861 Let's Call Them the Crab People
After the spider lost four of its legs, the Kreiybs continued fighting that thing. They had easier time now. Because the spider lost all of its entire legs on one side. Leaving only four of them on the other side.
But the spider released a web string from not only its butt. But also from its mouth. So the spider pretty much can still attack all direction.
Though there's no more need to protect the wall since the spider won't be able to climb on the wall anymore with only four legs on one side.
Well, maybe it could but it will be hard. Though if I left at least one leg on the other side, the spider might still be able to climb the wall.
All the Kreiybs attacked the spider now. But as expected, calling them Kreiybs is annoying.
"So, I guess we need to rename their species. Kreiyb is just too weird," I said to Victoria.
"Let's just call them Crab People. They are like half-human and half crabs. It's easier this way," Victoria said.
"Yeah. Let's do just that," I said as I watched some of the Crab People cut off another one of the spider's leg.
Those claws are not as sharp as the sword that the Blacksmith made for me. the sword-cane. But their durability is much higher. Even stronger than the shells covering their bodies.
.....
As expected, they are a creature specialized in defense. But that doesn't mean that their attack power is not much. They are already comparable to the monsters in the Monsters Village.
They will be well-received by the others in the village. I'm sure of it.
But if I want to make one of them as my familiar, I need to see how well they can fight underwater.
This place is literally under the water. But that's not what I meant. I mean I want to see how well they are in fighting while being underwater.
But I think being out of water, they are already good enough. They know that they are not the fastest and the strongest. They only have the tool for defense and cutting. So they used their own kind of martial art if I have to say.
I bet they never had any experience going against mages. But that won't be a problem if they move in into the village. It can be taken care of later since they can ask for a spar with Angela and the others.
Pinching with their claws, cutting with their claws, and they also punch and grapple with their hands.
And then, the leader of the Crab People that I talked with before made a move that made me decide that he should be a great decision if I take him as my familiar. The finishing move of the Crab People. Water magic.
The claws on his shoulder raised and pointing toward the spider. Then from those claws, water came out. High pressure water. Attacking the spider from distance.
Not only that, they can also manipulate the movement of those water. Not so much, but after those water came out of the claws, midway to the spider, they changed direction when the spider moved. Though the water magic started from their claws, so it's pretty much easy for them to control.
I wonder if they can manipulate the water from the sea? Then my dream of opening a portal to the bottom of the sea and get people to manipulate the direction of the water coming out will come true.
And it's not just the leader. Soon after the leader shoot his water, some other Crab People also started shooting their water. But unfortunately, after a few minutes, they're all tired from using that magic.
I guess that's why they didn't use that magic from the start. They want to make sure that they can kill the spider before using that magic.
Though that spider is quite strong to be able to endure such high pressure water. Maybe if that spider can swim, I'll make that spider my familiar.
The spider no longer move. But that doesn't mean that it's already dead.
Maybe through experience from fighting that monster many times for a long time, the Crab People quickly surrounded the spider's body and used their claws to pierce through the body until they confirm that it's truly dead.
Except for the leader who approached me. still wearing his shell armor showing that he can't trust me yet.
"Thank for your help before. Because of you, no one died this time. Though I'm sorry that I can't still trust you yet as we don't know what your intention in coming here. You said you can fly, so I'm sure that you didn't fall into the hole by mistake. You came here with a purpose in mind, right?" he asked.
"Yes. Probably to meet you all. Though I'm not sure yet. By the way, what's your name?" I asked.
"You can call me Boss since that's what everyone here call me," he said.
"No way. I won't call you Boss. I guess you don't have a name yet. I'll call you Crabbe from now on," I said.
I can hear Victoria sighing from me giving him name. But I don't care.
"Crabbe, huh? I guess that's fine. So, let's continue our talk. Why are you here?" Crabbe asked.
Then I explained to him what I'm here for. To look for familiar. And the reason why.
Of course I didn't just say that it's because I'm a summoner. I told them that it's because we're at war and I'm looking for the greatest monsters to be my familiars.
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"I already have four slots filled with only one spot left for my familiar. The reason I said that I'm here probably to meet you is because I want to see how strong you are. If you're at least at a satisfying level, then I will ask you to make a contract with me," I said.
"Hmm... Everyone here were born in this place. So for things at the surface, we really don't know much about it. Even if what you said is correct and someone is trying to destroy the world, it doesn't really matter to us who could not care less about the things outside of this place," Crabbe said.
"I said that only if you're fighting abilities are at a satisfying level, right? Why are you talking as if you're good enough? Do I need to remind you that while all of you were busy removing just one leg of the spider, I cut down three by myself. What make you think that I'm going to ask you to be my familiar?"
I intentionally provoked them to see if they are similar kind of monsters as the werewolves. If they can be provoked easily, then if I offered them to fight, they might help.
Also, I don't want them if they have no desire to leave this place. Even if they don't know about the outside world, if they decided to stay in this dungeon, then there's no point in bringing them out. I can't just ask some introvert to save the world.
Hearing my provocation, some of them got angry. Even Crabbe himself is angry.
"You might not know it, but if we fight underwater, then there's no way for us to have any trouble fighting that monster!" Crabbe said.
Do they think that all creatures can breathe underwater? They're funny.
"So what if what you said is true? I have no intention on making some introverted monsters with no desire to go out of their home to fight with me. I guess I can't find anything here. Then, I will leave," I said.
I looked around and see that some of the Crab People were thinking of leaving. They have been here their whole lives and wanted to see something new. Especially the young ones.
After a while, Crabbe asked me something.
"If one of us decided to be your familiar, will you take him out of here?" Crabbe asked.
"No. I will only ask the strongest one among you to be my familiar. Then, I will bring everyone who are willing out of here. I have a village full of various kind of monsters like angels and werewolves living together. Adding you there should be fine," I said.
"Then let's fight. I'm the strongest here. If I show you how strong I am, then you can make a contract with me. And you can bring everyone out of here after that," Crabbe said as he prepared to fight me.
"Not here. I'm looking for monsters that can fight underwater. If you want to prove that you're good enough to be my familiar, then we should fight underwater," I said.
"I see. There's a lake over there. It's not big, but if it's just the two of us then..."
"No. Not a lake. We will fight up there. In the sea. I'll take you up there, then we will fight. After the fight, then we can go back here. I might not be able to talk underwater, so I will tell you this. Only fight with the intent to kill me. That's your only way to prove how strong you are," I said.
I think that Crabbe is quite responsible. So I'm sure that even if I bring him to the sea above, he will return here on his own even if I don't help him.
Let's see how strong he is underwater then.
862 Moving the Crab People
"So, how will you take us up there to the sea?" Crabbe asked.
Me? carrying him up to the sea? No way.
I'll just use portal to get him out of here. It's simple.
As I was about to open a portal, I realized something. They have been in this place since birth. Other than the light from the dungeon, they have never seen the sun. Their weakness will be exposed right away if I fight them as soon as we move.
"Hmm... then I will take everyone out of here first. I will find a place for us to fight later. I guess I can bring all of you to the village right away. You can settle near the lake or even inside the lake if you like. As for the match, let's do it in a few days after you get used to the surface. After all, if you ended up joining our battle, even if I ask you to join because we need power to fight underwater, there will always battle on the surface. Though whether you will join or not will be for later. Just stay there for a few days and then we will fight," I said.
If I exploit his weakness right away, it won't be a match. And I won't be able to see anything about how strong he is. So I suggested this.
Also, if they somehow enjoyed life under the sun, it will be more likely that they are willing to join us whether I make a contract with one of them or not.
As monsters themselves, they might be jealous if I asked the others to help me but I don't ask them for help. So they will be willing to volunteer instead of staying in the village.
Even the elves are now willing to fight. Though we don't have any battle at the moment. So they are currently still improving their strength.
.....
I don't mind if these Crab People enter the lake where everyone drink from. Because the elves have convinced me that the plants in the lake will sterilize the water and make them drinkable even if someone pee on the lake.
As for where I will fight Crabbe, my first choice would be the sea. But it should be deep enough to see how good he is underwater.
"So in the end, you will bring us out of here no matter what. That's good," Crabbe said.
Now that I think about it, they are crabs. I guess they can't enter the village. They need to be in the sea.
The lake in the village is artificial. And there are not many fishes there. So they need to go somewhere where there are a lot of fishes for them to hunt.
