Manowa Chapter 168

Kazane had obtained the two Skills『Mega Beam』and『s.p.a.ce Expansion』in the previous battle. Kazane understood that『Mega Beam』was probably from the Cyclops, but she had no idea where the『s.p.a.ce Expansion』Skill came from and wracked her brain for the answer. But then she remembered that she had heard in the past that dungeons were like a type of Golem and realized that the Skill likely came from the Baby Core.

And it seemed this『s.p.a.ce Expansion』Skill was like an Item Box function expansion Skill. When Kazane checked her Item Box, the storage capacity was 10 times higher.

In addition, three large storage s.p.a.ces were added. Putting it simply, the ability allowed her to store the large public bath Kazane and the others had been inside until some time ago by using one of the s.p.a.ces. All objects inside the target were grouped together as one thing and stored together, but that also meant frequently used objects shouldn't be stored inside, since everything was taken out or put inside together.

(The Cottage and large public bath... should I think of something for the last one?)

The recent Cottage binge ate almost all her Magic Power whenever she made it due to how complicated the structure was, so honestly, it was a very useful Skill.

Although she understood these things when she tried to use it, storing something as large as the large public bath took about 10 minutes. A large magic circle appeared above it and slowly descended while storing it, like a curtain was slowly descending to hide it.

In addition, everyone there was surprised as they watched that situation. This isn't something I should openly show people... Kazane thought while it was happening, but that was too late.

And there was the other ability......

(Mega Beam... Eye Beam?)

Clearly this was the same technique that Cyclops used earlier, but it seemed dangerous, so she would test it later. Yuzu was already looking at her with suspicious eyes. She thought she probably shouldn't do anything more conspicuous in front of this group.

Then sleeping preparations were completed. It was decided that Sera and the White Party would take turns on lookout that night so that O-ring's members could stay asleep. They had also lost a companion. They were mentally and physically exhausted, and needed the rest.

◎ Blue Rifon Fort, Heart Orb Room, Late at Night

「Fua~!」

Kazane yawned as she put an Indestructible Crystal Orb in front of the entrance during her watchkeeping. It was after midnight, and Kazane replaced Lyle just now for her s.h.i.+ft. Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Dragoon was with her. And Ori was also sitting there.

「Ori-san, you're tired, aren't you? There's no need to forcibly stay awake.」

Kazane so greeted Ori.

「No. We've been too busy until now, so we haven't been able to properly talk yet. I thought I should properly thank you.」

「Hmm, hasn't the time to say thanks or anything like that already pa.s.sed?」

The materials had been divided, so Kazane thought everything between the parties was settled. Kazane still felt bad about destroying the Baby Core, so being told thanks at this point was unthinkable to her. Rather, she was keeping her desire to do a dogeza right now in check with an iron will.

「Er, is that so? Well, then I won't talk about that right now. If that's so, I'll get straight to what I genuinely wanted to talk about, so please listen.」

「That would be welcome, since talking will be a good distraction.」

So saying, Kazane faced Ori.

「So what is it? What do you want to talk about?」

「Umm. It's more like there's a small confession I want to make.」

When Kazane heard the word confession, it was only slightly, but she was startled. She was a teenager, after all.

「I am a player's child.」

「Ah, I see.」

Kazane didn't seem very surprised as she nodded after Ori's confession.

「You're not surprised.」

「You look half-j.a.panese. I know there have been many players over the years, so my only thought was ah, so that happened as well.」

Ori smiled after Kazane's words.

「Half-j.a.panese? Naoki said the same thing.」

Ori found something funny and laughed.

「Well, getting to know Naoki felt like fate. He wanted to meet my father, but he had already died.」

Naoki was also looking for a way to return to the original world... Kazane thought as she nodded.

「I heard about the country called j.a.pan from my father. That is to say, I am also j.a.panese. Half, though.」

Kazane nodded after those words.

「Well, there are also『j.a.panese』people here, so I thought you might be a half『j.a.panese』person. Your father was deemed to be a『j.a.panese』person, wasn't he?」

『j.a.panese』people were based on j.a.panese people.

