To Another World... with Land Mines! Volume 9 [Parts 1 to 3] by Itsuki Mizuho

Author:Itsuki Mizuho
Language: eng
Format: epub

We searched around for a strike ox we could milk, but they seemed to be solitary animals, each with its own territory. In any given area, there were dozens of grass coyotes, but my Scout skill could only detect a single strike ox about five hundred meters west of us, so it didn’t seem likely that we’d find a lot. If the fifteenth floor was as wide as the previous ones, then a realistic estimate for the total number of strike oxen here was probably fewer than four hundred. However, the fifteenth floor also contained forests that were full of other monsters, which appeared to cover about a fourth of the entire floor, so that reduced the plausible number of strike oxen to three hundred—or, for our purposes, a hundred and fifty. According to our monster encyclopedia, it was possible to milk a female strike ox at any time of the year, so we probably wouldn’t struggle to get enough milk for ourselves.

Normal cows had to be pregnant to produce milk, but apparently monsters were different. However, monsters weren’t able to produce an infinite volume of milk, so there were known cases in which adventurers had captured strike oxen but had been unable to milk them because other adventurers had already done so. Luckily, that wouldn’t be an issue for us; we were the only ones who had ever explored this dungeon.

“I found one,” I said. “Let’s sneak around it.”

I’d discovered a strike ox in the distance thanks to my Scout skill. We tried to sneak around its flank to observe it, but it wasn’t the kind of monster that stayed still. It could easily adjust its angle with simple movements, whereas we had to carefully traverse over one hundred meters in order to sneak around it, so it wasn’t easy for us. In fact, I felt like it might have been better if we’d waited for it to move instead.

“I see it,” I said. “Damn it, it’s male.”

“In that case, let’s deal with it the usual way,” said Haruka.

Haruka casually gave out instructions, and we all stood and began walking toward the strike ox. Soon, it noticed us and charged straight at us, but it quickly met its demise thanks to Yuki’s magic. I wasn’t sure if tripping a monster to death technically counted as a proper use of magic, but it went smoothly and left us with a dead strike ox in good condition, so I had no reason to object to the method. A bit after that, we slew another male strike ox, raising our total kill count to three, but the fourth strike ox was different.

“Oh, this one is female,” I said. “It’s time.”

“Yeah, it’s finally time for me to shine!” said Touya.

He led the way as we approached the strike ox, and when we got close enough, it started to charge at us—that much was apparently the same regardless of whether the strike ox was male or female. Touya stepped forward to provoke it and successfully captured its attention.

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