But I remember the entrance to this dungeon. Many corpses laying there. I guess it's fine for them to stay on land as well since I don't think that they only eat fish.
Though they need to be able to hunt. But I think that will be fine seeing how they can fight the spider that well. As for mobility, they are not as fast as the others in the village. But that doesn't matter since there are not only the centaurs are there, but a lot of horses who joined us because of Ray were there as well. There are horses without owner near the village.
It's not because we have more people than horses. But it's because there are many people who refused to get horses. Either because they can fly, or that they feel that riding a horse and using magic at the same time is difficult.
Some elves have chosen their own horses as well. So it should be fine for the Crab People to get their own horses.
By the way, it's actually amazing how the ecosystem near the village is not disturbed by how many monsters living there. I guess the monsters, especially the werewolves and weretigers, would look for monsters much further. As for the nearer wild monsters, they will be prey for the weaker monsters from the village.
Then I guess it's fine if we keep on adding more monsters in the village. That's good.
I used telepathy to contact Graham and Shelia about the possible newcomer to the village. They will inform the others about the Crab People's arrival.
"Alright, you need to be careful because outside there, it's much brighter than this place. Your eyes need to adjust to the brightness there," I said.
After my warning, I gathered everyone and opened a portal to near the village. To where Graham was.
"Oh! So bright!"
The Crab People squinted their eyes because of the brightness of the sun. And it's noon. So the sun is at its highest position.
Normally, I should be like them as well. But I have Divine Vision, so my eyes can adjust quickly to the surrounding.
"Everyone, don't alert them. They are not used to the light yet," I said to the monsters waiting there.
They are excited to see the new guests. Their new friends. And their new rivals.
After a few minutes, all of them entered the portal. It took a while since they need to adapt to the light first. So I spent some mana since I need to let the portal opened for quite a while.
After their eyes adapted to the light, their expression turn bright because they finally see something different after living in the dungeon for so long.
They are enjoying the sights. But it's a good thing that I prepared something.
I asked Graham to get some angels, the kindest angels, to guide the Crab People. So the Crab People can quickly learn the way of the outside world.
"All of you, they will stay here for a while until I can fight their strongest member. After that, whether they will stay or not depend on them. And until then, do your best in treating them in this village," I said.
"Does treating them mean that I can fight them if they ask?" Shelia asked.
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"Obviously. They are not used to the outside world. Also, my battle will happen underwater. So after they calmed down, bring them to the sea," I said.
Of course I want to get Crabbe to get stronger before our fight. Because that means that Crab People can grow stronger.
At least Shelia and Tiger will ask Crabbe to fight them in the next few days. And if Crabbe is smart, he would accept their challenge. And they will fight so Crabbe can get a feel of how strong we are.
If it's a fight on land, I'm confident that Shelia will win. Though maybe Shelia will ask Crabbe to fight underwater. And Shelia will lose.
I just hope that she won't lose any limb. Because those claws are sharp.
"Have you gotten used to the sun yet?" I asked Crabbe.
"What's a sun?"
That's what he asked? I guess that's natural.
So I spend the whole day explaining about things that is common for us and even the monsters here, but for the Crab People, it's their first time seeing.
I hope that they can quickly get smarter. Because it's sad that one of our potential allies are stupid because they have been living in a cave since they were born.
"That's a sun. It's very far but very bright. That's a tree. That's a cloud. That's called the sky. That's a floating island. That's a house."
Patiently, the angels taught the Crab People like teaching a kid. I think it will be a while until Crabbe can fight me.
"Crabbe. Get used to everything quickly. Once you do, you can tell Graham over there, the archangel, or Shelia over there, the werewolf, that you are ready to fight me. If you want to test your strength first, you can ask anyone here for a fight. But remember to not kill anyone or permanently injure anyone. If you think that you have adapted to the outside world and the sea as well, we will fight. And the fight will happen as I told you before, underwater. Do you understand?" I asked.
"Yeah. What will you do then?" Crabbe asked.
"I'll take a break until you're ready to fight. Also, if you need anything, you can ask the other monsters here," I said.
After I finished explaining things to Crabbe and the other Crab People, I opened a portal to return back to Cassau.
I haven't told anyone else about the Crab People. And I also haven't explored the dungeon where I found them before.
I will tell everyone about the Crab People now since I have returned home early. As for the dungeon exploration, I will go there before the fight with Crabbe. Alone since the gas inside the dungeon is dangerous for the other who are not air mages.
"Crab People? Like, snip-snip?" Angela asked. While making a hand gesture like that of a crab's claws. Or like a scissor.
"Yeah. Snip-snip. They have been inside that dangerous dungeon for so long that they need to adapt to the outside world first. I hope they are the ones I've been looking for," I said.
Well, it's tiring to look for another monster. I hope they are the right ones for me.
863 Exploring the Poisonous Dungeon
The day after I brought the Crab People to the village, I have something I want to do. So after I had breakfast in Cassau with everyone, I told them what I will be doing today while waiting for Crabbe to adapt to the outside world.
"So, I'm going to check the dungeon where I found the Crab People," I said.
"You're going to a dungeon? Can I come to?" Angela asked.
"I'd like that if possible. But the gas inside that dungeon is poisonous. So other than air mages, I don't think anyone should be able to enter it," I said.
"Then what about those Crab People? Do they have immunity toward that type of gas?" Kayla asked.
"That... is a good question. Though I can't ask them since it's their common sense to be able to live there since birth. So I don't think they can give us any answer," I said.
Those Crab People can live in a place filled with poisonous gas. And they eat from the corpses of the monsters and fishes that fell to that dungeon. It's also possible that those corpses have been affected by the poisonous gas and became more poisonous to consume.
But the Crab People are fine. Which mean that they are highly likely to have resistance against poison. Or at least the poison of the gas inside the dungeon.
If I can tell what kind of effect that poisonous gas will bring, and I use air magic to produce that gas, I would have another method of attack.
.....
Maybe I should check on it as well. Should I risk my life by inhaling those gas?
I think I will. Fire mages have more resistance toward fire magic. Lightning mages have more resistance toward lightning magic. So it's natural to think that air mages have more resistance toward poisonous gas.
Well, if I feel that it was too much for me, I will use air magic to neutralize the poison. I hope it's possible to do that.
"Anyway, I'll be going there only with Victoria. Since they just defeated the boss monster, it should be a while until it respawn again. So I will explore the dungeon and hope that I can find some treasures," I said.
After saying my farewell, I left. I move to somewhere where no one was. Because I'm afraid that the gas from the dungeon will spread once I open the portal.
Yesterday, when I opened a portal to Monsters Village, it's still fine because I used air magic to contain the gas from the dungeon to not get close to us. Then when no one noticed, I used air magic to neutralize the poisonous gas inside the Crab People. So they are safe to interact with other monsters.
But now, since I'm here and not in that dungeon, I have to be away from other people.
I opened a portal to the dungeon, then I cast air magic to not let the poisonous gas to enter this place. I think some of them were leaking, but it should be fine since it's not much.
Then I entered the portal and quickly close it. From here, the only reason I opened a portal should only be when I'm leaving. So I can't get the others or even grab a weapon. But with Victoria here, I don't need other weapons.
I'm inside the room where the Crab People fought the spider yesterday. And I can see a path going deeper. Is this place not the boss room?
I explored the dungeon and see a pond. I guess that's where the Crab People got their source of water. But is it fine to drink?
I continued walking through the dungeon. It's much bigger than I expected it to be.
Since I've seen the entrance, where I couldn't even see the wall from where I fell, I knew that it's big. But I still underestimate how big the dungeon is.
Then I see a path blocked by bones of monsters. If I have to guess, I think beyond that path is where the Crab People are forbidden to enter. So beyond that blockade, there should still be monsters. And they might be stronger or more troublesome than the spider from yesterday. That's why they blocked the path to not let anyone enter.
For now, I will explore other place first before entering that path.
And as I expected, there are no monsters there. There were some treasure chests. But they were already empty. The Crab People must have took them away. But I didn't see anything about the thing they found. So I guess the items inside must have been used or destroyed. Because it's probably happened a long time ago. Maybe long before Crabbe was born.
Seeing that I couldn't find anything, it's time to go through the blocked path.
I just punched through the blockade and walked casually inside. And soon enough, I can see monsters with my Divine Vision.
"Well, it's time to fight, I guess."
Since I can see monsters now, it's best to just quickly defeat them. So I started running.
