Chapter 217: A Royal Extermination.

Chapter 217: A Royal Extermination.

Mana Eyes.

Flying Geisenlarg Soldier

A geisenlarg soldier born as a shock unit, trading the standard soldiers bulky body for one fit for aerial combat. With two pairs of long front legs with venomous sickle claws on each, this soldier drone can launch flurries of attacks from any direction. Hunts in packs with the other soldiers to take down larger prey and predators. C rank

I know this isnt the time, but you said this was supposed to be a C rank Quest, right? You sure about that? I then pointed at the horde of beetles coming out from the numerous tunnels above. With my enhanced hearing, I could also hear a crawling coming from the tunnels from the bottom of the cavern.

Alright, Ill compensate you properly for this later. First, lets finish the quest and get out of here alive! Whisperia! In the span a person could blink their eyes, Muraina pulled an arrow from her bird treants wing and nocked it on her bow. Two green magic circles appeared simultaneously on her bow and bird respectively, showing her ability to multicast without any chants.

The moment she let her arrow loose, four ethereal ones made from wind appeared around it, following the original one like fanatical fans chasing after a pop star. The flying beetle, noticing the incoming arrows, dodged them.

However, these arrows from Muraina werent your typical ones. Instead of flying straight, they swerved around and tracked the beetle like heat-seeking missiles. As it was about to be turned into a pincushion, a normal soldier drone jumped up and sacrificed its life for the flyer, bursting into pieces from the impact of the arrows.

Flying soldiers require more energy from the queen to breed. The hive mind strives for efficiency here, so that was to be expected. As Muraina nocked another arrow on her bow, I noticed how the treants eyes were moving around and, with [Mana Eyes], confirmed my suspicion that it was the one controlling the magic circle next to it. I shouldnt forget; Whisperia is a lesser fae, a spriggan. The teamwork they just displayed must have been nurtured over years.

Seeing the waves of monsters coming, Grimnir clicked his tongue, displeased at the situation before shouting at me, Lass, close up the tunnel entrances at the bottom floor and fortify it with your magic! Dont let anything come from the bottom or the side, got it? Tasianna, send me up to that enclosed area there and summon some ice golems for me. Ill do my job as the frontline and keep you lasses alive to fight. On Crustacias temper, I swear that!

While I closed the lower entrances with [Terra Wall], Tasianna sent Grimnir flying up with a floating ice platform. She then finished casting [Aifli eir Vintral] to send the caverns temperature below the freezing point of water, which forced me to use my catalysts heat aura to warm myself up.

As I did so, Saori finished forming a plan. Hestia. Muraina, my garms, and I will clear the way up to the tunnel leading towards the queen. I can hear some more wing beats coming from the other tunnels, so I will need you and Ellaine to deal with them. Do you think you can do that?

Y-Yes, Saori. We will! Ellaine answered back, a bit daunted at the situation but able to keep her cool.

Some flying practice, sure. Sounds better than mowing down waves of insects. Going all out with my scale-dust and fire attacks would be too reckless while we were inside this cavern, and I already told Muraina I wouldnt overuse it in fear that my flames would use up all the oxygen down here.

Skrrruuuuuch! As the flying geisenlarg noticed Muraina changing her targets to its brethren, it screeched once again and began to dart over to her for a head on attack. I released my [Draconic Aura] as it did so, stopping it mid-flight and causing it to panic as it locked eyes with me.

Dragoon Jump! Wind Blast!

Blasting off like a rocket, I used [Instant Heat Ignition] on my claws and readied to ravage the geinsenlargs body. However, whether it was instinctive or a conscious reaction to my attack, the beetle swerved its body slightly to the side at the last moment, avoiding instant death by the thinnest margin.

But, it wasnt enough to avoid being severely wounded.

Skrreeeeeeh! Its scream echoed through the cavern as it looked down, realizing it had lost all three limbs on its right side and a good chunk of carapace. In my hands, I held its two arms while its leg, which I had sliced off with my tail, fell to the ground. The bug lived through my attack, but it had only delayed the inevitable.

I flapped my wings, turning my body around. Seeing the beetle panicking from the pain, I didnt dally any longer and readied the finishing blow. While I stood on air with [Air Walk] in preparation to use [Dragoon Jump], my eyes were locked onto the geisenlarg, but my focus was broken by [Prediction]. Instead of attacking, I chose to dodge. Two giant bugs flew right by me as I did so.

