Chapter 37 The beauty in front of the dungeon and Combat (2/2)
(There. Two of them, huh…) (Hikaru)
I walked for a while and found a pair of goblins.
Goblins can come in groups of 10 at most, so…stragglers are just fit for hunting.
Monsters tend to notice my presence if I get too close to them even if I use Darkness Fog.
I haven’t approached them to such an extent since I am scared to, but it is not like Spirit Abilities are all-powerful.
More so when there’s two. When I defeat one, the other will definitely notice me. The problem is what do I do when that happens.
I have seen a lot of parties fight, but I haven’t seen one that uses Dark Spirit Abilities.
I have no choice but to think about it myself and put it into action.
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(Testing in actual combat, huh…) (Hikaru)
Thanks to Night Vision and Dark Vision, I can see even inside Darkness Fog. It is as if I am in broad daylight.
Even without that, Darkness Fog is my own ability, so I don’t think it would create a situation where the user themselves is blinded along with it.
I increase the darkness to its highest output.
The Tier 4 Darkness Fog can cover a radius of 10 meters in darkness.
The goblins that were suddenly enveloped in darkness began to raise a ruckus.
I try to kill the sound of my footsteps, hold my breath, and move to the back of the goblins.
An attack to their defenseless cervical vertebrae.
The swung down deadly blade gouged out the nape of the goblin’s neck as if it had been sucked into it, and it shortly fell to the floor with a pang…changing into a small transparent spirit stone.
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(Next.) (Hikaru)
The remaining goblin couldn’t even understand that situation, and was still going gya gya.
It isn’t even swinging around its weapon or running away.
I calmly and silently moved to its back, and swung down my dagger to that same spot.
Once things were done, it really was anti-climatic.
They were completely defeated with only Darkness Fog.
I didn’t even need to use my other abilities.
(Ooh… This feeling again.) (Hikaru)
The feeling of Spirit Energy entering my body as if becoming one like the time when I defeated the Mantis. It is minuscule compared to the other time, but what’s this?
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I should ask the black market old man eventually.
After that, I would find suitable monsters, would check them thoroughly, and then fight them.
When it is a group of around 5 goblins, I could defeat them with just [Summon: Night Bugs].
Summon Night Bugs are like dark insects of around 10 cm in size, with around 10 attacking the monsters. The proficiency is still low, but as I raise it, this would be the one ability that I can anticipate will have the highest direct attack power.
With my current proficiency in Shadow Bind, I can only stop them for around 10 seconds at most, and on top of that, they can still move their arms to a certain extent, so it isn’t that reliable.
It was decently useful against the Mantis, so I guess it depends on how you use it.
It only works on one target per use, so I would have to use it consecutively if I want to bind several targets.
It will become a more useful ability once the proficiency increases…I guess.
When I make the Shadow Runner run, orcs and goblins get angered and would chase after it to attack it.
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If I am showing myself, it would only distract them a bit, or if it is close, it would attack it. I have to increase my proficiency even more, or it will stay as an ability that only creates slight openings.
…Well, those ‘slight openings’ can be big in battles to the very limit though.
If I use Shade Shift, the chances of being hit are halved, but I am not fighting as a warrior, so I don’t have much use of it.
And most of all…Darkness Fog is way too strong.
Revelation of Darkness is fearsome.
As if saying it is the basic yet the ultimate technique, inside the pitch black darkness, goblins and orcs become practically powerless.
It seems like the monsters here have enough night vision to act in the darkness of the dungeon, but Darkness Fog is pitch black darkness where not a single bit of light is present.
Inside of it, monsters panic, and end up being unable to do anything.
I just have to silently approach them from the back and take their life.
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It is simple yet powerful to the point that there’s no opportunity for other abilities to shine.
I could at least defeat goblins and orcs completely with only Darkness Fog.
But when it comes to monsters of higher class than that…like ogres and the mantis, I wouldn’t have the confidence.
If the other party notices me and they swing their weapon randomly, there’s a chance I would die instantly with just one hit.
It is better to not get too overconfident here.
Me only fighting goblins and orcs is because even if they were to fight back, I wouldn’t be dying in one hit.
Well, this is my first day fighting monsters. I have plenty of time.
It is fine to take it slow.
In the end, I just hunted weak monsters today.
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I got 20 transparent Spirit Stones and 4 colored ones.
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