CH.128 Preparations, day 1

CH.128 Preparations, day 1

It was the morning of preparation day 1. And I have some things I need to do today. Mainly, a dungeon visit. I promised I would get a magic fanny pack for Alice, Lua and Alex. Well, Alex and Lua promised to pay for theirs. Alex was keeping the large backpack version he carried as a part of Diamond Sword and Lua had inherited the one carried by Rico. They were team assets, but Zay gave up on them, so he could keep the house without having to buy out Alex and Lua.

But before I do that, I’ll quickly pull open my packs for the day. And it will be all LoBY today. And DB1 for the reprints.

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LoBY 1

Ray & Temperature, Hitotsu-Me Giant, Petit Dragon, Terra the Terrible, One-Eyed Shield Dragon, Dragon Treasure,

Turtle Tiger, Mystical Moon, Spirit of the Harp

LoBY 2

Meda Bat, Dragon Treasure, Kagemusha of the Blue Flame, Mystical Moon, Monster Egg, Nemuriko,

Mammoth Graveyard, Flame Manipulator, Giant Soldier of Stone

LoBY 3

Kurama, Legendary Sword, Tripwire Beast, Raise Body Heat, Vile Germs, Trial of Nightmare, Kumootoko, Yami, Pot of Greed

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Well, there is one Pot of Greed. Let’s deal with it after the rest of the packs.

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LoBY 4

Armaill, Tyhone, Petit Dragon, Drooling Lizard, Two-Mouth Darkruler, Kumootoko, Turtle Tiger, Hard Armor, Pot of Greed

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And a second one. My lucky day. Again, I’ll make the toploader for it after the packs.

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LoBY 5

Silver Fang, Dark King of the Abyss, Silver Bow and Arrow, Petit Dragon, Mystical Moon,

One-Eyed Shield Dragon, Green Phantom King, M-Warrior #2, Metal Dragon

LoBY 6

Sogen, Laser Cannon Armor, Petit Angel, Darkworld Thorns, One-Eyed Shield Dragon, Power of Kaishin,

Dissolverock, Raise Body Heat, Final Flame

LoBY 7

Beaver Warrior, Machine Conversion Factory, One-Eyed Shield Dragon, Basic Insect, Dark Energy, Skull Servant,

Steel Ogre Grotto #1, Turtle Tiger, Flower Wolf

LoBY 8

Frenzied Panda, The 13th Grave, Flame Manipulator, King Fog, Hinotama, Armored Starfish,

Machine Conversion Factory, Giant Soldier of Stone, Curse of Dragon

LoBY 9

Kumootoko, Masaki the Legendary Swordsman, Mystical Sheep #2, Laser Cannon Armor,

Witty Phantom, Nemuriko, Man Eater, Wasteland, Fissure

LoBY 10

Electro-Whip, Steel Ogre Grotto #1, Nemuriko, Remove Trap, Dragon Treasure, Succubus Knight,

One-Eyed Shield Dragon, Follow Wind, Flame Ghost

LoBY 11

Flame Manipulator, Hinotama, Sparks, Violet Crystal, Mountain, Mammoth Graveyard,

Hinotama Soul, Ray & Temperature, Dragoness the Wicked Knight

LoBY 12

Armaill, Red Medicine, Machine Conversion Factory, Mystical Sheep #2, Flame Manipulator,

Mystical Moon, Kagemusha of the Blue Flame, Silver Bow and Arrow, Reaper of the Cards

LoBY 13

Witty Phantom, Hinotama, Larvas, Legendary Sword, Armored Starfish, Hard Armor, Mammoth Graveyard, Kurama, Aqua Madoor

LoBY 14

Forest, Witty Phantom, Beaver Warrior, Darkworld Thorns, Violet Crystal, Mountain,

Two-Mouth Darkruler, Ray & Temperature, Flower Wolf

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“Come on Alice. Let’s go.” Jenna said as she pulled Alice along. I really hope taking her isn’t a mistake. Well, if today’s monster test is successful, I’ll be able to bring her back if she is too problematic.

I put a sleeve and toploader on my monster, before installing Cyclon Laser onto it. I also added one 7 Completed to increase its defense, and that resulted in a blue 7 being painted onto the left side of the cockpit. And because I have 4 copies of it, I also added one Machine Conversion Factory, to improve all its capabilities.

I had gotten permission from Christina to use their backyard as a landing and takeoff site, so I was now ready to summon the monster. I do have to be careful, so I don’t shatter any windows, but that should be doable.

