Translation: Charlotte
Editor: Weasalopes
『Wow… Isn’t that beautiful.』
『Woah! Amazing!』
「I mean, it’s still the same herd of monsters…」
『Beauty is justice!』
『You really can’t appreciate this during the day…』
What was so beautiful?
It was a herd of Ghost Horses.
It looked like a herd of about eight? But I had no idea how many of them were actually there.
It was probably a mix of illusions, after all.
But the illusions were all glowing very faintly.
That was fine.
It was time to hunt!
『Intercepting is that much easier?』
『That was quite unexpected.』
「I agree. It went smoothly.」
『There were Summoned Monsters so it was fun !』
Yep.
The fight became very easy.
Gokame was especially good against the Ghost Horses.
My very own Giant Tortoise.
And Irina’s Giant Tortoise Bokuka.
The two Giant Tortoises contributed in quite a strange way, by scattering gravel into the air.
It may have seemed strange, but it actually made it quite easy to discern which were real, since gravel would just pass through the illusions.
We had two golems to act as our tanks too, if we were too slow in figuring it out.
Behind the two tanks were me, Goki, along with Adele’s Beast Ape and Lion.
Nias and the Golden Fox supported us from the back.
The Owl and the Bat, along with the Mist attacked from the sky.
Telomere had a very hybrid role, sometimes attacking from the back, and sometimes attacking up close.
In fact, Telomere took out quite a lot of Ghost Horses on her own.
Of course, she always made sure to not forget sucking up the blood.
It was a very nice sight, as always.
《Summon Monster 『Nias』 Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》
The time was 8:20 PM.
At that time, Nias levelled up.
I was very much looking forward to that too.
Well then.
The stat that went up with Nias’s level-up was AGI.
I put another point into STR.
Nias Merrow Lv2→Lv3 (↑1)
DEX 19
AGI 18 (↑1)
INT 24
STR 8 (↑1)
VIT 8
SPI 18
Skills:
Two-handed Spear Aquatic Shapeshift Night Vision Cursed Song Magic Melody Water Attribute
A very steady growth?
There was a lot more work required to get her stats lined up in pretty numbers though.
But anyway, it was a good time to swap Nias out.
I summoned Gengetsu as another support Summon Monster.
The time was 9:30 PM.
Adele and Irina looked like they were at their limits.
Their MP bars were somewhere between 20% and 10%.
「I suppose it’s about time we call it a night, yeah?」
『Totally.』
『We’re on quite a roll right now, but alright!』
『I guess asking to hit Level 14 in one night is too much to ask for…』
『But we definitely got a lot of experience points!』
Yeah.
It was my fault they were looking so exhausted.
I was honestly sorry for pushing them so much…
But…
I really just wanted to see them level up.
I wanted to see them get themselves a Fusion Summon Monster.
We got back to the Area Portal, and then dissolved our Union.
After exchanging greetings one more time, they logged out.
Well then.
I could keep hunting on my own, I suppose.
I was definitely feeling a lot weaker on my own.
I would have to be very careful about what monsters I called using 【Call Monster】.
What was I aiming for?
Of course, I was looking for Ghost Horses.
I only fought the Five-eyed Apes when I had to.
But I realised they were very nice opponents to test hand-to-hand fighting with.
~o~O~o~
Five-eyed Apes.
I apologize.
I thought you weren’t going to drop anything.
Actually, on rare occasions you did.
It was when I was fighting a group of five Five-eyed Apes.
I managed to take care of all of them, and was surprised to find an item drop.
Hmm… Let’s see…
【Material】 Suspicious Pumice Raw Material Grade C Rarity 3 Weight 0+
Often used to make various kinds of medicine. Commonly used as an eye medicine and is known to be effective in restoring the Darkness abnormal status condition.
A porous rock, which moderately absorbs water.
Usually used by applying the water that was sucked in to the eyes.
Yeah.
But it didn’t look like an item I would need very much.
But the few I did end up getting were very welcome.
My preference was still the Fire Birds.
If possible, I wanted to try taking on a Fire Bird too.
Taking down flying monsters would definitely be a lot more difficult to do on my own though.
But when I actually came to it, Telomere contributed unexpectedly well.
Telomere turned the space around her into pitch black darkness several times, until she finally managed to entirely cover the Fire Bird in it.
Dropping it to the ground after that was quite easy.
I wasn’t able to get out of it unscathed though.
~o~O~o~
The time was 11:30 PM.
There were still no info screens.
But I managed to get a very good number of Ghost Horse Skins and pieces of Ghost Horse Meat.
I got another Suspicious Pumice too.
After all that fighting, I was starting to expect a Summon Monster level-up to come soon.
My MP bar was at 30 percent.
I didn’t have much time left either.
Oops, my thoughts were starting to go places.
The spells I had been using were about to expire.
It was a good opportunity.
Yep, Irina did ask me to confirm the effects of some spells?
It was a nice time to sit down and actually check what my spells were doing.
~o~O~o~
Base Stats
DEX 18 (+3)
AGI 18 (+3)
INT 29 (+5)
STR 18 (+3)
VIT 18 (+3)
SPI 29 (+5)
First up, the Physical Enchant system of spells, and the Mental Enchant system of spells. I used all six of them on myself, and checked my stats.
As expected, my original INT and SPI stats were already high, but the spells made them even better!
But I kept going. There was something else I wanted to check too.
「True Practiced Spirit!」
Alright, what would happen now?
