After returning to the office, Kisara was still grumbling about what had happened earlier.
"I really admire how you could say sothing like that in front of everyone… Thanks to you, our company is famous now."
Drake smiled and said without concern,
"It's fine. I won't charge you advertising fees."
"…You really are optimistic."
Kisara seed to be impressed by the thickness of Drake's skin and said helplessly,
"If you're thinking about pursuing the Seitenshi, you should give up as soon as possible."
"Why is that?"
"Isn't it obvious? With her status, she is destined never to be able to marry an ordinary person."
"That's not exactly a difficult problem."
Drake shrugged.
"If I beco a hero who saves the world, wouldn't that solve it?"
"You sure dream big."
Kisara handed him a stack of docunts, clearly not taking what he had just said seriously.
"Rather than saving the world, you should first save the deficit on our company's financial report."
"This operation is a good opportunity. If you and little Enju work hard, the company's books should look much better this month."
Drake flipped through the docunts and discovered they contained the schedule and precautions for the upcoming operation.
"What about you, Madam President?"
"With this body of mine, I'd only beco a burden if I went."
The girl subconsciously placed a hand over her abdon.
Her missing organs ant she needed hemodialysis every day, and she could not fight for long periods of ti.
"That's truly a sha. I wanted to witness the president's heroic figure in battle."
"What's there to be disappointed about?"
Kisara replied noncommittally, then showed a complicated expression.
"If this operation is really dangerous, don't force yourself."
"If you feel like you can't handle the enemies in the forbidden zone, co back imdiately, all right?"
"Hmm… I can do that."
Drake was sowhat surprised, as if his impression of the girl before him had changed slightly.
"I didn't expect you to care about this much."
"I can't help it. You're my first employee, after all."
"What if I abandon Lady Seitenshi right now and pursue you instead?"
"Eek… Are you the kind of shut-in who starts fantasizing that soone likes you just because they're slightly nice to you?"
"Enju, how about sushi tonight? Just the two of us."
"But now that I think about it, if your work performance is excellent, I might not be unable to consider it."
"So you want to co too, huh?"
"…There's a sushi restaurant in District 3. It's a little expensive, but the taste is absolutely first-rate."
"Miss Kisara really is easy to understand."
The forbidden zone outside the Monoliths was full of danger.
Even Shiba Heavy Industries needed so ti to establish outposts there.
The first outpost would be completed in about two days.
During that period, they could only wait quietly.
Of course, Civil Security officers with higher rankings and confidence in their own strength could also choose to go ahead and explore the forbidden zone first.
However, Drake decided to use this ti to deal with the boss he had been thinking about for a while.
With the strength and equipnt he had accumulated so far, he had enough to push Terraria's progression to Skeletron within two days.
No — calculated according to the ti ratio, two days in the Black Bullet world was four days in Terraria.
Maybe Drake could even go to the Jungle to gather so materials, craft an Abeemination, summon the Queen Bee, and practice in advance.
"Big brother, this place feels disgusting…"
Enju vigilantly scanned her surroundings, her cute little face already frowning.
Everything within sight was dyed in varying shades of purple.
But this purple did not appear noble. Instead, it seed like the very symbol of decay and evil.
Besides that, there seed to be faint wriggling sounds in the air.
It was as if invisible insects were crawling beneath their feet, in the air, and in corners they could not see.
That made the little girl feel a chilling discomfort all over her body.
"That's because this place is the evil land known as the Corruption."
Drake, who was opening the way ahead, cut apart a cluster of thorns blocking the path and casually threw the javelin in his hand.
The Desert Scourge quickly burrowed into the ground, then burst back out and knocked down an ugly monster floating in the sky.
The Eater of Souls was one of the most common monsters in the Corruption. It could float in the air and looked like the mouthparts of so giant worm.
Once they discovered prey, Eaters of Souls would swarm over and tear the target apart from all directions.
In this evil environnt filled with wasteland, death, and the stench of rot, there was never any shortage of enemies.
"Watch the ground."
Hearing a cracking sound from beneath their feet, Drake warned her.
Besides the Eaters of Souls in the sky, the Corruption also had Devourers that could burrow underground.
These evil worms, which had a body structure similar to the Desert Scourge, could tunnel beneath the surface.
In a certain sense, they were like small-fry versions of the Eater of Worlds.
As the boss of the Corruption, the Eater of Worlds was basically a burrowing worm magnified hundreds or thousands of tis.
"Hiya!"
Enju seed to sense sothing and suddenly jumped high into the air.
The purple soil beneath her feet was suddenly broken open, and a Devourer with constantly snapping mouthparts burst out.
Faced with the enemy suddenly erging, Enju instead let out a breath of relief.
After all, the unknown was the scariest thing.
Once the enemy showed itself, there was nothing to be afraid of.
She lightly tapped her foot in midair and used the Cloud in a Bottle to jump again.
Then she dropped at astonishing speed, the Sahara Slicers in her hands directly cutting the Devourer in half at the waist.
However, a Devourer was made up of many body segnts. Even if one segnt was cut apart, it could split into two shorter Devourers and keep moving.
"When dealing with this kind of enemy, rember to eliminate the roots completely."
Drake took out his spellbook from the side and released a Poseidon typhoon.
The multi-hit whirlwind directly tore apart every segnt of the Devourer, turning it into minced flesh that fell to the ground.
"I feel like these monsters are even scarier than Gastrea."
Enju moved a little farther away in disgust and gave a rather "high" evaluation.
"Gastrea are nothing compared to so of the terrifying things in this world."
