Chapter 46: Crazy Leveling Speed Part 2
That was strange for me, as I recall perfectly that when Shin and Goda went to fight the monsters here, they attracted one monster by their battle. There must be something that I unintentionally missed.
I continued to play with this cragen while my mind played the scenes of the two swordsmen fighting from before.
It didn't take long for me to spot the key element here; it was the light not the sound that attracted these monsters. I needed to put my theory to test, and I had the perfect thing to do that.
"Tempest of lightning skill."
Immediately, the area 5 meters around me had turned into a field that decreased the speed of that monster. I didn't aim for that, as I tried to attack one of the arms with my spear.
The spear moved like lightning as it emanated bright light while it attacked the monster's arm. I didn't care about the damage that monster suffered as I was monitoring other monsters' movements.
My theory turned out to be right, as more than a dozen monsters moved towards my location. I didn't dare to stand still as I retreated rapidly heading straight towards my team location.
I peeped behind me to find that nearly 8 monsters were running after me. I wasn't sure if there were more monsters coming behind them, so I sent immediately at the team chat:
'I have a group of 8 angry monsters chasing after me.'
Shin was the first to reply as he said:
'What did you do to them, little princess? Did you use your charm?'
I neglected his teasing as I ordered:
'Bring more dragons now, I will try to stall time here.'
Goda said with haste:
'Ok, ok, I will go bring some more, come with me now Shin.'
'…'
Shin didn't reply except with these dots while I felt really mad at them. I didn't care to talk anymore as I closed the team chat window and focused over the monsters hunting me from behind.
The place where my teammates were at was getting closer every second, so I needed to stall for some time. I trusted Shin's ability to gather all the monsters we needed, but he needed time.
I stopped abruptly as I turned to face the incoming monsters. I still had two seconds in my skill time, so I planned to use the remaining seconds to delay those monsters.
"Penta auxiliary skill."
"Triple thrush skill."
I used two skills at once to add more power to my attacks. Suddenly, the whole place was lit with my spear attacks. When I noticed how bright my skills were, I started to withdraw slowly step by step to the back.
I didn't want my attacks to bring more monsters here. the two seconds didn't pass as I used another skill:
"Gravity skill."
This time, my skill affected them without illuminating the place. this helped to calm my anxiety for a bit, I didn't know how to tell them if I attracted more monsters.
The gravity skill acted perfectly over these monsters, as it helped in decreasing the speed of their movements and attacks.
The eight monsters were clustered together in one spot while I managed to control the tempo of their advance.
'We gathered the necessary monsters to our place, come now.'
Shin sent these words into the team chat, I finally could feel relaxed. I stopped caring about these monsters as I ran with haste towards the team.
In seconds, I reached the place where a heated battle was going on between the team and 8 dragons. Grendy and Shin were the one responsible for holding them back.
One was a tank and the other was using my movement style to evade the attacks.
Goda acted as the main DPS, while Heda, Snad, and Mony acted from their backs to attack these monsters non-stop. I didn't delay as I moved directly and joined the fray.
'What took you so long?'
I glanced at Shin silently as he sent this message privately to me. I stabbed one dragon while evaded the attack of another while replying:
'The traffic sucks.'
Shin nearly laughed but he held himself at the last moment, it would be awkward if he suddenly laughed in this situation without proper reason.
The battle didn't last long as in a matter of seconds, 8 cragens appeared to attract the attention of all dragons without exception.
I, Shin, Goda, and Grendy retreated with caution clearing the theatre for these monsters to kill each other.
I didn't relax until the cragens managed to kill all the dragons this time while only two of them stayed on their feet. I observed their info at once and share it to the team chat:
'Cragen Special Elite monster.
LVL10 Special Elite monster. Unique class monster. HP: 1420/30k'
'Cragen Special Elite monster.
LVL10 Special Elite monster. Unique class monster. HP: 678/30k'
The two were really at the doorstep of their doom, so I said without delay while moving to attack them:
'I will take the one with the highest HP. You kill the other one.'
I didn't wait for their responses as I reached in a flash to my target. I didn't need to use any of the strongest skills, especially when many of them were on CD. I used my spear and repeatedly stabbed this monster without pause.
"Stab… stab… stab…"
'74-148-148-222-74-222-148-148-148-74-222…'
A long row of damage appeared above that cragen head, in less than five seconds, that monster lied on the ground dead. It gave me 7 items which I stored without second thoughts, and then I glanced at the others' battle.
They were just about to kill the monster, so they didn't need my help at all. I went and collected all the loot that was scattered on the ground of the bloody battle.
Each monster left 3 items behind, so with the monster my team killed, we got 56 items, which needed to be praised for nearly 15 minutes. I sat down while the others surrounded me with anticipation over their faces.
They wanted to know what type of equipment we had this time. I laughed more than once over their reaction, I too was really happy by this loot.
Although we killed a larger number of monsters this time, it wasn't enough for me to gain a level yet, but I was so close to doing so.
At the same time, Grendy, Heda, and Goda managed to gain a level as they reached level 6 just like me and Shin.