High School Hack and Slash Chapter 74 Part 2
「Ahaha. These are the breath organs of salamanders.」
「We’ve also managed to obtain the breath organs of fire drakes, but you see… I suppose it was overcapacity to install on the golem. As expected of the ability organ of a dragon species, isn’t it?」
To be precise, it was possible to incorporate the ability organ parts, but they didn’t have enough SP to activate the dragon breath.
In fact, serving as an installation test, Mikan’s Armed Golem, Goliath, still had the breath organ incorporated into the inside of its chest armor.
It was possible to uninstall the ability organ once incorporated, but in that case, the reuse of the part would end up becoming impossible.
Unlike scales and claws, the ability organ, which was a biological tissue, was also difficult to preserve over the long term.
「I believe it’s a sufficiently threatening extermination weapon.」
「Against the group of goblins and the likes, I think they would be turned into black dust in an instant.」
「You’re right~. Salamander’s breath is also powerful, after all~. I see, I see~, so it was Salamander’s Breath, huh~. That sure startled me~.」
Putting their hand on the shoulders of Otoha, who was floating a strangely refreshed smile, from both sides, Miharu and Natsumi shook their heads.
「Well. Now then, let’s give it a shot, shall we?」
Seiichi, holding a pair of daggers in his right and left hands, looked back at the 『Legendary Mimic Tree (Legend Ent)』.
Created from fire drake fangs, the daggers were items made from excess fire drake materials, and in exchange for reducing their durability, they had their attack power increased.
「Summon.」
Natsumi summoned the fluffy members of Black Dog, Two-headed Dog (Orthros), and Snow Wolf.
Black Dog and Two-Headed Dog (Orthros), who used Fire Breath, were serving as batteries, while Snow Wolf was serving as fire extinguisher afterward.
「Glory, to the heroes.」
As Miharu offered up a prayer with her hands put together in front of her chest, the surrounding miasma was purified and increasing in density.
「Let’s stay in formation and head to the boss~. Shoot it all at once!」
With Goliath at the center, the wall of Armed Golem troops moved forward.
They radiated an intimidating air that they seemed capable of sinking the world into a sea of fire in seven days.
「Touma-san.」
「Leave it to me. I’m going to beat it with my fists until it break.」
「No, that’s not it… Wasn’t our goal to collect it?」
Touma, equipped with his『Stressor Armor』 and『Gaki Lord War Casket (Over-Greed Gear)』, was uselessly raging.
Suddenly, an eerie rumbling sound echoed.
「Tch, what the hell is going on?」
Like an earth rumbling that could be heard from a distance, a vibration that shook the land echoed.
Even as Seiichi, clicking his tongue, expanded his Territory, there was no monster presence that he could perceive.
Except for the monstrous tree in front of him, that was it.
「Huh…? Could it be, this guy, it’s moving?」
Mai, who was pointing up her『Fire God Jewel (Vulcan Ruby)』 and was about to use her special move second edition, froze.
What scattered earth and sand with a *boom* was the root of the『Legendary Mimic Tree (Legend Ent)』.
The branches and leaves that pierced through the heaven shook and rustled, and the roots shot out of the ground like waves.
「No offense. I’ll crush it without even leaving any dust behind.」
*Zap* Touma, stepping in front of them as they braced themselves, raised his fist.
As a remarkably huge root was extended toward Touma, it queerly warped and melted away.
From the tip of the root, like an octopus or a konnyaku, the entire gigantic tree warped without breaking into pieces.
From the roots to the trunk, branches, and leaf tips, it warped and twisted, swirling and getting sucked into the overhead of Touma.
The windstorms that blew violently due to the disappearance of the giant object rolled up the leaves of the trees, and caused the skirts of the female members to get rolled up in a grand manner.
However, such a bolt from the blue also soon subsided, and the peaceful *chichichi* cry of the monstrous creature echoed from the distance.
All that was left in front of them was the remains of grandly dug up ground, as well as the lone realm gate that was left in the center of it.
「Huh… Could it be, it ran away?」
At the head of the stiffening and dumbfounded group, Touma’s back was sooty as he raised his fist in the air.
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Disappointing.
Geez, talk about a defeatist.
To flee before an enemy, truly a disgrace to monsters.
「Touma-kun’s this one skill called Item Box, how should I put it, don’t you think that it’s kinda strange?」
「… It really is too late to mention such a thing at this point.」
Giving a sidelong glance to Shizuka, who lets out a sigh, Mai, who is lying on her own bed, is munching on a potato chip.
「It’s a word that I’ve heard a lot in anime and novels, but isn’t it something like a four-dimensional pocket or the like?」
「I was fooled by the word Item Box, but it’s more of…. Like, something crazy, right?」
Seiichi and the others are dissing me in a prickling manner..
Are they telling me to get my ears gnawed off by rats?
Ending up having the『Legendary Mimic Tree (Legend Ent)』 running away on us, as we were, we marched to the eleventh stratum and launched a trampling down mad campaign.
The eleventh stratum was a savanna-like nature field.
Huge gnu-like cow-shaped monsters attacked us in packs, but they were turned into balls of flames by the flame shooting attacks of Mikan-senpai and the others.
The attack that ended up turning the surrounding area into a sea of fire was totally hellish.
I think the senpais had also harbored some pent-up frustration.
Incidentally, a huge sand worm, which got uncovered from under the seared ground, emerged, but it continued to be seared as it was and turned into a material with a nice scent.
I think the high temperatures and dry air are a pain, but as we have arranged anti-fire-raid equipment, it’s nothing to be bothered about.
Seems like the conquest of the eleventh stratum itself is going to proceed smoothly.
「Err, then….」
「One more word.」
On Shizuka’s bed, Miharu and Natsumi are engaged in a tough negotiation.
The other party is a creepy Doll-kun, who is sitting cross-legged on the bedboard.
Where did he come from, I wonder?
Or rather, it seems that he’s gone and haunted us from Cannibal Mine.
Doll-kun, shaking his head in a good grief manner with his palms pointed at the ceiling, shakes hands with the two.
It seems that they have successfully negotiated, but how they are communicating with each other is a mystery.
「It was, a tough negotiation.」
「It’s, a win-win.」
Wiping their foreheads with the back of their hands, they smile with satisfaction.
I don’t quite get it, but good job.
Doing a thumbs up, Doll-kun jumps off the bedboard and disappears, melting into the air.
Just in case, I take a look at the face of Seiichi, Shizuka and the others, but no one seems to mind or want to throw out a retort
Perhaps they are thinking that it’s something I do, so there’s nothing to be surprised about at this point.
However, if they find out that actually I don’t know what’s going on either, what reaction these guys will make, I wonder.
「For the time being, we will have it offer about 10 koku (1500 KG) of lumber a week.」
「100 koku as a security deposit.」
「I see.」
At this point, I think these two are more knowledgeable about Item Box than I do.
The one who is the most knowledgeable about it is probably Yuki-chan, who is holed up in there as an administrator.
The baby Nue that’s often seen in the open air baths also seems to be able to go in and out as it pleases, and at this rate, it seems that Doll-kun is no different.
I don’t know what kind of state the word normal refers to, but at the very least, it seems that Miharu and Natsumi are unable to go in and out of the Item Box by themselves.
I get the feeling that it’s possible for Shizuka-san, but unfortunately, she is in the middle of a cold war with the administrator.
「We have rejected its demand to create a divine wood domain.」
「So presumptuous.」
「I see.」
Maybe they have been asked to be the negotiator by Yuki-chan.
As for whom with or what they were negotiating are unknown.
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