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　The broken outer shells of the beetles fall to the ground one after another, raising a cloud of dust.

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　Moe shouted in surprise as the rocks collapsed in a flash.

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"Whoa!　Did you do this, Grandma?"

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"Yes, that's right."

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"Amazing!　That's what I'm talking about!

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　The child jumped with joy and hugged Yuril vigorously.

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　He rubbed his cheeks together and clears his throat, with his head buried just below his chest.

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You're so soft. Soft, soft, soft."

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"Oh, my God, that tickles, Mumu."

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　Moo, who had been playing with her like a mother and child, suddenly looks up and asks curiously.

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"What's so cool, Grandma Yu?

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"Oh, I'm sure it's because of this."

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　With these words, Yuril pulled down his collar to reveal a grayish-silver sheen wrapped around his neck.

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　It was the neck chain of ice and frost, an altar that had been given to him at the Temple of Quest the other day.

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　This neck-ring-shaped jewelry, made by carving out the backbone of a Frost Giant, a higher species of spirit that lives in the north, is said to have the effect of raising the power of ice-based magic to a higher level.

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"It makes me feel a little cooler when I wear it. It's quite dry here, so you can see the difference.

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"Mmmmmm, it's so nice and snug and warm when you stick to it!"

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"Well, Moo-chan is the only one who doesn't like it. I'm not fair to you, Moo-chan.

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　Yuril's white skin rises a little as he is clung to by a girl and a child with high body temperatures.

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　Thor approached the three jostling each other and praised the results of their tremendous magical skills.

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"I've heard about it, but it's really powerful. I was surprised.

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"Yes, with this and my wand, I think I can manage here."

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　Thor nodded deeply at the silver-haired beauty, who smiled at him dependably.

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　He had managed to slaughter a solid monster that had seemed to be a rather poor match for him, using only the magical skills of his Shimojeda skill.

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　With the presence of his reassuring companions, Thor once again realized how wonderful it is to have a party.

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　Returning his gaze to the rock beetle, he saw a strange block of ice peeking out from within its crumbling shell.

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　It looked somewhat like a tree, with transparent branches extending here and there.

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"That's ......."

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"Yes, it's the body fluid of a rock beetle. I was told that they have a tendency to store a considerable amount of water in their bodies.

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　That story was also taught to Thor in the course.

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　He said that the outer shell is robust, but the inner structure is watery and quite fragile.

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　Freezing its body fluids would expand its volume and break the rock from the inside.

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　Thor quietly approached the monster that had collapsed from the inside.

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　The beetle, which had been stripped of its outer rock shell, showed no sign of movement.

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　He observes it for a while, but it seems to be completely dead.

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　A peek inside the rock reveals its macabre internal structure.

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　The head, with its large jaws, was snugly tucked inside the shell.

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　The two long antennae are folded into a spiral.

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　The six legs were completely stuck into the ground, probably because the creature had abandoned the idea of moving.

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　It is said that the six legs are used to suck up water from the ground.

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　The parts of the body that looked like internal organs were in a very bad shape, probably because they had ruptured.

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　Every organ had been crushed by the ice tree.

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　Thor was about to let out a sigh as he struggled to find the part he was looking for, when Sora, who had also come by, spoke to him.

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Thor, you forgot this.

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　The girl held out the dismantling knife she had just thrown at me.

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"Oh, I'm sorry. Let's get the parts with the proof of defeat first.

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Where is this monster?

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"That's where it's curled up. Be careful not to cut your finger if you touch it.

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"Yes. Wow, it's a little soft, but it's kind of hard. It's a strange feeling.

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　The two antennae are of different lengths, and only the right one is jagged with an elongated tip.

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　It seems that this double-edged saw-like blade is used to cut off the prey, and the other antennae are used to retrieve the cut-off parts.

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　It is highly possible that Thor's left hand would have been eaten, too, if it had not been for Sola's as described above.

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　After cutting off the tip of the right antenna, Thora carefully puts it in a leather bag.

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　She then follows Thor and looks inside the rock beetle.

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"Are you looking for something?"

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"Yeah, there should be a chunk of whitish stone ......"

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"It's too messy, I don't know. I don't know, it's too messed up..."

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　Sola suddenly puts his hand into the body of the insect and lifts up a large lump.

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　She tries to lift it up, and her face turns surprised at the weight of it.

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"What's this, it's so heavy!"

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"Oh, there it is. That's hard albite."

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　Hard albite is the ore from which hard white copper is made.

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　This rare mineral is produced not in the ground, but in the body of the rock beetle.　

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"Which ......,mmm, is really heavy."

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　The ore that I managed to pull out was so large that it could fit in the palms of both my hands.

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　It was so heavy that it looked as if the bottom of the bag would easily fall out if it were carried on one's back.

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　I put it on the sled for the time being, but it seemed a little cumbersome to pull it around in this wind.

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"Tor-chan, I'm hungry!

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　Moo was playing with Yuril, but then he remembered that he was hungry.

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　He looks out from beside Thor and points to a crumbled rock beetle carcass.

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"Aren't you going to eat that, Tor?

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"I don't know about that. I don't think there's any part of it that's edible.

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"What, that big?"

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"I heard it's mostly rocks. We're going to take a break in a little while, so just hang in there until then."

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"Mwah, mwah!"

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　In the end, we decided to leave the raw materials for hard white copper, which was one of our objectives.

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　However, we did not abandon it, but rather, we would retrieve it if it remained on the way back to the site.

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　It seems that there are probably a large number of rock beetles lurking in this rocky area.

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　It seems to be easy to capture them with Ulill's magic technique, so we decide that there is no need to rush.

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　If we have a tailwind on the way back, we will be able to carry them a little better.

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　From then on, it was fairly easy to proceed.

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　Moe used to detect their location, and Thor acted as a decoy to attract their antennae.

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　Sora secures the safety by or , and Yuril puts the stop to it.

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　Gathering only the antennae, the group finally arrives at a place lined with large rocks that had been visible near the center of the area after noon.

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