Episode 462 The Fruit of Talent and the Fruit of Pushing the Limits

We recovered the magic stone at the place where we defeated the Oriens and then found what looked like a sorcery year.

Is that it?"

　As I looked around, Tamegoro brought me a ring. I invoked the "Magic Stone," but there didn't seem to be any others.

Let's start with the ring."

　When I took out the appraisal monocle and examined it, it was labeled as a "blunt ring.

This is a genuine cursed ring.

　A pun came to mind: the cursed ...... cursed ...... ring.

Is this a joke that Dungeon came up with?"

'No, it must be a coincidence because I don't think Dungeon would think of something like a pun. Let's get back on track and check out the Sorcery Year."

　This time, "Devil's Ear" was displayed. It seemed to be a high-performance sorcery ear, just like the "Devil's Eye.

Is this one for Elmore?"

Yes, I will use it.

　Metis says he is starting to solidify his ideas for the new Elmore body. I can't wait to see what the body will look like.

　Next was the treasure chest. We checked the treasure chest for traps and opened the lid. As we had expected, there were two "limit-breaking fruits" in the box.

Who do you give it to?"

There are four of us who are pushing our magic to the limit of our talents.

　They are Tesshin, Kalina, Amane, and Shun. Shun is probably the best choice among them, because he is a C-level student, but his talents in magic and life magic are "D", which is not good enough.

　The other person I decided on was Amane, who just recently reached the magic level of '15'. Tesshin and Karina will have to wait until next year.

It seems that "Fruits of Talent" and "Fruits of Limit Breakthrough" have an expiration date, so let's go back to the ground once.

　Metis told me to go back to the ground.

　Returning to the surface, I report to the Adventurers' Guild's branch manager, Mr. Nozaki, that I have defeated the mid-level bosses in the fifth and tenth layers.

I knew it was Dr. Grimm who was going to slay the tree dragon. It's only natural, since he can use the Transporter Gate."

　The branch manager, who knows I got the transfer gate key, seems to have expected it.

There are other demons in the Jukai dungeon that drop some good stuff, and there are a lot of unexplored areas, so it shouldn't hurt to dive in.

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Yes, but the 'fruit of talent' was the target of many adventurers."

　After finishing my report for now, I went back to Shibupaper City and called Yukari, Amane, and Shun.

　I told him that I had obtained the "Fruit of Talent" and the "Fruit of Limit Breaking" in a certain dungeon.

"If you have called the three of us, does that mean you are giving up the fruit of your labor?"

Yes."

　Chika and Yukari had purchased the "Limit Breakthrough Fruit" for 10 million yen, so they said they would buy it again. So, I decided to sell it.

　Shun and Amane, who had eaten the "Limit Breakthrough Fruit," were in pain as their body temperatures rose, but after about five minutes, they returned to a normal temperature. Shun should now be at "D+" and Amane at "C+.

　After eating the "talent fruit," Yukari developed a high fever and suffered for about 15 minutes, but that was the only side effect.

　Later, when I asked Alisa to check, she confirmed that I had changed my life magic talent from "C" to "B". After confirming this, I headed for the Sea of Trees dungeon.

　Before going to the Sea of Trees dungeon, I dropped by the Adventurers' Guild to ask the branch manager about the status of the attack.

"Dr. Grimm, in the right place."

　When the Nozaki branch manager saw my face, he raised his voice.

What's wrong?"

It seems that Mr. Makhdar has set off the trap that Dr. Grimm set off last year.

　It is said that some adventurers witnessed the disappearance of Mahdal. Mahdal is an attack wizard of the 36th rank in the A level. I don't think there is anything to worry about if he is a higher ranked adventurer than me, but is there something going on?

I'm ranked 36th in Class A, so I'm sure he'll come back on his own."

　The branch manager lets out a sigh.

Mr. Makhdar seems to have dropped his transfer gate key.

　An adventurer who witnessed the disappearance of Mahdar said that Mahdar dropped the coins in a treasure chest at that time. Without a transfer gate key, it may be difficult to come back in a month.

Can you please rescue Mr. Makhdar?"

I will take care of it, since it involves human lives. But didn't the Adventurers' Guild inform you of the trap in that treasure chest?"

I tried to explain in English, but it didn't seem to go over well with Mr. Makhdar, who is Czech.

　There was no one in the Adventurers' Guild who could speak Czech. In the adventurer's world, English is the international lingua franca, so they thought they could understand it to some extent.

　Japanese people have strict criteria when it comes to language, but some foreigners will tell you that they can speak a language if they know a few words. Mahdal also claimed to speak English.

　I went to the tree dungeon. I went to the transfer room on the first level and moved to the tenth level. At the stairs leading down to the tenth level, I put up a sign prepared by the Adventurers' Guild. The sign was a Czech translation of the instructions to wait for the mid-boss room on the tenth level.

　After setting up the sign, I decided to first search the mountain area on the tenth level. Thinking it would be more efficient to search from the air, I took out my combat wing and got in.

　Since this is a mountainous area, we had to fly low and slow to find it or risk missing it. We spent a day searching the tenth level, but could not find him. After putting up a sign on the stairs to the ninth level, we returned to the middle boss's room on the tenth level to check on Makhdar, but no one was there.

Let's stay here for the night."

It's not an easy thing to find."

The higher level dungeons are bigger than the lower levels," he said. Especially in mountainous areas, they are hard to find.

If you are in a cave or underground, you may miss it, so you will have to search again and again.

Yes."

　I extended my search from the tenth layer to the fifteenth layer. However, I couldn't find Makhdar, so I decided to go back to the tenth layer by the transfer gate and search from the desert area of the tenth layer.

Isn't it about time we ran out of food and water?"

'Yes, that's right. We need to find them fast.'

　I'm flying over the desert in my combat wing when I see an explosion flame. I speed towards the blasts. One adventurer was fighting a herd of killer ostriches.

　He just used the wrong magic. They were using magic that explodes when it lands and blows up the enemy. Because of this, a group of killer ostriches were blown away with a cry of "Allegedly! and they all screamed at the same time and were blown away.

　Another group of killer ostriches heard the voice and rushed toward us. Killer ostriches are tougher than they look, so magic that slashes and stabs rather than blows them up is the right way to go.

How can I help?"

I'm afraid that if you use powerful magic, you might cause collateral damage to Mr. Makhdar," he said. Let's use a hover vehicle to get closer to him and help him."

　I land a short distance away and take out my hover vehicle. I let Elmore pilot it, and I observe Makhdar. He seems to have been drained of magic power to get this far, and he is exhausted.

　A hover vehicle approaches, repelling the killer ostrich with the "smash button". Mahdal notices the hover vehicle and looks surprised.

Get in!"

　At the sound of my voice, Makhdar runs and clings to the hover vehicle. I grabbed Mahdar's armor and dragged him up to the hover vehicle.

　At that moment, the killer ostrich attacked. I activated "Guided Blitz" in succession and attacked the killer ostrich's head with a D-particle guided missile.

　One after another, they repel the killer ostriches and escape their siege.