Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

"Flame," Roy said to the robot bodyguard as he walked deeper into the mine.

In fact, he was talking to himself.

"Because Theresa has no parents, even if her ex-husband Grey locked her up, at most it would only cause a disappearance commotion in town, and that commotion would dissipate soon."

"People might occasionally remember that there was such a girl, but would they bother to find her?" Roy spread his hands. "What's the point? They'd be better off spending more time making their own lives better."

He said seriously, "Ultimately, the prerequisite for the popularization of morality is good living conditions, which were not available at that time."

"People's lives are pretty good now; anyone can go to a pub for a drink, but..."

"It's dragged on for too long," he said helplessly. "Teresa didn't leave much of an impression to begin with; even Father Carol almost forgot about her. The only ones who really remember her are probably Grey and the guilty-hearted Eloi."

Flame remained silent.

"After that, Gray anticipated the possibility of Theresa committing suicide, and guess what?"

"He issued a commission, ordering the mercenaries to capture a semi-mature woolly bear, and lied to Theresa, claiming it was a mountain bear."

Back then, mountain bears were creatures that could stop children from crying at night. Adult mountain bears could definitely wreak havoc in a town.

"The docile bear is different from the mountain bear. It is very gentle, but it yearns for freedom. After being locked in a room with Teresa for a while, it became impatient and wanted to run out..."

"Teresa didn't understand this creature and thought it was enraged and wanted to kill the townspeople, so she used all her abilities to calm it down."

"That suited Gray's wishes."

As they spoke, Yan had already accompanied him to the end of the mine tunnel, where a huge rock stood before them.

The gaps on the side of the boulder indicate that there must be a path behind it.

Moving the boulder by brute force would be a terrible idea; it's obvious that the person bringing Teresa food wouldn't move it every time. The most likely explanation is that there's a secret passage.

"Flame, should we look for the secret passage?" Roy suggested tentatively.

Flame's AI is quite rudimentary, perhaps because Soraya didn't provide enough magic stones. It can only understand commands to use skills, and at most, it can add commands like "follow" or "stay put."

Sure enough, it seemed not to understand at all and maintained its mechanical posture.

Roy had to find it himself.

He had previously found the basement in Delock’s house using his thermal sensing ability.

Because the basement was relatively small and there happened to be a rat near the stairs, Roy was able to discover that there was another space underneath.

This time it's different.

He searched around but couldn't find anything that seemed to be the problem.

Roy frowned.

According to Eloi, even moving the boulder wasn't impossible.

However, if entering through the secret passage is like administrator mode, then the path through the boulder is like intruder mode.

The road behind the boulder was riddled with traps, including highly lethal contraptions like small siege crossbows.

That was specially set up here to prevent the bear from running away and disturbing the townspeople.

What if the bear gets shot and killed by accident? Then find someone to catch another one.

What if we can't catch them in a short time?

Then let's try another method. If necessary, we can stab someone and hand them over to Teresa for treatment.

The process doesn't matter, as long as the result is that we obtained Uruk ivory.

However, this also means that Roy will have to navigate through the maze of traps to find Theresa.

He gathered his life energy into his arm and activated a strengthening effect. With the superposition of the two states, the strength of his arm suddenly surged.

If converted into data, it is estimated to have a strength of 13-14 points.

Then, he went to the side, found a protruding ridge on the rock, and focused his energy...

push!

The mine shaft trembled, and the boulder slowly shifted, revealing the path behind it.

Roy pushed open a small gap, had Flame stand beside him, slipped inside, and then pulled Flame in as well.

In front of them was a passageway, much like the passageway of a dungeon or labyrinth in an isekai manga.

Roy had amazing eyesight and could see the extremely thin tripwire hooks set on the ground from afar, but a wild beast like the Wool Bear would definitely not care and would foolishly run into them.

Besides tripwire hooks, there might be traps set in some of the floor tiles, but unfortunately, he can't see through them.

"It's up to you, Flame." Roy temporarily hid behind the boulder, looking expectantly at Flame who stood motionless.

Since he couldn't find all the traps, he decided to destroy them all. It was such a simple logic that even a child could figure it out.

"Use Split Fireball!" Roy ordered.

Instantly, a red glow appeared at the tip of Flame's finger. From the appearance of the red glow to the shooting of several fireballs, there was almost no time interval. The fireballs slammed violently into the floor and walls, leaving a charred mess.

Then, seemingly due to the impact, a disturbance came from inside the wall, and immediately, countless sharp arrows shot out from the gaps in the wall.

Fortunately, Flame used ranged attacks; the dense barrage of arrows didn't land near its feet.

Roy's eyes were momentarily blinded by the firelight, and only when the flames subsided did he realize that the tripwire hook on the ground had been burned through by the flying sparks.

The disturbance inside the wall suddenly became violent, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of gears turning, and the stone wall at the end of the road suddenly burst open!

The whistling sound of the crossbow string trembling almost tore through the air, and the black crossbow bolt, carrying unparalleled force, suddenly rushed forward!

It shot precisely in the direction of the flame!

Roy initially thought Aloy was just exaggerating, but it turned out there really were siege crossbows. After Roy gave the order "Wall of Flames," he immediately hid behind a boulder.

The crossbow bolts were about the size of javelins, but their impact force, thanks to the device, was several times stronger than that of a javelin thrown by a person.

With such a thin defensive wall of flames, it was certainly no match for the crossbow bolts.

The arrow shot out from the wall of flames without any hesitation, striking the flame's skin directly and piercing through the thin outer layer of flesh in an instant.

However, its subcutaneous tissue is different from that of humans; it is not fat, but covered by a nearly one-centimeter-thick layer of extraordinary metal with astonishing hardness. At least Roy tried it, and even with a full-force strike, he couldn't penetrate it.

"I predict that the attack power of the siege crossbow, when converted into strength, is likely to be over 15 points, or even close to 20 points. Combined with the sharpness of the arrowhead, it would be more than enough to pierce through a bear." Roy made his prediction and suddenly felt that it would be a bit difficult for Flame to block this attack.

Once the smoke and dust cleared, Roy poked his head out to observe the flames.

It was nailed to the wall without any doubt, its entire body riddled with holes, and it was trying to pull out the crossbow bolt with its hands.

Although it looks horrifying, it seems... the damage isn't too severe?

"Report the damage." After confirming that no more crossbow bolts would be fired, Roy helped pull the arrow that had pierced its body out.

"Avoid the attack at the last moment and lead it to the area that will cause the least damage. The current damage level of the machine is 12%." A hoarse and emotionless male voice came.