Chapter 264: Harpy Kingdom Revival 4

Chapter 264: Harpy Kingdom Revival 4

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The massive monster that roamed freely through the deep underground was resistant to a variety of things.

"Ah, yes. The tentacle that Hanna entrusted to us has been analyzed. As you mentioned, we focused on its resistance to acid."

"Ahaha- So, what then?"

Given its size and the fact that it was a high-level monster filled with mana, it naturally had significant resistance to both physical and magical attacks.

Even an ogre barely over 5 meters tall could withstand spear and sword attacks and magic with its thick skin, so it was unlikely that a monster tens of meters tall would be any softer.

Additionally, roaming the deep underground gave it resistance to pressure and heat, and despite its squishy tentacle-like appearance, it had resistance to lightning, possibly due to ingesting rocks all day.

However, there was a clear weakness; one was obviously acid.

The other was ice, an element it likely never encountered.

Katie's sword could slice through the thick tentacles in one strike because of this elemental advantage.

"It might live near an underground lava lake, as it has almost absolute resistance to heat and flame. But, just slightly freezing it makes it lose its strength immediately. Ah! Just as Hanna said, it was very vulnerable to acidic solutions. It melted away easily, as if boiling water had been poured on ice. Even considering the mana evaporating from the cut, the reaction was quite remarkable."

A mage, eyes sparkling with fascination, holds a piece of the tentacle and hands it to Charlotte's followers.

The results came back very quickly.

Charlotte and Antenor, who had a firm grip on the Magic Tower, had recruited talent well.

The boss, which fled in a hurry due to the pain of being scorched by acid, could not be pursued and returned to the city in just one day.

With the quest log updated for the tentacles that tore down mountains and devoured harpies and mountain goats, and the analysis of the tentacles complete, all that was left was to hunt the boss.

'Anyway, ever since the quest changed on its own last time, no new quests have popped up. Maybe there's nothing left to give?'

Setting aside the abruptly stopped quests, the stone dwarves, harpies, and humans all started moving busily.

To the stone dwarves, the boss was like a natural disaster that could destroy their city at any moment; to the harpies, it was a dangerous creature that destroyed their nests, stole their livestock, and even hunted harpies; to humans, it was like a goose that laid golden eggs.

And among these, the most fervent response came not from the two races striving to protect their homelands but from humans looking to make money.

The desire of humans, more intense than the will to protect one's home, could be said to be the most perfect motive of all.

"I've already talked to Old Bobo. He said a protein solvent, an alchemy catalyst, would be very effective. I don't know about its shell, but it should definitely be able to dissolve its tentacles."

"We can bulk purchase alchemy kits from outside the tower through merchants. A merchant named Philip has sent an invitation to our party."

"The mages coming with Charlotte plan to take turns. They're gathering a bunch from the Magic Tower who have been studying ice and acid magic and asked us to delay the subjugation until then."

Dropping hints here and there makes things progress smoothly, like gears clicking into place.

Merchants, their eyes rolling back at the prospect of buying harpy mana stones, plan to load their carriages with meat and plenty of sulfuric acid.

Charlotte appears ready to bring in all the mages from the Magic Tower as mercenaries if the 50 mages are not enough.

The Temple Knights will, of course, dedicate their efforts to defeating the unholy monster.

Adventurers forced down from the top floors of the tower also sneak in, cursing as they lend a hand.

"Hey, Roland! You're saying it wasn't a harpy that blocked the road but some monster f*ck?"

If it were a regular adventurer, they might just yell "Screw it!"chop off the boss's head, dump it at the Guild, and let them handle the rest in exchange for a fee.

Sadly, we're a hero party.

Doing such a thing while receiving support from the Palace and the Temple would only double the trouble.

"The brothers at the Temple agreed to join under the condition that they would build temples and proselytize in the stone dwarf's city and the Harpy Kingdom. Other than that, there were no conditions; they just wanted to support Hanna, the hero."

Irene was the first to speak up.

True to the Temple's nature of diving headfirst into the tower with nothing but faith, it was refreshingly straightforward.

After that, as Han Se-ah chatted with her viewers, the rest of the group, who had been diligently running around, added their comments one by one.

When I personally met with the senior adventurers, it was Katie, a Noble, who talked to Charlotte at the Magic Tower, and Grace who dealt with the Guild side.

"Charlotte handled the negotiations with the Magic Tower. They've agreed to gather as many intermediate-level mages as possible if we give them the first rights to buy the boss's loot. They have around 40 mages who can use ice and acid magic."

"The Adventurer's Guild, well, they said they would do their best to provide supplies through inter-guild trades. They plan to bulk purchase the alchemical solution that Hanna spread by making a deal with the Alchemist Guild. Plus, the merchants that tag along will be integrated and simplified by the guild."

Temple: We'll help for free as long as you believe in the Goddess.

Magic Tower: We'll help as much as you want if you sell us the boss's loot.

Guild: I'll handle the merchants and supplies, so I'll take a commission.

Merchant: I'll supply war materials to the guild, so please sell me some rare mana stones.

That's the gist of how things were organized.

At this point, perhaps feeling left out, Han Se-ah quickly spoke up.

"Ah, I asked the stone dwarves, and they said they could modify the city's defense cannons to launch acid solutions. If the creature ends up fighting near Granny Pipi's city, this could help."

-While everyone else is working, this idiot is just thinking about spraying hydrochloric acid...

-How has the main weapon become hydrochloric acid, lol

-I've seen countless generic isekai failures, but it's my first time seeing a protagonist with an acid sprayer.

-Ah, don't you know? This is called "sulfuric acid." It dissolves proteins.

-Logs into the game and what, work? lol The NPCs should do the work, and we should just rake in the money.

Nonetheless, the viewers were too busy teasing.

Maybe the teasing will continue until they hunt the boss.

Perhaps even after they've defeated the boss.

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[1. raei: H2SO4 is the chemical formula for sulfuric acid]

[2. raei: Thorium grenade does exist in other games/media(?) but searching it up, the search is dominated by world of warcraft links]

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