CH 31

The road to the eighth floor was very easy. I wasn’t going to be attacked by monsters on the sixth or seventh floors since I had physically transformed into orcs. Also, if I happen to encounter an explorer, I could quickly escape.

The monsters that appeared starting on the eighth floor were lizardmen. My impression was that they fought hard. A wrong slash was easily diverted by their hard skin. When dealing with them, I had a hard time getting a hit with my sword.

Of course, I didn’t fight and interact with them openly. I had the [transformation] skill. Various savage ways of defeat were possible with this. Yes, like this.

“Geko, geko, geko!”

The lizardman who fell into the pit was screaming. Maybe it was screaming, ‘Help me!’ because I appeared to be a lizardman to it. What was it thinking? It actually thought of me as a companion. Even if I was a fellow lizardman, I’d ditch all the stupid guys who fell into these pits.

I crouched down and reached out with my hands, which were covered in scales. The lizardman’s expression quickly loosened.

Here!

I undid the [transformation] and returned to my human form. The expression of the lizardman changed as confusion spread across it’s face. It finally caught on! It was fooled by a human!

“Stupid!”

I buried the lizardman alive with the [Soil Generation] skill that I just purchased as an adventurer.

After about three minutes, magic stones and lizardman stones rolled onto the ground. I was relieved that I didn’t have to dig them up.

Lizardman stones are rare drops that are traded at high prices, they can be used as perfume ingredients. It seems that when it comes to these items, the value is close to 1 million.

However, this ‘Instant Lizard Buddha’ strategy required two skills, [Soil Generation] and [Soil Manipulation], so I had already invested 20 million for them alone. I’ll be able to profit from it now.

A bonus move was created when combining the two skills. It allowed you to eject a lump of soil like a bullet. This was the magic of this world. For me, it was very easy to use this move because it didn’t wear out no matter how much I used it. Blinding an opponent was one of the basics for a vicious move.

“Well, let’s work.”

After confirming there was no sign of anyone around me, I transformed back into a lizardman. Then I started searching for another lizardman who might be wandering around, so that I could use the Buddha strategy again.

A lizardman just waved his hand and talked to me, and then he ran straight and fell into another pit. It was a magnificent scene. I wanted to prepare a tripod and a camera the next day to capture it on video. The sake you drink while watching it would be delicious.

I was happy to continue my search.