Chapter 194: Prayer in the church and those living in the Iji mine

Chapter 194: Prayer in the church and those living in the Iji mine

After finishing our meal, we finally set off for a new area! We're off to the Iji Mine!

First, we warp to King Kong Fort. We've already completed the quest, so it looks like there are no enemies. The members are Lily, Koihi, Konoha, Himari and Hix.

A basilisk? Elephant? Rat? That's not something I'd deal with! Let's head for the rocks at once with Hix. But first, I'm going to get the horsemanship skill I've always wanted. It's 5 pt.

You've acquired the horsemanship skill

My remaining skill points are now 57pt.

Now I'm ready. Lily, Koihi and I will ride Hix together. Lily rides on the condition that she will fly by herself in case of a battle.

"Uwa~! It's so different from flying by myself!"

"The wind feels good~"

"Right"

The effect of the horsemanship skill is tremendous. It's so stable and the last time I sped up I almost got blown away, but I didn't feel it at all. I used magic while piloting to test it out and it worked just fine. I should have taken it earlier.

It seems that they won't let me reach the destination just as I'm enjoying my smooth journey through the sky.

"!!? Something's coming from above!"

At Koihi's warning, we looked up and saw a huge snake with wings heading our way. I identify it.

Wyrm?

? ? ?

I've been spoiled. However, it seems that we cant overlook it. Wyrm inhaled.

"Hix!"

I signaled with the reins and Hix took evasive action. A poisonous breath is released where we were.

Danger~is it breath suddenly. Then this one will go too!

"Everyone, we'll do it! We'll take it on first! Everyone should aim for the enemy's chance!"

"Okay!"

Lily flies in the air.

"Let's go, Hix!"

Hix breathes in and unleashes his lightning breath! It works, but not so well against Wyrm. Then it's a close combat.

Hix wears a whirlwind and charges in. Wyrm inhales again, and unleashes a mysterious green smoke breath. Sensing danger, I stop Hix from charging in.

Wyrm comes after us. It seems to be very confident about the breath it just used. If that's the case, I'll take countermeasures as well. I'm going to cast the sacred magic Bless on myself, Koihi and Hix. Now we won't be afraid of that breath.

Turning around, Hix once again drapes himself in the whirlwind and challenges the close combat. Wyrm uses the mysterious breath again, but this time I don't question it.

I jumped into the mysterious breath and the abnormal condition invalid was still removed. I guess it's the breath that causes some kind of abnormal condition...I'll think about this later. Once we're out of the mysterious breath, Wyrm hates close combat and runs upwards.

I guess its lack of limbs makes it bad at close combat!

"Heavy Slash!"

Lily uses Heavy Slash on Wyrm to bring Wyrm back into Hix's range. Nice work, Lily.

But Wyrm tries to catch her with its long tail.

"Hoo!"

Konoha and Himari stop the tail with their key claws and escape in the meantime.

"That was a close one...thanks. Konoha and Himari"

"Hoo!"

I have a feeling that Konoha and Himari are saying they will take care of it. Anyway, when Hix hits the Wyrm, it is chopped into the whirlwind and then scratched with claws. I'm going for new magic too!

"Blizzard!"

A blizzard strikes Wyrm from close range, freezing it. In that gap, Koihi jumps on Wyrm and stabs her sword in it.

"Evil Flame!"

The sword is filled with evil flames and burns Wyrm from within. In addition, Koihi regains the sword and slashes through it. In the sky above, Lily spins in a vertical circle.

"Rolling Slash!"

Lily's powerful blow sends it crashing to the ground.

"Guilty Thorn!"

I further restrain the Wyrm with thorns.

"Now! Explosion!"

"Yes! Flame Circle!"

"Hoo!"

"Pee!"

The magic of me, Koihi, Konoha, Himari and Hix rains down and Lily accelerates through it.

"Gale Thrust!"

This is the first time Lily has used gale thrust!

Lily's large sword pierced through Wyrm and Wyrm screamed and fell.

Wyrm, I got you!

I'll dismantle it right away.

