12 My First Mob Slaughter (1/2)

He's an expert. No doubt.

That's the first thing I thought when I saw Asterios fight against a level four monster.

The rest of the party didn't even feel the need to help him! His skill with the ax is for real, not like some other role players who I saw visibly sauntering around the streets parading their looks.

In fact, I won't be surprised if he knew how to use an ax very well in real life.

But of course, I did find small flaws where I could most likely slip through, although not easy. Who do you think I am!

With Asterios clearing out all the minor mobs we encountered on the way, we didn't find trouble, and other parties left us alone with relatively easy persuasion.

This is great! It's like a nice walk through the forest, very refreshing for the soul.

Ah, Lyssia keeps 'secretly' glaring at me. Sorry miss, I have eyes in the back of my head~!

No, I'm just really sensitive to glares since I'm always constantly getting stared at in town and at school.

Well, for now, it's not like she's bothering me much so I don't mind her.

Let's just keep observing the big guy's ax work. I'll make sure to memorize his fighting patterns and actions today, never know when it might come in handy!

Soon we arrived at the clearing where I had fought the orc before. I didn't notice it last time because the other party must have destroyed it, but there was a massive tent placed smack dab in the middle. It's pretty obvious who was in it.

Securing the clearing and scouting the nearby areas, Asterios turned towards us.

”Alright. We'll use battle Plan B for this boss since Yuka doesn't know it well she can come in if something unexpected happens okay?”

Everyone nodded their head, including me.

But I wasn't okay with it! How will I get a better reward if I don't contribute to the effort! I want something good, not a 'participation' award okay?! The mini-me inside is yelling for action!

My hands fidgeted in boredom while watching the party slowly sneak around the tent.

On the way here Asterios had leveled up to level five, everyone else was level three. I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me he was on the leaderboards.

After all, I'm first on the board but still only level six.

Perching myself in a suitable tree, I sat down and observed their 'Plan B'. I instantly grasped the basic concept behind it, it wasn't that complex. It was basically something close to my kiting technique, except with five people instead of one. Koi would get the aggro and then the rest would bombard the orc with skills, then Asterios would take the aggro while Koi got to another position and everyone waited for their skill cooldown. Violet was a bit farther away, healing Koi or Asterios when their health was low.

Repeat.

It wasn't a flawless plan, but it was better than the previous party where the tank would simply hold the aggro the entire time by himself.

But I saw a major flaw. I assume they only used this on mini-bosses who were easier to deal with, but the King of the Forest actually had intelligence. Once his health got down to 10%, he would aim for the healers of the party regardless of who does more damage. By then, their plan would fall apart with no one to heal them.

Not that they knew that.

And not that I'm telling them~! That would be boring!

So instead I just stayed quiet watched the health of the orc slowly chip away. If they were in a pinch then I would just help Violet out a bit. I do like her after all.

Ah, a few mobs were attracted to their fighting. They're only level four, I guess I'll take care of em so that they don't get in the way.

Taking out my bow, I nocked an arrow, letting it fly at the nearest boar that was nearing the clearing, instantly cutting down an eighth of its health. Shooting out seven more arrows in the same spot, I managed to kill it before it got too close. Easy kill, yeah let's go!

Hehe, East Wind didn't even notice since their focus was completely directed at the boss.

How naive, but I suppose this will be better for me. I can get contribution points by luring mobs near and then killing them! Technically I would be protecting the party right?

Jackpot.

Hehehe. I'm so smart. Praise me.

With a sly grin on my face, I took out the object I had bought from the auction earlier.

[Orb of Luring

Lures all mobs in a kilometer area towards your direction for five minutes

Does not work on mini-bosses or field bosses

Cooldown time of five hours

Uses left: 25/25]

This is gonna be so great.

Picking a suitable place a little distance away from the party, I activated the orb and readied my bow. I suppose it would take around 8-10 shots to kill each mob. Good thing I stocked up on a lot of arrows, I have around a thousand left.

Grinning from ear to ear in excitement, I started my one-sided slaughter.