Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Elemental Spirits

Year 397 of the Holy Calendar - Seventh Boss Room of the Titan dungeon

(Alastor POV)

I caught the fully Adamantite-made Warhammer with my right hand.

"!?" Alastor

Or I try to...

The gift from the dungeon master drops on the floor after slipping off my fingers.

"You seem to need more treatment before holding it" Titan

I just realized.

My arm radiates a charred black color to the elbow, my fingernails are gone and I can't see any fingerprints on it.

"This doesn't seem good" Alastor

"You just tried to play with spiritual power, you should be grateful to even have it"

...It was more dangerous than I thought.

"Now lie down again so I can continue the treatment" Titan

I pick up the war hammer with my left hand and do as he said.

"You should get accustomed to the appearance of your arm" Titan

Accustomed?

"Aren't you healing it now?" Alastor

The earth cocoon is already covering my arm.

"Even if I heal it, it will not regain its former aspect" Titan

"...Will it work fine?" Alastor

"It will not have any defect other than the aspect" Titan

I don't care about that.

"That is enough for me" Alastor

I hear something falling to the ground.

"I am back" Ifrit

(Ifrit POV)

I brought an Ice Boar from the sixth floor and dropped it on the ground.

"I am back" Ifrit

"Welcome back" Alastor and Titan

They seem to have been talking for a while.

"Titan, please do not harm your injured patients" Ifrit

Alastor has some scratches that weren't there before.

"We were only talking a bit" Titan

He looks away as he says that, very convincing...

"Jijiji, Your father is just a little bit overprotective" Alastor

"Father?" Ifrit

Is that a joke?

"...That is not how spirits work" Ifrit

"Eh?" Alastor

He seems really ignorant about us.

"We, The Elemental Spirits, are structurally different from humans. We don't have parents, siblings, or children" Ifrit

"You don't?" Alastor

"Even if we can imitate the human body, our nature as spirits don't allow us to replicate the necessary organs for procreation" Titan

He seems confused.

"So how does your kind still exist? Are you immortal?" Alastor

"We are not immortal, I at 770 years old am at the limit of the life of an elemental spirit" Titan

"Titan..." Ifrit

I don't like him talking about that...

"The elemental spirits are born from the spiritual power that concentrates in the air over a long time" Titan

"From thin air!?" Alastor

"You idiot" Ifrit

I kneel to his level and hit his head softly.

"Didn't you pay attention? He said spiritual power" Ifrit

The man on the floor speaks up.

"But Humans need something more... how should I say it... Material, Physical" Alastor

"You may think that, but at the beginning of human life, you all look like dirty water drops. We spirits are alike, just that we look like light sparks" Titan

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Water drops? I don't really know much about human anatomy, so I'll leave it to him.

"Elemental spirits can have up to four stages throughout their existences" Titan

"Spark rank spirits are the equivalent to babies of humans, they don't have a lot of intelligence and move mostly by instinct. This stage lasts about 50 years"

I don't remember anything from that time.

"Low-rank spirits are the equivalent to children of humans, they have some intelligence and it is the beginning of the control of spiritual power inside them. This stage lasts about 150 years, but a severe shock can accelerate the next metamorphosis"

Remembering the past, I clench my hand into a fist.

"Mid-rank level spirits are the equivalent to adults in human terms, the intelligence and control of spirit power are almost at the maximum. This is the last stage for most elemental spirits"

It will not be mine.

"Lastly, The Sovereign Rank is a special status that only a few can reach. It does not increase the lifespan or the intelligence, but it increases the control of spirit power significantly"

"That is where you want to reach" Alastor

His head at ground level turns to me.

"Right, Ifrit?" Alastor

"It isn't that I want, I WILL do it" Ifrit

"There are only two methods to reach that rank. One is by receiving the acceptance of another Sovereign Rank of the same element, and the other is by defeating one in battle" Titan

"So we only need to find one outside? It seems easy" Alastor

Ha.

"It isn't that simple" Ifrit

"There are no Fire Sovereign Spirits in this continent, as one myself I can feel it" Titan

"Not a single one? is that normal" Alastor

"No, there was always at least one of them in each continent. But when I realize it, there was no trace of them left" Titan

"Something is happening to the Fire Elementals Spirits and it isn't something good" Ifrit

I don't have any proof, but I am sure that those people have something to do with it.

"Don't worry Ifrit! We will definitely..." Alastor

His eyelids fall halfway in the middle of the sentence.

"... Find... them... zzz" Alastor

And he fell asleep.

"He was up for long enough, a patient should sleep well" Titan

We will find them without a doubt.

"He really likes your gift" Ifrit

His left hand is still holding the war hammer tightly.

"Yeah" Titan

"But is it really fine? You were slowly creating that Adamantite for as long as I remember" Ifrit

Even for the Earth Spirit King, it was a valuable treasure.

"It is fine. If he is going to explore the world with you, he will need a weapon up to the task" Titan

Just for me?

"...You really are an overprotective daddy" Ifrit

"Da...!" Titan

That took him by surprise.

"Whahaha!" Ifirt

.....

...

Today, after Alastor ate the ice boar and went to sleep almost immediately...

"...!" Titan

"!!!" Ifrit

We both feel the arrival of new adventurers at the entrance of the dungeon.

"Gghh" Ifrit

"Ifrit..." Titan

One of them was extremely disgusting to feel.

"That one is a...!" Ifrit

Again! Once again they come to snatch the moments of peace from my hands!

"I know, but calm yourself" Titan

I couldn't bear it, my whole body burned with rage at the mere thought that this thing simply existed in this world.

I can not forgive them, I will not forgive them.

I WILL KILL THEM ALL!

"ISEKAI HERO!!!" Ifrit

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