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Chapter 216 Part 2

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Translation: Charlotte
Editor: Weasalopes

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I decided to use the money to buy another Steel Sword.
I gave Goki’s Steel Sword to my Skeleton Abyss, so I needed another one to replace Goki’s sword.
But it was not a big expense, compared to the amount of money I got by selling all my items.
「So, where are you guys going after this?」

「We’re going Majin hunting, I suppose.」

「Huh?」

「No, I’m completely serious right now.」

「That does make you feel bad for the Majin doesn’t it…」

「Huh? What are you talking about…」

Well, all the Majin hunting meant I wouldn’t be able to meet Fiona for a while.
They were apparently spotted quite a distance away, after all.
I was very much hoping for a spell that could cut down all the time spent travelling.

~o~O~o~

The time was 12:30 PM.
The players who logged out earlier also logged back in again, and we reassembled into formation, getting ready to start moving again.
They had already finished their lunch.
Speaking of the Summoner Corps, we managed to increase our numbers by one more Summoner.
For various reasons, they couldn’t join us in our march to N1W3 the day before.

I asked for another roll call, and found out that we had a total of 32 Summoners in our group.
There were also 118 Summon Monsters.
We had quite a lot of people with us.
We certainly did have the force of a small army.
「Alright, let’s start heading east. I’d like to reach the cave with the Skeletons by evening.」

『Huh?』

『That’s beyond the Wind Spirit Village, right?』

「That’s right. But if we keep going at this pace we’ll be okay. We’re going to make it just fine.」

『So we’re going to have dinner in an Instant Portal, yeah?』

「Looks like it. I really do want to get to Regia by the end of today.」

I checked my Wide-area Map once again.
I used 【Magnetic Compass】 to check where we were going too.
All preparations ready. All the Summoners around me looked ready too.
Well then.
Let’s get going.

~o~O~o~

In the middle of our journey, the biggest obstacle was a big herd of Fighting Bulls.
There were about 50 of them?
But with some time, we managed to totally wipe them out.
Since we had had more than 30 Summoners, the item drop collection process was finished in the blink of an eye.
The herd would make for some good food for our journey.

I was very grateful for a few gains on a personal level from that battle too.
《【Physical Reinforcement】 Level Up! 》
《【Speedcasting】 Level Up! 》
《Summon Monster 『Rig』 Level Up! 》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》
Rig had a very modest role in our journey.
Rig was mostly working behind the scenes, but he was still doing a good job.
I could say the same thing about the other Summoners’ Slimes too.
I asked, and apparently, the Slimes belonging to Konohana, Suruga, and Nonomura also levelled up in the battle.

Oops, almost forgot.
The stat that went up with the level-up was AGI.
I put another point into VIT.
Rig　Yellow Pudding Lv4→Lv5 (↑ 1)
DEX　18
AGI　11 (↑1)
INT　8
STR　8
VIT　12 (↑1)
SPI　8

Skills:
Dissolve　Shapeshift　Viscosity　Surface Tension　Nullify Physical
Lightning Attribute　Fire Resistance
But really…
Rig definitely seemed a little bit bigger, and I had a feeling that it wasn’t just my imagination.
Rig was probably becoming more and more of a proper burden to Zangetsu.

But it didn’t feel like Zangetsu’s speed dropped at all because of that.
As expected, Zangetsu had wonderfully strong legs.
Zangetsu could run with unchanged force even after we all rushed into the W2 map.

It was 4:20 PM when we ran through the Wind Spirit Village.
It was right in front of the Skeleton Cave that we stopped and set up Instant Portals to eat dinner.
The time was 6:10 PM.
We were very fast! Unexpectedly fast!
Well, the monsters in the area becoming easier to defeat definitely played a big part in that.
But it was still very surprising to run into a Flower Spirit in the field, and trample it without any issues.
We didn’t run into any particularly troublesome enemies on the way.

~o~O~o~

Oh no… Speaking of troublesome enemies.
Something very important suddenly popped in my head.
From here, we would have to go through the Forest Maze.
Please, don’t come out.
Don’t you come out, alright?
Please, just don’t come out. I don’t want to have to deal with you.
Please! I left the Forest Maze a long time ago!

~o~O~o~

Since we were going to go into the Skeleton Cave, I changed up my Summon Monster team outside.
I had a pretty solid team for fighting in dark places.
I recalled all my Summon Monsters except for Volff.
I summoned Strand, Gengetsu, Florin, and Abyss.
All the monsters in the cave would be very easy anyway.
There was no point in letting Telomere come and obliterate the whole cave.

I had a strong feeling that voices of disappointment were coming from the Summoners around me.
There were a lot of things to think about inside the cave.

Skeletons?
Yep, there were plenty of them in the cave.
Just a few strikes were enough to take care of all of them.
But there was another problem waiting for us once we made it to the other side of the cave.
A monster I really didn’t want to meet again.

~o~O~o~

Narcissus Moscato　Lv.4
Flower Spirit　Enemy Target　Active
Battle Position: Ground　Tree Attribute　Enraged
Blue Fungus　Lv.2
Monster　Enemy Target　Active
Battle Position: Ground　Poison
Why is it only in these kinds of times that I run into these monsters…? I had already gotten sick of them a long time ago.
『What… Are those?』

『Wow… the legendary perverted narcissistic mushroom.』

『It looks real dangerous! …In a different way.』

Yep, I wasn’t the only one sick of dealing with those walking mushrooms.
Just looking at them again after such a long time was very unpleasant.
It energetically lifted its disgusting face in every direction, looking for something to run into.
It was dangerous to just let our lines of sight meet.

Oh no. Don’t you come at me.
Don’t come at me, I’m warning you!
It was very unfortunate that I naturally ended up at the very front of our company of Summoners.
I was usually alright with that, but this time, I was very much against it.
Why were all the Blue Fungus now running at me!?
They’re poisonous too! Literally poison, and not just to the eyes!

~o~O~o~

Well, I managed to take them down eventually.
I managed to do it using sleeping chokes, while my Summon Monsters kept other Blue Fungi away from me.
While these perverts were disgusting to look at, they also had a very simple strategy of just running at me.
I managed to make it through with no damage to my HP bar.
Well, that was okay. No complaints there.
But I felt like there was definitely some damage done to my heart.
Listening to its aroused panting next to my ear while I choked it was not fun at all.

~o~O~o~

We arrived at the village of Regia.
The time was 8:10 PM.
It was a very good pace, as always.

We dissolved our Union, and set up tents in one corner of the village to log out.
The inns were all full, so it couldn’t be helped.
「Well then, I’ll head off first.」

「See you tomorrow!」

I also parted ways with Adele and Irina.
So, what was I going to do?
I was very tempted to spend the night at Master’s house.
I still had a lot of Healgrass, Paingrass, and Magic Mushrooms on hand, but they were certainly fewer than what I had when I last left Master’s house.
But I also knew that there was still a lot more at Master’s house. I had a feeling most of it was still sitting in the storerooms, untouched.
Well then. I just had to go and grab it.
We were out of the Forest Maze, so I could put emphasis back on mobility.
I recalled Strand and Abyss.
I summoned Obsidian and Telomere.
Well, I was just trying to get to Master’s house as quickly as possible, and I wasn’t really thinking about hunting.

But I still ran into a very unexpected situation.
While I was running through the forest, I ran into a PK party.

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