Summoner is Going c234 – Part 4
I was just planning on feeling the difference between Romulus and Volff, but suddenly getting approached by so many wolves at once actually felt a bit scary…
「Oh! All the fluffy ones are gathering! I didn’t know you were so popular, Keith!」
「Just help me already!」
「Ah… I’m kind of jealous, you know~」
Adele?
Don’t just stand there looking at me with that look on your face!
No, really please help me. I need it.
The Orhros licking my face with its two tongues was really not something I wanted to deal with for long.
Well then. After some struggling, I finally managed to escape.
After I got up and away from the wolves, we started chatting about our level-ups.
It looked like both Haruna and Konohana fused their Bats and Fairies together to make Imps.
And for the now-freed slot, it looked like they both decided to summon Fairies.
Their new Summon Magic level-up meant they could add one more Summon Monster too, but they decided not to.
There was a simple reason behind that.
It looked like “Dolphin“ became one of the Summon Monsters they could summon.
That was certainly an interesting idea… So I understood why they wanted to save the opportunity for when we could see some water.
As we kept talking, I noticed that the conversation had derailed.
Weren’t we trying to focus on exploration?
Yep.
Alright, let’s treat the game a bit more seriously.
After some more discussion, we got up and started moving again.
What did my Summon Monster lineup look like?
I had Volff, Zangetsu, Helix, Obsidian, and Gengetsu.
It was the same lineup from earlier, but there was something different.
Gengetsu had gone through a Class Change.
Adele also stuck with her original lineup.
Well there were some class changes too, so her case was quite similar to mine.
And Haruna and Konohana could now summon five Summon Monsters at a time.
We had two more Imps in our little company.
It was a clear increase in our fighting strength.
We continued hunting monsters as we headed south.
Any changes?
The Serquetoire monsters were starting to appear more often.
We were ambushed as usual, but because we were all on horseback, we still dealt with them easily.
Probably because we were in a Union, there were a lot more of them.
It was actually a good thing, I could use more area-of-effect attack spells.
We had the advantage when it came to mobility from the beginning to the end of each battle too.
We had no problems.
Anyway, about the new Gengetsu…
What was that Spacetime Attribute all about?
As far as I could tell, Gengetsu’s attacks looked similar to the spell Gravity Bullet.
There was another skill with a more defensive function too.
Yep.
I had Gengetsu use it against the Spinks, and it looked quite similar to the spell Dimension Mirror.
No doubt about it.
Gengetsu could definitely hunt down the Spinks and Sphinks by himself if they were on their own.
There is no sign of crawling around Adele.
Progress went smoothly. Almost too smoothly…
I guess that was mostly because we were getting used to fighting all the monsters.
We weren’t just spacing out, okay?
None of that was going on. We were all fully present!
The time was 10:40 am.
We were hunting on the move, so I suppose it was to be expected that we couldn’t cover as much distance as we had hoped.
Well, it couldn’t be helped.
I suppose we were about to hit the S6 map anytime soon…?
I had a bad feeling about that name. It sounded quite intimidating.
The rough landscape kept going, but our surroundings were beginning to slowly change…
Soon enough, our surroundings were grassy plains.
The dirt road then turned downward into a valley.
We were running through a valley with plains on either side.
Of course, we only stuck to the valley because of the road.
They were small, but there were some rivers running beside us in the valley.
I didn’t pay too much attention to my surroundings. I wanted to focus on heading south.
In the valley there were considerably fewer monsters.
In a sense, it was a bit creepy.
The valley opened up to a strange bowl-shaped depression in the ground.
The edges of the depression formed sharp cliffs.
The only way in would be to go through the valley path.
Wait, no…
There was something on the cliff right opposite us, on the other side.
Some kind of guard station?
No, looking closer I realised it was a temple.
Into the cliffs themselves were carved huge statues standing to the right and left of the temple.
In the middle of the temple was a large gate.
I tried using Sense Magic.
As soon as I used the spell, I could feel magical power coming from the Large Gate.
Looked like it was sealed.
But…
I had a feeling it had something to do with the two stone statues on the right and left of the door, protecting it.
A Spinks and a Sphinx?
They were just stone statues, though.
