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Chapter 15 “Tierra”

────and when he realized it,

*Bwahh! Buhhaaaahh!*

*Cough, cough!!*

With a powerful blow that felt like he had been punched, Klaus dropped to his knees.

And before his eyes was────...

"This can't be true... right?"

There was the figure of the Skeleton General crumbling down with a clatter.

Its eye sockets no longer glowed with hostility, having turned into genuine bones. It had fallen, mingling with the scattered white bones at its feet.

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Klaus Noldor's level has increased. Level up.

Klaus Noldor's level has increased. Level up.

Klaus Noldor's level has increased. Level up.

Klaus Noldor's level has increased. Level up.

Klaus Noldor's  level has increased. Level up.

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"Di-did I... defeat it?"

*Splutter...*

"Ugh..."

Intense pain surged through his chest, and streaks of blood dripped from his mouth.

It seemed like he had defeated it, but the injuries from the previous battle remained.

Moreover, it appeared he had made some reckless moves while unconscious, as his muscles were now screaming in agony.

"Th-this hurts..."

Staggering, Klaus took out a recovery potion from his waist pouch and noisily gulped it down. It provided little comfort.

He always carried minor potions meant to heal small injuries, so their fatigue recovery effect was weak, and they didn't do much for internal injuries.

"Oh, right... Tierra!"

Lost in his own thoughts, Klaus had completely forgotten about the Dark Elf girl. 

He glanced over to where she had been fighting. There, he saw the limp form of the exhausted girl.

She didn't even twitch...

"Is this a joke?! Hey. Hey!! Tierra!!"

"You're so noisy... I'm alive, you know."

*Cough, cough* She too spat out blood but resolutely stood up, then spat out a mouthful of vomit on the floor.

"...Not that, this. Drink it."

Saying so, she handed him a vial with a clean label, similar to the one she had, labeled "health potion."

"You'll die before you even make it back if you keep relying on cheap stuff, you know?"

"Y-yeah..."

...Why the condescending tone?

Despite his thoughts, as soon as he finished the potion she had given him, the pain subsided instantly.

In other words, it must be quite expensive────...

Th-this!?

"A high-grade Health Potion?!"

"Obviously. Adventurers should carry at least this much, you know."

Don't say such unreasonable things...

Each of these costs one gold coin?!

"...Do you really think I can afford that as a low-level adventurer?"

"Where do you get 'low-level' from? Well, you managed to defeat the Skeleton Knight quite well──I struggled even though I fought it myself."

A Skeleton Knight?

"...No way, this one is a Skeleton General."

"Huh? There's no way that could be true────no matter what, there's no chance someone like you could defeat a General-class opponent that even advanced adventurers would have trouble with."

Someone like me...!

"I defeated itー. I have the proof of subjugation."

"Sure, sure. Just say whatever you want."

Hmph.

She's quite cheeky, huh?

"...By the way, Tierra, you're an intermediate-level adventurer, right?"

"Yeah. I'm quite the veteran, you know."

Oh, really?

"What's a veteran intermediate-level adventurer like you doing here? This is the Twilight Mine, you know? It's a place where even low-level rookies come."

*Gulp.*

"What was that sound just now?"... *Gulp??*

"Wh-what, what, what, what was that sound?"

"No, I mean, didn't you hear a *gulp* sound?"

"I didn't, I didn't, I didn't! I didn't make any *gulp* sound!"

Tierra vigorously shook her head.

"Oh! I, um, have someone waiting for me, so──"

"Huh? Someone in the Dusk Mine? Meeting up...?"

Tierra started acting conspicuously suspicious.

Her eyes darted around.

"Uh, you see...! Oh!! W-what's that over there!!"

"Huh? What?"

When Tierra pointed behind Klaus, he instinctively turned around.

"Goodbye──!"

"Hey, wait!!"

*Shaa!!* A girl's shadow raced past at an unimaginable speed, leaving no trace behind. 

Unlike her entrance, she made no sound as she sprinted through the bone-strewn path.

"Wait a minute──────... Well, she's gone."

What was that about?

"...Let's go home."

Though he didn't quite understand what happened, a thoroughly exhausted Klaus slumped his shoulders and gathered the dropped items before crawling out of the graveyard.

The place he emerged into was an excavation pit covered with thick bedrock, apparently dug out by Klaus himself during his automatic resource collection.

"'Automatic Resource Collection'... It's way too dangerous."

While it was a convenient and efficient skill, it could easily cost him his life. 

Klaus needed to study how to use it more effectively; otherwise, he might end up dead next time.

"Sigh... Well, I did get some good loot out of it, so I guess it's not all bad."

Klaus held up the brilliantly shining, oversized Spirit Lightstone against the glow of the magic stones in the Twilight Mine.

Having returned to the entrance of the Twilight Mine, Klaus, now in a genuine safe zone, examined his dropped items while waiting for the arrival of the carriage.

※ Today's Achievements ※

~ Dropped Items (Proof of Subjugation) ~

- Cave Spider Tentacles ×15

- Skeleton General's Lower Jaw ×1

~ Dropped Items (Materials) ~

- Cave Spider Silk Pouches ×15

- Cave Spider Poison Glands ×15

- Skeleton General's Skull ×1

- Skeleton General's Femurs ×2

~ Dropped Items (Weapons) ~

- Skeleton General's Greatsword ×1

- Skeleton General's Large Shield ×1

~ Dropped Items (Armor) ~

- Skeleton General's Helmet (Damaged) ×1

- Skeleton General's Armor (Damaged) ×1

　

~ Dropped Items (Magic Stones) ~

- Magic Stone (Tiny) ×2

- Magic Stone (Huge) ×1

- Blue Magic Stone (Medium) ×1

~ Gathered Items (Ores) ~

- Magic Lightstone (Gigantic) ×1

- Magic Lightstone (Huge) ×3

- Magic Lightstone (Large) ×200 (Auto-collected)

- Spirit Lightstone ×1

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Level: 32

Name: Klaus Noldor

Skill: [Automatic Function - Auto Mode] Level 4

Level 1 ⇒ Automatic Return

Level 2 ⇒ Automatic Movement

Level 3 ⇒ Automatic Resource Gathering

Level 4 ⇒ Automatic Battle

Level 5 ⇒ ?????

● Klaus's Abilities

Health: 255 (UP!)

Strength: 156 (UP!)

Defense: 138 (UP!)

Magic Power: 79 (UP!)

Agility: 166 (UP!)

Resistance: 54 (UP!)

Remaining Status Points: +22 (UP!)

Slot 1: Swordsmanship Level 4 (UP!)

Slot 2: Presence Detection Level 3

Slot 3: Low-level Magic Level 1

Slot 4: Automatic Return

Slot 5: Automatic Movement

Slot 6: Automatic Resource Gathering

Slot 7: Automatic Battle

● Title: None

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