“Nine raptors before they finally ran away, huh? I guess their heads really are good.” [Ryouma]
If those were goblins just now, they would have attacked regardless of how many of their comrades died. Compared to that, the raptors were certainly smarter. Anyway, I should retrieve these piled up corpses now. It’s not good to waste the corpses of beasts.
“’Dimension Home’” [Ryouma]
While keeping alert of my surroundings, I used Dimension Home, and brought out the grave slime to have it retrieve the corpses.
After investigating the grave slime’s abilities, I found out that its Enshrine Remains skill is able to retrieve not only the corpses of undead magical beasts but even the corpses of the living. Moreover, it also has the effect of keeping the bodies from rotting.
Of course, it’s not to the point where it can completely prevent the corpses from rotting, but according to my experiments, it can at least keep a corpse that would normally take 1 or 2 days to rot, and extend it until 10 days.
Because of this, I’ll be able to retrieve the hide and meat of magical beasts and animals better.
“Grave slimes are really convenient.” [Ryouma]
I could also feed the corpses to the slimes, but preserving the corpses is best. Especially since retrieving the hide is easiest this way.
Preserving is possible by stripping the skin off the meat, then scraping off the meat and the oil, and then using the tannin from the plants to treat it. But although I know this from the survival skills I received from Kufo – although it’s just the basics of basics – the process is long and will take a lot of effort.
Back in the Forest of Gana, I lived there so I created a workplace so I could work without any hassle. But when I got to Gimuru, I started either giving the corpses to the artisans in the town or fed it to the slimes.
But with the grave slimes, I can now put the corpses on hold for a much longer time, giving me time to hand it over to the artisans at its best condition. The grave slime is an extremely useful slime.