The sandgiggers, having identified us as the enemy, are closing in on me. I get off the hover vehicle and stow the vehicle in the storage armlet.
By this time, the hole in Sandgigarth's chest had been filled with sand from the desert and was back to normal.
How do you beat them?"
I think we can beat them with 'descrescent,' but we'll see how things go."
Since this is the first demon I'm fighting, I decide to check the effects of life magic.
I'll give "Cold Shot" a try.
Elmore used the magic circuit core set in his arm to activate a quintuple activation "cold shot" and shot the D-particle cooling pile into the sand girth's head.
D-particle cooling pile pierced and penetrated a face made of sand.
The stopper was also ineffective and penetrated. Nor could the cooling be effective.'
That hunk of sand isn't so sturdy, is it?"
Sandgigers had a large hole in his head, but it was soon restored.
Maybe some explosive magic would be nice."
I activated "Torpedo Dough" and released a D-particle torpedo into the sand gigas, which noticed the D-particle torpedo and reached out a hand of sand to stop it.
The D-particle torpedo exploded on impact when it hit the sand hand. The force of the explosion was so tremendous that from the hand to the shoulder and half of the chest of the sand-giggars popped off, scattering sand.
The sandgiggers are coming at me with impunity, even though they have lost about 30% of their upper body. Meanwhile, the desert sand is gathering on its lost chest like a living creature, trying to return to its original form.
I activated "Crash Ball II" and slammed the high-speed vibrating ball into the belly of the Sand Gigas. Immediately after that, a spatial vibration wave was emitted and the abdomen of the Sand Gigantor was greatly shaved off.
As a result, the sand forming the Sand Giants lost its power and became a pile of sand. Seeing this, I realized that the giant was merely a lump of sand. It seems that the main body of the demon was only a crystal-like lump called a sand heart.
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'It seems the sand heart was in the belly.
I find a black magic stone in a pile of sand and pick it up. I search around it, but there are no drops.
Unfortunately, no magic stone reactors. Let's look for the next Sandgarth."
The next two sand girders encountered were two sand girders.
"I'll deal with one of them."
I nodded at his words and headed for the sand gigas on the left side. First, I activate "Crash Ball II" and release a high-speed vibrating ball into the belly of the sand gigas.
As intended, the high-speed vibrating ball hit the belly and scraped the giant's abdomen, but the sand gigace did not turn into a pile of sand. It seems that the sand heart of this sand gigace was not in the abdomen.
I glanced to the right and saw Elmore fighting with his Trishula
'Ah, it's hard to be motivated when you see how easily the damage you've inflicted can be healed.
I let out a sigh and once again activated "Crash Ball II" and released a high-speed vibrating ball toward my waist.
As the spatial vibration wave scraped away the giant's waist, the giant's entire body began to crumble and became a pile of sand. I turn my gaze toward Elmore. At that moment, Sandgigarth's fist had just hit Elmore.
Elmore tried to catch Sand's fist with the hilt of his spear, but he could not catch it. The force of the punch was so great that Elmore's body, which weighed one hundred and fifty kilograms, flew through the air. Elmore dexterously spun in the air and landed on the ground, then activated his quintuple activation "Blow Up Glaive" and swung a huge D-particle blade down toward Sandgigarth.
The blade sliced through to the belly of the sandgigarth and exploded. The blow seems to have caught the sand heart, and the sand gigas turns into a pile of sand.
"Well done," he said. Are you injured?"
'It seems okay. Let's look for drops.'
When you start looking for drops in the pile of sand, you will find a magic stone.
I found it. It's a magic stone reactor.
Elmore reports the discovery of a dice-shaped magical stone reactor about 10 cm in diameter. It is smaller than the magical stone reactor he had obtained earlier, but it is definitely a magical stone reactor.
We then continued to hunt the sandgiggers. In the process, we learned that if we activated the "burst shotgun" at close range, we had a 50-50 chance of killing it.
However, since it is at close range, you are caught in the blast and your body is coated with sand.
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The disadvantage is that the product is not always in the best condition.
It seems that the probability of the magic stone reactor is that it will drop one after defeating five of them. However, this would only be the first time. If it is a repurposed Sand Gigarth, the drop rate should be much lower.
After getting the four magic stone reactors, I finished the hunt for the sandgiggers.
Four magic stone reactors are too few, don't you think?"
Metis and I were discussing ways to use the magic stone reactor. One suggestion was to incorporate it into shadow puppets for combat, such as Elmore and Tamegoro, and another was to incorporate it into vehicles, such as hover vehicles.
That would require at least four, and he wanted eight for the future.
I feel like I'm losing focus a little bit. Let's call it a day and camp out in the ten-story forest."
I understand.
We headed back to the tenth level. There is a small forest near the stairs, which is said to be a safe place where running slugs don't come.
As we were about to begin preparations for encampment, we heard a loud explosion over at Slug Meadow. Looking in that direction, I saw a group of adventurers in armored vehicles surrounded by a swarm of running slugs.
It appears that the armored car has broken down.
Shall I go help?"
We're a team of adventurers operating in an advanced dungeon, so we can handle ourselves."
'But another herd of running slugs is also approaching.
I became reluctant.
I'm not going to sleep well if we abandon him here and he dies."
I decided to come to the rescue.