Sword of Gluttony Queen - Chapter 19 - 《Odo Perception・Low》

Chapter 19 : 《Odo Perception・Low》

「It’s rather unbelievable that I… can snatch a skill which originated from Odo. But to be honest, I’ve no choice but to believe it after seeing it right in front of me. Truly a terrifying power! Even though both 《Battle Arts》 and 《Magic》 are something that takes a long time to learn but it can be learned. In comparison, 《Traits》 aren’t something that can be gained with effort.」

『Fufufu, that’s natural. Have you forgotten that this Mistress was one of the rulers of 《Orgol》? 』

I was looking for the battle bone of the Wight as I had that kind of conversation with both Mani and Beelzebub.

『Well then… what are you doing right now? 』

「Haven’t you realized? The first thing we need to do after defeating a demon beast is look for their battle bone.」

… What in the hell is wrong with her?!

Aren’t you supposed to know the value of battle bones if you know about magic vessels?

『… I know that adventurers were hunting for demon cores and battle bones, but Wights are just E-rank demon beasts, right? Can you even sell that? 』

「OOOH! Their values are a little bit lower since its origin was from a human skeleton but… you can sell it for as much as 5000 Temis if you handle it correctly! 」

This was natural since the use of human battle bones is banned by religion.

It seemed that planting these types of ethics prevented adventurers from killing each other.

But… I’ve heard a rumor that the use of human battle bones in magic swords was researched by the army during the time of war.

And… the Wight, the undead of the human, was in the grayzone.

Since, the human battle bone experienced a qualitative change when a human turned into an undead and was no longer considered human but a demon’s battle bone, the public’s position on this matter was… Undeads were not considered humans.

Although such an act, the use of Undead battle bones was banned by all nations until ten years ago, nowadays it was legalized by the Kingdom.

The country’s original thought process completely neglected the undead demon beast types. On top of that, the labyrinth could increase the risk of an outbreak from these dungeons if they were not taken care of. With the research result, people are now allowed to use undead battle bones.

But, in reality a majority of stores were, in fact, refusing to buy the Undead’s battle bones.

A small smithery’s like Mani’s… which was struggling to survive might buy undead’s battle bone from Adventurers like me for a cheap price to make a magic vessel.

『I-I see now…. Oi, Mani, I have no way of understanding how much 5,000 Temis you speak of is, however make sure you purchase this battle bone for the proper price.』

「OOOH! I just need to be patient, it’s just five days worth of food after all! 」

『… You’ve to aim higher as my owner, Dean. It’s hard even for this Mistress to see you fishing desperately for such a cheap E-rank demon beast.』

「5,000 Temis is a matter of life and death for us you know… even more so for Dean who is barely making ends meet every day…」

I snipped the tailbone off the Wight and took out its battle bone.

「Yosh! Mani, please keep this battle bone for me! 」

「Uhm.」

I tossed the Wight’s battle bone to Mani.

『Finally done huh…. Well, time to move on! 』

But I ignored her and kept tapping on the center part, close to the battle bone, with my dismantling knife just to make sure about the thing that I noticed a while ago.

『W-What’s the matter, Dean? 』

「I’ve noticed that there’s a tough part around this area when I stabbed its waist with my sword before. If my guess is correct, we might get additional 5,000 Temis…」

『What are you going to do with those human meat and bones anyway?! Let’s get going already, Dean! 』

《Beelzera》 was vibrating as if to show Beelzebub’s displeasure.

「W-Wait a minute! 」

『Come on, there’s so little of it anyway! We are lacking both in time and capacity for our luggage! 』

「There’s food expenses for the expedition and the cost for the trip…. Although the transportation costs aren’t that high since we’re not even using a coach, a little negligence…. Might cost us our living expenses! 」

「D-Dean… No full-fledged adventurer, save their porter, will go that far you know.」

「……」

Mani ended up admonishing me.

Then I was awakened from my stupor.

… Although battle bones are in demand, the other demon beast materials were usually left as it is.

Thus, I ended up fussing over the other parts rather than the battle bone like when I was still a porter.

It seems my old habit as a porter resurfaced again.

Yes, I wasn’t a porter anymore.

My main goal was defeating the more powerful Demon Beast rather than fussing over trivial matters just to gain a little bit more money.

「…. You’re, right. Sorry Beelzebub… It’s my fault.」

『It’s fine as long as you understand. This Mistress doesn’t want to get into this kind of argument again. Shall we go then? 』

「Yeah…. Let’s move on.」

『That’s the spirit! Now collect more battle bones for a feast with me.』

I looked at the skeleton that was scattered on the floor and I clasped my hands to offer a last prayer for the person who became that Wight.

Thus, we continued exploring the《Romburgh’s Underground Ruin》.

… The target for this expedition was to get at least 50,000 Temis.

That amount should be enough to cover Beelzebub’s food expense, the unpaid portion of crafting 《Beelzera》, and to pay the money I borrowed from Mani.

It shouldn’t be that difficult as long as I could go down to the UG 3rd floor and hunt the D-rank demon beast in there by myself.

The value of the majority of demon beast battle bones of D-rank was around 40,000 Temis.

「……. Eh? 」

Then I felt something when we’re walking in a passage.

I’ve noticed that my perception of the surroundings was sharper than usual.

Yes, it’s not that my senses were sharpened, it was my perception.

It felt like I had grasped the position of something that should be in my blindspot.

This perception was working together with and complemented my five senses all the while covering its gap.

I see, so this is the effect of 《Odo Perception・Low》!

The 《Traits》 that I snatched from the Wight was now in my possession.

While the amount is miniscule, Odo was basically scattering around the air and ground.

But, 《Odo Perception・Low》 made me feel something out of place due to the difference in the amount of Odo in the atmosphere.

「Wait a minute, let me try something. We might be able to hunt more efficiently with the 《Odo Perception・Low》 that I snatched from that Wight.」

I stopped Mani and then stood still in my current position, with my eyes closed, to have a better grasp of the Odo in the atmosphere.

Though I couldn’t feel it more clearly, I… somehow grasped the location with richer Odo than normal.

If I could make full use of this perception, it will increase the efficiency of hunting a D-rank demon beast who has strayed from its pack.

「Great, then….! 」

When I tried to choose the best route to take, my perception caught an even more powerful Odo sign.

And the owner of that lump of Odo was moving at a breakneck speed.

「Is that the Gold… Maimai? 」

Even though this matter had slipped from my mind, I recalled again about the rumor of the Gold Maimai.

It had high concentrations of Odo and moved at a breakneck speed…. Yes, it’s most likely the Gold Maimai.

If it’s the Gold Maimai, its battle bone could be sold for at least 100,000 Temis and although it’s a bit tedious to carry its shell, it could be sold for 50,000 Temis.