35 Episode 34 Crabs and Spiders

Before the collision, I was flying at an angle, accelerating. I tried to offset the downward speed by directing the force slightly upward while keeping the sideways speed.

Because I was still accelerating sideways, I hit the ground at an angle as if a low-flying swallow had accidentally hit the ground.

At any rate, the armor withstood the impact of the landing, but the whole body was hit hard. In this case, "hitting the whole body hard" is not a secret word, but a literal meaning.

If the armor hadn't been functioning, there is a possibility that the ground would have worn down my body like a grater, and there is also a high possibility that I would have hit my whole body hard in the sense reported on TV because the impact was not distributed. I survived.

But of course, if I had landed at such an angle, the ground would not have allowed me to stop, and I would have been blown away with a bounce.

I think I'm going faster than a car. Maybe even faster than a salamander. I don't know how fast a salamander is.

I don't know how many times I bounced, but I hit something that looked like a tree, and the tree caught me, creaking and cracking.

I've been hit twice, and it's not easy, but the armor is still alive. I'm alive too. .

You're so sensitive, you should take it more gently. As I stood up, I suddenly saw a familiar face.

As you stand up, you suddenly notice something unfamiliar.

It's a girl slumped on the ground about five meters away. She is wearing very simple clothes, but she is a beautiful girl.

"Hello?

I greeted her for the time being. Smooth communication starts with greetings.

Hearing my greeting, the girl opened her mouth.

"Oh, ......, that .......

Did I scare her?　The silence hurts my ears. What's with this uncomfortable atmosphere?

Of course you're right. If a man suddenly flew into the air and crashed into a tree, this would be the reaction.

The girl doesn't say another word, just keeps her mouth agape. There is no sound other than the ticking sound from earlier.

Where does the ticking come from, anyway? I think it's coming from behind me.

I'm about to turn around when a shock hits me.

The magic armor seems to have taken care of the attack itself, but something gouged the ground.

When I turned around, I saw a tall crab-like spider-like creature. It must have been ten meters tall.

Buried in the ground is a pair of scissors that must have been swung down from its body and is over a meter wide. Isn't this the monster that the girl was scared of?

Maybe it's this thing that's responsible for Rush Sheep and the others.

At least I know I can take the attack. I can handle it.

The problem is the girl. I don't think she's gonna be safe in a fight.

I mean, if she could survive that, she wouldn't have reacted like that when I charged at her.

While I was thinking that, the demon pulled the scissors out of the ground.

Okay, let's get its attention for now. As long as the girl moves away, we're in control.

As far as I can see, her attack can't get through to me. It's hard to imagine a demon that my attack can't penetrate.

So I decided to distract it. I tried hitting the demon's face with a rock spear and a fireball.

Thinking that it might be vulnerable to water, I sprayed it with water and moved behind it to the other side of the girl.

The demon seems to be distracted. The demon turned to face us, snapping its scissors.

The clicks seemed to be the sound of the demon beating its scissors together. Perhaps it was a threat.

I ran straight away from the monster. The crab is following me, but it's a little slow. It would pull away.

I deliberately slow down and run further. After a while, it catches up. I must have gotten a long way from the girl.

Now the battle begins. At first, I try to slash at the legs with my two swords, which are at least a meter thick and can be easily reached from here.

The leg was cut off with a spang sound. The blade of the staff only bit into the leg, but the magic sword cut it off.

However, even with the magic sword, it felt a bit stiff. If I didn't have the sword, I might have had trouble cutting it off.

However, I have the magic sword in my hand now, and I have a huge amount of magic power to support it.

Because it has eight legs, it didn't lose its balance even if it lost one of its legs, so I started to cut off the rest of its legs.

It had been about two minutes. The demon's legs were cut off in vain as it swung the scissors down and around, leaving only its body and the scissors on the ground.

Despite its size and strength, it was surprisingly weak. The only thing it was fast at was swinging the scissors, but that was all.

If you get underneath its body, it won't hit you, and even if it did, it wouldn't matter.

I didn't know how to finish it off, so I climbed up on the spider and stabbed it with my magic sword, and it stopped moving.

When I examined it, it was dead. Its name seems to be Giant Spider Crab. It's a big spider crab, just like its name.

I'll just throw him in the item box with his severed leg and go check on the girl.

