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Fausto's blazing cleaving attacks resulted to be much deadlier than I had originally imagined, with just a few explosive strikes, the plants combusted and exploded. And not even the A Rank Treants could resist too many blows before dying. Perhaps another dungeon would have been much harder, but when we can abuse elemental weaknesses as basic as fire over plants, things get exceedingly easier.
Four hundred more monsters went down just as they showed up, my Level now rising by seven, making me level 17 by now. Killing monsters myself gave me much more experience, as I imagined.
It didn't take long before we reached the outer layer of the center of the last garden. The path behind us was left burned. I had stored as many monster corpses as I could, but even then there were still many left behind, although I made sure to at least store the spirit orbs without missing one.
"OOOOH" Fausto, the Bone Giant groaned, as I was sitting over his shoulders, he pointed at the distance, there were now trees covering this area, and they were not only big but strong, connected like a powerful, protective wall.
"A wall, huh?" I wondered.
"Yep, I can see a wall over there too." Erika nodded. "Hmmm... Using my plant senses, I think I can see that they're interconnected with their roots. Those giant trees are also monsters."
"What are they?" I asked. "The grimoire is not giving me any results..."
"They're called... Ancient Treants." Said Erika, somehow capable of learning, analyzing, and sensing both plants and plant monsters. Perhaps because she was a nature spirit herself. "Probably between A+ to A++ Rank! But still not as strong as the Dragon Dungeon Boss."
"Got it." I nodded. "There's also about a thousand more plant monsters surrounding the walls..." I said. "Elizabeth, I'll need your help with this. Can you bring their attention towards several directions at once?"
"You got an idea for that?" She asked.
"{Javelin Throw}"
FLAAASH!
The spear flew across the skies, quickly reaching the Ancient Treant, but before it could hit the old bark, it impacted a shiny barrier of light, which released sparks of azure color before gaining more and more cracks. Gluttony kept trying to breakthrough, enough to weaken the barrier and shatter it.
CRAAASH!
The barrier shattered and Gluttony pierced right through one of the Ancient Treants, the giant tree's body quickly collapsed into pieces as it was burned with demonic gluttony flames. Leaving behind a big A Rank Spirit Orb.
The other Ancient Treants opened their eyes lazily, quickly unifying their roots and closing the wall immediately afterwards. Gluttony quickly returned by my command as I felt the barrier was trying to suppress my power over my weapon and leave it trapped inside.
"Was that a barrier?!" Elizabeth asked. "Did that boss monster set that up?"
"Most likely, I would assume they were waiting for us, and won't let us enter their territory as easily." I nodded. "Gluttony was able to breakthrough but... With the fast rate in which the reconnect roots, it'll take forever to deal with this."
"There's very little we can do other than simply overpower the barrier and then burn the damn trees down." Elizabeth commanded. "Erika, got any recommendations?"
"Hmmm..." Erika was thinking about it, I noticed her eyes were glowing with a bright green light. "I think I could deal with the barrier, actually..."
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