CH.31: CONFIRMATION OF EQUIPMENT

Well, this is the bare minimum, but it’s gathered.
I have to confirm how this has changed.
So, let’s head to the dungeon.
First of all, I have to change my clothes to full equipment.
I return to my room and change my clothes.
I change at my usual appearance and wear the shields.
I think that the sensation of wearing the shield is more fitted to the arm.
I move both arms, but it seems there is no hindrance in the movement.
Finally, the Tsuriginata and the hatchet are attached to my waist.
That’s all.
Afterward, all I have to do is to take Pochi and the others.

I leave the house and call out to Pochi.
Pochi approached immediately.
Next, we went to take Haku and Koku, and the chicken coop is somehow noisy.
I approached the chicken coop while thinking what’s that, and I was stunned of what caught my eyes.
Because Haku and Koku flew in the sky and were attacking each other.
They flap their wings, beak and claws were unleashed in the air and take distance, that was done many times.
The reason why such a thing can be done is that the chicken coop was extended when the number of chickens increased.
The size is roughly around one-tenth hectare (about 1,000 m2) and the height is about 3 m.
Although I was late for noticing the movements of Haku and Koku, the other chickens also flapped their wings and floated in the air, but they didn’t last long and fall to the ground in a few seconds to tens of seconds.
I had been watching such a spectacle for a while, but when I came to my senses, I stopped Haku and Koku.

“Stop! Don’t fight!!”

I say that and enter the chicken coop in a hurry.
Haku and Koku immediately stopped moving and landed in the ground, but both of them tilted their head.
I feel like they are saying why are you in such a hurry?
The other chickens gathered with the feeling what happened?
I felt that atmosphere and noticed that I had jumped to conclusions.

“Ah~, maybe you weren’t fighting?”

When I ask, Haku and Koku shake their heads vertically.

“Then, why did you do that?”

When I ask them, they make gestures, but I can’t read what it means.

U~mm, what?
It seems that it isn’t a fight.
But they were attacking each other.
The answer led from this ……
Oh, I see.

“Perhaps, a test of strength?”

When I said that, Haku and Koku nodded strongly.
When I gave the pendant to them, I told that they would become stronger.
Hearing that, they wondered how stronger they became.
That became the previous spectacle.
But, that.
Even though they were able to defeat monsters and get some power, it isn’t as if chickens could fly in the sky.
I saw it with my eyes but I can’t believe it.
The chicken is a famous bird that can jump but cannot fly.
The wings are used to jump higher (If they jump, they are likely to jump 3 m high)
I don’t know why they can’t fly, but I can guess.
There is too much weight for the size of the wing.
Or, maybe they don’t have enough muscular strength.
Haku and Koku broke that common sense.
The other chickens that dive in the dungeon seem to be able to float for a short period of time, but they don’t fly.
After a while, this birds will also be able to fly in the sky.
A Flying Chicken Corps?
Those who see it will doubt their eyes.
Such a situation appeared in my eyes, and I broadly grinned without thinking.
Oops, such a thing doesn’t matter.

“If you want to test your strength, we’ll go to the dungeon and do it there. Let’s go.”

And, Haku and Koku nod.
Then, the other chickens began to squeal because they wanted to go.

“Do you guys also want to go?”

The remaining chickens nodded at those words.

“Well, okay, but you guys will be on the first floor, okay?”

Understanding that, the chickens nodded.

“Then, good. Okay, let’s go.”

