Chapter 280 Part 2
What’s my lineup?
Volff, Zangetsu, Helix, Heather, and Kyokuya.
I’m pretty serious.
No mercy.
And Adele?
A White Horse, White Wolf, Gold Fox, Fighting Falcon, and Orthros.
She’s serious.
And Irina?
A Battle Horse, Battle Hawk, Black Wolf, Great Owl, and Pixie.
She’s serious too.
We all have lineups idealized for mobility and exploration.
「Apparently they’re starting to keep lookout at the Village of Legias, the Wind Spirit Village, and the area around the Spring of Mist」
「Nice」
It seems that Rick was contacted.
Wow.
Fiona’s moving fast.
But unfortunately, I think at a time like this there won’t be many players.
We’re twelve hours away from a normal time.
「You’ve been advised to not just explore, but to work with several parties」
「Of course, we will. Adele, Irina. Should we make a union and go?」
「Yeah!」
「Understood. We don’t know what kind of powerful enemy we might encounter, so」
Well then.
Let’s go.
Enhancement spells can be done in transit.
We’re heading west.
Now, what’s going on?
『I’ve checked the forums. The area portal for W5 hasn’t been cleared as of yet』
「Hm」
When I finished spell enhancements, I asked Irina about the results of the info collection on the board.
As for the other known info?
Information on the monsters of the area.
That’s it.
But that’s enough.
What kind of monsters appear in the air?
In the daytime, Minor and Lesser Gryphons.
However, there don’t seem to be any riders or anything.
Same as the W4 Map, there are Minor Gryphons.
Apparently they travel in groups, so we’ll need to be careful.
What about at night?
There’s something called a Cloud Slime.
Just like its name, it’s a slime that floats in the air!
This guy seems to be another annoying creature.
Fire magic is effective.
But its stench and poison seem very troublesome.
And what about the main problem, the ground?
White elephants called Airavata.
Cow monsters, the Racchango. I fought them at the Twelve Heavenly Generals’ area.
At night, an Undead called Vetala is added.
However, unlike W4, conquest parties don’t seem to have reached the center of the W5 map.
The lack of support from production workers even at W4 is an underlying cause.
But the main reason is the popularity of the N1W3 and S1W3 maps.
I guess that’s understandable.
The Ghost Horse’s materials, and Crystals.
They seem like they’d be popular, right?
『What’re those things rolling around?』
『Blood Tumbleweed?』
「Oh, that」
Hm?
Is this Adele and Irina’s first time on W4?
I send Fire Shots into the grass monsters that roll toward us and ignite them.
When they get closer I shoot a Gravity Bullet and push them away.
God damn, these monsters are a pain in the ass to deal with properly.
「Can you figure out which monsters we might get caught by using Call Monsters?」
『Rhinos! And lions!』
『There’re Panzer Rhinos and Steppe Lions. There are minor Gryphons too』
「That should be all the monsters that appear here by day」
『It looks like a lot of them. Should we try to avoid them?』
「It’s gonna to be hard to outrun them」
I’ll check with Call Monster too.
There’s definitely a lot of them.
There aren’t many rhinos, but there are tons of minor griffons.
That’s okay.
If they don’t have riders they’re not that scary of an opponent.
「There are probably some monsters we haven’t seen. Let’s have the bird of prey summons take some height」
「Got it!」
I’ll have Helix move higher as well.
The four birds of prey will have a wide view of the sky and ground.
This is the standard way to discover monsters that can’t be detected by Call Monster.
And when it comes to events, things get a lot more complicated.
You never know what’s going to attack you.
Majins could suddenly appear.
Well, with the terrain here, I’d like to think that Helix and the others would notice them first.
Is there anything strange?
I’d say there is.
It’s the Steppe Lions.
In the daytime, most of them are passive and rarely attack.
But.
Today, they’re very active.
Even if there’s just one lion, it’ll attack.
Well, we more than return the favor, but.
They’re getting in the way of our movement!
Are we almost to W5?
The first one we ran into was this guy.
Racchango Lv.2
Demon Enemy Target Active
Battle Position: Ground Fire Resistance Earth Resistance
Well, I’ve fought them along with the Twelve Heavenly Generals so I’m not surprised.
The surprising thing is different.
A herd of about 10 of them.
Well, that’s also a surprise, but.
It should work out if I use the same strategy as with Fighting Bulls?
The problem is other guys accompanying them.
Airavata Lv.1
Demon Enemy Target Active
Battle Position: Ground, In the Air Wind Attribute Earth Attribute
Exorcising Priest Lv.3
Event Monster Majin Active
Battle Position: Ground
Light Resistance Dark Resistance Fire Resistance Wind Resistance
Earth Resistance Water Resistance
A white elephant, right?
It’s got four tusks, but it’s definitely an elephant.
And there’s a Majin riding it.
It’s that nasty guy.
The Exorcising Priest!
But.
Wouldn’t it be better to attack them from the air?
That’s the way to go.
Let’s do that.
Racchango are strong.
It’s not surprising, since they seem to be an evolution of those Fighting Bulls.
When we fought before, did the small space influence the fight?