The monsters are mostly spiders. Like the spider that the Crab People defeated yesterday.
But while the Crab People had trouble fighting one, I easily defeated three of them with one slash. This tells how much the difference in strength is between the Crab People and me.
But they can use water magic. And they have strong defense compared to other monsters. And maybe underwater, they are as strong as Spot and his children. I can only find out about it after we fight. But when will we fight, I don't know yet. I'll just wait until Shelia or Graham contacted me.
As I continued exploring the dungeon and defeating monsters, I finally found a treasure chest. So I move toward the chest and defeated a slightly bigger spider than before who was protecting the chest.
I opened the chest to see...
"Leaves? There are leaves inside the chest?" I said curiously.
Why would there be leaves inside a chest? Is this perhaps consumable items?
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"Well, let's appraise it later," I said while putting them in my pocket.
And so, I continued my exploration. I defeated all the monsters.
Unsurprisingly, the hardest monsters here are not the giant spiders. But the small spiders. They were just too many. And it was too annoying since they are so small.
There were no more treasure other than those leaves. So I entered the last room to face the Dungeon Boss.
Another spider. It's just 2 meters tall though. But this one has thick exoskeleton.
...Which got destroyed by just one punch filled with Aura. And it died. So I conquered the dungeon in less than a day.
I returned back to Cassau and let someone appraise those leaves I found. There were ten of them.
A few days later, I still got no contact from my familiars in the village. But I got the appraisal result of those ten leaves from Jeremy.
"I used one of them to experiment, so I can only return the other nine. I don't have the name for them yet. Those leaves are not really came from any kind of plants. I asked Lina to call the Elf Queen to help me with the appraisal, but she said that it's not a plant. It's more of a food," Jeremy said.
"So it's some kind of foods? What a weird food," I said.
"They are only effective when they are being chewed. When they are swallowed, they are useless. The effect is that when you chew it while closing your mouth, you can breathe anywhere. Including underwater. And you won't get affected by poisonous gas as long as you breathe only from your mouth with the leaf inside your mouth."
Oh, so they are useful for diving. I don't need them. But maybe I can give them to Carmen and other water mages so the can fight underwater.
The reason why I didn't think about them when discussing about underwater battle was because of that. Even if they are water mage, their fight underwater will be limited by how long they can hold their breath.
Or maybe they can breathe underwater already by using water magic? I don't know. I never asked.
So I guess giving it to them will be useless. I think giving them to Shelia or other monsters will be more useful.
Right. I'll do just that then. Though I will tell them to hold the use of the leaves until they are in an important battle against the cult. Because if I don't tell them, they will just use it to watch the fight between me and Crabbe.
Maybe I'll just give them later after the fight. That would be fine.
And a few days later, I finally got a message from Graham using telepathy. He said that Crabbe is ready to fight and is already waiting for me in the sea near the village.
"Alright. I will come tomorrow," I said.
I wonder how strong they will be underwater? I also never received information about them from Graham and Shelia about their lives there. And if they fought the Crab People while they are adapting to the lives outside the dungeon.
I can't wait to see how good they are in an underwater fight.
864 The Crab People Grew
"So you will fight underwater today?" Kayla asked me.
It's the day of the match. And I'm ready to fight.
"Yes. I will fight Crabbe today. I'm curious to see how strong he is. Though I will get Spot and his children first. They are the only ones who can watch our fight and wanted to do so. Though there are other monsters who want to watch but they can't," I said.
"What about those chewing leaves? Anyone should be able to breathe underwater and watch you fight if you give them," Angela asked. I guess she just wanted to get one so she can watch our battle.
"They are consumable items. And there's only nine of them left. I'd like to save them until the battle. Because even if we have the Crab People to join us, there might be too many of them to fight and they will need your help," I said.
In my past life, there's no battle on the sea. At least I don't know if it happen or not.
But now, we learned that they have a lot of tamers and summoners. And they have sea monsters as their contracted monsters. So they can fight from the sea.
At least it's good that they are sea monsters. Because they might not be able to fight on land. But if the sea is conquered, then there's no way to for us to win this war. Even if we end up winning the battle on land, there's nothing we can do since we know that the sea has been conquered.
That's why I want to have sea monsters as my allies. It's great that at first, Spot joined us and told his children to protect the sea. But after that time with the orcas, and the time against the Kraken as well, I don't think just Spot and his children will be enough.
.....
And now, we have someone who might be joining us soon. I know that the other monsters were trying to convince them to join us. But I haven't heard of their answer yet.
If they won't join us, then I guess I'll have to dive again and look for other monsters to turn into our allies. Maybe I will look for another underwater dungeon.
Then I opened a portal to where Spot and his children are. Spot's children were still unable to change their size. If I want to transport them using portal, then I would spent quite the amount of mana. I don't want to do that since I'm going to fight soon.
Fortunately, they are fast when they are flying. Not as fast as Spot though. So we just fly from where they were to the sea near the village. Spot said that it will take a few hours to go there. So I just chatted with him on the way.
"Are they strong?" Spot asked.
"Their attack power and defensive power are comparable to the monsters in the village. And that's on land. If it's underwater, then I don't know. That's what I'm trying to find out today," I said.
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The Crab People have the raw strength to fight evenly against the weretigers. But the weretigers have been staying in the village for a while. So they learned their own skills and technique to fight monsters.
But for the Crab People, their way of fighting were still amateurish. I hope that in this few days that I left them be, they learned something to get themselves stronger.
Well, surrounded by battle-addicts, I'm sure that they have grown. Even if it's just a little.
"Then, after you fight their representative, let me fight them. We finally have someone to spar with other than ourselves," Spot said.
"Okay. You can ask them later. But of course I need to fight first," I said.
"What if I fight first? Since I'm a sea monsters, then you can watch if they could be great in a fight against sea monsters or not," Spot suggested.
"No. I will fight first. This fight will decide if they are worthy to be my familiar or not after all."
Although I'm still leaning toward making Crabbe into my familiar, I'm still not a hundred percent sure yet. I'll just watch how good he will be underwater.
Though I'm sure that any sea monsters should be faster than me underwater. But if it's sinking, then I can sink faster than anyone with Victoria's help.
Finally, I can see the beach. And I contacted Shelia and Graham that I'm close.
I can see the werewolves, angels, elves, weretigers, and centaurs there. Even Ray and the horses are there as well. Will it be a great idea for the Crab People to ride horses? Then they won't have any problem with mobility on land.
As for the Crab People... Wait, what?! It has only been a few days since I left them here! How could they became so big!
"Crabbe? Is that you?"
I asked one of the Crab People I knew. And I even gave him the name myself.
He grew big. Much bigger than before.
Previously, all the Crab People are around the size of a human. Just around 170-190 cm. But now, most of them are over 3 meters tall. With Crabbe himself is over 4 meters tall.
"I am. Soon after you left, we had a feast with other monsters. Then we grew bigger. Though yesterday, our growth stopped. And I have adapted enough to this world and to the sea to face you," the giant Crabbe said.
"Yes. Other than when we're eating, we fought almost every day. At first, I was winning easily. But then, it became harder to win. Though I still never lost. Except when we fought underwater," Shelia said.
So, not only do they grew stronger. They also grew bigger!
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As a doctor, this is confusing. Though what I can say about this is that it's because of magic. But is it?
If I have to guess, then it must be because they were affected by the poisonous gas in the dungeon. And now that the air they're breathing is no longer poisonous, they recovered to the size they were supposed to be at.
"Crabbe, let me ask you a question. Before they died, your elders were around this size. Am I right?" I asked.
"Well, they were not this big. But yeah, they were bigger than I was when I was in that place," Crabbe said.
Then it was as expected. The air outside helped them to regain their original selves. Maybe the sea water. But whatever it is, that poisonous gas is the reason why they were small before.
Especially those claws. They are bigger than his head. And there are more joints so they are flexible enough to move however he wants. Like a whip.
If I have to fight him, then I have to worry about those claws. Though his physical strength must be improved greatly with his size.
I thought that I might be able to convince them to join us by showing our culture. But I guess it's impossible if they are this big. No clothes fit them.
"Since you helped us getting out of that place, we agreed that we will help you in the war whatever the result of our fight will be. Even if you don't make a contract with me, I'm fine to stay in the village," Crabbe said.
Well, that's good. But if he can be my familiar, that's enough. I'll test him now.
