nro_8

  As always, we got a warm wele from the vilgers as we nded. And possibly because of st time, I had multiple dhampirs asking if they could ride a dragon, including the two children. I had no reason to refuse, but I wao get straight to training, so I let them fly without me. Yes, I made sure the kids had an adult with them.

  Kody and his father rode on my Sky Dragon, while Anika and her father borrowed Lua’s Hyozanryu. Agatha also let one of the adults ride Luster Dragon, and Ria did the same with Firebird.

  Spoiler[colpse]The only ohat didn’t let their dragon fly without them was Alice, with her Pitch-Dark Dragon. Sure it might be a bit selfish of her to hoard her dragon, but I have nht to say anything about that. And I don’t know if Pitch-Dark being a Union monster has something to do with it. It might. Maybe Pitch-Dark doesn’t like to have anyone except Alice riding on it.

  But that isn’t something I have to worry about. Instead, I summoned some of the monsters we would need for our first lesson of the day. Dang. Yes, we are doing it first, so Alice ot use ‘I’m tired’ or something like that as an excuse to not take part. Not that I think she would, but she might, so let’s not even give her a ce.

  I summoned our music, aka. Musi King and Spirit of the Harp, followed by ara male dancer, Kagemusha of the Blue Fme. He did well st time, so let’s just have him here again. The one new addition to the lineup was Dang Elf. I didn’t have her st time, as I, or Laura to be exact, hadn’t dohe trade in for it yet. The winged elf holy looked almost more like an ahan an elf, but who cares? She dance, so I summoned her. Maybe she act as our teacher.

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  After dang, it was time for ons practice.

  For that, I traded our danstructors, as well as music producers, for ons experts.

  My partner for the day was Guardian of the Labyrinth. He might look a bit fiend-ish, but he is a warrior at heart. And he uses a sword and shield, so he is perfect. Lua was with Lava Battleguard. Again, I ck warriors who use blunt ons, so I have to go with the more … monster looking ones. Lava Battleguard uses a spiked club, but that is close enough to a mace, right?

  For Ria, it was Des Kangaroo. A real pung expert. But sadly, Des Kangaroo ’t speak, so the instrus will likely be a bit difficult to follow. Hopefully Ria won’t get puoo many times.

  And stly, with Alice was The Hunter with 7 ons. One of said hunters' ons happeo be a poleaxe of some kind, and the way you use it is simir enough to a swordstaff, so he should work just fine.

  Spoiler[colpse]Even Agatha joined us a bit ter, so I summoned Enraged Battle Ox to py with her. … I holy would have summohe regur Battle Ox, but that thing is not avaible in a I have unlocked. I think it might be exclusive to starter/structure decks.

  … will I be able to get those when Pack Opener levels up? I hope so. I should try to clear that dungeon at some point. Maybe we head there for the afternoon and hunt down some is. Then I either absorb them with Dungeon Founder, or we take them back to the guild, since our party just registered. Get some tributions and all that.

  We kept practig, until it was time for lunch.

  After lunch, which was sausages, other street foods and pancakes from the town of Yuva, the four of us, no Agatha this time, got into two Gradius. Why Gradius instead of Big Core, well simply put, for the speed. We were going to go all the way to the dungeon I located, so we could hunt some mohere, and with Big Core, the flight would take a lot longer. Well, it wouldn’t if I just let Big Core cause sonis, but I really don’t think that is necessary, when we just use two Gradius instead. I was ih Ria, and Lua iloting the other with Ali the gunner’s seat. Why like this? Well, both Lua and I have a system support so we really shouldn’t get lost. And Ria won the rock-paper-scissors, so she got to ride with me. But Alice will be riding with me on the way back.

  Spoiler[colpse]But yeah, with Big Core, if I kept the speed at subsonic speeds like I do with that ship, it would have taken us like one and a half hours to get here, but because of the hypersonic speeds of Gradius, we got here in just about 15 minutes. And that included a bit of time for Lua to get used to the trols, until we figured out that she could just order her Gradius to follow mine. Yeah, I fet it sometimes, but these maes have quite the sophisticated AI autopilot system.

