Chapter 341: Pumpkin ghosts and desert canyon raid<hr>
At night, I log in as usual.
I was going to go to Hawk Valley for the night, but a quest came up, so I headed to the Sandwall Desert.
First, I take Lily and Koihi to Nefert Town to gather information.
Then suddenly I heard a story that sounded bad.
"...Between you and me, I heard that Coconut Vige was attacked and burned to the ground"
"Is that true?"
"Yes...I heard it from a fellow caravan member. I''m sure of it"
I heard they sometimes attack caravans, but I never thought they would burn viges. But I don''t think they would burn it down without a reason. Shall we go? I''m also curious about the famous coconuts.
"Thanks. I''ll add some color to the information"
"Hehe...you know the story. Older brother. Thanks"
Now, shall we go to Coconut Vige, relying on the desertpass? The members are Lily, Koihi, Nowa, Hix and Cinth.
"Lily, please don''t use your powers"
"I know~. Takuto"
I hope so. We met a lot of light bodies on our way to Coconut Vige. Identification.
<b>Will-o-Wisp Lv17</b>
<b>Summon Monster Subjugation Target Active</b>
The Will-o-Wisps deploy their magic circle all at once. Thenes a redser. Heatnce!
Dive and duck!
We all swoop down at once, ducking the heances and I take aim at the Will-o-Wisps.
"Shining!"
I took down the Will-o-Wisps, but I took the blitz damage. That''s a nasty skill to have.
Then Lily attacks the Will-o-Wisps with her signature big swing and the Will-o-Wisps are obliterated. Then Lily takes electric damage, but Lily is unperturbed.
"Oh? Doesn''t it hurt?"
Checking the status, Lily has not taken any damage. The holy dragon blessing is a skill that prevents abnormal conditions. It does not prevent skill damage. Then the suspicious thing is the blessing of the stars.
So, Lily was to defeat Will-o-wisp.
"That''s it!"
Koihi warns as Lilly annihtes all the Will-o-Wisps.
"Takuto-oniichan! Above!"
"What!?"
We''re suddenly hit by a direct hit of me. Damn! The one triggered by annihtion!
I looked up and saw an enemy with a pumpkin head, a cloak and antern in its hand.
<b>Jack-o''-Lantern Lv35</b>
<b>Summon Monster Subjugation Target Active</b>
"Kabokabo!"
You son of a bitch...youughed at me for being a pumpkin!
"Shining!"
"Kabo!"
My Shining and the mes from the Jack-o''ntern''sntern collide. Tsk! I guess we''re even!
"Kabo!"
Jack-o''ntern waves hisntern and multiple fireballs float in the sky ande flying at me.
"Water Wall!"
I block it with a water wall. This guy is a joke, but he''s strong. But I''m not going to get into a magic war with him!
"Rune Magic!"
I use my rune magic and just when I think I have sealed it, the Jack-o''ntern disappears as a phantom. That was an Illusion!?
I heard a metallic sound behind me.
Koihi was stopping the knife held by Jack-o''ntern.
"I won''t let you do it!"
"...N!"
When Nowa attacked with shadows, the Jack-o''ntern ducked.
"Holy Fire! sh!"
Koihi releases a sh with holy fire in it, but it is lost in the illusion. Then Jack-o''ntern appears in front of her,ughing.
"He''s getting away..."
"...N"
"No, you saved my life. Thank you, Koihi, Nowa. Thanks to you, I know how to attack the illusion"
"Eh?"
I stock Shining with dy magic. Now I''m ready to go.
"Koihi, point me in the direction he appears"
Probably because of that guy''s skill, I don''t feel any sign of him. Koihi is my best bet here.
"Y, Yes!"
I hold my staff up to the Jack-o''ntern. This is not the same power as before!
""Shining!""
"Kabo!"
The shining and the Jack-o''ntern''s mes sh with each other, the power of shining increased by continuous chanting. This time I push, but here Lily shes at the Jack-o''ntern.
"Yaaaa!"
