Chapter 284 Part 2
In fact, it took us a while to finish them all off.
The aerial mobility of the Lesser Gryphon without having a Majin burdening it was truly something to be reckoned with.
No, really.
Either with or without a Majin on their backs, those things are quite troublesome to deal with.
《【Synergy】 Level Up!》
Looks like there’s been a level up.
This has been the kind of battle that would make you want to cry if there hadn’t been one.
We took so much damage back there!
It took quite a lot of time to heal both my Summoned Monsters and myself.
Honestly, I don’t think it was all that worth it.
『What was that just now?』
「I think it was the effect of a consumable item.」
『I thought I was going to die! 』
「To think that they’d be able to nullify the Instant Portal…」
『Maybe…』
「That’s what I think.」
When I logged out this morning, I was inside the Instant Portal, but when I logged back in, I was in the quiet bamboo forest instead.
I think that’s probably related to this.
Besides…
The effect of our active spells had been instantly erased.
And we were rendered unable to successfully cast any more spells for a while.
If our Martial Arts had been sealed as well, it would’ve been a checkmate for us.
It was really close.
『But it seems that I was able to use the Xiuyaojing Bow normally.』
「Really?」
『Yes. It has an effect that matches its set magic skill.』
『I’m glad we have that Xiuyaojing Bow!』
I see.
Then, would it be the same for all other weapons derived from the Twelve Heavenly Generals?
This is quite a catch indeed.
We got one Gold Ore out of the three Lesser Gryphons.
That’s… not a lot.
Yes, this definitely wasn’t worth the effort.
Let’s keep moving.
Where are we going now?
We’re getting behind the slowly-moving Kim Kui Slave.
There still might be another enemy unit following this one behind us.
Still, I wanted to check the area portal.
We get attacked by some monsters.
Twin Horn Lizards and Great Moles.
Occasionally, we get a Lesser Gryphon without any Majin on its back.
Naturally, they’re still formidable.
But it doesn’t feel like a struggle.
This is easy compared to the Majin’s invasion from earlier.
It’s pretty easy, actually.
『It’s around here.』
『Is this really an area portal? 』
「I can’t see anything like that around here.」
Was this a town or a village?
All it is now are its completely ruined remains.
I double-check our buffs.
Then I activate Sense Magic and proceed through the ruins.
What about being able to fight while mounted?
I can do it somehow.
Any abnormalities around?
I guess you could say there are some.
It’s a typical-looking floating ball of fire. A soul.
It’s floating over a dry well.
But…
Even if I approach it, the event doesn’t progress.
There’s an info screen…
《Here is the place where destroyed souls reside》
《We only dream of the day we are brought back to life.》
That’s all.
There’s nothing after this.
「That’s it, huh?」
『What does that Info mean?』
『It must have been crushed by monsters earlier and stopped working, right?』
「Yeah.」
In other words, what can we expect to happen from now on?
They’ll continue to go east.
All while destroying the area portals on their path.
「If this goes on, the Wind Spirit Village, Legias, and even Remut could end up being destroyed.」
『Is that what this means?!』
『Trying to stop something like that is impossible unless you’re Master Rank!』
「But this is an event, isn’t it?」
What are the Admins planning?
I don’t understand.
However, are they really setting up challenges that players cannot clear?
『Keith, what are you going to do?』
「Can I ask you to contact the others, Irina?」
『Sure, but…』
「Once that’s done, I’m going to check to see if there’s an enemy unit following this one behind us, and then we’ll figure out how to intercept that group of monsters up ahead.」
『It’ll have to be some kind of group fight, otherwise it’ll be rough.』
「We don’t have enough information.」
Exactly, we don’t know the true identity of the group of monsters around us.
Judging from how they’re moving, we can only assume that they are ground-based.
But how strong are they?
While challenging them now would allow me to 【Identify】them, it would probably cost me my life.
『I have a message from Fiona.』
「Oh?」
『She says you’re being reckless.』
Reckless?
Well, maybe?
You can’t really make good estimations in this kind of situation!
『Do you want to speak directly with her through my Telepathy?』
「No, it’s fine. Could you tell her that I’m just going to check if there are any troops trailing this group of monsters and then return?」
『Roger that.』
Ok, let’s go.
I look at the rear of the group of monsters and think…
If I were to convert them all into experience points, how many would they be?
Though I wouldn’t be able to hunt all of them.
What about those enemy troops following from behind?
We haven’t found anything yet.
No, I should say that there are no monsters following the Majin.
We did come across the usual Twin Horn Lizards.
But these were avoided by using Invisible and Blind.
We were also able to avoid getting jumped on by any Lesser Gryphons.
All this took quite a chunk out of my MP bar, but that was a compromise I was willing to make here.
The only ones we couldn’t avoid were the Grand Moles.
Volff seems to be able to detect this monster’s attacks in advance with a high degree of success.
However, not slowing down means getting stuck in one of their pitfalls.
And that’s just a bad situation to be in.
I decided to use Resist Earth on the premise that we would end up falling into their pitfalls anyway.
Well, that can’t be avoided either, can it?
《【Horsemanship】 Level Up!》
My 【Horsemanship】 has also leveled up while we were moving, but I don’t have time to worry about it now.
We head west.
To the western edge of the W6 map.
To put it more accurately, we’re just retracing the path of the monster army.
《【Unconscious Resistance】 Level Up!》
《Summoned Monster 【Oma】 Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a stat of your choice.》
The time is 3:20 PM.
The reason why we’re moving a little slower than usual is because I don’t want us to fall into a pitfall, but…
I never thought we would fall into a double-layered pitfall.
Things like two Grand Moles at the same time are just awful!
We won, though, so it’s fine.
Oma’s SPI has increased automatically upon leveling up.
I’ll choose STR as his second stat increase.
