Blood mole.
A monster that resembles a mole, as its na suggests.
The "blood" prefix is likely due to one of two reasons:
Either because its slippery body is as red as blood.
Or because these creatures, with their almost atrophied eyesight, are incredibly adept at detecting the scent of blood and swarming towards it.
Encountering a blood mole in a narrow tunnel is extrely troubleso.
That's why, during mining operations, if you get injured, you must quickly treat the wound with bandages or similar.
You don't want blood moles to be attracted to the scent of your blood.
"R-run away."
"Got it!"
The wounded blood mole thrashed about in all directions.
Pickaxes struck the ground uselessly.
'Too slow.'
I stepped in.
Chomp!
As I bit down hard on the blood mole, it wriggled for a mont before falling still.
A small monster without poison resistance had no chance against neurotoxin.
"Whew, that scared ."
"Well done, snake!"
The dwarves praised .
But the real praise should go to the seedling chira.
"Did it sense the blood mole nearby?"
"That's amazing."
The startled dwarves soon cald down.
A single blood mole wasn't sothing to be afraid of; it was when multiple attacked at once that was the problem.
The seedling chira continued to wave its cotyledons towards the blood mole.
Ah, now I understand.
I took out the dagger Ashura and dissected the blood mole.
Just as I thought, there was a mana stone.
It was only a small, bean-sized 1st-grade mana stone, but it was definitely a mana stone.
That's quite lucky.
As soon as I placed the mana stone on the chira's leaf.
Whoosh.
The mana stone lted and disappeared.
The seedling chira danced happily.
I hadn't noticed, but its senses were quite impressive.
It must be thanks to the skills this little one possessed.
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[Seedling Chira lv2]
[Traits]
[Seedling], [Baby], [World Tree]
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Oh!
Its level increased.
Could it be that it leveled up from eating the mana stone?
In my case, no matter how many mana stones I ate, my level didn't increase.
Well, I was worried about how a seedling would hunt and gain experience, but it seems it can absorb mana by eating mana stones.
Perhaps one of its traits has such an effect.
The trait "World Tree."
That one looks particularly impressive.
The seedling chira also had skills.
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[Skills]
[Sixth Sense lv1], [Perception Expansion lv2], [Absorption Growth lv1], [Leaf Waving lv4]
[Status]
[Happy]
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What an impressive skill window.
Why do I feel like I'm about to cry, rembering my own childhood?
The only skills I had when I first started were "Venomous Fang" and "Quick Crawling".
"Perception Expansion," "Sixth Sense," "Absorption Growth."
They're all amazing.
If we're talking about pedigree, the chira is probably at least in the late teens.
And its potential was clearly high as well.
Yes, as long as you grow up happily, I don't mind anything.
I gently stroked the chira's head.
"This is actually good news."
I heard Manjin say.
Good news? That we encountered a monster?
"The presence of blood moles ans there's a bone steel vein nearby."
Now that I heard it, it made sense.
Apparently, these blood mole monsters are very fond of bone steel.
In our current search for a new vein, encountering a blood mole was actually fortunate.
"Hey, friend."
Manjin smiled at and asked.
"Can you keep that seedling with you?"
Of course, no problem.
The seedling chira preferred being by my side rather than in the subspace.
We headed deeper into the tunnel.
At so point.
The chira started acting strangely again.
I alerted Dunkel about it.
"Wait."
Dunkel stopped the dwarves.
The chira had started waving its leaves towards one of the walls.
Could it be another blood mole?
The dwarves gulped.
With a hand signal to keep quiet, Manjin took his position.
Manjin and one dwarf held pickaxes, while the others shone their lights.
"Hup!"
And Manjin alone started swinging his pickaxe at the wall.
The other dwarf waited, on guard in case a blood mole jumped out.
However, this ti there was no thud sound, nor did any blood spray out.
Clang!
With a clear tallic sound, the dirt covering the wall crumbled away.
And a snow-white tallic vein was revealed.
"Oh, it's a bone steel vein!"
Manjin let out a cheer.
Then he took out a small chisel and tapped the bone steel.
After closely examining the broken piece.
"The purity is amazing!"
I thought another blood mole might jump out, but instead we found a bone steel vein.
The seedling chira really knew how to keep us on our toes.
"Let's mine so ore here and take it back. Everyone will be pleased."
Manjin said.
It had been about 4 hours since we entered the tunnel.
Originally, they had planned to spend several days searching for a bone steel vein before starting full-scale mining.
The dwarves started pickaxing enthusiastically with bright expressions.
Clang- Clang-
Each ti the pickaxes sparked, pieces of bone steel fell.
Today they would only mine as much as they could carry, and from next ti they would use carts to transport it to where they had laid rails.
'Chira, why did you find this?'
The chira probably detected the blood mole because of its mana stone.
But why did it react to bone steel, which is just an ore?
"Because it's not just ore," Pelerian said.
'Is bone steel really the bones of monsters?'
"It's highly likely. Originally, it would have been the bones of enormous creatures. Creatures that large were undoubtedly monsters."
Apparently, the mineral known as bone steel was originally the bones of living creatures.
So it's probably sothing like a fossil.
If it's from a past that even the long-lived elves call 'ancient'...
'Isn't it dinosaur bones?'
"Dinosaur? What's that?"
There's no other answer, is there!
'You know, like dragons. With huge heads, like Tyrannosaurus.'
"I've never heard of such a monster. It can't be dragons. Sothing as precious as dragon bones wouldn't be lying around like this."
To think he doesn't even know about dinosaurs. Silly Pelerian.
I brought a piece of bone steel close to the chira.
The chira extended its cotyledon and received the bone steel piece.
It was amusing and cute to see it use its leaves like hands.
And then.
Tsu-tsu-tsu-tsu-
The bone steel, which had been faintly glowing white, lost its color.
In the end, it turned a dull gray.
Tak.
The bone steel fell to the ground and crumbled into pieces.
'The leaves seem to be getting glossier!'
The chira's cotyledons, which had been extrely tender, turned a bit greener.
"Ooh! Did it absorb mana from the ore?"
'Co to think of it, bones are rich in phosphorus, right?'
"Phosphorus?"
'You know, they sotis use bone al as fertilizer.'
"You know all sorts of things."
Pelerian was surprised that I knew sothing he didn't.
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