Kujonin Author: Hanakuroko —
I see that the cave looks to be a dungeon divided into levels, so when you go to the lower level there are more monsters. "I wonder how they dug out this cave?" "Those kinds of monsters exist." Ayl responded to my question. For example, there's a giant ant monster called shimant that burrows through the ground with a sturdy jaw that can make dungeons. For countermeasures against the ants (shimants), I sprinkle calcium at the entrance. It would be troublesome if they went out.
Entering the cave, Teyl lit a lamp for light. The brightness of the lamp is greater than normal, so you can see pretty far. I use the Search Skill to see, so it doesn't matter to me much, but for the other two, I'd imagine the pitch-blackness makes them uneasy.
Handing over damp cotton in place of earplugs to the other two, I ring the Confuse Bell. Ringing the bell within the den makes it echo. There abouts, the monsters began to fight each other; the wyverns and shubusri1 that leapt up to fly crash into the walls and floor and fall. When I use the Search Skill to look, it seems that the bell's sound can be heard all the way to the lower level. I have Teyl enter a defensive magic circle drawn on the ground, and together with Ayl I head to the next level. I let Ayl be the opponent for the monsters that came over here. "With them so dizzy, it can't be helped that it's like they aren't putting any strength into their attacks, na." Ayl said as she slashed and sent a wyvern's head flying.
I head to the lowest level along the shortest way. To avoid destroying the ecosystem, I don't shoot all the monsters we meet. When we were about to go downstairs, I wonder if it's a volcano; it's getting hot.
When I look with Search Skill, on the last level there is a single creature that, even despite hearing the Confusion Bell, didn't move. If there's a red dragon, then it's probably that one that's not moving. However, the red dragon is already in an abnormal condition.
When I go to look, as I expected, a red-scaled dragon is sleeping there. I stretched out a barrier, and since the red dragon seems like it won't move, I take out some awakening powder. It's just nasal breathing, but it could blow away a child, so I time it to match its inhale and bring the powder close to its nose. The red dragon, who inhaled quite vigorously, opened its eyes, the size of an adults torso, and opened its mouth widely to roar. However, the barrier didn't let any of the sound through. I can't do anything but wait for the red dragon to realize its situation.
As for Ayl, I've already conveyed to her that I have no intention of defeating the red dragon. She was quite surprised, but came to reluctantly agree. If we attacked it in its sleep, I suppose we could somehow defeat it. However, it's possible that the surrounding ecosystem's pyramid will collapse. And so, I will help wake the red dragon that has overslept, is what I explained. It seems the dragon species have long lives, so I can wager that it can communicate with people.
After a while, the red dragon stood up silently, and then the red dragon faced us and moved its mouth. When I erased a part of the barrier, with a, for some reason, groaning voice, it was speaking with some kind of language. When I looked at the Skill Tree, I see that the Language ability has derived the Dragonkin Language Skill. When I put a Skill Point in it, I understood what the red dragon was saying. "You, why have you awakened me?" "Even though the wyverns are propagating, the red dragon hasn't awakened, so I woke you. I had heard that up until now you've woken and come once every 30 years." Crossing my arms, I talk to the red dragon. Ayl is watching me doubtfully. The condition for the Skill to be derived might be for one of the dragon species to talk to you. I am aware I am also raising a groaning voice, but it's that kind of language so it can't be helped. "Is that so. I chose this dwelling because every 30 years I can prey upon wyverns. Has 30 years already passed?" "Yeah, it's passed." "Even so, it's not hot, you know. Has the mountain's lava flow changed?" "I don't know about that, but after this I'll look into it. Before that, do you need wyvern meat?" I took wyvern meat from the Item Bag and tossed them on the ground near its mouth. "Umu, it smells good." The red dragon sniffed the scent of the wyvern meat and began to skillfully eat it. "Will you go hunt wyverns for a bit?" Aiming for when it finished eating, I asked. "Naturally. If this magic circle is erased, that is." I drew a defensive magic circle around myself and Ayl, then erased the barrier around the red dragon. "Be assured. There's tastier meat than you flying around. I won't attack." When the red dragon said so, it unfurled its wings and flew off into the cave. In the distance, I can hear the death wails of the wyverns. "Did it go well?" Ayl, watching the flying red dragon, asked timidly. "Probably. Anyway, should I make an alarm clock that rings once every 30 years?" I squatted on the ground and searched through the Item Bag. I don't have anything so complicated as a clock, so I'll make do with an hourglass. Magic stone powder is probably fine for the insides. I drew an incomplete explosive magic circle on the ground with magic stone powder, and where it's