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This chapter has been replaced with a new translation on [2024-06-27]. Comments may refer to the old translation.

After advancing a bit more, I encountered another big dog. It was nothing special. I defeated it with the same trick as before. Pinning it down with water worked splendidly and my level rose to 11. I didn’t dismantle it right away and only collected the magic core.

Well, that’s because I have no place to put the materials. I’ll take a look at the place I can see ahead and then take them back with me, when I return.

Though in my current state, I have exactly 56 MP left, so I should be able to bring down another foe, if it is like the big dog.
Thinking that, I advanced.

I wonder, will the next foe be at the same distance as was between the first and second big dog?

There it was… a ball of fur. No matter how you looked at it, it couldn’t be anything but a furball.
The furball to end all furballs¹. The embodiment of all furballs.

I want to stroke it. No, have it rub me².

It was about one or two sizes³ smaller than the big dog. It was still fairly large.

Since it’s in this place, it’s probably a magic beast, isn’t it? I wonder, what kind of attacks does it use?

As I thought that, it started moving sluggishly for some reason, and… Oh, that’s its mouth, isn’t it? Something like a mouth, I guess.

It opened what was probably its mouth and shot a mass of wind from there. It was the Wind Magic “Wind Ball”. Moreover, from its size, it appeared to be Lv4 or 5.

It uses magic…? That’s dangerous.

I immediately shot off two Water Balls of the same level and repelled the Wind Ball. Why did I need two of them? Because my opponent was about to shoot another one from its still open mouth. Somehow, I managed to cancel the second one, too.

Then, I immediately invoked Water Emission. And right as the magic disappeared, another Water Emission. Just like that, another Water Emission. And then one more, as a freebie.

That said, my opponent wasn’t trying to move at all. It had been sluggish when it opened its mouth, so its speed was probably low. Thus, I easily defeated it with repeated Water Emissions. Still, it probably had a higher vitality than the big dog. I had to use lots of Water Emissions on it.

Water Emission is powerful.
…Or rather, I can no longer stroke its fur, since it’s all drenched now, can I? I wanted to stroke and pat it~. It was so fluffy.

Well, it’s fine. This is the first time I encountered one of these, so let’s take some of its fur. I might be able to craft a bag from it and the big dog’s skin, so I should harvest it.

That way, I would also be able to collect the magic cores I left outside the hole since they didn’t fit in my pockets. Incidentally, I got the same kind of magic core from the furball, as I had gotten from the big dog, which was of a light-green color.

Light green, but not the same as yellow-green. Just light-green, you know.
I’m pretty sure they’re the same rank.

My level had risen from 11 to 13, but I had no MP left, so that was how far I’d go this time.

Let’s sleep and recover MP. One hour should be enough to restore it.

While I thought that, I went back the way I came.

Author’s Note:

Experience points from the furball:
In the wild → 400
In the dungeon → 600

1. The original is ” THE毛玉” (“THE furball”). I changed it a bit to show that he tries to emphasize it.
2. Not sure about that, the original is just “make (someone) do” in the command form.
3. I wonder what “size” he’s referring to here. It might mean half or one third of the big dog’s size.