Danmachi : Start With Terraria Calamity Mod! Chapter 70 70 : Miori Shiba’s Contract Skill

The inheritance skills of the Shadow Monarch numbered only two, but each one contained the essence of that power.

The first was Shadow Extraction, which could be cast on lifeless biological bodies.

In other words, corpses.

Drake could choose the result of the extraction himself.

He could make the extracted shadow fight for him as a Shadow Soldier.

Or he could absorb the power remaining within the shadow and turn it into his own strength.

The choice was entirely up to Drake.

However, the longer the target had been dead and the stronger it had been while alive, the higher the chance of failure.

Each target could only be extracted up to three tis.

If all three extraction attempts failed, the target would be reduced to ashes.

Shadow Soldiers could be hidden inside Drake's shadow through the second skill, Shadow Storage.

According to his needs, he could summon them or store them again.

Perhaps there was a luck bonus for the first extraction.

After Drake consud roughly half of his mana, a Shadow Soldier in the form of Queen Bee silently condensed out of the corpse and flew before him.

"It's one size smaller than Queen Bee's boss form."

Drake looked over his first Shadow Soldier and clicked his tongue in wonder.

After being transford into a Shadow Soldier, it would be sowhat weaker compared to its original strength.

However, Shadow Soldiers could also grow stronger through constant slaughter and battle.

Maintaining the existence of a Shadow Soldier required a continuous consumption of mana.

Drake felt the rate at which his mana was being drained and discovered that even for a boss-level creature like Queen Bee, the mana consumption was surprisingly low.

Or perhaps…

His total mana had already reached an astonishing level.

"I used nine Mana Crystals, plus the mag stat increase from raising it to SSS… Looks like it's even more impressive than I imagined."

All this ti, Drake had never had a particularly clear concept of his own strength.

Only now did he finally gain a vague understanding.

Even though he was only Level 2 right now, he could already summon an SS-rank Shadow Soldier like Queen Bee without any pressure at all!

If he rose above Level 5, he might casually be able to summon an army of tens of millions of shadows!

"Let's go."

After putting away Queen Bee's drops, Drake flapped his wings and stood on the back of the Shadow Queen Bee.

"Let's go greet the young lady of the conglorate up there. She's probably stunned speechless by now."

Miori Shiba really was sowhat stunned at this mont. She could hardly believe what she had just seen.

If the appearance of Queen Bee could still be explained as a type of Gastrea, then how was she supposed to explain the shadow flas that erupted from Drake's body?

Not to ntion, the Queen Bee he had just killed had now actually beco his mount!

Although its size seed to have shrunk by one circle, becoming roughly the sa size as a helicopter, its form burning with black aura still gave off a terrifying presence.

"Miss… that thing is coming closer!"

The helicopter pilot reminded her in a trembling voice.

"What should we do? Should we avoid it, or…"

"No need. It is not our enemy now."

Miori Shiba saw Drake standing on the Shadow Queen Bee's back and said in a low voice,

"Probably."

After the Shadow Queen Bee's flight altitude beca level with the helicopter, Drake raised his voice and said,

"Happy cooperation."

"It seems you have already achieved so kind of goal."

Miori Shiba swept her wind-blown hair to one side and stared at the young man, who seed to have grown even more mysterious.

"Can you tell what exactly happened just now?"

"Unfortunately, that is my secret."

Drake naturally would not reveal such important information.

Besides, even if he really explained it, Miori Shiba might not understand.

In this world without supernatural abilities, understanding things like skills and magic was still sowhat difficult.

However, Miori Shiba offered a price he could not refuse.

"What if I agree to the contract you ntioned before?"

This ti, it was Drake's turn to look surprised.

"…Are you sure you want to sign a contract with just because of this?"

"You seem to have forgotten my identity, Drake."

Miori Shiba let out a pleasant laugh like silver bells.

She actually unfastened the safety rope on her body and jumped out of the cabin door, throwing herself in Drake's direction.

"I am the daughter of the president of a military-industrial conglorate. I am the daughter of one of the most dangerous rchants in the world. The more dangerous sothing is, the more I like it!"

"Co on! If you can catch , I will sign a contract with you!"

Facing the girl who had "thrown herself into his net," Drake gladly caught her in his arms.

"As expected of the man I have taken a liking to."

After stepping onto the Shadow Queen Bee, Miori Shiba curiously felt the airflow in the sky and looked down at the strange creature beneath her feet.

"I knew you would not refuse ."

"At least give a chance to refuse."

Drake could not help retorting.

"If I hadn't caught you, wouldn't you have turned into Miori paste?"

"Then should I jump again?"

"Forget it. This is fine."

After that, under Miori's orders, the ard personnel of Shiba Heavy Industries withdrew from the forbidden zone.

As for her, she acted like a child clamoring to go to an amusent park, asking Drake to carry her through the forbidden zone so she could experience free flight.

Drake casually agreed.

He had now obtained the inheritance of the Shadow Monarch, so he was in an excellent mood.

Moreover, Miori Shiba's Contract Skill was also quite good.

Contract Skill — Endless Arsenal: Can only serve in the "Arms Dealer" role.

While serving as the Arms Dealer, she can craft Endless Ammo Pouches for every type of ammunition, and the ammunition cost required to craft those pouches is reduced by 20%.

The function of an ammo pouch was very simple: it provided an unlimited number of bullets.

Originally, Terraria could only craft the most basic Endless Musket Pouch for Musket Balls.

So bullets that required advanced materials to craft could only be used one shot at a ti.

But after assigning Miori Shiba as the Arms Dealer, Drake could craft Endless Ammo Pouches for every type of ammunition!

Although Drake did not use gun-type weapons much right now, that did not an this skill was useless to him.

That was because most of the truly useful ranged weapons ca later.

In the early stages, only the Minishark sold in the shop was relatively decent, but its price was extrely expensive.

"I see. I never expected that you actually ca from another world."

After listening to Drake explain the whole story, Miori Shiba's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Then, are you going to make a grand show of your abilities next and use the power you gained today to save the Tokyo Area?"

"I will save it, of course. But there are so people who are not worth saving."

Drake landed the Shadow Queen Bee in a corner near the Monolith, then waved his hand and stored it inside his own shadow.

"If I must save them from disaster as well, they will have to pay a price."

Miori Shiba followed behind him and imdiately caught the core of his words.

"Then… who exactly are the people you want to save?"

Drake stopped walking and answered without hesitation.

"The Cursed Children."