incomplete I install the hourglass. To be safe, I ask Ayl the length of a year and the length of a day. This world has 360 days in a year and 25 hours in a day? That's the first I heard of it. Is this fine, me? By the way, there's no leap year. By calculating, I understand there are 270,000 hours. I put a hole in the bottle the magic stone powder is in, but I realized that, even if I regulate it so only one grain comes through every hour, I still come up with an error. I think the wind might be interfering. In the first place, it's going to be a 30 year hourglass, so a bigger one might be better. I don't have enough materials. "I've decided! I'm giving up!" "Are you tired of it?" Ayl was watching me work without saying anything, so she was surprised at my words. "Un, rather than doing this, it's better to come back here to meet it after 30 years. Or like, as long as the red dragon wakes up it'll be fine, so let's try negotiating." "Can you do that?" "Yeah, that's the best idea." Whether it knew of this or not, the red dragon happened to conveniently come back. Is it satisfied; its mouth is smeared all over with blood, and it came flying. The red dragon landed in front of me. "Are you devising something to wake me?" When it saw the magic circle drawn on the ground, it asked. "No, I thought about making an alarm clock, but I stopped. I realized it would be easier to come wake you up again after 30 years." "I see, that's a pity." "Red dragon. You don't have to be sleeping all the time, so wouldn't going out on a journey or something while your awake be fine?" "N~ that's true, killing time by going on a journey might be good. But you know. If I go out, it'll become a bit of a commotion. It's troublesome." "Are you a NEET?! What kind of monster would scare a dragon?!" I unintentionally tsukkomi-ed. "E… even so, you know." "No, it's fine to do as you wish. Aren't you getting tired of eating wyverns all the time? Is it fine that they only come here once every 30 years?" "If you're asking whether I'm tired of them, I am. Once every 30 years is fine, though. N~ but you know. Dragons have strong territorial instincts, so I'm wondering if I won't be a bother to other dragons." Bit by bit, my irritation grows. Exactly how much of a monster's instinct is based on tact? "Then, if you bring wyvern meat as a gift, then won't it be easy to get along?" "A, a gift, huh? But, if I meet a dragon that hates wyvern meat, then what should I do?" "Hell if I know! Go hunt a fish monster in the area or something!" "A fish monster, I'm a red dragon you know. I'm not good with water." "Then, talking to an adventurer and making a deal with him to catch you one would be fine?" "Do you think I would be able to talk to an adventurer?" "I'm an adventurer!" "I… I see. W,wait a minute." So saying, the red dragon began breaking an inner wall of the cave. Dust floats in the air, and from the ceiling sand falls. The red dragon dug out a giant magic stone and, holding the magic stone, came close to me. "Take this with you. If I have anything I want to ask you, I'll use it as a landmark to meet up with you." "Wha! What are deciding by yourself! Wait a minute!" I hurriedly take out a suitable bag from the Item Bag, and with magic thread and needle I embroidered a magic circle. When I finished the magic circle, I tied a sturdy rope around the red dragon's neck and hung the bag from it. "This is called a Communication Bag; even if you're far away, you can hear me. By feeding in a little magic power, even if you're here, we can communicate." "This is a convenient thing you've made." "With this, there's no need for this gigantic magic stone, right?" So saying, I went to return the magic stone to the red dragon, but "No, take that with you. It will convey the matter about you to other dragons." And it refused. "Won't it become a troublesome thing?" "It will be fine. No one would inflict harm on one who carries a symbol of the dragons' favor." "No, that's not what I'm talking about, though…" Ayl, seeing the state of the matter, whispered, "If he's giving it, then take it." Seems like even if you can't understand dragonkin language you can still understand the situation. I reluctantly take it and put it in the Item Bag. I've decided; if any requests come from dragons, I'm overcharging them. "It's about time for us to go. Please hunt the wyverns without overeating." "Understood. I've received your help. I'll see you off to the entrance of the cave." So saying, the red dragon had me and Ayl climb on its back and took off.
While the red dragon snatched several wyverns and ate them, gradually we went up the cave. We landed where Teyl was at the entrance of the cave, stewing dinner. Teyl, who saw the red dragon, was frightened, but when I waved a hand from its back the overwhelming power dropped. Before the red dragon parted ways with us, I made it a bag for it to carry gifts, and then it returned to the depths of the cave.
<t/n: (2/3) lmao, hikki-neet dragon. Is he going to open a side business for dragon consulting?
shobusri/shubusri - I'm not sure which is the typo, but they're the bat-like creatures.I am immensely satisfied that we finally have a character who went, "Wait a sec. Isn't there an easier way to do this?" *Looks at crazy, OP contraction.* "F* this."
