Volume 2 - CH 205

The tunnel didn’t seem to extend very long, and we soon reached a dead end.

What should I do?

Nothing is there.

“This is?”

“? What’s wrong?”

“The blessing of the earth has been activated.”

“Eh?”

The blessing of the earth. …….

It is a special skill that allows the user to interpret the nature of the terrain in which they are standing and use it as their own power.

The one that was activated just now is the magical power enhancement …….

It seems to be something that increases the power of magic and magic skills.

But it’s not right.

Previously, the blessing of the earth was finally activated after diving quite deep.

But this is the third floor ……

Does it mean that the terrain is changing up to the top ……?

“Do you have any idea what that means? ……”

“I don’t really understand.”

“Is that so……. But it is strange. It should have been at the bottom before, right?”

“That’s what should be the case. My magic seems to have been strengthened again.”

“Mhm… ……”

Saying so, Uchikage put his hand on his chin and thought about it again.

Since I don’t know what’s going on, I’ll just wander around the area and explore.

Alena seemed to be thinking the same thing, looking around at the ground and walls just like me.

But I don’t find anything. ……

Is there any useful skill that can be used in this situation?

Let’s see… …….

My skills that I can use for searching are ……. …….

None!

The only skills I really have are counter attacks and defensive skills. ……

I can do some physical techniques, but I’m too slow!

“There’s nothing here. Memo memo. …….”

“That’s right… ……. If something was hidden, it means that there was something that they didn’t want to be found. Maybe it’s already gone?”

“Reizen-dono, you are right, there is a possibility of that.  The fact that it was activated after entering this place means that there is a possibility that there is something here. ……”

But all we see are rocks.

There is nothing but a hollow cave

……Ah!

I think if I ask the voice of the earth about the special skills, maybe it will tell me something about it!

Hey!

Voice of the earth!

Please explain to me again about my special skill, the blessing of the earth!

―Special Skills―

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―Blessing of the Earth―

You can read the nature of the terrain you are standing on and use it to your advantage.

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Well, nothing has changed!

Though I don’t really understand how it works.

When I’m on the surface, it just raises my defense a little, but it doesn’t have any strong impact.

Nature …… Characteristic…….

I wish I had aniki to help me out in times like this!

I can’t understand anything on my own. ……

Sobs. ……

“Reizen-dono. Does it activate from the moment you enter this room?”

“M-hah Umm- how about ……? I’ll give it a try.”

I walked out of the room, and the blessing disappeared immediately.

I went back one more time and the blessing came back.

It seems that the effect disappears when I move about six meters away from the dead-end wall.

“The effect disappears here.”

“…… So the nature of the earth is different here only ……. Why is that? ……”

Even if you said that, I don’t know.

I’m not an expert in this world. ……

” Excuse me. Can I ask you both to step outside?”

“Eh? I don’t mind, but ……. What are you going to do?”

“Well, I thought I’d break the ground for now.”

“”You’re what?””

Hearing this, Alena uses levitation to escape at once.

You are too fast, Alena!

Certainly, adventurers may need to make quick decisions like that!

But please don’t leave me alone like this!

While Alena and I were standing far enough away, Uchikage put his fist on the ground.

Then, with a big swing, he hit the ground.

GHABOOM!!!

Uchikage may have gone a little easy on himself, the ground was only a little bit destroyed.

It’s rare to see the Uchikage conserving his strength to that extent.

Well, it would have been a disaster if he had hit the ground with all his might and caused it to fall down!

That should be it.

However, Uchikage froze with a surprised look on his face.

Then, he hit the ground with two more punches in the same way, but with a little less force.

The result was only a slightly larger crack.

“What are you doing?”

“R-Reizen-dono…… This ground is …… unbreakable.”

“? Say what? Could it be that Uchikage was really hitting that thing full force?!”

“Yes, …….”

“”No way!””

There is a ground that Uchikage, the genuine Oni can’t break!

This is ridiculous!