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Chapter 5. The Mushroom Forest (2)
4.
The first thing adventurers who entered beyond the Mystic Gate did was to explore using their five senses.
And among the five senses, the first one to work was the sense of smell.
It was the same even then.
Sniff sniff!
Adventurers who entered the 100-person gate participation test were all, without exception, twitching their noses.
The same was true for the Iburu party led by the 2nd Circle Adventurer Pirates.
Sniff sniff!
Iburu lay flat on the floor, sniffing the dirt incessantly.
“It’s a mushroom.”
And then he said.
“Green cap mushroom.”
The expressions of the other colleagues hardened at those words.
“I wish it was orange mushrooms, but that’s annoying.”
There was no one who did not know the peculiar moist, pungent, yet fragrant smell that came from the place where the mushroom monsters were.
However, it was by no means easy to identify the type of mushroom like Iburu now.
“If it’s the leader’s word, it must be true.”
That’s why the pirate Iburu was the leader of this six-person adventurer party made up of these veterans.
Among them, he had a deeper knowledge of monsters and a wider range of experiences than anyone else.
The trust among colleagues was that high.
“I came here because I trusted the leader.”
It was because of that trust that I was able to step into this testing stage without hesitation, which is by no means easy.
“Once green cap mushrooms appear, the situation is completely different from when you just hunt orange mushrooms.”
Iburu explained the situation to his colleagues.
“As you know, green mushrooms are smaller than orange mushrooms, but they are faster and at the same time much stronger.”
There was no question about that explanation.
“It’s a pretty difficult monster to conquer.”
From the moment I entered the Mystic Gate, Iburu’s words were always correct and true.
He made that assertion.
“So everyone will think the same thing. Let’s stop catching the green cap mushrooms and focus on the boss monsters.”
5.
“Boss, is that a green mushroom?”
The moment he saw the green mushroom, Divo smiled and said.
“There are only five of them. They seem to be stragglers. I will take care of them right away.”
And then he walked towards the green cap mushroom with great confidence.
There were two reasons.
‘This is when you need to stamp your eyes.’
To look good for El Palm.
‘It’s just a mushroom anyway.’
And because I have confidence.
It was literal.
With his polearm in hand, Devo felt more confident in battle than ever, and he deserved it.
‘A polearm fits my hand better than the sword I’ve used in my entire life.’
A situation where one can truly experience one’s talent.
‘That’ll be the end of it too.’
Moreover, the talent was far beyond what Devo had thought or imagined.
‘I’m better than those pathetic adventurer warriors.’
If I may exaggerate a bit, it feels like I’ve become an adventurer.
In many ways, it was right to be confident, and with that confidence, Divo fought the battle, and soon came to a realization.
“f*ck, why is it so hard?”
The hardness of the green cap mushroom was incomparable to that of the orange mushrooms he had encountered.
Of course, as it was a mushroom monster, it wasn’t at a level where it couldn’t be broken.
However, it was a real pain in battle that something that could be broken once needed two, three, or four times.
This was especially true against mushroom monsters.
From the beginning, the important thing was how quickly you could kill the mushroom monsters that attacked you in numbers.
If you can’t sweep them all away at once, the battle becomes very troublesome.
Phew!
However, the green cap mushroom withstood Divo’s polearm, the polearm with its weight, three times.
An unexpected situation.
Of course, it was a tough battle.
“Ugh, ugh!”
After the battle, Devo spoke with a pale, frozen face, having lost all of his initial confidence.
“Boss, this won’t work?”
It wasn’t just a whimper.
‘The boss’s fire arrows are scary though.’
Devo knew what El Palm’s terrifying abilities were.
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‘We’ll disappear before we can even get through a few of these guys.’
And he knew the limits of that ability.
‘It’s different from when I was a stump.’
Of course, Stump’s defense was incomparable to that of the Green Mushroom, but Stump was not a monster with a large population to begin with.
Even if they form a group, there are only about ten of them.
On the other hand, mushroom monsters could form groups of hundreds, or even thousands.
‘It’s a 40-person Mystic Gate. It wouldn’t be strange if thousands of people showed up.’
The circumstances were different in many ways.
El Palm knew it too.
Even for orange mushrooms, which have weak defenses that can be crushed with bare hands with a Fire Arrow, it was no problem to pierce through dozens of them, but for green cap mushrooms, four or five was the limit.
Of course, if you were just hunting, there wouldn’t be a problem.
To begin with, Fire Arrow was the most basic magic among the 1st circle magic, a magic that made a profit by killing just one monster with one shot.
El Palm, who hunts dozens of monsters with this magic, is actually beyond common sense.
‘We need to change our goals.’
That doesn’t mean this was a huge crisis.
Creating the 2nd Circle and Fire Arrow wasn’t that difficult for El Palm.
It just increases the amount of magic power consumed.
And as the amount of magic power consumed increases, the number of mushrooms you can catch decreases.
That was it.
‘A hunt to exterminate is out of the question. We must give up.’
You just need to hold on a little.
But it was different for El Palm.
In the days he lived, there was no choice. There was never a time when he could choose to hold on just a little bit because the situation was bad.
There are only simple quests like “if you don’t catch it, you die”.
