The war was--well, it was--only one-sided.

"Tooryaaa!
"...... Eat me!

　The Caucasus and Belzebub each unleashed a wave of attacks on the other, destroying most of the demons around the Dandelion King in ...... less than 30 seconds.
　Both of them didn't go after it too hard, so some of the demons escaped. ...... Anyway, in no time at all, there were no demons around the Dandelion King.

　This means that I can concentrate on collecting without worrying about anything.
　As always, in situations like this, these two animals are really reliable.

"Did you fight satisfactorily?

"Meh.
There's only one bone-headed guy ......, and it's not like he was there.

　While having this conversation, I approached the side of the swarm.

"Rather cut. "如是切. 如是断. The end is in sight.

　Then I chanted my cutting magic and sliced off the stems and tops of all the Dandelion Kings in the ...... colony.

All that was left was to collect the ...... seeds.

　I plucked the seeds from all the Dandelion Kings and also took out the seeds that I had picked and stored before I came here and put them on the ground as well.
　Now that Caucasus and Belzebub have dispelled the demon and we can work safely, let's deal with the seeds here and turn them into what we want.

"Caucasus, Belzebub. Can you see if there are any near-spherical stones nearby?

　I instructed them to dismantle the corpse of the demon near ...... and took out one of the magic stones.

"There it is!

　I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who's had a bit of trouble.

Thank you. It's cut. Like cut. Like cut. The end is in sight.

　I cut it into two hemispheres, made a depression in the middle of the ...... hemisphere's cross section, and set the magic stone there.

　And then, while covering the other hemisphere with the other hemisphere, ...... put a tree branch between them so that the cross-sections of the hemispheres would not be completely attached to each other.
　This completed the assembly of the device used to transform the seeds of the ...... Dandelion King into the desired substance.

"Demon core, critical reaction.

　I cast a true alchemist's chanting spell on the assembled device.
　The stone hemisphere of the device was replaced by a metal one, and the magic stone inside began to glow dimly.

　Demon Core.
　That's the name of this device.
　When the two hemispheres, made of ...... metal, are completely attached to each other, a critical reaction occurs and a strong neutron beam with magical power is scattered around.
　When the Dandelion King's species is exposed to that neutron radiation, ...... genetic damage will cause mutation, and the species will change into the desired organism.

"Caucasus, Belzebub, you'd better keep your eyes closed.

　I instructed them, and placed all of the Dandelion King's seeds on top of the Demon Core.
　He then pulled out the tree branch that he had placed between them earlier, and while attaching the hemispheres together, he completely covered the area around the ...... seeds with a neutron ray reflecting field.

　The critical reaction of the daemon core is usually harmful to the human body.
　It is important to prevent neutron radiation from leaking out, so that only the Dandelion King's species is exposed to neutron radiation.

　A few seconds after the two hemispheres of the daemon core were attached to each other, ...... a critical reaction immediately started, and the whole thing began to glow intensely pale and white.
　Normally, this would be accompanied by a burning pain, but ...... the warding is functioning properly, so as long as you keep your eyes closed, there is nothing to worry about.

　If you set the perspective of your clairvoyant to a high altitude and look at the critical reaction from a distance, you can check the situation without feeling the glare. ...... I took advantage of this and observed the whole thing until the reaction subsided.
　When the reaction weakened to almost zero, I stowed the daemon core away with magic.
　I plan to dispose of the demon core in an appropriate manner later.


　Now, the Dandelion King's seed, which had been exposed to a lot of neutron radiation, was ...... mostly blackened, with some glowing white remaining.

"...... Okay, it worked.

　I said to myself when I saw it.

　The neutron radiation emitted by the demon core is so intense that most organisms exposed to ...... it will destroy their genes and die.
　The blackened corpses are the corpses of the Dandelion Kings who died in this way.

　However, there are some individuals that can adapt to such an environment with a very low probability and survive in the form of mutations.
　The ones that have survived the critical reaction of the Demon Core without burning.
　This is the creature I've been looking for: the kesaran-pasaran.

　It is an organism that was called a "miracle decomposer" in a previous life. ...... If you add kesaran-pasaran to the ground, it will furiously eat the metallic sodium in the soil and excrete a substance called "holy nitrogen".
　This holy nitrogen is the fertilizer that is essential for growing kirin potatoes.

　The difficult thing about kesaran-pasaran is that it does not exist in nature at all, and to create it, you have to mutate it with strong radiation, as I just did.
　If the dose is insufficient, the desired mutation will not occur, so the policy of reducing the dose to increase the survival rate cannot be taken.
　I was trying to collect a large number of species because I wanted to increase the probability that some of them would survive, since a small number might be wiped out.

　The remaining kesaran-pasaran are, so to speak, a collection of elites who survived in this way.

　It won't take long for them to spread all over the Retorga territory, because if you bury a small portion of the surviving kesaran-pasaran in the salt-rich ground, they will multiply in the blink of an eye.

"We've got what we came for. Let's go home.

　I told them as I rode the myotome and headed home.