As the slimes and I looked on in shockâŚthe water started to flow outside and towards the streets.
It wasnât a small spot of land, but there was just too much water.
âSlime Water Absorption!â
I quickly shouted. It was magic that made the slimes absorb the water around them.
And then⌠The water that was about to flow out into the streets just disappeared within a few seconds.
âŚWas Slime Water Absorption always this powerful?
ââŚWhat⌠What was that water magic!? I have never seen magic like that before!â
ââŚYeah. What is that?â
âYouâre the one that used it!?â
I had never seen anything like it myself.
And the power of Slime Water Absorption was also strange.
âNo⌠The water magic that I normally use is only about a third as powerful as this.â
âEven a third of this would be ridiculous! âŚWith magic like this, you should be able to kill as many lesser fire dragons as you want!â
âYeah. And I did kill as many as I wanted.â
ââŚThatâs right.â
Upon hearing thisâŚGaiger seemed to remember that he had been the one to buy hundreds of lesser fire dragon gemstones.
He looked surprised for a momentâŚand then grabbed my hands and said in a serious tone:
âYuji⌠Why donât you stay in this town and hunt lesser fire dragons?â
Stay in this town and huntâŚ
I liked the idea of staying in one place. But I would prefer a town with better food.
âŚAlso, that wasnât what we had been talking about.
âIn any case, we should talk about the armor. âŚI guess it has the ability to enhance the power of your magic?â
That was the only explanation.
I had wanted this armor made in order to increase their speedâŚbut the result was something much more frightening.
âSo, you didnât plan to have such features.â
âAye. âŚIn the first place, youâre the only one who has monsters that use magic.â
âI guess thatâs trueâŚâ
Tamers that werenât sages could not use magic through their monsters.
And so there was no way you would make armor for Tamers that increased the force of their magic.
Even my slimes werenât using the magic by themselves.
âDo you think the monster armor was holding up just now?â
âWe-well, I didnât think you would test it with magic that is that powerful⌠But itâs still perfectly fine. It seems like I made some âmonstrouslyâ strong armor.â
Apparently, it could stand magic of that strength.
Hellfire of Death aside, it seemed like it was more than strong enough for normal magic.
ââŚThank you. This armor is amazing.â
âAye! Itâs my best work!â
I accepted the armor and handed him the money.
He charged 1 million for crafting⌠But as before, I was so happy with the results that I wished I could pay more.
âAre you sure this is enough?â
âAye. âŚI already know that Iâm going to make a killing because of you. So I donât feel like charging you extra at this point.â
ââŚMake a killing?â
What could he be talking about?
I donât remember doing anything to help him with his businessâŚ
âDonât you remember? You sold me a lot of high-quality gemstones from lesser fire dragons.â
âI did sell them to you⌠But didnât you pay more than the market price?â
It was about double what the guild would have given me.
If anything, I thought that it was me who had made a huge profitâŚ
âWell, yes. They werenât cheap! âŚBut once they have been processed properlyâŚthey will be even more expensive. Yes, I will make a killing. Iâm looking forward to getting to work.â
ââŚI see.â
Gaiger was a craftsman, and thatâs how he made a living.
And to do that, he needed a lot of materials.
I was glad that I sold the gemstones to him.
It was a better use of resources than if I had just kept them.
âThank you. Iâll gladly accept it.â
âAye! âŚAnd if you find anything else, bring it here to me!â
And with that, I left Gaigerâs shop.
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