The most efficient way to hunt on Self-Determination Island is, of course, to spray flavor enhancers in the air to lure demons to the island and kill them all.

However, there are a few things that must be done before .......

That is to cut down the plant demons.
In particular, whip trees, which prey on a wide range of demons by twisting their vines like whips, and mine mushrooms, which explode when stepped on, are the only demons that must be dealt with.

They come for the tasty seasoning, and they'll be too quick and distracted to pay attention.
Even high-ranking demons that would never normally be trapped by plant-based demons can be easily killed.

If you just want to collect materials, that's fine,......, but the purpose of coming here is not only to collect materials for awakening evolution, but also to train my divine power.

The only person who can finally put an end to Suzaku is me, with my divine power.
I want the Caucasians to kill as many demons as possible, so that I can share the experience and train my divine power.

That's why I need to deal with the plant-based demons.


"Caucasus, Belzebub, can you blow up every single one of those things around here?

I asked them, pointing to a nearby mine mash that I had found with my detection magic.

Mine mash can cause some pretty big explosions.
It would be best to leave the explosions to my flying companions and have them handle it from a safe distance.

Of course, I could do the same thing on my own ......, but then we'd be talking about who's going to cut down the whip tree.

I'll cut down the whip trees, which will be a close fight, and leave the minemashing to the two of them.
That would be the most efficient division of labor.

It's the same kind of mushroom. All right.
That'll be a piece of cake!

After hearing their enthusiastic replies, ...... I decided to get on with my work.



The first thing you need to do is to check the location of the whip tree with detection magic, and then check the terrain with clairvoyance.
Then, I spatially shifted near the trunk and ......

"Yes!

Without giving the vines time to move, I cut the trunk in half with my Lunar Metal sword.
Then, the countless vines that had been moving in an undulating fashion stopped moving, and all of them dropped to the ground as if they had lost their power.

I had defeated them.
With that thought in mind, I was about to put the corpse of the whip tree into the storage spell.

But then...

"......

Another whip tree was growing nearby, its tendrils waving at me, and I said, "Rather cut. This is cutting. I used "如是切. 如是断. 本末究竟等等" without chanting and cut off the vine.

This spell is not really meant to be used in the middle of a battle, though, since its magical efficiency drops drastically without chanting.
With a vine, the radius of the cutting surface is quite small, so it's fine to use it on the spur of the moment.

With that in mind, I decided to stow the whip tree corpse this time and go to ...... cut down the whip tree that had attacked me earlier.



So I used my Lunametal sword for attack, and the chantless "如是切. 如是切. For defense, I used the no-chant "如是切. 如是断. 如是本末究竟等", and proceeded to cut down the trees for about 30 minutes.

After confirming that we had disposed of a large area of whip tree and mine mash, we finally decided to spread the flavor enhancer in the air.

The area where the demons would react to the seasoning was much larger than the area where we had disposed of the plants, but that was no problem.

The farther away from the center of the spray, the lower the concentration of the flavor enhancer's aroma will be.
The farther away the demon is, the lower the concentration of the flavoring.
Therefore, a certain range of treatment will be enough to increase the effect.

I took out several bottles of flavor enhancers from my storage spell and ...... threw all of their contents into the air.

"I can't believe I'm spreading this ...... around, it's making me hungry again .......
"Ugh, I can't get enough!

The Caucasus and Belzebub immediately reacted to the scent.
It is true that these two animals are the most affected by this aerial spraying, but ......

I'm not sure what to make of this.

I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on, but I'm not sure if you can.

When I say this, both of them will concentrate on the battle.

An excited and distracted enemy, and an ally in full combat readiness.
There's no way to lose.

In fact, as soon as the demons approached, both Caucasus and Belzebub used their respective magic to kill them one after another.
Watching them, I decided to use my Lunametal sword to slay any demons that I could kill myself.

And after a while...

"Hmph.
"...... finally stopped coming.
"Well, it was a good pre-dinner exercise, wasn't it?

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it. ...... I have the impression that most of the demons were around the 80th level of the labyrinth attached to the Elite Academy.
It's a little below the average level of the Senryo Island of my previous life.

For me, it's enough to keep fighting with this level of opponent. ......

"Caucasus, Belzebub, how was the battle?　As for the strength of the enemy, ......

"Well, ...... not bad, but a bit lacking.
That's it. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it was a little underwhelming.

I asked them what they thought of the battle, and they both replied.

I'm not sure what to make of that. ......
I'm sure you'll be able to find something that works for you.

I'm sure you'll agree with me.



...... Isn't there any way to prepare a stronger enemy?

So, I used my clairvoyance to observe various places. ...... A certain plant-type demon caught my eye.

Venomporan.
It's a demon that spreads poisonous pollen to put the surrounding demons into a coma and then preys on them.

It's poison is only effective against the weaker demons on Suicide Island, so I didn't target it for cutting down. ...... It looks like that turned out to be a good thing.

You can use the Venom Pollan to attract more powerful demons.