Book 8: Chapter 5: Part 3

Heres the chapter, enjoy~Part 3

Then the magic circle began to descend slowly.

Oh

Its like an elevator

The only difference was that the destination was in total darkness, so its a little scary.

However, the magic circle was much better than I had expected, and as the darkness gradually reduced my vision, the magic circle glowed pale blue and white, and even though I could not see my surroundings clearly, I could at least see everyones faces.

As we continued to dive underground, the scenery around us changed drastically. I began to see brightly glowing magma-like objects.

Its about time. You need to be ready to fight at any time.

Eh?

Before I could ask him back what he meant, we finally arrived at what seemed to be our destination.

Thanks to the magic that Ouma-san had cast for us beforehand, we were fine, but we were in the middle of a sea of lava, and if we had come down without taking any precautions, we would have already been burnt to a crisp. I never thought that I would be in a situation where I would be immersed in lava

We came to such a super dangerous place, but Merl-san looked around and opened her eyes.

(This is)

Merl-san, is there something wrong?

(Y-yes. Please take a good look, Yuuya-san. There are pale blue ores around)

When Merl-san told me, I noticed that there were indeed some pale blue minerals peeking out from the sea of swirling lava. I was so caught up in the surrounding lava that I didnt notice it, but what could it be?

When I was thinking about it, Merl-san told me with a nervous look on her face.

(Thats the crystal of energy from this planet.)

Eh?

(To be precise, its crystallized energy from the core of this planet, so even if you bring it back, it wont affect the planet directly, but its still a tremendous amount of energy.)

I-I see So, if we use that mineral, will Merl-sans ship work?

(Yes, Im sure it will.)

If thats the case, lets settle this quickly. Unfortunately, I didnt have any items to chisel at the ore, but if I could bring those back, Merl-san would be able to return to her home planet.

Then, Ouma-san urged us to look at a certain place.

Look at that.

Eh? Wha?

As Ouma-san urged me, I turned my gaze in that direction and saw a huge pale blue sphere floating in the air and spinning.

The sphere had yellow lines running through it, and the light was pulsating as if it was moving. I wondered what it was, but I felt as though something would fly away after chanting the spell of destruction from that famous anime movie*.

[T/n: Kamehameha from Dragon Ball?]

This is the deepest part of the hole, and thats the planets core.

Thats

Astonished. Ive never seen such tremendous power before

Although I cant quantify the energy like Merl-san did, I can still feel the tremendous power of the planets core in front of me.

(A-amazing Thats the planets core)

Merl-san, who had never seen a planets core before, stared at it in amazement.

Now that you know what it is, you can start collecting the ore around it.

Oh, yes.

I was preoccupied with the planets core, but our goal is the energy crystals overflowing from that core.

Im afraid of what might happen if I touch that core, and I need to make sure that I dont touch that

While I was thinking about this, I was about to mine the pale blue mineral called the energy crystal when suddenly my surroundings began to shake.

W-what?

As each of us took a precautionary stance against the sudden situation, Ouma-san quietly informed us.

As expected, it wont let us do anything for free

Eh?

Yuuya, dont let your guard down. The one whos coming out now is the guardian of the planet.

The moment Ouma-san said that, the surrounding magma erupted violently. In addition, the energy crystals we were trying to mine also glowed and floated up one after another.

The magma swelled and gradually converged, eventually transforming into a huge mass.

Then, in the same way, one lump of magma after another was created, and gradually more and more of these lumps gathered, and the energy crystals that existed around them joined in and finally transformed into the shape of a giant!

Wha

Stunned. What is that?

Hmph. Its just like the old no, its gotten a little bigger?

Yuti and I were overwhelmed by the giant in front of us and were at a loss for words, while Ouma-san was carefree as he looked at the giant.

The giant radiated a stronger presence than any monster Ive ever seen and showed us its overwhelming presence.

Guooooooooo!

When the lava giant shouted, there was a shockwave that made us think that the planet itself was shaking violently. It struck us as well. I had to do my best to hold on to my position.

O-Ouma-san! What the heck was that?

Didnt I tell you before? Its the guardian of this planet.

Guardian?

Yeah. To exterminate the undesirables who have come to steal the energy of this planet.

Eeeeeehhhh?

Theres no other way to put it but to scream at the simple fact that he told me.

No, the undesirables, you say? Ouma-san said that he knew a place where there was a good energy source, so we came here, and we were not told that we would be treated as undesirables!

Well, when it comes to planet energy, I cant blame it for thinking that way! In fact, thats what we came here for!

However, since we hadnt taken any precautions or prepared ourselves, we were in a panic. Can we defeat it? This thing! Its the planets guardian, you know?

And even if we could defeat it, it would be awkward What should we do?

Since you seem to be thinking about something strange, Ill tell you first that defeating this thing will not affect this planet. It will come back after some time anyway. So give it your best shot. If you dont you will die.

No way!

We had just defeated Avis, and we were celebrating it with joy! I thought I was going to be able to enjoy sightseeing in this other world from now on!

Whats so sad about this is that we have to do something dangerous like this?

Kuh Yuti, Night, Cie! Lets do it!

Okay.

Woof!

Pii!

You must not fight.

Pii?

Just like in the case of the Gluttony Worm, Ciel, who tried to fight with me, was stopped by Ouma-san. S~eaʀᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Well, I kind of expected it, but Merl-san cant use the battle mode of her device yet, either. So it would be better to have her stay near Ouma-san and the others and have Akatsuki recover her immediately if anything happened.

As a result, just like the time of the Gluttony Worm, the three of us were going to fight, me, Yuti, and Night. No, three is not enough! This!

[Thousand Spear Piercing]!

I immediately took out my [Absolute Spear] and unleashed the Spear Saint technique, and the countless branching stabs attacked the lava giant.

But.

Guoooooooo!

No way?

The giant bent down just before it was hit by my attack and jumped up from the spot with tremendous force! As I was astonished by the giants unbelievable movements, which seemed to be several tens of meters in height, Yuti, who had already predicted the giants movement, quietly told me.

Prediction. Ive already placed an arrow there.

Guooooooo?

Just at the moment when the giants flight reached its peak, the arrow pierced the giant with tremendous force, as if it had been aimed right at it. Whats more, the blow of the arrow by Yuti was heavy and crushed the lava armor of the giant.

Its done. Thats Wha?

Seriously?

Yutis attack partially damaged the giants body, but when the surrounding lava floated up again, it attached itself to the giants body and the giant returned to its original form.

Could it be that It can recover infinitely from the lava?

I have a bad feeling about this, but it sure looks like it!

Now completely back to normal, the giant sticks to the wall and uses it as a foothold to jump at us all at once.

Guoooooooo!

Avoid it!

In order to avoid the attack, we jumped away from the spot as fast as we could. Immediately after that, the giant crushed the point where we were standing a moment ago without mercy.

Monster. The power is ridiculous!

Grrrrr. wooof!

Night, who was looking for an opening, did not miss the chance when the giant hit the ground and used magic to launch a compressed water bullet at the giant.

Gaaaaaaaah!

Guooooooo!

The giant was hit by the Nights water magic. The flames on that part of the body were extinguished, and for a moment, a black rocky surface could be seen. But as soon as the flames rekindled, it began to move again as if nothing had happened.