Chapter 947 Magic Detector (7k4)
In the past year, two legends have risen among adventurers in Western countries.
The first is a mysterious skills merchant. Not many people know his real name and his origins are also very mysterious. Those who are lucky enough to meet him only know that he has conquered a flaming dragon as a mount. He often rides the dragon down from the sky and sells it. The skills of the purchased adventurers have made rapid progress, and there have been dozens of cases of being promoted from D-level and E-level to B-level and A-level.
The other is the brave man who disappeared for decades and returned after reincarnation - Shining Masayuki!
He returned from reincarnation and easily formed a powerful A-level adventure group. Each member is a well-known figure, and his own strength is even more powerful and unpredictable. Many people are impressed by his domineering spirit and believe that he will Stronger than the legendary Sakaguchi Hinata, the strongest saint in the West.
But Honjo Masayuki himself felt extremely depressed about this, and had no idea how things developed step by step until now.
Just a year ago, he was a 16-year-old high school student with excellent grades and a middle-school rebellion deep inside. But just dyeing his hair blond, the crime is not enough for him to travel to another world, right?
In short, he was just walking on the road one day when he suddenly saw a beautiful green-haired woman. When he turned his head, he realized that he was here.
He is just an ordinary high school student who knows nothing, not even the language, but unfortunately he gets involved in a hero's rescue of Misato.
From that point on, things got out of hand, because he awakened several or rather strange skills one after another.
The hero is domineering (the chosen one).
Although this is a unique skill, it is close to the ultimate skill and has extremely superior performance.
Among them are the hero's domineering power that can intimidate others with his aura, the hero correction that can make people super lucky, and normal attacks can turn into fatal blows. Seeing him show off his skills will be inspired to express his admiration, and those who lose to him will be more The charisma of a hero who will be followed sincerely, and the heroic actions that can make his actions play a leadership role.
To put it simply, it is like a protagonist halo.
Everything went smoothly for him. 'Crazy Wolf' Xunlei, Bonnie, an outstanding magic graduate from the Kingdom of Ingracia, and Qiu, a high-level elf magic expert, were all impressed by his 'dominance' and became his subordinates one after another, so he Becoming more and more famous.
By now, Masayuki was almost familiar with this feeling, and at this moment, they heard some exaggerated rumors.
"Have you heard? The location of the legendary skill merchant has been exposed!"
"He lives in the Jura Great Forest, the Jura Tempest Federal State established by that monster. His mount, the flaming dragon he rode, also became the Demon King, and the Demon King Rimuru The relationship is very good!”
"Really! How could I lie to you?"
"You know the dragon species, right? It is said that one of the dragon species, the Scorching Flame Dragon, went to Jula Forest to catch him because he wanted his skills. Unexpectedly, he was defeated and repelled by the skill merchant! It was because of the commotion caused by that battle. It’s so big that everyone knows where he is!”
"Really, let's go together. Many adventurers have already gone to him. Maybe we can be lucky enough to buy a skill."
"That's right! I heard that the Monster Kingdom has even transformed the battlefield site between him and the Burning Flame Dragon into an attraction. We can take a ride on something called a cable car and fly over from the sky to see..."
The rumors sounded bizarre, and the word "cable car" intrigued Masayuki.
Are there people from our world over there?
So he and his friends inquired about it, and as soon as they inquired, they found out that something had happened.
who is he? The famous brave man, the shining Masayuki! Does he need to buy skills from a skill merchant? Of course not!
As a result, rumors spread like wildfire that the hero Masayuki was going to have a showdown with the skill merchant to compete for the title of the strongest human being, and there were even many people who thought he was going to eradicate the Demon King Rimuru along the way.
Tired by his reputation, it seems that Zhengxing can't live without a trip to the Monster Kingdom. Mad Wolf Thunder made a declaration: "Then let's really go and fight! What kind of skill merchants, only the weak will pursue that kind of thing, we don't need it !”