Wyrm Wing: Rarity 5 Material Item Quality D

Wyrm's feather. The feathers have the hardness of snakeskin, but are smooth to the touch. A material that is very strong against wind magic.

Wyrm Skin: Rarity 5 Material Item Quality D

Wyrm skin. This skin has the hardness of snakeskin, but is smooth to the touch. This material is very strong against wind magic.

It was a big enemy, so the material was also big. I'll have Wako and Mew-san take a look at it later.

As I continued my air journey, I was attacked by an enemy that appeared from the Iji Mine before I reached it.

Lesser Gargoyle Lv20

? ? ?

They look like rocky Lesser Devils. There are about ten of them. This is not good...hard enemies are our natural enemies.

As I suspected, the damage is not good. And even though they're hard, they're fast. That's unfair!

What's the ironclad rule against hard enemies? Weaken them with abnormal conditions. This is the best magic. It's got to work!

"Sick!"

One gargoyle will be slowed down. Good!

"Lily! Aim for the one who got sick!"

"Yes! Yaaaa!"

Lily's large sword hits and the gargoyle shatters. All right! One blow!

"Konoha, Himari! Attract the enemy. Lily aim at the ones who are sick"

"Yes!"

I managed to kill the Gargoyles. If it weren't for Sick, we would have been in trouble. It's hard to use a poison endurance strategy against hard enemies that fly through the air quickly. Then the level up comes.

The level of Intermediate Summoner has increased. You got status points 1pt

The level of Intermediate Summoner has increased. You got skill points 1pt

Now I have 58 skill points left. I set the status point to Agility.

I'll try to dismantle them.

Magic Ore: Rarity 3 Material Item Quality E+

A stone that contains magic power. Used as a material for weapons. It goes well with gems and stones with magic properties.

Ah, it's a new ore material!? What an unexpected harvest. Hephaestus will be pleased.

Then we arrive at the mountain. I immediately set up a gate point.

Just like the Adventurer's Guild taught me, there are mining points everywhere! I'm getting excited!

I immediately used my pickel and my pickel shattered. What the hell? I'm so depressed. (Tl note: Pickel is german for ice axe)

There was nothing I could do, so I brought back Himari and summoned Kurogane, but even Kurogane couldn't mine. There's nothing I can do.

I went back to Freetia and asked the Adventurer's Guild about it and they told me that if my beginner's pickel was broken, I needed an intermediate pickel.

So I bought an intermediate pickel and headed back to the mountain.

Using the intermediate pickel, I was able to mine safely. All right! I'm going to do it all!

Every time I mined, I was sure to get some iron ore. It seems to be rare to get magic ore. This place is heaven!

While I'm mining, I hear a tremendous vibration and footsteps. What is it?

"Ta, Takuto-oniichan! There's something big! Ah!"

When I looked in the direction of Koihi, I saw a huge person running towards us at an athlete's pace.

Giant?

? ? ?

Yeah. That's what it looks like. But if it's a giant, it's probably not that strong.

"Leave it to Lily! Heavy Slash!"

Lily flew through the air, approached and did a heavy slash, and I thought the large sword slashed through the giant, but it stopped midway.

"Eh!? Nn~! I can't pull it out~!"

Not good! There's too much distance. I use my synchro skill to warn Lily.

Lily, get away!

"Eh? Wawa!?"

Lily narrowly escapes from the hands of the Giant who tries to catch her.

Come back here at once

But Takuto! Lily's sword!

Don't worry. I'll use Apose to pull it out

I see! All right!

Lily comes back, but in the meantime, the Giant comes closer. That's not good.

"Konoha, Kurogane, Hix. Please"

The three of them challenge the fight.

First, Hix unleashes his wind blade and the Giant flips it with his bare hands. Eh? Can a wind blade be parried with bare hands?

Konoha throws a feather, but it doesn't freeze. It will be close combat with Kurogane as it is. In close combat, Kurogane has his share. That's what I thought.

But the reality was not so easy. When Giant used his martial arts straight, Kurogane's vitality was reduced by a quarter. In addition, the side kick of the martial arts technique sent Kurogane flying.

