Episode 186 Special Shadow Puppet

To craft a special Shadow Puppet, I needed ShadowFrog's black magic stone, Shadow Clay, and a special Sorcery Eye and Sorcery Ear.

Gotou and the others prepared the ShadowFrog's black magic stones and Shadow Clay. I headed to Kamakura to get the special Sorcery Eyes.

It seemed that only a magic craftsman named Ryuujima could make this special Sorcery Eye in Japan. I went to Ryuujima's residence in Kamakura and met with him.

"I heard from the Adventurer's Guild that you need a special Sorcery Eye, but what are you going to use it for?"

"Shadow Puppet."

"Nn, you said Sakaki. Could it be that you're Grimm-sensei, who issued the Magic Patent for making Shadow Puppets?"

"You heard about it from Karina-sensei. Yes, I'm that Grimm."

"Interesting, what kind of Shadow Puppet will you make?"

"A frog-shaped Shadow Puppet for underwater reconnaissance."

"Hou, frog type. I'd like to see it."

"Shall we take a look."

I decided to show Geronta. Geronta jumped out from my shadow and looked up at Ryuujima.

Ryuujima saw it and said something.

"It looks ugly."

"Please don't mind that. There are things I'm not used to, and I only got Sorcery Eyes for humans."

Ryuujima nodded.

"I'll conditionally accept the production of Sorcery Eyes."

"Thank you very much. What is the condition?"

"Help me make a cat-shaped Shadow Puppet for me."

I heard from Karina that Ryuujima wanted a Shadow Puppet of his own, but I didn't think I would help out with making it.

Ryuujima seemed to have gathered the materials himself. To my surprise, Sorcery Eyes that imitated those of a cat were also prepared.

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By the way, if you don't use a Sorcery Eye, what will happen is that completely black eyes will be created. These black eyes mimic the eyes of a DarkCat, and are inferior to human eyes. In other words, the Sorcery Eye is a reinforced part.

Ryuujima made a magic core and a ring from black magic stones. After that, it was my turn as a Life Wizard.

"Next, I ask you to knead D-Particles into the Shadow Clay."

"Understood."

I had done this task many times. The D-Particles were carefully kneaded in to ensure uniformity. I handed over the finished product to Ryuujima.

Using the Shadow Clay, Ryuujima created the shape of a cat. Ryuujima's sculptural power was nothing short of amazing. He incorporated the Sorcery Eyes and Sorcery Ears, and finally embedded the magic core into the head. After that, he finished its head and face.

Ryuujima even recreated the cat's small nose and whiskers.

"This is fine. Pour magic into this."

I imagined the skeleton and muscles of a cat while pouring magic into it. However, organs such as the heart and lungs were ignored. Organs were weak points for Shadow Puppets.

A skeleton was made and muscles were formed to cover it. Finally, the fur and face changed like a living cat. Ryuujima stared at the situation.

"I see, you imagined the bones and muscles."

It was spotted. It imitated the basic structure of the DarkCat contained in the magic core if you didn't use an image, but it seemed that even more detailed parts could be reproduced with an image.

The cat-shaped Shadow Puppet was complete. It had become so elaborate that it was indistinguishable from a real black cat. Ryuujima smiled and picked up the Shadow Puppet.

Ryuujima promised to make a special Sorcery Eye. I returned to Shibugami City and reported to the Branch Chief.

"You did a good job. Gotou and the others will probably bring back the black magic stones and Shadow Clay."

True to his words, Gotou and the others returned with a large amount of black magic stones and Shadow Clay. A few days later, three sets of Sorcery Eyes arrived from Ryuujima.

They were imitations of a frog's eyeball, and were paired with a magic tool like sunglasses. Since I had all the materials, I made three frog-shaped Shadow Puppets.(TN:So, cool frogs wearing sunglasses? Lmao.We are Frogs In Black.)

One of the completed frog-shaped Shadow Puppets was entrusted to me. This time, instead of entrusting it to Metis, I would train it from walking to jumping and doing the breaststroke.

The magic core made from the ShadowFrog's black magic stone had the basic movements of when it was a monster, and it learned based on that.

After completing the Frog Shadow Puppet training, I and the 'Aoki Itan-ji' members headed to the 3rd floor of the Narukami Dungeon. We took Gotou's small adventurer's boat from the coast. It was made of Black Iron and was said to be as sturdy as an icebreaker.

The point where the temple was discovered was about nine kilometers off the coast, near a large island. Arriving at that point, we stopped the ship and took out the frog-shaped Shadow Puppets from the shadows.

The remaining two were controlled by Gotou and Shiraki.

"Then, it's time to investigate the temple. The same goes for Petitlodon, but there may be other monsters. Let's go carefully."

At Gotou's signal, we put on the sunglasses and let the Shadow Puppets jump into the sea. My Shadow Puppet wore a green vest to distinguish it. Gotou's was red, and Shiraki's was white.(TN:Ahh, the sunglasses were for the users to share vision, not to make the frogs look cool, XD.)

The vests seemed to have been made by Katou of the Adventurer's Guild. It was said that she was good at making clothes.

And underwater scene was sent to my mind. The image receiver was a sunglasses type, so I thought that the image would be projected on the lenses of the sunglasses, but the image was directly delivered to my brain.

The frog-shaped Shadow Puppet wearing a red vest dove deep. There was a large tunnel-like hole in the sea floor, and when it passed through it, I could see something like a temple.

A few Petitlodons were swimming in front of the temple. The red vest one went to the rocky place on the right. It seemed to be approaching the temple while hiding behind rocks.

I instructed my Shadow Puppet to follow. The three frog-shaped Shadow Puppets approached the temple while hiding behind rocks. Had it been humans, they would have been discovered.

When they were about seven meters away from the temple, there were no rocks to hide behind. We decided to divert the Petitlodons' attention.

Under Gotou's instructions, the Attack Wizard of 'Aoki Itan-ji' went to the bottom of the sea and activated 'Heavy Shot'. A magic grenade pierced the seabed and exploded.

At that moment, the Petitlodons swimming in front of the temple reacted all at once and headed towards the place where it exploded. We sent the Shadow Puppets to the temple.

After entering the temple, we headed towards the back of the corridor. There was a room in the back, and when I looked inside from the entrance, there was a large statue of a god. A god like a mermaid with a crown and a staff. This place may be for prayer.

We went inside and started searching. Then, we found treasure chests in the four corners of the room. In addition, we found letters engraved on the wall of the room.

Written in Magic Letters, 'I tellest thou. I have prepared three treasures. Those who make the wrong choice will be severely punished.' it said.

One of the four treasure chests was probably a trap.

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