Isekai Nonbiri Sozai Saishu Seikatsu - Chapter 193

“Franryule-san, thank you for the save!”

“No, we helped each other.”

Even so, it seems that Bombcorn is weak to having its beard burned.

It stays lively even when attacked elsewhere, but it appears its beard is sensitive.

Could it be that the beard is its weak point?

【Bombcorn- Danger Level B】

A humanoid corn monster.

It fires off corn by causing an internal explosion.

Its entire body is covered in thick corn, making it impervious to half-hearted attacks.

Each Bombcorn’s beard has its own individuality, and the longer and glossier it is, the more splendid it is.

The beard on its head is its weak point, and attacking it makes the Bombcorn furious.

When the beard shortens, it loses its vitality and can no longer load corn.

As I was thinking that, I used appraisal and got the Bombcorn’s information.

As expected, the beard on its head seems to be the weak point.

The Bombcorn, after being extinguished, slowly stands up and starts shaking its body.

Its target is Franryule, who cast the spell.

Predicting its next move, I created an ice wall to surround the Bombcorn.

As long as we block it close to us, even if it explodes the corn, it won’t be a problem.

A countless number of exploding corns were blocked by the ice wall with a loud “Gagagagagagaga.”

All of it exploded, and the ice wall shattered instantly.

Ice shards and corn fragments flew toward us, so I scattered them with wind magic.

Using ice magic against opponents that cause such explosions isn’t very effective.

My own magic could unintentionally cause harm.

“What incredible attack power.”

“But it doesn’t seem like it can keep it up forever.”

“Really?”

Behind the collapsed ice wall, the Bombcorn, reduced to just its core, is reloading corn.

“Take a good look. Doesn’t its head beard get shorter each time it reloads corn?”

“Oh! It’s true! And compared to the beginning, it seems to be slower at growing corn, too.”

While it looked like she was just harvesting corn, Franryule had been closely observing the Bombcorn.

When fighting an unknown monster, it’s important to observe your opponent carefully.

Being able to do that calmly is impressive enough.

“It seems the Bombcorn’s weakness is the beard on its head. Attacking it makes it lose its energy and unable to generate corn.”

“I see! Then if we attack that part, it will calm down!”

Because we kept burning it, the beard has gotten much shorter compared to the beginning.

If it continues to explode corn like this, it will exhaust itself and calm down.

The Bombcorn shakes its body again and fires corn.

“Wind Veil!”

In response, I cast wind magic around the Bombcorn.

The incoming corn is all caught by the wind curtain.

Once it comes to this, the incoming corn is rendered meaningless.

The Bombcorn tried to escape through the wind, but increasing the wind pressure made cuts in its beard.

Even the enraged Bombcorn turned pale at this and sat down in the safe central area.

The way it slumped down, it seemed like it was saying it surrendered.

“It looks like it’s calmed down.”

“Yes, it seems so.”

I dispelled the Wind Veil.

Approaching cautiously, the Bombcorn showed no signs of attacking.

Its proud beard had been cut, and it seemed completely demoralized.

It sat slumped over, its shortened beard swaying sadly.

“It looks like it has completely lost its energy.”

Even though it had been attacking us just moments ago, I couldn’t help but comment.

Although Bombcorn’s beard would grow back with time, leaving it like this seemed pitiful.

Thinking this, I took out a potion from my magic bag.

“Shuu-san, what is that?”

“It’s a hair growth potion I bought from an alchemist’s shop. I thought maybe it could help the Bombcorn’s beard grow back.”

Men everywhere fear the death of their hair roots.

I bought it thinking it might come in handy someday. It was made by Saffy, so it might have some effect.

“There are such potions in the world? Do you think a hair growth potion developed for humans would work on a monster?”

“I don’t know, but it’s worth a try.”

Franryule nodded in approval, so I dripped the hair growth potion onto the Bombcorn’s beard.

“Oh my! The Bombcorn’s beard is growing rapidly!”

“Amazing. I didn’t expect it to work on a monster.”

In no time, the Bombcorn’s beard grew to more than twice its original length.

Additionally, the beard’s color and luster improved significantly.

Noticing its now-elongated beard, the Bombcorn touched it in astonishment and was overjoyed.

Its previously dejected appearance seemed like a lie as it bounced around in happiness.

“If we repeat this, we’ll have an endless supply of explosive corn.”

Perhaps hearing Franryule’s dangerous muttering, the Bombcorn froze in fear.

For a moment, I had the same thought, but I quickly dismissed the idea of such a cruel harvesting method.

“If we did that, it wouldn’t just be hard on us, but also on the Bombcorn.”

As if agreeing with my words, the Bombcorn nodded and timidly offered something.

【Golden Corn】

A rare corn that can only be harvested once from a Bombcorn. It has the strongest sweetness and a hard skin.

It is delicious enough to eat raw without boiling, but it is also delicious when boiled.

Compared to other corn, it has a strong yellow color and a faint glow.

It seems to be a precious corn that can only be obtained once from a Bombcorn.

“A golden corn! I didn’t know such corn could be harvested from a Bombcorn!”

Franryule said excitedly.

It seemed like she was also unaware of this ingredient.

“…Are you giving this to us?”

The Bombcorn nodded.

Then, it bowed repeatedly and walked away.

It seems to be saying, “I’ll give you this, so please spare me from the endless harvesting with the hair growth potion.”

We had already collected plenty of exploding corn, and it gave us the precious golden corn too.

I couldn’t bring myself to push further and strip it of more ingredients.

We decided to see the Bombcorn off as it disappeared into the forest.

“Anyway, this concludes our collection of explosive corn!”

“I didn’t think harvesting explosive corn would be this difficult.”

Franryule sighed in relief.

The Bombcorn’s danger level is the same B rank as the Volkanos. It’s no wonder we’re exhausted.

“Let’s take a break and have lunch.”

Looking up, the sun was already past its zenith.

Having set out early in the morning, we were both starving.

Since entering the preserve, we’ve been walking and harvesting non-stop.

“Indeed. There’s a place nearby where monsters don’t usually approach, so let’s head there.”