“Aira, bring out the walls the hives dropped. And the spoils from the rare monsters.”
“Understood. First, Killer Hive walls, and the darker colored Killer Hive wall II.”
“These hive walls are flat, without the holes the hives had.”
“They’re walls.”
Aira places two hive walls on a table. I can tell by touching them that they’re solid like a steel wall.
“And the rare monsters. First, here are the skills from the forty-two Killer Bees and five Red Killer Bees.”
Hunter Heart Lv1: 5
Assassin Heart Lv1: 5
Poison Generation: 42
Poison Generation III: 5
Numbing Poison Generation II: 5
Poison Antibodies: 42
Poison Antibodies III: 5
Aerial Sword Techniques Lv3: 5
“…Am I the only one who thinks this isn’t much considering how many we took out?”
“No, you’re poisoning my mind.”
“It’s all because the goblins mass produced skills.”
“It looks quaint compared to those mountains…”
“If it means Shouta won’t be tired, this is good enough every day…”
“Yes. But bees don’t have a lot of skills for their level.”
“Master, that is how insect monsters are. The gold series was the same.”
“Ah… I guess so.”
Well, these were bugs, not humanoid monsters. Maybe there are differences between species, like how Iris can’t handle some skills.
“Kasumi, I’m going to show you one of my secrets. Are you ready?”
“Eh? You have more!? I was so surprised by the effect of that necklace…”
Oh, right, she borrowed Ayane’s necklace. Her face turned red when they explained its effect, but she was happy that the love necklace carries my love as a family member.
“Well then, first, these four Poison Antibodies.”
“Y-yes.”
“Compression.”
“…Eh!?”
“Now they’re one Compression II.”
“!? …!?!?”
That’s Kasumi’s most surprised face yet. Funny. It makes it worth it to tease her.
“Now we take four Poison Antibodies II.”
“You’re not…”
“Compression. Yes, Poison Antibodies III.”
“Wah…”
I place it on Kasumi’s hand. I was planning to give the sixth to her anyway.
“You can learn that one.”
“Y-yes, thanks…”
“Master, what should we do with the excess of Poison Generation?”
“If you don’t have Poison Antibodies of the same level, you’ll do damage to yourself. We’ll hunt some bees tomorrow, and think about what to do with the excess then.”
“Very well.”
Let’s have a look at Numbing Poison Generation II.
Name: Numbing Poison Generation II
Grade: Epic
Classification: Arts skill
Description: A skill that generates numbing poison inside the body. If not ejected immediately, the poison will spread inside the user. Can be neutralized with Poison Antibodies of the same level.
Hm, it looks like it will be fine if it’s evolved to III.
“Iris.”
‘Pururu.’
I compress a few, and give Iris Poison Generation III, Numbing Poison Generation III, and Poison Antibodies III.
I take five Hunter Heart Lv1 and five Assassin Heart Lv1. Then I take three Aerial Sword Techniques Lv3, and we all learn Poison Antibodies III.
I think that about does it. I have two Aerial Sword Techniques Lv3 left, but let’s keep them.
“That’s it for distributing skills, so let’s check the hive walls.”
“These are really hard.”
Bam, clank, bam!
Aki hits a hive wall, making a loud noise, but I think the table under the hive wall will break before it does.
“Can you stop, Aki?”
“Ah, sorry Maki.”
“Aki and Aira’s Physical Strength are higher than the hive wall II’s Constitution, but can you break it?”
“Hn… I don’t want to just do it directly like that. I feel like it will break apart eventually, but it would be a pain even with full boost. Physically.”
“Stats are nothing but an index. Even if they are higher, that is not an absolute. By watching master and Enki break it, I do not want to attempt it directly either.”
“What does Appraisal say, Shouta.”
“Let’s see.”
Name: Killer Hive wall II
Grade: Rare
Classification: Material
Description: A sturdy hive wall protected by Red Killer Bees. Its special bark has been made with Killer Hive extra thick honey mixed in. The outer wall is made sturdy to protect from outside threats, but the interior is very susceptible to shocks. A little sweet if licked.
I tell everyone what I see, and Ayane immediately licks it.
“Mind your manners, lady.”
“But it said it was sweet.”
“So, how is it?”
“A little sweet and tasty.”
The other girls look at the hive wall with interest.
Well, I like sweets too, so I’m also wondering what kind of sweet it is, but let’s leave that for later.
“So the outside is strong and the inside fragile…”
“Yes. It is just a hive wall item, but it was the beehive. There were a lot of holes accessing the inside. If we attack the holes instead of the surface, it might be relatively brittle.”
‘Gogo!’
“Come to think of it, Enki’s pile bunker aimed at the holes and got through.”
‘Gogo.’
I thought it was destroyed like that because it was aimed at a good spot, but was it really?
“So can we simplify the destruction of the hives?”
“Yes. And we know how to prevent them from spawning a lot, and how to force them to dissipate when we fight the powered up one. We won’t know more until we fight it, so let’s leave it at that for today.”
That concludes the meeting.
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