Episode 166 Treasure of Life Magic

I headed to the Adventurer's Guild warehouse under the guidance of Branch Chief Kondou. After entering the underground warehouse on the east side, we approached the cupboard in the back of the warehouse.

I could see that nearly 120 scrolls were lined up in the cupboard.

"Are there this many?"

"Ahh, I couldn't appraise any of them. It will take time to investigate them one by one. Pack them in a cardboard box once, carry them upstairs, and then examine them. There are valuable things in this warehouse."

I looked around. Most of the items were covered with dust.

"I can't see it."

"In the future, once we find out what they are, that might happen, it means."

I shrugged my shoulders and started packing the scrolls into the cardboard box. I took that cardboard box and went up to the first floor. When I brought it to the meeting room, the Branch Chief called the guild staff.

"It's not that I don't trust you, but I'll have a staff member accompany you. It's a rule."

"Understood."

I put on the Appraisal Monocle and started examining the scrolls one by one. They were scrolls that the Adventurer's Guild did not know the true identity of even after examining them. They couldn't find out even if they examined them.

However, only two types were discovered. Scrolls with magic related to Life Magic and a cover with a characteristic pattern. I launched the Sage System and checked the contents after confirming the pattern on the cover.

And, what I found was three scrolls with Magic Circles of Life Magic and two scrolls with Special Magic Circles drawn.

I didn't find anything particularly necessary among the scrolls with Life Magic Circles on them. They were 'Magic for counting coins', 'Magic for measuring liquid temperature', and 'Magic for turning wheat into flour'.

[ This doesn't seem like Life Magic made in a dungeon. ]

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Metis' voice echoed in my head. I nodded silently.

[ They must have been created by a deceased Sage, but I don't know their purpose. ]

"I don't know either."

I answered Metis aloud. The staff member beside me tilted their head.

"As expected, you don't know?"

"Yeah, I would understand if there was an explanation written on the Magic Circle."

It was all Life Magic with subtle necessity. There was no explanation or anything, so even the Adventurer's Guild didn't seem to understand.

The important thing was the remaining two. They had a characteristic pattern on the cover, and if I looked at the end of the scroll, I found the magic letters representing the planet Mercury.

I decided to carry the two in my hand and negotiate with the Branch Chief. As for the scrolls that had been investigated, the guild staff said they would clean them up, so I asked them to do so.

"Branch Chief, the investigation is over."

"Wasn't it a waste of time?"

"No, I found just two that seemed promising."

"Hou, which ones?"

I showed him the two scrolls I chose.

"I believe that those who meet the conditions will be forced to learn these two."

The Branch Chief nodded.

"That means, you haven't looked inside yet?"

"Yeah, not yet."

The Branch Chief wanted to take a look, so I gave them to him. The Branch Chief opened the scrolls and looked at them, but nothing happened, so he looked displeased.

"Branch Chief, they're Life Magic scrolls. If they reacted to Branch Chief, wouldn't that mean you made the wrong choice."

"I see. The problem is the price. You want them, right?"

"Yeah, please sell them."

"Let's see ... How about 100,000 Yen each."

I was surprised because it was about two digits cheaper than I expected.

"Is that okay?"

"I suppose, the original owner abandoned the ownership. As for the Adventurer's Guild, I don't care about the storage fee."

I quickly paid for the two scrolls.

"You look happy, don't you?"

"That's because I can get new Life Magic."

I left the Adventurer's Guild and returned to my apartment. I threw my body on the sofa and took a rest.

"Haah, I'm tired."

I felt mentally exhausted after examining 120 scrolls.

It seemed that I dozed off and fell asleep completely. A long time had passed when I woke up.

"Ah!, it's already eight o'clock at night."

Then, after preparing and eating dinner and taking a bath, it was past nine o'clock.

[ Are you going to examine the scrolls soon? ]

Metis' voice echoed in my head.

"That's right. Let's find out."

I opened the first scroll. The moment I saw the Magic Circle on the scroll, the Sage System automatically started up and began to absorb the information from the Magic Circle on the scroll.

After the information was gathered, checking the Sage System revealed that the property was added to the D-Particle secondary mutation.

" it says, what is that?"

[ What's wrong? ]

"The ability was added to the D-Particle secondary mutation, but I don't know what kind of ability it is."

[ ? Is it for operating some kind of procedure? ]

"I don't know."

[ Procedure is it, I wonder what it means. ]

Even Metis didn't seem to understand.

It couldn't be helped, so I took out the second scroll and spread it out. In a similar vein, a new trait was also added to the D-Particle secondary mutation. It was a characteristic called .

This was a characteristic similar to . If was a property that increased penetration power, seemed to be a property that increased cutting power.

Magic with the characteristic would have outstanding penetrating power, but there were times when it would not kill unless it hit a vital point.

In that regard, the ability of could also cut monsters in half. If I started working in advanced dungeons, I was sure I would encounter monsters that were even tougher than the FireDrake, so I was happy as if I had won the lottery.

I had a desire to quickly create new magic, but first I needed to dive into the Narukami Dungeon and check what kind of monsters were there, so I restrained myself.

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