Day 11-20/Day 19

After completing morning practice, I didn’t go hunting, instead I went to look at the warehouse in the inner parts of the cave. Since some of the captured girls had adventurer-like abilities, it occurred to me that items relating to those abilities might have been captured together with the girls.

From just looking at the stuff, even a genius like me couldn’t decide what’s trash and what’s worth keeping, however thanks to the ability I got from the Orc, [Detect Analysis], I could see the items details.

In addition, since analysing stuff gave the ability experience, even analysing duds wasn’t a waste of time.

With such a carefree mood, it seems I found a treasure trove. And a fairly large one at that.

Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Staff] Beginner Magician’s stave. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Staff] Blessed Mistletoe stave. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Sword] Iron Estocs x3. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Dagger] Bowie Knife x4. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Axe] Iron Battle-Axe x2. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Ranged] Crossbow x2. Goblin-rou has obtained [Weapon-Consumable] Iron Tipped Arrow x50.

Goblin-rou has obtained [Protection-Shield] Iron Round Shield x2. Goblin-rou has obtained [Protection-Armor] Damaged Breastplate. Goblin-rou has obtained [Protection-hand] Solid Iron-Wrought Gauntlet.

Goblin-rou has obtained [Medicine] Health Potions that might have gone bad x6. Goblin-rou has obtained [Medicine] Mana Potions that might have gone bad x8. Goblin-rou has obtained [Medicine] Holy Water Bottles of the Enrique faith x3.

Goblin-rou has obtained [Storage] Backpacks x2. Goblin-rou has obtained [Storage] Field Pack x3

Goblin-rou has obtained [Book] First Volume of “World Wandering Journal: From Imperial Capitals to Unexplored Regions”. Goblin-rou has obtained [Book] Second Volume (of three) of “Introduction to magic – Basic sorcery”. Goblin-rou has obtained [Book] “Nature of God’s Prayer: Scenario of Receiving”. Goblin-rou has obtained [Book] “Recommended guide to Erietta Continent’s Alphabet”.

When going over it, I found treasure after treasure.

At first glance it seems to be composed entirely of unusable scrap, however below the uppermost layer, lots of useful stuff laid sleeping. Yeah, it seems this place truly is a treasure trove. While there’s no great difference between the estocs I found and the long sword I’m carrying currently, however since they were in a better condition, I decided to swap.

Comparing the obsidian knife I’d been using till now with the bowie knives, their blades were longer and their edges sharper.The blade is single edged, and only at the tip is it double-edged, I suspect it’s meant to be used as a hunting knife, so I took the knives as well. Four knives might be a lot, but since the production of pocket knives already has begun, there’s really no problem.

I looked forward to when at a later time I’d disassemble the knives to learn how they were made.

After that, except for the estoc I picked and the longsword I swapped for it, I ate the rest of the swords.

Ability [Improved Slashing Power] learned. Ability [Improved Piercing Power] learned.

I learned [Improved Slashing Power] from eating the longsword, and [Improved Piercing Power] from eating the estocs.

In order for the reader to understand this, I’ll tell you about my [Consumption absorption ability].

I learn abilities from more than eating living beings. However, for items above a certain level, the power of the learned abilities depends on the the quality of the item, and for it to enter my mind I must have used the item a certain amount. If I haven’t, then eating the item would be pointless, and in that way I have to keep wondering, “I wonder if this will go well now”, I’ve had to practice that perception quite a bit. Even if I make a mistake I’ll recover, I told myself to give me the bravery to keep trying.

Reaching the top feels really good.

While I was doing that by myself, Gobukichi and Gobumi-chan came by. Apparently they thought it odd that they couldn’t see me, so they went looking for me. They really came at a great time. I’d taken the potions and other stuff that you could hang on the belt and put in the field pack, I crammed as much of the rest as I could into the backpack. That which I couldn’t fit inside my bags, I asked Gobukichi and Gobumi-chan to carry for me.

And then Gobukichi graduated from his shell-wrapped cudgel, to a rustic looking battle-axe and his wooden shield with pieces of carapace sewn on was switched for an iron round shield. Since there was a hole in the middle of the round shield, we didn’t really have a choice and made an impromptu fix by attaching a piece of carapace there.

Then I had him equip the breast plate instead of the shell reinforced leather armor I made for him two days ago. Together with the shell-helmet I made for him two days ago, Gobu Kichi’s defense was the highest by far out of us three.

He totally looked like heavy infantry.

He kept the cudgel he had used till today strapped over his back as a spare.

To Gobumi-chan, I gave the two crossbows and 50 arrows. In addition, I gave her the obsidian knife I had been using till now in addition to one of the bowie knives to use as insurance, but any more than this was, when looking at the weight of the stuff she was carrying, the limit.

Nevertheless, out of us three, the one with the highest ranged offensive power was her and with her deft handling of the two knives, her offensive potential shouldn’t be made light of.

For how she looked, the impression she gave was of either a hunter or an archer.

And at the end, myself. Two long swords were replaced by an estoc, with a small shield reinforced by shells similar to the one Gobukichi has. This shield was made so it could be fixed to the right arm, and still allow me to move my wrist without problems.

To protect my left hand, I equipped the gauntlet wrought from solid iron. The gauntlet had less defensive power than the round shield, however if the aim was just to deflect attacks then it should be enough.

This way I had reasonable defence, whilst not hurting my ease of movement too much.

With the effects of the ability [Job Light Swordsman] added, I feel like it’s risen by another level again. And also, since today the Goblins collected an earlier unthinkable amount of tribute for us, we returned to them. I couldn’t eat it all; it was far too much.