After we killed that oversized kokko, we continued for a while, kicking the asses of the pack of monsters such as red wolf, raptor, or kokko whoever dared to block our way, and arrived without a hitch at the next fairy plaza.
After finishing the stewed kokko in spring onion, we ended the day with a good night's sleep. We happened to find a spring onion-like vegetable, and I noticed that I could make skewers in just a mont with wooden branch and Simple Alchemist Formationand most dishes with my skills, but I had nothing to lose by having a professional cook, right?
We had arrived at the second fairy plaza in this ruin, but we still couldn't see the end of this ruin. This fairy plaza was nothing more than a checkpoint, we still had to continue tomorrow.
Now then, let's start this day with another resourceful dungeon capture.
Soon enough, we heard deep, heavy footsteps of a gigantic creature. Yes, it was a huge creature, far bigger than the oversized kokko and was right there near us.
Fortunately, our team had i-chan's intuition and my Presence Sense. Thanks to those abilities, we secured enough ti to hide ourselves from that giant creature's eyes.
GRRRRR HUFF, HUFF.
The monster who let out that growl and rough breathing resembled the Thunder Tyrano that fought the salamander for the prey. It's appearance resembled that of a T-Rex.
The shape of its angular head and rock-like shell that covered its entire body resembled that of a Gore.
Though its size was smaller than t-rex, it ca in a group of three. They were much bigger than a raptor and yet, they were terrifying guys who were moving in a crowd.
They're Grimgore huh
According to Yamajun's note, grimgore was the superior form of gore.
In addition, the only information we had about them was the fact that their strength was befitting a creature of their size and the fact that they're moving in small packs. In addition, they seed to be able to use earth elents too. Since I didn't think it was possible for them to chant aria, due to their race, they most likely used sothing like sand breath.
They're more troubleso than boss monster in a certain condition.
What shall we do, Kotaro-kun?
Well, let's not confront them.
We might be able to acquire a bigger core if we beat those grimgore but let's keep that for later. There was no rit in challenging them in our current situation.
Thus, as we waited for them to leave this area from inside the building, I sent Rem the 3rd to lead a squad of skeletons to scout this area just to be sure, after she confird that the grimgores had already left this area, we resud our dungeon capture.
And then, five minutes later, we stopped again.
Hey, Kotaro-kun, that's could it be
In front of i-chan who gulped her saliva, like a predator finding their most favorite prey was lump of yellow with so many winged insect buzzing around it
Yeah, no doubt about it, it's beehive.
A huge beehive was hanging down below a ruined building. And for so reason, the bees that were hovering around it were bigger than their earth counterparts. Are they honeybees, hornets, or simply bee-like monsters?
Though I don't know about their classification, the sa logic must be applied here, never going near them unprotected. We should leave this place as fast as possible before those bees catch our presence.
Maybe we should try to harvest the honey.
But in my team, there was a hero who wanted to harvest the honey no matter what. Nay, since she will literally rob those bees of the honey that they painstakingly gathered, the word thief might suit her better.
Anyhow, our berserker seed to have made up her mind to get that honey no matter what.
Ah, but I think we shouldn't take the honey if the bees turned out to be carnivorous bee.
But still, we have to get our hands on that HONEY!
Uhm, I absolutely understand your feeling even if you're not emphasizing it so much like that. I an the devil whispewoops, I an the Pharmacy Intuition already whispered "It's delicious you kno~w" in my head.
As you wish, i-chan. Those are honeybees. They may look atrocious due to their big size, but they're just an oversized honeybee.
YAAAY!
My retreat was sealed by i-chan's delighted cries.
That's just how much she wanted to eat those honey.
I an, we never ate sweets after we were sent into this accursed dungeon. Even a man knew that the thing loved the most by won was sweets. i-chan's-a gourmand-current condition was more than enough evidence for that.
Then, I guess we shall take a peek for the ti being.
Wait, calm down, we have to be fully prepared before we challenge the beehive. I an look, you don't want to waste even a drop of the honey from the beehive, right?
Y-Yeah, you're right.
Well, I could only imagine the beehive explode into countless pieces once i-chan attacked with her halberd using Violent Tremorwhile we're retrieving the beehive. But, just in case, in the worst scenario in which she ssed up with her power adjustnt, the beehive might be blown to smithereens, scattering rain of precious honey.
