110 - - goal change

"Lai!"

Moo uttered his usual call, and the familiar blue lightning needles sprouted all over his body.

He then kicked the ground and began to run.

The child takes a few bouncy steps forward, but for some reason, his entire body suddenly stops.

A strange phenomenon occurs immediately.

With his arms outstretched and both feet on the ground, Moe moves forward as if he were gliding.

Keeping his posture still, the child moves smoothly for more than ten steps.

Then he clings to Thor's waist, his destination, with a big smile on his face.

"Tor, I'm home!"

"Welcome home."

Perhaps pleased with this simple response, Moe gripped the waistband in front of him tightly and raised his voice.

"To-chan, pull me up!"

"Yeah, that's good."

Thor started to walk lightly, and Moo, who had his feet planted on the ground, started to move along with him.

The child turns around with a giggle and raises one hand in farewell to Sora and the others who have been watching.

"See you later!"

"Oh, wait, Thor. Mr. Yuril, you'll be left behind."

"Yes, we should go too. Mumu, you're so excited.

"Isn't that nice? I want one too.

With a murmur, Sola and the others set out step by step across the desolate land.

The day after Bettina and the others returned, Thor and the others came to the wilderness of the broken wind again on the empty wagon.

This time, their main purpose was not to explore the wilderness, but to hunt and gather food.

For this reason, they refused to have a guide, and the four of them were on their own.

And the previous one was to check the performance of the new equipment, which was one of the objectives of the trip.

The leather shoes of the Thunder Beast that Moo had received at the Court Temple had a very interesting function.

Apparently, when the wearer is covered with lightning, the shoes themselves become electrified.

Thanks to this small lightning, the shoes are said to be able to rise just a little above the ground.

I had heard that these shoes were originally designed to be used for the "lightning speed" skill that is found in the middle branches of the Thunder Spirit Tree and enables high-speed movement.

However, if Mu is too light in weight, he can use the power of the lower branch skills of and .

The effect of weight reduction is lost when the strengthening spell wears off, but it is enough to last for more than five minutes.

What was most appreciated was that, unlike the sled, it did not require a magic stone to transport it.

How about the crown?

"Yes, I know what you mean, Tor."

The other ritual article, a small crown for receiving lightning, was a specialized armor for .

I don't know the specific changes in the values, but it seems that the range and duration have been considerably extended.

This seems to save the number of times it can be used, and to reduce the burden on Mu considerably.

In spite of the casual manner in which the chief of the temple, Zazam, spoke, it seemed that the two ritual items would be of great help in our adventures.

The child with purple-striped shoes and a small crown on his head pointed forward happily.

"Oh, there's one over there!

"Well, I guess it's your turn now, To-chan."

Thor's new equipment was a newly finished sword.

He pulled it out with a slurp, and the white blade bounced in the bright light.

The blade of the sword, made of metal blade, is quite slender, unlike the cast-iron swords he has been using so far.

Cast iron swords are hardened to increase the surface strength, but this does not allow the blade to be hardened all the way to the inside.

For this reason, the sword body is thickened in advance and reinforced to prevent it from being broken.

However, the technique of hagane, in which impurities are removed by beating with a mallet, does not require such workmanship.

Even with a slender blade, sufficient strength and sharpness can coexist.

The new sword from the Toluk Weapons Studio had a blade that was about the size of a fist, to match Thor's height.

Although the blade is thinner, the weight has not changed drastically.

The handle has also been slightly extended to make it easier to grip with both hands, and the balance is perfect.　

The single-edged blade was designed with a slight arc to allow the full force of the downward swing to be exerted.

However, both edges of the blade are sharpened to allow the sword to be used for stabbing.

The finish was somewhat unusual, with 30% of the tip being double-edged and the remainder single-edged.

Thor nodded quietly at the workmanship, which was just as he had ordered.

He then walked swiftly toward the rock-like monster in front of him.

Just as he stepped into the gap, two black shadows sprang out like snakes.

A hard sound overlaps with the sound of cutting through the air.

After a beat, the antennae of a rock beetle, cut off in mid-stride, fell to the ground.

Thor lifts the corner of his mouth in satisfaction and shifts his body backward without a sound.

Then Yuril's magic sent a relentless blast of cold air into the air.

"Yeah, this is good. ......"

Thor looked at the white sword blade with unusually heated eyes.

It seems that he has awakened to a new joy of collecting swords at the age of nearly forty.

After that, the group reached the safe zone in the center of the Thousand Blades Field, making a quick test cut.

It is still mid-morning, probably due to the easier movement of the mu.

We pitch our tents in a place where we can get a good view of the Senbaegahara, have lunch, and continue to hunt for rock beetles.

The second and third days are spent in exactly the same way, and we return home a little after noon on the fourth day.

The total number of rock beetles hunted during these four days was 180.

The large increase can be attributed to the increased effectiveness of Moe's electric search.

We brought back 40 hard white stones, and 24 drops of "thousand thorn flower" equivalent to 24 fine coiled shells.　

This time, it was a sufficient result.