Chapter 66. Enhance Fantasy Species (2)
‘Volcanic Explosion?’
Lloyd’s eyes twitched.
Literally translated, it is the sound of a volcano exploding.
No, it means to explode a volcano.
‘I bet it’s not really like that.’
If a volcano really erupts, it will be a major disaster.
Could it be that it’s a nuisance skill that you wouldn’t even be able to use?
Lloyd’s gaze turned to the bell.
“Bell?”
“Bell?”
The bell raised its head.
A cute face that hasn’t changed even after being strengthened.
The black eyes of the lanterns were shining as if asking for something.
Lloyd asked with a warm smile.
“Do you have a new skill you just got?”
“Bell!”
“Is that something that really makes a volcano explode?”
“Bell? droplets? Bell!”
“Umm, similar, but different?”
“Bell!”
“Can you explain more?”
“Fuck! Bell!”
“Ummm, it pops and explodes?”
“Bell!”
Bell nodded her round head.
“….”
Similar yet different
It’s going to pop and explode.
There was no way to specifically guess what that answer alone meant.
‘The best way to be sure is to check it yourself.’
Lloyd took the three phantom species into his inner pocket.
I put on my coat again and went out of the forge.
‘I have to go a little further.’
Where possible, away from people.
To a place where you can’t even see people’s houses.
So, even if a large explosion occurs, it will not cause damage to the surroundings.
‘Because I don’t know the exact nature of this skill yet.’
It seemed best to be as careful as possible.
He even stopped by the dorm and woke up Xaviel.
“Hey wake up.”
“Mmmm.”
“Would you like to wake up?”
“Turn it off.”
“Please open your eyes, Ms. Asrahan?”
“What kind of curse is that again?”
“Oops. See how your eyes are shining brightly.”
“I couldn’t help but open my eyes because Lloyd-sama was teasing me.”
“Does that mean you were already awake?”
“yes.”
“Did you keep pretending to sleep because you didn’t want to wake up?”
“yes.”
“omg. I don’t even deny it.”
“Because I wanted to stay asleep if possible.”
Xaviel loosened his neck and raised his upper body.
The look of rubbing heavy eyelids.
I must have woken up reluctantly from a really deep sleep.
Seeing that, Lloyd realized that he had committed the atrocities (?) of waking an insomniac in the middle of the night.
A bitter laugh came out.
“What can I do? Things like this.”
“The situation?”
“I need you to protect me for a while.”
“What do you mean you have to protect it?”
Xaviel’s eyes, which had been trying to keep him from sleeping, suddenly became clear.
Lloyd’s bitter smile deepened.
“A volcanic eruption.”
“yes?”
“I need to protect me from a volcanic eruption.”
“….”
“hey?”
“….”
“Why are you not talking?”
“Can I be honest with you?”
“uh.”
“I’m thinking about a way to protect Lloyd-sama from mental illness.”
“It’s not a mental illness, it’s because a volcanic eruption is urgent.”
“My worries are getting more and more intense.”
“Look at this? Is it real?”
Lloyd pulled out the bell.
Seeing Xaviel, Bell smiled brightly.
“He will cause a volcanic eruption.”
“…yes?”
“Is it really Bell?”
“Bell!”
A drop that nodded brightly.
Only then did Xaviel’s eyes sharpen.
“It must have been real.”
“Do you believe in the words of the bell more than I do?”
“Because Bell, Pudong, and Hamang at least don’t lie. Very different from anyone who hides their dark insides, deceives and fools others, laughs wickedly and enjoys it.”
“It sucks.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt it with my skin, but it seems that Xaviel has an outstanding talent for putting a stone fastball into the opponent’s pit at 160km/h.
Even so, his attitude was so sincere and sincere.
That’s why it was a stone fastball that was more difficult to refute.
‘It’s natural, it’s natural.’
Lloyd said with a wry smile.
“Anyway, it looks like Bell learned a new skill. It looks like it’s going to cause something like a volcanic eruption.”
“Would you like to test that new technology?”
“uh. I can’t fathom its power.”
“All right.”
Xaviel took his coat and sword.
So we went out of the inn together.
I walked through the streets at night and passed through the city.
Headed inland in the opposite direction from the coast.
Avoiding the eyes of the sentry, I passed the gate and went out to the back of the city.
I went into the forest of a deserted night.
Just then, I saw a fairly wide vacant lot.
‘This would be suitable.’
Lloyd set the bell down in the middle of the clearing.
He held out red sunflower seeds to Bell.
“Bell?”
“Bell?”
“Do you want our bell to have a late-night snack?”
“A drop of water?”
“Come on, it’s a late night snack of sunflower seeds.”
“Bell!”
The bell, smelling the sunflower seeds, wagged its short, plump tail.
I put sunflower seeds in his little mouth.
And quickly backed away.
The transformation took place immediately.
