Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

Chapter 9: Skills and Items

It really took a lot of patience to turn the ignition stones into powder. I couldn't just hit it into pieces with a hammer because doing so would turn the powder into sparks, so I had to manually grind it slowly and gently using a chisel. Though, it would be far easier and a lot faster if my Dexterity stat was a bit higher.

"Finally, it's over!!"

A pile of ignition stone powder was in front of me. At first, I thought half of the current amount should be enough to kill the orc. However, when I finished making that portion, I changed my mind and grinded some more. Afterall, I don't want to imagine what kind of scary situation I would find myself in, if the orc still survived after I used that amount.

"This guy is pretty useful, too." I smiled and looked at the pile of glowstone powder. While the ignition stone could be used as a Molotov cocktail, the glowstone could be used as a flashbang.

Since orcs were monsters with good eyesight, The flashbang would certainly come handy to damage the orc's sight and buy me some time to prepare my next move.

"I did a lot of crazy things with this guy..." I reminisced to the times when I used it to harass a lot of monsters. From time to time, I also used it to troll a troll.

"I remember the last time." My thoughts went back to the time when me and the other stagnant waters ran around like crazy hunting numerous monsters on the server just before the termination of service. Now that I think about it, it was some kind of farewell party. They all burned their remaining passion to the game by doing that, and then completely returned to reality. I was the only one left to wait for the new update.

Speaking of which, why did the update come at the last minute?

It was an update where alien monsters which were completely different from the zombie and fantasy monsters appear. And when I saw the Brutra for the first time, I remembered wondering if it was a monster meant to be caught.

Anyway, let's stop reminiscing and just focus on the work on hand. And no, I won't make a bomb, since it would make me look like a terrorist. What I would make is just a simple Molotov cocktail.

"The trace will be washed away by the rain." When I looked at the weather forecast earlier, their prediction had changed slightly. Now they said it was supposed to rain heavily tomorrow. And with that kind of weather, I doubt anyone with a sane mind would go to Mt. Jiri that day.

I carefully put gasoline, organic solvent, and sugar into the empty can. Then, I mixed the ignition stone powder, resin, and hardener before putting it on and let it harden.

"Once I stick a wick here..." the flame can will be complete.

Because I only have one flame can, I couldn't test its power. But, I really want to test its power! So with the leftover materials, I made another flame can, albeit smaller than the other one.

Once it was finished, I placed the smaller flame can in the open space outside the cave and lit the wick before running to seek for a shelter.

With an expectant heart, I was waiting for its explosion. And without any warning whatsoever, the flame suddenly burst out.

"..."

As expected, the flames soared high to the sky before slowly subsided as sparks splattering to the surroundings. And because I put a lot of sugar in the mixture, the fire was kind of sticky. The orc would certainly get tortured by it until it dies.

"That much power should be enough." Even if there's a fire left after the orc dies, I believe in the power of tomorrow's heavy rain. And in case it was still not enough, a fire extinguisher should be enough.