144 Episode 144: Arrive! Land of Corrosion

◆ Liliera ◆

We were on our way to the land of corrosion to collect the ingredients for Princess Idra's golem making.

Because everyone can use flying magic, they decided to fly away without spending a slow carriage just to pay for it.

By the way, at the beginning, I was supposed to fly to set the overall pace.

It's too fast for Mr. Rex, and Gyro, it's too shabby for you to be out of magic on the way.

Mina also handles magic better than we do, so I, the warrior, decided to allocate the pace.

Also, I'm the one who checked the road to my destination.

"The land of corrosion is about two weeks south of the king's capital by carriage, half if it's flying magic, etc."

"Heh, you know a lot about Liliera."

And Gyro, although I say it like you were impressed, as a senior, I need to say a little bit.

"At the Adventurer Guild reception, if you apply to use the library, it's easy to gather this amount of information, right?

Yes, an adventurer with one of his own weapons should not lack intelligence either.

Although it is not uncommon for a party to have a professional colleague who specializes in gathering information, his party informant is not here today.

And we and Gyro are naturally prepared as adventurers to gather information independently for another party, when something happens.

You haven't had enough experience around there.

"Yes, no... because I don't like reading books"

"Megri got out of the party, so it's up to you, the leader, to gather information. It's not like you can't read or write, right?

"Ooh! You can read letters properly!

"We taught the neighborhood right. If you're going to be a leader, you'll have to read and write at least."

Mina's words are correct.

For adventurers with a lot of rogues and stickouts, it's Zara who can't read or write.

And you do have clients who trick unreadable adventurers, don't you?

There are actually few things like making people write unfair contracts for reasons or the information to be crusaded differs verbally from the request.

Of course, a client who repeats that will not be able to place a request on the Alliance's blacklist.

"I don't know what's going to happen at the first sight. From now on, do your own research. This is my advice as a senior adventurer."

"Wow, I get it..."

"Okay, Mr. Liliera!

And, for some reason, Mr. Rex replied well.

"... Mr. Rex, well... I don't think you need to be too careful."

"Huh? Why is that? I'm in sync with you, Gyro, and you're Mr. Liliera's junior, right?

No, well, it is...

In Mr. Rex's case, he's going to solve any unexpected problems with all his might...

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"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Day 5 morning.

As we proceeded to pick up the inn in the towns and villages we stopped on our way, we noticed that we could see a purple-dyed earth from across the horizon.

"That was surprisingly quick. I knew if it was flying magic, we'd ignore the obstacle and move on."

"But it's too early for that. It's only day five, isn't it?

You're worried about boulders two days ahead of schedule.

"Why don't we just go too fast? They flew in here, didn't they?

"Um, but I flew by choosing a route that I could always check the streets to make sure I didn't go to the wrong destination. That's not why it's the shortest distance, is it? Even though it's a week early in the first place, 5 days is too early for boulders..."

"But you actually got there. Well, that's good, then, right?

"Hmmm......"

Alliance info suggests we're still ahead of us...

"But that poisonous color isn't normal land. Isn't that the land of example corrosion?

Mina's right, it sure doesn't look like a normal place...

"Then let's just go! Let's collect Golem ingredients! Then he won't have to do Shadow Man either!

"Huh!?"

Oh, yeah. That's more important to this kid, isn't it?

"Okay. I can't help but get there early."

"Hehe, that's the thing! Let's go, then!

"Wait a minute!

"Wow!?"

Gyro, it took a stop from Mr. Rex when you tried to jump out towards the land of corrosion.

"What is it all of a sudden, brother!?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gyro. But we all need to get into the land of corrosion before we equip ourselves with this."

"" "Gear?

That being said, what Mr. Rex has been offering was three necklaces.

"What's this, Mr. Rex?

Although I don't think it's just a necklace because it was prepared by Mr. Rex...

"This is a poisonous necklace. Equipped with this, you can disable all weak poisons."

"" "Venom Decoration!?" "

What!? What's that!? Poison it out!?

"It's the same thing I gave Mr. Lune in Dragonia."

Uh, speaking of which, I don't think I was giving you that stuff...

I only thought about resigning Princess Ryu's seat then...