Tuang-!
The bell, which was 10 cm tall, suddenly grew to a size of 5 m.
Lloyd asked.
“Bell?”
“Bell?”
“Can you use the Volcano Explosion skill later?”
“Bell!”
“Yeah thanks. When I signal, they explode.”
“Bell!”
“By the way, the volcanic eruption skill.”
“Bell?”
“If you use it, this forest won’t disappear, right?”
“Bell! drop! Bell!”
“what? Is it different depending on the writing direction?”
“Bell!”
“Then you can only use it in the direction you want?”
“Bell!”
The bell nodded its huge head.
Then, it pretended to block both ear holes with its chubby tail.
“Quick drops. Bell!”
“Instead, you told me to cover my ears because my eardrum hurt?”
“Bell!”
“Then can I stay away from you?”
“Bell!”
The bell nodded again.
It seemed that a volcanic eruption was a little different from a literal volcanic eruption.
Lloyd said with a little relief.
“okay. Then if I send a signal, will you use a volcanic eruption over there?”
“Bell!”
The bell lifted its tail as if it were raising its thumb.
Lloyd moved about 10 meters away from the bell.
I hid behind Xaviel.
Xaviel drew his sword.
“I am ready.”
Perhaps it was to swing the sword at high speed to create a curtain of sword energy.
That’s why you don’t need a shield.
Lloyd felt reassured.
I shouted at the bell.
“Now, bell? Start!”
“Bell!”
The little bell answered.
He started digging up and eating dirt in his place.
After that, his chubby body trembled as if he had digested it for a while.
Then, it vigorously waggled its tail.
Daughter and daughter and daughter!
The bell on its tail made a clear warning sound.
At the same time, it raised its tail high.
The process up to this point was the same as the skill steel that I usually use.
On the other hand, what followed was very different.
Kurrrrrrrung-!
“…!”
It really sounds like a volcanic rock.
At the same time, fierce physical phenomena occurred in the belly and anus of the bell.
Magma erupted.
It was magma made from the soil he had eaten.
The erupted magma spewed out and underwent extreme changes.
right!
In the first place, the belly of the bell was a high-temperature and high-pressure environment to the extent that magma was created.
In comparison, the world outside the anus (?) was different.
The pressure was much lower than in the bubble’s stomach.
The temperature also differed by several hundred degrees.
That is, the magma that was ejected experienced extreme pressure and temperature reduction.
Changes in the environment drastically reduced the saturation gas pressure of the magma.
Volatile substances dissolved inside the magma fluctuated.
The water has boiled.
Carbon dioxide ran rampant.
Chlorine, fluorine, sulfide, and carbon monoxide ran out of control.
In other words, all those gases were vaporized at once and explosively tore the magma and popped out.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!
The big explosion that finally happened.
The magma was shattered in an instant.
It was torn to shreds in micrometers.
Tens of thousands and hundreds of millions of pieces of volcanic ash were reconciled and sprayed.
Although the process was long, it actually took place in less than 0.1 second.
Besides, the explosion didn’t end with one shot.
Kwaaaang-! Whoa-! Quaang-!
Usually, a long-suffering fart doesn’t end with one shot.
The volcanic eruption stopped only after three more roars in succession.
“Gagging.”
A gasp came out of nowhere.
‘Ooh. Crazy, crazy.’
Lloyd hit both ears with his palms.
My ears were deafened even though I had my ear canals tightly closed.
However, seeing the scene unfolding in front of her eyes, deaf ears were not a problem.
‘All the trees have fallen.’
A volcanic eruption fired (?) over there.
The force of the explosion was so strong that the trees in that direction fell like dominos.
The number alone seemed to exceed about 50 trees.
But Lloyd didn’t run there right away.
There was something to check before the results of the volcanic eruption.
“Hey are you okay?”
“….”
“hey?”
Xaviel didn’t answer.
I tapped the boy on the shoulder.
Only then did Xaviel flinch.
I looked back on this later.
“Did you call?”
“uh. Are you deaf?”
“I can’t hear what you’re saying.”
“…uh sorry You forgot to cover your ears and didn’t tell me.”
“yes?”
“no. You’ll be fine in a little while.”
“yes?”
“Is it really four o’clock?”
“yes?”
“…done. wait a bit.”
He probably has very sensitive hearing because of Sword Master Syndrome.
It seemed that it was because of being exposed to the roar of defenseless in such a state.
Lloyd gestured to Xaviel to wait and then approached the bell.
“Bell? are you okay?”
“Bell!”
“what? Are you really cool?”
“Bell! Drop!”
“Oh, it’s a bit difficult to do it again. Can’t we do it later?”
“Bell!”
I left the bell expressing regret (?) and headed for the place where the volcanic eruption was launched.
It was already a gray world.
Ashes still fell from the sky like snow.
