Ark’s face which had been remembering the happy memory distorted. For the last two days, Ark had his stats absorbed dozens of times a day. During this time, the amount of stats he lost was equivalent to losing 50 levels! Ark’s summons also had their stats disappear.
“I really don’t have time anymore. If I lose any more stats then there is no guarantee I can win against the devil. If I can’t find ‘that’ by the end of the day then I’m screwed!”
The cornered Ark hurriedly rushed to the next place and began shovelling. Thanks to his digging while travelling, his Excavation skill was currently at the Advanced level. The shovel dug at the soil every time he swung it. Razak also used his shield to help dig and even Radun swallowed the earth before throwing it away somewhere else. After Ark and his summons were digging awhile, a large puddle formed. However, Ark still hadn’t recovered ‘it.’ Ark released the shovel and started thinking.
‘Was I mistaken? Is ‘that’ really here?’
Even if ‘it’ was 100% here, there was still a problem. Dragonian was a limited space but it was still 4-5 km in diameter. It was impossible to dig and find it with just one shovel. And the more time dragged on, the more the devil would absorb his abilities.
‘I made a mistake. From the beginning it was a gamble with a low rate of success.’
He should’ve fought the Fire Draconians when his stats were absorbed the first time. Even if he had to give up the quest to escape from Dragonian, it was better than dying and losing his stats. But now he had stats equivalent to 50 levels absorbed. If he died than he would lose 50 levels. Would all the effort he put into raising his stats be in vain?
‘It is better to give up here than to quit the game!’
Ark was thinking that when something interrupted him.
“Huck huck huck, M-Master!”
Racard flew towards him with his tongue hanging out.
“What? Are the Fire Draconians coming here?”
“No, those guys moved in the opposite direction. Please give me water. It is unbearably hot.”
“What did you say? Don’t you know what kind of situation this is?”
“Damn, I know. But I already have no strength in my wings. Can’t you give me a little bit of water? Ey, I don’t know! I can’t do anymore! Kill me or do whatever you want!”
Racard fell to the ground and acted like a child having a temper tantrum.
“This guy is acting like this when his Master might have to give up the game……”
However he couldn’t blame Racard. Even if the Hearthstone had absorbed some of the fire aura, there was still a lava area. While Ark had been tirelessly shovelling for the last two days without any work, Razak and Radun were also exhausted. Racard had been flying around the whole time while monitoring the Fire Draconians. Since he was fat from Ark’s blood, Racard in particular had double the energy consumed.
“It can’t be helped.”
Ark sighed and took out his sword. Of course even one drop of water couldn’t be found in Dragonian. At first he had worried about hunger and thirst but Ark soon found a way to get water. His used his Elemental Sword to give his sword a magic attribute! He used the ice attribute on his sword which would heat up and melt. However, it wasn’t that easy to obtain water using that method. The magic attribute was heavily influenced by the surrounding environment. At a river it was possible to make enough ice to eat Patbingsu (shaved ice). But the atmosphere of Dragonian made it difficult to create ice. Ark placed his sword about the pot and received a drop of water which fell. Aside from his pets, he was also suffering from thirst. When he saw a drop of water, a sigh naturally flowed out.
“Hah, this really is pitiful. There must not be water around…… No, if there was water in the area then I wouldn’t need to use Elemental Sword to create water.”
Ark murmured with a pitiful expression until he suddenly received a jolt to his brain.
“Eh? What, what the? What have I been doing?”
Ark stood up and looked around a stupid face. There were already a few pits within a 10 metre area.
‘Oh my god. Doing this kind of thing….. Did I become really stupid? Why did I waste two days when there is such an easy method? Was there a reason to go around digging at the land like crazy?’
Ark hurriedly put away his sword and shovel.
“Racard, Razak there’s no time so follow me!”
“What? W-water?”
“Shut up. There’s no time for that!”
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