Chapter 349

Episode 349 Seclusion (4)

Manticore.

It must have been the essence I ate with the intention of erasing it someday.

That’s why I was worried about what to delete between the corpse golem and this when I bought the essence this time.

But…

“Hey, Amelia… If you take this out, your exorcism will drop and you’ll be vulnerable to things like magic…”

At first, I felt resistance to the disappearance of [Leap], my only movement skill, but it was really The problem is not that.

Absence of resistance.

Until you supply the essence of Bellarios, the balance of your tanking ability will collapse greatly.

‘That’s why I can’t erase Stormgash.’

Stormgash is a rank 3 essence.

Well, I’ll have to delete it later, but…

At least I’ll break the Underground Island event and get rid of it. With this essence, you can just eat raw.

Oh, for reference, the second core essence following [Giantness] comes from there.

‘…then what should I do?’

trouble deepens

Rather than giving up the essence, giving up the identity disguise seems like an option.

Looking at the royal family’s actions, it’s clear that there are suspicious parts, but surprisingly, there may not be a big problem in clearing my evil spirit false charges (?).

I don’t think I’d even kill it—

“Oh, and I thought you knew, but I didn’t say it, but if you prove you’re not a demon, the royal family won’t take it very well.”

“…huh?”

“Why do you look like you don’t know?

Oh… I’m worried.

It was difficult to make a decision easily, so I asked Erwen and Amelia for their opinions.

“What do you think you should do?”

“I… I think it would be best to hide as much as possible if possible.”

First of all, Erwen was on the side of eating essence.

“The reason is?”

“…a feeling.”

Yes, it’s intuition.

And when I turned my gaze to Amelia, she also told me what she thought.

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“The reason is?”

“It’s not a situation where you can benefit greatly from getting your name back anyway.”

Why is there no benefit

You don’t have to erase the integer.

As she was about to say that, Amelia continued.

“It’s been more than two years, and you don’t think your ex-comrades will come back right away, do you?”

Erwen agreed with that opinion.

“Certainly, I don’t know Mr. Einar, but Arua Raven will have a hard time coming back even if he hears the news of his uncle’s return. For now, he belongs to the royal family’s army.”

Predictably, this situation will be similar to Mr. Bear.

Since you joined the clan, it must be difficult to get rid of yourself.

But in the meantime, Misha has no information except that Baekho Lee became a colleague.

‘In that sense, they’re not wrong.’

I paused the conversation for a moment and repeatedly calculated the pros and cons of the two options.

It didn’t take as long as I thought.

‘According to the information obtained from the Round Table, the royal family soon issued a conscription order for nobles.’

Most of them will send enlisted soldiers who have been working hard, but I, a former explorer, won’t be cheap.

You must immediately join the war and follow the orders of your superiors.

Soon I made a decision.

“I will erase… the essence.”

My jump key…….

***

Now that the next steps have been decided, it is time to move on to the next agenda item.

If you eat essence, what’s the best thing to eat?

As I was talking about this part, I realized that the two had one thing in common.

“I think the essence of an imp is good, but it’s small, but it also has exorcism.”

“But it’s a 7th grade essence, so it’s rather difficult to get it from the exchange. I’d rather have a Dwarf Eater’s Essence. Like Einar, it increases bone density, so it suits you well.”

“Do you have the money to buy a rank 4 essence? I’d rather have a rank 5 Altsmorer.”

“Ah Altsmore? That’s no way. It has fatal side effects…”

“Side effects?”

Erwen looked at me and whispered to Amelia in a small voice.

I couldn’t hear the contents, but Amelia who heard this gave me a glance and said, ‘I guess so’ and didn’t say anything more.

‘Why are you both so interested in my essence?’

I laughed and ended the conversation between the two.

“Stop it. There’s something already decided.”

Among those that can reduce the size, I chose the one with better stats and skills, and there are candidates up to the third place.

“Erwen, you go to the bank tomorrow and check how much money you can borrow against the house. Amelia, you go to the exchange and see if the integer I mentioned is there.”

“I get it.”

“Then let’s eat. I’m starving to death.”

At this point, the conversation was over, and the three of us shared the dinner that Erwen had bought.

And…

“…You’re going to stay here from today?”

“There seem to be a lot of empty rooms. Is there a problem?”

“I want to distinguish between public and private life.”

“Stop it later. I’m tired, so let’s just sleep. Amelia, you use any of the free rooms over there.”

Amelia, who had thought she had gone back to her lodgings, came to visit in the middle of the night, so there was an incident, but it didn’t turn into a big problem.

The day that was so strangely difficult was over.

“Mister! I’ll be back!”

From the next day, Erwen and Amelia went out for their respective roles, and I spent the rest of my life in hiding in a dark house.

To put it simply, it means to keep sleeping.

Fortunately, the mortgage loan came out at just the right level in 3 days, and I was able to use the money to get back Crawl’s Demon Grinder, which was held as collateral by the bank.

“…Hey, is it that good?”

good every

From now on, this is my treasure number 1.

“The character is No. 87 Crawl’s Demon Crusher is equipped.」

「Total item level rises by +4800.」

Anyway, the good news didn’t end there.

The purified water that I was looking for just in time was also put up for sale on the exchange.

Well, it wasn’t the 1st rank, it was the 2nd rank integer, but… Even

if it’s a rank, it’s not a meaningful difference, and it’s not an integer that can be used for a long time.

‘It’s also reasonably priced.’

I got back the Demon Grinder and spent almost all the money I had left to buy the essence.