Bonnie was still calm: "But even the 'Dragon Species' are no match for that businessman. It's better for us to be careful... although I also think that Masayoshi can settle everything with his intervention."
Qiu Ze said: "Masayuki doesn't need to pursue those false names. The hero is to deal with the devil, not to fight with other human beings. There is no need to fight with some skill merchant, right?"
Masayuki nodded. He had never seen the power of a dragon, but to be honest, he didn't think he or the three people in front of him would lose.
Well, he still remembers that he has no real ability, but it seems that due to the influence of his skills, the three of Xunlei are ridiculously strong, and he thinks that no matter how strong the person is, they are only at their level.
Maybe a little tricky?
In short, there is no need to deliberately seek trouble. Even Demon King Rimuru does not want to take the initiative to provoke.
Before setting off, he made a special trip to the Free Guild Headquarters to ask Yuuki, who was also a visitor from another world, for advice. He asked Yuuki if he knew who the outsiders in the Monster Federation were.
But what puzzled and worried him was that someone from the Free Guild headquarters told him that Commander-in-Chief Yuuki had not appeared for more than two months.
‘A guy like Yuuki who is so powerful and can build a large family business on his own will be fine, right? Forget it, I'll go to the Monster Kingdom for him first. ’ Thinking like this, with a trace of worry and a high-spirited attitude, Honjo Masayuki rushed to the Monster Federation with three companions.
And his relaxed mood like traveling was maintained until he got on the 'sightseeing cable car'.
High, but height is nothing.
The sightseeing cable car that is maintained by magic is more stable than modern times. Masayuki is also a person who has ridden a Ferris wheel and a roller coaster, so there is no need to be afraid.
But what is this battlefield...?
Looking at it from an altitude of hundreds of meters, there is a scene of disaster for dozens of miles around.
There are cracks in the earth, and the originally towering mountains have been cut off in half, or blown into small earthen bags with unique shapes.
Hot lava flows between the cracks, bubbling and filling the air with terrifying heat. The afterglow of the magic in the atmosphere is far from dissipating, and the strange and depressing energy makes Masayuki's breathing feel uncomfortable!
Is this a battlefield site?
Isn’t it really a natural disaster after a magnitude 9 earthquake and then a volcanic eruption? !
Wait, speaking of dragon species, the level classification of the Adventurer's Guild seems to be Special S natural disaster level.
This natural disaster is not an exaggeration, but a fact? Then... what is the skill merchant Ji Xing who can defeat the natural disaster? !
That’s not possible, right? Absolutely not, right?
Without the cable car, it would be dangerous for us to even cross the land below, right? !
Masayuki suddenly woke up and wanted to turn around and leave, but the embarrassing thing was that they were at high altitude and in a cable car, and there was no way to turn back.
"Hmph, that's a bluff. This place was actually hit by some kind of natural disaster, right?" Crazy Wolf Xunlei still said plausibly: "Master Masayuki, you don't need to make these false things!"
Hey, please wake up, your Masayuki-sama, that is, me, is the most fake.
Fortunately, Bonnie seemed to still have a calm mind: "Whether it is true or not, based on the style of this cable car, it can be determined that there must be people from another world like me in the Monster Kingdom. For the sake of this matter, Mr. Masayuki , can we act a little more low-key?”
Keep a low profile, of course!
Masayuki was almost moved to tears and nodded repeatedly, so half an hour later, they stepped off the cable car and saw the west gate of the town of Rimuru, the capital of Jura Tempest.
A heat wave rolled over, and the noisy streets entering the city appeared in front of the four people.
…
"It's really thriving."
In the center of the town, in Rimuru's office building, Rimuru, who was in the form of a slime and held in Shion's arms, looked out the window at the extremely prosperous and lively town, and sighed with happiness.
"It's a genius idea to take advantage of the situation and isolate the ruins that cannot be easily restored into scenic spots, and use the magic cable car to connect the two ends."
