"As the report says, about 40% of the total team has now come under the effect of the abnormal status abnormality that we get after listening to the stories of these creatures."

"We collaboratively tested a few things and came to a conclusion that the debuff is very strong.

It makes you listen to the stories of the dead unintentionally for eternity since they don't stop, ever. It's like they have a lifetime of stories to tell and they tell it to the people they come in contact with."

"However, it is also seen that not all of these ghosts are the same. Most, if not all, of them possess an intelligence level comparable to a child."

"They do understand what we are saying, and they are able to comprehend a few things. If someone with good tolerance to the debuff, like the professor, intentionally converses with them for long enough, they do talk back, but the debuff gets stronger the more you talk with them."

"They are extremely weak to the Holy power as well. We tested it on a few of them and after only the basic energy manifestation, they were eliminated in an instant."

"However, if any of them is eliminated, the collaborative effect of the debuff increases many folds. They also gather around where the last one had passed away and mourn for them… the dead, mourn for the death of the dead."

"We tried not to harm them as much as possible, however, some of it was inevitable."

There was a certain silence once those last words were spoken.

It sounded weird, in a way. But seeing from a social or ethical point of view, this was not that simple.

"Perhaps the key is the very holy power they are afraid of." Dame Althea was convinced that there was a way to talk with these creatures.

If there was a way, and if the two of them were pretty much immune to the status abnormality, then they could talk with them and find out some way to deal with them.

They will have to spend some time, but the final goal will still be to help them move on from this world… there was also only one flower here as they could see, so they did not know how exactly they would present it to all the graves in that vast graveyard.

*

A few stretched, a few yawned, but the alpha? Nah… he was glaring at me like I'd personally deleted his save file.

His nails were cracked, his teeth chipped, and yet he still paced outside the barrier like a salaryman refusing to go home after overtime. Persistent bastard.

However, it did not seem like they wanted to be bothered with me anymore so, after spitting their anger away, they moved on with their lives.

'The pack had let go of their feelings of attachment pretty quickly, but it seemed like they had a personal grudge against me.'

It had lost a little too much trying to deal with this safe zone, but despite the nails breaking, the creature was still trying.

'The persistence was commendable.'

But however big the grudge of the creature may have been, the pack did not stay here for too long.

I can tell they had sense danger approaching, like I had, so they mourned for the three bodies still hanging on the spike trap, and by the afternoon, moved deeper inside the forest.

'I'm no fool, so I waited right inside my safe zone.'

For the rest of the day, I read the black guide, read about the world, the currency denominations, the basics of how money and economy worked here, and especially, about the dungeons.

'That part was the most fascinating.'

Dungeons were described as the backbone of the economy. Monsters, resources, energy cores— basically Wall Street, but with fangs.

Not only did they produce monsters that contained 'cores' of energy which were used as energy cores for most of the things in this world, there were a plethora of resources in these dungeons.

'The dungeons were seen as natural structures that manifest naturally, however, the guide mentioned that was only the surface level idea.'

The dungeons were, in fact, created by certain individuals that possessed extraordinary abilities.

'The guide had a separate section on the Dungeon Architects, the hidden moulders of the world.'

Standing as a class so rare there were barely two dozen of them known by the people in power, these individuals were the sole power holders who could construct the backbones of the economy.

'So basically, they were the IT admins of reality. Guess I traded AWS clusters for hellspawn clusters.'

Through the guide, I learned there were three continents in this world and also that I was in the third continent that was furthest from the [First Dungeon] or the [Flying Castle of Divinity].

But more on the world lore later…

"Seems like it's fine to go out now."

There were all kinds of useful things written in the guide and even though it was not detailed enough, having even some idea of a few things will help me find my way in this world.

-Grrrr…

My stomach was growling.

The last meal I had was my last dinner in my previous world. Since then, I have been living off of whatever fat and muscles were left in my body.

And losing all that blood did not help… the safe zone only healed, it did nothing else. Hunger was driving me nuts all night long.

'I don't know how many times I've had the thought of eating the damn wolves who had wanted me as their meal for so long.'

But now the water had gone over the bridge.

My hunger was fogging my mind and since there were three big dead bodies before me, I just had to do something about them.

'The wolves looked less like enemies now and more like kebabs on nature's barbecue. Hunger does things to a person. Terrible things.'

It makes humans do all kinds of inhuman things. Things that… are simply not comprehensible.

"According to the guide and the system's details, the skills I have should be useful here."

My job skills were Creation (Novice), Dismantle (Novice), Material Collection (Novice), Material Appraisal (Novice), and Blueprint Mapping (Novice).

The creation skill worked alongside the blueprints that I had, creating things according to my Creativity as well as imagination. The dismantle skill, however, worked on its own.

'I can use it to dismantle various existing structures like the safe zone or the trap that I had just created.'

Dismantle did not require any CP, but when you dismantle something, you can get more than half of the resources you had spent in the creation of that thing.'

Material collection and Material Appraisal worked alongside each other.

When used, the appraisal skill gives details of different objects, something I've tried already, and the collection skills collects everything I can at my level from the designated target.

'Blueprint mapping is the skill that allows for the creation of different blueprints that I can use with the creation skill.'

But since we don't have any CP right now, let's focus on what's in front of us.

"Since they are only a couple days old, they shouldn't be all that bad. Let's see."

After using Material collection and Appraisal, I somewhat know how they work, but this will be my first time using it on a dead being's body.

"The system instructions said to just use the skill normally." You use the skills by thinking of using them or by instincts, so I thought of Material Appraisal first.

[Ding!]

[Apprisal targets have been identified.]

[Mana Direwolves (Inferior) [Corpse] have been identified.]

===Status===

Race: Mana Direwolves (Inferior)

Strength: 16

Agility: 17

Stamina: 18

Intelligence: 15

Level: 10

Skills: Bite, Sharp Claws, Mana infusion, Pack loyalty.

[Note: Material collection available.]

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'Wow. So their stats are basically Walmart-tier compared to mine… and they still almost killed me. Great. Fantastic. Love this for me.'

But then again, there was (inferior) in their very name. What more can we expect from these dogs who almost made a pet food out of me?

"Let's do the main thing now."

I tested it on the things inside the safe zone like the plants and soil. Also, the {Pocket spac} I have is an inventory that can hold a boat load of things~!

'Just having that skill feels like a cheat!'

Of my three innate skills, that one was the easiest to understand as well. And since my profession requires a lot of storage capacity, this is just perfect.

[Ding!]

[Do you want to collect from the appraised targets?]

"Yes, gimme their meat."

The things that I can collect using this skill are pretty random, but according to the skill descriptions, it should work…

[Skill: Material collection (Novice) will be used on the targets.]

-Oooooooooooooooooong!

Once again, something magical happened.

The three wolf corpses that were just hanging dead until now turned blue. A subtle blue light covered them completely and then transformed them into three small orbs.

These three orbs descended down from the talk spikes, what used to be a truck sized creature now something I can hold in my hand.

-Zaaaaaa…

Then, as the three orbs landed in the ground, they split into different fragments and materialised as different things completely.

[You have obtained Direwolf Hide*3.]

[You have obtained Direwolf meat*1.]

[You have obtained an (Energy Core) <Red> from the Mana Direwolves (Inferior).]

[You have obtained Direwolf fang*3.]

[You have obtained EP:1.]

[You have obtained: 10 coins.]

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