Volume 2 - CH 25

I was quite surprised when we got back to the village. …The goblins and werewolves in the village were also causing monster evolution technique to react.

…I should probably evolve them all systematically. Of course there was the factor of obtaining new skills, but mostly it was just nice to be able to increase our war potential.

…I’ll start with the goblins. I checked their statuses before evolving them, and then again afterwards.

Everyone gained +1, and their statuses all went up about 30 points. There were also differences in their strengths and weaknesses.

For example, Rufina easily raised her speed, but struggled to increase her magic. In Goblia’s case she could easily raise her strength, but probably struggled to raise her magic.

Like so, the other goblins also seemed to have strength and weaknesses. Additionally, a lot of goblins managed to acquire goblin technique. But among them, three of them acquired different skills.

Smithing technique, hand to hand fighting technique, and land working technique.

It seems goblins aren’t guaranteed to receive goblin technique. They could acquire different skills at a fixed probability. I got that much. Everyone got their skills at level 1, but that still meant I no longer had to do everything around the village.

“…Excuse me while I go hunt some monsters for a bit.” Perhaps jealous that everyone was able to evolve, Livia rushed out of the village with a smile. As a side note, Darkle was feeling pretty down that he didn’t manifest any skill.

Next up were the werewolves. I evolved them while continuing to record their data. Their statuses went up the same amount as with the goblins. Same with the stats they could easily raise.

But the werewolves acquired werewolf race specific skills.

…Like so. Perhaps every monster has its own technique which it can acquire by default.

Four of the werewolves acquired different skills. Cooking technique, tailoring technique, cultivation technique, and construction technique.

…How is cultivation technique different from my cultivation skill? I examined the skill out of doubt.

…I guess that’s how it is. It seems that things with ‘technique’ on them are less powerful. That means there’s a chance I might pull cultivation technique from the gacha some day.

Once Orphe saw the werewolves evolve, he too said, “…I’m heading out to kill monsters for a bit.” Before rushing out of the village. …No, but it’ll be dark soon. Well, I guess Orphe and Livia are pretty strong. I don’t really need to worry about them.

For the time being I taught the goblins and werewolves who acquired different skills how to use them.

“I’ll start with smithing technique. Does any writing appear in front of you?”

“Th, there it is!”

“You can make the things written there. Right… how about you try making a hoe? The materials are important so watch out.”

“…Y, yes! Umm, it seems I need iron magic ore.”

“Yeah, use this.” I handed them the iron magic ore Rufina dug up. …Well, we still have a bunch in the storehouse.

“U, understood! …Done!” A hoe appeared before our eyes. The surrounding goblins and werewolves shouted a bit in surprise. There were also envious voices mixed in. The goblin who made the hoe looked happy but let out an exhausted sigh for some reason.

“You alright?”

“Y, yes… It just took a lot of magic power… You were alright after making so much Crest…? That’s incredible!”

“Well, you should get better as you use it. Make the same things, take things apart, and just get used to it little by little.”

“You’re right! So what should I do with this hoe then?” I took the hoe and handed it to another goblin. It was the goblin with the land working skill.

“Alright, follow me.”

“Okay!” The goblin nodded cheerfully.

I let them to the spot I planned to use for a field before telling them, “Try swinging the hoe down while thinking about your skill.”

“Okay! …Haa!” They stated digging their hoe into the dirt. Thanks to the land working skill it turned into good quality soil. The goblin was happily swinging away, but then they stopped halfway.

“I, I’m tired… This takes quite a bit of magic…”

“Well, I guess so…. But you’ve made a field now. …Alright, use these seeds.” …I didn’t notice it at all, but apparently that takes a lot of magic. Do I have a lot of magic in comparison? I gave a werewolf some fruit seeds and wheat.

The werewolf nodded and began sowing the seeds. Even though they were just planting seeds, the werewolf stuck their tongue out in exhaustion and panted. “This takes a lot of… magic power…”

“…I see. But if you goblins and werewolves all cooperate, then you’ll gain a new source of food! They’ll finish growing after a few days, and then you can collect the seeds and use the rest as food.”

“Whoa! Hooray! We won’t have to rely on monsters anymore!”

“It’s thanks to Crest’s help! Thank you so much!” The goblins and werewolves hugged each other in joy. …Well, relying on hunting every day is pretty unstable. Since they can use cooking technique now, they’ll be able to make bread once they harvest the wheat.

…Trying to make bread for everyone by myself would take a lot of time. Everyone was laughing happily. I grew happy myself from watching them.

The monsters I’d yet to explain their skills to looked to me expectantly. Guess I’ll teach the rest of them.