Chapter 297 Part 4
We skipped some steps.
All of a sudden, the left front leg of the Slave Beast – Turtlesnake became trapped by multiple Pitfalls.
Next, we trap its left hind leg.
The plan is to unleash a series of offensive spells from under the turtle’s abdomen while being wary of its Breath attack.
What about me?
I’m going to attack using Boosted Power, but what am I attacking?
I’ll be focusing on its head.
It’s about keeping it in check.
I can’t really expect to paralyze it often, but it’d buy a little bit of time if I do get a paralysis proc.
There’s poison, too
Can I expect to poison it?
I can, can’t I?
It may be rather simplistic, but this too counts as bullying these monsters.
Oma is accompanying me and Zangetsu.
He’s there as a Breath prevention measure.
Ninetails is also taking advantage of Zangetsu’s saddle, and is riding with me.
She can recover my HP in case of an emergency.
While using Boosted Power, I cannot use any other weapon artes or spells.
So it’s better to have some insurance.
Still, while I’m charging, She’s shooting balls of light at the turtle.
Even Oma is punching that giant turtle in the head.
Is it working or not?
I don’t know.
Due to the continuous barrage of offensive spells everyone else is using, it’s impossible to tell if my attacks are effective by looking at the turtle’s HP bar.
I will carry out the attack myself.
Zangetsu doesn’t seem to be violent enough anyway.
As we charge towards the turtle’s throat, I’m amazed to see Zangetsu thrusting her horn straight into it.
And then I instantly become worried.
It won’t break, right?
The weight difference between you two is too big.
Don’t be so reckless!
《Summoned Monster『Ninetails』 Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》
Hey.
Come on now, you shrewdly “happened” to Level Up?
Well, I’m happy about it, though.
Ninetails’ INT increased automatically upon leveling up.
Let’s choose SPI as her second stat increase.
Ninetails Silver Fox Lv7 → Lv8 (↑1)
DEX 10
AGI 27
INT 28 (↑1)
STR 10
VIT 10
SPI 27 (↑1)
Skills
Bite Evade Dash Predict Danger MP Recovery [Small]
Magical Resistance [Slight] Light Attribute Dark Attribute Wind attribute
Well then, what can we get out of this Slave Beast – Turtlesnake?
Wait, before that…
Is it okay for me to be in charge of that role again?
What the turtle had dropped turned out to be a stone tablet.
Another Fool’s Lithograph?
That’s what I thought, but I was wrong.
【Item】 Hermit’s Lithograph Quality A Rarity 7 Weight 10+
Effect: Permanent Installs the Forest Labyrinth
A stone tablet depicting an old man living in seclusion.
It is said to be a test for adventurers.
What the…
《【Appraise】Level Up!》
Something is coming up at the same time.
Install the Forest Labyrinth?
What is this thing?
「Something strange came off.」
『What is this?』
『Wait, does this mean that players can create dungeons?!』
Huh…?
If it’s as Adele says, it would be interesting.
What kinds of monsters would this dungeon have?
I’ll hold onto this for now.
Let’s store it in my Item Box.
I’m storing it separately from everything else, but we did get a whole bunch of stuff today!
There are some strange items among them as well.
Wouldn’t it be better to leave the settlement to the Production folks?
Haruna has the 【Trade】 skill, but her answer is that it’s impossible to settle who keeps what at a glance.
She says she doesn’t have enough money or Magic Stones on hand to ensure an even distribution of spoils.
Wow…
Let’s return to the Silent Bamboo Woods for now.
We can recover our HP there.
However, recovering our MP is not so easy.
Mana Potions certainly help, but they aren’t infinite.
I can use the Magic Cloth to recover my Summoned Monsters’ MP bars, but doing so consumes Magic Stones.
And there are no other players here with a Magic Cloth that can restore a player’s MP bar yet.
I don’t know what the requirements are, but it seems that several Alchemist Leaders do have access to such an item.
It’s quite the predicament.
Now, let’s move.
I recall Ninetails and summon Volff.
Returning to the area portal temporarily disbands the group of Summoners.
That’s a shame.
If we had more time, we might have been able to exterminate the other monster armies as well.
Though I’m not so sure about that Kim Kui Slave, though.
The time is 2:40 PM.
I arrive at the Silent Bamboo Woods.
I head towards Fiona’s place, but she isn’t around.
