Chapter 597 Teamwork



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"So anyways, are you all feeling better now? I've used special ingredients to awaken something inside of you named "Ki". With this, you won't feel as tired anymore. But make sure to exercise daily to increase this "Ki" more." I said.

"Now let's get going, we haven't even fully entered the Rocky Cliffs. My Familiars already spotted a large group of Cliff Rats, E+ Rank monsters, they're lead by a D- Rank Rat King, so get ready for that. This time I won't give you support. You'll have to kill them with your own strength!"

As I said that, many students were left very nervous. The nervousness of the situation quickly made them forget how they didn't know a thing about Ki, though I am sure they'll swarm me with questions once this is over, sadly.

"Ugh, why are there so many monsters here? It's just a cliff area surrounded with nothing but cactuses!" Clarice complained.

"Yeah its weird, right?" Mimy sighed.

"Well there are demon tribes living here duh. It is all because of the Miasma. This area is just a small zone within the enormous Haunt we were tasked with cleaning." Erdrich said.

The cliffs here were very similar in structure to the canyons back in my village. This continent is said to have a lot of areas like this. Some speculate they're "wounds" left in the continent after the battles of ancient times between the high ranked spirit masters.

Some attribute it also the ancient Demon War where the Summoner Hero led humanity to victory. There are countless theories, quite honestly. It is possible it could be all of that, or just natural formations.

We kept moving down, our plan was to reach the deeps of the cliff and into the open rocky area where the demon tribes were located. We had to walk down a very tight road spiraling down into the ground below.

Some students were naturally afraid but if they end up falling, its because they were stupid. I also have a Fenrir for every three students, so if one even ends up slipping down, it'll get caught by the wolf's shadows.

…Hopefully.

"How long till the rats?" Wondered Clarice while looking bored, swinging her axe around.

"Now." I said.

"EH?!"

FLAAAASH!

Suddenly, from the other side of the cliff, an enormous swarm of hundreds of black-colored, red-eyed rats emerged, pointing their sharp teeth at us. Behind them, a big and fat rat, the Cliff Rat King commanded them.

These rats have the ability to easily walk around the cliff edges without issues, so they came from below, above, and in front of us.

"GRYYYYHH!"

Their screeches were something else as well.

"T-They're here already?!" Clarice panicked, swinging her axe around as she slashed several of them at once when they attempted to jump over her. "[Greater Lion's Swing]!"

"ROOOAR!"

The phantom of a lion roaring emerged from Clarice's axe, which was also her spirit, her swings easily slashing several rats at once.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAASH!

"Rock Wyvern! Protect the skies!" Clark roared, summoning his large rock-covered wyvern which flew into the skies and began taking the attention of the rats, they tried biting it but his rocky armor of scales were very effective at destroying their teeth. "RAAAAH! [Hammer Smash]!"

CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!

Meanwhile, Clark began smashing them with his hammer, splattering rat guts everywhere with his wild and savage attacks.

"Swamp man! Trap them~ Hehehe…" The gloomy Elianna summoned her giant Swamp Man, a monster spirit in the shape of a humanoid made of weeds, vines, and other aquatic plants. It easily trapped many rats inside of itself while Eliana used her Witch Doctor Magic to poison them with a variety of toxins. She would get along well with Hendrick perhaps.

"Holy Sword of Light: [SHINE]!"

FLAAAASH!

Meanwhile, Arthuria, the blonde swordswoman utilized her Holy Sword of Light Spirit to unleash a flash of bright light, blinding dozens of rats at once and then slashing them apart with her wild swings.

"Void Squid, let's do this! [Spatial Trap]!"

Meanwhile, the gray haired and childish Ashen summoned his Void Squid and conjured spatial magic, distorting an area around him and trapping over twenty rats in midair, trapped by invisible spatial walls wrapped around one another.

"It's ready, Patricia!" Ashen said while giggling.

"Thank you Ashen!" Patricia said, the short-haired tomboyish muscular girl swung her gigantic axe with her muscular arms, slashing the rats into countless pieces with a single swing.

SLAAAAASH!

And then I saw her sword shapeshifting around, showing tentacles, and eating the rats' guts and blood. This was her Metal Slime Spirit, which seemed to be merged with her blood to make it regenerate easily, but she also seems to… have made her sword out of her own blood too and ordered the slimes to take this form. She might look dull and silent, but she's smart within her own devices.

"Blue Slime! Eat them up!" Mimy said, as her blue slime jumped over her head and then expanded its body into a bigger form, swallowing the rats reaching her one after the other while she shoot some down using [Water Bullet], one of the few spells she knows.

"Guuuu!" The Blue Slime was doing most of the job for the girl.

But I guess that's how it is in this world. Spirits are part of the summoner's powers, even though I've begun seeing them more like their own separate entities.

"Hammerhead Shark!" Alianna jumped over her large spirit, flying around with it and using her magic water spear to slash the rats as they came after her in big swarms, her shark also started eating some of them with its massive jaws.

"[Bubble Formation]!"

"[Bubble Bomb]!"

Meanwhile, the twins Aquarius and Aquaria were generating bubbles with magic and their spirit's help, a squid, and an octopus, and then popping them up, generating small explosions and blasting the rat inside and those around into pieces. I never thought Bubble Magic could do this, interesting.

Oh, and me and my friends? We decided to quickly slay the Cliff Rat King.

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