  Whe to the area of the forest that I burned down, I saw something I really didn’t expect to see. Or even want to see. The burned down area, as well as my quarry hole, had been taken over by the i monsters. It wasn’t overrun or anything like the inside was, but there were a lot of them. It seems like the monsters from the first room of that dungeon decided to e outside, and make this pce their new home.

  (Brian, you didn’t tell me about this.) Lua sent me a message as her Gradius stopped o mine and switched into hover mode.

  (... I didn’t know.) I admitted. (I thought that the monsters would stay ihe dungeon.)

  (They usually should.) Laura said, probably to both of us. (There must have just been so many that some of them escaped to the surfaow that there is space for them here. If you look, you see that very few of them have ehe forested areas, likely because of how rown the forest is. There just isn’t enough space for them to move around in there. But this open area is perfect for them.)

  (Well, at least we have stuff to kill, right? What rank are these things anyway?) I asked both Laura and Lua.

  (The rge ants seem to be killer ants. They are k. The spiders aipedes I’m not sure about.) Lua answered.

  (The tipedes are k as well, but the spiders are B-rank.) Laura answered. (Though acc to the records I access, the difficulty of the spiders es from the webs they y everywhere. Without the web traps, they are basically ks in direbat. Just be careful of their poison, as they shoot it out.)

  (... Okay, so we are fag an … not quite an army, but a pany of k monsters.) I recapped, and reyed the information to Ria.

  I opehe opy of Gradius, and hovered the ship o Lua’s ship, so we could talk without the system link. Alid Ria ’t hear us when we do.

  “So, how do you want to deal with this? I think I should use a spell to keep them ihen I have one of my monsters bring them out one, or few, at a time for us to fight.” I gave my suggestion. I’ve already done something simir with Swords of Revealing Light whe blood from a group of boars. 1 In CH.150

  “’t we just jump in and kill them?” Alice asked.

  “... Did Lua not tell you? Those are k monsters, so they aren’t that easy.” I told her.

  “... I think we could still do it.” Alice cimed.

  “Maybe, but there is no reason to risk it.” I said. “So, any other ideas?”

  “’t we just use these ships to shoot them?” Lua asked. She probably khat Gradius had ons from seeing them in a. I know she sometimes watches what I’ve done during the day with Tahlia and/or Fantasia in the factory.

  “We could, but that isn’t training.” I said, reminding her of why we came here. “If we are going to do that, I could just wipe them all out with a dragon or something.”

  “... I guess. Are you sure you keep them in check?” Lua asked.

  “Who are you talking to? I’ve do before, and I do it again.” I reminded her. “So, I guess that is the pn?”

  With no one disagreeing, I went ahead and got Swords out of my colle.

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  “... so, they just ’t move?” Alice asked.

  “Yeah. Swords of Revealing Light will keep them still, as long as they are ihat area.” I told her.

  “... I have one?”

  “If you want it as your quest reward, sure.”

  “Thanks. … but I still hat dragon rider as well…” She muttered, probably p which card to request first.

  “So what will happen if we go inside?” Ria asked. “Will we be uo move as well?”

  “You and I should be fine.” I answered Ria. “But I think Lua and Alice will still be affected.”

  “Why is that?” Alice asked.

  “The sve tract I have with Ria makes Ria mine. And this card doesn’t affect me, or my monsters, only oppos, so the two of us are ued.” I expined.

  “... so, are we your … oppos?” Lua asked.

  “Of course not.” I instantly said. “But the cards see it that way.”

  “Are you sure? I don’t feel strange.” Alice asked, with her hand elbow deep into the Swords of Revealing Light.

  “... it might be because you aren’t all the way in?” I guessed.

  “If I go in, will you get me out?” She asked.

