How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 58

Chapter 58

64. Black Magician’s Workshop Extermination (9)

Why is only this left?

“Oh? Is that a giant’s bone? Unexpected that it’s still here.”

As I stood there blankly holding the bone, Cruise peeked from behind me.

When I showed it to her, she examined it and confirmed it was indeed a giant’s bone.

“It seems genuine.”

“Genuine?”

“Probably, this was used as the material to create that monster from before.”

No matter how skilled a black magician is, they can’t recreate an extinct creature without some foundation.

In short, they cultivated it based on the information of that giant embedded in this bone.

“The bone of an ancient giant—is it worth keeping?”

“I think it’s excellent as a material. It’s also rare. Giant-related fossils are hard to come by.”

“Well… that’s true.”

In the game’s lore, the giants’ former territory is now a magical zone, considered a dangerous area, making access difficult.

Therefore, even finding fossils or materials like this isn’t easy, so they’re precious.

“Whether it’s for medicine or equipment, it would be valuable,” Cruise said confidently.

“Then the important thing is the right to dispose of this.”

Basically, the material belongs to the person who defeated it.

Even if everyone worked hard, the girl [referring to a party member] contributed the most firepower.

If she claims ownership, I have no complaints.

I have to acknowledge what needs to be acknowledged. That’s what makes you human.

“……”

A moment of silence.

In fact, I know Cruise is also quite interested in this material.

When I subtly lift the bone and walk to the side, she doesn’t show it, but her eyes follow.

“Would you like to have it, Cruise?”

“……No. You, the spiritist, should have it. Or someone else among you can have it.”

After much deliberation, Cruise gave up ownership.

That was unexpected.

I was wondering if I could hand this over and build a better impression.

“Are you really okay with that?”

“In terms of contribution, what you, the spiritist, did cannot be ignored.”

“Well, that’s true…”

Finding this place, getting eaten by the giant, getting beaten up.

Wait? It feels like I’m taking on more of the physical hardships?

Wasn’t I here to freeload?

I feel unjustly treated, so I should take it.

“Then I’ll take it. I’m really taking it? Don’t change your mind later. I won’t give it to you.”

“……Oh my, I don’t say such petty things. What do you think of me?”

With this, I temporarily own the giant’s bone.

Besides that, there’s a lot to salvage anyway.

The black magician is dead, and there’s no one else to interfere.

Then there’s only one thing to do.

“Then let’s slowly start treasure hunting.”

“……At least call it investigating.”

Well, whatever.

Now all that’s left is to take what we can.

Everyone’s eyes lit up as if they had been waiting for this.

Everyone seems motivated.

* * *

“Let’s search carefully!”

We began to re-explore the inside of the black magician’s workshop.

Until now, we’ve only glanced around while being cautious of monsters and enemies.

There must be many things we missed.

“But please be careful of traps. Also, you might encounter monsters that have escaped his control.”

As Cruise said, we continued to explore the interior, discovering and dealing with monsters wandering aimlessly inside the workshop several times.

In the meantime, we found quite a few things, including things that would obviously be worth money, and a lot of other ambiguous things.

However, the most ambiguous are the materials related to monsters.

“Most of them are things I don’t understand. How about selling those as materials?”

Certainly, we could make a profit as rare materials.

“That’s a bit… difficult.”

“I wouldn’t recommend it either.”

Cruise and I both shook our heads.

We shouldn’t be greedy about this.

“Hmm? Why? They seem like quite rare materials.”

“It’s suspicious to distribute them in the market. It’s the workshop of someone who was tampering with bizarre monsters. I can’t recommend touching anything related to it.”

Cruise pointed out firmly and burned all the materials before anyone could stop her.

“Ah……”

“Ugh… what a waste.”

Naturally, the mercenaries licked their lips.

But they don’t complain because they and I understand.

The aftermath is scary, and we don’t want to cause trouble.

If she hadn’t burned them, I would have.

Let’s only take what’s safe.

After searching a few more rooms, we encountered what seemed like a warehouse storing valuables.

Yes! This is the treasure vault!

“This time, there are only things that are easy to take.”

“Amazing!”

“This is incredible!”

Everyone exclaimed when they saw chests full of gold coins, jewels, and silver coins that made them marvel.

……Huh? Everyone?

“But aside from the jewels, gold coins… did that guy need money?” Soland asked, sounding puzzled.

Isn’t a black magician someone who isolates themselves from society and lives in seclusion?

“Is there magic that can be used with money?”

“Well, with this much treasure, it might feel like using money is magic.”

I said it as a joke, but the mercenaries nodded seriously.

Are you sympathizing?

Cruise, the orthodox magician, sighed, perhaps because she found the overly materialistic expression unpleasant.

“…It’s not like that, but money is necessary for magicians.”

“Necessary?”

“Even those with great talent can’t be completely self-sufficient.”

“Ah. Does that mean the magician girl buys food and other things directly?”

“That would be easier,” Cruise said, staring intently at the gold coin box.

Does that mean the black magician hides his identity and goes down to the city to buy bread in the market?

The merchants would be horrified if they knew.

They would immediately make a fuss about creating a special black magician sale period.

More than that, why are we only talking about materialistic things?

It must be because we’re excited about finding valuables.

“Since everything is quite bulky and heavy, how about we move these things in earnest after the search is over?”

“I agree.”

“Treasure is good, but there are still places to look around.”

No one will take it in the meantime, right?

If they do, I’ll show more seriousness than when we fought that giant and defeat them.

After that, we continued to search his facilities in order.

Sometimes we salvaged magic stones or herbs, and sometimes we had to reluctantly incinerate things that were difficult to take with us.

One welcome thing was that we were able to salvage quite rare herbs.

Thanks to that, I found new possibilities.

“…This. Can’t I make a secret medicine?”

Almost all the materials for processing the troublesome essence of the demon race are being supplied.

Now all that’s left is the problem of processing this, but let’s think about that later.

After that, as we gradually continued the search, I finally got a signal.

“Oh? Is it finally over?”

My name is shining brightly above my head.

I opened the window as it was [referring to the game interface].

Oh? Is it over now?

I was a little nervous because the results didn’t come out as quickly as usual.

The problem is what kind of results will come out now.