Monster Taming Broadcast

Neo Japan and Azelas.

Their body modifications were complete.

Azelas had shaved off the monster mass on his head and transformed the remaining chunk into metal machinery, attaching two skin-covered mechanical arms to his body.

Neo Japan had attached two thick mechanical legs.

These were special legs that could be extended and shortened like a magic stick.

Moreover,

if the legs were shortened to their minimum length, large wheels would protrude. Using the wheels allowed for faster movement.

Pururu—Finally, Neo Japan’s modification is done!

Mysticism—

Yumi—You both look satisfied.

I wanted to name them as follows:

Neo Japan.

Neo Azelas.

But unfortunately, they refused.

They didn’t like it because it sounded too much like Neo Hyeong-seok.

Japaaan!! Zoom, zoom!

Modified Neo Japan was excitedly running through the Great Cavern.

It seemed he really liked the new legs, and those wheels too.

“My head’s smaller, so changing clothes… is easy.”

Having shaved his head and gained arms, Azelas was currently changing his clothes by himself.

The clothes were supplied by Pururu’s support function.

He had already discarded the old worn-out clothes.

Boglebogle—I didn’t notice when his face was covered, but seeing it like this, he really is pretty.

Mysticism—

Finished changing into comfortable clothes, Azelas glanced at me and murmured.

“Now that I have arms… I want to try knitting…”

“Knitting? You had such a hobby?”

“It wasn’t a hobby before… but I suddenly wanted one…”

Getting the tools needed for knitting wasn’t difficult.

Of course, I had to grant such a small request.

They had made significant contributions in the last combat.

Having a hobby can be nice too.

“Dan-bi, do you have any knitting tools at home?”

Yumi—I don’t think Pururu would keep that kind of stuff.

Pururu—I have some.

Yumi—Huh?

Pururu—Why are you surprised? ㅅㅂ

“Then send them over. Azelas wants to try knitting.”

Pururu—Geez, Azelas really has a lot of demands.

Despite grumbling, Pururu typed away.

Pururu—Take them.

In the end, he did provide the tools needed for knitting.

Mysticism—Tsundere.

Rize Nova—

Mysticism—

What Pururu sent was just a single knitting needle.

Yumi—Could you also send the yarn?

Pururu—Just use our little yarn.

I was thinking the same.

Arachne’s yarn is much tougher than regular yarn, which is great.

And I could use my incapacitation ability if I wanted.

Boglebogle—But making clothes with Arachne’s yarn would effectively be the strongest armor. Most attacks would get annihilated before they even touched it.

Mysticism—Soft yarn armor!

I received a bundle of Arachne’s yarn.

Then, after packing away the knitting needle that Seo Dan-bi provided, I handed it to Azelas.

“Here, you can knit with this. Thank Pururu for it.”

“Thanks, Pporuru…”

Pururu—It’s not Pporuru, it’s Pururu. ㅡㅡ

Azelas plopped down on the floor.

And awkwardly started knitting with his new hands.

I’m doing something strange. Bbang bbang.

Omega, who was sorting through mechanical parts, walked over and sat down next to Azelas.

That’s not what those arms were meant for. Bbang.

“……”

Now I’ll explain the abilities mounted in those magnificent arms. Bbang bbang.

Omega continued speaking.

Azelas listened carefully while knitting.

First, those arms weren’t made from ordinary parts; they are from the mechanical Hydra’s head. Bbang.

“Oh…”

Azelas gasped slightly and turned to look.

It seemed he was interested when he heard they were arms made from mechanical Hydra parts.

For reference, I had just learned that too.

And Azelas, you can now use one ability of the mechanical Hydra. Poyong.

“The mechanical Hydra’s ability…?”

That’s right. You can use one of the seven abilities it wielded. What do you think it is? Bbang?

“What could it be…?”

Guess. Bbang bbang.

“I don’t know…”

…Azelas, you’re not even trying to think. Bbang.