The ash that fell like that accumulated a gray color on the floor.
The sight of the grass and flowering rocks and trees all covered in gray ash seemed….
‘It looks like it’s completely covered in volcanic ash.’
Somehow, my eyes were very itchy.
Lloyd covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve.
I observed the ground with my eyes as narrow as possible.
It was with surveying skills.
Tsutsutsutsu…!
As the surveying skill was activated, various information on the ground that his gaze touched came to mind.
The slope of the land was clearly visible.
The bedrock and soil quality of the strata were identified.
Finally, the indicator is….
‘Is this really volcanic ash?’
Lloyd’s narrowed eyes widened.
He unconsciously lowered his knees and reached out his hand.
I touched the gray ash lightly covering the ground.
The texture, finer than flour, smeared on my fingertips.
‘It’s real.’
The volcanic ash I wanted so much.
Volcanic ash, if available, would solve the cement problem at once.
The volcanic ash was now piled up in front of my eyes.
Plus, you can create this anytime!
My heart skipped a beat.
‘oh my god. A heartfelt invitation.’
In addition to rebar, they make volcanic ash, which will be the main material for cement.
Honey dripped from Lloyd’s eyes as he looked back at the bell as if he were treating him for good.
♣
Things went smoothly.
It was all thanks to the newly acquired skill Volcanic Explosion while strengthening the bubble.
The day after acquiring the new skill, Lloyd went to the dockside shipyard.
I bought five large sails for sailing ships.
I had people sew the sails.
The five sheets were meticulously stitched together.
I made a long, huge cylindrical diaper like that.
At one end of the diaper, five layers of fine sieve were attached to filter out fine particles and only release air.
At the other end, a hole about one meter in diameter was made.
The bell stuck his waist in the hole.
Naturally, I ended up wearing a 30-meter-long inflatable diaper.
In that state, the bell ate the dirt in the central square of Cremo City.
The chubby body trembled and digested it.
It waved the bell on its tail.
With my daughter!
A signal indicating that the preparations for detonation have been completed.
The moment the signal appeared, Lloyd covered his mouth with his hands.
He shouted with all his might to the onlookers gathered around the plaza.
“Everyone close your ears! It’s bullshit!”
Aaaaaang-!
A volcanic explosion skill exploded inside the giant diaper.
Volcanic ash and gas of great heat erupted furiously and inflated the diaper.
Then, it was filtered through a five-layer sieve prepared on the opposite side.
The gas slowly escaped out of the diaper.
Only volcanic ash filtered through a sieve remained inside.
Lloyd’s cry continued.
“It’s bullshit again!”
Aaaaaaaang-!
A volcanic eruption skill that explodes in succession.
Each time, the residents of the trading city cheered at the rare spectacle.
Merchants and sailors passing by also widened their eyes at the unusual sight.
Later, the city’s guards as well as the Earl of Cremo came out to see it in person.
“Is this what you asked for permission to blow up something in your plaza?”
“Yes, Count.”
“Hmm, I didn’t know you had the ability to command a summoned beast like that.”
“It’s just a skill I got by chance.”
“How come? no. Summoning is not as easy as it sounds.”
What the Count said was true.
Magical talent is basic, and communication with summoned beasts was also necessary.
‘Besides, they say that the rarer the pet, the more difficult it is to handle.’
Bell was the first summoning beast even the Count, who had a wide knowledge of, had never seen before.
A gigantic rattlesnake that eats dirt and sprays ash like that.
I had never heard of it or imagined it.
‘A friend with extraordinary abilities. The same goes for the young man over there who I take as an escort.’
The Count suddenly remembered a rumor he had recently heard.
Frontera territory at the foot of the Eastern Mountains.
It is said that two talented young people started to make a name for themselves there.
‘The eldest son of the lord who rallied the territories with his bizarre construction skills, and an escort knight who reached the advanced level of sword expert at the age of only 20, probably.’
Lloyd and Xaviel.
The count’s eyes toward the two shone meaningfully.
It was not a feeling of jealousy or greed.
Rather, it was more like a happy look.
‘I’ll have to see how he handles this job.’
I will closely monitor the actions of these two.
I’ll check if the rumors are true.
As a result, what if you get a glimpse of an extraordinary aspect like a rumor from those two?
‘I’ll have to tell Your Highness this in detail.’
It is a clear national loss that such an extraordinary talent is buried in a corner of the countryside.
That much the kingdom will become rich and strong.
It was heartbreaking just thinking about it.
And perhaps today, Count Cremo thought, he might have discovered two such talents.
I felt a sense of pride.
As such, whenever Count Cremo smiled faintly, Lloyd’s powerful cry resonated in the square.
Each time, the volcanic ash piled up and gathered.
Lloyd’s concept of offshore artificial ground construction.
A full-scale stage was being prepared for his ability to be known all over the world.
