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Chapter 223 Part 2

Translation: Phillmac
Editor: Weasalopes

I decided to proceed further south.
However, I can’t increase the speed of our movement.
The monsters attack again.
It is true, I guess, that the forest during the night has a lot of activity.
It was the same everywhere.

Onimusha the Youkai.
It attacked so suddenly without warning.
At least, two of them would attack together, with a maximum of six.
Geez, how annoying.
Even more so because the items they dropped were all cursed.

And a Bug Bear.
This one was rather welcome since they were easier to defeat.
After several times, some pattern has become obvious.
The last to arrive was the Evil Ant.
These guys would act as friends it seems?
Since they would often be attracted to the fight and reinforce each other.
But the drops from them were quite useful.

I see now.
This is why I can’t see players hunting during the night, it’s because of this huh?
Certainly, this is kind of tough.
But, I do also think the reward is worth it.

~o~

《 Summon Monster 『Florin』 Level Up!》
《Add 1 point to any status》

~o~

Florin should’ve leveled up yesterday.
The level up happening now was timed quite inconveniently.
Sure, I want Florin to gain experience, but I feel it was still too fast.
Though, the Bug Bear and the Onimusha were indeed strong, so that might be appropriate…

Whoops, let’s quickly open its stats.
Florin got its INT increased.
And I added another point to VIT.

~o~

Florin Bat Lv5 ⇰ Lv6 (⇮ 1)

DEX 17

AGI 20

INT 11 (⇮ 1)

STR 9

VIT 10 (⇮ 1)

SPI 10

Skills

Bite, Flight, Echolocation, Evade, Surprise attack, Blood Sucking.

~o~

The time is already 9.30AM eh?
I guess it’s time to take a rest now?
Since Ninetails’ MP has been reduced to around 20% as well.
Let’s take a turn.
I return Ninetails and Florin.
I summoned Gentsuki and Abyss.
It might look like a drop in overall strength.
But my own MP bar is still around half.
I want to use it all up before login out.

In case an aerial monster turns up, Telomere is already good.
Searching ability is certainly down, but Bug Bears are always welcome, to begin with.
And since Onimusha is a Youkai, even if I wanted to detect it, I couldn’t.
That’s the problem.

~o~

Now then…
Did I make the wrong formation?
Because this time, I met a new monster.
This kind of monster…

~o~

Floathead Lv.2
Monster Enemy Target Active.
Battle position: Aerial, Wind attribute, Earth attribute, and Lightning attribute.

~o~

It is a freshly severed head.
And the head is floating.
There are two of them.
And I only have Telomere and Gentsuki as aerial combatants…
Can we do it?
The problem is the size of the head.
Isn’t that bigger than mine?

What if that monster actually has a hand and torso like a human?
He would be a complete Giant.
In height, it would already be the equal of a mammoth.

~o~

However…
The monster didn’t seem to notice Telomere and Gentsuki, who were flying above.
The monster is aiming at us who are on the ground.
No, that is not accurate.

It’s more like it’s aiming at me.
No doubt.

~o~

「Muooooh!」

~o~

He raises a strange voice…
Oi, that’s hurt!

~o~

「Ice Wall!」

I erect an ice wall in front of me.
Monsters should not be able to sneak past it.
However.
It came!
It could crush the ice wall and come in!
Even though the HP bar ended up getting reduced into half!

Not half bad, you guys!

~o~

But the one who has plunged into the wall seems to have lost sight of me.
It’s fine by me but, that monster just flew bypassing me with great speed.
It then entered Tigris’ vicinity.
It seems that Evade was done properly.
On the other hand, did that one attack the monster while evading using a wind blade?
Great, oi!

The monster then closed its eyes and stopped mid-air.
What?
The next moment when it opened its eyes.
A thunderstorm…

It was a huge range as well.
It was not an attack that Evade could handle.
It went straight toward me and Tigris.

~o~

Oya?
My body couldn’t move.
Did I get paralyzed?
I can’t move my body as I wanted to.
It feels like a considerable weight has been placed on my body.
No good.
Another head is approaching here.

Telomere and Shishiku then decided to fire simultaneously.
The torrent of fire burns the head.
It hits directly on the head.

Thus, the head that had already been severely injured, fell right in front of me.
I’m saved.
But it’s not done yet.
One more is still alive.
This one is the one who attacked us using a thunderstorm.

Again…
It closed its eyes.
This time, the attack was concentrated at one point.