“Sorry… I’m a bit slow right now.”

Omega sighed after briefly giving Azelas a cold stare and continued explaining.

You can only handle one ability. If both arms had different abilities, it would be too difficult to manage, so I made sure to unify them. And the ability you can wield is dark matter.

Mysticism—

Pururu—What is dark matter?

Yumi—When we were subjugating the mechanical Hydra, Omega said that the head it was controlling emitted dark matter, which was the most dangerous.

Rize Nova—Oh, that ominous darkness?

Boglebogle—It really does seem like a dangerous ability. Even without seeing it, it gave me goosebumps.

Azelas paused knitting.

“Dark matter?”

That’s right. Dark matter has a destructive power high enough to hurt beings like Solorb. Bbang bbang.

“Ohhhh…”

Azelas gasped in wonder.

Apparently satisfied with his reaction, Omega slowly waved his heavy reptilian tail.

Hehe. So, do you want to go test your newly acquired power? Bbang?

“Um… I’ll use it when I meet a monster later… right now, I need to knit…”

………

Azelas resumed knitting.

Even though he was happy to have gained the ability to wield dark matter, it seemed that his current interest was knitting.

*

Omega said he would return to the Machine Factory.

He also mentioned that he couldn’t leave the town empty for too long.

When he gets back, he plans to research his current feelings and analyze the abilities of the Supported One.

Gauntlet. And I should mention, our village’s name isn’t the Machine Factory. Bbang bbang.

“What is it if it’s not the Machine Factory?”

There’s no official name yet. Bbang.

“Then just call it the Machine Factory. It has a nice ring to it.”

…I’ll consider it. Bbang bbang.

After answering that, Omega packed the execution sword and magic sword I had handed him.

Pururu—Why are you giving those? A gift?

“It’s not really a gift. He said he wanted to analyze the functions of those swords, so I lent them to him.”

In essence, it was almost like giving them away.

He planned to take them apart.

If I can mass-produce machines with the same functions as these, it would be helpful in the future. Bbang bbang.

If it were another monster, I wouldn’t have handed them over, but with Omega, I could trust him enough to leave it.

I’d already felt enough confidence in his technological skills.

Well then, I’ll take my leave now. I’ll come here once a day, so don’t cry and be sad when I’m not around. Bbang bbang.

Omega said that, activated the warp device, and crossed the portal to return to the Machine Factory.

Mysticism—

Mysticism—Isn’t Geun-oppa coming along? He said he wanted to visit the Machine Factory.

“I’ll go with him when Princess recovers. I mean, it’s kind of weird to go have fun while my sick daughter is lying down.”

Yumi—That’s a fair point.

Pururu—?? Now you’re calling her your daughter? What’s that?

Rize Nova—Isn’t this finally recognizing Princess as his daughter?

Boglebogle—Since she’s not his biological daughter, I’ll let it slide.

Pururu—You keep letting things slide. ㅅㅂ

After sending Omega off,

I entered the crystal house to take care of the Princess while sorting out my thoughts in my head.

Omega told me to think of three places to build a civilization by tomorrow…

A desert with a resting place.

An underwater spot with a Deep Guardian.

Currently, I had these two places in mind.

Besides the desert and underwater, were there any other places suitable for building a town?

Suddenly a grassland came to mind, but

that place was quickly excluded from my list.

Unlike the Solorb in the desert, there was no connection with the Solorb in the grassland.

I felt uneasy and didn’t think it would be safe to live there.

A place with a pond is too cramped, and it’s too close…

While reflecting on the places I had explored so far in my mind,

Explorer!

The voice of Centauress from a distance jolted my thoughts back to reality.

I stood up and stepped outside the crystal house.

Centauress was standing there, tightly holding a notebook in both hands.

The bestiary update has been completed!

Centauress explained as she opened the notebook and held it out to me.

Inside were the new drawings of Azelas by Centauress.

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