Kujonin Author: Hanakuroko —
I see that the cave looks to be a dungeon divided into levels, so when you go to the lower level there are more monsters. "I wonder how they dug out this cave?" "Those kinds of monsters exist." Ayl responded to my question. For example, there's a giant ant monster called shimant that burrows through the ground with a sturdy jaw that can make dungeons. For countermeasures against the ants (shimants), I sprinkle calcium at the entrance. It would be troublesome if they went out.
Entering the cave, Teyl lit a lamp for light. The brightness of the lamp is greater than normal, so you can see pretty far. I use the Search Skill to see, so it doesn't matter to me much, but for the other two, I'd imagine the pitch-blackness makes them uneasy.
Handing over damp cotton in place of earplugs to the other two, I ring the Confuse Bell. Ringing the bell within the den makes it echo. There abouts, the monsters began to fight each other; the wyverns and shubusri1 that leapt up to fly crash into the walls and floor and fall. When I use the Search Skill to look, it seems that the bell's sound can be heard all the way to the lower level. I have Teyl enter a defensive magic circle drawn on the ground, and together with Ayl I head to the next level. I let Ayl be the opponent for the monsters that came over here. "With them so dizzy, it can't be helped that it's like they aren't putting any strength into their attacks, na." Ayl said as she slashed and sent a wyvern's head flying.
I head to the lowest level along the shortest way. To avoid destroying the ecosystem, I don't shoot all the monsters we meet. When we were about to go downstairs, I wonder if it's a volcano; it's getting hot.
When I look with Search Skill, on the last level there is a single creature that, even despite hearing the Confusion Bell, didn't move. If there's a red dragon, then it's probably that one that's not moving. However, the red dragon is already in an abnormal condition.
When I go to look, as I expected, a red-scaled dragon is sleeping there. I stretched out a barrier, and since the red dragon seems like it won't move, I take out some awakening powder. It's just nasal breathing, but it could blow away a child, so I time it to match its inhale and bring the powder close to its nose. The red dragon, who inhaled quite vigorously, opened its eyes, the size of an adults torso, and opened its mouth widely to roar. However, the barrier didn't let any of the sound through. I can't do anything but wait for the red dragon to realize its situation.
As for Ayl, I've already conveyed to her that I have no intention of defeating the red dragon. She was quite surprised, but came to reluctantly agree. If we attacked it in its sleep, I suppose we could somehow defeat it. However, it's possible that the surrounding ecosystem's pyramid will collapse. And so, I will help wake the red dragon that has overslept, is what I explained. It seems the dragon species have long lives, so I can wager that it can communicate with people.
After a while, the red dragon stood up silently, and then the red dragon faced us and moved its mouth. When I erased a part of the barrier, with a, for some reason, groaning voice, it was speaking with some kind of language. When I looked at the Skill Tree, I see that the Language ability has derived the Dragonkin Language Skill. When I put a Skill Point in it, I understood what the red dragon was saying. "You, why have you awakened me?" "Even though the wyverns are propagating, the red dragon hasn't awakened, so I woke you. I had heard that up until now you've woken and come once every 30 years." Crossing my arms, I talk to the red dragon. Ayl is watching me doubtfully. The condition for the Skill to be derived might be for one of the dragon species to talk to you. I am aware I am also raising a groaning voice, but it's that kind of language so it can't be helped. "Is that so. I chose this dwelling because every 30 years I can prey upon wyverns. Has 30 years already passed?" "Yeah, it's passed." "Even so, it's not hot, you know. Has the mountain's lava flow changed?" "I don't know about that, but after this I'll look into it. Before that, do you need wyvern meat?" I took wyvern meat from the Item Bag and tossed them on the ground near its mouth. "Umu, it smells good." The red dragon sniffed the scent of the wyvern meat and began to skillfully eat it. "Will you go hunt wyverns for a bit?" Aiming for when it finished eating, I asked. "Naturally. If this magic circle is erased, that is." I drew a defensive magic circle around myself and Ayl, then erased the barrier around the red dragon. "Be assured. There's tastier meat than you flying around. I won't attack." When the red dragon said so, it unfurled its wings and flew off into the cave. In the distance, I can hear the death wails of the wyverns. "Did it go well?" Ayl, watching the flying red dragon, asked timidly. "Probably. Anyway, should I make an alarm clock that rings once every 30 years?" I squatted on the ground and searched through the Item Bag. I don't have anything so complicated as a clock, so I'll make do with an hourglass. Magic stone powder is probably fine for the insides. I drew an incomplete explosive magic circle on the ground with magic stone powder, and where it's