“Gradius.” I called out my monster. Jet fighter. Starfighter. Whatever you want to call it.

A card appeared and from it, rose my spaceship.

“Wow. It’s larger than I expected.” I said to myself.

Gradius was almost 20 meters long. That’s way larger than I was expecting. I thought it would only be about half of that. Well, at least it fit into the backyard.

Gradius had a two person cockpit. Driver and gunner. And with Cyclon Laser, the gunner had access to some decent fire power.

I got into the cockpit and took off with Gradius. I made sure to do it slowly, as to not shatter any windows, but I’ll only find out if it worked when I return. Luckily Gradius is a spaceship, so it has some advanced technology and it doesn’t cause much wind around itself.

“... Laura, where are we?” I asked as I was looking around. I could only see trees everywhere.

After takeoff, I had accelerated to a high speed with Gradius, but I might have overdone it a little. But then again, I barely felt the acceleration, so...

Well, it’s still my fault.

(Somewhere over the forest that contains your dungeon, Master.) Laura said.

(... Does that mean we are lost?) I asked.

(No. Just transfer control over to me and I can take us to the dungeon.) She said.

(... Laura. I love you. Please. Get me back to somewhere I recognize.) I said.

I didn’t know it at the time, but my little acceleration had resulted in a speed of over Mach 10, and I had flown almost halfway across the largest forest on this continent.

It only took a few minutes for Laura to fly us back to an area where I could actually see civilization.

“I think I need a map for this thing.” I said as Laura was setting the spaceship down in the clearing in front of the dungeon entrance.

(I can make one for you, if you would like. But it will only have area’s you have visited.) Laura said.

(Thanks. That might help. But if it is only areas I have visited, perhaps I should just let you fly around with Gradius at top speed to draw out the map.) I said.

(We can, but it will lack detail.) Laura said.

(That might still be better than nothing.)

(If we can acquire knowledge from a locally made map, I could use it. It might also be more detailed than something I make on the fly.) Laura said. When did she learn to play with words like that? Is that a sign of her getting closer to her next evolution? Or would it be a rank-up?

— rank-up? Could I rank Laura up with a Rank-Up-Magic? Well, I don’t have one and probably won’t have one for a long time.

In the dungeon I had two objectives. Get the items I came for and clear it for the points. And if I’m going to clear it, I need a monster for that. Luckily, I got something I want to summon.

I put a toploader on both the monster and the spell I needed to summon it.

“I activate Black Luster Ritual. I sacrifice two Beaver Warriors to ritual summon Black Luster Soldier.” I said to perform the summon.

I used two Beaver Warriors, as I had them handy. And they are LoBY cards, so I’ll get more. And I still have one left.

“Master. You have summoned me. What can I do for you?” He asked.

Black Luster Soldier was wearing full armor made of a black metal, with gold highlights. God, that armor is good looking. I should totally analyze it and make some for myself. ... but at a later date.

“I’m going through the dungeon and I need you to kill all the monsters. Can you do it alone, or do you need help?”

“I can easily take care of that, Master.” Black Luster Soldier answered, seeming almost annoyed that I even doubted him.

“Good. Let’s go then.” I said as we got a move on.

Our trip through the dungeon went about as easily as it could have. Black Luster Soldier cut every monster in just one slash. Even the skeletal saber tiger that was the current final boss.

I did actually end up summoning a second monster, but not because I thought he needed help. This one was just to perform another fusion summon. I fused Silver Fang and Darkworld Thorns to summon Flower Wolf.

The wolf was a little disappointed that it had nothing to do, so I ended up riding it. Riding a wolf isn’t half bad actually.

“Thanks, you two. You can go now.” I said as I unsummoned my two monsters. I don’t need them for the return trip, as I’ll be taking the shortcut. I never did test it after all.

Now for the items.

First, the three magic fanny packs.

Then, I made myself some extra clothing. The ones I came to this world with don’t actually get dirty, basically no matter what, but I still wanted some. And they aren’t that expensive.

I made myself five sets of underwear and socks. Three t-shirts, two pairs of pants and one extra hoodie. If I don’t need them, I can always sell them.

With everything here taken care of, I returned back to Alewatch.

I didn’t actually fly Gradius all the way to the backyard this time. It did work out when I took off (hopefully), but I’ll just land in the plains somewhere away from people and take Overdrive from there. Much better for everyone.

I didn’t have anything else on today’s agenda, so I was able to relax for the rest of the day.