragon skin, the robe naturally provides a strong defense against magic.In addition, dragon scales are placed between the robes, which are stacked one upon the other, so ordinary swords, spears and bows cannot penetrate through the dragon robes and damage Ray's body.However, heavyweight weapons such as axes and hammers could damage the ray because the dragon robes that prevent the blade could not prevent the blade itself.

"...in that sense, is it useful to say it's useful? Magic Shield!"

 The Magic Shield reappears and takes it to the front of the set.

"Set, try to attack the Magic Shield.""Grunt!"

 I nod to Ray's words and shake his sharp claws down into the Magic Shield!
 The Magic Shield then takes the blow perfectly, but the next moment it disappears like a haze.

"... what? Magic Shield! Set, one more time.This time with water polo."
"Gruly!"

 At Rey's words, water polo was released from Seto.Similarly, when the Magic Shield prevents the attack, it disappears like a haze.

"Can this prevent a fairly strong attack? Set, then Wind Arrow."
"Grunt!"

 Following Ray's voice, the windshield is released. The first attack was prevented as before, but as soon as the attack was prevented, the magic shield disappears as before, while the other windarrows are reaping the grass behind the shield.

"Well, can only one attack be prevented?"Moreover, it is possible to use three different types: auto, semi-auto, and manual, so we will have to cancel the word "kake"."

 A shield that automatically provides protection.Furthermore, unlike shields used as protective equipment, there is no mass, much less no need to hold it in hand.The single biggest drawback is that once an attack is prevented, it disappears, but in Ray's case, if the magic shield disappears, there is no problem.
 Dragon robes and magic shields. It's not easy to break through these two defenses.

"Well, I'm glad it's not a skill that I can't use.and unlike corrosion, it is so blatantly magical that there is not much to hide.Next is Oak General. Set."

 A set that throws the Oak General's magic stone out of the mistling and swallows it with a stick.
 I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of skills I'm going to learn next...

"...what?"

 There was no announcement message that he had acquired skills.

"What's going on? It's the magic stone of Rank C Monster."

 Even if I mutter so, there will be no announcement.

"Guru..."

 Seto also cries regretfully.
 Watching the situation, Ray gathers his thoughts inside.

(I didn't learn any skills at Rank C's Oak General.Although it is a rare species, he has mastered his skills through the magic stones of Goblin.Does learning skills have anything to do with the rank and strength of the monster who had the magic stone? So what are the conditions for learning skills? What are the chemistry? Well, as long as you have to absorb the magic stone, you have to give it the magic stone of the monster that you've knocked it down. I didn't think you'd be able to learn skills with the Oak General magic stone of Rank C monsters. ... No, wait, then, can't death-size monsters learn skills with the Oak General magic stone?

 Feeling a bad feeling, Oak Generale's magical stones are thrown into the air and a death-size flash occurs.A magical stone that disappears in two just like other magical stones.
 And there's no announcement...

(I see. Is death size impossible for Seto to learn skills at the moment?Well, both set and death-size were made by magic based on my magical powers... well, since they were made, I'd have to agree with them if they said they were common.)

 When you can't help what you've done, you breathe out deeply and change your mind.

"It's unfortunate that I couldn't learn the skills at the Oak General Magic Stone... but for now, it's the last time.It's the magic stone of the Oak King."

 What I took out of the mystery ring was a magical stone even larger than the largest water bear magical stone I've ever seen.
 You can compare death size with set for a while with the yellow magical stone, which is a local attribute.Then he nods a little and calls out to Seto.

"Seto, you absorb the Oak King's magic stone."
"Glu?"

 Seto slanted his head and made a sound as if to say, "Is that OK?"
 Ray nods with such a smile.

"Yes. Death-size has corrosion, flying and magic shields.Now that you have a long-range attack other than the magic attack that was your weak point, you may as well absorb the Oak King's magic stone."

 He swallowed the Oak King's magical stone, which he threw at random.

(I don't think Oak King's magic stone would be able to acquire skills...)

 Or perhaps Ray's inner prayer was understood, and an announcement message flowed into his mind.

[Seto learned the skill of King's intimidation Lv.1]

 Ray breathes relief at the fact that Seto has mastered his skills.
 However, he immediately turned his head.

"Seto, what kind of skill is King's intimidation?"
"Gruly!"

 That's right. Unlike in the past, when we found out most of the effects by skill names, we couldn't predict the effects by skill names like King's intimidation.It seems that Set himself understands that skill, but unfortunately Set can understand people's language, so he can't explain it well.

"Grull".

 As evidence, Seto lays himself on his back, runs up into the sky, finds a flock of horny rabbits flying around on the ground, and descends before him.

"Pick!"

 Surprised by the sudden appearance of the Gryphon in front of them, he tried to run away as fast as he could.

"Roll-rolling.

 The set calls high and the speed of the rabbit slows down a little.and he would not miss the opportunity, and would slaughter it one after another with his sharp claws.

"... I see,"

 Ray muttered when he saw Seto eating the rabbit he had knocked down.It was only after what Seto had done that the effect of the king's oppression was realized.As the name implies, it may interfere with the enemy's actions.You'll have to look into how many demons that work, but it's definitely a useful skill.

"It's the magic stone of the Oak King.If possible, I would have liked a death-size one... if I had another chance."

 After mastering and verifying his skills, Ray returned to the city of Gilm with Seto, who had eaten a horn rabbit.