This not only increased the attraction of the Monster Kingdom, but also shocked all visitors with the terrifying scene. The security of the town rose to a big level. Those adventurers who came like crazy and wanted to buy Ji Xing The skilled adventurers also learned to be respectful and did not cause a big mess.
"That's what you said, Rimuru-sama." Shuna said with a sad face: "As for the capital's reception capacity reaching the upper limit, you haven't given a feasible solution yet."
The slime's expression wilted, oh, are you just pretending to be stupid and unable to avoid it? But Zhu Na, the reception capacity is not enough, what can I do? Can I also double the size of a town out of thin air?
Those popular attractions before traveling can be booked online, and the maximum number of tourists can be set when selling tickets, but we in the Tempest Federal State can't close the city gates, can we?
The Founding Ceremony is approaching, and the Monster Kingdom has shown that it does not welcome human adventurers and tourists. No matter how you think about it, there will be big problems.
Due to the Farmus Kingdom incident, Rimuru was once worried that merchants and adventurers would not come to Tempest due to fear, but he never expected that there would be such happy troubles as before.
Ji Xing's attraction is too strong.
Well, ask him to find a solution?
Slime suddenly jumped from Ziyuan's arms to the table and asked, "Is Ji Xing there?"
Zhu Na nodded: "Jixing-sama should be playing with Milim-sama in the underground maze."
"Well, they are really comfortable." Slime assumed the appearance of a girl and said, "Let's go over and take a look."
The 'Underground Labyrinth' was built in the corner of Rimuru Town, and its source was Ramiris.
Just nearly two months ago, shortly after the battle between Ji Xing and the Burning Flame Dragon, Ramiris, known as the Labyrinth Fairy, came uninvited and said that she was too bored living in the original labyrinth and wanted to destroy the labyrinth. Move to Rimuru.
How can two demon kings live together? This is an invasion of territory, and Ramiris is not a special case like Shyvana. Rimuru wanted to refuse, but after learning about Ramiris's only ability to build labyrinths, he discovered a 'business opportunity'.
She is worried about how to keep the town attractive to adventurers. She can't always rely on Ji Xing, right? Let’s not talk about whether Ji Xing will live here forever. Once the adventurers find that even if they find Ji Xing, they can’t easily obtain skills, their enthusiasm will fade away or even have the opposite effect.
But if we run a rewarding ‘underground labyrinth’ challenge game where adventurers can get exercise and rewards, then the kingdom will definitely remain lively and prosperous.
If you are a challenger, go down to the 100th floor!
So she agreed to Ramiris, and even gave Ramiris, the devil who has always been called "sit at home without a job," a job - to help her build and operate a hundred-story underground maze.
She also specially invited Veldora to be the boss of the deepest 100th floor, and let Veldora unleash her violent magic power.
Just like many monsters in the Jura Great Forest were born under the influence of Veldora's magic. In just one month, the 100-floor maze was filled with monsters of various levels. The only thing missing was the ability to The guy who is the guardian boss.
However, through her arrangements, these problems are gradually being solved. It is expected that the trial operation of the maze will not be a problem after the founding ceremony in a week's time.
As for Ji Xing playing with Milim in the underground maze, that is another matter.
It was also the day that Ramiris came uninvited, Ji Xing left the Monster Kingdom and went to Qiyi's territory to complete the battle with Milim.
Rimuru couldn't follow him to watch, but according to the information she got, Ji Xing, who was exaggeratedly strong at first, had the upper hand. However, Milim is stronger than the Burning Flame Dragon. Ji Xing claims that if she uses her ultimate ability and fights for a long time, the outcome is not certain.
They didn't have the chance to fight for a long time. After watching the two fight for a few minutes, the skilled dragon species White Ice Dragon Velusado suddenly joined the battlefield. The one-on-one battle turned into a three-party fight, and Qiyi's territory was turned into a mess. , the speechless Qiyi intervened and stopped them from continuing to fight.
