The next morning.
Ah~, yesterday I ate something surprisingly delicious.
The contents of the mantis stomach are so delicious.
I start drooling just by remembering it.
Today I prepared 2 boston bags to bring home more.
These are quite large and I think that I can put 2 or 3 mantis stomachs in one.
Because there are 2 of them, I calculate that can bring 4 to 6.
Maybe it could enter a little more.
The best thing to do would be to get a magic bag, but it’s too expensive.
Even the lowest one was near 10 million.
However, the capacity is considerable and the lowest one seems to have the same capacity as a room of about 4 tatamis.
The biggest one is almost the same as a warehouse used for commercial purpose.
It doesn’t end in 1 tan. (TN: 991.74 meters square)
Is it about a town (about 1 hectare)?
Just the price is outrageous.
It cost more than 1 billion.
Ah, that’s the price at the auction.
By the way, to put a magic bag in an auction, it seems not to be good unless it’s at least of 3 tatami room.
In other words, I can’t sell if it’s my current rucksack.
Even if I improve my rucksack, there won’t be 1 tatami.
Right, I decided to take 2 mantis sickles.
Because it was more effective than I thought when I threw it in the yesterday fight, I plan to use it as a throwing knife.
I plan to process them later so that it can be thrown easily, and also made sheaths.
Today I’m putting them in a belt.
I have to be careful because they can hurt me if I’m not.
That’s why, when I came to the 4th floor, I go through the passage and I met with 1 or 2 mantis and other monsters.
Sometimes there are 3 mantises, but at that time we defeat them without problem.
Then I advance and saw a plaza through some crossroads.
Oh, a plaza?
Is there a treasure chest or something?
What! Although I was at ease, I noticed that something wrong with the state of Pochi.
No, it’s not only Pochi.
Haku and Koku were also cautious.
From that, I understood that the plaza ahead was dangerous.
I advance slowly along the wall and peek in the plaza.
Then there were about 15 of each rat and rabbit, about 10 frogs and 7 mantises.
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible!!
What? That number!?
That will be thought if you challenge such a thing!!
if only 5 mantises are severe, maybe 7 of them are impossible!?
Moreover, there are many other monsters.
What’s this?
Are you telling me to die?
Oh, that’s it.
Therefore I returned slowly so that I wouldn’t be noticed.
Then we proceed to the other forked roads and found another plaza, I peek in quickly and turn back.
Why is that?
You know?
Every plaza is similar to the previous plaza!!
What’s that?
I mean, I can’t go any further?
The plaza that I saw now have only 6 mantises and 20 to 30 other monsters, and the most crowded had 13 mantises and 40 to 50 other monsters.
I couldn’t do it anyway.
We won’t be able to do anything even with Pochi.
No, maybe, we can manage it if there are 6 mantises, but it will be a though fight.
I don’t want to imitate such a reckless behavior.
For that reason, I decided to only defeat monsters wandering on the passage without interfering with the monsters on the plaza.
The monsters that encountered on the passage are the number mentioned earlier, so Haku and Koku have the priority to fight.
If there are 3 of them, I or Pochi is against one of them.
At this time is that the mantis sickle is useful.
Throwing the sickles from the side or behind the mantis that is fighting with Haku and Koku, but the hit is interesting.
Haku and Koku can’t afford to look around because the mantis is a strong enemy.
If I throw it, the sickle easily hits its body and become almost defenseless.
Sometimes it may deviate, but there is no problem in particular.
The reason is that the mantis will have to pay attention to me and it will cause a disturbance in its movements.
Occasionally, when I move it reacts to it and pays attention to me, and Haku and Koku can’t overlook such a gap and becomes easy for them to defeat it.
It was also good that the risk of Haku and Koku’s fight decreased when this strategy was taken.
By the way, the boston bags could contain more than what I expected, 5 mantis stomachs entered in each of them.
If I overdo it, I may put 1 more, but if it breaks because I overdo it, it was up to 5 with a little margin.
The sickles are put in the rucksack and I collected a considerable number.
Haku and Koku had already obtained enough power to defeat a mantis alone, but in that case, it took them a lot of time, so I continue to throw the sickles.
It takes them about 20-30 minutes if they are alone, but if I throw the sickles, it’s less than half of that, because they can defeat it in about 10 minutes.
Just by throwing them it gets much more effective.
I should have done this earlier.
It’s not necessary for me now, and it seems it’s the same for Pochi.
While defeating the monsters wandering the passage many times, I peek into the occasionally found plazas.
It’s because I was planning to attack if the number of monsters in the plaza is small.
How many times did I repeat such a thing?
I found a plaza with a few of them.
In that plaza, there were 5 mantises, about 10 rats and 10 rabbits, and 6 frogs.
