Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

On Ouka Island, there are people called the Yashia, do you know them?

"No, I've never heard of it."

"It's a small group of people, and I don't think they've ever seen anyone in the city or taken part in that battle, but I think there was something similar in the weapons they used."

Weapon?

"Yes. It's a slightly unusual ore. When it is crushed, something like thunder runs, which is used by Siden, and then the vapor of poison comes out."

Something... similar to the mold balls we're using, right?

"I don't know how the mold balls work, but they may be a little similar.

The minerals I know are effective when they're crushed, and once they're effective, they're completely useless.

Moreover, even if the crystal is melted, it loses its ability when the shape changes, so it cannot be processed.

All of the Yakuzans used the slingshot we call it. "

Slingshot... there are mold balls that can fire with slingshots... so that's not what I'm talking about right now.

"However, if the ash black crystal is releasing poison, so is the slatan we were investigating, and we would have died in that underground cavity."

"I said that the resemblance between the weapon and the gray-black crystal is not a phenomenon, but a poison that is emitted."

"Poison?"

"Yes, in fact, the minerals used by the Night Forks are only effective against certain races."

"Only certain races...?"

"To be exact, the opponent is a monster, and I don't know if the word" race "is correct...

The Night Forks are a very good hunting people who live by hunting and catching prey.

For the Night Forks, the hunting nation, the best prey was a monster called the Bull Ghoul. ”

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about a monster called the Bull Demon. I don't even know if I'm on the continental side.

However, speaking of the Beef Demon, it must have been in the Japanese tradition as well. My head was a ghost, my body was a cow... no, was it the other way around?

Anyway, I just know that it would be quite different from the cow I imagined.

"That monster is so strong that if it shows up, it will have to be dealt with by the Four Ones. It's usually a monster that runs away when you see it."

To hear Renya's story, it was probably a monster equivalent to S rank.

Thinking of it that way, I wouldn't be able to deal with someone who was somewhat trained.

"However, the Yakuzu will be happy to hunt down this cow demon." They were certainly strong, but they didn't have the power to defeat the Bull Demon. And yet, they hunt cow ghosts. "

Is that the mineral Lenya used at that time?

“Yes, exactly.

The skin of the Bull Demon is so hard that it shatters the mined ore. And the poison that occurs at that time only works against cow demons. "

In short... normally, they hunt S rank-equivalent monsters by using items.

"They called the ore a pale lightning stone."

Azure Thunderstone... it's a mineral I've never heard of.

"The effect of this pale thunderstone is that after it shatters, only the bull demon generates a numbing poison, so the Night Forks surround the bull demon that has become numb and unable to move, and hunt it."

A poison that only works against certain types of creatures. When I was told that, I couldn't help feeling like a very unusual poison, but this was no wonder.

In the first place, poison is a substance.

If you think of it as an indicator of whether it is harmful to the organism, it is only called poison if it is harmful.

And depending on each species, the toxicity changes. It is harmless to people, but it is also harmful to insects. It's the insecticide that used it. It is strange that organisms with completely different body tissues and body make exactly the same reaction to all poisons.

In this world, science and chemistry have not developed, so even if you know something called a poison, you don't know how the poison acts and what reaction it determines to be harmful... Therefore, it is not surprising that the poison that only works on certain biological species feels like something very special.

"... that is, like a poison that only works against that cow demon, maybe there is a poison in the gray black crystal that only works against the dark elf..."

“When I use the word weakness exclusively to a particular race of Dark Elves, that reminds me.”

"I see..."

If we consider the differences between races in this world, it can be said that there is no such big difference in the same human type.

The difference here refers to the structure and body tissue in the body. Like the Giants and Dwarfs, the size of the body is roughly the same, except for the races that are very different in size.

Therefore, speaking of poison, it can be said that people of any race are often poisoned, and the lethal dose is not so different.

However, there is also the image that the way of life and the creation of the body are similar to each other depending on the race. For example, if you are a Beastman, you will have ears and tails, if you are a vampire, you will need blood, to be precise, the magic power contained in it, etc. Compared to the race on earth, you can say that there is a considerable difference.

Looking at the dark elves, there is nothing very different from people, but because it is an unknown species, I don't know even the details of the lifestyle.

Therefore, as Renya says, it is not surprising that there is a poison that only works on dark elves.

In addition, the fact that it only works on Dark Elves means that it does not work on Elves... Dark Elves and Elves are almost identical in shape, and the difference is about the skin color.

I don't know if it determines the presence or absence of toxicity, but it may be one of the indicators.