Rick and some unfamiliar Production players are house-sitting.
「Huh? Where’s Fiona?」
「She’s on the front lines now.」
Huh?
A Production leader on the front lines?
Is she some kind of militant?
Leaving that aside, I ask Rick to settle the items that need to be distributed among the group.
The Fool’s Lithograph, and the Hermit’s Lithograph.
There are others, but compared to these, they are probably quite minor.
「Wait a minute! How many people should we split this into?」
「72!」
「Will what I have on hand be enough? Would it be it okay to replace it with Mana Potions?」
「What do you think?」
「Sounds good, doesn’t it?」
Oh yeah.
Each of us consumes their fair share of Mana Potions.
It would be a good compromise.
In fact, there are no objections on our end.
By the way…
What happened to the Slave Beast – Turtlesnake that was at the lead of the monster army?
I’m intrigued.
It seems that Rick has finished with his calculations, and the other Production players are distributing the items among the Summoners.
It also appears that the Summoners who were planning to log out here have already returned their Summoned Monsters.
Ah, that’s right.
I’ll have to ask Rick.
Any progress?
「Sometimes we get some players that die and respawn here. The situation has its ups and downs, you know?」
「Though Fiona seems to be quite confident about it.」
「According to the survey team, enemy reinforcements came from a group of monsters that were following the one at the lead. It appears that the scale was larger than expected.」
「Oh?」
「By the way, how did things go on your end?」
「We have it all recorded on video~!」
「We have defeated two groups of Slave Beast – Turtlesnakes.」
「Huh?」
「Huh?」
Haven’t you two reported this to Rick already?
He seems quite surprised by Adele and Irina’s words.
I couldn’t help but react too, you know?
Besides…
I think that the number of monsters we slaughtered is probably less than the number that Fiona and the others are dealing with.
I’m sure it is.
It has to be.
In the Silent Bamboo Woods, there’s a section where the bamboo has been cut down that has several tents set up.
They probably belong to the Summoners who logged out as their time was running out.
And there are still some Summoners who haven’t logged out yet.
They’re still waiting for Haruna and Konohana to call them.
They’re still quite motivated, aren’t they?
That’s good to see.
Shall we go to Fiona’s place for reinforcements?
That sounds good.
But before that…
Let’s get ready.
I should repair my gear first.
I can see some of the other players heading to Rick’s place to restock on consumables.
《【Alchemy】Level Up!》
I spent some Magic Crystals using the Magic Cloth to repair my Lion Sage’s Lance.
Magic Crystals are superior to Magic Stones, but they consume about 30% of the magic power.
Is that a waste?
A waste would be not to use them.
I think this is a good moment to use them.
My own MP bar is also at around 60%.
Let’s use a Mana Potion now.
I don’t think I should hesitate to use these either.
This new Summoner army is less than half its previous iteration’s size.
The number of Summoners is 32.
So it was calculated that the remaining 40 people were currently offline.
Even so, I think we have to consider our current number as a decent remainder.
There are many familiar faces among them.
Of course, Adele and Irina are still here.
Haruna and Konohana are still here, calling out names.
Hyodor and Heraclius are here as well.
Umm…
There’s those two… what were their names again…?
Suruga and Nonomura!
Why are you two summoning two Mermaids to serve you at the same time?
I give them a cringy glance, but they don’t seem to care.
I fear this might have something to do with the appetites of the flesh.
I get my Summoned Monster lineup ready while waiting for the other players to finish their shopping.
It’s going to be Volff, Zangetsu, Helix, Heather, and Oma.
Pretty standard.
The other Summoners also finished getting their lineups ready.
After everyone came back from shopping and summoned their monsters, we formed a union.
The time is 3:30 PM.
Well then.
Reinforcements?
I don’t know if we’ll be reinforcements or not, but let’s go anyway.
The battlefield was surprisingly close, wasn’t it?
No, I only think so because I’m traveling by horse.
The battlefield was within sight in less than 20 minutes.
However…
The battle itself seems to have ended already.
「Oh, reinforcements!」
Reina was the one who welcomed us.
As for the others, they are all busy moving about.
The air around here feels like people are afraid to speak up.
「What’s all this fuss about?」
「Settling payments, sending those who will be logging out to the rear, forming a pursuit unit… you know, that kind of stuff?」
「Are you doing all that at the same time?」
「It’s amazing that you can do that!」
Looks like Adele and Irina have found Mio.
