In the end Touka began to cry saying "I'm not a bad girl!" As she sobbed into k.u.miko's arms.

The look both me and Isen shot at Luna then kinda shut her up, and filled her with guilt.

"Okay. Can the useless Cat please explain what exactly Mind Flayers are?"

"I'm not useless! Without me you wouldn't understand anything about magic!"

'Yeah But after only showing me one spell I've already figured out how to create intent capable of making a Tier-0 spell into Tier-3, plus I have a mana gathering skill. You aren't so much my teacher as inspiration.'

"Yeah, yeah, okay Luna."

She puffed out her cheeks in annoyance, then got serious.

"You know the Soul Stat right?"

'Hmm? Uh... yes... my ridiculously OP stat... I'm aware...'

"No, I'm not exactly sure what the Soul does?"

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'WAIT SHE SAID STAT!"

"Hey uh Luna? Where did 'stat' come from?"

She tilted her head in confusion. "Every living thing understands stats and knows their own. It's just common sense. You really haven't met a lot of people huh?"

I whistled obliviously. She totally wasn't saying that I was a NEET. I had a full time job of being a Dungeon Boss!

"So you have no clue what the Soul stat does... How am I not surprised."

I coughed awkwardly.

"So basically the Soul decides how powerful the intent you can send to magic is. 10, the average, is capable of Tier-2 magic. Higher Tiers require stronger souls. It's said you need to somehow exceed mortal limits and get above 20 to use Tier-8 or 9, while Tier-7 is exactly 20."

"Ah. That would explain a bit about myself..."

"It's said that once you get a Soul Stat of over 15, you gain Soul Power, and can move objects purely by the power of your soul. This doesn't use Mana, and is more like a muscle, where using too much hurts, but can be done continuously."

'So I'm Telekinetic now? How the actual f.u.c.k does that even work? I WANT TELEKINESIS!'

"Of course even those with Soul Power can't move big things or do it quickly, as far as I know."

"Okaaaaay... and this has what to do with Mind Flayers...?"

"Well they're a rare species where their average is 17 Soul, but they have no ability to use magic. They attack the minds of others to enslave and kill them."

"So... mind control enslavement and destruction... this is one scary species."

"The nearest opening to the underground realm they reside in is in the Western bit of the forest, and they rule over a Goblin Tribe to secure that area as their own, and most of the forests predators."

'So those goblins I've been killing that ride wolves... are mind controlled slaves... sorry?'

Luna sighed. "It's unfortunate you can't run away, considering you're bound to this place. Unless you have a sufficiently powerful soul, they will tear us all to bits."

Uhh... someone tell me how to break it to the Neko that I make them look like toddlers in terms of soul?

"Well thanks for that data dump, I think I got the idea now. So in short, if I have a strong enough soul, they can't hurt me, so I can kill them and loot their s.h.i.+t?"

She looked up panicked, "Sir! Even if you did have a Soul Stat of 13, which would be impressive, you need at least 15 to resist them, and that's with the pain! You'd have to be equal to them to keep functioning normally, and superior by 2 levels to be impervious! Plus some of them are even level 18 in Soul!"

"...is a Soul Stat of 13... impressive...?"