  “Yes. But why would you?”

  “I just want to try.” Alice said, and stepped into the area trolled by Swords of Revealing Light.

  …

  …

  …

  Is she … fine? But she shouldn’t be. Acc to the factory tests, only Ria and I should be ued.

  “Umm, Alice? Are you feeling alright?” I asked.

  “I feel fine. I move just fine as well.” She answered. “Are you sure you just weren’t wrong about the card?”

  “... I mean, I could have been. Or maybe there is some limit to how powerful of a being be frozen by the swords. I did perform the factory tests a while ago, and you have grown more powerful sihen. … but then again, it freeze almost any of my monsters, so that doesn’t check out…” I began to mutter out theories on why the swords both should and shouldn’t work, but I really couldn’t e up with a solution.

  After a bit of theory crafting, with no answer ing to mind, I was brought back to reality by Alice.

  “So I just go and kill all of these monsters?” She asked, turning to look at the closest spider.

  “... yeah. Just be careful. Assuming it works the same as it does with me, as soon as you touch the mohey will be able to move, until you take at least a meter or two of distance.” I warned her.

  “Sure. I’ll look out for it.” She called out, as she prepared her swordstaff for an attad made her way towards a spider.

  “... Ria, please go with her and keep her safe.” I requested, trying to collect my thoughts.

  “... why does that work?” I kept w, as Alid Ria got to work, exterminating a bunch of spiders, ants aipedes.

  “Well it works, so it's fine, right? Isn’t that your usual attitude?” Lua reminded me. “e on, if we don’t head in, there will be nothi for us.” She said as she took out her mad walked in.

  “... yeah. I guess.” I agreed, before I got out my sword and followed after Lua.

  After a bit more than an hour, we had taken down all of the is that had e out from the dungeon.

  I don’t know if that was a long time, or not that long sidering that all of us, except Ria, aren’t really cle fighters and we went at it with cle ons. And with the number of is being around 60, I think we did okay. That is one monster every minute, more or less.

  As for the corpses, I ended up putting them in ste. If I absorbed them feion points, I would suffer the remote penalty and only get half the points. So by keeping them in ste, I either sell them to the adventurer’s guild or someone else, strip them for materials for my own use, or absorb them feion points the ime I visit my TinaWood.

  With all the monsters now cleared, I deactivated Swords of Revealing Light aurhe card to the colle.

  “So, do you want to head inside for more, or should we head home?” I asked.

  I khe answer for two of them, just by looking at them, but Ria seemed ready to tinue. She does have a bit more stamina than us, and she does have more CQB skills as well.

  “No, I’m fih this.” Ria answered. “I don’t really like fighting is. … their blood doesn’t taste good and you have to punch them really hard to get through their skin.”

  “Well it is called a carapace for a reason.” I said.

  “I guess. But I still thought it would be easier.” Ria said.

  “Perhaps. But the clusion is that we are heading home. Well, to the vilge first, we still have to pick up Agatha. Then home.” I deduced, and got out two copies of Gradius from the colle.

  Like on our way here, I let Lua summoher ohe only difference was that this time Alice was with me, and Ria was in Lua’s Gradius.

  By the time we reached the vilge, Alice had fallen asleep. And as Agatha wasn’t in a hurry to return, I let her sleep for a bit longer. I still didn’t let it go on for too long, only a bit over 30 minutes, as I didn’t want her night sleep to be bothered.

  On our flight back, Alice rode with me, as I was holy worried she would fall off her dragon if she tried to fly alone. She was still half-asleep, a nodding off. I guess all of the physical exercise is beginning to take its toll on her body.

  After dropping off Agatha, our party made a quick stop by the adventurer’s guild to drop off the paperwork about the esission. Unlike in the m, the guild was quite full by now. It was around 6pm, so I guess people are starting to get back.