"Oh, Master. I forgot to tell you something. We have four more dragons joining the village. Two of them are a couple. And the female of that couple will lay her eggs soon. I think it's best if you show your face to them soon," Graham said.
Four more dragons? As long as they are not hostile, then that's good. Though I don't know if they are willing to help us or not.
Maybe we can just ride them like how we ride horses. I'll ask if those dragons are willing to be our ride or not. Though maybe other than Andro's granddaughter, none of them are able to speak. I'll meet them later after the fight.
"Then I will meet them later after the fight. You can go back now since you can't watch the fight. We will fight deep enough so only Ray, Spot, and Spot's children will be able to watch us," I said.
Some monsters left. But most of them stayed. While all the Crab People were staying to watch our battle.
"Before we enter, since I can't speak underwater, I will tell you what you need to know. Don't worry about me. Just fight with the intent to kill. If you fought with Shelia, then you should know that I'm much stronger than her," I said.
Crabbe nodded. Then I instructed Spot to bring us to where we will fight. From the beach, a few kilometers away. Then after we reach there, I will dive.
While I'm sitting on Spot's head who is swimming on the surface, the Crab People were swimming. None of them were riding on Spot.
And all of them were good swimmer. I thought that since they are crabs, they won't be too fast. But I was wrong. They are fast enough to race against Spot's children.
And seeing dozens of them swimming is a little scary. Dozens of huge people were swimming very fast. That's like a scene from nightmare.
Maybe I should be more serious in the fight then.
865 Fighting Crabbe
I'm riding on Spot's head as he swum into the ocean. Behind him were his children. And behind his children were the Crab People.
A whole tribe of Crab People were swimming to the ocean. And seeing how those monsters that kind of look like humans except their four arms and their gigantic size swimming, it's kind of scary.
On average, they are over 3 meters tall. With Crabbe himself is over 4 meters tall. So huge.
I wonder how huge the dragons that have entered the village? Are they as big as the Crab People? They are getting along with other monsters, right? I hope that they won't kill each other.
If there's any problem in the village with the arrival of the dragons, I hope that Shelia and Graham can take care of it. And almost all the monsters in the village are combatants, so they should help if such thing happened.
And if they can't do it for some reason, then I will call Andro and stop those dragons from causing ruckus. It should be fine.
"Alright, let's stop here."
After swimming far enough from the shore, I stopped Spot. Then the others also stopped.
The waves created by them stopping can be seen. Not as huge and as dangerous as the wave created by the group of orcas before. But this is still huge. If those Crab People move more powerfully, they should be able to create bigger and stronger wave.
.....
"Crabbe, we will fight down here. We will start from the bottom and then fight however we want. There's no boundaries of where we should fight. Just fight however you want," I said.
"Okay. I'm also curious about how strong an Aura Master is. Shelia and the other strong monsters in the village said that you are the strongest in land. And you wanted to fight me underwater. Are you sure you're ready?" Crabbe asked.
"Don't worry about me. I can breathe just fine underwater. Also, I won against this serpent in a fight a long time ago. So I'm quite strong," I said.
Though it was not something I can call a victory. But I think that if it's now, I can win against Spot in a real battle.
"Well, not really though. If it's underwater, it's still my victory since I can just swallow you whole when I'm in my real size. And the battle back then was not just underwater. But also on air and on land. So you can't use me as a comparison," Spot said.
But I felt like I was winning back then, so I will say that I won.
"Anyway, let's dive to the bottom of the sea. Can you see well in the dark?" I asked.
"You asked me? Someone who have been living in the dark place since I was born?" Crabbe asked.
Yep, my fault. He can still see well in the dark. At least he won't have a problem with fighting there.
"Then let's go. I won't be able to talk underwater. So if one of us wave our hand like this, it means that you gave up and the battle is over. If you understand, let's dive," I said.
"I can still speak underwater though. So I will not wave my hand like that," Crabbe said before he dives into the water.
My bad. I guess it's magic.
"I can also speak underwater. Though if I do that to you, you might be jealous. That's why I only texted you using the phone you gave me," Spot said.
Am I the stupid one in this situation? Maybe.
Who would have thought that intellectual sea monsters can speak underwater? Not me.
Crabbe dived into the water so fast. Should be faster than Spot when he's diving down vertically. Is he okay with the water pressure?
Then the other Crab People also dived down. They are all covered with shells. Are they useful against water pressure? Or maybe it's because their bodies are naturally strong?
Whatever the case, they are good at swimming. As long as Crabbe is willing, I will make a contract with him. Making him my last familiar as a master level summoner. And I hope that no one will die so I don't have to look for another monster.
Spot also dived down to see how fast the Crab People were. Leaving me standing on the sea.
And then, Victoria covered my body and adjust her weight to the heaviest. Since this is not a real fight, I don't want to wear the magic armor. Victoria will be my weapon underwater.
With her weight, I sunk faster than anyone else. And I reached the bottom first. Followed by Crabbe and the others.
Only me and Crabbe here. The others are watching us from a safe distance.
Well, even if they are not close, that doesn't mean that I can just use my powerful Twisting Spear attack here. Or I might end up hurting them. I guess I'll just focus on close range.
I might not be a fast swimmer. But I can move easily underwater. Just by using Aura covering any part of my body, then I will punch or kick the water so I can maneuver and dodge any attack. That's what I always do in an underwater battle.
Though it's been a long time since I last fight someone underwater. The last time is probably when I fought Spot.
Now, the fight begun.
Without any warning, I kicked the sand and dashed toward Crabbe. Pointing my spear at him.
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First, it's just a test. I want to see how strong his shell armor is.
With just a little bit of Aura infused to Victospear, I thrust it forward toward Crabbe's chest. His inner organ is very similar to a human. Not everything is similar, but some are. And his heart is located in his left side of his chest. And I aimed toward that place.
With this strength, I could even kill most sea monsters I previously encounter. But the tip of the spear stopped at Crabbe's shell protecting his heart. And there's barely a dent in it.
Yup, that's strong. He's more than worthy to be my familiar already. But now, let's see how strong his attack is. Though I already know the answer.
Not with his claw, but with his fist, he punched me. I can endure that punch easily, but I'm not a creature of water. So I still got blown back from that punch.
From the outside, it seems like he's the stronger one. Though neither of us were using our full strength.
I just smiled at him as a recognition that he's a strong individual. From now, the real battle begun.
I increased the amount of Aura infused into the spear. And Crabbe realized that he can't protect himself with his shell, so he used both his claws to defend himself.
The result was he got blown back several meters. And his right claw was dented a bit. Though he can still use it.
I know that he can regenerate his shell. But when the shell are destroyed, especially on his claws, I don't think that he can use those claws anytime soon. But it seems like it's still strong enough to endure an attack from an Aura user.
I guess that means I have to get more serious.
Knowing that I'm much stronger than expected, Crabbe attacked me from far using water magic from both his claws. There's not much attack power, but they are strong enough to push me back. But maybe since we're underwater, and he's only using water magic to push me, there's nothing for me to worry about. And I can protect myself from the water pressure. So I'm quite fine.
As expected, he's still not used in using magic for a long time. Just like when he fought the spider. Though he used his magic longer than before now.
When his water magic stopped, I used all my strength to push myself forward before he could escape.
This might be underwater, but I can still use combo attack. And I used multiple thrust because it's the easiest attack to use underwater. I just need to thrust the spear forward and pull it back over and over again as fast as possible.
But to do that, I need to cover my body with Aura more than before. So the attacking power is less than when I dented one of Crabbe's claw. But it's normal for a combo attack to be weaker than one strong attack.
I just need to attack Crabbe over and over again until his armor is broken. And I can see some part of his shells have holes since he couldn't use his claws to protect everything. Though those part are not his vitals at all.
Isn't it great to have four arms? He could protect more parts of his body than just using two arms. Especially those huge claws. Though my attack doesn't seem to break his claws yet. Just how much stronger is his claw compared to the shells on the other parts of his body?
Finally, he used his left claw to pinch on Victospear. Then he tried to attack me with his other claw. But Victoria is a shape-shifting slime. So I just need to get her transformed to get out of there before he could hit me.
I see that he got good sense of battle. I'm getting more and more interested in making a contract with him.
866 My Fifth Familiar
"That's your first familiar, the Black Slime, Victoria. Am I right? She's a good partner for you. She can transform at will. I, Crabbe, greet my senior," Crabbe said.