Skruuuch!! The two new flyers appeared before me, screeching while baring their claws. Four more appeared from the other tunnels, resulting in me being surrounded by these six and the injured seventh.

Jeez, no wonder they appeared so quickly after I used [Terra Wall] to solidify the walls. They have a lot of innate Strength and Agility growth, but compromise on Vitality and Wisdom. I then looked at the claws I held in my hands before throwing them away. Reminds me a bit of me!

Buff on. [The Will to Fight and Survive]. Music time, girls.

[Music Resonation (Moderate)] [Various Spell Buffs] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Using flame attacks and scale-dust explosions would probably consume the oxygen inside this cavern too quickly, so I cant use [Sanctified Blaze] and [Halo of Consecration] to heal or deal damage. A dungeon produced its own oxygen, but this caverns only source would be the holes the beetles made.

However, if I kept my flame usage in moderation, then it wouldnt be too bad if I used a spell here or there. I could have probably given myself a handicap here, but with the lives of my friends on the line, there was no need to be arrogant.

Noticing I wasnt doing anything, the beetles screeched once more and made their move, while the injured one attempted to flee, flying slowly to slow down its bleeding. Once the six were in formation, two of them charged at me with their large mandibles.

Panzer. Unheilge Engel. Two brown magic circles appeared, conjuring up both purple flames on my body and a purple slime behind me. When I dodged the beetles attacks, I could hear the slipstream they created, but my focus was instantly redirected by my [Prediction] towards the next two beetles rushing at me.

The flame on my body hardened into dark purple armor while the slime transformed into obsidian wings. Sharpening my eyes, I performed an aerial barrel roll over the beetles attack and slammed the sharp ends of my obsidian wings into the back of one of them, gouging out some flesh and blood.

I accelerated forward with [Wind Blast], caught up with the injured beetle and grabbed its leg. Using [Tailwind] and my Strength to tug on it, I instantly decelerated the bugs speed back to zero, causing it to groan in pain before I used [Banishment Beam] to shoot its head off its body.

I then redirected the beam, shooting it at the approaching beetles, prompting them to evade it. I then blasted them away with [Wind Blast] and turned my head around, already noticing the injured geisenlarg from the beginning was attempting to launch a sneak attack on me. As our eyes met again, it became flustered, but before I could kill it, somebodys voice entered my head.

[Hestia, keep your eyes on the proper threat!] Somebodys familiar voice scolded me before a fleshy tendril with claws on it grabbed on the injured bugs leg. As the tendril wobbled, Ellaine came flying in with it, readying her blue glowing whipsword.

She slashed at the geisenlarg with the momentum she gained from being pulled before wrapping her whip around it, cutting its wings off and causing it to crash on a bridge. Using [Musclemass] to increase her arm Strength, she pulled on her sword and cut the beetles body to pieces.

Whew, gnarly. Nice job, Ellaine. Oh, oops, too much distraction~

I bent my back as my [Prediction] alerted me of an incoming attack. Air rushed by my head in the wake of the strike Id dodged. To counter, I morphed my obsidian wings into a jaw with which I bit down on the arms of the beetle that had attacked me, holding it back from escaping. As it squirmed and screamed, I kicked the air and somersaulted, striking the beetle with my wings before dropkicking it, sending it crashing onto the ground like a meteor.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Job [Infernal Hellblade] has risen from [Level 20] to [Level 21]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Three down.

Hestia! As I watched the remaining four beetles zoom around, waiting for a chance to attack me, I heard Ellaine call out for me and in the next moment, a flesh tendril grabbed my feet. Lets fly?

Got it, hang on!

With Ellaine holding onto my hip with her left arm, I used [Gale Steps] with [Air Walk], dashing forward to gain enough acceleration to chase down the beetles before they could engage me. While Ellaine kept herself safe with an [Air Shield], I moved around like a dragonfly, chasing down any beetles and dodging their attacks before I struck. If I couldnt reach them, Ellaine swung her sword, disabling them by cutting their wings and making them an easy kill.

The two of us blitzed the remaining geisenlarg flyers, sending their dead bodies falling to the ground. At the same moment we finished, a loud yell rocked the cavern. Taunt!!! somebody shouted, dragging the attention of all the geisenlargs over to them.

