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Chapter 208 – Part 2

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Translation: DarkHeartedAlchemist
Editor: Weasalopes

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《Summoned Monster『Florin』Level Up! 》
《Please distribute 1 Bonus Point to increase the value of the statistic of your choosing.》

Wow, really? What a great, unexpected result!
Level Up in just a few battles since he was summoned? Who would’ve thought!
Aside from that Tigris, Shishiku and I took some damage.
But I think it was worth it, all things considered.
It is too sad that no items were obtained, but what can you do? It’s not like crying or kicking or screaming at this point will magically increase my drop rate, right? Right?!

No matter, Keith, don’t let such a minor, reoccurring setback get you down.
Florin’s stat which rose along with the Level Up was AGI.
Then let’s pump that other point into VIT.

Florin Bat Lv1 → Lv2 (↑1)
DEX 16
AGI 19 (↑1)
INT 10
STR 8
VIT 8 (↑1)
SPI 10

Skills:
Bite Flight Echolocation Evasion Surprise Attack Vampire

All right, that will do it for the first step.
I will keep this Florin as an actual monster instead of relegating it to a Monster Fusion Material.
I want it to go through the normal evolution route.
But that is something I should worry myself with in the future instead of right now.
By the way, Florin’s namesake is fluorine, right?
I wonder if that fact has any hidden meaning to it?
Like, that he will shine, or be able to react to anything…
Cause if I knew if that was the case or not, maybe it would be easier for me to pick the right way of growth for it?

There were no signs of any party willing to take the challenge in my stead, so I did four more battles.
This time there was also a number of Deva Kings instead of just the Deva Emperor.
As a result, I got two Power Waters and one Holy Salt.
Not bad.

《Summoned Monster『Gengetsu』Level Up! 》
《Please distribute 1 Bonus Point to increase the value of the statistic of your choosing.》

Oh, this guy is also ready to Level Up, huh?
Speaking of Leveling Up…
Shishiku and Telomere have not Leveled Up once yet.
I need them to score some more EXP so we can fix that problem immediately.

Oops, can’t get sidetracked.
Let’s go ahead and do the Level Up procedure.
SPI had already risen, so that other point will go straight into VIT.

Gengetsu Imp Lv2 → Lv3
DEX 5
AGI 20
INT 20
STR 3
VIT 4 (↑1)
SPI 22 (↑1)

Skills:
Flight Levitation Echolocation Magic Resistance 「Medium」 Increase MP Recovery 「Small」
Light Attribute Dark attribute

The effect of the spells has just expired.
True Practiced Spirit is still in effect, but it’s going to last one more battle at best.

「You know, fighting by myself is getting pretty boring. Adel, Irina, don’t you want to have a go at these guys either?」

「Us?」

「You’re going to let us have a go? How nice of you!」

「It’s a good way of earning some fast EXP, so I don’t see why you shouldn’t use it as well. Also, I would appreciate it if you didn’t make me sound like some EXP spot hogger, okay?」

That’s right.
Deva Emperor A-Gyo has a Fire Attribute, and Un-Gyo has Earth Attribute.
Adel has Fire Magic and Irina has Earth Magic.
Since they have those skills, it’s natural they have resistances to them as well, and that makes them more than suitable enemies for those chumps.

「Well, then I guess we’ll take you up on your kind offer.」

「Hey, should anything go south, you’ll rush to our rescue, right?」

「If there will be a need for it, I will come to your aid, don’t you worry.」

「Neat!」

「Is it really, really okay?」

「As I said, don’t worry about it.」

Yup.
I Wonder how the two of them are going to fare against them?

Actually, much to my pleasant surprise, Adel and Irina did pretty well.
They scored two fast victories in two consecutive battles.
During both of their runs, the enemies they were fighting against were Lv 5 and Lv 3 respectively.
Anyway.
They both scored themselves 1 flask of Power Water and 1 piece of Holy salt after each of their battles. 100 % drop rate each time!
I don’t get it. Why is it that others seem to be having good item drop rates while mine are always so low?
I honestly have no idea.

「Anyone else wants to give it a go?」

「Unfortunately, we don’t have enough party members. We’d have to wait for more of them to log in.」

「So, can I try first?」

「Yeah, by all means, go ahead. Watching you fight is a lot of fun anyway.」

I look around to confirm that no other party was willing to go, and then step ahead.
Well then.
For these upcoming battles, let’s return Gengetsu and Florin.
I Summon Naias and Denier.
They will be a good addition to Tigris, Shishiku and Telomere.
Denier’s level is still somewhat low, but if I keep him in the role of a support, there should be no problem at all.
I fortified us with another set of spells.
Let’s challenge these guys again.

7 battles in a row later.
Although I was somewhat dissatisfied with some of the battles with Deva Kings and Deva Emperors, I think those were some good fights.
Because…
Because another info has appeared.
Yes, that’s right, you guessed it.

《Summoned Monster『Denier』Level Up! 》
《Please distribute 1 Bonus Point to increase the value of the statistic of your choosing. 》

Great, another monster ready to Level Up!
On the other hand…
The fact that seven consecutive encounters only gave me 1 Power Water and one piece of Holy Salt.
Maybe the settings for 「Dismantle」 got mixed up again?

Next, the Points distribution!
The stat which increased already was AGI.
Then the second one will be SPI.

Denier Big Spider Lv3 → Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 21
AGI 20 (↑1)
INT 15
STR 8
VIT 8
SPI 8 (↑1)

Skills:
Bite Detect Vibration Presence Concealment Poison Yarn Trap Creation

Hmm, I’m starting to wonder which one of his stats should I increase next.
Maybe it might be a good idea to focus on AGI?

Anyway, now might actually be a good moment to take a break from the battles with Deva Emperors.

Then I saw that Fina-san was present at the Gallery.
And Hannes was right next to her.
What?
I decided to go straight to them and ask what’s this about.

「I saw your battle just now. I knew you were not bad, but seeing it for myself was something else entirely.」

「Uhm… so does that mean that the request is over? Did I do it?」

「I think we can say that you did.」

「Unfortunately, we won’t be able to move out right away.」

Fina-san and Hannes seemed content, but Mio was still somewhat uneasy.

「Most of us thinks that you did great, so it’s as good of a result as you could get!」
On the other hand, Reina was really bright.
I wonder what happened to get her into such a good mood.

「Why don’t we talk about the details while we eat lunch at the Relay Portal?」

Hmm…
Fina-san’s proposal was very reasonable.
I had no reason to decline.

What we talked about?
Exterminating as many of the Centaur Swarms around Wind Spirit Village as possible tomorrow.
That was not an order of course.
It was a request, but I made sure to be rather persistent with it.
It’s not about gaining something from this whole situation, but about helping your fellow player who have found themselves in a tight spot.
But it would seem that we have yet to reach a point where all the members of both groups would express their agreement.
Some of them blatantly say that the lack of direct benefits is not worth the risk.
So we agreed, although reluctantly, to provide food to them for a while, completely free of charge. So yeah, I can already see the players from the village being unhappy about that, but in our current situation we can’t exactly allow ourselves to be picky, whether we like it or not.

We’re going to depart this Relay Portal tomorrow at 6:00 AM, and head back to Wind Spirit Village.
If we encounter any monsters along the way, we kill them.

In the afternoon, we’re going to open the Instant Portal in front of the village, allowing the Production Team members to appear and break the siege ring.
That is our plan to increase the village’s defenses.

I just hope for it to work, because if it won’t… then we’re screwed.

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