Chapter 232 Part 1
The Summoner is Going Chapter 232
Okay.
When everyone Logged On, eaten lunch and cleaned up after themselves, we were officially back in business.
When each of us confirmed their lineup and the members f their parties, we were ready to resume our journey.
I call Bunraku back and summon Heather.
My current party consists of Volff, Zangetsu, Helix, Heather and Cotouly.
A perfect mixture of mobility and awareness.
But I will admit that me might be lacking a bit in the DPS department, especially if we’ll have to fight with Sphinkses and Spinxes.
At least that would have been the case if I was traversing the area by myself.
But this time, Adel and Irina will make up for all the shortcomings that my own group might have.
What is Adel’s team made of?
Ma-chan the White Horse, U-chan the White Wolf, Ta-chan the Hawk and Ki-chan the Golden Fox.
How about Irina’s?
Rotekaiser the Battle Horse, Skyeye the Battle Hawk, Howl the Wolf and Mure the Pixie.
Both of those teams seem to be properly balanced.
Now, what about the other members?
Let’s check Hyodor-kun’s monsters out first.
A horse, wolf and a hawk.
It’s not bad, but it’s also not great either.
Not to mention that he can only summon three Summoned Monsters at once.
Haruna’s lineup is pretty interesting.
A White Horse, Mystic Eye, Slime and a Mermaid.
And what about Konohana’s?
A Battle Horse, Fighting Flacon, Gray Wolf and a Fairy.
Are they enough?
Yeah, as long as we will all stay together, such a party composition shouldn’t be a problem at all.
When it comes to the weapon’s of the players themselves, they are all pretty standard as well.
Adel, Irina and Hyodor-kun use bows, while Haruna and Konohana wield staffs on them.
Yeah.
For such a large group, this setup is not bad at all.
Now, as for our schedule…
I think that we should be able to reach the center of this area in around two hours, assuming that we won’t be engaging in any battles along the way.
If we strengthen ourselves with spells, then I bet we could reduce that time even further.
But I have to keep in mind that this map is still a desert wasteland, so traversing it is going to be that much harder in comparison to the normal terrain.
Taking all of that into account, if we reach the center of the map by evening then I guess we could call that a success.
Of course, even if it had to take a bit longer, I won’t pass on any occasion to get myself and my monsters some more EXP.
After we set out, I suggested everyone to do a few battles so that they could get used to the monsters in this area.
For starters, we should go against the Scorpion first.
When they get used to fighting it, we can move to Sphinks and Spinx.
Now then.
We formed a Union of six parties.
As we went forward, I used Call Monster.
But instead of a Scorpion, an unexpected challenger has arrived.
We have found ourselves facing off against a mummy.
If I remember correctly, they are undead, right?
I thought that maybe Scorpion got called as well but it’s somewhere in the back so I tried looking for it, but no matter how hard I looked the only enemies in front of us were Mummies.
But wait a sec… there it is!
Even though the night was not upon us, the bastard must have buried himself in the sand to launch a surprise attack at us!
What a cheeky little twat!
Sphinks and Spinx were also here.
Excellent.
All the enemies I wanted the rest to train against in one Call Monster.
If that is not a good catch then I don’t know what is.
Okay, first thing’s first: I will have to rely on Volff to find the Scorpion’s exact location for me.
Yo guys, let’s take care of the Killer Scorpion first!」
Fine by me! Anything we should know about it?! Any distinguishing features at all?!」
It’s sting is highly poisonous, but if you keep it at a safe distance, you shouldn’t have any trouble fighting it!」
So our bows and arrows will be perfect here, right?」
Well, they’ll do. For maximum effectiveness, let’s lower its defenses with spells first.」
That’s right.
Defense Fall will be absolutely crucial here.
If we combine that with a coordinated attack carried out by the monsters with high AGI, we’ll be able to effortlessly take control of the flow of battle, dispatching that single enemy in no time.
That is a strategy that I have tested, proven and perfected in the heat of battle.
We found the Scorpion soon after the battle began.
And we managed to defeat it without anyone getting poisoned!
I mean, after Defense Fall was applied to it, even the weakest of arrows were able to do some nice damage to it.
We just kept our distance and took it nice and easy.
Mr. Scorpion, I’m sorry for butt-raping you like that, but you know how it is, don’t you?
So just accept it and become a sacrifice for the members of our Union.
And no, I won’t apologize and I won’t feel bad about what we did to you.
After the battle was over we continued to head south while hunting many more Killer Scorpions in quick succession.
I think that everyone should be used to fighting with them right about now.
Then I think it is high time we take it to the next stage.
Let’s go fight some mummies now.
I’m still the only one who can summon them with Call Monster though.
Compared to their numbers at night, the herd of Mummies during the day are rather small.
But that should be alright for now I guess.
There should be a group of about eight of them nearby.
We will fight against Mummies next. Focus on evading their attacks rather than on attacking them yourself. One of their attacks can curse you if it touches you!」
Really?!」
Ehhhhhhh…?!」
So undead can be encountered even in broad daylight?」
In that case I will weaken them with Sanctify Undead!」
Are melee attacks with Summoned Monsters okay?!」
Yeah. Thankfully these guys are not too quick!」
That’s what this is all about.
It’s allabout allowing my teammates to experience the fight with different kinds of enemies so that they can learn how to deal with them on their own.
Granted, I’ll have to make a lot of adjustments to my usual strategy, but with my guidance there’s no way for us to fail.
Uder the barrage of our attacks, the flock of Mummies quickly falls into disarray.
Amen.
After we checked ourselves, we noticed that no one got cursed.
That is a huge step in the right direction.
《【Earth Magic】skill Level Up！》
《Obtained a【Earth Magic】spell, Tunnel！》
《【Light Magic】skill Level Up！》
《Obtained a【Light Magic】spell, Invisible Blind！》
While everyone was still in high spirits, we moved on to fight three more groups of Mummies.
Fast forward three encounters later, and still no one among our Union got cursed by them.
Some of them even managed to Level Up.
This pace we’re keeping right now is turning out to be surprisingly effective.
Looks like Adel also managed to upgrade some of her skills.
《【Summoning Magic】skill and Race Level Up！》
It is important for Hyodor-kun to upgrade his level so he doesn’t slow us down.
If he gets enough EXP to Level Up one more time, then he’s going to hit Lv.10, meaning that he’ll be able to have one more Summoned Monster on the field, making it four in total.
See what a great guy I am?
I want you to do your best so you could grow as a Summoner (and stop being a noob while you’re at it).
If I were you, Hyodor-kun, I’d start worrying what your next Summoned Monster is going to be and how are you going to name it.
Okay then.
I think all of them should be more or less used to fighting against Mummies now.
Of course, no Mummy dropped any items if you were wondering about that.
I am used to being cucked by the RNG in such a way, but others were tilting their heads in puzzlement and visible confusion.
Trust me, fail to get an item as much as I did and it won’t even be able to faze you anymore.
But that does not matter, because we are about to be summoning the main dish to tye banquet.
We are in luck, because it spawned quite close to our current location.
The Spinx.
It’s a Lv.1 opponent, and the area it spawned it doesn’t look like it’s going to give us any trouble.
Things are about to get interesting.
After all the small fries they were battling up to this point, this enemy is going to be a literal trial by fire to them, and I cannot wait to see how my companions are going to perform.
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