「Well, that's right. Aren't there iron things called cars and cell phones in j.a.pan? I heard about things like that from Naoki and finally understood that my father's words weren't some kind of joke. Without that I might have thought my father was a delusional『j.a.panese』person even now.」

「Your father didn't meet any other players?」

「Yeah. My dad told me he couldn't meet any other people from his hometown. I think he would have been happy to meet Naoki.」

Ori said with a distant look. Kazane thought he was probably thinking about his father when he was still alive.

「That's right. I met Yumika in the beginning, but it seems we're the first other ones Naoki has met, even after three years.」

At first Kazane misunderstood, but it seemed that not every player was dropped near the beginning town Conrad like Kazane and Yumika. After learning that Naoki appeared in Hyvern, Kazane understood that a player's starting place was apparently random.

After that, Kazane talked about returning to the original world, and it seemed Ori was more interested than she had imagined as he bent forward and listened. Apparently Ori also wanted to go to j.a.pan.

◎ Blue Rifon Fort, Sixth Layer, Next Morning

「Let's do it! Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Normal!!」

Lyle shouted and rushed toward the Ogres with his dragon fang spear. In addition, Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Normal also started running forward with the dragon bone spear Lyle previously used.

As one would expect, Lyle and Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Normal's actions still weren't synchronized, but they each took one as they challenged the Ogres in front of them.

It was exactly noon. It was the day after the dungeon capture was finished, and Kazane and the others were advancing inside the dungeon to return to the surface.

And currently, Lyle was partnering with Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun against the Ogres. Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun was following Lyle because Kazane handed Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Normal over to Lyle before they left the Heart Orb room.

With the Childstone from the Earth Core Dragon they had fought on the surface, Normal's ability was at full power without requiring Kazane's Magic Power, so Kazane gave Lyle the adjusted Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun Normal from her Mysterious Pouch. Naoki seemed envious as he watched, but naturally, Kazane ignored him. Also, it wasn't a transfer, but a loan.

And its settings had its learning function strengthened so it could learn from Lyle's battles. It might be crude at first, but once it was trained, it would possibly become stronger than Kazane's current Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kun series.

Then the battle ended. Both ogres were defeated. Lyle defeated one, and Emily defeated the other with a dragon fang arrow.

「Wow, this is amazing.」

Emily was surprised by the power of the arrow she had fired herself and looked at her remaining dragon fang arrows. With the guidance of the bow user Naira, she had created arrows with the Earth Core Dragon's fangs as the arrowheads last night. Since they weren't made with Magic Steel, spells couldn't be added, but since they had Dragon Spirit, their power was far above normal arrows. Making them was also based on regret about the Stone Minotaur battle, as they were a way she had come up with to increase her power.

「They're pretty valuable items, so diligently retrieve them.」

「I know that, Kazane. I didn't make them to be disposable.」

Emily answered Kazane's words with a wry smile. There was no way she would make a disposable item out of something made with an Earth Core Dragon's fangs. Their monetary value was two digits higher than the Magic Steel arrows Emily usually used.

Then Kazane thought about the previous battle.

Right now things were rough, but the trend seemed to be going in the right direction, and she wrote future developments for the Naoki Team strengthening plan (the further development of the Strongest Younger Brother plan) in a notebook and closed it with a snap.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Adhesion Sword『Gum』, Spell Dagger, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Acc.u.mulator, White Magic Acc.u.mulator

Level : 31

Health: 114

Magic Power: 205+420

Strength: 55+10

Agility: 48+4

Endurance: 31

Wisdom : 62

Dexterity : 39

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』

Skill : 『Warrior's Memory』『Night Vision』『Crus.h.i.+ng Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Rush』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material s.h.i.+eld』『Information Link』『Optical Camouflage』『Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Placement』『Thunder Chariot』『St.u.r.dier Teeth「Dragon」』『Crystallization「Dragon」』『Fabricated Coercion』『Stone Minotaur』『Mega Beam』『s.p.a.ce Expansion』

Yumika:「It talked about a learning function, but is it different from what you use?」

Kazane:「I use my own behavioral patterns for the specifications. It outwardly seems the same, since they can gain mastery and get stronger than the starting specs up to a point, but the learning mode was skipped.」

Yumika:「So that's how it is?」

Kazane:「Yeah. I don't use it because a lot of learning time is necessary. Well, Lyle seems like the type to enjoy special training like Yumika, so I think using it will go well. I will also be able to collect the learning mode data and use it for other Tatsuyos.h.i.+-kuns.」