Anyway, if the mineral called azure lightning stone by Renya is a mineral similar to gray black crystals, it is highly likely that it releases poison in the same way.

Is the Azure Thunderstone a mineral that exists here?

I'll ask Nil.

"Azure Thunderstone..."

It's the first time I've heard that name, but when it's crushed, it's a small thunderstone, probably a lighter light… ”

"Lighter lights...? Is that... this?"

I'll put the minerals from the inventory on my desk.

It looks like mica, and is a mineral with layers of crystals like a membrane. The color is pale and opaque.

That's it!

Renya seems pretty surprised, but I'm the one who's most surprised.

Dungeon rewards, remnants of the game, and a variety of metals and minerals in the inventory... I can't believe the minerals from Lenya's story are in the inventory...

Well, if you can't use it, it's the same thing you don't have...

With that, I apply appraisal magic to the minerals I took out.

[Wright... aka Azure Thunderstone.] A crystal in which two different minerals alternate. Crushing causes static electricity and electrolysis releases poison that numbs certain monsters. The rarity is very high.]

"Ho ho ho..."

There are many types of minerals and metals in this world that are stupid, and there are many things that have never been appraised. I guess... there's more of them than there's anywhere else. In other words... even if this is the result of an appraisal, what I don't know is that I can't help it. Yeah. It's not good. Never.

Besides, I probably heard about Renya, so I thought the name Azure Thunderstone had been added... Nil was also the first person to hear the name of the Azure Thunderstone.

On the contrary... why did Nil know about this mineral...?

Even though I lived as a slave, I was a child, so I can't imitate the miners, so it's strange that I'm so familiar with minerals... Slavery means that some of them had miners' experience, so I wonder if they had told me anything about it.

Since there are more people who have experienced various things than I thought, slaves may be richer in such knowledge than those who live normally.

The day after tomorrow, thoughts were on the way, but I returned my consciousness to the results of the appraisal magic.

It says a lot, but the word "electrolysis" is probably the word that bothers me the most.

Electrolysis is when you say "sloppy", it breaks down by flowing electricity through the compound. Electricity flows to two different compounds, and when the liquid that connects them... starts to talk in detail, it becomes long, so it breaks at the end, but it uses that phenomenon... Perhaps such crystals arise naturally, and it happens to form an electrolysis mechanism.

There was no indication of what kind of poison would be released, but there was no doubt that it would be effective against certain monsters.

If you think about it, it's not surprising that there are similar minerals, or even if it happens to be a mineral that releases poison that only works on dark elves.

You're telling an interesting story, aren't you?

When I scrutinize the results of the appraisal, a scratch appears from behind. Apparently, he cared about us.

You know more about Sura Tan than I do, and I'm going to talk about Sura Tan.

"... I see."

After listening to me, Surakutan is convinced with a big nod. Silently looking at it to hear the explanation...

Sinya, do you know the mineral called tourmaline?

"Tourmaline...? The one used as a health bracelet or something?"

“That's right. I don't know if tourmalines work for my health, but they're also known as electric stones.”

"Electric stone..."

"I think it's not surprising that there are stones that run static even though there are cases where minerals turn electric because they turn electric when they heat up."

"Huh... that's the first time I've heard of it."

"I just happen to have heard of it, but I'm sure."

However, the gray-black crystal emits light when it is crushed, but unlike static electricity, only a little soft light is emitted. In other words, it can be thought that other phenomena are occurring, not discharging, when it breaks down. "

Another phenomenon?

"When it comes to emitting that kind of light... to the best of my knowledge, it's like a magic circle."

I was told that when the magic circle glows, it emits a soft light rather than a violent glow.

"In other words, I think it's good to think that glowing gray-black crystals is a phenomenon that involves magical properties..."

It may be too early to confirm, but I'm pretty sure it's almost certain. ”

Phenomena involving magical properties… right?

"I see... from here on, it's completely speculative, but...

For example, when you smash a gray-black crystal, the magic power contained in it is released. The magic power originally trapped in the crystal suddenly pushes it out to the outside world, changing the nature of the magic power and making it seem like a light... "

"Does that mean perverted?" No... in the first place, the magic is transformed? What do you mean? "

“I'll explain that to you.”

Heine and Pilte also appear here. It's all there, and it seems to explain the metamorphosis.

"Rather than speaking of me, this is a theory published based on the research conducted by the witches, so to be precise, it would be an explanation of the witches."

A race of researchers… I'd like to meet them once.

"Fufufu. Suratan might even get along with a witch clan with strong habits."

