I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

59 – Petals of Steel

“Kkkkkk!!! (Master!!!)

After confirming that the battle between Bagi and Noll was over, he approached the battlefield.

Bag, who had turned into a small puppy before he knew it, jumped into his arms.

I hugged Baek-i and looked around the scene where the battle ended and exclaimed.

“…Baek, you are amazing.”

“Kyaaang~♡”

At the stroking with my proud feelings, there were a lot of corpses of knolls with various signatures around the back side I liked.

A charred glow and a glow with holes in the vitals. There were gnolls with bones all over the vines, and there were gnolls that looked like they had been cut with sharp blades.

‘… Lastly, did you use wind magic to wrap your wings in sharp winds, then use them as swords to use your swordsmanship? … He has a great sense of battle. It’s unbelievable how young he was born….’

What was especially great about this battle was…

When a special entity possessing the functions of And Gathers gnolls and forms a solid square.

Pretending to retreat, he drew the gnolls off guard and loosened the square, and immediately after that, he strengthened his body with brain magic and rushed at once, immediately creating an intense flash with light magic, throwing the gnolls into confusion.

It penetrated at once between the cluttered squares and killed the unusual object in an instant.

Indeed, it could be said that this was a battle in which Baek Yi’s instinctive sense of battle stood out.

‘Because you’re a divine beast, do you know how to fight instinctively? Or, thanks to the You got from me?’

No matter what, this battle showed me that Baekmyeon is also very good as a combatant.

As I continued to stroke the back side with one hand, I looked around at the corpses of hundreds of monsters scattered across the plain.

‘Then now… Shall we try ‘collecting’?

For mercenaries who live off of monster hunting quests, there is another source of income besides commission gold. That’s right…

The material of the monster and the ‘magic stone’.

Magic Stones are a kind of solidified magical power, and are very useful items such as being used to craft magic tools or used as energy sources for magic tools.

From small magic tools such as furnaces used at home, to large ones used as energy sources for transition gates, and so on.

It can be said that magic tools are an essential resource that cannot be let go of in an empire that is very close to life.

It was no exaggeration to say that Magic Stones were items that never fell in demand.

And in some cases, the one that has a higher value than that magic stone… It can be said to be the material of monsters.

Basically, materials that can be obtained from monsters include leather, teeth, and claws, but depending on the monster, blood, muscles, and even organs can be used.

Anyway, monster materials are used in many fields, but basically, they are often used by artisans to make equipment…

The reason is that equipment made from monster materials has the characteristic of possessing the ‘natural characteristics of the monster’.

For example, if you make a leather armor using the leather of a brown mane gnoll that is somewhat resistant to earth magic… The leather armor basically has weak resistance to earth magic.

Looking at those characteristics, it goes without saying that equipment made from materials from high-rank monsters has excellent performance.

It is said that the better the craftsman, the more perfect the characteristics of the monster that became the material… When obtaining high-grade materials, it would be better to entrust them to skilled artisans.

‘… Hmm. First of all, there is one person who has been identified as the direct artisan…. Slowly, I have to make contact… ? First of all, I got an item that would make me laugh as a reward for the entrance exam.’

And when you meet the father-in-law. The more material you bring, the more you will be liked…

“First of all, I’ll have to bring those materials for gifts.”

Looking at the corpses of the gnolls scattered across the plains, I pulled out a bunch of magical threads in my hands.

A bundle of magical wizards that tumbles out of your grasp.

This was pulled out to collect the magic stones of the gnolls.

‘Of course, this Magician can’t collect it by itself. You have to be strong enough to yarn…. It’s literally just a thread made of magic.’

So, you can use other abilities in addition to this.

‘[Cure]’

Siss-!

Thanks to the gift [Hardening B], The blue magical thread that tumbled in my hands was instantly dyed black and became stronger.

The magic thread that turned black due to [Hardening B] Is probably stronger than the wire used in modern times.

‘Go.’

Shushuk-

According to my will, the thread of magical power spreads out in all directions in an instant…

Pushuk-

It pierced the hearts of the chilly nols sharply, and the thread of magical power pierced in that way wrapped around something tightly.

Feeling that, I grabbed the magician and pulled it with all my might.

“Suck!”

Peeing-

Push Shook-

For a moment, the Magician tightened up, and immediately began extracting the ‘magic stones’ from the corpses of the Gnolls.

There were quite a few magic stones whose hearts were pierced by magic and were broken, but there were a lot more magic stones that weren’t.

Patter-

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In front of my eyes, blue magic crystals the size of one or two fingers pulled out by the magician began to pile up.

‘Then, is it leather’s turn this time?’

I turned my gaze away from the mountain of magic stones that were piling up, and prepared the magic to collect leather in my other hand.

‘While secretly training space magic at the academy, I increased the size of the subspace a lot…. It’s a bit of a waste of space to fit all the full body hides of hundreds of gnolls. So, shall we only collect the skin of the thickest part of the chest?’

“「Wind Blade」”

As soon as I cast my magic, dozens of wind blades appeared in the air, and they were launched.

Standing-

A blade of wind that precisely cuts only the breast skin of gnolls, as if scooping out cloth, with extremely delicate magical manipulations.

Then, he pulled the cut off skin with a magician and threw it into the subspace along with the mountain of magic stones piled up.

‘After all, magic is the most useful? I mean, I finished collecting hundreds of materials in less than 30 seconds. If I had done it one by one, it would have taken at least an hour. Besides, since I have space magic, I don’t have to carry it around like other mercenaries.’

I smiled with satisfaction as I saw that the material of the collected nol was all neatly put into the sub-space.

And when I tried to move my feet in the direction led by Again.

“Huh?”

──Kyong kuk kuk!!!

