Once we solved the ice problem in the ice chamber, we decided to explore the city to find the culprit.
”The ice in the ice chamber melted... it was simply because of the hot days?”
The first thing that came to my attention was your opinion.
"But isn't it strange to say that special ice will melt quickly only this year?"At least I don't think the air in town is that hot.And when the ice in the ice room gets so hot that it melts, it's affecting not only this town, but also the neighboring towns and villages. "
What's going on around here, Mr. Tracy?
In order to check Knolub's objections, I will ask Tracy's opinion of living in the sacred city.
"Oh, yeah. It was a little hotter than usual this year, and I didn't feel any hotter."This neighborhood is warm like everywhere else, so I don't know if it's getting hot in this town. "
It certainly feels a little hot, but it doesn't feel hot enough to break the ice in the ice room all at once.
"Looking around the town, I don't see anything that would make it hot."I can't find any magic items, even if someone is using magic. "
"If you use magic in the first place, you will feel magic power quite a bit."But I don't feel like I'm triggering any great magic around here. "
Mina, who was concentrating on exploring the flow of magic power, definitely said that it wasn't caused by the magic relationship.
Yeah, I don't feel any strong magic power either, and I think Mina-san's words are correct.
"If you don't see the cause, if the magic or magic items aren't the cause... maybe it's the wrath of God!? In fact, people in this town have sinned like buying the wrath of God!?"
I was bothered by the cause and suddenly Tracy said something like that.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.If you were to inflict such a fine punishment, the heavenly punishment would have fallen even more flashily. "
"That's true, too..."
As expected, Tracy immediately withdrew her opinion, as if she thought it was painful.
”Hmm... I wonder if it's about monsters after that?”
But I've never heard of a monster that could just break the ice in an ice room without attacking anyone.
Sure. I don't know any monsters that like to play such a prank... I don't know, but such rare monsters don't show up like that.
Let's start by examining the surroundings with exploration magic.
"... heh?"
When I looked around with my exploration magic, I sensed something bigger in the depths of the earth.
What's the matter?
Looks like there's something underground.
"" "" Underground? "" "" ""
Hmm, with exploration magic, I can only confirm the life signs, so I can't investigate any further.
Then I used that magic.
I put my hand on the ground and activate magic.
"Grand Search!!"
Grand Search, this magic is for investigating mineral deposits and ancient artifacts that lie beneath the earth.
It's a magic spell that sends a thin wave of magical power through the ground, making a special reflection when it hits something other than the soil, and telling you in some detail what's in it.
The magic waves I emit spread across the ground, creating a hemispherical exploration barrier.
And the magic wave came into contact with the monster lurking in the ground and sent me detailed information.
"Hmm... this monster is pretty big."And it's so hot that I don't think it's a living creature..... "
Yes, the huge monsters lurking underground were unnaturally hot.
The monster lurking underground and this high fever... the ice in the ice room melts...
I think I remember something... ah.
"I see! It's a heatstealer!"
When I remembered the identity of the monster lurking underground, I unconsciously shouted its name.
"" "" "Heatstealer?" "" ""
"Yes, the Heat Stealer is a very hot monster."It's a strange monster with a high heat organ in its body like a lava rock that takes away the cool air around it to cool it down. "
"I take the cold air to cool my body... there are monsters like that, too"
Lillie nodded again and again, impressed.
"He melted the ice in the ice room."Because it's a monster that can't live in a place like this, it's too late for me to notice. "
"You can't live...?"
Tracy scratches her neck at the thought of not being able to live.
"Yes, the Heat Stealer is a very hot monster. If you don't keep cooling your body with the nearby cool air, it will cause a big explosion and die."That's why I usually live in snowy areas and permafrost. "
"Huh, you're a strange monster." If you don't let it cool down, it'll explode. "
"I see, you're going to blow up and die on your own, you idiot..."
"" "" "" Big explosion!? "" "" "
Everyone shouted with a pale face when they heard it would explode.
"It's really a big explosion!?"
"Seriously!? Isn't it hard to be near such a thing!?"
No, no. Because the monster is in the ground, I don't think it would be that catastrophic if it exploded, right, Mr. Lakshi?
I think Knolub wouldn't be that bad in the ground, but I don't think so.
“No, if a heatstealer of this size explodes, this town will blow up at your leisure.”
"" "" "" "No!!!" "" "
"Oh no! We have to defeat them quickly!!"
"Wait, if it explodes when you're fighting, it's bad.We have to evacuate the town! "
"That's right! We have to hurry and tell the townspeople to flee!"
Hmm, everyone's upset.
Well, I guess people who fought the Heat Stealer for the first time were puzzled.
It's okay, I'll take care of it.
"" "" "" Really!? "" "" "
Everyone looks at us anxiously.