The power of their charges is unbelievable!
It surpasses even the power of a Fighting Bull.
It’s faster than W4’s Panzer Rhino, and seems to have the DEX to keep up with Zangetsu’s speed.
The Exorcising Priest is of course troublesome, but that’s that.
Let’s wait for Helix and the others to take them down.
I’m also taking down monsters using not spells, but martial arts techniques as the focus.
The Lion Sage’s Lance is really nice.
I’ve paralyzed about three of them.
In the end, the spellcaster also fell to the ground when I stabbed Airavata with my lance.
And Zangetsu trampled him.
Easy win?
Yes, up to that point.
The Airavata elephant is horrible.
It’s rampaging wild.
In terms of size, I’m not surprised.
I mean, I’ve seen a mammoth.
This thing is considerably smaller than a mammoth.
But.
The area where the mammoths appear is four squares from Remut.
This is five squares away.
There must be a reason.
And that reason was frightening.
The elephant’s MP bar suddenly dropped, and there was a change.
Wings.
Wings, sprouting?
And pure white wings at that.
I’m not sure if it was Adele or Irina who muttered that it was beautiful.
Or was it both of them?
I agree.
But flying all around and launching charges at us, what’s going on?
No, remember when I used【Identify】!
I think In the Air was one of the Battle Positions.
The counter strategy?
I managed to do it with my usual methods.
I cast Gravity Prison to reduce its mobility.
With a spell I burned its wings and continued to attack as the summon monsters gathered, knocking it to the ground.
Taking the concentrated attacks of the summon monsters that took out all of the Racchango, the white elephant died.
Of course, I also went for a charge, but.
Those tusks are no good.
Zangetsu took damage.
Well, I can use spells to make up for it, and she didn’t fall to Abnormal Status, so it’s fine.
「Was there no information the white elephants flying on the board?」
「No, there wasn’t」
「What’s the deal! Wierdd」
For real.
As an elephant, if it’s going to fly, its ears should grow big and become wings in proper elephant style.
By the way.
The elephant didn’t drop anything.
That many Racchangos gave just 1 Crimson Quartz.
I still don’t get it.
What about the Majin?
Its corpse just disappeared leaving nothing behind.
This is to be expected, but.
Once in a while couldn’t you drop something for me?
He blew away more than half of the enchants we had cast.
This is harassment!
I see.
That’s what they’re after.
「Keith, I have some important-seeming information」
「Yeah?」
According to the forum info?
Information about encounters with Majin are starting to come out.
But they seem to be only in the west.
Showing up all the way to the Village of Legias, you assholes!
And the Majins don’t tend to appear in parties with each other.
The majin seem to tend to team up with monsters already in the area.
Since they’re not invading outside of the area, is it a little better?
No, it’s not.
Shouldn’t be careless.
After hunting Racchangos and Airavatas without the Majin, it attacked as expected.
A Lesser Gryphon.
But the one riding it is not a Gryphon Trooper, but a Majin.
A Beast Tamer?
But.
I’m not afraid.
It’s just one Lesser Gryphon and a Majin.
We’re in danger of being attacked from the air, but Helix and the others are on our side.
It didn’t take long to shoot them down.
It took some time after pinning them to the ground, but that wasn’t a big deal.
As expected of a monster that appears in W5.
It was fittingly tough.
《Summon Monster『Zangetsu』Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat》
The time is 5:50 PM.
Zangetsu leveled up.
Are white elephants good for experience?
Since we’re in a union I think the experience points would be more thinly distributed.
Zangetsu’s DEX has already risen.
How rare!
I’ll use the other point for AGI.
Zangetsu White Horse Lv.9 -> Lv.10 (↑1)
DEX 9 (↑1)
AGI 29 (↑1)
INT 8
STR 29
VIT 29
SPI 8
Skills:
Trample Dash Endurance Run Wild Gallop Stampede Kick
Rider Recovery [Slight] Magic Resistance [Slight] Light Attribute
Not only did Zangetsu level up, but a white elephant finally dropped an item.
It’s this thing.
【Material】White Elephant Tusk Quality C+ Rarity 5 Weight 3+
An Airavata tusk. Unusually for an elephant tusk, it has no curvature.
It’s known for its sturdiness.
I finally got a satisfying item.
It took long enough!
How many elephants do you want to make me hunt?
No, it’s probably up to【Disassembly】.
And I don’t get it.
The Majins.
The monsters you bring along are only the map natives?
It’s totally different from last time.
The difficulty feels like it actually went down.
『It’s about time. Would you like to have dinner?』
「Yeah, I guess so. Let’s make it simple」
The time is 6:20 pm.
We’ll stop moving for now.
Night is coming.
The Majin’s aren’t out in force.
It gives an eerie feeling.
Zangetsu White Horse Lv.9 -> Lv.10 (↑1)
DEX 9 (↑1)
AGI 29 (↑1)
INT 8
STR 29
VIT 29
SPI 8
Skills:
Trample Dash Endurance Run Wild Gallop Stampede Kick
Rider Recovery [Slight] Magic Resistance [Slight] Light Attribute
Companions
Adele & Irina
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