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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 345: Whether Someone Prioritizes Enjoyable Things or Troublesome Matters Reveals Their Personality
Chapter 345: Whether Someone Prioritizes Enjoyable Things or Troublesome Matters Reveals Their Personality
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“Kyyaaaaa!”Rubbing something flat near its mouth to produce a high-pitched cry was a colossal hermit crab-like magical beast, carrying a shell as large as a house. Its protruding eyes locked onto me, and it swung claws as big as my body at a tremendous speed.
“Ha! Your rough attacks won’t hit!”
Having been in this world for four months, I’d acquired the method of moving by “kicking water” instead of swimming. I swiftly dodged by stepping into the water lightly. Using the turbulent currents, I moved above the hermit crab and swung my sword.
*Clang!*
“Tch, the shell is still tough. Then… Tia!”
“Manifest, [Cyclone]! One more, [Cyclone]!”
Without a firm stance, it’s difficult to cut through hard objects. In response to my shout, two tornadoes extended from Tia’s hands, taking position in front of the hermit crab. By using magic to summon a whirlwind underwater, it generated swirling currents ahead.
By the way, there’s ordinary water-based magic that can stir up whirlpools, but apparently, in complete underwater environments like this, it’s challenging to control… Well, that’s more of a specialized matter.
“Kyyaaaa?!?!”
Two swirling vortexes rotating outward captured each of the hermit crab’s left and right claws, restraining them. It seemed powerful enough to not crush the joints and tear off its arms but enough to prevent attacks for several seconds.
“Ginta!”
“Leave it to me, Gyo!”
Ginta, darting straight out from behind Tia, fearlessly pierced through the swirling currents with his spear in hand, heading straight for the hermit crab’s face. Being a hero with expertise in spears, his strike was incredibly sharp. The spear’s tip penetrated the gaping mouth of the hermit crab and seemed to pierce its brain inside.
“Kyyaaa?! Ahh, aaahhh…”
At that moment, the hermit crab’s body twitched. It might not escape death at this point, but creatures can move even in such a state. As Tia’s magic wore off, and the randomly swinging claw attempted to crush Ginta nearby, exactly at that moment…
“Hmph!”
My sword, in a defensive position, sliced off the claw from its joint. The massive claw spun in the water… And thus, the magical beast that had become the master of these ruins, without even a final struggle, died.
“Haha! Look, it’s a complete victory for us!”
“Well done.”
“Gyooo! We really won, Gyo! We’re amazing, Gyoo!”
In the now-empty room devoid of intruders, the three of us – myself, Tia, and Ginta – high-fived each other enthusiastically. However, Ginta’s hand was slightly trembling, seemingly still unable to calm down.
“What’s up, Ginta? Still nervous?”
“Nah, it’s just… defeating such a huge magical beast…”
“Considering it’s been three months, You have done well to achieve that. Quite impressive. Want to boast a bit more?”
“Ah, but you can’t fight something like this when we’re not around, okay?”
“I get it, Gyo! If I were alone, I’d just run away from seeing it from afar, Gyo!”
“Hahaha. Yeah, that’s about right. You are, after all, just a treasure hunter.”
When delving into ruins, encountering magical beasts unexpectedly was unavoidable. However, subduing powerful magical beasts was the duty of the guards in this world. It was foolish to entertain ideas of claiming ruins just by defeating them and could hardly be a topic for drinking conversations.
“Well, anyway, with this, we can probably investigate this room. I think what we’re looking for should be here…”
Despite the mismatched task of magical beast extermination, we were searching for something, guided by the ‘Lost-Item-Obsessed Compass, Akashic Compass,’ indicating that the second key was here.
It had been over three months since finding the first one. We had explored more than ten ruins already. The needle on the compass had significantly deviated just as we were considering returning to Toulai soon… which meant the destination was close. As the culmination of pre-adult ruins exploration, that’s why we came here… but did we really?
“Oh?! Hey, Ed, Ginta! Isn’t this it?”
Approaching Tia, who was happily calling out, I saw indeed drawn on the floor a square of fifty centimeters in both width and length.