The shield to be used in the labyrinth has already been custom-made through Erwen, and the rest of the equipment is going to be made cheaply with tier 1 materials, so it is judged that there is no need to spend a lot of money in the future.

…Ah, is there one left?

‘Please don’t let anyone recognize you.’

I must have bought the essence as well. The next day, I visited the temple.

It was the Order of Tovera, one of the triads.

I was uneasy because I visited the temple of Leatlas so many times.

“You’ll stand out more if you go in together.”

“Come back…”

“Don’t make a mistake and draw attention.”

It is not a large temple with good accessibility, but a small temple built on the outskirts of the city and visited by 90% of the general public.

Even so, I was quite worried because I had to cover my face to erase the essence, but…

“Heh heh, he’s a very naturally born human being. If he became a knight, he would have done great.”

Fortunately, the senior priest in charge of removing the essence did not recognize me.

「The [Essence of Manticore] that permeates the character’s soul has been removed.」 「

A part of the stats obtained from the passive skill [Genetic] is permanently acquired.」

The removal of the essence, which I was worried about, ended safely.

Having paid exactly double the cost I had cleared once before, I hurriedly left the temple and returned home.

Then, he opened the stopper of the test tube he had purchased in advance.

「The [Essence of Gachabon] permeates the character’s soul.」

The essence of Gachabon, a 6th grade undead.

The basic stats attached are simple.

「Increases sixth sense by +40」

「Physical resistance increases by +15」

「Dark resistance increases by +30」

「Accuracy increases by +45.」

Ambiguous stats for a specific class to use.

In addition…….

「Bone density increases by +110.」

A bone density stat that will make me look like a human.

Finally, there is a penalty here.

「Luck decreases by -50」

「Control power decreases by -30」

Luck is a stat that increases the probability of random elements such as critical rate. Control is a stat that compensates for preventing status abnormalities such as mental magic ‘fear’.

Well, it’s been down, so now it’s going to have the opposite effect.

“oh.”

“Elegance…….”

As soon as the essence was absorbed, the two who were watching let out a strange exclamation.

In fact, I was the first to feel strange.

Now there is no difference in eye level.

Amelia’s height was in the early 170’s. So, did it go down to the mid-180s?

While thinking about that, Erwen averted his eyes.

“…Is it that strange?”

“Oh no. It’s not like that…”

“Or not?”

“I think it’s faster to see… than I say…”

Erwen pointed at the mirror with his index finger, and I moved in front of it, holding my loose pants with my hand.

However, there were no more reliable Barbarian warriors there.

There is only a human man with a tall impression.

“…is this me?”

It seemed like he knew why Einar was so depressed at that time.

You look so weak.

It’s like if you hit it with a hammer, something will break.

***

‘Do you want to delete this integer… again?’

My appearance through the mirror was terrible enough to make me think that way. Well, because of this, Erwen must have looked at me, averted his eyes, and blurted out his words.

“Uh… Mister, why are you doing this? Suddenly, your shoulders are down…” As I

was feeling depressed, Erwen asked me why, and I answered honestly.

Where are you going out like this?

Look at Erwen over there, he still can’t see me properly—

“Yes yes? Oh misunderstood! It wasn’t like that I averted my eyes!”

“Huh? Isn’t it because you’re holding back from being laughed at because you’re more pathetic than you can imagine?”

“yes! There’s no way that’s the case!!”

“Then why did you do that?”

I asked back and Erwen answered in a slightly shy voice. “Well

, he’s

handsome…”

“What?”

Was it really because I was obsessed with being a barbarian, not because I was of the opposite sex, but because I was simply a protector?

I asked Amelia to get a sample. “Do

you think so too?

”

“Maybe it’s good that my neck doesn’t hurt when I look up.”

Surprisingly,

no one in the party had a negative view of my current appearance.

Maybe I’ve been too attached to the barbarian all this time

? Looking at it, he seems to belong to a handsome man by modern standards.’

Of course, apart from having such thoughts, I have no desire to maintain my current appearance.

[Giantness] is based on the basic physique.

Efficiency does not come out with such a small body.

” Can you help me?”

I couldn’t stay discouraged forever with my small body, so I decided to do something. The

first of them was to practice my skills.

.’

“Yes, I will help you. What should I do?”

“Oh, just hit me. Using spirits or superpowers.”

“……Yes?”

Uh… Doesn’t this guy not know

about this essence

’s passive? ) Stochastic Retaliation – When receiving damage that uses resources, there is a certain probability of ignoring the damage and reflecting the damage. A

passive skill that is applied as long as you use resources, whether it is magic, divine power, or spirit.

In fact, I chose this essence. The existence of the skill was great.

Of course, it would be difficult to make up for the reduced exorcism with this one, but it was only this essence that produced this kind of performance at this price. In the

first place, the number one priority was also a different color from this essence.

‘Anyway, the probability is about 10% It was…’

For reference, this is a figure with the reduced Luck stat applied. Well, depending on the Luck stat you have

by default, there will be a slight error, but it won’t be big

.

When it was over, Erwen summoned the spirits and started attacking me,

and…

「The character took cold damage.」

「The character took cold damage.」

「The character took cold damage.. …..」

「…….」

Huh?

“Change Erwen’s attribute.”

“Yes!”

“The character took fire damage.”

“The character took fire damage.”

「The character takes fire damage……」

「……」

What.

“Wait a minute! Amelia you can do it.”

“If you want. The height is perfect now.”

「The character was hit by [Suragak].」

「The character was hit by [Suragak].」

「The character was hit by [Suragak]…」

What the heck What is it really?

“Ah!! Stop that!”

Why doesn’t this explode?