46 - Use on a planned basis

The headless monster fell on its back and shook the ground.

The body of the fallen labyrinth master does not move a bit, although blood is dripping loudly from the cut.

Thor, who has confirmed that the work is completely finished, takes a light breath.

Behind him, the two men watching him cheer loudly.

"That was so cool, Thor!　Yeah, it was great. You took them down so fast!"

"You're good, To-chan! Moo, I've seen it again!"

As they approached, Thor looked over his shoulder and lifted his chin slightly.

He then turned his gaze back to the far side of the square.

The black fountain that used to be there has vanished completely.

It seems that it was true what they said about the miasma retreating as soon as the master of the labyrinth was defeated.

The former hole is now covered by what appears to be a stone lid.

Avoiding the corpse of the hobgoblin chief lying on the ground, Thor cautiously approaches the place where the hole used to be.

There is no sign of anything suspicious around him.

Bending down, Thor reaches out his hand and touches the stone lid.

Immediately, he feels the touch of cold stone, and something flows smoothly through his fingertips.

In an instant, it was gone.

Relieved that the stimulation was not unpleasant, Thor takes another look at his tree.

As expected, a small bulge protruded from the middle of the trunk, which had not been there before.

- speeds up the healing of injuries and abnormalities.

Activation: Automatic / Effect: Small / Scope: Self

It seems that he was given the trunk fruit characteristic as a reward for successfully conquering the labyrinth.

It does not seem to be very effective for Thor, who has .

It may be useful to heal a minor wound that does not need to be restored.

However, the effect is small, so it is not very promising.

"All right, Moe, touch it."

Before he knew it, Thor was crouched down on his back, and the child was on top of him.

He was laughing happily with his hand tightening around his neck from behind.

"Tor-chan, give me a piggyback!"　

"Later. Come on, reach for me. Oh, and Sola, you don't have to cut the ears off.

"Oh, really?"

Thora, who had been holding a knife to the head of a monster lying on the ground, looks up at Thor's words.

"I heard that the proof of defeat is the disappearance of this cave.

"I see. It's a big one, so it's a bit of a distraction. Oh, I didn't find any magic stone. I didn't know they didn't have magic stones.

While they are talking, Moo, still on Thor's back, reaches out and touches the lid of the stone.

Leaning slightly forward, the child clung to Thor as hard as he could so that he would not fall off.

"I touched it, Tor!"

"Well, what do you think?"

Moo's purple trunk also bore a small fruit.

--This increases the strength of the muscles.

Activation: Automatic / Effect: Small / Scope: Self

"Oh, Moo's traits are pretty good."

"I see. Moo has become more powerful again."

Fighting monsters is not the only job of an adventurer.

It is nice to have more leg strength, since we spend more time walking around.

However, this is not so much of an advantage for those who have little muscle strength.

"Hello again. Can I touch this?"

Sola, who has come near me, bends down and presses her palm against the stone lid.

After looking somewhat surprised at the sensation she felt at the moment she touched it, the girl held out her hand to Thor with expectant eyes.

The result is .......

-- Relieves the sensation of pain beyond the limit.

Activation: Automatic / Effect: Small / Scope: Self

"Well, what do you think?　Does that mean the pain is healed?"

This is, as I recall, the most common characteristic here. Well, it was a good choice for the vanguard.　

It is said that adventurers can move around without fainting even with considerable injuries, thanks to the fact that they are often given this trait in the first dungeon they enter.

However, it is said that it has no effect on pain such as a small abrasion, but only on pain above a certain level.

"It's not really that relevant, is it?"

"Moo fit the bill perfectly!"

"That's true. I heard that's not a problem in small dungeons."

The characteristics of the trunk fruits obtained by conquering dungeons are roughly divided into those for the vanguard, which are related to physical strength and physical ability, and those for the rear guard, which are related to magical power.

And each of them should be ...... easy to be attached depending on the presence or absence of magic power.

However, this is the case for large and difficult dungeons with many kinds of properties.

In a small dungeon like this one, the number of types of properties you can get is only as many as the fingers of one hand.

So, they are not so important, and are assigned to the right type.

In fact, there was only one characteristic for the rear guard in the kobolds' cave, but unfortunately, it seems that all of them were not assigned to it.

Hearing Thor's explanation, Sora looked around with a slightly disappointed look on her face.

The large space was deserted except for Thor and the other three, with nothing but monster carcasses and stone lids.

The girl gave her honest impression of the very plain ending.

"What, is this the end?　It seems so simple."

"You don't want the walls to flash or the ceiling to come crashing down out of nowhere. Oh, yeah. Can you check to see if you can my properties?"

"Okay. Well, I don't think I can get a good effect.

"I guess it's impossible to recognize something as an attack. All right, let's pull out.

"To-chan, piggyback!"

After the master of the labyrinth is defeated and the miasma disappears, the dungeon begins to collapse and sinks to the bottom of the earth within thirty minutes to an hour.

Monsters will stop reappearing once the source of the miasma has been eliminated, but there is a risk of encountering monsters that have already occurred.

It was an ironclad rule to begin evacuating as soon as possible after defeating the Lord.

Thor stands up, stretching his back, while the child on his back squeezes his neck tightly.

His increased muscular strength was causing harm in unexpected ways.

As Thor turns to leave, he casually steps on a stone lid and stops moving.

It was because something unexpected came into his sight.

It was the history of the stone lid.

A series of images of a flat stone looming up from the edge of the hole and changing into a lid in a circular motion appeared in Thor's mind.

The sight of the stone brought pure curiosity to Thor.

Thor casually thinks that he would like to see what the bottom of the hole looks like after the miasma has subsided, and bends down again to touch the stone slab with the child dangling from it.

--.

"What!"

Thor's eyes widened at the sight of something ominous suddenly overflowing from the hole.

He had only meant to remove the stone lid, but it seemed that the miasma still remained beneath it.

As Thor hurriedly jumps back with Mu in his arms, he hears the gasp of Sola, who was heading for the exit earlier.

He hurriedly turns his eyes in that direction.

Thor's eyes widen again.

His startled vision shows him the headless hobgoblin Chief slowly rising from the ground.