At that time, Rimuru was still a little amused and gloating, but it didn't take long before Milim slipped out from under Frey's nose and almost scared her to death - the Jura Forest couldn't withstand more natural disaster-level battles. , after two more fights, her country will be gone, and only the tourist attractions will be left to visit!
Fortunately, Ji Xing was very considerate of her and diverted Milim's attention by playing games.
So the two of them occasionally played childish hide-and-seek on the first ten floors of the underground maze.
Milim hides, Ji Xing catches.
The method of hiding is the transformation skill that Ji Xing sold to Milim - Milim can transform into any monster on the first ten floors of the maze and disguise it, while Ji Xing has to hunt it down and see through it.
Well, this is probably also Ji Xing’s way of practice as a skill merchant? I feel that while Milim is having fun, Milim's use of his skills also makes him stronger every day. The progress of becoming a saint is terrifying. According to Luminas, this guy can definitely become a 'god'. people'.
Saints are so strong, how ridiculously strong can gods be?
Fortunately, after getting along with him, Ji Xing is probably a 'good person' even though he is sometimes unreliable.
All the way to the entrance of the underground maze, Rimuru heard Milim's signature laughter: "Wow hahaha - this time you passed by the goblin I transformed three times before you noticed me. , I’ve got the hang of it, you won’t be able to catch me next time!”
Ji Xing must have let something go, Milim was happy too early... Rimuru complained for no reason, walked in, and greeted: "Ji Xing, Milim! Oh, Ramiris is here too?"
"What do you mean Ramiris is here too?" Ramiris just threw a flying kick, which was caught by Rimuru without any pain.
Milim also ran over, put her hands on her hips and said, "You came just in time, Rimuru, I'm hungry!"
Staying with these two demon kings, Rimuru always felt like he was visiting a children's paradise. He motioned to Zhu Na to order honey snacks for Milim. She looked at Ji Xing and said: "Ji Xing, the town is in some trouble now. I don't know about you." Is there any way..."
She explained the problem. In short, the founding ceremony was coming soon. She wanted to show everyone the prosperity and tolerance of the Federation, but the situation in front of her that the hotels and restaurants were full made her really helpless.
Ji Xing thought for a moment and said, "It's simple. Isn't that what the underground labyrinth was built for?"
"Here?" Rimuru was startled and looked at Ramiris: "But... doesn't it mean that only the first thirty floors have been decorated? The monsters and traps below still need to be set up... Do you want to start some trial operation? activity?"
"No." Ji Xing said with a smile: "Since there are too many people and we can't accommodate them, then we can lock some people in the maze and let Ramiris isolate each room. It won't be difficult, right?"
"……close?!"
"Wait a mininute."
As Ji Xing spoke, a strange magic rhythm stirred up on him. Rimuru vaguely felt the fluctuations in time and space, and also felt Ji Xing's aura rising in a fleeting way... What's wrong?
"illustrate. The similarity between the magic element fluctuations on the individual named Ji Xing and the fluctuations when the unique skill is promoted to the ultimate skill is 99%. 》
"...?"
The King of Wisdom's voice echoed, and Rimuru couldn't help but be stunned. what? The fluctuation of unique skills to ultimate skills? Ji Xing acquired another ultimate skill while speaking? !
"Declaration. The unique skill ‘Ke Jia’ challenged to advance. The challenge was successful and it was upgraded to the ultimate skill ‘Ke Jia Ji Ji Xing Qi Xin’! 》
Well, this is because after several days of hard work, the main body successfully established a contract with the one-star Conan World World Will, giving him the ability to advance to become a scientist at any time.
In the past two months, he has used Milim's training to free up two ultimate skill promotion positions, and it is easy to promote one.
"I'll be back soon."
After slightly realizing the power of Ke Xue's master, Ji Xing disappeared into the maze in a flash. Rimuru, Milim, and Ramiris were left behind and looked at each other in confusion for about five minutes. Ji Xing returned in a flash, with a pair of 'sunglasses' in his hand.