From the direction I was going, I saw a pack of hundreds of gnolls running fiercely this way.

‘Are they the reinforcements from the main base of the gnolls?’

Perhaps the group of Nolls who were beaten by Baekmyeon didn’t come back, so they must have rushed to the conclusion that something had happened.

Since the battle has already ended, and even material collection has been completed…… Even though it was late, it was too late.

“Should I still say welcome, Baek?”

“Quack!”

I laughed lightly at Baek-yi, who raised his fighting spirit and mana in response to my question, and I also began to build up my magic by raising my mana.

“Let’s go! [River of flames waving]!!!”

“Quack!!! (「Wind Waves」!) “

The battle with the gnolls began with the magic that Baegi and I fired at the same time sweeping the lead of the gnolls.

Five minutes later, a group of hundreds of Gnolls were wiped out.

*****

After annihilating the group of gnolls, Bagi and I went in the direction pointed by

Sense of gold to find the dungeon core.

I ran into groups of gnolls again about five times along the way…. It was easily annihilated and continued on its way.

And about an hour after entering the dungeon.

‘─Is that the base of the gnolls?’

I found the base of the Gnolls, which is supposed to be the core of the dungeon.

They’s base, which was built on a plain about 500 meters away from their current location, was in the shape of dozens of tents like those used by wandering peoples.

And outside the tent cluster, there was a wall made of sturdy-looking trees several meters high—

… I’m sorry!!!

Kleur… !!!

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It is not an exaggeration to say that all the remaining gnolls in this dungeon were gathered there, and there were countless gnolls, holding weapons in both hands and sharpening their blades, vigilantly.

‘… Hmm. As expected, I’m very wary.’

Well, it’s worth it. All the gnolls he encountered along the way had been defeated, and the number was roughly over 2,000.

In their situation, the number of races would have disappeared by almost half in an hour or two, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable for them to be vigilant like that.

‘… Well, even if you’re vigilant, you can sneak in if you use the [Cognitive Impairment] Gift….’

The reason I came to the dungeon is to learn how to use gifts that I copied but couldn’t use because of other people’s eyes, so I won’t use that method.

‘This time, let’s use the gift copied from Jesar Saiger. ‘

I replaced the Gift with [Overload B] Copied from Jessar Saiger, and imbued the ‘Weapon Devourer’ with magical power that can duplicate the absorbed weapon.

Sue-

Tattoo on the back of the hand… When the mana flowed from the ‘weapon predator’, and the mana flowed out began to take the form of a sword.

‘─Now!’

Ugh-!

Using magical control that is incomparable to others, and it is not an exaggeration to call it overwhelming, it ‘forcibly’ twists and expands the magical power that has begun to take the shape of a sword.

And as a result of such forcible twisting and expansion, what appeared…

Guung-

‘Hmm, that’s heavy….’

The length of the blade alone exceeded 3 meters, and the length of the handle also exceeded 1 meter——it was a deformed weapon that was neither a great sword nor a spear.

‘Is the experiment a success?’

The only weapons I’ve absorbed into the ‘Weapon Eater’ so far are the ‘old iron sword (F)’ and the ‘steel sword standard (C-)’ I took from Girard, but I’ve never absorbed such a deformed weapon.

But the reason I was able to create such a weapon was because I forcibly intervened with the ability of the ‘Weapon Eater’.

The weapon predator’s mechanism is to first form a weapon with magic power, infuse it with the weapon’s ability absorbed, and then fix it to complete the weapon.

Formation → Grant → Fixed → Completion

This can be seen as going through four stages, but I forcibly intervened in the first stage, the formation process, and twisted the finished result.

‘─If you become proficient enough to be able to do this process in an instant, you can create a lot of variables in battle.’

You can make not only long swords, but short swords, great swords, and even long weapons like spears.

If you become more proficient here… After absorbing a weapon with a ‘special ability’, I will be able to remodel the form at will.

‘It’s like converting a spear capable of enclosing flame into a long sword that encircles flame.’

It would be better to study this in depth later.

“Then, shall we give the gnolls a housewarming gift?”

As I prepared to throw the great sword spear, a deformed weapon on the border between a great sword and a long spear… Activated [Overload].

Ugh-

I put a lot of mana into the greatsword spear. As much as it is larger than a normal weapon, the mana that continues to flow in.

[Overload] Was a difficult gift to use….

‘Hmm, I guess this is just right.’

As for mana handling, it was completely irrelevant to someone with overwhelming talent.

I confirmed that the weapon was densely filled with mana, like water filled to the limit of surface tension in a glass of water.

‘I’ll show you the essence of throwing, which I received (without permission) from Duka!’

I adjusted my stance, remembering the magic of Duka’s javelin that I observed the other day.

And—

Ugh-!

—Using rigid body techniques that have reached maturity, strengthening the whole body.

Pud Deuk-!

─After twisting the muscles of the whole body and pulling out all the strength of the whole body.

Quad Deuk─!!!

I stepped on the advance so strongly that the ground shriveled, and the power coming from the ground was intact—

“Haaa!!!”

Bang—!!!

──I put everything on the greatsword spear and shot it.

Shyeek──!!!!!

With a sound piercing the air, a greatsword soars fiercely.

It’s just an imitation, but since that’s the posture of the Pike family, who are famous for their javelin

The momentum of the greatsword spear fired in a posture optimized for throwing was brutal, as if it could pierce anything.

And that terrifying greatsword——

Kwajik——!

As it is, it penetrates the castle wall in an instant

“──Kong?”

After mercilessly penetrating even the gnolls that stand in his way

Kwaaak—!

Landing in the middle of the gnolls’ dwelling. In a space that exceeds a radius of several tens of meters–

─────Quaaa!!!!!

───I let go of the steel petals wrapped in blue aura.