Tigris then shot the wind blade.
Gentsuki also released an obi of darkness, then attacked using a mass of light and ball of fire toward it.
Telomere also continues to attack using hammer and staff, scattering flames above its head.
The head then crashed down on the ground.

And I didn’t miss it.
I use my Tokkosho and stab it.
It was a consecutive attack.
Shishiku and Abyss also attacked the fallen head.
Then, this one finally got defeated.
How should I say…
I guess such a nasty guy is still left around?
I unconsciously sat down.

Anyway, I defeated it.
Two giants head on the ground.
Such a surreal situation.
By the way, Shikaku.
Was it really delicious?

I raised my body and pull out a survival knife.
I got one jewel.
Opal.

Was it worth it?
I suppose, it is enough.

~o~O~o~

In the wide map, it seems there was some distance between the S3 map and the S4 map.
I decided to stop here.
And decided to rampage against some monster from nearby…
I’ve got a lot of damage, and at least I want some revenge.
Especially at those heads.
Ooops.
Floathead.
See, they come…
I’ll convert that thing into experience points.

~o~O~o~

But, there are also Onimusha.
Though we exterminated fast.
Then Bug Bear also appeared.
It ended up the same.
Next, a Floathead appeared…
Naturally, fate was the same.

My main prey is Floathead.
I raised the resistance of everyone.
But that, of course, doesn’t mean the damage was gone.
It was just that we adapted to be more efficient.

After all, I found a behavior pattern of the head.
It was similar to the floating eye.
The longer it closed its eyes, the more powerful its attack.
And it was not just lightning.
It sometimes also used earth to attack a wide range of areas.
The same goes for Wind Blade.
Both could single and wide-area attacks.

But, there are some loopholes.
That it seems it couldn’t use a special attack unless it closed its eyes.
It seems this monster is the type that would feel more relieved by floating in the sky than closing one’s eyes.
In addition, it’s more often use a concentrated attack on a target.
Which means, it would be easy to exploit.
And since the movement was easy to read, our fight efficiency has risen.

Wall spells are, of course, effective.
If the monster closes its eyes, then I just have to leave it to Telomere and Gentsuki.
Now then, I can advance.
And if we could drop it on the ground, I could join in as well.

~o~

The problem was the item drops.
I was happy that it dropped a jewel, but after a while, it didn’t drop opals anymore.
Drop more oi.
And don’t stop!
Since I couldn’t defeat the Floathead without taking damage, I feel it was kind of unfair.
But anyway, I got engrossed.

~o~O~o~

《Summon Monster『Gentsuki』 Level Up!》
《Add 1 point to any status value.》

~o~

Woho…
Because I was engrossed in hunting those heads, it suddenly levels up.
Or rather, I guess I need to change Gentsuki…
After all, its MP bar was already less than 20%.
On the other hand, Telomere seems to be OK.
Maybe because it always sucked blood on the way.

Gentsuki’s SPI has risen.
And I decided to increase the STR value using the point.

~o~

Gentsuki Imp Lv5 ⇰ Lv6 (⇮ 1)

DEX 5

AGI 21

INT 21

STR 5 (⇮ 1)

VIT 5

SPI 23 (⇮ 1)

Skills

Flight, levitation, Echolocation, Magic resistance [Medium], MP increase recovery [small]

Light attribute, Dark Attribute, and Fire attribute.

~o~

Now then.
Congratulations!
Let’s recall Gentsuki now.
Then I summoned Kokuyo.
We can’t neglect the power of the air.

~o~

The time is still around 11PM
Will anyone level up, I wonder?

~o~O~o~

《【Dust Magic】 Level Up!》
《Summon Monster 『Abyss』 Level up》
《Add 1 point to any status value.》

~o~

After killing three Floatheads, Abyss also leveled up.
So fast!

Abyss got its VIT raised.
And I decided to add the extra point to INT.

~o~

Abyss Skeleton Lv4 ⇰ Lv5 (⇮ 1)

DEX 16

AGI 15

INT 11 (⇮ 1)

STR 11

VIT 12 (⇮ 1)

SPI 11

Skills

Sword, small shield, block, physical resistance [Fine], Self-Healing [Medium]

Dark Attribute

~o~

Fumu…
The time is already 11:10PM, huh?
Should I continue?
Because…
I didn’t get any jewel drop.

I guess Abyss should be replaced here.
I then summoned Heather.
My MP bar was not less than 50%, but still, nearly 40% remained.
Let’s continue a while longer.
No.
Rather, please drop another jewel!
If not, I don’t think it’s worth it.