What was that? It's like some sort of senior junior relationship. Is he really thinking that he will become my familiar?
Well, I guess that's the case. I'm sure that if it's Graham and Shelia, they knew that I'm already thinking of making Crabbe into my familiar.
I already have two familiars in the village. One from the werewolf race, and another from angel race. Then Lina has a familiar from the elf race. After that, the master level summoner has familiar from the centaur race. Other than that, there are weretigers and the recently joined dragons. There's also vampires on Earth. They're all amazing monsters.
But the monsters in the village are either from the race of a monster I made a contract with, or monsters who somehow get closer to me.
As for the Crab People, we just met and I already brought them to the village. So the smart monsters must have thought that I will surely make a contract with Crabbe. Especially since they knew that I'm looking for a sea monster.
"Let's continue. I will show you that I won't lose in underwater fight," Crabbe said.
"Blub-blub, blub blub blub."
Right, I forgot that I can't speak underwater. What am I replying for then?
.....
What I tried to say was that there's no way that I will lose. Though no one can tell. Because we're underwater.
Whatever. Let's just fight.
Crabbe swum toward me extremely quick. He used his hands to push himself forward with water magic and will attack with his claws. I guess he can use water magic again now.
I think the way he used it now is much better then using water magic to shoot at the enemy. At least underwater. Though maybe they can use it to levitate in the air if the water magic has enough force. I'll ask them later.
If they can, then just like Spot, they can fight mid-air as well. That would be way too amazing. And I want him to be my familiar more and more.
With his left claw, Crabbe tried to hit me. Is that considered a punch?
Since I'm underwater, I kept using Aura to cover my entire body. If I only use Aura to cover one part of the body, the water pressure at the bottom of the ocean will hit me. And if I keep covering my body with Aura and protecting myself from his attack, there would still be damage taken.
So I had to protect myself with a weapon. And I used Victospear to block his claw.
Then he threw another attack with his right claw. Since that arm is really long, he could even use it to attack me from behind while his left claw is still blocked. But I dodged it. Then I blocked his right claw with Victospear as well.
Then, he pinched Victospear with both claws and pulled me who was still grabbing the middle part of the spear toward him. Then he prepared to throw a punch. A really strong punch with wide swing and water magic to push the punch even faster and stronger.
Then, let's see. Who has the strongest punch underwater?
Crabbe's fist covered with shell, or my fist slightly covered with Aura?
I let go of Victospear and punched him with my right hand. While he used his right fist as well to hit me.
Our fist met at the middle. I got my hand blown back because of Crabbe's strength. But he got not only the shell on his fist destroyed, his fist was also broken. It's impossible to use it now unless he has the healing skill at similar level of Kayla.
He's still stronger than me. But my attack, since I'm smaller as well, is more focused in one spot. Though if he trained his punches more, he could hit me harder.
He retreated back and then used both of his claws to chop off his own broken fist. Is he crazy? I want him in his prefect condition!
And soon after, a new fist appeared. Just like that, he could easily regenerate missing limb.
"If I use magic, I can regenerate even missing limbs. Including the shell. Though if I don't use magic, they will still regenerate. But it will take time," Crabbe said.
I almost replied with another blub-blub. But still, that was great. Though for him to chop off his own hand like that is crazy. Why not just use the regeneration ability to heal his own fist?
Maybe because he thought that it will take too long with the same amount of mana used to heal his own fist. That's why he just chop it off.
Then, if I want to finish the fight, I have to make it so that he will start thinking that he has no chance of winning. So I became more serious and looked at him with killing intent.
When he was shocked to see that I wanted to kill him, I'm already close to him and thrust Victospear to his stomach. This time, it was stronger than when I thrust his chest. And Victospear pierced his armor and wounded his stomach.
With fearful expression, he grabbed Victospear and pulled it out of his stomach. But my attack didn't end like that.
I kept thrusting Victospear again and again. But he also started to get used with my killing intent, so he started fighting back.
Then he grabbed Victospear again and threw her away. So it became a fistfight underwater.
I only focused on attack, so his punches hit me. And those giant claws and fists that are bigger than my head hit my face. But I ignored them as I focused more on hitting him.
The result is obvious. I won. Crabbe no longer had the will to continue to fight.
The fight is over with a right straight to his face. And even though he didn't lose his consciousness, he knew that he had no chance in winning.
"I... give up. I can't win against you. You really are the strongest," Crabbe said while waving his hand in surrender.
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Alright, Roy. Don't reply. You're doing good at not humiliating yourself the second time.
Since the battle is over, I pointed to the surface telling him that we should get out of here. And I see that Victoria turned into a fish as she swam toward me then attached herself into me like usual.
Why doesn't she stay as a fish and swim upward?
Now that the battle is over, Spot and the others who are watching approached us. Then Spot let himself be our ride to the surface. I guess Crabbe was too tired to move after the fight.
We move around a lot. I thought that we were quite far when we dived to the bottom. But now that we resurfaced, we're back to the shore again. And I can see some monsters were waiting for us there.
"Did you win?" Shelia asked me.
"Easily," I replied confidently.
"I bet it was just because he doesn't have much experience fighting underwater," Shelia said.
She's right. There are many ways that I could lose during the fight. But I still win in the end. That's all that matter. And I haven't fully gone all out as well. So even if he got stronger, I would still win.
"Alright. Crabbe, you know what I'm going to do with you?" I asked.
"Yes. You will make me as your familiar. I will accept it and do anything you ask me. I don't know much about your Earth. But I will just do what you said. Not just me. But all my people will follow you as well," Crabbe said.
"Good. Accept this."
I used summoning magic to make a contract with Crabbe. And it's done. He's now my fifth familiar. And hopefully, the last one.
"Well, I guess that's it. I will introduce you all to my friends tomorrow. Is there anything else you want?" I asked Crabbe.
"Well, I like to stay in the village with the other monsters. We'll be staying in the lake. Is it possible to make it bigger?" Crabbe asked.
"That's fine. Tomorrow when I bring everyone, they will use magic to make the lake bigger. There's no one from the village refusing it, right? Then it's fine," I said.
Staying in the village is good. Because I don't have to look far for them. I don't have to go to the sea if I need anything from them.
Maybe I should make an underwater tunnel connecting the lake to the sea. That way, they can leave whenever they want to hunt fishes.
"Ah, Tia. If it's sea water, can they be purified by the plant?" I asked the Elf Queen.
"Yes. It's possible. Do you want us to grow those plants in the sea?" Tia asked.
"No. I'm planning to connect the lake to the sea for the Crab People. To make it easier for them to come and go. Maybe a huge tunnel the size that Spot's original size can enter. There might be enemies coming from the sea, but now that we have the Crab People, it will be fine," I said.
I'll ask the others about the reconstruction of the lake. And they happily accepted it.
For now, it's time to return.
867 Making a Tunnel to the Sea
Just like usual. Newcomers in the Monsters Village, and I introduced them to Albert and the others.
"This time, it's the Crab People. You really did gain a new army. And they can fight underwater as well. Even if you don't fight and let only the monsters fight, I'm sure that you can easily destroy one or two kingdom. Or even conquer the continent," Albert said.
"Not just me though. Any tamer who can tame them all can do that. Though it seems like being forcefully tamed is not something that these guys want. Even the master level tamer had to ask for permission or the recoil from the contract magic refusal will hit him back," I said.
The master level tamer is acting up again. With new monsters coming, including the dragons, he tried to tame as many as possible. But the monsters here seem to be resistant to contract magic. Unless they were willingly make a contract themselves.
I don't know, but it seems like intellectual monsters who can communicate with are harder to make a contract with. Maybe because they are smarter?
Anyway, the tamer must be thinking of increasing his strength. So I kicked him to wake him up. As long as I'm here, I won't let him do whatever he wants.
I introduced Crabbe and the other Crab People to Albert and the others. The others don't have names. And I only gave Crabbe his name because I don't want to call him Boss. It's as if he's my boss. So I gave him a name.
While other Crab People, they can think of a name themselves.
Still, they are huge. The Crab People and the dragons as well. It's as if the village turned into a village of small creatures like werewolves, angels, and the others. Though they are normal sized. The huge ones are the Crab People and the dragons.
.....
When I arrived here with everyone, I could see that a Crab Person is fighting against Jack. The second strongest werewolf. And Jack could barely defeat the Crab Person with his speed. Though for strength and defense, the Crab Person is obviously stronger. He's just lacking in experience.
