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Chapter 224 Part 1

Translation: Tsuki

Editor: Weasalopes

《There are 2 friend messages》

~o~

I logged in at 6:30AM.
After all, it has become a habit.
Well, it’s fine.
So who was the message from?

Adele and Irina huh?

~o~

『I defeated the monster at the boundary between the S2E1 and S3E1 maps!』

OOH!
Did she attach a picture of the monster corpse as well?
I could see a monster corpse similar to that of a Killer Ape.
The background was pretty deep forest.

Did she advance from the previous place?
Well, it was good news that the number of monsters there decreased but…

~o~

『Currently, we are parting from Konohana and Haruna, and hunting in the forest with Adele.』

Fuumu.
It seems Irina has accompanied her for hunting.

『On the beach, the monster summon could not cope with it. There was something like this…』

What was attached I wonder?
It looked like a monster picture.
However, it swims like a dolphin in the sea

『Konohana-chan and Haruna-chan tried to fight it but they had to withdraw.』

That was regrettable.
They should’ve been high enough level.
Why did they retreat I wonder?
It seems those were troublesome monsters.

~o~O~o~

Whoops.
I have to get Bunraku its breakfast.
After that, there were some excavation of ancient stone pillars.
Should I see the management info that came yesterday?

《Update: As of yesterday, the database has been updated!》

Eh, the same as usual.
How many players were there?
I viewed the raw data in a virtual window and looked at the bottom line.
The total number of players were over 76,000, huh?
It seems to be increasing steadily but, this number was still unsatisfactory for an online game, no?
Maps were expanding, so I think it was possible that the population would increase from here on but…

~o~

Next, then.
See the number with the job of Summoner.
230 people.
And Grand Summoner was still only 1.
Sage, Necromancer, it seems no one has become one yet.

If I sort it in an ascending order, the occupation that people have changed into could be seen.
It was spectacular.
Well, I don’t know what’s what anymore, to be honest.

~o~

While looking at the data, my cooking was finished.
Let’s go straight through the forest, as soon as we finish here.
What to summon?
Volff, Obsidian, Goki, Ninetails, Denier.
I’m definitely going to rush to the next map today.
It would be great if the monster that appears could be confirmed.

~o~

We went south while lightly hunting for Killer Ape, Cursed Viper, and Drone Beetles.
No wait, I guess it was not that light?
For some reason, the number of players around us was increasing.
As a result, the burden of hunting has been reduced.
It was convenient to move around.

I immediately noticed that there were many players.
Near the boundary between S3 and S4 map, there was a camping ground.
The appearance of relaxing players could be seen.
I see.
There was a relay portal here.
It would take too much time to move through the forest all the time.
I wonder how long it would take to move through the forest from area portal to area portal.
Without an instant portal, it would be pretty tough.
It sure was troublesome, huh?

I should just ignore them.
And rush toward map S4.
Let’s aim further south.

~o~O~o~

As always, there were forest, forest, and forest.
The situation has changed significantly.
I don’t know what kind of trees it was, but the forest was made of such big trees.
And between the trees, there was a passage made of branches and ivy.
There was a ground path.
But there were no players walking on it.
Everyone is coming and going through the ivy passage.
I wonder if that was fine?

~o~

Well, it seems fine.
When I checked the ground using some branches, it looked like a wetland.
No, one could call that swamp I guess?
Denier, which was light in weight for its size, seems fine, but Volff was totally useless.
Me?
Of course not.
I can move around somehow.
However, when it comes to battles, it is impossible if I don’t take some appropriate risk.
We have no choice but to move quietly.

About the ivy passage.
I guess the only problem of using this passage was fear of heights.
Fortunately it was not so narrow that two players couldn’t pass each other.
What about the combat aspect?
It was undeniable that during combat, my feet were not stable enough.

And I could actually see players who were actually struggling.
What was the opponent you ask?

~o~

Puppet Tree- Lv.2
Monster, Enemy Target Active.
Battle Position, Ground, Tree attribute.

~o~

The battle position was on the trees.
The reason for that?
The positional advantages.