The Giant tries to chase after Kurogane, but Konoha slashes it from the side with an ice blade. But the wound that was slashed regenerates.

This guy is a no-go when it comes to fighting.

I'm going to use Apose to retrieve Lily's large sword while Giant is paying attention to Konoha. I want to retreat now, but I need to get some information on this guy.

I'll use Sick on the Giant, but it won't make him sick. Just when I think it's no good...the Giant turns to me and lifts a huge rock nearby.

Oh no, be in time! Then Koihi uses her skill.

"Spirit Power!"

The giant rock stops just before it hits. Is this psychokinesis? I was able to make it in time, thanks to Koihi.

"Return!"

We return to Freetia before the thrown rock hits us.

"""That was close..."""

Agility 36

Dexterity 110

Skills

Staff Lv14

Magic Bow Lv6

Eagle Eye Lv1

Shooting Lv1

Woodworking Lv10Lv12

Collecting Lv14Lv15

Dose Lv8

Engraving Lv2Lv3

Jewel Magic Lv1

Lapidary Lv1

Wind Magic Lv7

Fire Magic Lv13

Water Magic Lv14Lv15

Earth Magic Lv13

Dark Magic Lv1

Sacred Magic Lv1

Lightning Magic Lv1

Explosion Magic Lv1

Wood Magic Lv15Lv16

Ice Magic Lv1

Tree Magic Lv6

High Elven Knowledge Lv13

Spirit Summoning Lv5

Cooking Lv6

Name Koihi Shrine Beast Lv1Lv2

Vitality 75

Magic Power 82

Strength 7881

Defense 47

Agility 8890

Dexterity 6870

Skills

Katana Lv13

Dual Wield Lv1

Wind Blade Lv1

Flame Magic Lv7

Evil Flame Lv12

Holy Fire Lv12

Sign Detection Lv14Lv15

Danger Premonition Lv13Lv14

Spirit Power Lv1Lv2

Illusion Lv1

Shinto magic Lv5

Lookout Lv1

Swift Lv1

Sorcery Lv2

Blood Awakening Lv5

Cooking Lv6

Invocation Lv1

Beastification Lv1

Name Konoha Snow Owl Lv3Lv4

Vitality 48

Magic Power 5557

Strength 3738

Defense 3536

Agility 42

Dexterity 6062

Skills

Surprise Attack Lv16

Flying Lv23Lv24

Ice Claw Lv10Lv11

Feather Throwing Lv6Lv7

Night Vision Lv11

Sign Isolation Lv10

Wind Magic Lv16Lv17

Water Magic Lv12Lv13

Ice Magic Lv17Lv18

Ice Blade Lv7Lv8

Cold Resistance Lv1Lv2

Name Himari Hawk Lv11Lv14

Vitality 2931

Magic Power 3033

Strength 4246

Defense 20

Agility 4043

Dexterity 22

Skills

Flight Lv14Lv16

Assault Lv9Lv10

Claw Lv9Lv10

Wind Magic Lv9Lv10

Name Mir Dryad Lv11

Vitality 46

Magic Power 35

Strength 16

Defense 16

Agility 46

Dexterity 44

Skills

Earth Hiding Lv3

Vine Lv4

Swift Lv3

Earth Magic Lv5

Wood Magic Lv5

Nectar Lv2

Collecting Lv1Lv4

Planting Lv1Lv4

Parasitic Plant Lv4

Trap Setting Lv3

Name Hix Lesser Griffon Lv1Lv2

Vitality 72

Magic Power 62

Strength 92

Defense 46

Agility 92

Dexterity 60

Skills

Flying Lv4Lv8

Claw Lv3Lv4

Riding Lv2Lv6

Whirlwind Lv4Lv5

Windproof Lv1Lv2

Wind Blade Lv2Lv3

Gale Lv4Lv5

Afterimage Lv4

Wind Magic Lv2

Lightning Magic Lv2

Lightning Breath Lv1

Majesty Lv1

Strengthen Horsemanship Lv2Lv4