  We did get some looks, but nothing more than that, so it is fine. Holy, with Alice’s sleepiness starting to catch me as well, I would have probably just summoned someone like Bck Luster Soldier to deal with ahat tries to mess with right now.

  “I see you pleted your first quest as a party. But ime, perhaps look at a k quest instead. I know the esc Lady Agatha isn’t that popur, but it is still not something a k party should be doing.” Is what a receptionist told us. She wasn’t the same ohat registered our party this m, but she still knew about it. Maybe it was some sort of guild gossip or something.

  “We might try. But we aren’t the best at getting up early, so it might be difficult, as most k missions are taken by then.” I responded.

  That is actually about a half-lie. I get up surprisingly early, but I just immediately jump into the factory. But if I instead got up, got dressed and came to the guild, I would likely be here at the time when the best quests are chosen. But at the same time, I just don’t care enough. My guild rank doesn’t matter. That is why I’m not even trying to push it. Sure it could be cool to have some high rank attached to yourself, but it might e with some expectations of me, and I just don’t want them, so I’ll only rank up naturally, instead of f my ranks.

  Back at the manor, it was time for some magic practice. We got in a good amount of physical skill practice, but I’m not about tet space magior telekinesis. Lua ended up joining me and Paulina as we practiced telekinesis, and she quickly was able to do the remote loop with us. I don’t know how fast she will figure out telekinesis, but at least that part she was really good at.

  For space magic, my reliability is gettier. My space wall spell will now activate about 85% of the time, and it always sts for at least 10 seds. My record currently is 22 seds, times by Laura. … it does still break from anything more than a soft touch though.

  After bathing and dinner, it was time for level ups and bed. For me and Lua, it was going to be the st ‘overall’ level up until the birthday, just to avoid any evolutions, the same went for Alice. Ria though… well, she got to LV.80. We might just have an evolution there. But we’ll see tomorrow.

  For myself, I leveled up Sword Teique. Yes, I made sure to ask my warrior monsters if it is fine first, and while it wasn’t unanimous, the majority vote was for yes.

  Ria got a level in Mana trol, as it had begun to throttle her. Even if she only uses Internal Magic Teique, she still needs levels in mana trol.

  Lua leveled up her Staff Teique skill. While it wasn’t the correct skill for a mace, she could use a ma a simir mao what the staff teique would have you use a staff for. Staff Teique is a skill that helps self defeh a staff, whereas Blunt ons Teique is the offensive version, so… having both is good.

  SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human !Level: 88HP: 2880Mana: 391th: 935Defense: 1055Magic: 1065 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.3 (ue LV.10 (unique) Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.5 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Sword Teique LV.2Mana trol LV.10 Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Language prehension (humanoid)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna

  [colpse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: DhampirLevel: 80HP: 2080Mana: 23th: 1240Defense: 975Magic: 1070 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiriodification LV.3 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.4Mana trol LV.5Fast Mana Recovery LV.4Internal Magic Teique LV.6Unarmed bat Teique LV.6Flickering Step LV.4Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.5 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood

  [colpse]SpoilerName: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch !Level: 88HP: 2370Mana: 4215Strength: 839Defense: 1106Magic: 2914 Skills:Dhampir Princess LV.2 (Unique) True Blood Magic LV.8 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra) Water Magic LV.8Light Magic LV.2Mana trol LV.10Magic Boost LV.6Quick Cast LV.6Fast Mana Recovery LV.8Keique LV.2Staff Teique LV.6 Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Blood Sucker (Racial)Lifesaver

  [colpse]SpoilerName: Alice WatRace: HumanLevel: 58HP: 710Mana: 238th: 305Defense: 395Magic: 1765 Skills:Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Magi’s Power LV.5 (extra) Multicasting LV.3 (extra)Mana Flight LV.3 (extra) Dark Magic LV.7 Mana trol LV.8Magic Boost LV.6Quick Cast LV.6Fast Mana Recovery LV.5[colpse]Anyway, that is it for today. Good night.