「Reminds me of the Deva Kings…」
『Definitely looks like a big battle is coming.』
『Do you want to keep going anyway?』
That wasn’t a bad idea either…
But first, I wanted to spend some time going over our options.
「Alright, if you think those two statues are going to be enemies, raise your hands.」
『Yep!』
There were 5 hands raised, including mine.
Only Irina didn’t raise her hand.
「You have some other possibility in mind?」
「What if those two statues are just a decoy…? We get too focused on them and then get attacked from another direction?」
「Huh… We wouldn’t really know that. It would be a first, though.」
We had no prior information.
In any case, I felt like a battle was on the horizon.
But I didn’t know what to expect.
I cannot predict how hard it will be.
Were those stone statues going to be our opponents?
Or would it be a different opponent entirely?
I really had no idea.
「It would mean running away, but anybody want to try using a fly spell and ignoring these guys?」
『I thought that option was off the table for you, Keith?』
Adele saw right through me.
Yeah, that’s right.
I was actually very much looking forward to a fight.
「I plan on fighting. How I’m going to go about that is a different question, though.」
『I mean, we have a big team of Summon Monsters…?』
「That’s true.」
Yep.
But that could end up making things even more problematic…
It was decided after exchanging various opinions.
We would keep our summon monster lineups as they were.
It looked like the whole space was going to serve as our arena.
In that case, there would be no inconveniences for horseback battle.
There was open sky above us, so there should be no problems with flying Summon Monsters either.
「Alright then, I’ll use Unlock on the door. I have a feeling it’s going to be some sort of trigger.」
『Ah, but before that let’s spend some time using strengthening spells.』
Yep, the pre-battle of preparations were essential.
After we all finished casting a round of strengthening spells, I got off of Zangetsu and approached the door.
There was the only way to find out what would happen.
Protagonist Keith
Race Human Male Racial Lv25（↑1）
Job Grand Summoner Lv10
Bonus Points Remaining: 37
Skill Sets:
Sword Lv10 Two-handed Spear Lv9 Club Lv9 Dagger Lv9 Bondage Lv8
Staff Lv19 Punch Lv16 Kick Lv16 Joint Lock Lv16
Throw Lv16 Evade Lv16 Block Lv16
Summon Magic Lv25（↑1） Spacetime Magic Lv14 Seal Magic Lv7
Light Magic Lv15 Wind Magic Lv15 Earth Magic Lv15 Water Magic Lv15
Fire Magic Lv15 Dark Magic Lv15（↑1） Ice Magic Lv12 Lightning Magic Lv12
Tree Magic Lv2 Dust Magic Lv13 Lava Magic Lv13 Steam Magic Lv13（↑1）
Alchemy Lv10 Pharmacy Lv8 Glassmaking Lv6 Woodworking Lv9
Synergy Lv17 Appraisal Lv17 Identify Lv17 Discern Lv5 Cold Resistance Lv8
Grab Lv14 Horsemanship Lv14 Precise Manipulation Lv16 Ropework Lv8
Jump Lv8 Acrobatics Lv8 Heat Resistance Lv10 Climb Lv9 Balance Lv8
Dual Wield Lv15 Disassembly Lv13 Swim Lv6 Dive Lv6
Dash Lv7 Endurance Run Lv7
Hide Lv2 Conceal Lv2
Physical Reinforcement Lv14 Mental Reinforcement Lv15（↑1） Speedcasting Lv15
Spell Effect Amplification Lv14 Spell Range Amplification Lv14
Base Stats:
DEX 19（↑1）
AGI 19（↑1）
INT 30
STR 18
VIT 18
SPI 30
Summon Monsters:
Gengetsu Imp Lv8 → Incubus Lv1（New！）
DEX 5
AGI 24（↑2）
INT 26（↑3）
STR 5
VIT 5
SPI 27（↑3）
Skills:
Flight Levitation Magical Resistance [Medium] MP Regeneration [Medium]（New！）
Shapeshift（New！）Spacetime Attribute（New！）Light Attribute Dark Attribute Fire Attribute
Romulus Wolf Lv1（New！）
DEX 9
AGI 25
INT 11
STR 10
VIT 14
SPI 11
Skills:
Bite Evade Threaten Listen
Companions:
Adele & Irina & Haruna & Konohana & Hyodor
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