“Gyoo, it’s just like it was at that time, Gyo!”
“Hey, Ed, quickly try to open it!”
“Alright! Then… huh?”
Prompted by the two, I placed both my hands within the drawn lines and exerted force. But there was no faint bluish light like before, nor any mysterious voice echoing in my head.
“Huh? No reaction at all? That’s odd… Hmph!”
Rubbing it, hitting it, trying everything, but the lid showed absolutely no response. What’s going on?
“? What’s wrong, Ed?”
“No, it just won’t open…”
“Really? But if it won’t open for Ed, then who… Oh, maybe there’s a different condition or something?”
“That’s…”
I had told Tia about the phrase I heard when I opened the previous lid. The condition for it to open was having the “Demon King Factor”… Different conditions? Conditions opposing the Demon King would be…
“Hey, Ginta. Put your hand here for a moment and try applying some force, will you?”
“Me, Gyo? Sure thing… Gyo-ha?!”
As Ginta placed his hand within the lines at my request, a faint bluish light, just like before, flashed, and then the part of the lid turned into particles of light, disappearing. Ginta, losing support due to that, almost toppled forward, but I swiftly reached out to support him, anticipating his movement.
“Whoa, you okay?”
“I heard something weird, Gyo! Something about ‘You shine sheen’ and ‘Gate Key Alpha’… Gate Key Alpha, could it be this?”
Adjusting his posture, Ginta pulled out a metal rod around 20 centimeters long from the opened hole. Its pure white appearance resembled the Gate Key Ω that I had obtained.
“Is this the key you have, but in a different color? This one’s white.”
“Yeah, it seems that way. The mechanism of the lid is almost the same. It’s highly unlikely that this is completely unrelated.”
“So, with this, do we have both keys? If so…”
Ginta’s eyes sparkled like that of a boy. Understanding that excitement painfully well, a smile naturally spread across my face.
Ultimately, no matter how much we investigated, we couldn’t obtain information about “what this key is.” But if indeed the keys themselves were gathered first, then there was only one thing left to do.
“Yeah, all that’s left is to go to where the door is. Well, we still need to search for the location of that door. What do you think, Ginta? Shall we go back to town for now?”
“Gyooo, after coming this far, going back… I know when the day for the Coming of Age Ceremony is, Gyo. If I return to Toulai a month… no, a week before that, it should be enough…”
“It’s a special day, right? It might not be good to cut it so close, right?”
“Well, if we go straight back without any detours, we can reach Toulai from here in about two weeks. The coming of age ceremony is in three months, so if you stick it out until the last minute, you could probably explore for another two months or so. …”
“Gyoooo…”
Ginta, wearing a troubled expression, tilted his head so much it seemed it might snap off. His inner thoughts were probably intensely wavering between reality and romance.
“It’s not like the door’s going to run away. If you’re that worried, why not search for it after the ‘Coming of Age Ceremony’?”
“Or, we could leave you in town, and only pinpoint the location of the ruins with the door. Then, once the ritual is done, we can go immediately, right?”
“That does feel a bit unfair to Ed and the others, Gyo. Plus, I want to enjoy the adventure of getting there as well! But it also feels wrong to keep you in town just for me, Gyo… Gyo-gyo-gyo-gyo-gyo…”
“Ah, it’s nothing to worry about. We can easily pass the time our way. It would be troublesome if someone said, ‘Wait for years,’ but on the way back, exploring ruins, buying souvenirs, that will take up time too. So waiting for Ginta in Toulai would be roughly just a little over a month, right?
“That’s enough time to explore the town, search nearby ruins, and if anything, chatting with Leeti-chan about souvenirs will probably make time fly by.”
“Gyo-gyo, that’s definitely true, Gyo! Well then, sorry, but can we leave the door for later and return to town?”
“Sure thing. Then, shall we head triumphantly to Toulai?”
“Yeah!”
“Gyoo!”
The decision was made, and we left the ruins, returning to the ship. Then, the ship set course straight for Toulai… but along the way, I lost consciousness.