Base Stats
DEX 18 (+8)
AGI 18 (+8)
INT 29 (+12)
STR 18 (+8)
VIT 18 (+8)
SPI 29 (+12)
Wow.
Wow! It was just temporary, but my INT and SPI stats were going over 40!
This as intense.
But there were still more spells I could stack on myself.
「Gravity Mail!」
Base Stats
DEX 18 (+8)
AGI 18 (+12)
INT 29 (+12)
STR 18 (+12)
VIT 18 (+12)
SPI 29 (+12)
Wow, it was breath-taking.
I honestly wasn’t aware of how much of a difference these spells actually made to my stats.
And also…
I wasn’t even done with all I could do… I could still use Power Water, Móðguðr’s Tears, and Suttungr’s Mead (Inferior) too…
But it would be a bit of a waste so I decided not to.
Oops, my thoughts were starting to go places.
While I still had the effect of the spells, I decided to quickly call some monsters to me.
~o~O~o~
I kept on hunting until all the spells expired.
The last catch of the day was a herd of 10 Ghost Horses.
Well, that battle was still a struggle, even with all those spells.
I was definitely starting to get used to fighting them, but intercepting their attacks was still quite difficult?
《Summon Monster 『Gengetsu』 Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》
Oh, that’s right.
Gengetsu was doing his best from the rear, devoting himself to his support role.
Gengetsu’s MP bar was at 20%.
I suppose a level-up was in order.
Well then.
The stat that went up with the level-up was INT.
I put another point into STR.
Gengetsu Imp Lv3→Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 5
AGI 20
INT 21 (↑1)
STR 4 (↑1)
VIT 4
SPI 22
Skills:
Flight Levitation Echolocation Magical Resistance [Medium] MP Regeneration [Small]
Light Attribute Dark Attribute
Gengetsu reached the limit of a Fairy’s physical growth fairly quickly.
But Gengetsu, being an Imp, still looked very much fine.
There was no change to his physical size.
But really…
It was already past midnight. The date had already changed.
The time was 0:10 AM.
I quickly got back to the N1W3 Area Portal and logged out.
Protagonist Keith
Race Human Male Racial Lv23 (↑1)
Job Grand Summoner Lv8
Bonus Points Remaining: 19
Skill Sets:
Sword Lv8 Two-handed Spear Lv8 Club Lv8 Dagger Lv7 Rope Artes Lv7
Staff Lv17 Punch Lv14 Kick Lv14 Joint Lock Lv14
Throw Lv14 Evade Lv14 Block Lv14
Summon Magic Lv23 (↑1) Spacetime Magic Lv13 Seal Magic Lv6
Light Magic Lv13 Wind Magic Lv13 Earth Magic Lv13 Water Magic Lv13
Fire Magic Lv13 Dark Magic Lv13 Ice Magic Lv11 Lightning Magic Lv11
Tree Magic Lv11 Dust Magic Lv11 Lava Magic Lv11 Steam Magic Lv11
Alchemy Lv10 Pharmacy Lv8 Glassmaking Lv6 Woodworking Lv9
Synergy Lv16 Appraisal Lv16 Identify Lv16 Discern Lv4 Cold Resistance Lv8
Grab Lv13 Horsemanship Lv13 Precise Manipulation Lv15 Ropework Lv7
Jump Lv7 Acrobatics Lv7 Heat Resistance Lv9 (↑1) Climb Lv8 Balance Lv8
Dual Wield Lv14 Disassembly Lv12 Swim Lv6 Dive Lv5
Dash Lv5 Endurance Run Lv5
Physical Reinforcement Lv12 Mental Reinforcement Lv13 Speedcasting Lv13
Magic Effect Amplification Lv12 Magic Range Expansion Lv12
Base Stats
DEX 18
AGI 18
INT 29 (↑1)
STR 18
VIT 18
SPI 29 (↑1)
Summon Monsters:
Helix Fighting Falcon Lv5→Lv6 (↑1)
DEX 14 (↑1)
AGI 28
INT 23
STR 14 (↑1)
VIT 14
SPI 15
Skills:
Peck Flight Far Sight Wide Area Search Ambush Sense Danger Air Mobility
Wind Attribute
Senki Wrestler Ogre Lv5→Lv6 (↑1)
DEX 13 (↑1)
AGI 22 (↑1)
INT 6
STR 30
VIT 30
SPI 6
Skills:
Punch Kick Throw Object Block Evade Climb Throw
Self Regeneration [Slight]
Nias Merrow Lv2→Lv3 (↑1)
DEX 19
AGI 18 (↑1)
INT 24
STR 8 (↑1)
VIT 8
SPI 18
Skills:
Two-handed Spear Aquatic Shapeshift Night Vision Cursed Song Magic Melody
Water Attribute
Couturier Giant Bee Lv4→Lv5 (↑1)
DEX 17
AGI 29 (↑1)
INT 12
STR 6 (↑1)
VIT 8
SPI 8
Skills:
Sting Bite Flight Evade Ambush Poison
Gengetsu Imp Lv3→Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 5
AGI 20
INT 21 (↑1)
STR 4 (↑1)
VIT 4
SPI 22
Skills:
Flight Levitation Echolocation Magical Resistance [Medium] MP Regeneration [Small]
Light Attribute Dark Attribute
Abyss Skeleton Lv1→Lv2 (New!) (↑1)
DEX 15 (↑1)
AGI 15
INT 10
STR 10
VIT 10 (↑1)
SPI 10
Skills:
Sword Buckler Block Physical Resistance [Slight] Self-Repair [Medium] Dark Attribute
Thanks.
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