But while they are slowly gaining experience, the other monsters are the same as well as they learned more in their victories and losses in the Colosseum. While the Crab People haven't fought much.
Other than the Crab People, I also met the dragons for the first time. Other than Andro's granddaughter and her children.
Maybe because I was one of the people whom they first saw when they were hatched that they became so attached to me. Five children with one of them being a Kaiser Dragon. The other four were play biting on each of my limbs and the baby Kaiser Dragon, who have grown to be taller than me was chewing on my head. They are so lovely with their way of affection.
"No, they are trying to eat you. When they get closer to other people or monsters, they would escape or fight back. Which makes these babies afraid of them since they hit them. But you didn't hit them back. So they are thinking that you are food," Graham explained.
...I'm a food it seems.
Though what about the Crab People? Maybe their shells are too hard for these baby dragons. So they gave up on eating them.
If I use a bit of intimidation to them, I'm sure that they will be afraid of me and won't dare to do it again. But let's not do that and just patiently teach the dragons.
"Stop biting me or I'll spank your asses!"
That is not patiently at all. But the baby dragons released me so I guess it works.
"They are still babies. They need to grind their baby teeth so they will be sharp. And when their baby teeth are sharp, when new teeth are growing, they will be sharper. That's what they're doing to you as you might be their best chewing toy."
The one who said that is flying in the sky. He's Andro. He's also here to visit his great grandsons. Especially the baby Kaiser Dragon.
He doesn't have long to live since a new Kaiser Dragon is born. But no one other than me knew it yet. Though it seems like he will still be alive until the new Kaiser Dragon reached adulthood.
He's also here to keep the new dragons in line. Though that's not a problem since they are enjoying battle with Shelia and the others. And they also learning to speak.
Dragons can speak. But they were just lazy to learn it. So most dragons never really learn language until adulthood. And now that they live in this village, making friends with other monsters, they started to learn language.
For now, they can simply say, "Let's fight," to other monsters. And so, more and more monsters are fighting. That's why some earth mages here helped build the Colosseum to be bigger. Though some battles are outside of the Colosseum.
After introducing everyone and get to know with the new monsters, I asked earth mages and water mages, including the Crab People, to make the lake deeper and larger. And to make a tunnel connecting to the sea. Big enough that Spot in his original size can enter freely.
We already have master level earth mages, so making the lake bigger is not a problem. Though we needed a lot of water. But seems like the water spring, the source of the water on the lake, produce a lot of water, so it's fine.
Then for the tunnel, we had the water mages and the Crab People to learn to split the lake water so the earth mages can make a tunnel. I think it will take a while for the tunnel to be completed, so we just mostly teach the monsters about magic control for the first day.
I was about to return, but Red, the smartest werewolf who is in charge of the village, stopped me.
"My king, if you like, how about you stay here for the night? Because we gained more monsters, we hunted more monsters. And the dragons and Crab People helped with the hunt. So we have a lot of meat and feasted every night. Please join us if you like," Red said.
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A feast? I won't refuse then. Then I brought back everyone who is busy and unable to attend the feast, and bring here Lina and Ian to help with the cooking. Ruby also joined because Ian is here.
The monsters have learned to cook. But they prefer to eat more. If I have Lina here, then the taste of the cooking will suit me more.
They actually hunted some monsters I never see before. They said that they are delicious, so I can't wait.
The dragons and Crab People who are used to eat everything raw tried to eat those monsters right away, but the other monsters stopped them.
Seems like they need some time until they get used to waiting so they can eat more delicious food.
It was a great feast. I ate until I'm full. While the baby dragons returned to biting me again after I let down my guard. I just endured it since they will have stronger and sharper teeth when they grow up.
And so, we stayed until late and returned back to Cassau.
We rested for one night before returning to the village to complete the tunnel.
Now that the Crab People can use magic better, they split the lake and let me and the earth mages to dig a tunnel. Though after we dug deep enough, we covered the tunnel so even after they stopped using magic to split the lake, the water won't enter it.
We should have done that from the start. But this is fine as well.
Kayla and Celestine used their earth magic to dig the tunnel and reinforce it. Seems like Kayla can manipulate metal now. Though for that, Celestine is better.
In just a few hours, the tunnel reached the sea. Just a bit more and it will connect. But we stopped before we connected to the sea.
"The fresh water and salt water will meet. I think it's best for the path to the lake is opened first. Then the water will enter, and break the wall to the sea. Roy, you can do it on your own now. I don't want to get wet so please take us out of here," Kayla said.
And so, I get the two back to the village. Then I opened a portal into the tunnel near the wall to the lake. I already had a Blobby there.
Then with just one punch, I broke the wall connecting the lake to the tunnel. Because we made the tunnel quite deep, the water pressure is stronger. Then I just need the water to hit the other wall.
I just let the water push my body so I can see if the wall on the other side will be broken. Being carried by the current is surprisingly fun.
Finally, the water reached the wall at the other side. And it really break the wall and connecting the lake to the sea.
With this, the Crab People and the serpents can freely go to the sea when they want.
...Though I don't know if it's important for battle or not. But this could be used as an escape route just in case. So I guess it's fine.
868 Days Like This Happened Too Often
It's been a month since I got Crabbe as my familiar and created a water tunnel under the lake in the Monsters Village to the sea. And so far, we didn't gain much in our investigation of the cult leader's location. The so-called Evil God.
The Evil God was supposed to be the one who hated Aura users and targeted them all. But now that he should know that we have someone who can use Aura, he should be looking for me. But so far, the cult has been very quiet.
It's as if he doesn't really hate Aura user. Then it must be as I guessed. He only killed Aura users to improve his strength.
We were only taught five level of magic. Beginner level, intermediate level, advanced level, expert level, and master level.
But on our journey to the cult's destruction, we learned another level beyond master level. And after gathering as many information as we could, we guessed that the Evil God is already beyond that level beyond master level. And killing Aura users is probably one way to reach that level. It's just a guess though.
And so, we are gathering together this time in Consenza. This is our monthly meeting. Though we will gather whenever we learned another important information. Either it's about the cult, or about how we can get stronger. Or other things that can help each other countries.
This is the first time that the continent is united after all. Though we still don't know who the real enemy is, but we can do something to improve the relationship between countries.
In my past life, no such thing happened. There were probably only a few countries working together. But now, almost all the countries in the continent is here. Though maybe they did in the past. But just like today, not many people know about it. Only those who are directly involved knew.
Well, whatever the case, we are already stronger than in my past life. Even Mustache and his Flamboyant Mustache troop is much stronger than in my past life. Even a few weeks ago, Mustache reached master level. And most of the members of the troops are expert level mages.
.....
Then there's also Randy. I think he will soon reach master level in his earth element. It's great that we got the help of spirits.
And surprisingly, Veronica who said that she's lazy in her cultivation will soon reach master level.
I guess we have been living in peace for a while so we didn't need as many people to fight as before since there's no big battle so far.
In this past month, the cult didn't do anything. But some investigation members found several small cities and villages that has been under the control of the cult for a while. So we cleaned up those places.
We also found a port city that has been under control of the cult. That's when we tried to see how good the Crab People are in fighting.
There's no strong mages at that time, but there were some tamers who tamed sea monsters. And Crabbe and the other Crab People easily defeated them all. Without having me to intervene.
As expected. They are stronger in a group. And they fight better than Spot and his children in a group battle. Though for individual battle, Spot and his children are still the better one.
I heard that Spot challenged Crabbe in an underwater fight. The result was Spot's victory. But when he had to fight three or more Crab People, Spot barely won. That's when he stopped increased the number because he knew that he would lose then.
Hearing the result of the Crab People's fight, some suggested to let the Crab People stay in the sea on Earth instead of staying in Monsters World. But then we rejected that idea in the end.
"This world is too big for a small number of Crab People to protect. So we can't do that," I said.
Though we got one other good thing after we got the Crab People's loyalty. The master level tamer.
He then ventured on his own with his horse to look for sea monsters by himself. Though in the end, the Summoner and his centaur accompanied him. I guess they are close.
If he could get as many monsters as possible, that would be great. And we also gained an assurance that he won't ever tried to rebel against us again. He promised to only use those monsters to fight against the cult.
And back to the meeting, we're considering our next action.
"So, we can only wait until they make their move. But do we really need to wait?" Fabio asked.