Oma Werewolf Lv.2 -> Lv.3 (↑1)
DEX 15
AGI 31
INT 25
STR 16 (↑1)
VIT 18
SPI 16 (↑1)
Skills
Punch Evade Bite Dash Threaten Echolocation
Pursue Self Regeneration [Slight] Magical Resistance[Medium] MP Recovery [Medium]
Transform Spacetime Attribute Light Attribute Dark Attribute Fire Attribute
Would it be okay to keep Oma around like this?
His MP bar is pretty low.
We can use the Magic Cloth to recover his MP, but we’re going to have to take turns using it this time around.
I recall Oma and summon Kyokuya.
It seems that the tracks of the monsters’ movements are still fresh.
I look at Volff.
He seems to be picking up the scent of monsters from various spots on the ground.
The White Wolf and Black Wolf are also showing the same behavior.
The two Orthrus are doing the same thing as well.
It’s like an actual pack of wolves.
A small group of natural hunters.
It seems that we will be able to track them down even if there are no actual footprints for us to follow.
『There are still clear traces of their movement.』
「Let’s pursue them as much as we can.」
『Okay!』
「Do you have enough time?」
『I can keep going for a little longer!』
『I can stay until 5:00 PM.』
I see.
Then we should be good to follow these tracks as much as we can, and when the time comes, we’ll go our separate ways.
But despite how hard we look, there don’t seem to be any enemy forces following that other group.
At any rate…
There’s no change in Adele’s behavior.
It seems that seeing that many monsters in front of her took her by surprise, but she wasn’t scared.
Irina seems to be hard at work thinking.
Well, it’s an event after all.
We should be having fun, right?
Looking at the wide area map, I see that we’re getting closer to the W7 map.
The terrain has also changed.
The mountains are drawing near.
It’s similar to S4E1.
And the river seems to be forming a valley.
There are traces of monsters moving along the valley.
But…
The tracks suddenly end there.
Volff and the others seem confused.
The smell seems to have vanished as well.
How is that possible?
Well, it’s a game after all. It’s not weird for monsters suddenly spawning somewhere.
Though it’s too abrupt.
So there were no enemy units trailing behind that other group, huh?
I guess we can confirm that fact.
And it seems that we’ve also been able to confirm the location of the boundary with W7.
A waterfall.
A quite large one, at that.
『It looks like there’s a cave behind the waterfall.』
『Is that where we’re supposed to go?』
Like a secret base?
It must be part of the way heading towards the next map.
Well, if you want to take it easy, you could just use the Fly spell to fly there instead.
It could also be a trap.
Like that Bronze Dragon.
『Okay, should we head back?』
「Where can the two of you go to using Return Home?」
『For me it’s Wind Spirit Village.』
『Water Spirit Island!』
「Then Irina… Could you take us there?」
『Sure.』
We recall all of our Summoned Monsters but one in order to form a temporary party.
I keep Volff.
Adele keeps her White Wolf.
And Irina keeps her Black Wolf.
We have a complete set of wolves, don’t we?
Well, that’s good.
「Return Home!」
Our field of view is suddenly reversed.
We’ll come here again someday.
I’m sure it will be after this event is over.
Protagonist Keith
Race Human Male Racial Lv 29
Job Grand Summoner Lv 15
Bonus Points Remaining 24
Set Skills
Sword Lv 12 Two-handed Spear Lv 11 Joust Lv 10 Club Lv 12 Dagger Lv 11
Rapier Lv 10 Rope Artes Lv10 Staff Lv 22 Punch Lv 19 Kick Lv 19 Joint Lock Lv 19 Throw Lv 19 Evade Lv 19 Block Lv 19
Summon Magic Lv 29 Spacetime Magic Lv 17 Sealing Lv 11
Light Magic Lv 17 Wind Magic Lv 17 Earth Magic Lv 17 Water Magic Lv 17
Fire Magic Lv 17 Dark Magic Lv 17 Ice Magic Lv16 Lightning Magic Lv16
Tree Magic Lv 16 Dust Magic Lv16 Lava Magic Lv16 Steam Magic Lv16
Alchemy Lv 13 Pharmacy Lv 9 Glassmaking Lv 8 Woodworking Lv 11
Synergy Lv 21 (↑1) Appraise Lv 21 Identify Lv21 Discern Lv 7 Cold Resistance Lv 9 Grab Lv 17 Horsemanship Lv 18 (↑1) Precise Manipulation Lv 20 Ropework Lv 10
Jump Lv 10 Acrobatics Lv 10 Heat Resistance Lv 12 Climb Lv 9 Balance Lv 10
Dual Wield Lv 18 Disassembly Lv 17 Swimming Lv 6 Diving Lv 6 Throw Object Lv 6 Dash Lv10 Endurance Run Lv10 Hide Lv4 (↑1) Conceal Lv4 (↑1)
Physical Reinforcement Lv 18 Mental Reinforcement Lv 19 Speedcasting Lv 19
Magic Effect Amplification Lv 18 Magic Range Expansion Lv 18
Petrification Resistance Lv6 Sleep Resistance Lv5 Paralysis Resistance Lv6
Confusion Resistance Lv4 Dark Resistance Lv4 Unconscious Resistance Lv7 (↑1)
Charm Resistance Lv1 Poison Resistance Lv2
Summoned Monsters
Oma Werewolf Lv.2 -> Lv.3 (↑1)
DEX 15
AGI 31
INT 25
STR 16 (↑1)
VIT 18
SPI 16 (↑1)
Skills
Punch Evade Bite Dash Threaten Echolocation
Pursue Self Regeneration [Slight] Magical Resistance[Medium] MP Recovery [Medium]
Transform Spacetime Attribute Light Attribute Dark Attribute Fire Attribute
Companions
Adele & Irina
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