But the Jack-o''ntern stops working its magic and disappears in an illusion. An unexpected event, but ites.
"Takuto-oniichan! To the right!"
I hold my staff to the right.
"Release!"
Shining was released and hit the Jack-o''ntern with the knife. Bingo. Earlier, Koihi had stopped Jack-o''ntern''s attack. In other words, at the moment of the attack, Jack-ontern had be real.
Spica had also used an illusion to avoid and then attacked. I have never used illusion during an attack. In other words, illusion is probably a skill that cannot be used during an attack. And when I saw that he had avoided Nowa''s attack, I saw that there was a timeg between when he attacked and when he was able to use his illusion. Whether Lily knew this and attacked is a mystery.
"Ka, Kabo..."
Jack-o''ntern disappears in illusion. It wille again...but now that the story is known, the rest is left to Koihi.
But the Jack-o''ntern took an unexpected action. It was not me he was after, but Lily. That''s not a wise choice.
"!! Yaaaa!"
"Kaburaaaaa!?"
Sure enough, Lily''s danger premonition detected the Jack-o''ntern''s attack and Lily''s counter hit the Jack-o''ntern directly. He was sted in a straight line to the ground and the impact of the collision sent up a cloud of dust.
"That thing is dead"
"I think"
"...I''m sure of it"
To take on a natural enemy, of all people, is a match made in heaven...a man in heaven. I find the fallen Jack-o''ntern and dismantle it.
<b>Charcoal: Rarity 5, Material, Quality C-</b>
<b><i>Charcoal used to build a fire. It is also used for cooking and heating utensils and for cksmithing.</i></b>
<b>me stone: Rarity 5, Material, Quality C-</b>
<b><i>A stone that reacts to fire and bursts into mes. If you make a mistake in mixing it, it will be a catastrophe.</i></b>
me stone is probably a material for bombs. I regretted a great deal about charcoal. I went through the sale of a seven-ring and charcoal stove at Elixir Lapis. The heating device could be a kotatsu? I don''t believe there was one in Elixir Lapis...maybe it was somewhere else.
We were out of the desert and into a canyon. Apparently there is Coconut Vige at this point.
But they would not let us get out of the canyon safely.
"Takuto!"
"Something ising from the right wall!"
I let Hix rise to avoid the attack. What came out of the canyon wall was a huge drill. That drill transformed and became a mole. I identify the enemy.
<b>Drillmole?</b>
<b>? ? ?</b>
Now that transformation, I want to see it again...did I miss it? I thought the drill broke in half and it turned into a mole.
The mole has a drill nose and drilled fingers for hands.
"Mogu!"
Transforming again. Yeah, it''s still a drill all of a sudden. Then ites toward us as a drill.
Hix uses his lightning breath, but it doesn''t matter, ites at us. As it rises again and runs away, Koihi warns.
"Takuto-oniichan! Beside!"
What!? A spiky iron ball breaks through the wall and appears, which Hix is unable to avoid and is blown away by it.
"Change!"
Koihi changed into a ball of fur and prevented me from hitting the wall. She can do this kind of thing for change. It helped but it worked...identify the enemy.
<b>Ankylosaurus?</b>
<b>? ? ?</b>
We got hit by a blow from the tail of an ankylosaurus...
"Hix, are you okay?"
"Pii..."
Looks pretty tight. He got hit by apletely unexpected attack. He may not be an option.
"Take it easy, get some rest..."
"Takuto! Look out!"
A drill came flying at me. Then, Lily gets hit by the drill.
"Muuu! Yaaaa!"
Lily bounced off the drill. It hits the wall, but apparently no damage urs during the drill.
Then the Ankylosaurus starts wagging its tail. Drillmole points a finger at us. I prepare for wall magic, but Lily warns me.
"Takuto! No wall! Koihi-chan! Nowa-chan! Spin around, please!"
"Yes! Lily-oneechan!"
"...Leave it to me"
Ankylosaurus sent a spiky iron ball with a spiky tail. Lily catches it and pops it off.
