âUhâŚthe slimes who saw it told me that the humans said you would die if you touched itâŚâ
ââŚIs that right?â
I asked. And the new slimes answered.
âThey did say that!â
âThe people who brought it had it attached to a stick.â
âThat stick over there. I think it was a week ago?â
The slimes said as they pointed to a wooden stick on the ground.
It did not look like a stick that had been there for only a week.
It was so old-looking that I would have believed it had been there for a year.
One side of the stick was especially bad.
But there was also an attachment there that looked like it might have been metalâŚbut I was sure it would break if I touched it.
Maybe it was used to secure the magic stone.
ââŚOh? Am I actually holding something incredibly dangerous now?â
I began to get a little worried, and so I dropped the magic stone for now.
However, there was no change to my status.
âUhhâŚdo you know why I didnât die?â
âI donât know.â
The slimes shook their heads.
The Dryad opened her mouth instead.
âIt might be because of the curses inside of the magic stone? If it is, it would make sense that it doesnât kill you.â
âCurse?â
âYes. My magic energy capacity should be so large that itâs incomparable to humans. But if you have enough energy to revive me, then maybe you can weaken the effects of the curse. A curse is a type of magic, after all.â
âŚInteresting.
So curses were a type of magic.
âBy the way, how much magic did you use to heal me, Yuji? One-hundredth?â
âUhhâŚmore like half.â
âHalfâŚso that means twice as much as me. I donât think thatâs enough to weaken the cursesâŚare you lying to me?â
âIâm not lying.â
I had no reason to lie.
âŚOh, but there was one thing that I was wondering, regarding magic energy.
âNow that I think of it, there was this one time I used magic and my MP went below 0. Does that usually happen?â
After I said this, the Dryad looked at me as if she were seeing the strangest thing.
âYour MP went below 0? I donât think that is possibleâŚbut then again, it should also be impossible that a human has more magic energy than meâŚâ
The Dryad said and began to thinkâŚthen she smiled and said,
âYes! I have no idea! You sure are funny, Yuji!â
âŚRight.
In any case, I now understood that it was not normal for your MP to go below 0.
Also, it would be better if I didnât touch the magic stone if I could.
âAlright, enough about that. The problem is how we should deal with this rockâŚI guess taking something so dangerous with us is not an option?â
âYes. Besides, if you carried something so dangerous as this through the forest, all of the trees will die!â
Thatâs true.
So thenâŚ
âI guess I have to destroy it here then. -Sword Summon.â
I used magic to call out a sword.
And then immediately swung it down over the magic stoneâŚ
ââŚHuh?â
Just as it hit the stone, the sword broke.
Then it crumbled and disappeared.
âŚI see. So this was the power of the curses.
I was even more shocked now that I had touched it with my bare hands.
âThisâŚIâll have to use more high-power magic to destroy it all at once. But I donât want to damage the forest any moreâŚâ
Normally, I might have just used Hellfire of Death, but this was the Dryadâs forest.
It would be missing the point to burn down the forest in order to destroy this stone.
After thinking about it for a while, I drew a circle on the ground around the stone.
âAlright then. Come over here to this line and surround the stone!â
âOkay!â
All of the slimes then made a circle where the line was.
It was about five meters in diameter.
At this distance, there was no danger of accidentally touching it.
Once I was sure of this, I activated two spells at once.
âMagic Transfer-Anti-Magic Barrier!â
âMagic Transfer-Anti-Physical Barrier!â
The magic was all transferred to the slimes.
Now the stone was surrounded by multiple barriers.
-In other words, even if I used powerful magic, it wouldnât affect the rest of the environment.
âNowâŚletâs try it.â
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