~o~

That party was what one would call standard.
The vanguard actively moved to guard the rear guard.
Though it seems they still could not fully keep up with the movement of the monsters,
The movement of the monsters were not that fast.
But it was more on the side of the players that could not move that well in this current condition.

His feet huh?
I guess that was how it was.
Maybe I should use Forest Walk here?

After that, it was about that Puppet Tree but…
I guess we’re going to rush it?
But before that, let’s fight one first to test it out…

~o~

So, about that Puppet Tree.
I think we could call it a moving tree branch?
It was smaller compared to Minor Ent.
On the other hand, it was a lot faster than Minor Ent.
But you know…
If I moved around on the ivy path, I would be entangled, so I jumped onto a tree branch.
I try to move around by using thin branches as scaffolds.
With that, the monster was relatively easy to hit, and because the weight was low, it was easy to blow it away.
Also, it was hard.
Volff bites, but it feels like it has no teeth.
And in fact, we should never bite it.
If we do, the ivy would entangle the body and get my summon caught.

I can’t deal with the monster properly!

~o~

After blocking an attack with my Tonfa, I tried using pyrokinesis.
The branches and leaves were burned easily but the trunk didn’t burn so easily.
Still, it was interesting to see how the damage was being made!

Lastly, Goki slammed its ax after Denier entangled the monster with its thread.
The item obtained from it was Oak Log.
It was a suitable drop.

~o~O~o~

What will we encounter next?
Once again a Puppet Tree.
I took a fire shot and burned it immediately because it was too troublesome.
Fumu.
It burns properly.
But the way it burns is unexpected.
It advances upon us while it burns.

Then Goki crushed the monster with its ax.
Certainly, fire magic attack was effective and easy, but I’m not completely satisfied.
Here was the S4 map.
I wonder if there was a more difficult monster?

There was something.
I can’t help but feel that.

So, what was coming out?
As expected it was charcoal.
Charcoal eh…
Rarity was low.
To think I would only get this for going through to this map!

~o~O~o~

I check the surroundings with Call Monster.
Though it seems the Puppet Tree was everywhere…
A Puppet Tree that had already stopped moving could not be captured anymore.
It was like a youkai.

And here, it seems there’s that.
That…
Eh, what was it again?
It was a Severed Head.
Yes, it was a Floathead.

Are they coming out during daytime as well?

~o~O~o~

Further south.
The number of players decreased relatively.
Certainly it would be troublesome to hunt on this scaffold.
And the continued battles were quite severe as well.

Even so, there were a lot of harvests.
I was also able to see the battle of summoners other than myself.
The opponent was a monster that I saw for the first time.

~o~O~o~

Demon Gibbon Lv2.
Monster, Enemy Target, Active.
Battle position: Ground, Tree.

~o~

That was no Gibbon.
It was an orangutan…
The summoner overwhelmingly dominated in this battle.
After all, the summoner’s snake was a good one.
It seems to be the Venom Python that has changed class.
That was definitely it.
There were monsters that can adapt in such terrain.
Thus it was not impossible.

As for the MVP of my team at this time?
Definitely Denier.
Volff, Obsidian, Ninetails have not suffered because of it.
The one somewhat disadvantaged was Goki, I guess?

No well, I can’t forget the important things.
I guess I was not the best when it comes to adaptability?
As expected, this forest was scary.
Well, there was no helping it.

~o~O~o~

Now, I can’t see the shadow of players around me anymore.
On the wide area map, close to the center of S4 map, still there was some distance between here and the center.
It was past 10:00AM.
I’ve used Forest Walk on me and Goki, and we’ve been running for a bit, but the distance we take wasn’t much.
This was more difficult than I had expected!
And I can’t remove the Resist Thunder.
Because sometimes another Severed Head attacked us.
There was a lot of work.

~o~O~o~

《Due to experience earned 【Jump】 has leveled up!》
《Due to experience earned 【Climb】 has leveled up!》

~o~

The announcement comes while we’re moving.
Well, certainly, I’m climbing trees and jumping between them.
I would appreciate it if the skill could make it easier though.