Heine laughs beautifully.

I'll tell you the story again, and now I'll explain the magic.

Thank you very much.

Yeah.

First of all, do you somehow understand the relationship between magic power and magic? "

In order to use magic, you need magic power... that means it's like fuel to activate magic, right?

"Yes, I'm sure of that feeling."

It places a condition on the power of magic and causes a phenomenon commensurate with it. This is how magic works. "

Magic is a phenomenon that uses a system that imposes a condition called a magic circle on a colorless, transparent energy that does not possess any magical properties, and then creates a phenomenon equivalent to that.

For example, if you apply the condition of a violent oxidation reaction, you can turn it into fire magic. I felt like the wind would become magic if I imposed the condition of moving the air.

The shape that determines these conditions is the shape that is drawn in the magic circle, and it is further subdivided within each attribute by the combination of them.

Naturally, if you try to cause more complex phenomena or cause large-scale magic, you will need that amount of energy, that is, magic power, and the magic circle will be complicated.

Is it an image of using a magic field called paint to complete the magic of painting on a piece of paper called magic power?

“You know that somehow.”

Along with my words, Nilu and Sura Tan also nodded.

"It's a stone. I think most people use magic without thinking about it."

Is that so?

"I've been seeing it since birth, so I don't think about it that much..."

It was common in the original world to have no knowledge of what was normal, and I somehow understood it.

Why does the light bulb glow? Why can you hear me on the phone? Why can I watch footage on TV? I'm sure that few people will be able to answer it perfectly when they are told to explain it scientifically. It's the same thing.

"It's a story we remember, too."

That's right.

"Fufufu. One of the Witch Clans looked into it in detail."

That person investigated what kind of thing magic is. That's what I found out, but in fact, it turns out that all magic is uniform, not the same thing, and there are some differences. "

Different?

"That's right... For example, if it's fire magic, it could easily be used by fire magic or water magic." Thus, it was found that there is magic power that is used preferentially. "

"Hee..."

"The witch you examined said that it was the color of magic power."

The color of magic power... If it's fire magic, it's red. If it's water magic, it's light blue.

"That's right. In fact, there is no color in magic power, but the magic power that easily becomes fire magic is red magic power." It means that the magic power that is easy to turn into water magic has become the magic power of light blue. "

"I see..."

"However, when magic was used and certain colors decreased, it seemed that the magic power of other colors would change to compensate for that color."

I always said that the color of magic is kept even. "

I don't know how many colors there are in all of them, but magic power is always present in a state where multiple colors are evenly combined, and if only one color is removed from it, it will be evenly pulled from other colors to compensate for the missing color... Somehow, I can imagine it.

"This discoloration is the metamorphosis I'm talking about here."

I guess it was pretty much what I imagined.

"Fufufu. Suratan is really smart." I didn't even have to explain it to you? "

"Ah! No! That's not true!?" I didn't check it out! I guess it's been a pleasure explaining this to Heine-san...

"...... fufufu."

Heine laughs like a child who has succeeded in a prank against Surakutan, who is almost in trouble.

Heine-san!

"Fufufu. I'm sorry. I'm stuck."

Since the end of the battle with the bandits, Heine and the others had a lot more of these things. I wonder if it was a recoil that kept my attention on it. The air in the yard is lighter, so it's fine, but Surakutan is always being played by Heine. Well... I know how it feels to want to play pranks on Surakutan, and Surakutan himself doesn't seem to be too easy.

"Don't bully Sura-tan too much." It's already turning into pleasure, so it's going to have some weird attributes attached to it. "

"You know Cynthia is saying the worst thing, right?!"

…………

Even Pilte and Renya turned their emotionless gaze towards Slatan.

Lenya, who thought it was hard, knew about the adventurer.

"From Pilte to Renya?!" Don't look at me like that! Don't give me such attributes!! "

"This is metamorphosis... no, it's metamorphosis?"

Oh... you're starting to say good things to Nil... you're taking your hat off to a high level of learning ability.

Nil-san?! It's not good, is it?!

"Fufufu. I'm just kidding. I'm sorry."

"Ugh... this is a terrible joke... this is definitely your influence, right?!"

"Hmm. That was pretty good." Well done, Nil. "

Yes!

When I stroke Nil's head, she laughs sarcastically.

"Yeah. No, right?! I can't catch up with the Tsukkomi anymore!?"

After defeating Surakutan and laughing all over, I finally got back to the point.

"I can't believe it. I understand what you're trying to say about the transformation of magic power." But what does that have to do with the gray-black crystals? "