"Well, but it's not such a powerful piece of equipment, so if you think of it as a junior all-purpose poisoner who doesn't drink it,"

"" 'Cause that's not' about '!? ""

Even the lower all-purpose poison removal potion was awesome enough, but now it's weird at the point of pumping out magic items with the same effect!?

I mean, if you had this, you wouldn't need the inferior universal poisoning itself!?

"When the hell did you get something like this..."

"I prepared it for you the night I decided to go to the land of corrosion."

"" I made magic items in the mood for lunch!? "

... No, I knew Mr. Rex was outrageous, but I knew it was too broad of what I could do...

Ning Ro, what can't this man do?

"How do you make disinfectant magic items... how did you incorporate the surgical formula into such a small necklace!?"

Uh, Mina's depressed.

"Oops! I can't believe you can even make something like this. You're my brother! I knew your brother was awesome!

I'm not a wizard, Gyro. You're innocently happy, but you're shaking and swinging. Sole, maybe worth about 3,000 gold coins, huh? Yeah, maybe more than that...

"Hey, I don't care, let's just go!

With that in mind, Gyro hastened us like you couldn't wait.

"Uh, I'm sorry. Shall we go then?"

"Yes!"

"Right. I arrived early. We need to collect a lot of material!

When we put a poisonous magic item around our necks, we descend into the land of corrosion.

Ha, when this happens, I'll have to accept that you've already got a handy item for me.

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"It's even creepier when you look close."

Coming down to near the ground, I saw a detailed sight of the earth of corrosion.

The land of corrosion, though its name is the earth, was actually swamped.

It's also a purple, obviously poisonous swamp.

The surface of the swamp is bubbly enough to make a sound.

"Something stinks."

Gyro, you're right, the air on the corrosive earth was full of indescribable odors.

"... here, you have all the poisonous air gushing out of the swamp."

"Poison air!?"

"Yeah, maybe just breathing this air is bad for you. Well, it looks like a weak poison, so this poisonous necklace alone seems to be working it out."

"... I'm so glad you got your magic items ready."

"" Strongly Agree ""

If we were bad at this, we wouldn't be dead unconscious.

"The corrosive earth couldn't stay long, but the poisonous air caused it."

This could be a more dangerous place than I expected.

That's a dangerous area where only the powerful are allowed to enter...

"Danger!"

"Huh?"

It was then.

Suddenly, I thought Mr. Rex was screaming, and something jumped at me from the swamp.

"Ha!

Mr. Rex's sword protects me from sudden stiffness.

"Are you all right, Mr. Liliera!?"

"Huh!? Yeah, it's okay! What's that more than that!?"

"Give me that."

When Mr. Rex urges me to look at the swamp, I see who I am for what I have attacked myself there.

"Is that... demon!?"

Yes, what was there was the appearance of a demon cut in two by Mr. Rex's sword.

The demon looked like a mukade, but its size was not comparable to that of a normal mukade.

"Giant poison sentient speed, right? Apparently, they're making this poisonous swamp a place to live."

"This is what's in the swamp!?"

I was completely caught off guard.

If we'd normally been tearing the swamp apart, wouldn't my body have been cut in two with this giant jaw, regardless of the poison?

No matter how much physical enhancement magic you can use to strengthen your protection, it doesn't mean you can activate it all the time...

That's what happens when the battle is over and you get caught off guard and your sight is under zero water...

I'm so glad I could use some flying magic...

"Unlike regular mukades, he can also be active in the water for a long time, so it sounds like he was lurking in the swamp and waiting for his prey to approach him"

"Hide, how many demons are hiding in this swamp?

"... uh, roughly 2,000 for small and large."

"" "Garlic!?" "

Probably used detective magic, but there are still too many 2000!

"Even normal demons have a lot of numbers, but it's not like you're here to die for having a 2000 poisoned demon!

"Huh? But there's a poisonous necklace."

"" "Ah" "

Yes, it was. We were equipped with disinfectant magic items.

"Uh, well..."

"I think you should travel through the marshes while flying through the air to avoid being attacked by demons that have popped up"

……

Speaking of which, we can fly.

Does that mean you're not too scared of poisonous demons as long as you keep them at altitude?

"Oh, that? That's crazy. We must have come to the dangerous realm of S-rank, where the fierce monster hits."