“Yes, the underground heatstealer is getting pretty hot, but luckily, the ice we made in the ice room just now is barely holding the explosion.So let's get rid of the Heat Stealer in the meantime. "
"Oh, yeah. You're still okay." I'm glad..... "
Everyone sighs in relief, knowing that there is no danger now.
"So how do we catch monsters in the soil?"Are you going to dig the ground and drag the monster out? "
That's right. The easiest way to get rid of it is to heat it up.
Because I'm a creature that dies if I don't cool down my own fever, I'm very vulnerable to it.
But I'm afraid of secondary disasters when I do it on the sidelines of the city, and my goal is not to cause it to explode in the first place, so I don't have this hand.
Besides, heat steeler is useful as a material for thermal insulation when it is successfully collected.
In that sense, I want to collect it as conveniently and cleanly as possible.
“No, the Heat Stealer is diving quite deep underground, so I'm forced out rather than digging it out.”
Forced me out?
When asked how, I decide to actually do it. [M]
“Let's start by adjusting the parking lot. Icefield!"
First, the environment reproduction magic reduces the surrounding temperature at once to create a simulated cold area.
”Shit!? It's suddenly getting cold!?”
Gyro-kun sneezes continuously as the temperature changes suddenly.
"N-no, the colder it is, the more you lure me by creating a different place." Kuchu! "
“No, that would take time, so I would take a more direct approach.This is a pre-preparation. ”
Pre-preparation?
"Clay Control!!"
Next, the Earth Manipulation Magic creates a river-like stream in the ground and pushes the underground heatstealer to the ground.
GOOOOOOOO!!
"Hey, what's this shaking!? Earthquake!?"
Along with the shaking of the ground, the heatstealer that was sensed by the exploration magic gradually surfaced.
I'm coming out!
"Huh? What?"
The next moment, a giant mole-shaped monster, the Heat Stealer, leapt out of the sky.
"" "" "" Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
"Woosh!?"
And as soon as the heatstealer came out, the space filled with cold air began to get hot all at once.
Oops, this is getting hotter than I expected.If you keep this up, Tracy will get a fever.
Heat coating!
Soon I'll use thermal magic to coat the heatstealer so it doesn't leak out.
Air Thrasher! Water Control!
After that, he suddenly jumped out into space and cut the neck of the surprised heatstealer with vacuum magic, and threw a magic medicine to counteract the heat, applying magic all over his body.
"Yay! Collection complete"
When I put the last drop away in a magic bag, I turned to everyone and told them that everything was over.
It's over.
"" "" "" "Eh?" "" ""
Everyone looks at me with a puffy face.
Now we can eliminate the cause of melting ice in the ice room.
Huh? Are you done?
“Yes, the Heat Stealer is finished.”
"" "" "" Yeah? "" "" "
Liliera and the others shouted at her unconvincing face.
"If you hurt the heatstealer, it will be overflowing with high fever fluids, so it's better to end it in a moment like this when it's time to get rid of it."
It would be tough if I was scattered with fluids in a rampage.
No, but I don't know what happened until I ask you a little more details.
Oh, I see. I knew I had to crusade quickly, so I defeated you before I could explain more.
"Well, first of all, I'll cool the battlefield with ice field."This is to protect the town and everyone from the heat from the heat from the heatstealer. "
As long as it takes, that's what I'm saying.
Humph, everyone nods.
"Next, use the clay controls to manipulate the soil on the ground to push out the mass of the heatstealer."
That was an earthquake.
“But the heatstealer was warmer than expected, so the magic of the heat coating kept the heat from leaking out.This magic is like a cold shield that covers your body and keeps your temperature constant so you won't be affected by hot or cold places.I used it to keep my body temperature from leaking out when it got too hot. ”
Huh, there's such magic, too.
And it's a different way of using the magic we use on our bodies to use on monsters.
Because it is easier to consume and control magic power than to use magic for the number of people.
"If you ask me, it might be."
"Then we'll end up cutting off the heatstiller's neck with wind magic."Heatstealer's body is very hot, so the poor weapon will melt.That's why it's more efficient to cut it with magic. "
"It's pretty good that the weapon melts..."
"At this time, if you break the magma bag inside your body, the surrounding area will be in a big fire disaster, so you had to attack while the heatstealer was pushed to the ground and scared.If you give it back to me, I'll rampage out. "
"You didn't just kick me out of the ground."
After that, if you coat it with a magic medicine that maintains the temperature and recover it in a magic bag so that the heat of the heatstealer does not leak out when the magic effect of the heat coating expires, it will be completely eliminated.
Even if you defeat them, the Heatstealer material will still release a lot of heat.If you were dead, you'd be more of a jackass.
I don't think we'll need a subtreatment that blocks the heat in order to dismantle it later.
"You thought about it so much in such a short time and ended it in a moment..."
Lilliella and the others heard a series of stories, but for some reason, they all wrestled together.