Drake curled his lips, thinking that if the Eater of Worlds were placed in the Black Bullet world, it would at least be a Stage IV.
Aside from lacking the powerful vitality of Gastrea, in terms of destructive power alone, destroying a city would not be a problem.
"Found it… This should lead to the underground section of the Corruption."
In a place filled with Corrupt grass and thorny shrubs, Drake finally discovered a pitch-black chasm.
The chasm extended straight downward until it connected with a horizontal passage.
At the bottom of that passage, Shadow Orbs containing evil energy would be hidden.
As long as they were destroyed with bombs, he could obtain the treasures inside them.
However, once more than three Shadow Orbs were destroyed, the Eater of Worlds would imdiately awaken.
Drake had co today specifically to summon the boss.
Aside from crafting the boss-summoning item, destroying Shadow Orbs was undoubtedly the more efficient thod.
After drinking a Featherfall Potion, Drake stretched his hand toward Enju.
"We're going down. Don't forget what I told you earlier."
Enju obediently wrapped her arms around Drake's neck and pressed her small body close to him.
The next mont, Drake leapt straight into the lightless chasm, but his falling speed was not as fast as expected.
It was as if he had turned into a feather, drifting lightly through the air.
That was the effect of the Featherfall Potion.
In the pitch-black space, clusters of firelight were lit along the inner walls of the chasm.
Enju held a pile of torches and placed them on the rock walls as they descended. They could serve as markers while also providing light.
As they got farther and farther from the surface, the surrounding air gradually beca cold and sticky.
In the quiet space, even the sound of dripping water could be clearly heard. When Drake landed, it even made a dull sound like a heartbeat.
"Enju, keep watch for ."
Because bombs were needed to destroy the Shadow Orbs, this was obviously not sothing he could leave to Enju.
So Drake personally took action, while leaving the work of clearing small enemies to his Initiator.
He also summoned a baby Stormlion.
Although its damage was not high, it could slightly block incoming enemies.
"Don't worry, big brother! I'll protect your back!"
Enju waved her small fist and guaranteed confidently.
Drake nodded and jumped toward the bottom of the chasm.
The Featherfall Potion still had plenty of duration left, but this ti Drake jumped into a pool of water.
"Standing water, huh… not bad."
With the Sea King function, Drake was actually more agile in water.
He directly dove to the bottom of the pool. After confirming that the ground beneath him was solid Corrupt stone, he took several round blue bombs from his inventory.
These bombs were Sticky Bombs, made from ordinary bombs plus Gel.
After being thrown, they would stick to the first surface they touched instead of rolling around randomly.
In an environnt like this, where fixed-point blasting was required, they were much easier to use.
"One, two, three… this should be enough."
After placing the bombs, Drake quickly raised his hand and threw out a grappling hook, pulling himself up to a higher position.
At the sa ti as he leapt out of the water, several muffled explosions ca from beneath his feet.
[A horrible chill goes down your spine…]
A line of text appeared in Drake's vision.
That let him confirm that the explosion just now had successfully destroyed a Shadow Orb.
"…Big brother, are you okay?"
Enju's voice ca from above.
Drake replied to reassure her, then dove into the pool again.
The water level was much lower than before because a huge hole had been blasted open at the bottom.
Several glowing items were mixed among the dirty mud and rocks, and Drake stuffed them all into his inventory at once.
The item dropped after destroying a Shadow Orb was actually fixed.
The first one would always drop a Musket and 100 Musket Balls.
Seeing the firearm that had appeared in his inventory, Drake revealed an expression that said, 'as expected.'
This weapon was only useful in the early stages of exploration.
He no longer needed it at all.
Still, he could give it to Rika Minami as a toy. Her skill ignored bullet consumption anyway.
[Screams echo around you…]
After blowing up the second Shadow Orb, Drake began to tense up and get serious.
Because if he destroyed one more Shadow Orb, the boss of this evil land would awaken.
"Let see what the second Shadow Orb dropped first."
Drake quickly glanced through his inventory and found that this ti, it had dropped a pet item.
[Shadow Orb — Blue: Equipping it summons a magical Shadow Orb to follow you.]
Drake tried summoning the Shadow Orb, and in the blink of an eye, a purple energy sphere the size of a waterlon appeared before him.
As Drake moved, it slowly followed him, but its speed was not very fast.
Although the Shadow Orb itself could emit a faint light, if he wanted to use it for illumination… he might as well rely on torches.
"…I can't say it's completely useless. At least it can be sold for so money."
Pet items in Terraria were basically decorative.
Aside from providing emotional value… they had no other use.
...
Arriving at the location of the third Shadow Orb, Drake took a deep breath and pulled out Dynamite from his inventory.
Dynamite had a longer fuse ti than bombs, giving him more ti to escape.
"Eater of Worlds, co… and let defeat you!"
After ntally preparing himself, Drake used his grappling hook to hang from a higher spot, then gently tossed the Dynamite in his hand downward.
After that… he summoned his Sli Mount, jumped out of the bottom of the passage, and quickly swept his gaze around.
"Enju! Co here quickly!"
"The enemy is about to awaken!"
The next instant, Drake felt footsteps approaching from behind, as if sothing had leapt toward him.
"Big brother… I'm here!"
"Hold on tight!"
Drake imdiately felt relieved. He controlled the Sli Mount to leap high, then successfully used his grappling hook to leave the chasm and reach the surface of the Corruption.
At the sa ti, an unprecedented explosion ca from deep underground.
Boom!
[The Eater of Worlds has awoken!]
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