If it’s this much, is it doable?
I can’t say without trying, but I feel like we can do it.
That said, I want to avoid to plunge into like this.
Can I reduce the number even a little?
Or I want to divert their attention.
Some good method……
Throwing a sickle is a method of reducing the number quickly, but if I throw 2 or 3, the monster will notice me and will soon be rushing.
It would be fine if you could beat a mantis by throwing 2 or 3, but it probably won’t be possible if there is no luck.
The possibility of defeating it is high if it’s a rat or a rabbit, but there is no much change in the fight if 2or 3 rats or rabbits are knocked down. Both are small fish for us now.
So this method is dismissed.
If it’s like this, I have to think about other methods……
I think while looking at the monsters.
Then, I remembered when I look at the rats.
When I threw meat at the rats, they flocked to it.
Perhaps, can I do that again?
I thought such a thing.
I don’t know what will the other monsters do, but the rats are going to be caught surely.
Then I’ll use a bait, but I only have mantis stomachs at hand now.
Although it’s wasteful, I can compensate immediately if I defeat the current mantises.
Okay, let’s try it.
I take out a mantis stomach from the boston bag.
I’ll throw it lightly towards the plaza.
Then, I’ll throw a sickle towards that.
Why would I do such a thing?
It’s because they may not think that it’s food if it’s only the mantis stomach.
However, if I made a cut in the stomach, it’s likely to be noticed by the smell.
So, that’s the way to solve it.
I’ll throw the mantis stomach, throw a sickle there and the contents will disseminate.
This way, it’s less likely that we will be noticed.
With that thought, I do this.
The sickle hit the stomach well, and the liquid contents were disseminated.
Then, the rats flocked to the mantis stomach, but the other monsters were different.
Although the rabbits showed a slight distraction, they never go to the mantis stomach, as for the frogs and the mantises, they looked toward the direction where the mantis stomach was thrown from, that means, my direction.
Chi-!
Were only the rats caught?
However, that’s good.
Even if only the rats are gone, it would be good.
The rabbits also notice us and stand up.
I also hold my weapons and get into combat stance.
“Pochi, I think that our limit its one mantis for each one, so I entrust the others to you.”
When I ask so, Pochi makes one squeal to show understanding.
And, the mantises, which had been waiting until now, came here.
However not only one but the five of them.
The rabbits and the frogs began to move as if following them.
The next morning.
Ah~, yesterday I ate something surprisingly delicious.
The contents of the mantis stomach are so delicious.
I start drooling just by remembering it.
Today I prepared 2 boston bags to bring home more.
These are quite large and I think that I can put 2 or 3 mantis stomachs in one.
Because there are 2 of them, I calculate that can bring 4 to 6.
Maybe it could enter a little more.
The best thing to do would be to get a magic bag, but it’s too expensive.
Even the lowest one was near 10 million.
However, the capacity is considerable and the lowest one seems to have the same capacity as a room of about 4 tatamis.
The biggest one is almost the same as a warehouse used for commercial purpose.
It doesn’t end in 1 tan. (TN: 991.74 meters square)
Is it about a town (about 1 hectare)?
Just the price is outrageous.
It cost more than 1 billion.
Ah, that’s the price at the auction.
By the way, to put a magic bag in an auction, it seems not to be good unless it’s at least of 3 tatami room.
In other words, I can’t sell if it’s my current rucksack.
Even if I improve my rucksack, there won’t be 1 tatami.
Right, I decided to take 2 mantis sickles.
Because it was more effective than I thought when I threw it in the yesterday fight, I plan to use it as a throwing knife.
I plan to process them later so that it can be thrown easily, and also made sheaths.
Today I’m putting them in a belt.
I have to be careful because they can hurt me if I’m not.
That’s why, when I came to the 4th floor, I go through the passage and I met with 1 or 2 mantis and other monsters.
Sometimes there are 3 mantises, but at that time we defeat them without problem.
Then I advance and saw a plaza through some crossroads.
Oh, a plaza?
Is there a treasure chest or something?
What! Although I was at ease, I noticed that something wrong with the state of Pochi.
No, it’s not only Pochi.
Haku and Koku were also cautious.
From that, I understood that the plaza ahead was dangerous.
I advance slowly along the wall and peek in the plaza.
Then there were about 15 of each rat and rabbit, about 10 frogs and 7 mantises.
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible!!
What? That number!?
That will be thought if you challenge such a thing!!
if only 5 mantises are severe, maybe 7 of them are impossible!?
Moreover, there are many other monsters.
What’s this?
Are you telling me to die?
Oh, that’s it.
Therefore I returned slowly so that I wouldn’t be noticed.
Then we proceed to the other forked roads and found another plaza, I peek in quickly and turn back.