"Bizarre encounter. I remember that too."

"Ha-ha-ha! Eat, you demons! The flames of my righteousness burned me down!

If you look, Gyro, you were provoking demons as you raised and lowered altitude, tearing apart demons that were called out and popped.

You're so lively that you don't have to worry about getting poisoned.

"Um, we'll do it, too?

"Uh, yeah. Right."

When we got back together, we decided to take part in the demonic exorcism.

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"Come on, it's a hassle to retrieve the demon you defeated."

If you were crusading against demons, Gyro, you would say that.

"Huh? Why?

"Because it's swampy down there, and if you leave it alone, it's gonna sink, right? So if you don't go get it soon, you'll have to dive into the swamp. Even if the poison doesn't work with him, it's a little poisonous."

Uh, I do understand what you're trying to say.

"Then why don't you put it in a magic bag in the air before the demon falls into the swamp? Then you don't have to worry about poisonous swamps, do you?

The demons that Mr. Rex has turned into two, as is normal, are subjected to magic bags in the air.

"No, that's just a bit of a hurdle, brother..."

"Get the hang of it, it'll be easy."

No, no, I don't think I can do that either. Look, Mina's snorting, too.

"Oh, well, let's purify the swamp."

"" "Huh?

We overheard Mr. Rex's strange remarks.

"Full clean purification!"

"" "Heh?

Suddenly I wonder if Mr. Rex activated the magic, and his surroundings are surrounded by light.

"Huh? What? What?"

Though I figured out what the hell I had done, soon the light would calm down.

"Hey, what did you do, Rex..."

"Ohhhhhhh!?"

The minute I tried to ask what I had done, Mina's scream sounded.

"Now what!?"

"No, swamp! Swamp!"

"What? What happened to the swamp?

If you look at the ground in Mina's words, what was there was a normal ground with no weirdness whatsoever.

On a really normal ground, what are you surprised...... that?

That's crazy. We should be in a corrosive land by now.

Yet I saw normal ground...?

"Is that it? Swamp, where have you been?

Yes, Gyro, you're right. There's no swamp.

It should be there, the corrosion swamp was gone.

"Les, Mr. Rex? What the hell did you do?

I summoned the calm within me to question Mr Rex.

Because this situation must have something to do with Mr. Rex, who activated the magic.

"Yes! If it's troublesome for the material to sink into the poisonous swamp, I thought we should purify the poison and turn it into normal soil! So I cleansed the neighborhood's poisonous swamps with a bit of wide-area purification magic to make them normal ground! The range is only around here, but you don't have to worry about the material sinking!

"Whoa! That's my boulder brother! This is the magic I used to clean dobs!

Dob cleaning!? What magic did you use to clean the dob!?

"Yeah, well, I remember you very well, Mr. Gyro."

"Hehe, there's no way you're gonna forget to clean the dob like you're gonna take down Dark Blob."

Dark Blob with Dob Cleaning!? What the hell happened with Dob Cleaning!?

"Hehe, the ground is solid and you don't have to worry about scaffolding, and you don't have to worry about poison with this! Suggestions, brother!

"No, no, that's just too much praise, Mr. Gyro."

Gyro, you send Mr. Rex a look of respect, and Mr. Rex has the look on his face just saying he did a good job at Mr. Rex.

Or is it good that the... poisonous swamps that make it a dangerous area are purified with the magic they use to expose the dob?

"Ah, look at you, Gyro! It's fixed with half the demons that were lurking in the swamp buried! Here's your chance!

"Whoa! Seriously!... but why is he buried only half of them?

"Maybe I was surprised by my magic and jumped out of the swamp because the swamp was purified and soiled before my whole body came out"

"Enough to be done. He's lucky! They can barely move."

"Hey!

"Hey both of you! What's wrong with you!? Here's your chance! Let's hunt all at once!

They rush us innocently, but we didn't feel that way.

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"Mr. Liliera?

"Hmm? What's going on, Mina?

Two people wonder how we are.

Yeah, you know what? - I don't know.

……

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Me and Mina gaze at each other and nod.

And I yelled at the two of them to turn back.

"" Something already! Ruined everything. ""

This isn't a danger area anymore, it's not a safety area mistake!?