I turned around, noticing the source to be Grimnir, who was hiding behind a wall of Tasiannas [Winters Golem]s. Ellaine and I were confused about how Grimnir had [Taunt], considering our party hadnt changed our Jobs at a crystal yet, but then again, he and Saori were the ones who had visited the lower city the most from our party. He probably took some time to change to a Job with [Taunt] as a Job skill.

Come at me ya damn umsleuds! Fight a taz if you dare! Grimnir activated [Defensive Rune: Pavise] and shouted rambunctiously, drawing the beetles to attack him. As he began slamming the beetles with his hammer, Tasiannas golems moved to attack anything that came close to them.

Hestia, the queen is through that tunnel! Move! Saori pointed at a tunnel underneath me after killing off three beetles at once with her stygian lightning.

Tor Eicleres Finulaflei! With how many targets were gathering around Grimnir, it was the perfect moment for us to unleash our area-of-effects attack on them and eliminate multiple enemies at once.

Also recognizing this opportunity, Muraina nocked all four of Whisperias arrows on her bow before aiming upwards. Whisperia, aim. Fly, Auidbs Finulflei. Propelled upwards with wind magic to gain that stunning speed Muraina has been shooting her arrows with, the four wooden arrows pulled themselves together, forming a single large green-glowing arrow before exploding next to the ceiling.

Like fireworks, the sparks formed into a distinctive shape that of a bird of prey, in this case. As beautiful of a spectacle this was, in the next moment, these sparks shot out like laser arrows, falling down from the ceiling like rain. Ellaine and I both panicked briefly at the prospect of getting hit by friendly fire, but we quickly realized that [Danger Perception] hadnt responded at all to this attack, meaning it was not a threat to us. And we guessed correctly.

Skruuuch!!! At the bottom, Tasiannas ice spell was already showing its power. The shells of numerous beetles cracked open, spilling their green blood only for it to be immediately frozen by the hazardous temperature. As Tasiannas ice swords began piercing through the beetles bodies, Murainas rain of arrows descended, destroying anything it touched.

Jeez! What a destructive attack! And with perfect accuracy, too.

Now I understood what those two magic circles Muraina kept active were doing. Even without [Mana Eyes], I could hazard a guess.

First, I was sure her enchanted bow was the reason for the flight speed of the arrows, enchanting them with wind magic to fly faster. Second, the magic circle next to the bow was responsible for the conjured wind arrows and the fireworks, even if this [Auidbs Finulflei] Hawks Paradise in elven was a bow ability instead of a spell. It probably needed that magic circle to work. Third, and lastly, the magic circle next to her treant was responsible for the arrows homing function, which I attributed to the treant who acted like a controller.

The only thing I still havent had a clue about were the arrows the treants produced. I was able to guess Murainas abilities from watching her fight, but I still needed [Mana Eyes] to properly understand them. In other words, I knew what she could do, but I had no idea what her weaknesses were. Not even accounting for what she still had in her arsenal, since I couldnt imagine this being her ultimate attack, something similar to Yorshka with her [Nordor Style: Silver Dragons Skyfall].

Jeez, if she only allowed us to make a party. Verdammt. All that experience, lost!

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Job [Infernal Hellblade] has risen from [Level 21] to [Level 22]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Thankfully, Tasianna is doing a good job.

With a good chunk of the beetles dead and the remaining ones focused on Grimnir, I flew over to where Saori was while Ellaine continued hanging onto my waist. As Tasianna, Saoris garms, and Muraina finally rendezvoused with us, I looked over in Grimnirs direction, noticing he was stuck behind the mountain of corpses and army of beetles.

Clicking my tongue at Grimnirs reckless action, I climbed up the wall next to the tunnel entrance, high enough to see behind him. Warp Point: Entry! I cast the entry point behind him before slipping back into the tunnel and opening the [Warp Point: Exit]. As the air opened up, revealing Grimnir behind it, roaring and swinging his hammer around, I grabbed his shoulder and pulled the armored taz through the portal before closing it.

My [Prediction] warned me to turn around, where I noticed the bugs shifting their bodies around to rush towards us. Grimnirs [Taunt] was still in effect, luring all of them towards us.

Verdammt, gotta close the tunnel.

Ill handle this! You guys get to the queen and clean this up! Nobody disagreed with my suggestion. They knew exactly what I could do, even if it sounded like a flag.

After Saori led the group deeper into the dark tunnel, I turned my head around and activated [Aerokinesis]. Breathing in deeply, I filled my lungs with enough oxygen to make me feel lightheaded, before releasing a massive KriAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! roar at them.

