Chapter 29: Patience

Patience is a virtue known to those as a necessary skill. It is used even when you don't notice. Those who lack in this ability find hard times ahead of them riddled with hardships and pain, while those with great skill can find themselves on top of the world, sitting on piles of money!

...

'Yup!'

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That's right folks! You heard em'! You have missed nothing since the last chapter because nothing has happened!

Now, you might be confused by the little skip in time so let me just give you a quick run down.{

1. The creepy buff dudes have been loud upstairs making a mess, probably breaking stuff

2. Camellia was panicking at the start till she remembered she had a concerning amount of fruit in her inventory (of which she is slowly running out of)

3. Mona has been complaining almost constantly about how boring it is, telling Camellia to leave

4. Camellia has been using this underground bunker as a sort of weapon's factory}

That's all! Simple right?

{No}

[Yea, you might want to describe the weapons part a bit more?]

Agh~ Fine~

But not too much or author-nim'll lose it on me! I did a bit too much last time apparently...

She's been working diligently on the beak glove all along! Miss Mona was nice enough to give her some of the worm's beak as a small token of apology and so after a slight redesign, she's slowly been adding pieces together! It should be done by tomorrow at this pace!

[That is great and all... However, that doesn't seem like much of a weapon factory]

I'm getting there you impatient-

{Calm}

Right.. Right... thank you Beast-Lord-san.

[San...]

Camellia has also been making new weapons that she herself, the great Isekai-God has designed!

Her first invention being:

"I call it 'Moth-Ball'!"

<Moth... ball?>

"MM! It's a chunk of wood with some grass wrapped in burlap!"

[And what would this ball of junk possibly be useful for?]

"Well you-"

ATTA! Author-nim cuts it here, moving on!

Next up is the great;

"Smoke bomb!"

-Smoke bomb... I was told she had designed these herself?-

Ah.. Uh.. well, that's what I was told, yes!

Camellia, help me out here?

"R- Right! This is a ball of condensed powder wrapped in burlap! There's a string made out of fruit that leads straight to a grass and foliage core!"

[Oh I see! Grass and foliage ignites the fastest, using that as a core would make the internal temperature rise fast enough to create an explosion! And with the fruit you could just have more under your sleeve or wrapped around your wrist at all times to-]

{Shut up}

Seriously man, I'm the one that gets in trouble if you say too much!

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'Right!'

Standing up with her slim hands on her hips, strings of material could be seen messily sticking out of her hair and clothes with some wrapped loosely around her arms for efficiency.

'Ok! Libbo, Inventory check!'

~Processing...~

Moth balls: plenty

Smoke bombs: less

Glove completed: 96%

Useless...

'Right, whatever, the glove is usable at this point. I think they might try and dig down here pretty soon, they're getting a bit restless.'

'Ah right, Miss Mona I'm gonna need your help to get out of here, you mind helping me out?'

As she asked the question, she started to stuff handfuls of fruit in her mouth as she tinkered with the roof.'

<Help? And what are you doing right now?>

'Making a trap? Why do you think I made so many mothballs?'

'Yup!'

<Weren't you proud of this house? It's this easy for you to burn it down?>

*Sigh*

Camellia's head drooped as she let out a big sigh, stuffing foliage then dropping a smoke bomb into a slim tube that stuck to the wall.

'I'm an Isekai-God, I have learnt long ago that I cannot be tied down to one place for too long~'

<You've only had to run twice?>

'Oh Mona~ So Naïve some times~'

<Naï- Who said you could call me without honorifics?!>

As she walked to the middle of the room, she had a string connecting to the bottom of the tube and one coming from the roof right above it, where a small circle was carved out. As she placed them on the floor she solemnly answered.

'I never said I wanted to send it up in flames but I got no choice right?'

<Camellia...>

'And what better way to send it off than in beautiful black flames?! If it's gonna burn, I'll burn it! And if it's gonna blow up, then I'll do that too!'

As she changed her clothes into a black jumpsuit, she equipped her nearly complete chain-like glove that was made of the beaks. It had sharp nail-like points on all four fingers while simply being connected to her thumb by a ring. The chains were tightly attached yet seemed to loosely dangle against her wrist as a plate of material hugged her palm.

'So you'll help me blow this place to smithereens and escape to explore the world then right partner?'

<Heh~ To think I'd get swept up into helping you... Well, I guess I've got no choice then, I'll move things in and out of here for you then, just tell me what you need~>

As she picked up a pile of strings up from the ground, she covered her smirking mouth with her mask, hiding her excited expression.

'Then let's get this started YEA?!?! Who's ready?!'

~Currently available~

"THEN BLOW ME ORC-BASTARDS!!"

"eh? Sir, did you hear anythi-"

*BANG! BANG! BANG!*

Suddenly hearing small explosions from all directions, the men in the house became alert, noticing the three white balls that fell from the air.

'SMOKE EM!'

*BAFF BAFF BAFF*

Creating a fog of smoke, the men in the house quickly covered their eyes as they coughed from inhaling the fertilizer.

"*Cough!* Whats-?!"

Suddenly seeing what looked like lanterns hunging around the room, they gently spun as a small flame could be seen shining through from the center of the sphere.

"COVER-!"

'FLAME ON YOU PERVS!'

*BOOOF!*

As flames ignited all around the room, it quickly spread around the men's feet, engulfing the broken table and furniture, spewing out of the windows within seconds.

"How's this all-?! GAH!"

As the sound of spewing blood could be heard, the men quickly readied themselves while closing in on the sound.

*Thud*

"Malla?! You there?!"

Looking down at the ground the two men had quickly seen their friend laying on the ground... With a broken barrel on his back?

"Yoru sir? Of course I am but... What was that sound?"

"HAH?!!"

As Camellia jumped out of the flaming window, she pulled a string from the frame, catching the wall on fire as she started running.

'See you suckers!'

'"No need" you expect me to say something like that? You see how big they are? I'm not fighting those monsters!'

***Should've been a cat instead of a salamander

Jetting through the farm fields, she started her next plan.

'Mona, I'm gonna need you to steadily send out smoke bombs every two seconds once I say the word 'smoke' got it?'

'For now, I need 2 moth balls please!'

<Right>

Now holding two balls slightly smaller than soccer balls in each arm, she continued to run as she called out to her handy-dandy system!

'Libbo, how long can I hold the Illusion flames up for again?'

~Processing...~

Stomach state: full

Possible Duration of 'Illusion Flames' before fainting is ~10 minutes (depending on size of flame)

'Full is an understatement, I ate two days worth of fruit all at once... 10 minutes should be fine, I hope it's enough.'

Closing in on the town, she could start to hear the somewhat bustling streets. The slightly dark sky, lit with very few stars as people started to return home for the night. This was the perfect time... for a fire to start spreading!

'EAT!'