Sword of Gluttony Queen - Chapter 20 - Chasing After the Gold Maimai

Chapter 20 : Chasing After the Gold Maimai

Despite chasing after the lump of Odo that I expected to be the Gold Maimai by making full use of 《Odo Perception-Low》 which I snatched from the Wight… our chase didn’t go as smoothly as I expected.

Well, I guess nothing much could be expected from a skill of a low rank undead like a Wight.

I could tell immediately if there’s something nearby just by shutting my eyes but the target’s position blurred when we’re separated by a wall or when the distance was too far away from us.

「… Sorry, I lost track of that guy’s Odo again. Allow me to focus my mind a little.」

I said to Mani.

「Yeah, I understand.」

『… Shouldn’t you just give up already? I mean, we’ve just been wandering around aimlessly since a while ago. That trait of the low rank undead is really lacking in terms of precision to mark the target after all.』

Though Mani agreed with me, Beelzebub started to make a fuss.

「Ugh…」

Well, Beelzebub did have a point for telling me that.

I also noticed that 《Odo Perception・Low》, couldn’t be used to chase after a specific demon beast in the labyrinth especially when deeper into its depth, the roads became more and more complex.

But, since we’ve already been looking for the Gold Maimai for a while now, I wanted our search to at least bear some result.

Instantaneously becoming obstinate over something was kind of my bad habit after all.

「Oops… Another three demon beasts are heading in our direction. Probably just some goblins. Let’s leave this place for now.」

Goblins are short, ugly, green-skinned demon beasts.

They were E-rank demon beasts, their level was around 【Lv:11】.

Though their individual combat powers aren’t that impressive, they’re dangerous when you fight flocks of them.

One of them wouldn’t pose a threat to me, but there was nothing I could do if I was surrounded by three of them.

And since I’ve to protect Mani who stayed behind me, I couldn’t afford to force myself into an impossible battle.

Not only were their five senses dull, they didn’t even have battle arts or traits like that of a Wight’s for example 《Odo Perception・Low》.

That’s why it wasn’t that difficult to avoid them as long as I knew their position.

Although even Mani who was weaker than them could outrun them thanks to those goblins’ short legs, I wanted to avoid a scenario where we’re caught in a pincer attack with another demon beast while running away from those goblins.

I wanted to have some safety measures while avoiding those goblins.

I asked Mani to weaken the light of the mana lamp and waited for the goblins to pass by.

Soon enough, those goblins veered away from our route.

「… It seems we managed to avoid an encounter with them.」

Even from my own view point, those three goblins weren’t that much of a help to raise my level.

It seemed that it was easier to raise one’s level if one hunted down demon beasts that were at a similar or a higher level compared to lower level demon beasts.

In my case it was similar, killing one demon beast with a similar level to mine should be enough to raise my level once.

Naturally, there will come a time when one’s luck would run out if one continued to use a reckless fighting style. This style was suicidal except for people who truly had skill and courage.

For this very reason, the most popular leveling method was to hunt a great number of demon beasts whose level was far below.

But, as the owner of the《Beelzera》, I should be able to aim for a higher level opponent.

Beelzera was an extremely versatile sword which not only has 《Gluttony’s Edge》 which allowed me to deprive my opponent of troublesome battle skills but also my insta-kill 《Petit Dimordi》.

「The 《Odo Perception・Low》 which allowed us to avoid too many encounters with demon beasts was a masterpiece…. On top of that, avoiding undesired encounter also helped us maintain our stamina.」

There was a magic that specialized to pinpoint demon beasts’ position called 《Search》.

But 《Search》had its own law when pinpointing the position of magic beasts. In order to use the rare magic that is 《Search》, one needed the proper magic vessel that was compatible with it, which allows the user to use its full power. Adventurers rather focus on battle arts than learning 《Search》 because it was rare and required a specific magic vessel.

According to its peculiarity, 《Odo Perception・Low》 should be called “Petit Search”.

No, since 《Odo Perception・Low》 was a trait, it shouldn’t drain too much Odo compared to magic.

In hindsight, I might’ve been a really popular porter amongst the high ranking adventurers if I had this Odo Perception during my porter era since I could’ve saved everyone time and stamina by avoiding undesired encou-… the heck, why in the world was I feeling nostalgic about my porter era now?!

Anyhow, I understood the main function of 《Odo Perception・Low》 now.

… even I had no way of knowing just how powerful I’d become in the future If I kept swinging my 《Gluttony’s Edge》 to gain one convenient skill after another.

Well, I did have such expectations and worries at the same time.

『It’s not like I can’t defeat those three goblins, but are you sure you’re going to let them go? Even if the value of their battle bone is the lowest of the low, you’re in a dire need to secure your funds for your daily life right? 』

…. And that’s how Beelzebub poured cold water on me when I was in the middle of marveling at the true functions of 《Odo Perception・Low》.

「N-No. I’ve yet to be able to sustain 《Petit Dimordi》 long enough with my current mana. If possible, I want to save it for the time when we’re in a pinch and use it as my trump card. In addition, I definitely won’t use it unless our path of retreat has been secured.」

『Muuh…..』

I mean, that’s my plan in case I’m involved in a battle with my life on the line.

But, that was definitely not the case when we’re hiding from those goblins just now.

I mean, no amount of life was enough if I’ve to bet my life on the line every single time I dived into a labyrinth.

「I think… We should give up chasing after the Gold Maimai. It’s just as Beelzebub said just now, finding it using 《Odo Perception・Low》 is way too difficult. I think we should go with a sure and reliable method of gaining money rather than aiming for a goal that is simply beyond us.」

The best target for me was a demon beast who had a similar level with me except for a human undead whose movements were way too simple.

…. Since I had no idea whether we could find a suitable demon beast to hunt after this or not, I was prepared to compromise with hunting Wights despite the low price of its battle bone’s.

「Give me a minute…..」

When I closed my eyes, I suddenly felt a lump of bright Odo quickly approaching our direction.

「Eh ……？ 」

When I opened my eyes, I saw a Maimai, whose body shone in golden color, right in the next corner.

It’s definitely the Gold Maimai.

The prey showed itself right in the moment I was about to give up.

I mean, this guy was said to be so rare that you seldomly found it even after searching for it for the entire day.

I never expected that I’d go through a firsthand experience of the famous adventurer proverb 『The demon beast laughs when seeing you crestfallen as you return to the surface.』.