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Elena and Kawai, and I were on our way to the Spirit District. Kawai is using the Willow Leaf Knife that I got from High Oak.

"Hey, aren't there any monsters or anything that use the Great Sword?

"Asshole...... I guess it's because you only have a willow leaf knife and a cow knife, but you get 'The Great Sword'"

Kawai had somehow acquired the skills of "Great Swordsmanship". When that skill came on the list of choices, he thought this was it.

"'Cause in games, I was always a big swordsman."

Me and Elena sighed in a frightened face.

"Even that willow leaf knife weighs a lot. If it's a sword or something, it weighs a lot. Can I handle you?

Kawai's physique was normal. He's been successful at field work, but he's a little taller and thinner than me.

"I'll be fine if I work out from now on. And if the individual level goes up, the power goes up naturally."

"Yes, don't regret it later."

We head west on Little Ghost District. He passed through the Beast District and the Beast District and entered the Tree Man District. Here he hunted a dozen Trents and recovered the cardiac stones of the wooden attribute.

Proceeding west through the Tree Man District, it strikes the Yangwu River. Walking north on the road along the riverbed, I could see the Hope Moon Bridge. Hozuki Bridge is an old bridge built about fifty years ago.

The Yamako River, which flows under the bridge, is about 40 meters wide and can be fished upstream by sea turtles and the like. The Soundless River, which I haven't seen in a long time, seems to have made the water cleaner than before.

When I looked across the river, a translucent object, purple or red, was crawling around the ground.

"Is that a slime?

Kawai looks at me and confirms it.

"I've never seen it before, but it looks like it"

I answered looking at the slime-like object. The slimes are slowly moving on roads, walls, etc.

Observe closely. Slime didn't attack me. I mean, the speed of travel is like a turtle, so I just think it's slowly approaching, even if it's about to hit me.

"Look. The marks that slime through are thinly shredded."

Elena discovered something and raised her voice.

I checked for traces of slime coming through. As Elena says, it's shredded by about two or three millimeters. Looks like Slime did it.

"I wonder how they're shredding. Acid?"

Elena and Kawai gave the same look they thought, but they don't seem to get an answer.

"Let's Attack"

I took the old baton out of my shadow bag. It is a battle stick with a tip made of steel. Why did you take the old weapon out? I thought if the slime had acid, the weapon might hurt.

He shook up the battle stick and swung it down close to the slime. Its tip sank into the translucent body of the slime, causing some shock.

I could tell that by the way the body surface of the slime trembled violently. However, it is questionable whether the slime was damaged.

The moment I lifted the Battlestick, the slime began to move back and forth. He then attacked Slime with a baton several times. But I couldn't do any damage.

"You can't. I can't seem to defeat them with a baton."

Elena turned her gaze to the Battlestick.

"Is the Battlestick okay?

I'll make sure of the baton. The metal and pattern parts were scraped, though slightly.

"It's shredded. We shouldn't attack directly with weapons."

The slime has the ability to break down objects in contact. However, its ability does not appear to be acid. Because if it's acid, it should have acid on the surface of the shredded weapon.

Elena put up a bow. They're going to try the burst arrow.

"Step back, both of you."

Elena, squeezing the set bow string, fired a bursting arrow at the slime. The arrow exploded after hitting the slime. Shattered slime disappears into particles.

Kawai rejoiced.

"Do it. A bow would be nice."

Elena doesn't seem very happy. Keep your mouth shut and pick up the heart stone that Slime left behind. That was the heart stone of the water attribute.

I spoke to Elena looking at the cardiac stone I had picked up.

"What's up?

"To create a bursting arrow, you need a heart stone with a fire attribute. One small water attributed cardiac stone is what remains of a slime knocked down with a bursting arrow made using time and material, which I don't think is cost-effective."

"But the cardiac stone of the water attribute is rare."

From the cardiac stones of the water attribute, a thermal cloth can be produced. If it's going to be a hot season, you might need it. That's what I thought.

I tried using "manipulative inflammation" to attack. It is a flame like a flamethrower in the attack of [Flamethrowing] or blown up with [Blast Flamethrowing].

Turns out even 'manipulative flame' can knock down slime, but it doesn't seem efficient. Besides, there is a risk of a fire if [Flamefire] is used, and in [Explosive Flamefire], what is near the slime will also be destroyed.

In the end, we decided to ignore the slime.

I went into the Spirit District and realized that there were few buildings left. It is the work of the slime. When I look up where the house was built, only the wood that seems to have been part of the pillars and walls remains.

Slime seems to prefer concrete to wood. It seems that the building collapsed when the foundation built of concrete was extinguished by slime.

"You don't have a spirit."

Elena spoke out. I looked around too. You can't see it like that. Slime was the only one there.

We went near the center of the Spirit District, avoiding slime. I chose that direction for a reason. There's a giant tree near the center that I've never seen. The height would be over fifty meters.

We thought the giant tree might have something to do with the Spirit.

I've been feeling weird since earlier. Elena looked at my face and spoke up.

"What's wrong?

Apparently, he looked harsh.

"From now on, I feel like someone's watching me."

Elena turns her gaze around. But he couldn't find anything.

"... it's not my fault"

That's what I said, Elena, but she seems to feel something herself. He looks anxious. Contrary, only Kawai feels nothing and walks with a swallowing "laid-back" face.

I got a stronger and more unpleasant feeling, paying attention to my surroundings. That's when the killer arose overhead. Quickly raise your gaze. There were three large stones about five metres above the head.

"Jump to the side!

Elena moved quickly on my instructions. But Kawai doesn't respond with a boisterous face. I jumped and tackled Kawai.

Kawai seems to have fallen on the road and hit his ass hard.

"What do you do..."

There was a gushing noise and the stone fell on the road. This is where we stood earlier. Kawai made a noise, but ignore it and turn your attention to the surroundings.

"Elena, are you okay?

"Yeah, I'm fine. But what was that thing now?

"I don't know. But I'm pretty sure there's something there."

I gazed and looked up at the sky. I don't see anything. Using his' Sign Detection 'skills, he could not discover his enemies.

When I wondered if there was anything, my skills in "Manipulative Darkness" came to mind. It is the ability of [Dark Vision] that is now available when the skill level reaches 3. [Dark vision] is not looking at the light, it seems to be visualizing something else, so it can be used even during the day.

Turning on [Dark vision], I saw an odd creature floating in the sky. His face resembles a bat in the shape of a three-headed body. I have wings on my back, but I'm floating in the universe even though I'm not winged.

"What is that?

Elena and Kawai turned their gaze in the direction I was looking.

"I can't see a thing."

"It's" Dark Vision "from" Fucking Dark Arts. "

Elena appears to have used [dark vision] to confirm the appearance of an odd monster. But Kawai, who does not possess the skills of 'manipulative darkness', just kicked around.

Elena attacked the three monsters with a bow and arrow. It was surprisingly easy to defeat. The stunt of being able to erase appearances and signs is troublesome, but [dark vision] seems to be a problem for those who can use it.

The remaining cardiac stones were water attributes.

asks Elena as she leans her neck.

"What was that?

"According to the information in" Animal Knowledge Elementary, "it seems to be an Animal named Evil Fairy. The eggs of the Spirit have absorbed evil and mutated it."

The information engraved on the brain in the "Elementary of Animal Knowledge" cannot be drawn out without some trigger. Usually if you look at a different beast, you have access to knowledge, so there's no problem, but it's inconvenient because you can't use it when deducing an unidentified different beast.

From the information we have just drawn, we know that something called the Spirit Egg exists. Maybe there's a spirit at that giant tree.