‘Bzzzz!’
‘Bzzzz!!’
“Oryah!”
Bees approach me with an explosive sound, and I start cutting them down.
The giant bees heading straight towards me are quite the shocking visual, but I fight monsters on a regular basis, so it’s not as bad as you’d think. There’s also the fact that they look cute.
Although this sound would’ve definitely scared me if I encountered them before.
Also, maroon bees normally only have a small stinger, but when they shift to their offensive mode, they grow big. They look sharper than killer rabbits, but would they deal damage to me?
“I don’t feel like testing that!”
I keep hunting without a problem, and when I’m done cutting down the soldiers the first maroon bee called, the rare monster commanding them from the back charges forward.
‘Ghain!’
The big stinger clashes with my sword, and sparks fly.
Maroon bees are only the size of a fist, but this one is about the size of a human child. And it doesn’t look cute, it’s more like a ferocious hornet.
I’m surprised that big body can hover like that.
‘Vuvuvu!’
“Hmph!”
I put strength into it and push it away, and it stumbles in the air. Let’s take this opportunity.
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Name: Killer Bee
Level: 70
Physical Strength: 720
Dexterity: 720
Constitution: 720
Agility: 720
Magic Energy: 72
Intelligence: 72
Luck: None
Arts skills: Poison Generation, Poison Antibodies
Combat arts skills: Destructo spear
Equipment: None
Drops: Killer bee poisonous stinger
Magic stone: Large
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It has few skills for its level. Is it because it has a combat arts skill?
Or does it have skills characteristic of its species I can’t see?
‘Vuvu!’
As I observe it, it composes itself and suddenly turns its poison stinger towards me, firing it like a missile.
“Uoh!?”
I dodge the silent projectile just in time, and sense Aira cutting it down behind me. That was unexpected, but that single-use move means it doesn’t really have any attack methods left…
“Oh? It has a stinger…?”
The stinger is alive and well in the killer bee’s butt. So what did it fire?
‘Vuvu! Vuvuvu!’
“Uooh!?”
That thought only stays in my mind for a moment before it starts rapid firing. Looking at it more closely, that’s definitely the stinger in its butt, but it regrows every time it fires it.
Is that why it doesn’t have many skills? It’s just a rare monster, but it has a trump card True Appraisal didn’t show me. And it will probably use its combat arts skill if I get closer. So this is a strong monster that uses underlings to weaken its enemy, and attacks with long and short range attacks once the enemy has been weakened.
I see, it seems strong enough to be on the last floor of the beginner dungeon.
“But unfortunately, I can attack from afar too.”
‘Vuvuvu! Vuvu!!’
I hold up my sword, and focus power while dodging the stingers with minimal movements.
“Full boost Flash Strike ・ Power…!
The focused power is released all at once.
A slash flies out from my sword as I swing it down, and it hits not just the stingers and the Killer Bee, but also bisects trees behind it. My visibility opens up in front of me, and I see the skills and item left by the Killer Bee.
【Level up】
【Leveled up from twenty-four to eighty-eight】
“No smoke?”
It looks like they have special ways to spawn in this bee area. It feels like my experience won’t help me here, but the unknown excites me to no end. I’ll definitely uncover this!
“Good job darling.”
“You looked cool, big brother!”
“Thanks. Ah, Maki, Seren, did you get the combat arts skill?”
“…No. Unfortunately, I didn’t.”
‘~~?’
“You didn’t either, Seren?”
I figured they would since it’s a spear skill. Are there conditions involved?
“Maybe it’s because we didn’t fight it directly, or maybe it’s not a spear skill despite its name.”
“Maybe. Then how about you fight it next time just in case?”
“Yes.”
‘~~♪’
Aira comes over to me as I pet Seren and squeeze its tentacles.
“Master, check it.”
“Ah, yes. There were skills this time.”
I’ve gotten used to fighting rare II, so I forgot because this time it ended after the first rare.
Let’s see…
Name: Poison Generation
Grade: Rare
Classification: Arts skill
Description: A skill that generates poison inside the body. If not ejected immediately, the poison will spread inside the user. Can be neutralized with Poison Antibodies of the same level.
Name: Poison Antibodies
Grade: Epic
Classification: Passive skill
Description: Grants antibodies of a specific poison.
“I see, so Poison Antibodies alone is not a problem, but if it’s not learned as a set with Poison Generation, the latter will damage the user.”
“Can you use it, darling?”
“It says it’s ejected, but from where?”
““““…””””
Something unpleasant crosses everyone’s mind, and I don’t think I’ll use it.
“If you have spares, you could send them to be researched as a set.”
“Yes, dad would be happy!”
“Maybe I’ll have Iris learn the first set. You can create poison in your body and use it against your enemies with Mucus Generation or Muddy Stream Control.”
‘Purupuru!’
And when it turns giant and swallows enemies whole, it crushes them physically, but then it could also use poison. Hm, nasty.
‘Puru! Pururu!’
“Hn?”
‘Gogo, gogoh.’
‘Popopo.’
‘~~♪’
“Haha, true!”
“What did they say, big brother?”
“That if a rare II has higher level versions of those skills, there’s no rush to use them now.”
Everyone looks at each other and smiles.
“Hahaha, that’s true!”
“They have a point!”
“Only your team would think like that.”
“Fufu, so what is up next, master?”
“I want to check the area where the Killer Bee spawned. There must be some sort of secret there if a rare monster spawned.”
And so, we head deeper into the forest.
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