Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 429 Materials

After taking care closing the unknown portal, I am now examining the severed arm that I just cut off from the monster that tried to escape from the portal.

Upon closer inspection, it looks like it belonged to a lizard or a wyrm. The scales alone are a giveaway of its identity even without looking at the monster in its entirety.

I know how to handle materials like this if it was in the game but this is reality. How the heck should I even process this? I doubt there is any kind of tool in reality that can help with processing this thing. Even if I go to a blacksmith, they don't have the capacity to process this thing.

If I can bring this material back into the game, perhaps I can do that but because of the way the manifestation works, only items from the Alternate World can be brought back to the real world and only a limited amount of them can be brought used in the real world. Weapons can be brought out but they will disappear if they are far from the owner and they will return to the inventory after a bit of a distance from the user is made. Potions and other stuff can be used too but just like the weapons, they can only be used instantaneously and they cannot be sold.

The scrolls, monster drops, processing tools for various ex jobs, and other things outside of the potion and weapons cannot manifest in the real world. Therefore, even if I have the tools in the game, I can't manifest them here in the real world and use them to process this thing.

The only thing I can do is to try to dismantle it using the Versatile Weapon. Out of all the things that can help break apart this monster part is the Versatile Weapon alone. It's troublesome but that is all I could do at the moment.

I didn't get rid of it because I can recognize that this would be a good and valuable piece of material if taken apart. Aside from the flesh which we cannot eat, the scales, skin, and claws are another matter. Not only do they have lots of value, but you can also even use them for other purposes like making pieces of jewelry and some items.

Before doing the bloody work, I cleaned up a small space in my room. With how spacious my room is in my mansion, it's big enough for me to perform something like dismantling. Even if blood still splatters, it won't splatter on my things unless I get close to them.

First, I grab the old apron sitting in my drawer. I have no use for it since I have a new apron to use when I am cooking therefore, this apron of mine will no longer see any kitchen work. Instead, I will be using it to dismantle the monster part.

Next, is the Versatile Weapon's form. It might be good to use the sword to cut up a big portion of the thing, but that won't work properly. The proper form is to use the dagger form of the Versatile Weapon which is the main weapon of the Assassin. Although it's not similar to the knife used in dismantling, this can work well as long as it can cut the flesh and skin separately.

And the dismantling process began.

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About an hour and a half later, the arm has now been fully dismantled. As for the flesh, I burnt them to ashes. As much as they look like regular beef, in Alternate World, they taste like crap and I will also assume it is the same here in the real world. It's not something that can even be salvaged by someone who is good at cooking. No matter if you are a master chef or not, the dish with it will taste like crap. The only thing it was good for is to use it as bait on carnivorous monsters, but nothing more than that. Without monsters to use as bait, it is useless here in the real world.

Now, the remaining materials are more useful than the flesh.  The skin alone is very sturdy. It might look like something that will be easily torn by a sharp object but it was tough enough to prevent a very sharp knife to pierce through. And because it is big enough after skinning it off, I can easily create be used as an alternative inner armor that can be used to cover your vital parts of the body.

Now comes the scales. Due to the number of scales I collected, I managed to fill a convenience store plastic bag full. The size of each scale is as big as the computer mouse. And yet I managed to fill a plastic bag full of that.

In the game, the scales can be used for creating accessories and sometimes, components for creating armor as they can also provide defensive values. I have no use for it in terms of armor making but its a different matter when it comes to accessories. The problem is that I have no proper tool to make the accessories. I don't to waste such a material by making crude accessories. Even if I am just a blacksmith in the game, it is still somewhat my pride to have them.

And last but not the least, the bones and claws. The severed monster's hand has 5 fingertips and each has sharp claws. These claws are sharp enough that it can tear off a metal sheet easily and are very sturdy while the bone is hard as steel that I can even guess that if you test the steel and the bone, the steel will be the first to keel over.

Compared to the scales, the claws and the bone can be easily transformed into usable items. A small splinter from the big bone is good enough to create an alternative needle which will be useful to create something that will have to use the skin of this monster. As for the rest of the bone, it is already good enough as a lethal weapon by itself. One bonk and the opponent will die immediately. As for the claws, I can use them one to make a dagger I can use to fight without relying on the Versatile Weapon most of the time and a knife that I can use to cut through the scales. As for the remaining claws, I might have to think about what to use them as they can potentially allow me to create tools that can easily process these other materials. And with only three more chances left, I will have to think over what to do with them.

Oh, one last thing I managed to get is the remaining blood from the monster part. It's not much but I managed to salvage a few drops of its blood. I have no idea what I can use them for, but I am quite sure the amount I collected is something that I might find some use in the future. If only I managed to get quite a lot, it would have been another story as I can create a homemade potion out from that blood but too bad, the part is almost dry from blood when I started to dismantle it, only allowing me to collect a few droplets.

After the dismantling process was done, all that is left to clean up the mess. I snap my fingers and cleansing magic started its work. The blood splatters that were dry already are immediately removed by the cleansing magic. I am quite thankful to my past self since I managed to learn Cleansing Magic. If not for this, removing this stain will take me a very long time before I can finish wiping and mopping the floor.

I wipe my sweat and I soon realized that the surroundings has returned to its former temperature. The cold air has also returned to it's warm current. I sigh in relief seeing these changes, I went to my heater and turned it off. Now that the temperature is back to normal, the heater's job is also done.

Opening the windows, the ice from the surrounding houses has started to melt too and I noticed some of our neighbors are also going out from their houses now that the cold air no longer freeze the place. It seems my actions has a lot of a bigger impact of allowing it to warm up again.

"Manato! Come down here, the weather has already returned for the better!"

I heard the voice of Janus downstairs. My work here in my room is done, and I already put away the dismantled materials somewhere safe already. Let's check downstairs and also check the news if there are anything new to the news after I just closed a portal. It's time to see the fruits of my struggle and labor.