Drillmole sent a finger drill flying. Drill missiles! Koihi changes the course of the drill missile with her spirit power and Nowa parries the rest of it off in the shadows.
From Lily''s statement, it looks like the wall can''t prevent this attack. Alright. I take out my Scarlet Ring.
"Lily, you take care of the Ankylosaurus. Cinth, you support Lily"
"Okay! Takuto!"
Now, Koihi, Nowa and I will deal with Drillmole. The key is Nowa.
"...Nowa, after we seal it, we teleport and fly. Seal its drill transformation. Koihi, you deal with it until then"
"...N"
"I understand! I''ming!"
I use rune arts and rune skills to block martial arts and skills. Seeing this, Koihi shes at me but transforms into a drill. I knew that skill is not an attack skill...I teleport to move.
It doesn''t even move when attacked. While I''m thinking about what to do, Nowa sets up Drillmole, who is still in the drill and not moving.
"Dragon Technique, Dragon Absolute!"
Under the effect of dragon absolute, Drillmole''s vitality and magic power decrease.
Attack magic and weapon attacks don''t work, but these things do. That means. Poison and other abnormal conditions were still effective.
Drillmole transformed and aimed at Nowa.
"...Shadow Binding. Nii, Koihi. Please"
"Ah. sh!"
"Evil me! Iai-Kiri!"
Me and Koihis martial arts killed Drillmole. Now, Lily...
"Yaa! Muu! Taa!"
She was waving Est Oracion in time with the tail of the Ankylosaurus. It looks like she is undergoing some kind of special training. Cinth noticed that we were watching her and raised her hand.
She seemed to be out of her depth.
"Emm, what do you want me to do? Takuto-oniichan"
"...I''m sorry if I interfered with the training"
Nowa just doesn''t want to fight.
"We''ll make her stop. If Est Oracion breaks, we''re on a scolding course with Setia and Hephaestus. Hephaestus will cry, won''t he? And I don''t know what''s going to happen to Setia"
"I, I''ll stop!"
"...N!"
I think the scariest one of us to piss off is Setia.
Since we''re here, I''m going to recover Hix. Then I''ll use my rune arts and rune skill on the Ankylosaurus to block its attacks.
"Oh, that?"
Lily is stumped when the attack is over.
"...Evil Eye!"
"Firestorm!"
Ankylosaurus goes up in the air with Koihis firestorm.
"Explosion!"
Ankylosaurus explodes in the sky above. Then Hix, in a whirlwind, body ms the Ankylosaurus into the ground and the Ankylosaurus is knocked down. And finally came the info to level up.
The level of Love Summoner has increased. You have gained status points 2pt
The level of Love Summoner has increased. You have earned skill points 1pt
Katana skill level has reached 15. The katana martial art Nukiuchihas been acquired
Hixs level has reached 20. Evolution is possible
Cinths level has reached 20. Evolution is possible
With this, the remaining skill points are 6pt. All status points were turned into magical power.
Then Lilyins.
"Ah~!? Lily''s enemy~!? It''s terrible. Everyone~"
"You''re taking too long. Look at Est Oracion. If you break Est Oracion, Hephaestus will cry and you''ll get a course of plenty of scolding from Setia. Lily"
"Eh? ...Ah"
Lily looks at Est Oracion and her blood runs cold. She told Setia she''d take good care of it and here we are. Lily must have known how much it would piss her off.