They seem to be in high spirits, though.
「You won, right?」
「It was a close one! I don’t think that too many of us have died and respawned, but most of us are suffering from status abnormalities!」
「And you’re still going to give chase despite that?」
「If we don’t do it, we won’t make it in time.」
Before I knew it, Fiona was standing behind Reina.
Kaya and Giedre are also here.
「Those from our Guide Team who are still alive have already moved on and have begun exterminating the monsters scattered around this area.」
「But time is of the essence. I don’t have enough people.」
「Do you guys have time?」
「I think we can make an effort to stay for a little bit!」
Adele answers cheerfully.
Hey…
Well, that’s true.
Fiona is talking to someone.
She seems somewhat busy.
「I heard that the groups that were invading from the north side were cleared out?」
「Well, we somehow managed to do it.」
「Do you guys think you could “somehow manage” a little longer?」
「Our forces have been reduced to less than half, and we won’t be able to fight for very long. And the night is coming.」
「You don’t have to overdo it. All I hope is that you can help reduce the strength of that monster group.」
Hearing Fiona say that reminds me what our objective is.
「Alright? Don’t push yourself too hard and get yourselves killed, okay?」
「Well, I wasn’t trying to get myself killed anyway.」
「That’s right.」
Hmm.
Is she foreshadowing?
It’s like she put a flag on the top of my head that says “I’m gonna get killed!”
I’ll crush this thing!
Protagonist Keith
Race Human Male Racial Lv31
Job Grand Summoner Lv17
Bonus Points Remaining 1
Set Skills
Sword Lv12 Two-handed Spear Lv12 Joust Lv12 Club Lv13 Dagger Lv13
Rapier Lv11 Rope Artes Lv11 Javelin Lv8 Pole Weapon Lv7
Staff Lv22 Punch Lv20 Kick Lv20 Joint Lock Lv20
Throw Lv20 Evade Lv20 Block Lv20
Summon Magic Lv31 Spacetime Magic Lv19 Sealing Lv12
Light Magic Lv18 Wind Magic Lv19 (↑1) Earth Magic Lv18 Water Magic Lv18
Fire Magic Lv18 Dark Magic Lv18 Ice Magic Lv17 Lightning Magic Lv18 (↑1)
Tree Magic Lv17 Dust Magic Lv17 Lava Magic Lv17 Steam Magic Lv17
Alchemy Lv15 (↑1) Pharmacy Lv10 Glassmaking Lv8 Woodworking Lv12
Synergy Lv21 Appraise Lv22 (↑1) Identify Lv21 Discern Lv7 Cold Resistance Lv9
Grab Lv18 Horsemanship Lv19 Precise Manipulation Lv21 (↑1) Ropework Lv11
Jump Lv11 Acrobatics Lv11 Heat Resistance Lv13 (↑1) Climb Lv11 Balance Lv12 (↑1)
Dual Wield Lv18 Disassembly Lv18 Swimming Lv6 Diving Lv6 Throw Object Lv10
Dash Lv11 Endurance Run Lv11 Hide Lv6 Conceal Lv6
Physical Reinforcement Lv19 Mental Reinforcement Lv20 (↑1) Speedcasting Lv20
Magic Effect Amplification Lv19 Magic Range Expansion Lv19
Petrification Resistance Lv6 Sleep Resistance Lv6 Paralysis Resistance Lv6
Confusion Resistance Lv4 Dark Resistance Lv4 Unconscious Resistance Lv8
Charm Resistance Lv1 Poison Resistance Lv3 Silence Resistance Lv2 (New!) ((↑1)
Summoned Monsters
Ninetails Silver Fox Lv7 → Lv8 (↑1)
DEX 10
AGI 27
INT 28 (↑1)
STR 10
VIT 10
SPI 27 (↑1)
Skills
Bite Evade Dash Predict Danger MP Recovery [Small]
Magical Resistance [Slight] Light Attribute Dark Attribute Wind attribute
Couturier Gigant Queen Lv3 → Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 20
AGI 33 (↑1)
INT 12
STR 10 (↑1)
VIT 10
SPI 9
Skills
Sting Bite Flight Evade Ambush Lure Poison
Companions
Summoner army
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