Re:Monster Vol.9 (Day 336 - Day 370)

Day 350

Since training is likely to be unsuitable if the environment is too easy, I will pair with Minokichi for the morning training.

We begin our assault at the bottom of a hole that was dug deeply so as not to damage our surroundings, repeatedly punching and kicking only with pure physical ability.

The hard, huge fists of Minokichi are perfectly resistant to damage, and if you actually accept its damage, there is enough power for your meat and bones to be crushed. If you deliver a poorly placed kick, it will be blown away by his defense and you will find yourself devastated by a continuous attack of angry drilling waves that keep searching for a fatal gap.

So I bear that in mind and try to parry, or break his posture, as much as possible but here so also there has been improvements to his techniques compared to earlier, so that the only way to fight would be to change from any anticipated behavior.

Anyway, the tough, muscled armor would have received most of the attack's blow. So I focus on attacks that penetrate deep into his system bit by bit, but it seems even that is not very effective.

Overall I had already won, but since there is no big difference between the amount of damage given by me and the resilience of Minokichi, it will take some time to set in.

For the time being, I went straight to lunch without resting from the morning sparring, so my whole body was sweaty, muddy, painted with the blood, and covered with blue bruises.

If I also leave Minokichi as he is, he will heal quickly on his own. I then decided to go to the hot springs in order to feel a bit refreshed.

At the entrance of the hot springs is 【Demon's Hot Water】. As you slowly soaked and wash your body with the chitin, the accumulated fatigue inside melts away, like a dream.

There is a feeling that even small injuries of the body will heal with the effect of the hot water, along with a feeling to being born again. Although it's a bit itchy.

As I think that, I leak out a voice of ecstasy 『Ooh』. Minokichi also seems to be comfortable, taken from his likely 『Bumoo』.

While I soak leisurely there, I drink Demon liquor along with a knob made of cloned Heroes. I kept soaking lazily in the hot springs until around noon.

【Ability learned: Piece of Wisdom】

【Ability learned: Existence Degradation】

【Ability learned: Hero Pedigree】

【Ability learned: Hero Replica】

After drinking, I was able to learn some abilities from the pack and the knobs, it's good progress.

Well, I had been eating a good number of them. I thought it was about time.

So for this time's learned abilities, both 【Hero Pedigree】 and 【Piece of Wisdom】 are easy to use, but for 【Existence Degradation】 and 【Hero Replica】 it seems they need to be used in a special way.

I will think about it on another time, for now let's wait while I finish eating the rest of it, perhaps I can even learn something else.

I had been chatting with Minokichi and 2 other demons while soaking in the hot springs for a while, when the topic comes up, Minokichi's 『 I want to meet the current【Beast King】』, who heard the topic just a few days ago, so we speak roughly about the preparation for its conclusion.

Surprisingly it was easy to work everything out, speaking of being able to departure at any time, Minokichi said he would go to see 【Beast King】 Arthie tomorrow, straight away.

Because we decided Asue will advance with him to the front, it will be enough if we prepare one dragon beforehand rather than their marching by foot. If you fly, you can arrive much faster than overland.

But before that I came up with another thing I wanted to do, so I got out of the hot spring and took the 【Labyrinth Seed】 from my item box.

The 【Labyrinth Seed】 obtained by winning the [Holy War] is a suspiciously shining black jewel of the size of a palm, with magical powers that seem to drag in the gazes of anyone around.

I will plant this in the yard of the mansion for the time being.

Then, numerous black crystals rose from the place the seed was planted, and a tube extending from the crystal body pierced my torso. Soon after, not only an enormous amount of Magical Power but also even a little portion of my 【Divine Power】was vigorously drained by the buried seed.

It feels like being deprived of life force itself from the depths of my body, accompanied by a terrible malaise, and an unpleasant sweat started pouring from my whole body.

After a while the tube was pulled out and the drains momentum weakened. Apparently it seems that an invisible connection was created, leaving a feeling that the crystal body is continuously draining me.

For the time being, I repeatedly invoke several abilities, and while I recover by also gulping down the hot water of the hot springs, I summon a 【Demon's Howl Gate】as a test.

Then, a【Demon's Howl Gate】 was formed in front of the mansion. Yes, it shouldn't be possible to build a 【Demon's Howl Gate】if it's not inside of a labyrinth.

Basically, the Magic Power and the 【Divine Power】 are not enough yet, and since it was just born it's still not perfect, but the base has become a place like a naturally enclosed type dungeon, due to the【Labyrinth Seed】's effect.

However, due to the lack of energy, it doesn't mean that you can freely set the settings as you'd like. Well, as time passes that problem will solve itself, so it's time for a long trip.

Still, I never thought that I would have my own dungeon that I could build from the ground up.

I'm really glad we overcame the [Holy War]. It has become really convenient, such as traveling with this.

Or also other various settings aside, I need to recover magical power until tonight to try pouring it in.

There are more things to do, it is likely to become busy from now on.