Chapter 129 - Her Her & Her 5 (1/2)
Chapter 129 - Her Her & Her (5)
The ruin of the Winter Queen existed at the heart of the Ice continent.In his past life, no one had exited this place alive until Artpe was able to acquire a single treasure.It was basically the worst Dungeon in the human realm.
First, the information regarding the ruin about the Ice continent was hard to find, and normal humans weren’t able to survive in the arctic environment.Moreover, the ruin only appeared during the winter, so it was hard to find.Even if one found the ruin, it wasn’t a guarantee that one would be able win against the dormant monsters within.
“Moreover, the ruin is long and wide.In total, it has 10 floors.Even if one prepared the biggest Dimensional Pouch for this venture, one would die in the middle of the run if one ran out of supply.”
“It is nothing new.”
At Artpe’s words, Maetel replied in nonchalant manner.If a Dungeon had less than 10 floors, it wasn’t even a Dungeon to her.She was acting this way even though it was rare to find Dungeons over 7 floors in this world!
“It is 10 floors!?If you would have told me that this was a one-story Dungeon, I would have believed you…..!Artpe-nim, you really did your research before coming to this ruin.”
On the other hand, the holy priestess was shocked by the size of the ruin.Her duty in life had been guiding the temple priests, and she had raised her level by clearing relatively safe Dungeons.
“In truth, I thought we were clearing the Dungeon at a very rapid pace….A normal sized party would have already given up by now.”
“The hallway is wide yet the ceiling is also high too.”
The high ceiling allowed the massive Ice Moles to move around without much hindrance on the 1st floor of the ruin.It actually made one want question as to why the Ice Moles bothered traveling underground when the ceiling was so high!
[Kee-heeeeeee!]
[I’ll bury you!I’ll bury you!]
“Great.Are you guys doing construction here?”
[Ggooh-geek!]
The strength of the Ice Moles was the fact that they can burrow into the ground, and it was impossible to predict where they would burrow out to attack.
However, Artpe had his Read All Creation ability active.He could see the location of the Ice Moles for a range of several hundred meters.He just needed to use couple simple spell to stop the Ice Moles in their tracks.The Ice Moles weren’t a threat to him.
[Keek!]
[Kee-eek!]
“In the end, aren’t you using Mana String again?”
“Materialization.It is called Materialization.”
At this point, he had stopped the movements of the Ice Moles, but he wouldn’t be able to gain much EXP by killing them.The Ice Moles were around level 270 on average.The lowest level member from his original party was Regina.She was at level 293, and Maetel was at level 304.
In the end, there was only one person in his party that would be able to gain EXP by killing the Ice Moles.
“Vadinet!”
“Yes! God’s Hammer!”
[Kyaa-hahk!?]
As they were travelling towards Glacia, Vadinet had received intensive training from Maetel and Artpe.However, Vadinet’s level still lagged behind at level 239!
“God’s Hammer! God’s Hammer! God’s Hammerrrrrrrrr!”
[Kyah-hahhhhhhhk!]
She didn’t possess any direct battle capabilities.On the other hand, she was able to take on a big role when facing Demons!
Since these monsters didn’t possess much Demonic energy, there was only one skill that was effective against these monsters.It was one of the holy type offensive magic, and it was capable of inflicting no attribute damage.It was a high rank skill called God’s Hammer.
“God’s Hammer! God’s Hammer······ Hoo, hoo-ooh.”
“Are you already out of Mana?”
“That is….Yes….I’m sorry.”
God’s Hammer was great, since it had a short incantation.As a tradeoff, it consumed a lot of Mana.Fortunately, it was an Area of Effect spell, so it was capable of attacking numerous Ice Moles at once.Despite this fact, she wasn’t able to kill the Ice Moles with the amount of Mana she possessed.
“Hoo.I don’t want to give that woman my Mana.”
“What are comrades for?It is for situations like this.”
“Sssp.I guess it can’t be helped.…...you have to give me one kiss later.”
“Don’t try to accumulate mileage without me knowing about it.”
Maetel’s Record Master would allow Vadinet to use her spell in continuous bursts.Maetel was also capable of taking away Mana from others, so it would be easy for her to transfer the Mana of her party members into Vadinet.However, one problem remained.She didn’t want to be connected to Vadinet.
“Ho-ooh······ I feel uncomfortable being helped by this woman, but…..”
“We’ll rotate giving her Mana.It’ll allow her to use her spell”
Vadinet felt massive amount of Mana transferred to her through Maetel.Her eyes once again shone with a golden light.In time, a brutal baptism of the God’s Hammer fell to the ground!
The Ice Moles were tied up by Artpe, so they couldn’t resist.They couldn’t hide underground.They died under barrage of Vadinet’s hammer.
“Amazing!A single battle raised my level three times.!”
“Good.At this rate, Vadinet will catch up to our level soon.”
“Oppa, why is our party built so abnormally?”
This truth wasn’t something new.He kept adding party members with mismatched levels, and he made them work hard in unbelievably difficult Dungeons.This method was used to bring their level up to average!
When they left Paladia, Vadinet had been lower in level than Aria.She was level 220 at that point.In just several days on the road, she had reached level 239.Currently, she was growing at a faster rate within the ruin.It was all possible thanks to Artpe’s Materialization spell and Maetel’s Record Master skill!
“As expected, it seems sunbae knew what he was doing.”
“How come it is like this?There is no way this is the proper way to grow a hero’s party…..”
Vadinet was growing without a hitch.However, she was finally becoming aware to the fact that the growth method and the speed of her growth was abnormal.She tried to tackle the issue, but Artpe snorted as he easily gave a rebuttal.
“Do you really believe in the progression of growth that is written in the heroic tales?If you do, you will be in for a lot of physical and mental hardship.It is best to grow as fast as possible when one has the chance.”
“Still, this is a bit…..Mmmm.I just think the return is way bigger than the effort I’m putting in.”
Effort wasn’t what determined result.One needed talent and luck too.Absolute value couldn’t be placed on effort.He thought about telling her words that would dash her hopes and dreams, but he gave up on it.
Everyone in this ruin was in a blessed environment right now.No one would be able to catch up to them through talent and luck.