Chapter 16: Unexpected joy, the family has a mine!

　　From now on, Will, a Sword Saint level powerhouse, had successfully transformed into a half-demon.

　　After testing it, Will's strength had instead increased from before.

　　Although the realm had slipped a bit, falling from the initial Legendary powerhouse to the current Intermediate Demon, the good thing was that there was still a chance to make promotions.

　　And the demons, being an eldritch species, themselves live quite a bit longer than the orcs.

　　So Will is kind of... A child?

　　.....

　　Feeling his power return, Will was thrilled.

　　After all, a longer life is the greatest pursuit of every living being.

　　Having gotten the better of him, he too immediately put his head down and made a show of submitting to Abbott.

　　It's also a way for the clan behind him to put their worries to rest and rush to accept being turned into dependents by Abbott.

　　With Will taking the lead, the rest of the orcs went up and down, being transformed into half-demons one by one by Abbott.

　　From then on, they were no longer attributed to orc blood, but were a true Abyssal race.

　　....

　　Abbott was in no hurry to leave after the transformation.

　　Instead, they stayed in this village land and continued to develop in a low-key manner, sort of helping this group of half-orcs and half-demons to rebuild.

　　As expected, under the pressure of the big demon, the small and medium demons in the vicinity didn't dare to approach.

　　Although he didn't know who this pressure was, the aura was clearly sending a message out.

　　"He who enters, dies!"

　　This was good news for the rest of the fleeing orcs, many of whom were desperate enough to enter here by mistake.

　　Most of them are coerced into joining Abbott's camp by Will, the village's "steward".

　　The fools who didn't listen, who mouthed "You have failed the glory of the orcs" and "The judgment of the gods will be upon you!" The fools who didn't listen were cut to pieces by Will, who was a Sword Saint.

　　Or just have Onyxia eat it outright.

　　Abbott didn't even have to make a move.

　　So it's been a quiet but fulfilling time for Abbott.

　　With back-to-back signings, Abbott's power has grown at a solid rate forward like a rocket going up.

　　And that group of familiars were also absolutely obedient to orders because of the Abbott bloodline, which made him extraordinarily relieved.

　　Outside, with Onyxia and Will around, existences below the level of Archfiend were simply sending heads and supplies.

　　Inside, those adorable bunny-eared and cat-eared girls took it upon themselves to serve Abbott tea and water, and were well behaved.

　　So Abbott can sink his teeth into practicing his second move of Sword Slayer.

　　Stormy!

　　This second stance was different from the first, it was an offensive and defensive stance.

　　The first style is that with only one sword, one can be invulnerable and attack as fast as lightning.

　　The second style, on the other hand, was as continuous as a river, as if it were a blistering wind and rain.

　　Swinging the sword numerous times in a short period of time serves as a defense against flying props while also attacking the enemy.

　　It is similar to Will's "Sword Storm", but it is much more powerful!

　　"Whew!"

　　Abbott was a little stuffy after practicing his swordplay and took a sip of the drink the young girls had served him.

　　Just about ready to lie down and rest, Abbott realized something interesting.

　　Many of the people in this village were carrying a basket, and although it was filled with common ores, there were some rare metals mixed in.

　　Every day so, they would give it to the honest blacksmith in the village to be fashioned into weapons and defenses to suit their needs.

　　One day or two was fine, Abbott couldn't understand how the group managed to collect so much ore on a daily basis.

　　Did they open a mine in this area?

　　How does one not know!

　　Called Will over and Abbott told him about it.

　　Will didn't slow down when he heard it and spoke honestly.

　　"Lord Nameless, where are they going to mine, they are merely going to a nearby ore-rich area to pick up some crushed stone heads to refine."

　　Abbott nodded at that, as it turned out.

　　"Wait? Ore-rich areas, doesn't that mean you can mine?"

　　Abbott was puzzled, weren't such ore-rich areas often good places to mine, why did the group keep stupidly picking up the crumbs instead of mining?

　　Will heard Abbott's confusion and hurried to explain.

　　"My lord, it's not that we we don't want to, but we don't dare!"

　　This now piqued Abbott's interest and he asked.

　　"Why don't you dare, are there man-eating magical beasts in that area?"

　　Will shook his head as he listened, clearly Abbott didn't know the truth.

　　"There are definitely no man-eating magical beasts, and even many of them are just rations for us."

　　"There's just a divine beast there!"

　　Abbott spewed a large amount of water, Divine Beast? What a mess.

　　"Alas, in our village before, there were often people who coveted the minerals over there and ventured into the vicinity of the area, but all of them had no return. It was only after we contacted a shaman priest that we realized that it was the territory of the divine beast, the multi-headed serpent, so it's no wonder that so many people had no return."

　　Hydra...

　　Abbott has heard of this creature, which exists throughout the universe in varying strengths.

　　Powerful enough that even in Abbott's last life he had heard of its prowess, such as the Orochi Orochi.

　　And weaker ones such as the Two-Headed Snake can be killed by a few qualified fighters.

　　Abbott thought about it and decided he'd better go and see what happened.

　　After all, if it was confirmed that there really was a mine in the neighborhood, then he really was the one with a mine in his family.

　　....

　　Pulling up Will, Abbott and Onyxia fly to that area where Will and the others are afraid to go deeper.

　　The location of that mine was not far from the village, only less than half a day's distance away, and was situated underneath a nearby high mountain.

　　Soon, the two arrived there.

　　"My lord, this is where we always pick up the crumbs."

　　Abbott realized that something was really wrong here.

　　The whole place was bare, with little flora and fauna, and there were a number of bones of large creatures on the ground that were on the verge of weathering.

　　It seems Will was right.

　　A slight toxicity also permeated the air, but it was so weak that even a stronger human could ignore it.

　　Abbott picked up a few nearby rocks and looked at them.

　　"Well, it's not pure enough, but it's still usable if you refine it, wait, this is?"

　　Abbott picked up a dark stone and examined it closely.

　　"It's an anti-magic stone! I can't believe it's an Anti-Magic Stone, wait, there's more here!"

　　Abbott was a bit surprised, anti-magic stone was an extremely rare ore, this ore possessed strong molding properties and naturally possessed anti-magic properties.

　　A set of metal armor made of antimagic stone could even withstand the full force of the great magicians, which was the origin of the stone's name.

　　Abbott was a little surprised to see the ground full of antimagic stones, not realizing that this was actually a rich area for antimagic stones!

　　Looks like he's not just the guy with a mine in his house anymore, but he's got a gold mine in his house! No, a diamond mine!

　　Abbott's eyes flamed a bit as he looked at the area, mentally thinking.

　　"This mine, I'll take it!"