El Palm survived in that quest. Until the very end.
Of course there was a way.
“It goes according to plan.”
“As planned?”
That’s why El Palm didn’t withdraw.
“We are going on a genocide hunt.”
At those words, Debo’s expression hardened.
In fact, it wasn’t that he didn’t like annihilation hunting itself. Rather, he liked annihilation hunting.
“Excuse me, boss. I know it’s worth the money, but… … .”
That would be the case, because catching monsters was a money-making venture. In fact, even during Stumpf, they made a lot of money by hunting them to death.
And Devo got a share of the profits, even a lot of money back then thanks to Stump’s tears.
Debo, who was crazy about money, had no intention of turning down an opportunity to make money.
“Isn’t this too much?”
The issue was the importance of the current situation.
“But if you can catch a boss monster, isn’t it a win-win?”
They say there are opportunities even if you don’t catch the boss monster, but you don’t have to just wait for the most certain opportunity.
El Palm knew it too.
He also didn’t want to go to extremes to catch the boss monster, but he planned to catch it if he could.
“yes.”
“Yes?”
“That’s why we go on a hunt to kill.”
“yes?”
That’s why El Palm didn’t change its plans now.
“Greencap mushrooms are hard to catch. The other four parties are probably already fully aware of that fact. So they’ll all come to the same conclusion.”
El Palm pointed his finger at Divo along with the words.
“Yes, I won’t catch it. If I catch it, the stamina and magic drain will be no joke.”
“If everyone doesn’t catch them, there will be an overabundance of green cap mushrooms here. Then it will be a pain to catch the boss monster.”
Debo nodded at that explanation.
Eliminate surrounding monsters before taking on the boss monster. This is the most basic of the basics when conquering Mystic Gate.
Devo had no intention of denying that basic principle.
“Mushrooms in particular have a very strong sense of camaraderie. Once a boss monster goes wild, all the mushrooms in the vicinity will flock to it.”
“That’s true, but… … Boss, they’re different from the orange mushrooms.”
But that’s only if El Palm can deal with green mushrooms as easily as orange mushrooms.
“Will it take a long time to catch them all?”
Eventually the story returned to the beginning.
“Oh, well, if the boss says to do it, I will follow.”
So Devo no longer raised any questions.
The same was true for El Palm.
There was no need to repeat the same story.
All I had to do was show it.
thud!
“Damn, I’ve been taking too long. Boss! Here come the mushrooms. Huh? Shit!”
It came just in time.
“One, two… … Damn it, boss! Let’s go! There’s over fifty of them!”
More than fifty green cap mushrooms came running, and El Palm spoke in front of the group.
“Fire Arrow.”
“Hey, boss?”
At the same time, he used his psychic powers to fly the fire arrow he had created towards the green mushroom.
Flew like a snake.
“That’s hard… … .”
Phew!
And in one breath, it pierced through the solid body of the green cap mushroom and dug into the body of another green cap mushroom.
Like an orange mushroom.
“Huh? Huh?”
Debo was surprised by that fact, he could see it soon.
‘The Fire Arrow is rotating?’
El Palm, another telekinesis skill he has, the revolver.
6.
El Palm, it was the environment that allowed him to become the best telekinesis.
In order to survive in the extreme environment, he had no choice but to use all his abilities to the limit.
In the process, El Palm developed several technologies utilizing telekinesis.
One of them was a technology called the revolver.
The usage is simple.
‘Apply rotational force.’
Rotating magic that moves with psychic powers.
It was never easy.
‘One shot available.’
It was a technique that required a lot of concentration, as when firing the revolver, only one object could be moved.
‘Instead, the amount of magic power consumed is greatly reduced.’
However, only concentration was consumed, and the amount of magical power consumed itself was not much different from when handling one foot.
‘The power becomes great.’
In comparison, the penetration power of the Fire Arrow when the Revolver skill was activated was indescribable.
The results before my eyes were proof of that.
Phew!
El Palm’s Fire Arrows began to slaughter the tough green cap mushrooms mercilessly.
An amazing sight.
Moreover, El Palm was no longer alone.
“come!”
Divo willingly served as bait against the incoming green cap mushrooms.
And the bait, Devo, was more arrogant than ever.
Because I have faith again.
‘How much is this?’
Above all, the benefits of the extermination hunt were more than enough to bring a smile to Divo’s face.
Phew!
‘I can hear the money coming in, I can hear it!’
When the battle finally ended, Devo let out a laugh.
“Ugh… … .”
Hahahahaha!
At that moment, a very loud laugh was heard. A laugh so loud that it shook the forest.
“Huh!”
At that sound, Devo was startled and covered his mouth.
Then he looked at El Palm, shook his head, and spoke in a very small voice.
“I, I’m not. I won’t make the same mistake this time.”
Because I couldn’t forget the time I made the mistake of calling in a monster by talking too loudly.
Of course, El Palm knew that it wasn’t Divo.
Already his head was turned in the direction of the loud laughter.
And the expression on his face was hard.
‘It is certainly.’
The moment El Palm heard that laughter, he knew clearly.
‘The boss monster here is a poisonous mushroom.’
How much of a pain in the ass the boss monster here is.
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