They looked like ordinary sunglasses, except there was an extra blue button on the edge of the frame.
"This is……?"
"Combat power detector." Ji Xing smiled.
"……ah?"
"The kind in Dragon Ball?!" In surprise, Veldora appeared next to several people in an instant: "Show me quickly!"
Well, he had been eavesdropping, and Rimuru had already discovered it. It's just that since Ji Xing defeated Velgrendo, Veldora and Ji Xing have been a little awkward together. It can't be said that they are afraid, but Ji Xing must have inherited some of the shadows cast by his sister on him.
But when he heard comics as a holy book, he couldn't bear it when he heard about the combat power detector.
"How can it be……"
Just as Rimuru wanted him to stop dreaming, he heard Ji Xing say: "It's similar to that one, but to be precise, it's called a 'magic element detector'. It can only detect the amount of target magic element."
……seriously?
A pair of sunglasses? !
Ji Xing had handed it to Veldora, and Veldora couldn't wait to put it on and immediately pressed the blue button towards Rimuru.
"Hey, don't try it on me..."
Didi didi——
Before he could stop him, a line of numbers appeared in front of Veldora's eyes. He laughed loudly and said: "One, ten, one hundred... Rimuru, your combat power is only 4856435 points!"
Where does ‘only’ come from? You obviously only tested me? There are parts and components, it's quite decent, and Ji Xing said that what is detected is the amount of magic element!
By the way, is this data small or large?
"Veldora, look at me!" Milim, who gradually understood, was eager to give it a try.
Veldora immediately looked at Milim and pressed the button. As a result, the 'sunglasses' only made a long beep, but no number appeared.
"Hey, it's not easy to use."
Veldora took off her sunglasses in confusion, Ji Xing took them back and gave them to Rimuru.
"That means Milim's magic element exceeds the detection limit, which is 99999999."
"...Wahahahaha!" Milim laughed proudly, and Veldora also said: "As expected of my eldest brother's child, awesome!"
"..." Rimuru couldn't believe it. It was 20 times more than mine? ! Is it that exaggerated? Is this thing accurate? Who is the benchmark value for? !
Seeing that they were having fun, Ramiris couldn't wait to say: "Look at me, Rimuru! The most powerful demon king Ramiris!"
Rimuru puts on the detector to satisfy her.
"Hmm...173580?"
"One hundred and seventy thousand?" Ramiris raised her fingers and became furious after two seconds: "Impossible! This is not allowed! Rimuru, you missed two zeros!"
"It feels really accurate." Rimuru's mutterings made Ramiris start punching and kicking her crazily, while Rimuru just looked at Zhuna.
350892, oh, quite capable, more than twice as powerful as the Shame of the Demon King.
Where is Ziyuan? 1257744? ! Wow, this should be the edge of awakening the Demon King, right? This guy Ziyuan is really ridiculously strong now.
She turned around and found that Veldora had already made a handsome pose: "Rimuru, come and see my power!"
Rimuru satisfied him and then exclaimed: "88126579? It is more than 17 times as strong as mine. You are worthy of being a dragon. You and Milim are both monsters in terms of magic."
"More than eighty million?" Veldora only snorted lightly, suddenly clamped his arms at both ends of his waist, and shouted: "Magic! Liberate!"
boom--
The powerful magic wind pressure shook, and Rimuru was shocked and grabbed Ramiris to protect Shuna. In his sight, Veldora had entangled herself in the magic tornado, and laughed wildly: "Let's take a look again! My true fighting ability!”
"...Are you an idiot?! It hasn't changed at all, okay?! No! Because of attrition, the numbers are still going down! Do you think it's really a Dragon Ball anime and can still be explosive?!"
"...Huh? No way???"
Veldora withdrew her magic power in disappointment, and Shuna and Shion also breathed a sigh of relief.
Rimuru rolled his eyes at Veldora angrily, let go of the confused Ramiris, and looked at Ji Xing: "It seems to be really accurate. What is the principle of this thing? No matter how you look at it, it is completely unscientific. Based on unrealistic technology.”
