Because the monsters in the'Safe Zone' were all hiding, Tsukasa had to risk going to the 'Dangerous Zone' she had marked to continue her exploration.
The moment she arrived, she instinctively lightened her footsteps.
Although most monsters wouldn't attack randomly after eating their fill, there were some with bad temperaments who didn't care about such things. For instance, a certain Big White Cat was the perfect example; despite being the overlord of the forest, it had absolutely no tolerance for others.
I was just staying here for a while.
Was it really necessary to come to my door and corner me?
And to kill me in such a sadistic way!
Even if that fellow possessed considerable intelligence, it was far worse than those monsters that acted on instinct; it was simply a willful, overbearing Big Cat.
And in this area, there were also a few fellows with bad tempers.
But they didn't have the strength of that Big Cat, so they usually didn't leave their territories. However, as soon as anyone approached their territory, they would quickly take an aggressive stance; they were extremely fierce.
"Better not provoke those guys for now. Although they must give plenty of experience, it's still too risky to face them now." Miss Tsukasa, who always prioritized stability, chose the most cautious route.
She wanted to raise her level and skills before dealing with those troublesome fellows. Although with her current strength, it wasn't impossible to fight them—in fact, their strengths were quite close—she didn't have the competitive spirit to have a fair match with an opponent.
Without a means to crush them, she would never fight those guys. After all, she was a glass-cannon mage; what kind of glass-cannon mage fights an opponent head-on?
There is only ever one truth for a glass-cannon mage.
And that is explosive damage!
Either I one-shot you, or you one-shot me.
And so, she carried her philosophy to the end.
Starting with the weakest.
<# Lv5 # Green Hairy Turtle
HP: 500/500
MP: 200/200
SP: 50/50
Average Attack Ability: 50
Average Defense Ability: 300
Average Magic Ability: 100
Average Speed Ability: 25
Average Resistance Ability: 100
# Skills:
...>
The Appraisal information flashed before Tsukasa's eyes.
This Green Hairy Turtle lying by the riverbank was the first target she had set her sights on, because she really couldn't find a weaker contestant than this guy.
Green Hairy Turtles were social monsters; she could see nearly a dozen of them right here. As targets for leveling up in the early stages, they were the best possible mobs. However, one thing to note was that Green Hairy Turtles were not without combat capability.
Although their attack power was only around 50, with the highest not exceeding 60, getting rammed by them would definitely hurt.
If it were her previous self, she might have even been rammed to death in one hit.
The same possibility existed now; if she didn't have time to cast magic and they rammed into her head or other vital spots, then perhaps just triggering a weak-point hit would be enough to one-shot her.
Thinking of that image, Tsukasa's breathing became a bit tense.
Furthermore, Ramming was only the Green Hairy Turtle's weakest skill. Did you see that Poison Magic? Although judging by the Green Hairy Turtle's skills and stats, it shouldn't be able to cast magic, based on her previous experience dealing with small monsters, these creatures with Poison Magic were basically poisonous even if they couldn't cast spells.
The Green Hairy Turtle looked highly toxic just from its appearance; they were green all over, even their shells were a vivid emerald green. They were a meter long and looked quite intimidating, much like the snapping turtles of her past life—their heads looked somewhat similar too. Perhaps their bite force was also terrifying.
As for why they were called Green Hairy Turtles, it was because they grew whiskers, which were also green. Now the question arose: why were they called Green Hairy Turtles instead of Green Whiskered Turtles?
Tsukasa couldn't help but think about this question.
However, there was no one around to give her an answer at this time.
Besides, aren't green whiskers and green hair the same thing?
They're all hair anyway.
Tsukasa raised her right hand and began to chant.
If this were a lighthearted light novel, then as the protagonist, she should be chanting some cool magic incantation during the casting time. However, that was far too embarrassing and chuunibyou; having a combined age of over forty across three lives, she refused to act like that.
<#Fireball lv3> Hyper-concentration!
—Tsukasa☆Magical Girl Special☆Super Large Fire
Ball!
Boom!
The Green Hairy Turtles sunbathing on the shore never expected someone to shamelessly launch a sneak attack. To ambush these old turtles who lived in peace with the world—she had no martial ethics at all!
The two Green Hairy Turtles hit head-on died instantly. Their entire bodies, shells and all, were roasted through; the aroma was that of top-tier river seafood.
Green Hairy Turtles are highly valuable monsters on the market.
Because Green Hairy Turtles can supplement the kidneys.
Moreover, Green Hairy Turtle meat is delicious and suitable for making soup.
If they didn't live in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and usually within the territories of high-level monsters, they would have been hunted to extinction by humans long ago. While it's unknown if the kidney supplement claim is true, the shells of Green Hairy Turtles can indeed be ground into powder to create high-quality alchemy potions.
Tsukasa didn't know that from the moment she entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, her reincarnation skill had been active. In fact, even earlier, from the moment she was born, this skill had been bringing her good luck—though these were things she would only find out later.
The tragic death of their companions filled the Green Hairy Turtles with immense grief.
As if provoked, they charged toward the turtle-killer with high spirits; they truly looked quite fierce.
At first, the turtle-killer was a bit frightened to see them charging en masse.
However, the movement speed of Green Hairy Turtles is very slow. They are aquatic monsters; their speeds in water and on land are two extremes.
Tsukasa saw how sluggishly these old turtles crawled.
Her originally tense mood relaxed.
Then she smiled triumphantly.
While a Green Hairy Turtle's crawling speed could match a little girl running at full tilt, she was no longer that same little girl from before.
Now she was a lv4 little girl, and her speed attribute had naturally increased. With the speed of these old turtles, they could forget about catching her before she launched her magic.
<#Flash lv1>
As a cautious turtle-killer, her first move was to carefully throw out a control skill. After blinding these old turtles, she began to conjure Fireballs. This time she didn't use the Special Large Fireball, but instead fired small Fireballs in rapid succession. Although the damage wasn't as high as the large Fireball, the attack frequency was doubled.
A barrage of small Fireballs instantly enveloped the group of Green Hairy Turtles.