I took out the crab's hand and showed it to the girl.

He takes out the crab's hand and shows it to the girl.

The girl was puzzled, but then she looked at me as if she had made up her mind and said.

I want you to be my master!

What, master?　Out of the blue?　A confession at this time?　The suspension bridge effect?

I don't think it's a good idea to become a master because of the suspension bridge effect. You should think about this before you do it.

"My husband is ........." You can't just say that out of the blue. This kind of thing should be done after you get to know each other better. ......

It may not be much help, but I'll do my best!　Please don't throw it away!

I'm sorry.　I'm not sure what to make of this.　I'm not sure what to make of that.

I'm not sure what to say.

I'm an adventurer named Kaede. And you are?

"Yes, my name is Catherine, and I'm a slave, nice to meet you!

I'm a slave ....... ......

Well, you're a slave, which means you're a ...... What does that mean?

I'm not going to be asked to be a slave master. But it doesn't seem like a sales pitch.

"I was sold by a slaver and was being transported to Tubai, but on the shortcut, the wagon was attacked by that demon and the slaver died. And since you killed the demon, my ownership will be transferred to you.

Mm-hmm. I see. What was taken by the thief belongs to the one who killed the thief. So it's the same with demons.

Yeah... What should I do? I don't want to use the slaves, so I'll just sell them.

No, I'll wait and see if I can use them. I don't know much about this world, and if I'm going to continue using Earth knowledge for business, I'm going to need people.

I want to have as many reliable people as possible. I have a lot of money, so it's not a problem. In short, if you can use it, there is no reason to refuse.

Okay, trial period!

"Trial period, huh?

"Yeah, I'm an adventurer, as I said before, and I'm not going to take a slow learner with me. So I'm going to start today and see if I can be useful before I leave this town, so what can you do for me?

"Well, ......, I can make magic tools, .......

I'll see if I can be useful before I leave town.

I have knowledge of...

...... Knowledge?

...... Does knowledge mean you can't use it?

"...... Yes, it does.

That's no good.

Why do you remember all this if you can't use it?

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to be doing and how you're going to do it. However, I never learned to use magic until now, and finally I was sold as a slave.

That's a pretty bad past. It's hard to sell them off when they're not going to be of any use to you.

Can you make magic tools if you can't use magic?

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out.

Can't I just practice on the magic stone?

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for and what you can do to help. There is a quantity of ......".

Hmm ......

So it's not good because it's hard for magic to pass through. I think there's a way to fix it. I think I'm forgetting something.

I looked through the contents of the item box, and found out what I forgot.

A wisp core. It's supposed to be a good conductor of magic.

"Can you try practicing with this?

I handed her the wisp core. Catherine takes it with a dubious look on her face.

"Kuro Demon Stone ...... What's this?　The only black magic stone I know of is the wisp magic stone.

"The Wisp Massive Stone.

There's no such thing here. Besides, the wisp magic stone is very easy to pass magic power through, you know?　I'm sure even I can pass magic through the wisp magic stone. But this magic stone still can't pass magic .......

Catherine froze when he said that much.

"...... came through.

Can we use it for practice?

"Maybe. If it's a wisp magic stone, it's a huge waste of money.

I've heard that wisp cores can be recharged many times. They don't consume anything.

You can practice with it, but I'm going back to town for now, if that's okay.

I'm not sure what to make of this. ...

I'm just an E rank adventurer, okay?　I'll take that for now.

Maybe not just any adventurer, but... He takes the Wisp Core and puts it in his item box.

I feel like he's getting weirder and weirder. It's always better when the master is strong. ......

Please don't tell me who you are. I'm not pretending.

On the way home, I did an evaluation of Catherine.

Name: Catherine

Age / Race / s*x : 18 / Human / Female

Level: 4

HP:25/25

MP:150/150

STR:7

INT:8

AGI:7

DEX:25

Skill: Inert Magic

High MP . DEX is also high.

Try to check the inert magic of a skill you don't recognize.

Inactive Magic Power Unique/Rank 3

Description: Makes the magic power in your body inactive.

The activity of the magic power is significantly reduced, but the maximum magic power is increased.

Thinking that this might be the reason why I couldn't use magic, I walked through the forest at Catherine's pace.

It took quite a while, but the town finally came into view.