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The three Allos kept up their Dark Sphere onslaught from my back as I flew by. Now that she was out of her low-level danger zone, her magic was even more powerful; her stats had gone from Magic: 888 to Magic: 1538.
Her opponents’ levels were higher than hers, but they were both A+ monsters. If I helped out and gave her an opportunity to unleash her full might on them, Allo could finish the kesaran pasarans off herself.
‹That’s amazing, Allo. A monster your level wouldn’t stand a chance against you and your clones attacking together.›
I felt the pull of Mana Drain once more as all three Allos brought their palms to my back. “Yeah, but maintaining the skill takes a lot of MP…and I can’t move as fast as usual. If I used this badly in a one-on-one fight, I could run out of MP pretty quick.”
As if to prove her point, Allo sucked out quite a bit more MP than I expected. This skill might not be great in terms of efficiency… The skill description said it was costly unless she reabsorbed her clones somehow.
‹Heat Beeeeaam!›
Treant shot Heat Beams at the kesaran pasarans whenever it had the chance. But the kesaran pasarans, who were now wary of Allo’s Dark Spheres and starting to anticipate it from me and Allo, completely ignored the Heat Beam.
‹Treant! Focus on using Guard Lost! You’ll probably get more experience points that way!› I called.
‹But, Master! I can’t get much from Guard Lost! I have to do damage!›
‹J-just trust me, okay?! You’ll get more from Guard Lost!›
Between Allo evolving and her rapid level increase, Treant was clearly getting lost in his own sense of inadequacy.
‹I’m sorry, Treant. But your Heat Beam just doesn’t do enough damage to these guys to be worth using. I’m not saying endurance-type monsters are weak, but you guys have it hard.›
‹In my heart, I know this as well, Master! But…but…! What do I do?!› Treant wailed.
‹Use Guard Lost!›
‹I know that!›
“…If you know that, then do it already,” Allo muttered, exasperated.
It wasn’t that Treant’s status was bad. It was just that its skill set simply wasn’t well suited for our current matchup. Treant wasn’t made for taking on higher-level opponents because its maximum attack power was relatively low—and I didn’t have any skills to make up for that gap either.
‹Master! Take me up higher! I’ll give them a Meteor Stomp!› Treant called.
‹Are you crazy?! From this height?! You said it yourself! If you fall from this height, you won’t make it!›
‹But I can pretty much fly in my tree spirit form too! If I use it while I’m falling, I can at least lessen the impact…›
What the heck? Did Treant have a death wish? I gently tried to dissuade it. ‹There’s no way you can hit a flying enemy with Meteor Stomp anyway! You’ll just hit the ground at full speed! Let’s save it for now, and use it on someone on the ground, okay?›
‹Oh! I know! I’ll harden myself with Statue, and then you can use me to attack them!›
Is that…really a good idea?
As Treant shot its stream-of-thought ideas at me, it carried on shooting Heat Beams at the kesaran pasarans. It just refused to give up.
“Hyah!” Allo slammed her triple Dark Spheres into the second kesaran pasaran’s side. Green fluid splattered through the air, and it began to slow. Its time was clearly up.
‹Nice, Allo! One more hit should—›
At that moment, Treant’s Heat Beam sliced cleanly into the gash in the kesaran pasaran’s body. It shuddered, spurted more fluid and white cotton, and then fell.
‹Yes! Master, did you see that?! I did it! My Heat Beam stopped it! I bet I got a bunch of Experience Points from that!› Treant fluttered its branches in glee.
The three Allos, on the other hand, looked down at the falling kesaran pasaran with complicated expressions. “We did most of the work…”
Well, either way, I was glad Allo’s first fight as a Walpurgis was with some fitting opponents. At this rate, taking down the final kesaran pasaran should be a walk in the park. Treant’s level would at least go up a little too.
On top of that, I was glad to finally get an idea of the kind of place we were in, and that the monsters we’d face here would be rank A+ at most. This place had to be some kind of alternate dimension where the Divine Voice kept all its extra powerful monsters locked up, likely to level up its “chosen ones” like me. The Divine Voice couldn’t just summon Legendary rank monsters out of nowhere; the four Spirit Servants of the most powerful monsters of all time were likely the only Legendary monsters it had at its disposal. I was relieved to know I wouldn’t be running into monsters like Ruin or the Holy Naga around every corner.
At that moment, a chill of foreboding shot up my spine. I felt eyes trained on me from somewhere far higher in the sky. Whoever those eyes belonged to, they were far more powerful than our current foe…
The next moment, beams of black light rained down at us from the heavens—like Heat Beams, but thinner and splintered into multiple rays.
‹W-waaaaah! Master! Those don’t look good!› Treant shouted, panicked.
‹Hold on tight!› I swooped down to speed up and escape the storm of black rays.
The slow-moving kesaran pasaran wasn’t so lucky; when the beams pierced it, it swelled up and exploded, splattering green fluid in every direction.
I caught the blow out of the corner of my eye, and my mouth fell open in shock. Taking out a rank A+ monster with a single long-range attack? Only a Legendary rank monster could pull that off.
I looked up. High above us, a large black sphere loomed. Delicate, swirling lines of light danced ever-changing across its surface. It was almost twice the diameter of the kesaran pasarans.
I couldn’t tell what kind of monster it was from just its appearance. But whatever it was, it was dangerous; that much was obvious.
And just when I thought getting out of here might be easier than I thought…
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