The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 102 Special Method to Unseal the Seal

"So, do you want to give it a try?"

"Haha, um..."

Yanami's eyes were shining, but she suddenly paused, as if she had thought of something.

"What's wrong?"

"Although I really want to try it, Mr. Dragon can talk like a human, and I feel a little awkward about eating his flesh."

"Ah...that's certainly true."

Yanami scratched her cheek and nodded, revealing a slightly embarrassed smile.

"For example, if you talk to him, you might think, 'Oh, I ate his flesh.'"

"Hmm... never mind then. I'll make it up to you if I find something delicious."

"I'm sorry, Klein, I've wasted your good intentions."

"No, it was my oversight."

What else can we eat...? I really can't think of anything.

Klein told the dragon to dive back to the bottom of the water to rest and recuperate. Although it had a strong ability to recover, such a serious injury would take a long time to heal.

Although Klein could help it recover by accelerating growth, it was ultimately a drop in the ocean, and it could only recover slowly, or perhaps a new method would have to be found.

"By the way, Klein, could you take me back to the plantation? I'd like to have a barbecue there; the spices are all stored there."

"OK."

Since Yanami couldn't swim back by herself, Klein had to assist her.

There are three steps to sending Yanami back to the plantation.

First, let the flying winged serpent dragons take Yanami to the top of the cave. It would be impossible for Yanami to swim up the waterfall by herself.

But this step proved much more difficult for Klein than he had imagined. While it would be easier to bring the pterosaur down, as it simply followed the current and the pterosaur could flap its wings to resist the current and slow the descent, this step proved much more challenging.

But if you try to go up, the water will push you back down, making it very difficult to get up.

The final solution was to use Klein's vines to pull them up.

The second step is for Yanami to approach the Thunder Crocodile, who is already waiting above the cave, and then use Klein's vines to tie them together before entering the underwater passage.

Because Thunder Crocodile can accelerate using vortexes, and combined with Yanami's own water manipulation skills, she can move very fast in the passage. Yanami held her breath until she arrived at the safe house.

Because the distance is too far, the journey has to be divided into two parts, and Yanami must take a breather in the safe house.

Finally, after Yanami has breathed fresh in the safe house, she can safely and quickly return to the plantation using the vine transport device prepared by Klein.

The biggest risk along the way is that Yanami might accidentally choke and suffocate, so Klein hopes to avoid having Yanami go back and forth between the two sides as much as possible.

But the lake here is very important, and the dragons can't leave this place, so it's destined to become Klein's most important location. However, the plantation connects to the forest and also to the burrows dug by the rats, so it's not easy to abandon it...

Ugh, this is such a hassle.

It's too much trouble to go back and forth like this. If only we could make a hole, I wonder if we could ask the rat-like creatures for help?

Afterwards, we need to go to the rat tribe's stronghold for a trade. We'll have Yanami negotiate with them then to see if they can help us establish communication between the two sides.

Aside from [Exploration] and [Identification], [Status Absorption], which has been sustaining Klein by absorbing the Dragon's Might, has also been upgraded.

[Status Absorption LV2: Can absorb positive status effects.]

In other words, if the enemy has magic that enhances them, they can absorb it and turn it into their own magic power.

That's really a good effect. After all, enhancing one's own abilities is quite common. For example, the Steel-Toothed Boar enhances its physical abilities, and the Thunder Crocodile's ability to maintain its power might also count.

Status absorption is truly an amazing skill...

Ah, speaking of which, is it possible to absorb that? I wonder if that counts as a state?

Klein reached the bottom of the lake and found his target: the bronze dragon Mariens.

That refers to the seal on the dragon's body.

Perhaps the seal is a negative state. If we can absorb the seal, maybe we can make the dragon free.

Thinking that there was no harm in trying, Klein activated his skill on the dragon's magic.

Activate skill: Status Absorption

Success rate: 0.01%

Successful launch—impossible, just thinking about it makes it impossible.

However, Klein was still surprised that he could actually activate his power against the seal.

I never thought I'd actually guessed right. Maybe I'm a genius after all?

However... a one in ten thousand chance, maybe a little better than winning the lottery? But not by much. If it takes ten thousand tries to succeed, by then I'd be stronger than a dragon, right?

However, you never know.

Although the chances of success were very slim, Klein still planned to spend a little magic every day to try a few times, hoping that he might succeed.

Moreover, even if it fails, with the lake as its base, the bronze dragon Marion will still be Klein's greatest asset. Even when sealed away, its power is already impressive.

Being able to withstand the attack of hundreds of pterosaurs is already quite impressive.

After testing the new effects of the skill, Klein looked at his level again.

Because he killed a lot of winged serpent dragons, Klein's experience increased significantly, and his level jumped by six levels.

If we kill the dragon directly, the power-up might be much higher?

However, Klein still parasitized it. In the long run, the benefits of parasitism outweighed the risks, and killing it after parasitism was not difficult. It was like a super experience pack that could be obtained at any time.

Open the panel; there are five options to choose from.

[LV22: Dandelion seeds can be carried by the wind.]

Dandelion...?

Klein remembered that the dandelion seeds he knew were covered in soft, fluffy white down, and because they were so small and light, they would fly everywhere in the wind...

Maybe it will be useful? For example, it allows you to plant your own seeds at will.

But it doesn't seem to be that useful?

Although it still needs further development, let's select it anyway.

[LV23: Wild chrysanthemum, its petals carrying a delicate fragrance.]

With a delicate fragrance... This is the most useless description I've ever seen.

The only use Klein could think of was to get some chrysanthemum tea for Yanami, but tea could probably be bought at the rat tribe's stronghold, right? If all else failed, he could have the merfolk gather some in the wild.

Ultimately, Klein opted for an increase in growth rate.

[LV24: The leaves of the ghost algae are very resilient and adept at entangling prey.]

Without further ado, Klein immediately chose the Ghost Algae, since its property of increasing the strength of vines was extremely useful.

[LV25: Goji berry seeds can improve chronic fatigue, lower back and leg pain, dizziness and tinnitus, and can also alleviate symptoms of excessive eye strain such as dry eyes and blurred vision.]

It's basically medicine... and the goji berries and stuff, it brings back so many memories.

Then, happily choose the vine resilience.

[LV26: The lotus's tuberous stem can store nutrients underwater and is delicious.]

That won't work, let's choose mana recovery speed...

This is the last one; I hope it's helpful.

[LV27: Blade Grass, its leaves are armed with metallic elements, making them tough and sharp.]

Metallization! There are plants like this? No wonder this is a fantasy world!

With this property, my vines could turn into metal, right? Maybe they could even grow covered in swords like the Saber Lion.

Without hesitation, Klein chose this characteristic.