I an, I want to eat the honey too, it was already on the level that my Pharmacy Intuition gave a serious appraisal result, telling it was really delicious, packed to the brim with nutrition too. All the more reason to successfully harvest it.
Well then, first, let's see what we can do.
First, though i-chan had cald down for now, who knows when she would jump the gun again if we spent too much ti in this place, thinking about the perfect solution to harvest the beehive. Yup, since I never had any experience in beekeeping, I had no idea about the best way to harvest the honey from the beehive but I guess we'll have to make those noisy honeybees shut up first.
Yosh, it's your turn, REM!
GUGAGA!
Rem the 1st and 3rd replied vigorously. And then, the skeleton platoon followed the two. The fifteen of them were forming beehive suicide attack.
As for the equipnt, I gave them oil, torches, and a wooden pole made from the nearby tree branch. Next was a spider thread nest to retrieve the beehive.
First, the skeletons ard with torches attacked the beehive while making loud clattering sounds. Naturally, the bees got agitated by the noisy black skeletons and rushed to attack the latter at once. Countless bees surrounded the skeletons, turning them into a lump of black mass.
Their aggressiveness backfired on them. Now, comncing the operation.
The skeletons that got surrounded by countless bees then set its body on fire. From the very beginning, I'd already sared torch oil on their bodies to ignite them. Naturally, it would be engulfed in fire imdiately if I let them hold the torch from the very beginning.
The skeletons that bravely sacrificed themselves to be burnt alive were burning like the most brilliant star along with the honeybees.
Repeating this over and over with the rest of the thirty-two skeletons should be enough to annihilate most honeybees. Man, a fearless yet weak servant sure was useful during this kind of ti.
The two Rems were moving quickly, steadily lowering the beehive while expelling the rest of the honeybees inside the hive by lightly striking the beehive with the wooden rod in their hand. The fallen beehive got caught in Arachne Rem's spider thread net, and just like that the three Rems brought it back to the fairy plaza.
The last thing we needed to do was squeeze the honey from the beehive, well tossing the beehive into the Witch's Kettle was all I needed to do.
YAAY, YAAAAY I I thought we would never be able to eat sweet again
i-chan was already in tears, elated by the sweet sll from the honey. Heck, she was already licking the honey that was dropped from the nest. The saying that sweet was a tranquilizer for won was true after all.
A~h, my first sweet after such a long ti is absolutely delicious.
I an, I also lost to the temptation and started licking the honey by the ti I noticed it. The rich and llow sweetness that spread in my mouth tasted like the most delicious sweet Id ever eaten
Yosh, then I'll do my best to make sweets with this!
Thus, i-chan was walking towards the Witch's Kettle for cooking while licking the honey moderately.
Eh, does that an we're taking a break from dungeon capture today?
Well, it's not like there would be a problem by taking a days break or two. Today was honey-holiday after all.
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We departed for real the next morning.
The honey dumplings made by i-chan with our extrely limited ingredients were superb. As expected of a gourmand and chef, she could make dango that draw the best sweetness of the honey from the flour starch of bananatoes.
Since honey was an extrely rare treasure that we had no idea when we would find another one again, we decided to keep it secured in an air-tight and safe place, AKA treasure box and loaded it on Arachne Rem's back for extra safety asures. It would last for quite a while since I flash froze it with Witch's Kettle. [TL : It seems the author has no idea that they would need a tight, secure, and clean box to store honey for a long ti, aning that freezing it does nothing to it. heating it will destroy its nutritional value though.]
i-chans willpower charged to the brim by the power of sweet
The greenery around the city ruin increased the further we followed the compass. Eventually, the sight of huge trees standing side-by-side with ruined buildings beca more and more apparent as if the city was being swallowed into the forest. Naturally, the number of monsters and wild animals also increased the further we went into the forest. On the other hand, there was also more hiding places for the high zombies.
Haah!
SLASH!
i-chan, whose morale boosted through the roof with sweets, easily swung the halberd and sliced the throat of a huge monster. And then, the giant lizard that received that fatal wound tottered on its feet for a second before collapsing with a thud.
The lizard, whose size was bigger than an alligator, crawling on the ground on its four limbs was poison-less basilisk. It was clinging on the wall of one building like a newt and suddenly rushed towards us as we passed that building.
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