Episode 6 New Life Magic

　There are no seasons in the dungeon, so the trees you can see are evergreens.

"Which way should I go?"

　The forest that spreads in front of me seems to be quite wide. The position of the stairs leading to the bottom is completely unpredictable.

　For the time being, I'll head counterclockwise along the wall of the dungeon. On the way, I encountered a Horned Pig. I was able to defeat the Horned Pig with DoublePush, which is a double activation of 'Push'.

"Seriously, you can use 'Push'. Why doesn't it spread?"

　I know the answer. That is because there is a lot of magic more powerful than 'Push'.

　While defeating the Horned Pigs, I found a geological formation like an ore deposit after about 20 minutes.

"Speaking of fifth-layer deposits, is it silver? I wonder if it will be worth some pocket money."

　I hit the Mattock against the ore and dig out the ore. After digging for about an hour, the veins become thinner. It seems it will be a big vein in the future, but I stopped digging because I had to take time to dig it.

　I pack the ore I dug into my backpack and move on.

　I went around and returned to the stairs leading to the fourth layer. During that time, I defeated five Horned Pigs, but no dungeon error occurred. I expected a little bit of pork meat, but it doesn't seem to work.

　I climbed the stairs a short ways and sat down there. The stairs are a safe place where monsters do not appear. Today I'm going to extract the silver from the ores here. Extract sand silver from silver ore with the magic of 'Pure'.

　Processing all the silver ore weighed only about 100 grams. I place the sand silver in a small plastic container.

"Now, let's continue the search."

　I went down the stairs and returned to the 5th layer and started exploring.

　I want to find the stairs down to the 6th layer so I head for the middle of the forest. And I found a staircase near the center. However, there are three Horned Pigs sleeping around it.

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　I can beat them one by one, but three ... Why are there three? What should I do?

"Should I throw stones and draw them one by one?"

　I pick up a pebble and throw it at the Horned Pig sleeping on the far right. The pebble hit the head of the rightmost Horned Pig, bounced and got caught in the nose of the middle Horned Pig. Then, the pig blows the stone with its nose and hits the forehead of the leftmost Horned Pig.

"That's stupid. This is no joke."

　The moment I raised my voice, they woke up at the same time and got up.

　The three seem to have noticed me. Naturally, I was forced to run away. I run desperately while turning around to check the position of the Horned Pigs. While confirming the sensation, I released a DoublePush again as I looked back.

　I hit the leading Horned Pig and bounce it into the air. I did a guts pose while running. However, I didn't finish it. Then, I released a DoublePush and hit the second one.

　Then, I released a DoublePush against the remaining one. It bounces off in the same way, I rush to the place where it rolls, and thrust the hunting sword at its neck.

　The first Horned Pig that was slammed and bounced off, revived. I shot another DoublePush and stab the finishing blow as it rolls. I was dizzy when I gave a DoublePush to the last remaining Horned Pig.

　It was caused by a loss of magical power. However, I cannot faint here. I clenched my teeth and stabbed it. The Horned Pig disappears and the magic stone remains. At that time, I felt something inside my body emit a thumping sound.

"Hmm ... I wonder if my magic level has risen. But even if I try so hard, no dungeon error occurs."

　While staggering, I collected the magic stones and headed for the stairs. I go down the stairs a little and take a break there.

"Am I out of magic? Is there no choice but to take a break here and recover a little magic before returning?"

　I took a break until my magic recovered and then turned back.

　When I returned to the ground, the sun was shining bright red. I go to the student cafeteria, have dinner and return to the janitor's hut.

　I didn't feel like going to the bathhouse, so I wiped my body with a wet towel and fell into bed. I fell asleep instantly as if I fainted.

　When I woke up, it was pitch black. I turned on the fluorescent light. Then I turned on the radio. You can no longer use a computer or smartphone, but you can still use analog TV and radio.

　I hear the news from the radio.

[ Today, a rhodium deposit was discovered in the Haruna Dungeon, Gunma Prefecture. ]

"Wow, a rhodium deposit. It's definitely a metal higher than gold. I think it's on the layers with dangerous monsters."

　The name of the adventurer who discovered it was announced on the radio. Ryuji Takase is an A-class adventurer. If you become a high-ranked adventurer like him, your annual income will easily exceed 100 million.

　Looking at the clock, it seems that I slept for about three hours. As expected, my body had to endure the lack of magical power. In order to prevent such a thing, it is necessary to learn the magic 'Mana' that measures magical power.

　This magic is one of the analytical magics that the first year students of this school learn. However, I had no textbooks or magic circles because I had never taken classes.

"I'll check the magic that can be learned at my level in the library, and then buy it at the school store."

　The academy has a school store, and if it's a rudimentary magic circle, you can buy it there.

"But with my magical talent, I won't be able to master it right away, so tomorrow I'll be careful about running out of magic."

　When I looked it up in 'Self-Analyze', my life magic was at magic level 3. The only benefit of increasing the magic level is that you will be able to use three life magics at the same time.

　Life magic has only been developed up to the magic that can be learned at magic level 2. Since I learned 'Tanning' yesterday, the only ones I haven't learned is the life magic of 'Prop' and 'Swing'.

"I don't know how to use this."

　'Prop' is a magic that a mass of D-particles like a volleyball fixes an object in the air, but it can only be fixed for about 5 seconds, so it is useless. 'Swing' is the magic of generating an elongated D-particle plate and swinging it.(TN:Prop 'can only stick it in place in the air for 5 seconds = useless' LMAO, isn't that CC?)

　At first, I thought that 'Swing' could be used as an attack. However, I gave up on using it when I found that it could only inflict as much damage as being stuck by a keisaku, a long, thin board that you are struck with while sitting in Zen meditation.

　However, since the double activation of life magic became more powerful magic than expected, I changed my mind and decided to learn it because it might be a powerful attack if multiple activations were made.

　I learned 'Prop' and 'Swing' and went to bed because I was tired.

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