There were only the three summoners left so Kevin asked them : "What do you guys want to do, with Erik I think we've had enough but if you want me to release them so you can fight some more it's up to you."
Liam then asked him : "How many summoned creatures are left in total ?"
Kevin immediately told him : "There are still 682 left."
Liam nodded and said to the others : "Let's just get this over here, there are a lot of summoned creatures left and there are still 8 summoners and the dungeon boss, so we will always have the option to increase their number if we want later."
Ian nodded and Axel then said : "Let's finish them off quickly and pick up everything while Kevin and Erik rest for a bit before we continue."
Axel didn't waste time and he decapitated the first Warrior Wizard right away, he left the other two to Alan who was still a few levels below him like that he would be able to get more experience points, and then they both joined Liam and Ian and started picking up everything they could find.
Meanwhile, Kevin was checking his System to see how many levels he had gained this time and he was surprised to see that there was more than one message.
[ SUMMARY ]
Killing summoned creatures you earned 281 250 gold coins and 169 500 experience points.
You have leveled up 8 times, all your stats have been increased by 8 points.
[ Congratulations ]
You have reached level 50, your Daily Quests have been modified, as well as some of your passive and active skills.
Additional reward has been granted to have reached the level 50
- Reward 1 : 20 000 experience points
- Reward 2 : 50 Stats points
Kevin was curious but he decided to wait until he was back home to look at all this in more detail, and so he turned to Erik who was in about the same state as him, meaning sweating and trying to recover a normal breathing after this exhausting fight, and he asked him : "How are you feeling ? Are you holding up ?"
Erik nodded and told him : "I'm fine, it's easier compared to the hour I spent in the gravity room yesterday."
Kevin chuckled and said to him : "If Alan agrees you can go and train there with him and Axel in the morning, on the days you don't go on expeditions, this room is ideal for them too, I'm sure they'll progress faster thanks to it."
Axel then said to him through their telepathic link, 'I agree, tell Erik that I will talk to Alan to convince him.'
Kevin smiled and said to Erik : "Axel agrees, he told me he would talk to Alan."
Erik smiled too and said : "Great ! You're right, besides spending our days looting dungeons, this is the best way to train ... And I still need you to teach me more techniques."
Kevin smirked and told him : "Don't worry, you're my duo fight partner after all, I can't wait to go kick some ass at the Selections, it'll be my very first competition."
He added cheerfully : "And maybe by then you'll have moved on to the Stage 2 of a Warrior Spirit."
Erik then said excited too : "It will be my first time participating at the duo fights competition too, I just hope we don't run into Yelena and Ashton ... I guess they must be training hard right now."
Erik added because he didn't have time yet to talk about it with Kevin : "You know yesterday Ashton freaked me out a little bit.
He already knows all the parts of a human body absolutely by heart, he also knows the circulation of the blood and certain pressure points which serve to stop bleeding or to prevent poisons from spreading throughout the body.
He didn't know that you could use the pressure points to paralyze an opponent but he learned everything I taught him very quickly."
Kevin replied to him not really surprised : "Ashton is a real genius and he wants to broaden his horizons by learning to fight ... He doesn't want to rest on his laurels and it is thanks to his determination that he will truly become an exceptional mage.
I think mages and fighters should help each other more because there are essential qualities in mages such as concentration which would serve fighters to improve their control over their chakra, and the rigor and endurance of the fighters would serve, I'm sure, to increase the success rate and the number of potions crafted by the mages."
Ian who was passing by then said to him : "I completely agree with you, mages tend to be too lazy, and fighters lack concentration because they are easily distracted as soon as they feel their adrenaline increase during a fight, which prevents them from using their chakra properly."
He added looking at Erik : "Of course that doesn't apply to you, if you couldn't stay focused during a fight you wouldn't be able to use your combat intelligence skill."
Indeed Kevin thought, Erik seemed much more comfortable using his chakra in a fight than Axel was.
But the problem with Axel was that he was already so powerful that he didn't even think about it, he could use it all the time to increase the power of his attacks and to protect his body but he just wasn't accustomed to using his chakra.
He really had to make sure that at least he would used it in his hand-to-hand combat techniques, and it made him think that he should also ask Yelena how she had managed to concentrate such a large amount of chakra to be able to create a shock wave with it.
Once they were done picking everything up and that Ian didn't find any ore, Kevin and Erik assured them they could continue, and so they took the only path available and after a while Kevin who had the number of summoned creatures constantly in front of his eyes then exclaimed outloud : "Fuck, you must be kidding me !"
He said quickly for everyone, even though they all suspected why he had sworn : "The number of summoned creatures has gone from 1030 to 1250 at this rate it will take us the whole day to finish them off."
Liam and Ian exchanged a knowing look, they hadn't had this much fun together in a long time and Ian moved closer to him and whispered in his ear so low that even Axel couldn't hear what he was saying : "Will you let me fuck you tonight, you said you wouldn't mind and all that adrenaline makes me want you so badly … just this once ...."