World Seed

Author’s Corner: Finally, our MC has defeated a boss without cheating! Using numbers to overpower it isn’t considered cheating, right? Well, no matter! He has stuff to do now!

Immediately after the death of the boss monster, I went and began studying its aura. Out of its displayed abilities, what I wanted most was obviously the healing power. Although its ice breath might be powerful, that could have simply come from its monstrous mana. The other significant feature of the boss that had been displayed was its size, but there was no way I’d be able to mimic such a size with my available mana.

Anyways, while studying its aura, I ran into a small complication. That was, my last attack had all but destroyed its brain, so I couldn’t study that. I wasn’t too worried, though, because I could probably substitute the brain of a regular wolf and just gradually make adjustments until it worked right. Now I just needed a test subject… What, you thought I was going to do this to myself this time? No, I learned my lesson, no brain surgery experiments without absolute confidence.

To my surprise, the tail that Amy had severed during the fight had not dissolved like the others, leading me to believe that the wolf only had one true tail, and that it was likely the source of the regeneration power. As such, I focused my attention on the tail, and how it connected with the rest of the aura. The result… actually made me think that I was getting better at the whole aura reading thing.

Since I had studied similar tails before, albeit on a smaller scale, I was able to mentally discard the physical components of the aura, such as the tail’s shape, color, and structure. Instead, I was able to focus directly on the magical component, which helped me greatly. After all, I wasn’t too fond of the idea of running around with a half dozen tails behind me at all times.

So… my real bounty from this fight, rather than the boss’s full aura, was the message that came after I understood the aura of the tail. Even if I had to experiment to see just how it worked.