"We can bait him using Roy. He's an Aura Master, so if the Evil God is targeting him, then we can just lay in ambush. But if he's really the same Evil God as the one who killed all Aura Users in the past, and he has lived for a long time, he won't be that stupid to be baited. But do we have any other options?" Albert suggested.
The future has changed greatly from my past life. There's nothing we can do. Even the strong people who could be our allies might end up never being born in this world. And all the cult's movements so far were mostly never happened in my past life. So we can only wait. Or use something to bait the Evil God.
"If they started investigating me, then they would find out where I live, where I went to school at, and my job as a clown. Since I mostly staying in Cassau, then if you want to use me as a bait, you need to make a fort in castle to improve the defense of the city. To make it easier for us to defend against the cult," I said.
"But if we focused so much in one city, and it's not even the capital city, they will be suspicious. They will send some people here, but they would realized that other cities' defenses are weaker since we are focusing on one city. This will be difficult," Randy said.
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Yeah, we have no idea on what to do. And if we are told to wait, we don't know how long we will wait.
"Then for now, just like usual, try to improve your strength first. Whether it's in magic, medicine, or whatever it is," old man Henry said.
It's hard. Even after this far, we still don't know who the leader of the cult is.
I wish that I can live in peace. But when the cult is still exist, my heart will never be at peace. So I really want to destroy them soon.
But it's hard. Even after many things changed, I saved many people, and everyone is helping each other, we don't know anything about the cult.
Then, do I have to infiltrate the cult? Pretending to join them?
I think that's a good idea. But unfortunately, my heart won't be able to calm down just by the thought of me pretending to be with the cult.
And I'm also a master level summoner. A really young master level summoner. They will be suspicious of me if I join them.
"I'm sure that some of the kings here have asked their people to infiltrate the cult. To disguise themselves as a member of the cult to get more information. But you never talked to me about it because you know how much I don't want anyone among us to be involved with the cult. So, any news from them?" I asked.
Hearing my question, the kings looked at each other before Albert answered.
"...Some managed to join them. But most of the people we send were killed because they found out that those people were agents. And those who joined, we never heard anything from them anymore," Albert replied.
"They might have been brainwashed and told them everything. Those people are not anyone who knew my identity, right?" I asked.
"Don't worry. I never told those people about you or even the alliance. They are people who we never tell any secret to and extremely loyal to us. We never told them much about what's happening with the kingdom so they will know less about it in case we send them to an infiltration mission. I'm sure you will be safe. Even if they have to speak the truth to the cult, they will only tell that I sent them on a mission and never anything more other than what most civilians know," Albert said.
But we have no information coming from them. Though seeing at everyone's reaction, I guess they shared this information with each others. Only leaving me behind.
"Then there's nothing we can do but wait until someone finds out about something new, or the cult make their move. Let's just hope that they won't get too strong before they make their move," I said.
And so, the meeting is over. We will meet again next month or when something important come up.
So, I will find a way to get myself stronger. Maybe I will try to reach the stage beyond master level in my summoning element. Then I could have more familiars.
...It happened many times, right? That there's nothing for us to do? So troublesome this cult is.
869 Taking a Job Request After a Long Time
After another month of relaxing and cultivating hard so I can hopefully reached master level in my air element as well, it's time for another meeting.
And as expected, my air element didn't increase much. But for Sara, she almost reached master level in her air element. For her earth element, it will be soon as well.
The others also improved a lot. But it was only mainly those who have air element, earth element, or wind element because we have spirits with each of those element to help us improve faster.
But it means that those with other elements couldn't improve as much as them. So for this meeting, I want to suggest to Albert and the others to let me explore the continent in hope to look for another elemental spirit to help us. Though I have been waiting until Sara reached master level in her air element.
"Sure. It's not like you have anything to do anyway. And if it's you, I think I can tell what will happen. You will probably not only find another elemental spirit, but you will also hopefully find another tribe of monsters that you will invite to the village. Making your army stronger and stronger. Aren't you the one with the strongest army in this alliance?" Albert asked in the end.
That's right. Except for the centaurs who are mostly followed the Summoner who is accompanying the Tamer to find sea monsters. Those centaurs are more loyal to that Summoner instead of me.
By the way, the tamer managed to make a contract with one of the Crab People. So he can travel to the sea easier. And the chance of him making a contract with sea monsters will be higher.
Though it's through violence.
While I mostly make a contract with my familiars through mutual understanding. Mostly. Like, if you don't want to die, be my familiar. That's what happened with Graham, right? Though he understood that he didn't want to die so he became my familiar.
.....
As for the Tamer, other than some when he asked the monsters to be his familiar, he would beat them to near death before he make a contract with them. While the monsters were unable to move, he would forcefully make a contract with them. That's not my way.
Well, it's not like I will make anymore contract with another monster. Though I still ate the Pear-y Fruit just in case my summoning level can reach the stage beyond master level.
Anyway, Albert is right that my army is the strongest among the alliance here. With various races in one village, I think it has become too big to be called a village though, and they have their own specialty, we won't lose to anyone.
If I could add more monsters tribe into the village, that would be great. But I'm not looking for one. That will only happen with luck.
"I'll just focus on searching on clues about the cult and the location of the spirits. As for adding more monsters, that will be up to luck," I said.
And just like usual, the meeting is over without anything important about the cult. Just another discussion between countries.
The meeting is over and I returned everyone back. The next day, I move together with Victoria and Ray in search for spirits. Airy was not with me because Sara will soon reach master level. She's with Sara.
And for me to be able to find spirits, the help of a spirit is important. So I asked Breezy to accompany me since our wind mages have all reached master level. Though the normal soldiers and agents were mostly still expert level, it's best to not get Breezy bored. So I brought him with me instead of having him stay for who knows how long.
"Okay, I'll go with you! Kron said he's going to take a break anyway," Breezy said.
"Good. At least until Sara reached master level so I can have Airy with me back. Though if you two want to come with me, that's fine as well," I said.
The next day, we move together. I asked the others, but they said that it's a critical time for them so they wanted to train more. They want to get their other element to master level as well. But if they have free time, they will ask to join.
As for Angela, she's calmly improving herself. Even now, she's still stronger than most of our master level mages. I can't wait until she reached master level.
"Oh! It's faster than Kron!"
Breezy shouted happily as he's sitting on Ray's head while holding on Ray's hair. We're moving at full speed to look for a place we have never been to.
"So, is there any direction we should go?" I asked.
"Just like back when you were looking for a good place to train in Monsters World. For fire, a volcano. For ice, the coldest place. Do you have any idea where to look now?" Victoria asked.
"Nope. Not at all," I replied.
"Sigh... Well, how about we climb the highest mountain in the continent first. Back when I was a human, I always heard that the highest peak in the world is in Arturo. How about we go there?" Victoria suggested.
"Okay. That's good. But we will go there riding on Ray instead of using portal. Just in case we found something that we missed during our circus tour," I said.
Then, we turned our direction toward Arturo. We will go to the highest peak and hopefully, we can find spirits. Or any clues about the cult.
Since we have nothing else to do, whenever we see a village or a city, we would stop. Eat some of their local dishes, and to make Breezy not bored, we entered the guild and took a job request.
When was the last time I took a quest from the guild? I would usually let Penny take care of clan-related matter. And if there's some quests that needed to be taken care of, she would give them to someone and it will be done soon after. While I, the leader of the clan, didn't really do anything. She's more of a leader than me.
She even took requests for cleaning the sewer or something. Some easy stuffs. Then let the orphans took care of it so they can slowly gain some experience. I'm ashamed as the real leader of the clan.
Though she said that it's fine because she knows that I'm always busy. But I still told her that I will do a job that might be difficult or dangerous for the others to do. Especially jobs that needed some strength.
...Though many of us have reached master level now. And the job that needed some muscles won't have to be done by me.
Anyway, this time, I took a request as an individual instead of a clan. And I will do it by myself. Or with Breezy's help if I don't want him to get bored.
Anyway, what's my rank again? I stopped caring about it for a while already.
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When I asked the receptionist, she said that since it has been so long since I took a job because I let others do it, I got demoted to D-rank. It's because the guild think that I can't do anything and only let other Hunters in the clan do it. Maybe I should take some job occasionally after this.
"A D-rank hunter? Hah! This city only accept high rank Hunters! Just leave this city!"
Suddenly one person inside the guild picked a fight against me. It's really been a while since this happened to me.