incomplete I install the hourglass. To be safe, I ask Ayl the length of a year and the length of a day. This world has 360 days in a year and 25 hours in a day? That's the first I heard of it. Is this fine, me? By the way, there's no leap year. By calculating, I understand there are 270,000 hours. I put a hole in the bottle the magic stone powder is in, but I realized that, even if I regulate it so only one grain comes through every hour, I still come up with an error. I think the wind might be interfering. In the first place, it's going to be a 30 year hourglass, so a bigger one might be better. I don't have enough materials. "I've decided! I'm giving up!" "Are you tired of it?" Ayl was watching me work without saying anything, so she was surprised at my words. "Un, rather than doing this, it's better to come back here to meet it after 30 years. Or like, as long as the red dragon wakes up it'll be fine, so let's try negotiating." "Can you do that?" "Yeah, that's the best idea." Whether it knew of this or not, the red dragon happened to conveniently come back. Is it satisfied; its mouth is smeared all over with blood, and it came flying. The red dragon landed in front of me. "Are you devising something to wake me?" When it saw the magic circle drawn on the ground, it asked. "No, I thought about making an alarm clock, but I stopped. I realized it would be easier to come wake you up again after 30 years." "I see, that's a pity." "Red dragon. You don't have to be sleeping all the time, so wouldn't going out on a journey or something while your awake be fine?" "N~ that's true, killing time by going on a journey might be good. But you know. If I go out, it'll become a bit of a commotion. It's troublesome." "Are you a NEET?! What kind of monster would scare a dragon?!" I unintentionally tsukkomi-ed. "E… even so, you know." "No, it's fine to do as you wish. Aren't you getting tired of eating wyverns all the time? Is it fine that they only come here once every 30 years?" "If you're asking whether I'm tired of them, I am. Once every 30 years is fine, though. N~ but you know. Dragons have strong territorial instincts, so I'm wondering if I won't be a bother to other dragons." Bit by bit, my irritation grows. Exactly how much of a monster's instinct is based on tact? "Then, if you bring wyvern meat as a gift, then won't it be easy to get along?" "A, a gift, huh? But, if I meet a dragon that hates wyvern meat, then what should I do?" "Hell if I know! Go hunt a fish monster in the area or something!" "A fish monster, I'm a red dragon you know. I'm not good with water." "Then, talking to an adventurer and making a deal with him to catch you one would be fine?" "Do you think I would be able to talk to an adventurer?" "I'm an adventurer!" "I… I see. W,wait a minute." So saying, the red dragon began breaking an inner wall of the cave. Dust floats in the air, and from the ceiling sand falls. The red dragon dug out a giant magic stone and, holding the magic stone, came close to me. "Take this with you. If I have anything I want to ask you, I'll use it as a landmark to meet up with you." "Wha! What are deciding by yourself! Wait a minute!" I hurriedly take out a suitable bag from the Item Bag, and with magic thread and needle I embroidered a magic circle. When I finished the magic circle, I tied a sturdy rope around the red dragon's neck and hung the bag from it. "This is called a Communication Bag; even if you're far away, you can hear me. By feeding in a little magic power, even if you're here, we can communicate." "This is a convenient thing you've made." "With this, there's no need for this gigantic magic stone, right?" So saying, I went to return the magic stone to the red dragon, but "No, take that with you. It will convey the matter about you to other dragons." And it refused. "Won't it become a troublesome thing?" "It will be fine. No one would inflict harm on one who carries a symbol of the dragons' favor." "No, that's not what I'm talking about, though…" Ayl, seeing the state of the matter, whispered, "If he's giving it, then take it." Seems like even if you can't understand dragonkin language you can still understand the situation. I reluctantly take it and put it in the Item Bag. I've decided; if any requests come from dragons, I'm overcharging them. "It's about time for us to go. Please hunt the wyverns without overeating." "Understood. I've received your help. I'll see you off to the entrance of the cave." So saying, the red dragon had me and Ayl climb on its back and took off.
While the red dragon snatched several wyverns and ate them, gradually we went up the cave. We landed where Teyl was at the entrance of the cave, stewing dinner. Teyl, who saw the red dragon, was frightened, but when I waved a hand from its back the overwhelming power dropped. Before the red dragon parted ways with us, I made it a bag for it to carry gifts, and then it returned to the depths of the cave.
<t/n: (2/3) lmao, hikki-neet dragon. Is he going to open a side business for dragon consulting?
shobusri/shubusri - I'm not sure which is the typo, but they're the bat-like creatures.I am immensely satisfied that we finally have a character who went, "Wait a sec. Isn't there an easier way to do this?" *Looks at crazy, OP contraction.* "F* this."
