A016 – Strategy

A016 – Strategy

After that, the party continued their exploration.

During that time, it was mostly Kazu who went ahead alone and slashed the Ghouls and the Greater Ghouls, without caring about the other 3 party members.

Kazu who got his weapon buffed with Aspersio and endowed with Holy element became natural bane to the undeads. He also drank an STR Potion beforehand, raising his STR stat further by 10%.

"SONIC BLOW!"

PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK!

-4500 -4640 -4360 -4550 -4700 -6700! -4420 -4610

With his agility, it was just a simple matter of hacking and slashing the undead while unscathed. He doesn't even need Rena-cchi's healing support. It's just that, from time to time he sometimes stole glances at the trio girls, showing a proud expression.

"Got 38k of damage, that's a new record!"

It could be seen that he was quite proud of the result of the damage. From the current trend, 38k damage certainly is a very high standard. Unfortunately, Emilia and Rena-cchi's reactions were a bit cold. They just sighed helplessly.

'Kazu-kun / Kazu-cchi, that's way too pretentious...'

Besides, it was just a Ghoul with rotten flesh. Its DEF is just like paper, of course the damage would be high.

While Kazu went "Hyahha!" on the front line, they weren't idle either.

Emilia silently used her arrows to fire support, occasionally killing any enemies that escaped Kazu's attack. Meanwhile, Rena-cchi was busy maintaining Ruach and Magnificat, recasting the two spells every time they would expire.

Ruach is their main source of light. After they continued further into the dungeon, there were several torches on the wall that still intact. Those torches were lit by mysterious fire that seems fueled with unknown means, enough to illuminate the place. But even so, it would be much more convincing if the place was brighter.

Magnificat is a party buff that doubling their MP regen, and indirectly, also affects STA regen. This is essential to the party to ensure they can use spells and skills without worrying their MP and STA would dry

Only Hecate who was free and had nothing to do... because her teammate was too excellent.

Kazu hogged all the enemies by himself, and Emilia took the leftover off. Before she know it, the situation developed naturally in this direction. Nothing was left for Hecate to kill.

"Congratulations, Kazu. That was amazing."

But at least, she had to say some praise words to Kazu, even if it was just perfunctory.

'Even a pig can fly if praised well.'

From her eyes, she can see that Kazu just want to show off. It was a normal behavior of a youthful boy to do that, especially there are three girls in the party. Perhaps, this situation looked like a harem party from Kazu's view.

That's why, he wants to act cool.

And sure enough, when Hecate congratulates him, Kazu looked very happy. This can be clearly seen from his wagging tail and perked up ears. Kazu is a Beastkin, more specifically, the Werewolf race. But right now, he looked more like a big dog instead.Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

A few minutes later, the party arrived at the stairs leading to B2F.

"Wait, let me see the situation first."

Emilia quietly head down while inside Kazu's Presence Concealment's range. Using the skill Hawk Eye, she took a glance at enemies in the room at the end of the corridor.

With the record function, she recorded her vision then send the video to the party via PM and retreated.

; ; Skill Name: Hawk Eye (Lv10) Requirement: Hunter, ??? Type: Passive Effect: Increase the user's DEX by (Skill Lv) 10 Allows the user to see faraway object by (Skill Lv) meter. 10m

(Can be turned on/off).

And what waiting for them was another set of undead enemies.

[][Ghoul - Lv96] (6) - HP8400-10600

[][Greater Ghoul - Lv105] (7) - HP20150-22700

[][Wraith - Lv107] (8) - HP26100-28000

[][Banshee - Lv110] (9) - HP25300-27700

[][Dullahan - Lv118] (1) - HP45000

Other than Ghouls like in the previous floor, there are 3 more type of enemies.

Wraith, looked like a skeleton wearing black robe that looked like its entirety made of mists. Banshee, looked like wrinkled old woman with white unkempt hair. They floats in the air and pass through walls while letting out some indescribable creepy voice.

It would be unreasonable to give him the role of a puller or a tanker.

But, when it seems like they were out of idea, Hecate let out a voice.

"Is it finally my turn?"

"Oh, Hecate-chan? You have a good idea?"

Emilia asked curiously.

In that instant, everyone's attention turned to the loli, wondering what the solution she would give. Unexpectedly, she only gave a vague answer, without telling the specific details.

"I have a way. But, only if you let me participate."

As she said that, her gaze moved towards Kazu and Emilia.

Up until now, the enemies were wiped clean by them. At first, Hecate had no objection to this. Since she can take it easy and didn't have to waste her precious spells to kill these lowlife monsters, why not?

But somehow, the situation persisted for so long, that makes her feel wrong. Eventually, she couldn't help but think.

'What am I doing here? Does my presence here is necessary?'

It was supposed to be a dungeon exploration, but it somehow ended up being a dungeon picnic.

In that case, why would she bother spending gems to buy spell scrolls if she couldn't use them even once?

"I am quite strong, you know? But it seems I only treated as a mascot."

Hecate said in a serious tone. But, no matter how serious she was, the difference of expression was hard to tell that it ended up looking adorable in the eyes of others.

Looking at Hecate's face, Rena-cchi even had to resist the urge to cuddle her, while making indescribable perverted face.

"Aaah, the angry Hecate-cchi is also cyute~ "

Hecate could only ignore this weirdo for the time being.

Meanwhile, Kazu and Emilia became awkward at her stare.

They were embarrassed about the fact that they forgot themselves earlier. Usually, the party was just Emilia, Kazu, and Rena-cchi, 3 person party. Kazu being wild during battle was their normal routine, and their cooperation was maturely developed.

Hence, when Hecate joins the party, she ended up being left behind.

Now that they think about it, this loli is still one of the Genesis Seven Stars. Moreover, her level is higher, or more like, the highest in the guild. There is no way she would be weak.

It would be a loss if they didn't let her contribute.

"Ah, of course. That's a given."

"Ehem... Okay, then. So, what are you going to do?"

Emilia tried to smoothen the situation by asking a question.

Regarding that question, Hecate expressionlessly answered. Her hands swiped through the air, seemingly manipulated something in her game interface.

"You need a puller, right? I'll take that role."

An Archwitch became a puller?

A puller is someone who takes the role to pull the aggro of the monsters, usually in conjunction with the tanker role. Normally, only players with high HP and DEF such as Knights or Crusaders who would take this role. This is because they had to take the beating of many monsters at the same time.

A spellcaster class who had low HP dared to take such role?

This is definitely unusual.

Hearing her answer, Emilia became dumbfounded for a second. But after looking at Hecate's confident expression, Emilia decided to not say more and trust her decision.

"Then, Kazu-kun and I will deal with the Dullahan. Rena, I leave the support to you."

"Ai yo! Come here everyone, I'll buff you up!"

The strategy meeting has concluded.

Immediately after Rena-cchi done with her buff, the party went down to B2F.