I have been using the searcher drone indoors for a day, but it doesn’t get in my way when I move around, and it doesn’t hit the walls or ceiling. And when the neighbor’s cat approaches the veranda, it reacts to it. It’s working without any issues.
And so, today it’s time to enter the dungeon.
‘Keep your safety in mind, and have a wonderful seeker life.’
I pass through the Yoshikawa gate as always and enter the Rock Crystal Cave, heading swiftly to the ruins.
I have a target on my sights, so I ignore the ether crystals and kobold magic stones I could have harvested along the way, and reach the ruins an hour later.
But before I enter them, the searcher drone reacts. I also bought a glasses device with the searcher drone, and the information it displays tells me there is a mana tarant standing by above the entrance.
If I just went in, that mana tarant would have jumped on me, and it might have bit me. I’m glad I bought the searcher drone.
However, there weren’t any mana tarant in the ruins the other day. Did they come through the pipe?
In any case, it’s a bit too high for me to take down with an air bullet, and it hasn’t noticed me yet, so I swiftly take care of it with a rock bullet, collect the magic stone, and enter the ruins.
Mana tarants’ magic stones are in their small chests, so they’re easy to harvest. Apparently their poison sacs can also be sold, but I’m scared of touching poison, so I don’t. Incidentally, this poison can be used to make agrochemicals. Even poison can be useful.
When I reach a wide area, I take out two more mana tarants. Each of their magic stones is worth twenty-five hundred yen, so that’s seventy five hundred so far.
I know there are more in this area, but they’re too far and not approaching me, so I’ll just stay cautious.
“Giih.”
There is one waiting for me when I enter the pipe. That’s ten thousand. Hoorah.
Magic stones can be processed so ether can be extracted from them, like with ether crystals, and they can be used instead of rare ore in machine production, so they are very valuable. They are constantly being used in modern society, so they are constantly in demand.
Thinking back, the fact that the company I used to work for continued to reject this means they were never going to keep up with the times.
As for my plans going forward, I’m going to go to where I broke the pipe last time, and magic energy crystals were growing.
I had to retreat because of all those spiders the other day, but today, I’m ready to exterminate them. My backpack is stuffed with rocks and pebbles. And if the rocks get in the way, I can throw them to the ground and pick them up when needed.
I keep going, and sense mana tarants here and there along the way. They live in places with many magic energy crystals, so there should be few on a path without them. I take three down, but they are all alone.
And when I’m about to exit through the hole, the searcher drone warns me.
Hm, I can see what the drone sees through the glasses device. This is so useful, I’m glad I bought it.
“Krrrr.”
I hear a somewhat cute groan, but I see mana tarant… Remains here and there. And a giant red panda.
Hm… Red panda? Why?
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A giant magic beast that resembles something famous for being small.
This contradictory thing with the power to easily slaughter Zenjurou will attack. Will Zenjurou emerge victorious?
The battle begins.
Will he defeat and tame the red panda?