Lyle dodged the attacks of this somewhat manic Rock giant while speaking, attempting to communicate with it: "May I ask where this is, and I wonder if we could have a proper chat?"
Boom! Boom!
The Rock giant continuously swung its thick arms, smashing toward Lyle, without the slightest intention of opening its mouth.
"Can it not speak? Or is it not an intelligent race but just some kind of unique monster?" Seeing that the opponent not only wouldn't speak but seemed to lack even emotions, Lyle couldn't help but frown slightly.
Bang!
Seeing that its continuous attacks were never able to hit this annoying little thing that kept dodging back and forth, the Rock giant withdrew its raised arms and curled its entire body up.
It transformed into a large black Rock rolling ball and rushed over fiercely.
The black Rock rolling ball had already rushed in front of Lyle after rolling twice, emitting a terrifying Aura of charging forward without hesitation!
"Since we cannot communicate."
Facing the shadow that had already enveloped him, an Iron Sword appeared in Lyle's palm; the moment the black Rock rolling ball arrived in front of him, the Iron Sword in his hand had already been swung out.
Hiss——
A spark burst forth the moment the blade made contact with the Rock giant, the originally terrifying impact speed plummeted, and immediately after, it rolled behind Lyle and stopped.
Lyle stood in place, unscathed, and withdrew the Iron Sword in his hand: "Only around Rank 20, it really just has a body, but the hardness of the Rock body is not bad."
"Obtained experience: 3271"
[experience bar: 11162 / 120000]
Rumble! With a "crack" sound!
The giant rolling Rock shattered into two halves behind Lyle, crashing onto the Rocks on both sides and emitting a roar.
Lyle turned around and looked at the Rock giant that had turned into gravel; there was no blood of a normal creature, only a shattered body with the same structure as ordinary Rocks.
"What is this thing?" Lyle saw that in the shattered body of the Rock giant, at the position of the chest, there was something emitting and reflecting a brown light.
He walked up and picked it up.
This was a black stone the size of a fist, and one could clearly feel the fluctuation of magic power.
"Item Appraisal."
...
Item: Heart of the Rock Golem
Rank: Intermediate (21～30)
Effect: A magic Material containing earth-attribute energy; if placed underground, there is a certain probability that a Rock giant will be reborn.
Description: I am not dead yet!
...
Lyle glanced at the appraisal information and then put it into the Item Box; it was a fairly excellent material, which could be considered an unexpected harvest.
"I have to leave a "Magic Mark" again."
Once the Rock giant died, the Magic Mark on it was effectively destroyed, so he had to find another Rock to use as a new marker.
Whoosh——
In the sky, the afterimage transformed by the Ghost Hound returned rapidly from the distance, and at this moment, Lyle also followed up by noticing something, his eyes brightening.
At this moment! About five kilometers away from Lyle's location.
A wooden cart was traveling somewhat arduously in the desert, with three figures pulling in front and two figures pushing the wooden cart from behind.
These five figures were not tall, only about 1.5 meters in height, but their bodies were exceptionally strong, and one could see well-developed, bulging muscles.
And the wooden cart was piled full of various Ores.
After everyone traveled for a distance, they all stopped to pant slightly.
"I wonder if the war on the Oasis side has ended yet."
"Haha, relying on that bunch of trash who don't even have a few decent weapons?"
"Stop joking, this doesn't count as a war at all; that lowly and stupid race deserves to live on the Oasis?"
"That's right, our real opponents are those bastards outside the Shadow Valley; we will rebuild our kingdom and take back everything that belongs to us!"
"Um, I have heard ancient rumors..."
"Shut up!"
"You idiot, you actually still believe such rumors."
"..."
The voices of the five figures sounded from time to time.