Chapter 284: Destination and New Sli (2/2)
“『Lightshot』 …With this, we’ve more or less dealt with the undead around here.” [Ryouma]
We were able to safely arrive at the watchtower. Beside the cylindrically shaped tower was a shed likely used as a break room by the guards. It was plain as one would expect from sothing that was rely attached to the tower. Despite being an old building within the ruins of a large prison, however, it still maintained its shape. Around it was just the bare ground, and there weren’t even any handrails to prevent falling.
It seems like it would be dangerous in the dark, so maybe there were handrails before, but they deteriorated with the passage of ti. However, the lack of unnecessary objects did make it easier to take over the watchtower.
After securing the place, we looked at the Town of Departed Spirits. I was understandably anxious to go up the tower, but fortunately, the tower was sowhere higher than the prison, so I could already more or less see what was going on inside the prison without going up.
Past the gates was likely a world ant only to accommodate criminals. Rectangular and unadorned massive stone buildings could be seen neatly arranged, and at the center stood a tower that looked like a larger version of the watchtowers.
The structures of the Town of Departed Spirits understandably felt abandoned since they were, but it felt like that even as a whole. There were moss and cracks here and there, and so buildings have collapsed too. I couldn’t see inside the buildings or behind them, but I didn’t see any of those Miasma Pools they told about.
“Hmm… From the looks of it, only weak undead have spawned in great numbers. The miasma has spread wide, but it’s thin.” [Reinbach]
“Though it should be dealt with as soon as possible, the situation isn’t pressing by any ans.” [Schieber]
“That’s a silver lining, I suppose.” [Remilie]
The way I saw it, it looked just like sothing akin to the final scene in a zombie movie, but it looks like the situation is still okay. I wonder what kind of situation they’ll consider bad?
It was when I could afford to think of nonsense like that that…
“!” [Ryouma]
“Ryouma, what’s the matter?” [Schieber]
“Did sothing happen?” [Sebasu]
“So of the slis protecting the bottom are… Oh, but they aren’t feeling any sense of danger or anxiety, so the situation seems alright.” [Ryouma]
For a mont, I thought the slis might have eaten too much undead, but this is probably an evolution.
I gave a few words to everyone before going down to check, and as expected, there were about 10 scavenger slis showing signs of evolution.
I had the other slis surround them to protect them while they were releasing and absorbing mana. They’re probably defenseless during the process. That’s why they usually evolve in places where I could protect them or sowhere away from people’s eyes.
…I wonder what would happen if I touched them during evolution. I seem to recall hearing that if you touch an insect during molting, it could cause deformities and other negative effects… But I don’t rember it all that well…
I wonder what would happen in the case of slis. It’s got curious, but I’d feel bad for them if sothing weird happened. Besides, it’s the first ti a sli is evolving from eating undead, so I might as well just quietly watch over them.
I turned my attention away from my pondering to focus observing them, and I noticed that they were spewing more mana during evolution than usual. It might also just be because there were several of them evolving at the sa ti…
“Huh, so this is how slis evolve.” [???]
“! Oh, you scared . Remilie-san, Schieber-san, you ca.” [Ryouma]
“Reinbach-chan and the others said you might let your guard down from being too engrossed observing your slis, so we followed after you. You really are quite engrossed, aren’t you?” [Remilie]
“Sorry, I didn’t notice at all.” [Ryouma]
“It’s not good to let your guard down, but don’t worry about it so much. She did go out of her way to use Hide after all.” [Schieber]
Schieber-san pointed out with dismay. Apparently, she used that presence-erasing spell again. When I turned to her, she smiled at like a mischievous child.
After that we watched over the slis until they finished evolving. It was Schieber-san and Remilie-san’s first ti watching a sli evolve too, so they watched with interest.
“…Looks like they’re done.” [Ryouma]
All the scavenger slis that evolved from eating undead had a darkish earth color to them. They were also much bigger than the other slis, being about 60cm in diater, making them just right for sitting. Not that I plan on sitting on them or anything.
I used Monster Identify on them and found out that they were a type of sli called ‘Gureibu?’ Sli. Glaive? …Isn’t that a weapon like the naginata? But why? When I checked their skills, I realized my mistake.
Na: Grave Sli
Skills: Attract Ghosts Lv1; Absorb Ghosts Lv3; Enshrine Remains Lv3 Disease Resist Lv7; Poison Resist Lv7; Miasma Resist Lv8; Lead Belly Lv6; Clean Lv2; Deodorize Lv7; Physical Attack Resist Lv2; Jump Lv3; Digest Lv7; Absorb Lv3; Split Lv2; Taijutsu Lv2
Attract Ghosts, Absorb Ghosts, Enshrine Remains, and Miasma Resist.
I realized that ‘gureibu’ could also be read as grave in English, so the na finally made sense. Skill-wise, their Clean has gotten weaker, and the Deodorizing Liquid is also gone. In exchange were the three new skills. The fact that they didn’t lose the skill they learned while training with must be because they got it from training.
When I checked what attributes of mana they liked, I found out that they liked earth, darkness, and dinsion… Dinsion!?
“What a surprise.” [Ryouma]
To think there would be a sli that would like dinsion attribute mana. No matter how much I gave a sli dinsion mana, it never evolved. I was starting to think that it was impossible, but then the possibility for a sli that could use dinsion magic appeared.
I should experint with the new skills too. Let’s start with the Attract Ghosts. From the na, it’s probably a skill that attracts undead, so I asked the scavenger slis, who were still eating the undead, to make way.
…The results were just as expected. The Grave Slis released a bluish-white light that looked like a human’s soul, then the undead that have been randomly attacking whatever was nearby suddenly walked straight for the Grave Slis.
Then with Absorb Ghosts, they all took the undead inside them. Moreover, most of the undead were swallowed without any resistance. They would still resist when the scavenger slis ate them, but this ti there wasn’t any of that at all. Is this the power of Grave Slis? After awhile, it even looked as if the undead were taking the initiative to be eaten.
Last was the Enshrine Remains skill. Apparently, the Grave Slis can store undead-type monsters inside them without digesting them and let them out whenever. If it’s limited?? to the undead, then I don’t think it’s very useful, but if the ‘remains’ of animals are included too, then they might prove useful for the transport of spoils.
“This is worth researching!” [Ryouma]
“Ryouma-chan, are you finishing soon? We don’t know much about slis, so we’d like to ask a few things.” [Remilie]
“Ah, yes. Right. Let’s go back up. That should make it easier to talk too.” [Ryouma]
Like that, we went back up again, but… The whole ti we were climbing the stairs, they were looking at like I was a kid who would run off again the mont they took their eyes off … Their eyes did seem full of warmth, though.
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