Come to think of it, there’s something missing from the materials that dropped around us.
“Oh? There aren’t any skills.”
“It seems monsters with no levels only drop materials and magic stones. You know this as well… No, it seems you have forgotten.”
“Eh? What do you mean?”
“The slime fight. Remember when many rainbow slime minions spawned?”
“Ah, those. Yes, they didn’t have levels but had skills… Hnn?”
I’m remembering. Yes, when all those slimes spawned, they had Physical Resistance II and Automatic Healing. And when they were down… There was nothing that looked like a skill orb…
“No, they dropped round things, but they were not skill orbs. They were these.”
Aira shows me a rainbow glossy beautiful… Hn? This…
“Is this the candy you were licking when we were traveling?”
“Yes. I thought they seemed good, and once I tried them, I found out they really are. I also let you have a taste.”
“You…”
I thought it was interesting how the taste changed as I licked it, but I had no idea it was a drop item of those slimes that spread acid… Ignorance is bliss.
“By the way, I used the compressed slime jelly the other huge slime series dropped to make desert while we traveled. It was good, was it not?”
“…Those big things that were like coconut gel?”
“Yes.”
I get exasperated, but what’s done is done. Once on shore, pray no more. It’s been digested.
“It was really tasty.”
“I guess it’s okay, if Ayane feels that way. But basically, those slimes dropped candy but no skills.”
“Yes. If they did drop, it would have been an insane amount.”
“True.”
Anyway, as long as I don’t forget that monsters without a level don’t drop skills, it won’t be an issue.
“I want to leave, but what do we do here?”
“We should reach an exit if we keep walking deeper. It comes in different shapes, but we will know once we get there.”
“I see. Then let’s go.”
“Yes!”
‘Goh!’
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We keep going ,and eventually the grassy field that feels like it will go on forever changes. First, the distortions left and right of us disappear. Then a forest and hills appear in the distance. And as we go deeper, what looks like the wall of the dungeon appears.
I can hear the distinctive sound of a second floor river, and once I turn my head that way, I see goblins and killer rabbits.
We were in a sandy area when we entered that strange place, but we’re in a completely different place now. I open my map, and see we’re right in the center of the second floor.
“I guess we left without much happening?”
I turn around, I don’t see anything strange there either, it’s just the second floor. It was strange when we went in, but we left without even realizing it. Where did we even appear from?
“Hm… It differs from what I knew, but what matters is that the exit was in the right direction.”
“We made it out safely!”
‘Goh!’
Ayane and Enki raise their arms with joy.
Well then, we’re supposed to leave now… But the issue is Enki. We can’t just take it back like this. Nevermind getting others to see it as a member of our team, it’s six meters tall, so its head is going to hit the ceiling. Maybe I shouldn’t have made it so big.
But if River and the others could do that, Enki should too.
“Enki, can you shrink to about my size?”
‘Go? Gogo…!’
Enki expels the multilayered rocks that make up its body, and splits. As it gets smaller, a giant block forms next to it. By the time Enki is my size, the rock next to it is really big.
It’s a three meter flat cube, and feels very unnatural.
Ayane’s eyes shine as she looks at it, and Aira’s face is twitching a little.
‘Gogo! Gogo~!’
I pat Enki’s head as it gives me a thumbs up, and it sounds happy. It’s like Ayane.
It’s like a big dog and a small dog. Nothing wrong with that.
“But how many tons does this rock weigh?”
“It will be incredibly heavy.”
“But can Enki use it to bring it to its maximum size again?”
‘Goh!’
“I guess it can, but… Aira, can you fit this?”
“It would be difficult. It is bigger than I assumed. Leaving the spears we spoke about before aside, I want to do something to make sure it can display its full power, but… Enki, can you divide this into small cubes?”
‘Gogo!’
Enki waves its hand, and it turns into a fifty centimeter block. Simple calculations tell me there are two hundred sixteen 6x6x6 blocks. Honestly, these blocks alone could be deadly weapons if thrown.
“They’re like big building blocks… Mumu, heavy…”
‘Gogo!’
Ayane tries to lift them, but despite their size, they are still compressed rock. They look really heavy.
“This size should be fine.”
“It’s still pretty big. Won’t it hit the size and weight limits of your bag?”
“It was simply too big and heavy to enter my bag. Once inside, it won’t be a problem. I also organize it regularly, so I always have at least some space. However, since I will carry it around not as a disposable item or something to be temporarily collected, it could hinder our activities in the future.”
“I see. Thanks as always.”
“It is my job.”
I need to give her a treat when we get back like I said.
“If it really is tough, we could get another one…”
“A lot of good luck and a few miracles had to happen for me to acquire this bag, so it cannot be replicated… But you might be able to accomplish it.”
Come to think of it, in what dungeon did she get that bag?
I don’t know much about Aira’s past.
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Next quest: get another magic bag.
Thanks for the treat.
She was a whore in the past