"Th, Thank you...everyone"
I was impressed by Lily who thanked us earnestly. Well, let''s evolve.<hr>
<b><i>Name Takuto Love Summoner Lv9Lv10</i></b>
Vitality 7678
Magic Power 202207
Strength 6062
Defense 40
Agility 60
Dexterity 120123
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Fighting Lv15
Kicking Lv 20
Staff Lv27
One-handed Sword Lv 30
Spear Lv19
Katana Lv14Lv15
Throwing Lv9
High-Speed Chanting Lv37
Summoning Magic Lv34Lv35
Seal Magic Lv23Lv24
Horsemanship Lv31Lv32
Alchemy Lv20
Mining Lv28
Logging Lv33
Dismantling Lv39Lv40
Appraisal Lv30Lv31
Identification Lv35Lv36
Fast Magic Lv2
me Magic Lv3
Land Magic Lv2
Sea Magic Lv4
Darkness Magic Lv2Lv3
Sacred Magic Lv10
Lightning Magic Lv31
Explosion Magic Lv28Lv29
Wood Magic Lv26Lv27
Ice Magic Lv29
Space-time Magic Lv40
Beast Magic Lv2
Dy Magic Lv2Lv3
Continuous Chanting Lv3Lv4
Underwater Action Lv12
Swift Lv4
Reading Lv14
Cooking Lv38
Feeding Lv8
Fishing Lv20
Synchro Lv16
Cooperation Lv7<hr>
<b><i>Name Lily Dragonewt Cura Lv22Lv23</i></b>
Vitality 92
Magic Power 9698
Strength 193197
Defense 65
Agility 7880
Dexterity 7274
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Light Fist Lv10
Flight Lv25Lv26
One-handed Sword Lv35Lv37
Large Sword Lv30Lv32
Danger Premonition Lv2Lv4
Hammer Lv13
Rengeki Lv13Lv14
Tempering Spirit Lv30Lv31
Light Magic Lv6
Light Wave Motion Lv8
Dragon Technique Lv12
Dragonification Lv6
Dragon Breath Lv3
Holy Dragon Blessing Lv5<hr>
<b><i>Name Koihi Shrine Beast Lv18Lv19</i></b>
Vitality 81
Magic Power 110112
Strength 113116
Defense 50
Agility 132135
Dexterity 82
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Katana Lv24
Dual Wield Lv1
Wind de Lv10
me Magic Lv12
Evil me Lv16
Holy Fire Lv23
Sign Detection Lv24Lv25
Danger Premonition Lv26Lv27
Spirit Power Lv6Lv7
Illusion Lv2
Shinto Magic Lv6
Lookout Lv9
Swift Lv10
Sorcery Lv4Lv5
Blood Awakening Lv9
Cooking Lv18
Invocation Lv1
Beastification Lv3<hr>
<b><i>Name Nowa Dragonewt Obsession Lv18Lv19</i></b>
Vitality 66
Magic Power 141144
Strength 50
Defense 42
Agility 60
Dexterity 118120
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Shadow Maniption Lv13Lv14
Flight Lv7
Curse Strike Lv4
Shadow Detection Lv10
Shadow Movement Lv6
Shadow Hiding Lv16Lv17
Shadow Binding Lv15Lv16
Shadow Summoning Lv4
Sign Istion Lv9
Mimicry Lv5
Night Vision Lv20Lv21
Evil Eye Lv7Lv8
Dark Wave Motion Lv2
Darkness Magic Lv2
Dragon Technique Lv4Lv5
Dragonification Lv4
Evil Dragon Blessing Lv5<hr>
<b><i>Name Hix Lesser Griffon Lv18Lv20</i></b>
Vitality 7680
Magic Power 9498
Strength 126130
Defense 5052
Agility 138140
Dexterity 6870
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Flying Lv30Lv31
w Lv10Lv11
Riding Lv21Lv22
Whirlwind Lv18Lv19
Windproof Lv10
Wind de Lv9
Gale Lv17
Afterimage Lv14
Wind Magic Lv14
Lightning Magic Lv14
Lightning Breath Lv10
Majesty Lv4
Strengthen Horsemanship Lv18Lv19<hr>
<b><i>Name Cinth Imp Lv17Lv20</i></b>
Vitality 3236
Magic Power 5862
Strength 3036
Defense 2426
Agility 5864
Dexterity 3640
<b><i>Skills</i></b>
Flight Lv12Lv14
Bloodsucking Lv7
Night Vision Lv9Lv10
Sign Istion Lv9
Hiding Lv5
Dark Magic Lv9Lv11
Curse Lv1