Megri, can you do this?
"It's impossible, you can cut it with wind magic, but it's impossible to defeat a monster thrown into the air without cutting the part that should not be slaughtered."Can Norie use Earth Magic to drive that monster out of the ground? "
"Hmm, I can't. I can't use exploration magic in the first place, so I don't know where I am.Besides, when you're in the ground, you'll want to run away, so if you don't hurry, you'll be able to escape. "
"Besides, you have to apply the magic potion all over your body to prevent the heat from escaping before it falls to the ground after you defeat it..."
"In the first place, you have to take thermal measures so that you can withstand the monster's heat."
"" "" "" Too much to do... "" "" "
Apparently, they were wondering what to do when they fought the Heat Stealer.
Yeah, they're all upbeat.
"Haha, Rakshi-san is amazing..."
Tracy stares at me with an impressive gaze.
No, this is normal for adventurers.
Is that so?
"" "" That's not true!! "" "
Eh!? Why do you deny it?!
"... hmm, what can I do to defeat him with my flame magic?"
When I was fussing like that, Gyro-kun sighed like he was in trouble. [M]
Oh, Gyro is good at the Fire attribute, but he's not good at the Ice attribute.
"Jai, in Janet's case, I think it's possible to converge a super-high fever over a heatstealer and burn it in an instant."
It's better to change the way you do things according to the characteristics of the person you're fighting.
"Because my method is relatively easy for 10,000 people."
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"Then everyone, the problem has been solved unexpectedly quickly, so let's go to the next destination after we report to the people of the town!"
"" "" "" "Oh, oh...?" "" ""
Alright, let's catch up with the other participants before we get to the next town!
Priests of the God of◆ Knowledge◆
Phew, it looks like you've safely arrived in Casgar Town.
I had a hard time encountering an unknown monster in my camp last night, but I was relieved to have arrived in town safely.
... hmm, the other participants in the temple asked the people in the town if they were in any trouble.
"But it's useless." The only problem in this town is the ice room. ”
How do you know that?That's easy.
The Ice Room's ice breaker, the Heat Stealer, was unleashed near this town by the Temple of the Knowledge Gods!
This is because it was difficult to navigate the meeting on how to sabotage other temples on this pilgrimage.
After all, after years of pulling each other's legs together, the temples of the Holy City almost understood each other's hands.
This led to an offer of a visit from a priest affiliated with the peripheral church when we had trouble reading our thoughts and were unable to effectively obstruct them.
And the priest who came offered a sleeping heatstealer to use this monster for his pilgrimage.
Actually, it is not uncommon to have such an offer.
If you remember the temple, which is the main hall of the church, you'll still be thinking about it, such as going to the provincial church.
Above all, the monster brought in by the priest was very convenient for us.
Even though it was a monster that lived in such a cold place that people could not live, it was notoriously thin, even though it was our shrine that boasted the greatest knowledge in the world and only fragmented materials were found.
Expecting this monster to make it difficult for other temples to find out the cause, we ordered the priest to release the monster next to the town where the ice room was located.
In addition, we took care that the troubles of Kasgar's town were solved by our own hands until they reached a trivial issue.
Yes, there is only one problem that bothers the inhabitants of the town of Kasgar!
And only we know the solution!
All the other temples need is for us to solve the problem gorgeously and find the trouble slowly after we leave the city!
The Management Committee will acknowledge that it was worthy of pilgrimage!
Hahahaha!!
Now, let's get you to the ice room.
"Are you in any trouble in this town?"
I ask the townspeople who walked near me if they had any troubles.
No? Nothing in particular, right?
“How's it going?
But to my surprise, the people of the city said that they had nothing to worry about.
Don't tell me you don't know a thing about the town!?
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Look, there's a big ice room in this town, isn't there?Is there any problem with that? "
"Oh! This is about the ice room!"
That's right, that's it!
As I pointed out, it seemed that the people of the town had finally remembered the matter.
Oh, come on, surprise me.
Well then, we solved it in the morning.
"... hehe?"
The participants of the pilgrimage solved it quickly.
“How's it going?
Anyone else? Who the hell would do such an imitation!?
I mean, how did you know it existed!?
"No, I can't thank you enough!"
"Pocahontas..."
The rest of the shock left us idle for a while.
"... hah!? We must do good anyway!"
I return to myself the words of my colleagues who returned to me first.
That's right, I can't help but remain indifferent.We need to get good deeds and get out of town!
"Hey, there you are!" Is there anything I can help you with!? "
We ask the townspeople who were nearby if they had any troubles.
but....
"Huh? Oh, no, I don't have anything in particular right now."Somehow, even if something troubles me recently happened, someone would solve it for me right away. "
"Oh noo!!"
That's right! We solved it ourselves!
This is how we became stuck because of our own deeds.....