Chapter 7

Quick note – I changed the Title [Irregular] to [Coldhearted] because it is a more accurate translation.

Enjoy~

“Wait, I can smell some sulfur” said Gwyn. I wasn’t able to detect any smells but I had my suspicions that there was an abundance of sulfuric gas. The smoke in the air had a distinct color, there were mushrooms growing along the way and the moss which was originally light green was turning yellow. After what felt like two hours of walking along the same road, I had yet to meet a single living creature.

“Huh? I can hear the sound of water!” Gwyn shouted excitedly.

The sound of water flowing down a waterfall could be heard in the distance.

“Common Chompy! Giddy up!”

It had been a long time since I had heard some sound, so I ran forth excitedly.

After another dozen or so minutes we finally arrived to the end of the tunnel, there was a large pit, about 40 to 50 meters high with clouds in the air and sunlight shining down from above. It looked like a huge garden, roughly 500~600 meters wide. I could hear the birds chirping, and a waterfall running down the cave wall to finally form a lake in the middle.

The mouth of the tunnel in which I was standing was roughly 15 meters from the floor, it must have been the passage the dragon used to travel back and forth.

A lush and vibrant rainforest existed here and the sounds of various animals could be heard.

“No way! This is great~! Woooow! I can’t believe there’s a forest here, Can I maybe meet some of my kin? So cool!”

The moment I stepped out of the cave my bones were exposed to the burning sunlight.

[You have learned Sunlight resistance Lv1]

Although I didn’t feel any pain there was a certain unpleasantness. I carefully covered all my bones with robes and stepped into the light. Fortunately I learned that if there was no direct contact with sunlight I was fine.

Gwyn forced her way out from within me and rushed towards the forest.

“Ugh Waaah!”

Gwyn immediately came running back almost three times a fast, she was being chased by 3 large albino white ant-like insects the size of a child. They looked somewhat similar to the food I encountered within the dragon’s stomach.

As they were approaching I quickly used my new Identification skill to view their Status Page.

★

Status: Normal

Type: Giant Termite

Rank: G+

Level: 19/30

HP: 322/322

MP: 10/10

Attack: 50

Defense: 30

Agility: 15

Intelligence: 5

✧ Unique Skills

[Magic Resistance Lv2]

★

‘Magic resist… this is going to be hard.’

I didn’t expect a monster which looked like a giant ant to possess magic resistance let alone level 2.

“Slow! Slow! Slow!”

I quickly casted a slow spell for each but surprisingly one was able to resist its effects. I calmly sent out another slow as I kited them back towards the tunnel I just arrived from.

“Fireball!”

Fireball was both a high damage and area of effect spell so it was ideal for this kind of situation with several opponents but it would consume so much of my mana.

‘Uggh so annoying!’

Because of the termite’s high magic resist my fireball only did about 30 damage and my MP could only sustain 10 fireballs.

“Fireball!”

[Fireball level 6 ➢ 7]

With it being at Level 7 the damage each fireball caused them was now 35. Perhaps I could level it up more it would somewhat offset their ridiculous magic resistance.

I casted some more slows and then took a break to let my MP regenerate. Although I was a bit slower now that I was carrying the egg, I was still able to outrun these termites. When my MP was back up to about half, I once again started dishing out the pain.

[+144 experience points]

[+288 experience points]

[+576 experience points]

[Level increased 8 ➢ 12]

[Acquired knowledge of Giant Termites]

[New spells selection]

[Acquired ｟Title: Exterminator Lv1｠]

I didn’t like the sound of the new title but I was receiving a tremendous amount of experience points through this slaughter.

I had heard that termites get around and mark trails with their pheromones which explain why countless of them were rushing towards my position. Gwyn who was flying in the air alerted me of the incoming trouble.

“Chompy! There are more and more termites coming up.”

As expected they swarmed together but they weren’t quite all in the AoE of a fireball so I cast slow on the ones in the front, to group them together.

“What are you going to do? There are already at least 20 of them”

I was chanting magic and clacking my teeth.

“Fireball”

My slows soon wore off and I was glad to see that they achieved the desired effect. The termites were now running in a tight, huddled formation chomping their mandibles as they hurried along.

‘Great they’re all running at the same pace, time to move on to phase two!’

I turned around and sprinted along the tunnel until I reached the area with the strange yellow smoke. Looking back every once in awhile I was able to confirm that that they were still chasing me down.

‘Perfect they’re still behind me.’

I took out the bottle from my bag and pointed to Gwyn.

“You want me to go inside?”

I nodded and Gwyn went in, We had developed a sense of trust over the last few adventures so she didn’t doubt my intentions.

The baby dragon on my back finally woke up and was stretching innocently, not a care in the world. I placed him down gently and stretched my hand out to grab a nearby sapling.