I will take Haku, Koku and also the other chickens to the dungeon.
The chickens are released on the first floor.
The chickens released on the first floor run through the dungeon vigorously.
The chicken will overrun the rats on the passage.
It depends on the number of rats in the plaza, they will end on the chickens’ belly.
I think that this number will win even against the rabbits, but there will be one with a serious injury.
If one does it poorly, he could die.
I don’t want to let the chickens confront the rabbits and to expose them to such danger.
If they work hard against rats, that alone is enough.
Currently, there are 30 chickens, and there are about 10 of them in the dungeon (different from Haku and Koku)
The 20 chickens that increased became bigger and some of them grew to almost the same as adults chickens, I can also bring them to the dungeon soon.
It’s about 4 months after hatching that chickens become adults, but although it hasn’t passed a month and a half yet since hatching, they are almost the same as adults, is the influence of the parents or of the feed?
Either way, it’s good for me since it seems that they grow strong enough that it’s not a problem even if they enter the dungeon.
I will leave what is the impact on the children to the experts.
Now I’m having problems with the amount of monster meat that I can bring home, so I have only increased them until 30, but I’ll try to increase the number if I can bring more meat back.
The final goal will be to increase to about 100.
Maybe, that number is enough, I think that they can thoroughly thin out the dungeon’s monsters.
If they can’t do it, I increase them again at that time.
If they increase too much, it might get out of my hands, so I should be careful.
Well, it’s enough for here.
Are we going to the third floor?

Upon arriving at the third floor, we advance with the usual formation.
The first encounter was a mouse and a rabbit.
The rat was left to Pochi and the others, and the rabbit was my opponent.
I have the hatchet in my hand, but first of all, I decided to take a rabbit attack with my shield.
The rabbit approaches quickly and wields its ear.
I prevent the ear with the shield and wield the hatchet.
The hatchet captures the rabbit neck wonderfully and beheads the rabbit.
However, I felt that the sensation at that time is a forcibly cut rather than a clean cut.
Well, it might be a natural result as a performance of the hatchet, but compared with the sharpness of the Tsuruginata, it falls several stages, no, tens of stages.
With this performance, it’s tight to be a mantis opponent.
It may be sharp, but it’s likely to use extra power.
About the hatchet, if I use it mainly, would it be a little better?
Or perhaps I should say, it’s a problem if it isn’t done.
How about the shield?
I look at the shield, but there are no scratches, on the contrary, the rabbit ear was chipped.
Oops, this is bad.
Then this is not for sale.
I will avoid the rabbit attack without receiving it.
There is no problem with the shield after the rabbit attack.
Then let’s take a frog attack next time.
Before I met with a frog, it was the rabbits and the rats several times, we kill quickly and collect the rabbit ears and body.
I was able to meet the frog I was looking for, but there was frogs at that time, so I took one of them and left the other to Pochi and the others.
I hold the left shield and look at the frog.
Looking it for a while, the mouth of the frog opens.
The tongue grows with grand force from his mouth, but I receive it with the shield.
I felt a light shock when the tongue hit the shield, but I didn’t break my posture.
The frog withdrew its tongue, but it opens the mouth again and takes out its tongue.
I try to repel it using the shield.
When I try to repel the frog tongue, I repel it easier than I thought, and the frog felt pain due to the tongue being repelled and cry ‘Gee Gee’.
When it heals, is the frog going to charge this time? It did that.
I also try to defend that dash with the shield.
When the frog strikes the shield, due to the frog’s momentum I fell backward, but I was able to stop it without any problems.
I wield the hatchet at the head of the frog which its movement stopped.
The hatchet cut the head of the frog and scatter its gray matter.
I could protect it with the shield somewhat, but It has bathed in various places of my body.
I thought that it was uncomfortable, but I gave up because I can’t do anything.
I look at the shield, but there is no scratch or dent.
That means that there is no problem up to this floor.
The problem is the mantis’ attack, right?
It will be safe for a while if I can receive the mantis’ attack, but if I can’t defend, it would be bad.
In that case, I have to buy a stronger shield.
But, I don’t want to challenge the mantis yet.
I will challenge the mantis when Haku and Koku could win against three frogs at the same time, okay?
Until then, should we defeat frogs steadily?
I saw the movement of Haku and Koku, but it didn’t seems to change very much.
Well, that’s the way it is.
I didn’t feel the change too much.
What about Pochi?
This monster is too weak to be helpful to test Pochi.
If it’s not the mantis, I won’t understand.
I will devote myself to acquire power on the third floor for a while from this day.