CH 15

… That was a bad experience.

When I looked up a little while later, there were more people there than before…

So I ran away in a panic, and now I’m lost…

At any rate, I can see a volcano that’s bigger than the surrounding mountains, so I figure I should walk that way.

But still, there’s no change.

Everywhere I look, there are rocks, rocks, people, rocks, moles, rocks, rocks.

But if I go to a volcano, I’m sure there’s at least some metal.

Once that’s decided, dash! … But before that.

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【Name】Ayane LV. 9

【Race】Human

【Job】Blacksmith LV. 3

HP: 1400

MP: 900

STR: 18→30

VIT: 10

DEF: 10

AGI: 12→18

INT: 10

DEX: 18→30

MND: 10

【Skill】《Smithing LV. 5》《Swordmanship LV. 6》《Physical Enhancement LV. 4》《Mining LV. 5》《Lumbering LV. 2》《Woodworking LV. 4》《Appraisal LV. 5》《Alchemy LV. 1》《Alchemy Smithing LV. 2》

SP: 30→0

【Equipment】 Beginner’s Clothing, Short Sword, Zanmaru(Damaged), Zuizanmaru

【Title】『Someone Who Has Defeated the Leaf Wolf』

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There you go! Let’s go to the volcano!

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I kept running for a while, taking care to hydrate and eat well, and finally arrived.

However, for hydration, I just filled my water bottle with water, and for food, I ate something like a calorie bar that I had bought before I left.

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【Name】Calorie Bar(Pizza Flavor): Quality 2

【Description】A stick of candy that restores satiety by 15. The most popular flavor is corn potage.

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T/N. Corn potage is a creamy corn soup consisting of fresh or canned creamed corn, chicken broth, sautéed onions, milk, cream, and butter.

This world is based on real life, so of course it has a satiety gauge and a hydration gauge.

Both the satiety gauge and the hydration gauge have a maximum value of 200, and a liter of water will restore 100.

As for the calorie bars, I often eat them because they are a bit cheap at 100g each, although some of the names are combined.

Tto, forget that, it’s the volcano now!

As expected, the hydration gauge was decreasing by 1% every 10 seconds due to the fact that I was getting so close. The hydration gauge decreases in HP as it depletes, so I have to stay hydrated.

Even in real life, it’s important to stay hydrated!

I couldn’t see them from a distance because they were too far away, but there were quite a few people who looked like players all mining, keeping an eye out for monsters.

As I looked at the area where they were mining, it appeared to be lava that had cooled and hardened.

I also look at the cold, hardened material nearby.

From the looks of it, it was shiny and could be used as metal. But I won’t know until I actually take it.

Kaaan… Kaaan… Kaan!

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「Otto, it’s getting late」

《Mining LV. 5→7》

I’m going to try to appraise the things that I’ve taken too much of to the extent that I’ve gone up two levels.

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【Name】Geyzamarin: Quality 4

【Description】Ore from Mount Geyzar. From the outside, it looks like just lava that has cooled and hardened, but in reality, it is a metallic liquid spouted by the 『???』 in the volcano that has cooled and hardened on the surface of the earth.

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「Oh, it was metal!? That’s a relief though… I knew there was something about this volcano…」

It erupts every day, so I figured there must be something around, and I was right.

Maa, this doesn’t mean I’m going to do anything about it.

Anyway, I’m glad I didn’t end up digging a lot only to find out it’s not actually metal…

I was able to get 326 pieces of Geyzamarin in a few hours of mining.

I don’t think I’ll ever use it that much, but it’s better than nothing.

Having accomplished my goal, I followed the other players from 100 meters behind, defeating moles as I made my way safely back to Selkadia.

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【Name】Ayane LV. 9→10

【Race】Human

【Job】Blacksmith LV. 3

HP: 1400→1450

MP: 900→950

STR: 30

VIT: 10

DEF: 10

AGI: 18

INT: 10

DEX: 30

MND: 10

【Skill】《Smithing LV. 5》《Swordmanship LV. 6→7》《Physical Enhancement LV. 4→5》《Mining LV. 7》《Lumbering LV. 2》《Woodworking LV. 4》《Appraisal LV. 5》《Alchemy LV. 1》《Alchemy Smithing LV. 2》

SP: 0→5

【Equipment】 Beginner’s Clothing, Short Sword, Zanmaru(Damaged), Zuizanmaru

【Title】『Someone Who Has Defeated the Leaf Wolf』

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「Tomorrow I’be making weapons! Ahh~ I’m looking forward to it!」

And so I fell asleep, preparing for the next day.

Author’s Notes.

Eh? Why did I put out a satiety gauge and a hydration gauge just now??

It’s not that I forgot… No, I didn’t???