Chapter 291 Part 1
《Your friend has sent you a message.》
I log in at 5:50 AM.
The location is the Silent Bamboo Woods.
But it’s anything but silent.
Players here are very busy, don’t they?
There seems to be no doubt about it.
And who is this message from?
It’s from Irina.
『I’m at Reina’s place. It looks like we’ve made some progress, haven’t we?』
Progress, huh?
Do you mean in terms of players?
Or is it in terms of monsters?
Well, I don’t think either will change what I want to do today.
「Long time no see.」
「Good morning!」
「You did a great job out there.」
There is an open area next to the bamboo hut that Reina made.
To be frank, this is a part of these bamboo woods that I’ve cut down myself.
It seems that Adele and Irina are also there.
Something smells good.
It feels like a campsite, doesn’t it?
Adele and Irina are serving breakfast in a corner.
That section had become a gathering place for Summoners.
Haruna, Konohana, Hyodor, and Heraclius are sitting around the table.
I can also see that there are some terrifying gazes flying around.
Those are from the girls, who had locked onto Hyodor at that Summoner meetup.
If it weren’t for that wall of Summoned Monsters, Hyodor would’ve been kidnapped.
Before I knew it, this place was filled with other faces I’ve seen at the meetup.
Some Summoners even have multiple Mermaids under their command.
This has already become another temporary Summoner meetup, hasn’t it?
There’s also a Summoned Monster that I’ve never seen before.
A Gohou.
It’s one of the Class Changes available for Onis, but there’s something about it that reminds me of the Twelve Heavenly Generals.
Oh, come on!
It’s really cool…
Its equipment consists of Leather Armor made with just the right materials.
Its weapon is a sword.
I can’t take this.
It’s painful to watch.
It hurts.
There’s a Bronze Golem too.
Hmph.
This one isn’t lagging behind either.
I can see a Cursed Viper as well.
And there are some Summoned Monsters that look like the various different Class Changes of Slimes.
We’ve got candy in five colors here.
Red Pudding, Blue Gelatin, Green Mousse, White Mousse, and Black Gummy.
They look like a primary color sample.
Adele’s Golden Fox and Silver Fox are sitting on the desk.
The sprite-like Monsters are dancing wildly on the table in such a way that no one can really tell who each belongs to
Fairies, Imps, and Pixies.
There are more than 10 of them in total.
「Here you go, Keith. Here’s your breakfast!」
「It’s getting noisy, but it’s also become quite lively around here.」
As soon as I sit down next to Hyodor, Adele and Irina bring me breakfast.
For a moment, the gazes of the Summoner girls were on me.
I feel a cold sweat running down my back.
Although it’s just a little, I feel a hint of insecurity.
Like I’ve just got the chills.
What on earth is this feeling?
I don’t understand.
Did I do anything to make them stare at me?
I eat while trying not to worry about it as much as I can.
Irina then starts with her broad report.
There was something strange about the group of Demons that had invaded the W5 map a little after midnight last night.
It seems that Majins riding of Svadilfari Slaves and joined by a pack of Garms have started to make frequent appearances.
Where is their vanguard unit?
On the other hand, the encounter rate of the Majins that appear in maps W4 through W1 hasn’t changed much.
If there’s a big change, it’s that reports of Majins attacking and destroying Instant Portals seem to be decreasing.
Is that the result of us reducing the number of these Majins like we’ve been doing so far?
No, I think there are still plenty of Lesser Gryphons.
I want to think that, at least.
It’s changed…
My opinion has changed.
Setting traps and hunting those Lesser Gryphons and their Majin riders is fun!
Well, actually, the fun comes when I attack them.
I feel like a hunter.
At first, I was throwing my Kukris and then using my Needlefish Spear…
But that has changed since I made the White Elephant Javelin.
Now I start by throwing the White Elephant Javelin before following up with my Kukris.
You gotta evolve your fighting style every day, right?
I need to keep thinking of new ways to innovate it.
It seems that the Production Job players are starting to come up with various ideas.
Take the bamboo around us, for example.
It seems that there plans to use it to make temporary portable palisades are underway.
Bamboo has been used to make defensive walls like that since ancient times, though.
But there are some problems.
Last night, the tower at the western end of W5 was destroyed by a Kim Kui Slave.
Is the relay portal there no longer usable, then?
That’s highly possible.
There are some other things that aren’t related to that as well.
Where are we going to intercept that horde?
Once the horde of Demons reaches this Silent Bamboo Woods, the area portal here will become unusable as well.
Such predictions seem to have already turned into an established policy.
Are we going to force the Demon horde to make sacrifices until they reach the Twilight Castle?
But there seems to be some controversy over this plan.
There is also a strong opinion that this big battle should be taken to them at an earlier stage.
Well, I understand.
All of this requires the cooperation of many players.
The situation is a little different from the previous Majin invasion.
Not wanting to join forces unless some hopeless situation explodes around them is also a very human thing.
We all probably see that as a very distant event that will never happen to us.
「What I want Summoners to do is use their mobility to keep hunting these monsters. In particular, I’d like you all to take out as many Majins as you can.」
「In other words, no changes from yesterday!」
「Well, yeah.」
In other words, I continue to have free reign to do whatever I want, huh?
Nice.
It seems that each of the players that are forming unions have already started hunting the monsters that have invaded this W5 map.
Then, what should I do?
Go to W6?
It would be nice to take down the monsters that the Kim Kui Slave is following.
Or, what about the group of monsters that that Slave Beast – Turtlesnake, who annihilated the Lesser Gryphons yesterday, is following?
After training, some of the monsters among their ground forces have also been taken down.
I can also force them to make more sacrifices if they want to keep advancing.
Will I have a chance to directly approach that Slave Beast – Turtlesnake, and actually be able to fight it?
Well, it should be fine after I eliminate all of the other monsters guarding it.
Its movement speed is pretty slow.
Since it’s such a huge monster, fighting it directly is very risky already.
Reducing these risks as much as possible is the way to go.
That’s right.
Should I get going after we’re done talking about the battles that have taken place last night and their impact?
In other words, today I’ll also be getting busy as soon as I go there!
「All that’s left to do now is to settle our shares, isn’t it?」
「Yes. Please, go ahead.」
I decided to finish the settlement of last night’s results with Rick.
I also charged Irina for the White Elephant Long Spear Irina asked me to make for her..
Taking that into consideration, it took me a while to make the exact calculations, but I somehow managed to do it in the end.
Well, the loot in itself wasn’t all that much.
I ended up giving her one of the Magic Stones I’ve bought with my own money, but I don’t regret it.
That’s because I’ve been steadily getting Magic Stones with the Cintamani Stone.
I also wanted to get some wood, but it seems that they are using it for Production activities, so they had run out of stock.
Well, there’s not much I can do about it.
This place is close to the anti-Majin forces’ front lines.
It’s understandable that sometimes the situation with logistics isn’t going to be favorable, you know?
The Summoners form a union of four or more parties, aiming to hunt Majins while eliminating monsters.
Leave no enemy alive, huh?
The other players will continue their hunt in the same way, so there is no change.
Hyodor and Heraclius will also team up with Haruna and Konohana.
The gazes of those Summoner girls feel painful.
I don’t know which of them is worse than the other.
Well, at least Hyodor is well protected from being kidnapped by either of them.
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Thanks for the treat.