Succubus' Life in Another World

Chapter 41: Setting up a Base

Woah! There really are frozen goblin statues Even though its been more than ten days since then, it really hasnt been dispelled Its understandable, why the investigators, only confirmed, the statues.

Though we have been doing coordination training ever since we left Motsi town, our travel itself went smoothly, so without experiencing any particular trouble, we arrived at the place where Grim and I first met.

The eighteen goblins still stood where I froze them ten days prior.

This time, other than the investigation, we also accepted another request. Yep, its the removal of these goblin ice sculptures. This place is a bit distant from the highway so its not like it stands out a lot; but still, its one of the campsites used by the adventurers or merchants coming from the Empire, so it may be a problem to just leave them be.

Hmm~ So? Removing them is fine and all, but how do we go about it? Well, since goblins dont really have any useful parts, wont it be just fine to just burn the corpses after collecting the Magic Cores? Okay. Well then, let me thaw them for now.

Saying so, I release the Magic Power that froze the goblins in place. Ten days have passed, but it seems like it still hasnt been released from my control, so the ice melted easily.

Since they were more or less just cold corpses, it wasnt particularly complicated after that. Working together, everybody retrieved the Magic Cores and Arisas sloppy burned the corpses to ash with her sloppy magecraft.

Its yellow, huh. It looks a bit darker than the one from the Abyssal Forests goblins, maybe? Its proof that the goblins here are stronger than the ones on the Dungeons outer layer. When it becomes a higher class, itll look more gold than yellow. I see. So that means these ones would earn a higher price when sold off, right? Obviously. Maybe since theyre under the influence of the dense Mana of the sacred mountain, the Magic Cores of the monsters in this vicinity have considerably more Magic Power dwelling inside them. Theres a wide difference in its utility value.

Listening to Grimhart, it seems that this sacred mountain is referring to that mountain where I was first caught by the bandits. Though the big mountain south of the kingdom and the empire, seemingly dividing the east and the west, hasnt turned into a dungeon yet, it has a large amount of mana. Its unknown wherever this Mana comes from, but there are various speculations about it. Like maybe it was originally a huge monsters corpse or maybe theres an unexplored Dungeon inside the mountain or so.

By the way, it looks like that place where the bandits that caught me stayed in wasnt even halfway up the mountain. Nevertheless, its a place that decent and upright adventurers rarely approach so its probably a perfect place for a hideout.

Hm? Wait, if the sacred mountains dense in Mana, then isnt normal for a lot of strong monsters to roam around here? Its the opposite. Since the mountain is filled with dense Mana, why would they especially descend to the foot of the mountain thin in Mana?

Now that you mention it, monsters do generally eat Mana, huh. In that case, there definitely isnt any monster that would especially come down to the highway at the foot of the mountain, huh.

However, it looks like the report about the Mana around here getting denser is true. Did you find something out? Yeah, I only checked a bit so I cant be sure about it, but at the very least the Mana level around here is about the same as the Dungeons outer layer.

Using some kind of Spell, Bia said so. It seems to be a type of Magecraft that isnt included in the Magic that I can use.

The Magic I can use ranges from ones that can be used in daily life to wide rage explosion attacks, but theres a considerable amount that I cant use. One of those is Search-type Magic.

I myself can sense Life Essence to some extent, so when it comes to humans, I can know their position to a certain degree. However, if Im against things that are hard to sense Life Essence from, like Monsters or Magic Beasts, I basically cant see anything. For that reason, I was really lucky to have teamed up with Urania, since she can detect things by smell.

Other Magic I cant use are Teleportation Magic, Communication Magic, Resurrection Magic and more. Not that I really cared about Resurrection magic, but I really wanted to use Teleport, you know?

Okay. In the meantime, well be building a temporary base here. After all, were going to investigate here for five days. And so, rather than our usual camp, lets to make a somewhat secure one! Okay~ Yeah! Understoo~d Yep!

To Grimharts command, we reply in different ways. As usual, were really disorganized, making Grimharts smile twitch, but this is better than being too tense, right? Later, I heard from Arisa that when Girm and Fyne team up, it seems that theyre basically always like this.

Mh ahmnh mhmn phwah! Haa Thanks for the meal. Nn Youre welcome.

That night, since Urania and I, who were in charge of the combat earlier today, were exempted from night watch, we decided to have a rest in our tent.

In the place where were based, we set up five tents all in all. The tents were divided roughly into mine and Urania; Grimhart, Jarvis and Grays; Audrey and Jessicas; Kety, Emily, and Bias or so.

Right now, it was supposed to be Audrey, Jesicca, and also Grays turn to be on lookout. Its quite admirable, but its decided that the three men will be alternating turns every night for the lookout.

Thats because the tent that Grim brought with them is too narrow for three grown men to sleep in, but having said that, their reasoning is that, assuming if one of them sleeps outside, its pretty awkward for them to sleep while the ladies are nearby staying watch for the night.

I was a former guy, current girl, so I decided not to think about it too much. And since we were also exempted from tonights lookout, I ended up feasting on Uranias Life Essence.

Honestly speaking, every time I take in Life essence, Im still assaulted by an unbelievable feeling of pleasure, but I somehow control myself and pay attention so that I dont take any more than necessary.

Each time our lips separate, Urania looks at me with her eyes filled with ecstasy, so Im really just barely able to control myself. Yep, Im really doing my best.

Tomorrow, well be searching, huh. Nn, if theres something, Ill find it for sure. Im counting on you. Lily, because youre here, I can do my best. Me too, Urania. As long as youre with me, I can do anything.

Inside the tent, while lying on the bed I took out from the Dream Storage, we smile at each other and close our eyes.

Goodnight, Urania. Goodnight, Lily.

The hand I held underneath our blanket never left my hand until the next day.