After that, we look around the room at the bottom of the big tree, but realize there’s nothing else. We go back up the spiral staircase, and use the ropes to go back down until we reach the ground again.
“Master, I retrieved the ropes as you instructed.”
“Good job, we don’t want others to get here, and I don’t think we’ll come here again either… But if I’m wrong, please set them up again.”
“Leave it to me.”
“Well then, it’s a little early, but how about we have lunch? We’ll be fighting Golden Worms and Golden Butterflies from here on, so let’s make sure we have plenty of energy.”
“Yes! Where are we eating, darling?”
“Hn… There’s an open area nearby, so we might as well go there.”
My map shows me it’s not occupied, so I assume we won’t be bothered.
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After having lunch, we start hunting right away, and face a Golden Worm.
‘Shrr’
“Fireball!”
“Fuh!”
Ayane and Aira attack first, because they need to in order to gain experience. This is important for their growth.
‘Shrrr’
“Master.”
“Yes!”
The Golden Worm activates Adamantine Armor, but Aira immediately peels it off. And then I draw my bow as hard as I can and pierce its exposed body.
The Golden worm goes stiff for a moment, and then smoke comes out of its whole body.
“Yes, easy. I didn’t even level up.”
“It seems combat skills are not necessary for this level of opponent.”
“That’s darling for you!”
“And I had trouble with it just one week ago…”
I think back to the first date. The trouble I had back then makes me feel like I’ve come far.
This artifact is strong to begin with, and I can use Power Charge to snipe a monster from a safe distance. This combo is really strong.
“Your skill helps your stats become stronger, master, but the fact that you keep hunting rare monsters means your growth rate is much faster than most.”
“Right… Even I’m surprised.”
“Fufu, well then…”
Says Aira as she puts on a mask. We’re not in a crisis this time, so I guess that’s why they’re now wearing embroidered masks.
Ayane is wearing one with a cute squirrel, and Aira has one with a chic design. And for some reason, mine has a treasure chest with a bunch of gold coins.
“…Why a treasure chest?”
“Because it’s you, master.”
“I guess I get what you mean, but still…”
I’m not gonna say it, but it’s really lame.
“I appreciate your kindness, Aira, but I have this ring. I don’t think I’ll need it, so you can have it back.”
“Too bad.”
“Where did you buy them?”
“I made them.”
“Eh?”
Aira made them? She made this… Really lame one?
“Fufu, I made it just to see that reaction.”
“What, it was a joke?”
“Yes. Even I would feel pity if I saw someone walking around with it.”
She says about something she made.
But as we chat like this, the smoke starts to swell.
“Is it coming?”
A Golden Swallowtail Butterfly emerges from the smoke, and it floats while spreading its scales. It feels kind of mystical, like a pupa hatching, but I don’t feel any less like taking it down. And it looks like Ayane and Aira are the same.
All right, its charming effect isn’t working.
“You two, peel its armor.”
““Yes!””
“Purple Lightning Arrow.”
I see them attack, as I increase the power of the Purple Lightning Arrow with Power Charge.
The Golden Swallowtail Butterfly loses one armor, then another, and Aira’s attack fully removes the thin golden film.
“There!”
The purple lightning is let loose, and pierces the Golden Swallowtail Butterfly with precision.
It falls to the ground, and turns into smoke.
【Level up】
【Leveled up from fifty-eight to sixty-one】
With Adamantine Armor III, each hit causes a three second period of invulnerability, and it can take three hits. That means it’s invulnerable for about six or seven seconds. But since Power Charge has a maximum of five seconds for me to build its power, it works out pretty well.
If we plan it, we can do it without a single wasted attack, but…
“It went according to plan, but it was pretty unsatisfying.”
“It went down in one hit. Are arrows its weakness?”
“This monster’s strong points are speed and illusion, but it is weak across the board when it comes to resistance. Even if it is not so easy at close range, with master’s long range attack, it seems like it will be easy to defeat from now on.”
“But if I get too comfortable, it might bring trouble later.
“Yes… Thanks to you master, we are also receiving skills, but if we rely on them too much, an opponent that requires us to use raw power might get the better of us. How about fighting the next Golden Swallowtail Butterfly with a sword?”
“…Let’s do that.”
I’m putting away the bow for today. I feel like I’ve gotten a good grasp on how strong it is.
Then we sit down, with the dropped items around us.
“I should take care of the skills before using the gacha. First, Aira, learn Adamantine Armor and Wind Magic Lv4. I can’t imagine Aira getting hit with multiple attacks, but it will give me peace of mind if you learn it.”
“Thank you master. But the magic…?”
“You can never have too many attack methods.”
“Very well.”
Even without Command, Aira has three hundred fifty Magic Power. Surely that’s more than enough to use magic even after Adamantine Armor III. She doesn’t have a Magic Energy Recovery skill like me, but apparently it’s fully restored if you sleep.
“Ayane, take Magic Energy Recovery Lv1. And I’ll take Wisdom of Sorcery.”
“Yes! Hum, darling, you’re not taking Wind Magic?”
“Apparently it conflicts with Elemental Magic. I can’t learn magic of the four basic elements.”
“Too bad…”
“Yes… I haven’t really seen any merit to Elemental Magic yet…”
“It’s okay. You’re supposed to be able to use exclusive spells from level three on!”
“Ah, really? Then it wasn’t a waste to use Skill Compression.”
Well, Skill Compression targets every applicable skill, so it’s not like I had a choice. But pretty much all the magic I can use properly now is the Bubble Magic I learned yesterday…
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Thanks for the treat.
aw cute thanks bro