~o~O~o~

《Summoned Monster 『Tigris』 Level Up!》
《Add 1 Point to any status》

~o~

The time is 12:40AM.
Tigris leveled up as well.
Jewel?
What is that?

Tigris status that has risen due to level up was STR.
And I decided to add the point to AGI.

~o~

Tigris Strumtiger Lv3 ⇰ Lv4 (⇮ 1)

DEX 11

AGI 23 (⇮ 1)

INT 11

STR 24 (⇮ 1)

VIT 23

SPI 11

Skills

Bite, Menace, Danger Detection, Night vision

Wind Attribute

~o~

What should I do now?
Should we continue until I get a jewel?
However, while using Call Monster, I found out the next monsters are quite a distance away.
The numbers have been reduced as well.
Let us give up here I guess?

I think we’ve improved in a lot of ways, to begin with.
But this feeling is like I was being defeated.
Tomorrow, definitely!
No well, though it was already tomorrow by the game standard.
I guess I should hunt slowly…

~o~

I then deployed Instant Portal and logged out.
The following night, I will hunt at night again.
I’ll definitely get those jewels.

Main Character, Keith.
Race, Human Lv23.
Occupation: Grand Summoner (Summoning Magician) Lv9.
19 Bonus points remained.

Set Skill.
Sword Lv9, Two-handed spear, Lv8, Club Lv8, Rope Artes lv8.
Staff Lv18 (⇮ 1), Punch Lv15, Kick Lv15, Joint Lock Lv15.
Throw Lv15, Evade Lv15, Block Lv15.
Summon Magic Lv23, Space-Time Magic Lv13, Sealing Lv6.
Light Magic Lv 14 (⇮ 1), Wind Magic Lv14, Earth Magic Lv14, Water Magic Lv14.
Fire Magic Lv14, Dark Magic Lv14 (⇮ 1), Ice Magic Lv11, Lightning Magic Lv11.
Wood Magic Lv11, Dust Magic Lv12 (⇮ 1), Lava Magic Lv12, Steam Magic Lv12 (⇮ 1).
Alchemy Lv10, Pharmacy Lv8, Glasswork Lv6, Woodwork Lv9.
Synergy Lv16, Appraisal Lv16, Identification Lv16, Insight Lv5, Cold Resistance Lv8.
Grab Lv13, Equestrian Lv13, Precise Manipulation Lv15, Ropework Lv8.
Jumping Lv7, Acrobatic Lv8, Heat resistance Lv9, Climb Lv8, Balance Lv8.
Two sword style Lv14, Disassembly Lv 12, Swimming Lv6, Dive Lv6.
Dash Lv6, endurance Run Lv6 (⇮ 1)
Physical Reinforcement Lv13, Mental reinforcement Lv13, Speedcasting Lv14.
Magic Effect Amplification Lv13, Magic Range Expansion Lv13.

Summoned Monsters:

Ninetails Silver Fox Lv3 ⇰ Lv4 (⇮ 1)
DEX 10
AGI 25 (⇮ 1)
INT 24.
STR 10
VIT 10.
SPI 25 (⇮ 1)

Skill.
Bite, Evade, Ride Fast, Danger Detection, MP recovery [Small].
Light Attribute Dark Attribute.

Tigris Sturmtiger Lv3 ⇰ Lv4 (⇮ 1)
DEX 11
AGI 23 (⇮ 1)
INT 11
STR 24 (⇮ 1)
VIT 23
SPI 11

Skill.
Bite, Menace, Danger detection, night vision, wind attribute.

Gentsuki Imp Lv5 ⇰ Lv6 (⇮ 1)
DEX 5
AGI 21
INT 21
STR 5 (⇮ 1)
VIT 5.
SPI 23 (⇮ 1)

Skill.
Flight, Levitation, Echolocation, Magic resistance [Medium], MP recovery increase [Small].
Light attribute, Dark Attribute, Fire Attribute.

Florin, Bat Lv4 ⇰ Lv5 (⇮ 1)
DEX 17
AGI 20
INT 11 (⇮ 1)
STR 9
VIT 10 (⇮ 1)
SPI 10.

Skill.
Bite, Flight, Echolocation, Evade, Surprise attack, Bloodsucking.

Abyss Skeleton, Lv4 ⇰ Lv5 (⇮ 1)
DEX 16.
AGI 15
INT 11 (⇮ 1)
STR 11
VIT 12 (⇮ 1)
SPI 11

Skill.
Sword, Small shield, Block, Physical resistance [Fine], Self-Healing [Medium], Dark Attribute.