Chapter 270 Part 1
What is the name of this area portal?
It’s called the Soulsnatch Grounds
Hey.
It’s a kinda disturbing name right.
Is it okay?
Well, it does seem like I can log out.
Let’s set out.
There’s no reason to stay any longer.
I guess I’ll put the lineup back to normal too.
Recalling Couturier I summon Volff.
We’re aiming for the north.
Is the time about 10 am sharp?
If we can avoid battle, maybe we can reach the next map in the morning?
Let’s do our best.
Mm.
I guess that was impossible?
After all there are lesser demon.
Terrible guys.
Helix is wary, but it seems that they erase their presence when they come at us.
Some of them even disappear.
I had confirmed that there weren’t any with Call Monster, but when I was suddenly attacked I finally figured it out.
Even if they’re called by Call Monster, they might disappear on the way.
What’ll I do about this.
And the appearances of the Lesser Demons, skill attribute compositions, and weapons are all different.
There are some things in common.
The female type.
All are full of charm.
To be honest, it’s a waste to hunt them.
It’s a waste but.
It can’t be helped right?
Retrieval of items?
In good shape.
The most common is the Evil God’s Droplet.
There are only Evil God’s Eyes, and the quality X type hasn’t dropped.
How unfortunate.
《【Appraise】Level Up! 》
《A Skill Link has been established! You may now learn the following Magic Skill:【Aesthetic Sense】》
What’s that?
Aesthetic Sense?
In real life, I’m not really tied to art all.
Let’s pass on that one.
The apostles are same as ever.
No items drop.
That’s why we’re skipping by.
There are no players around anyways.
Training?
Foras Guards aren’t good enough.
Because they can’t catch up with us.
Maybe I could make it work, but I don’t see the point.
They’re slow, so it’d just waste my time and effort.
With the Furcas Guard it seems like it could make good training.
You’ve gotta be prepared to be hit at least some amount.
That’s troublesome.
It’s better to run away with all our might.
Let’s go north already.
I know just a bit about the S2W3 map.
Was it lizardmen, hippos, crocodiles, and pelicans?
I also know it’s a wetland.
It might be difficult with pelicans, but it’s best to use the Fly spell to move.
If we want to we could even keep flying until the Wind Spirit Village.
We should just go comfortably.
However.
At the boundary between the S3W3 map and the S2W3 map is another ruin.
There’s a megalith.
Is it the same setup?
No, the relay portal I logged out was on a hillside.
This is in a pit.
So what’s gonna come out?
《We tamper with each phenomenon》
《In a world full of deception truth is scarce》
《Therefore truth holds value》
《Do you have eyes which perceive the truth? 》
《But that chance shall be crushed here》
《For you yourself shall be dedicated in sacrifice》
Like I thought!
A gate materializes on the megalith.
And magical power gathers behind me.
Now, what’s the opponent?
Belial Guard Lv.1
Event Monster Apostle
Enemy Target Active
??? ???
Belial Slave Lv.2
Event Monster Apostle
Enemy Target Active
??? ???
Huh?
An angel, is it?
However, if you look closely it seems different.
There’s no equivalent to a halo.
They have scary glares.
Facial expressions too.
If you look closely, there may be small horns.
I wonder what a devil’s family is like.
Their vibe is almost like a carnivore.
There’s one guard.
There are many slaves.
There are at least 10 of them, right?
I was fooled.
I was fooled by the wings.
No, I used Gravity Prison but.
The wings on their backs were not meant for flying.
They’re weapons.
A myriad of whips.
With white wings covering the black whips, just how hard are they trying to disguise themselves?
Zangetsu was about to get entangled.
Kyokuya was completely entangled and I could only see his green marker.
The HP bar gradually decreases.
Backup is needed.
I thought so, but it seems that there was no need to worry.
He bit it apart.
He’s eating away at the tangled whip.
No really, he’s eating.
Rather, it seems that he’s ripping the wings off to eat.
Oi.
Are the Belial Slave wings delicious?
I don’t think it’s food.
「Gahh!」
Volff barks sharply.
Countless whips approach me and Zangetsu.