Why is that?
You know?
Every plaza is similar to the previous plaza!!
What’s that?
I mean, I can’t go any further?
The plaza that I saw now have only 6 mantises and 20 to 30 other monsters, and the most crowded had 13 mantises and 40 to 50 other monsters.
I couldn’t do it anyway.
We won’t be able to do anything even with Pochi.
No, maybe, we can manage it if there are 6 mantises, but it will be a though fight.
I don’t want to imitate such a reckless behavior.
For that reason, I decided to only defeat monsters wandering on the passage without interfering with the monsters on the plaza.
The monsters that encountered on the passage are the number mentioned earlier, so Haku and Koku have the priority to fight.
If there are 3 of them, I or Pochi is against one of them.
At this time is that the mantis sickle is useful.
Throwing the sickles from the side or behind the mantis that is fighting with Haku and Koku, but the hit is interesting.
Haku and Koku can’t afford to look around because the mantis is a strong enemy.
If I throw it, the sickle easily hits its body and become almost defenseless.
Sometimes it may deviate, but there is no problem in particular.
The reason is that the mantis will have to pay attention to me and it will cause a disturbance in its movements.
Occasionally, when I move it reacts to it and pays attention to me, and Haku and Koku can’t overlook such a gap and becomes easy for them to defeat it.
It was also good that the risk of Haku and Koku’s fight decreased when this strategy was taken.
By the way, the boston bags could contain more than what I expected, 5 mantis stomachs entered in each of them.
If I overdo it, I may put 1 more, but if it breaks because I overdo it, it was up to 5 with a little margin.
The sickles are put in the rucksack and I collected a considerable number.
Haku and Koku had already obtained enough power to defeat a mantis alone, but in that case, it took them a lot of time, so I continue to throw the sickles.
It takes them about 20-30 minutes if they are alone, but if I throw the sickles, it’s less than half of that, because they can defeat it in about 10 minutes.
Just by throwing them it gets much more effective.
I should have done this earlier.
It’s not necessary for me now, and it seems it’s the same for Pochi.
While defeating the monsters wandering the passage many times, I peek into the occasionally found plazas.
It’s because I was planning to attack if the number of monsters in the plaza is small.
How many times did I repeat such a thing?
I found a plaza with a few of them.
In that plaza, there were 5 mantises, about 10 rats and 10 rabbits, and 6 frogs.
If it’s this much, is it doable?
I can’t say without trying, but I feel like we can do it.
That said, I want to avoid to plunge into like this.
Can I reduce the number even a little?
Or I want to divert their attention.
Some good method……
Throwing a sickle is a method of reducing the number quickly, but if I throw 2 or 3, the monster will notice me and will soon be rushing.
It would be fine if you could beat a mantis by throwing 2 or 3, but it probably won’t be possible if there is no luck.
The possibility of defeating it is high if it’s a rat or a rabbit, but there is no much change in the fight if 2or 3 rats or rabbits are knocked down. Both are small fish for us now.
So this method is dismissed.
If it’s like this, I have to think about other methods……
I think while looking at the monsters.
Then, I remembered when I look at the rats.
When I threw meat at the rats, they flocked to it.
Perhaps, can I do that again?
I thought such a thing.
I don’t know what will the other monsters do, but the rats are going to be caught surely.
Then I’ll use a bait, but I only have mantis stomachs at hand now.
Although it’s wasteful, I can compensate immediately if I defeat the current mantises.
Okay, let’s try it.
I take out a mantis stomach from the boston bag.
I’ll throw it lightly towards the plaza.
Then, I’ll throw a sickle towards that.
Why would I do such a thing?
It’s because they may not think that it’s food if it’s only the mantis stomach.
However, if I made a cut in the stomach, it’s likely to be noticed by the smell.
So, that’s the way to solve it.
I’ll throw the mantis stomach, throw a sickle there and the contents will disseminate.
This way, it’s less likely that we will be noticed.
With that thought, I do this.
The sickle hit the stomach well, and the liquid contents were disseminated.
Then, the rats flocked to the mantis stomach, but the other monsters were different.
Although the rabbits showed a slight distraction, they never go to the mantis stomach, as for the frogs and the mantises, they looked toward the direction where the mantis stomach was thrown from, that means, my direction.
Chi-!
Were only the rats caught?
However, that’s good.
Even if only the rats are gone, it would be good.
The rabbits also notice us and stand up.
I also hold my weapons and get into combat stance.
“Pochi, I think that our limit its one mantis for each one, so I entrust the others to you.”
When I ask so, Pochi makes one squeal to show understanding.
And, the mantises, which had been waiting until now, came here.
However not only one but the five of them.
The rabbits and the frogs began to move as if following them.