~o~O~o~

The time was 11:30AM.
In the wide area map, approaching the center of the map a bit more…
Finally, I’m fighting against the Demon Gibbon.

~o~

Demon Gibbon Lv3.
Monster, Enemy Target Active.
Battle Position: Ground, Trees.

~o~

This one was more annoying than the Puppet Trees.
It could move freely on the trees.
And he throws stones as harassment.
I won’t question where he got them from.

I was watching the fight and I thought I could handle that monster.
But then, it ran away.
It ran away!
This was surprising.
Somehow I felt like I had lost.
The only thing left was the damage it dealt us.
I was hit as well…

Hahahahaha, those bastards!
I will remember it.
Now, I was on the move so let us ignore them for now…
I’ll definitely hunt them later!

~o~O~o~

The time was 12:10PM.
You can see the area portal below.
Let’s confirm.
This was definitely an area portal.

I heard the name of the area portal here was Fukai Mori.
I imagined that it would be dark despite the time, but it was completely different.
The area portal was placed in a hole as deep as the bottom of a valley.

This was certainly deep forest.
Isn’t this a hollow?

It seems the ivy path on the wall was the pathway to the portal area…
Let’s go and see.

~o~O~o~

The bottom of the hollow
It feels damp and humid.
The surrounding ground looks like a swamp, but isn’t the ground different here?
Although the ground was uneven, it looked fairly flat.
Above all, the vegetation stood out.
It was bamboo…
There was a bamboo grove.

There seemed to be several buildings that were using bamboo.
It was proof of players’ handiwork.

Umu.
I think I can relax here slowly…
It was a little late but, let’s have a meal now.
Called back Volff, and Summon Bunraku.

And while I was waiting for the food to be finished, I dug up the ancient stone pillars.
It was almost time.
The whole thing was about to come out.

~o~O~o~

The food was delicious as usual.
Excavation of ancient stone pillars would be over soon as well.
Well, I will supposedly have a fun dinner.
After this let us give priority on moving to the south as we hunt.

~o~O~o~

When I left the area portal, I released Bunraku and Summoned Strand.
I wanted another wall role for interception, but the scaffolding was bad…
I guess I should weigh myself here…
I thought I won’t have to worry about the terrain if I used Strand.
Also even though the monsters here were a threat, the difficulty here was not that different compared to the S3 map.
Maybe the difference was the degree of difficulty in walking?

~o~

However, that must’ve been only because of my lack of understanding.
After all, it seems the terrain had an effect greater than I had expected.
This became more obvious when partners gathered.

~o~O~o~

At first, it was a Demon Gibbon.
Now, it was four of them.
I thought I could outrun them but their mobility was far better than mine.
Although the surprise attack from Obsidian was barely hit, it seems it was not enough to stop them.
Geez…
Those guys are definitely troublesome.
Also, I get angry when I remember when they escaped before…

Now then, time to plan something.
I then jumped to the ground.
Or swamp to be more precise.
If I drop in a place like a swamp, my movement would become harder you ask?
Well at least if I could reduce the number of monsters chasing…

~o~

It was unexpectedly a good way.
Strands were able to move freely in the swamp.
Why didn’t I notice this sooner?
When the lower half of the body of the monsters got buried, they would try to immediately run away.
Oi.
I guess that was the right answer.

When Goki intervenes with its block, I also intervene.
Then we drop it to the ground.
That was it.
Then we drop it once more.
The last one was entangled in Denier’s thread.
This guy got stuck.
Oh well.
When it was over, it would be an easy victory.

~o~

However, there were things that I overlooked.
It was the corpse of a monster dropped on the ground.
It would be hard to strip it, no?
Well, it would be nice to see what peels off.
There was one corpse in front of me.
If I could get something good from it, I will go around and gather the drops I guess?

Now then…
Should I get them?
What was the result…

~o~

Stone.

~o~

Eh?

~o~O~o~

I quickly decided to leave the monster corpses lying in the swamp.
Let’s get going.