The ones leading the army were immediately crushed by the sheer force of my [Draconic Roar], blown away like ragdolls. The waves of beetles were pushed back, being forced to look at alternative ways to bypass this chokepoint I was holding on my own. I sent out my [Unheilge Engel] as sharp obsidian spears to strike at the stragglers. While our Quest was to kill the geisenlarg queen, I didnt want to completely disregard the opportunity to farm experience.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Job [Infernal Hellblade] has risen from [Level 22] to [Level 24]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Argh, verdammt, my throat. One thing my vocal coach always told me to do was to stop the moment my throat began to hurt and give it a rest, otherwise I would risk damaging the most valuable asset a vocalist can have. Singing for an hour or two at the concert wasnt a problem, but I guess roaring for this long was.

I took a moment to drink some water to moisten my vocal cords, which the beetles mistook as an opening. They attacked, only to be cut down by my [Unhelige Engel] before they could even reach me. As I pondered which spell to use next, I suddenly heard something approaching from behind me, in the tunnel Saori and the others ran into.

Oh, nice, they finished that quickly. Sadly no exp for me, was what I thought when I saw the silhouettes of Saori, Tasianna, Ellaine, Grimnir, and Muraina riding on the backs of the garms. But the closer they came, the more I was confused at their panicking expressions and how the garms were sprinting.

Move, Hestia! As Saori shouted, the walls of the tunnel began to tremble as a deep, booming Skrouuuuuuuch! erupted from the darkness in the back. As I looked closer, I saw the tunnel breaking, making way for the rampage of something huge.

As we all jumped back into the cavern, the tunnel exploded into dust and rocks before another Skrouuuuuuch! rumbled around us. From the cloak of dust, a giant dark green stinger shot at us with scary accuracy, destroying the ground we were standing in.

Kuso. Jumping off from Uno, Saoris body exuded a blue mana mist, hiding her body from everybodys eyes. In the next second, from above, a giant black lightning-clad wolf jumped out from the shadow of a bridge. With lightning concentrating around one of her front paws, she landed on the creature in the dust and smashed her paw into it, causing an explosion of black lightning, blowing away all the dust and smoke.

The spider turned around, noticed me and raised its hands up. Apparently, it really was the same spider that rescued me from that frog from before. After I explained the situation to the others, they wondered why the spider was here. As Tasianna went to check on it, she suddenly noticed something had happened to her plants.

Huh, the overgrown leaves. I wanted to get rid of them after returning, but why have they been cut already? On these, too! In addition, none of the fruits seemed to have been touched. The ones Tasianna harvested this morning werent touched, either.

Did you help us? It raised its hand again, as if it understood us.

Huh, the animals of this forest are used to us elves asking them for help, so this spider probably knew what to do to not anger us; instead, it did stuff to garner our favor. Hehe, spiders are patient predators who only build their web in places they know they will stay for a while. Looks like it wants to stay with you, Muraina explained.

Hold on, did I just tame a monster by giving it some strawberries?! What the hell?

To make sure, I wanted to confirm its intention first. Do you want to say with us? It raised its arms. Do you want to help out to get more fragassa? It raised its arms again.

Is that its only response?!

Uhm, do you want to become a tamed monster? Saori is a tamer, so you can fight with it. Surprisingly, it did not raise its arms! It actually could understand us?!

Scratching my head, I looked over to Tasianna. How about it? Are you okay with it, Tasianna?

She shrugged. If it doesnt ruin the garden and is willing to help me, I will accept any pair of hands to help me out. Even four more! I can expand the garden even more then!

I guess that was settled.

As we slowly departed back to Griffonpeak, we somehow gained another weird ally. With a slime and spider, I wondered what the isekai fans would call this situation? Rimuko? Kumoru?

Footsteps. The movements of mandibles digging through earth. All of these sounds were being made in an underground tunnel. A monster the size of a large dog with the form of a beetle was digging through piles of dirt and rocks while carrying something pulsating on its sticky back. Meat and plants were attached to this monster like a backpack, but it didnt care, it continued digging while making sure the objects on its back were safe.

Mindless, no, rather, it was simply following the last order its mother gave it. Protect my child, it understood through the special connection a queen had to its drone. Many of its siblings were larger and far stronger than it, but it wasnt born to fight. It was born to work, to carry, to dig, to build a colony.

It was the first and last of its kind within its family. It was a geisenlarg worker. And what was on its back?

An egg.

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