As she spoke, she pressed the button and saw a number - 8888888.
This made her mouth twitch. This number seemed too fake. Did Ji Xing use his own magic power as the standard? No, there should still be a way to hide magic elements and avoid detection, right? But this also proves that Ji Xingguang, as a human, is exponentially stronger in magic than me, the Demon King, which is outrageous!
"The principle is hard to explain, so just think of it as the product of my new ultimate skill." Ji Xing said with a smile: "The amount of magic power does not represent the real combat power. The magic power of the White Ice Dragon and the Burning Flame Dragon are both between six and seven thousand. At Wan's level, Guy's magic power is only about 40 million, but they are both stronger than Veldora who has more than 88 million, so this thing should be used as a reference equipment. "
Veldora: "..."
If you can't beat it...
Rimuru nodded: "I know, but what does this have to do with what you just said...'locking' some adventurers into an underground maze?"
"We are like this..."
As Ji Xing explained, Rimuru's eyes gradually brightened, which was really a big help!
…
Two hours later.
After briefly walking around the Monster Town for half a circle, Masayuki was overwhelmed by the sea of people and admirers when he suddenly heard the sound of a 'trumpet' that made him trance-like.
"Hey, hey, can you hear me clearly?"
Just like the dean of school, someone was broadcasting to the whole town from the center of the town. Everyone stopped and looked at the center in confusion.
"Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Federation of Jura Tempest. I am Rimuru Tempest, the leader of the Federation. There are many tourists during this period. If the Federation does not provide good hospitality, please forgive me."
"Rimuru... is the Demon King..."
"You actually asked us to 'forgive'?"
A low noise sounded everywhere, and Rimuru's voice continued to spread: "I know that many adventurers are chasing Ji Xing, a skill merchant who is temporarily staying in the town, and want to buy skills from him.
But Ji Xing said that his ability is limited and he can't sell skills to everyone. In order not to let everyone go back disappointed, after discussing with Ji Xing, I decided to start a competition for skill purchase qualifications."
Wow——
At this moment, the crowd was bustling, and many adventurers were enthusiastic and excited, cheering.
After seeing the battlefield where Ji Xing fought with the Burning Dragon, many adventurers no longer came only for skills. They admired Ji Xing's strength and power and regarded Ji Xing as an idol.
Now that the idol is so considerate, he contacted the Demon King to hold a competition for purchase qualifications for fairness. How can they not be moved?
Then Rimuru raised his voice: "In order to take care of adventurers of every level fairly, this competition will not involve fighting, nor will it ask about background. The only thing that matters is hard work and growth.
We have special instruments that can accurately detect the amount of magic elements of contestants. After completing the test and registration, the contestants will be sent to a special underground palace room. The countdown starts from the moment you enter, and the contestants need to spend 7 days and 7 nights there to practice alone.
When the countdown ends, we will test your magic elements again. The 100 who grow the most in the seven days of retreat will be eligible to buy skills from Ji Xing!"
After the words fell, the sound decreased a little.
This special rule made everyone a little confused, but the number of 100 made many people more excited. No fighting, only seven days, and 100 people... There is a chance!
The skill merchant is indeed a "miracle" that helps us low-level adventurers! Even D-level and E-level have a chance, right? How can we not give it a try? !
"Please don't be impatient. The registration deadline is the eve of the National Day in seven days, which means the final results will be announced in two weeks.
There is no additional benefit to entering the underground palace early, and practicing alone will be more lonely than you expect. Please prepare food, daily necessities, and even entertainment and leisure items first, and then go to the following places to register..."
Boom--
The streets and alleys came alive again in an instant.
Masayuki and the other four looked at each other.
Crazy Wolf Thunder suddenly snorted coldly: "It feels like there will be a conspiracy! But Lord Masayuki is not afraid of any tricks, let's go and register too!"