Oma jumped out in front of us, and bounced back all the whips.
On the other side of that, the Belial Guard and Belial Slaves.
Volff and Helix attack first.
Oops.
I can’t be late.
I’ve become a follower but I also drive Zangetsu into a charge.
Who is the Lion Sage’s Lance aiming for?
The Belial Guard.
Probably, this one is the strongest.
Let’s get rid of it quickly.
How was this battle?
Putting aside the fact that Kyokuya’s rampage was so great that I was almost captivated by it.
A part of Volff’s Psychic may have been revealed.
It was mysterious, but it looked like he was attacking the MP bar itself.
The Belial Slave’s MP bar was completely depleted and despite having HP left, he fainted.
The one who made them faint is Volff.
Ooh.
An attack that reduces the MP bar itself?
That’s kinda badass!
What if the MP bar itself can be reduced?
You have more means to attack, right?
Even if the HP bar is unusually tough, you might find a breakthrough by going after the MP bar.
The Belial Guard was pretty persistent, but he fell after taking a series of charges.
Well, it was possible because Helix was keeping them in check.
Oops, my bad.
There are still Belial Slaves remaining.
Wait, there are only a few left.
At least let me kill one more!
I wasn’t in time.
The last one was devoured by Oma.
I have to be careful about getting lost in thought.
《Even so we desire a sacrifice》
《You should proceed ahead》
《You should touch our true form》
《This place is a resting spot of the soul》
《But no matter where you go, know that you will have no rest》
The notifs are fine.
What about behind the gate?
I took a little peek.
There was a staircase again.
And the surrounding scenery is a striped black and white pattern.
What kind of taste is this.
Well, I’m moving on.
The time was 12:20 pm.
It seems that the opponent here wasn’t that bad.
And it didn’t seem to consume that much time.
Then.
I will recall Kyokuya here and summon Bunraku.
What’ll I do while he cooks the meal?
I have some things I want to do.
Let’s try the Refine spell.
Now, what’ll I use the Refine spell on?
The ores.
Right now I have gold ore, iron ore, and copper ore.
Which should I start with?
Let’s start with the light copper ore.
「Refine!」
In another virtual window a menu appeared.
There’s an option to extract it as metal.
It’s made of copper, tin, lead and other metals.
What are those other materials?
Who cares.
Let’s select copper here.
When I wave my hand over it, a lump of copper is born from the copper ore.
No, should I say that anything other than copper is removed?
Well, the result is the same.
It seems that a reasonably large copper mass was extracted.
Well, it’s quite small considering the weight of the original copper ore.
It’s far from an ingot.
Similarly, let’s extract tin, lead, and other metals.
【Material】Crude Copper Quality C+ Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Copper whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Crude Tin Quality C+ Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Tin whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Lead Nugget Quality C+ Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Lead whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Crude Ore Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Ore containing various trace metals.
It’s in small amounts.
The original ore weighed over 5.
Well, since they can all be obtained from one copper ore I’ll accept it.
Then.
Iron ore, let’s try it.
There are several of these.
I’ll take my time.
I wonder how many were there in all?
Iron, Alumina, Silica, and other metals can apparently be extracted from iron ore.
The products from one look like this.
【Material】Crude Iron Ore Quality C+ Rarity 3 Weight 5+
Iron whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Alumina Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Alumina whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Silica Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
It’s a silica mass with few impurities and is almost colorless and transparent.
【Material】Crude Ore Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Ore containing various trace metals.
One iron ore weighed more than 10.
The crude iron ore obtained from one of them weighs more than 5.
Hmm.
Decent?
And there were other things I could do with the Refine spell.
It seems that several finished crude ores can be combined into one.
This can also be done with alumina or silica.
I see.
Easy to understand.
Then gold ore, shall we give it a go?
【Material】Gold Nugget Quality C+ Rarity 6 Weight 0+
Gold whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Silver Nugget Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Silver whose purity has been increased by processing.
【Material】Crude Ore Quality C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Ore containing various trace metals.
It’s a gold nugget.
It’s about the size of a coin.
Is the silver ingot several times that?
When considering the size of the ore how tiny is that?
It probably just means it’s that valuable but.
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