And seeing Breezy's reaction, I can guess that even Kron received this treatment during his journey. Breezy is too excited.
"Oh, look! An idiot! Please don't talk to me. There's no scientific evidence that stupidity is contagious. But I don't want to take risk," I said.
"You! Let's fight right now!" the man shouted.
I ignored him and asked the receptionist instead.
"Is this often happened in this guild?" I asked.
"...Only when he and the people from his clan are here," she replied.
I see. So he's a famous troublemaker in this city. I bet he's not that strong.
Then she explained how there are only few low-ranked Hunters here. It's because of him and his clan. Newbies who didn't join their clan will be harassed. That's why they gave up or left the city.
"What an annoying bunch," I said.
"You! I haven't done talking with you yet!"
This might turn into a battle between clans. Though we are obviously stronger than them.
Wait! Clans also have their own privilege. Especially those with high-ranked Hunters, right? Then it's possible that the cult is hiding within some famous clan! Why have I never thought about it? I'm so stupid.
Since I kept ignoring the annoying guy, he started to get physical. He punched me right at the back of my head.
That's bad. If it's anyone else. But not me. So I kept ignoring him.
"Then I'll take that goblin subjugation request. I'll be back in the afternoon. Or maybe earlier. Then, see you later!"
The receptionist seems to be a professional in handling trouble like that guy. And seems like the Guild Master is strong enough to protect the staffs. That's why they never caused trouble directly to the staffs. Though the receptionist was still shocked to see how I didn't react at all after being hit on the back of my head.
While everyone is shocked at how hard my head was and how I didn't even flinch from that annoying guy's punch, I left the guild.
870 Been a While Since Thugs Picked a Fight with Me
Being bothered by some thugs, huh? It has been a while since that happened. Though this time, I chose to ignore them and leave to do my job. A request from the guild. Goblin subjugation request.
Seems like there are way too many goblins near this city. And the most annoying thing is that there's one clan in control over the city. But the Guild Master is a decent mage, so they don't have the power to pick a fight against the guild.
Is this clan related to the cult? I don't know. But the possibility is not zero.
Hunters are usually the most unruly and rude group of people. At least those I have met often in my past life. So if they act rude all the time, no one will ever think that they are actually part of the cult. Because people would just think that it's them, so it's normal.
"Yup. Maybe I will ask the kings to send agents to be hunters and investigate clans. Especially suspicious clans. Or even top clans," I said to myself.
"You said that because of the people following you, right?" Vitoria asked.
"Ignore them. Unless they tried to kill me. Though any attempt to kill me will be useless," I replied.
Right now, I'm in the forest near the city where I took the request. I'm going to hunt some goblins who have been causing trouble to the nearby villages.
I will mark the city in the map I have and tell it to the kings to investigate. Though I believe that there are already agents investigating the city.
.....
If they let that dangerous clan be, does it mean that they are not really dangerous? Or that they have no time to spare with the clan?
Maybe they let them be because if the cult is trying to make a contact with someone in the city, they would make a contact with that clan. So the agents are just waiting until someone come and they will make their move soon after.
Whatever. Let's just focus on hunting some goblins.
"Roy! I found some goblins over there! And over there! There are three nests of goblins nearby!" Breezy said.
"Three of them? That's quite a lot. Thanks for telling, Breezy. You're amazing," I praised the wind spirit.
He has been taking requests with Kron a lot, so he is experienced with it.
And he would usually be the scout. So when Kron is fighting some monsters, Breezy would scout the nearby area and tell Kron about other monsters nearby.
And that's what he's doing now. Though when he told me nearby, I didn't expect it to be so far. I think that's because Kron is a wind mage and can fly, so he can easily get to where Breezy was scouting before.
Though for me now, I can also move fast. But I didn't have Ray with me now. I left him alone in the stable in the city. Disguised as a normal horse.
I left him be because I don't want these people following me to think that Ray is a monster. Though if they make their move, it will be me whom they thought as a monster.
For now, I'm just a summoner with a Black Slime as my familiar. It will be suspicious if someone learned that I have more than one familiar. Pear-y Fruit hasn't gone public yet.
So if they make their move, I will only fight them with Victoria and my air magic. That's what I will do. And that's the case with the goblins I will subjugate.
...Sorry, I was wrong. I don't even need air magic or Victoria to defeat them. But it might be interesting if I show them that I'm a master level summoner. Though I can't tell them that I can use portals.
With Shirley publicly known as a master level mage now, expert level mages shouldn't be that rare now. It's still not common, but it shouldn't be that rare. Unless they are too lazy in their cultivation.
And it's not impossible that there are many people who have reached master level. So if I show my power to them, it won't be too suspicious.
It's already well-known that the higher a mage's level, the stronger their body became. So if I keep kicking goblins until they're death, I'm sure that no one will bother me again.
Well, I was wrong. After killing all the goblins in one nest, those thugs from before surround me. There are about twenty of them.
"Hehehe, you are surrounded now," the thug who punched the back of my head before said.
"Hehehe, do you know that most people who laughed that way before they speak, they have a high chance to be a mob and not worth talking to?" I provoked him.
"Are you making fun of me? Just so you know, defeating some goblins without using magic is something that anyone can do. You are surrounded. And for humiliating me, I will kill you!" he said.
"Did you forget that you humiliate yourself? I didn't do anything. You're the one trying to hit me. You must be an idiot. Playing with other idiots. And making a group called happy idiots. Then you got provoked because you're an idiot. Then you will all die because you're all idiots," I provoked them again.
Wow, look at how easy it is for me to provoke everyone. They're thugs. With a lot of pride and non-existent ability other than acting tough.
If it's acting tough, anyone can do that. Even me. Especially me.
"Kill him!"
There are twenty idiots. Surrounding one person. And those twenty idiots cast magic at the same time. Not to the ground I'm standing, but they are either aiming for my body. Straight to my chest.
...Which means that I only need to jump to dodge them, and the magic will continue until they hit each other.
Well, some didn't hit other mages. Because when some magic hit other magic, the stronger magic will devour the weaker magic and continue forward.
With this, I already eliminated half of the idiots. All I did was jumping though.
"Well, are you still going to fight me when all your intellect combined will not even be half as smart as I am?" I asked.
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"Kill him!"
See? He doesn't even have the vocabulary enough to say other things. Just kill and kill. Should I just kill them then?
I just casually punched a rock near my feet, and grabbed the pieces of small rocks. Then I threw them up in the air, and use air magic to explode them to different direction.
The rocks flew all over the places and hitting them all. Some died right away because the rocks pierced through their head or their heart, and some were lucky to still be alive. Including the man who picked a fight with me.
"Are we done here? Because I don't mind to kill the rest of you if you want to continue," I said.
"Hi-HIIEEEEK!!!"
Just like that, those who are still alive escaped. While limping because I made holes in their legs. Leaving behind the corpses of their friends.
"To leave behind their friends... how cruel of them," I said.
"And you think killing them is not cruel? What should we do next?" Victoria asked.
"Well, there are two other goblin nests nearby. Let's destroy them and kill all the goblins," I said.
And so, we finished the quest easily. Even though it's quite far from the city. Though this is quite normal if there's a wind mage here.
I put all the proofs of subjugation somewhere, and when I'm close to the city, I opened a portal there and put them all inside a huge sack. Carrying them to the guild and gave them to the receptionist.
"I found three goblin nests and destroyed them all. I also had some hunters trying to pick a fight against me so I killed them. Here are their cards," I said as I gave them the cards of the hunters whom I killed today.
"So many goblins! Where did you find them? We didn't hear any report of other goblin nests!" the receptionist asked.
"I think it's closer to other cities than here. Well, where's my reward?"
Though I don't need money, it is quite satisfying to be rewarded after a minor job. Though for other people, killing goblins and destroying their nest doesn't seem to be anything minor.
Seems like I caused some problem killing some Hunters. But the guild doesn't mind it. It's just that the clan they belong to were furious.
No one told me. But I can see their movement with my Divine Vision. I think they will watch me before they do anything to me.
"Excuse me, can I meet the guild master?" I asked the receptionist.
If there's someone trying to pick a fight with me, it's best to ask someone with authority if I'm allowed to kill them or not. Then, everything will be simple.
With how much problem they have caused in this city and to rookie Hunters, I'm sure the guild master will be supportive in me eradicating that clan.
If not, well, I'll just wait until they attack me first. Then it will become self-defense. Simple!