95 Chapter 95 (2/2)

Because of that, James wanted roaming bands of mobs for the adventurers. However, with his three variants of Teddy Knights, along with the other mobs, his options had expanded more than he expected, which was making this more difficult than it normally was.

Sighing, James decided to start with the lowest cost monsters first and work his way up. The Jolly Dolly's, at least, were easy. This mob he fully planned to just spawn in the treetops, and have running to and fro, tormenting, taunting, and harassing adventurers, as well as you know, damaging them, and scaring them. To do this efficiently, James summoned 20 of these mobs, and started them all spaced out in intervals around the floor. Nowhere would be safe from the Jolly Dollies.

That, took 220 mob points from him, leaving him with 670 for his roaming bands. Of course, not all of his mobs would be in roaming war parties. He was still planning to have the occasional single, or small party mob encounter. With that in mind, James decided he should summon those as well, to see what he ended up being left with.

First, James decided he wanted 5 Giant Playthons spread out throughout the floor, to ambush any adventurers that decided to explore the swamp off the wooden paths. Of course, their massive frames, even with their camouflage, would cause the water to ripple in an ominous manner, meaning adventurers would always have some unseen horror they were worried about. James liked that thought.

The 5 Giant Playthons cost him 75 points, knocking his total down to 595. These points always went so darned fast, ugh. He was tempted to summon a few packs of Snuggle-Woof's, but after looking over their skills, decided early on, that just wouldn't be right. Multiple packs of those running about, just seemed a bit unfair. So, James only summoned one pack of four. He just couldn't resist. The pack cost him an additional 52 points. 543 to go.

Luckily, at this point, James knew it was time to put together his mob parties. Mainly because Funky Monkeys were literally bards, they were pointless without other mobs around them. And, as he had previously decided, his Teddy Knight's were going to be his main force on this floor. All shall fear his teddys!

So, he went about making various combinations of teddy forces, setting them up in different areas all around his floor. James made one set that consisted of 3 Mounted Teddy's, riding atop 3 Snuggle-Woofs, a Funky Monkey, and a Light Knight. That group cost him 101 points. He made another group that consisted of just three Teddy Knights, and two Light Knights. That group cost him 60 points. Then, he did a group that was a single Mounted Teddy, riding atop a Giant Plaython, with two teddy knights, and two light knights in tow, for a total of 75 points. He now had only 307 points remaining.

He looked over his mobs, trying to come up with a few more combinations that wouldn't be too op, but would offer the adventurers a decent challenge. James decided on two more sets of Mounted Knights atop Giant Playthons but gave each of these riders only a single light knight, and funky monkey, as parts of the party. After all, that meant the party had a tank, some dps, a healer, and a support character. That was totally balanced…and cost him 53 each party, for a total of 106 points. 201 left.

”Have you tried mounting your Funky Monkeys?” Rue's voice yanked James from his musing, causing him to jump and curse as he spun around. The pixie literally had materialized out of nowhere. He was sure of it.

”Wha-”

”Shhhh.” Rue's face was alight with humor as she tried to calm him. Seriously, she had just given him a heart attack. What had she been up to? Where had she gone, where had she come from. And what did she mean?

”What do you mean, mount the Monkeys?” Seriously, that just seemed like an…Suddenly, the gears in James's mind started turning. The monkeys could fly…

”They wouldn't….” James mumbled as he summoned a Mounted Knight and a Funky Monkey. He then directed the former to, er, mount the latter.

”Oh, they would.” Rue was grinning her mischievous smile. Of course, James knew the outcome before he even saw it happen with his own eyes. If Rue had suggested it, then it was after all, going to be a viable option in the game. Darned AI. Sure enough, the Mounted Knight hopped atop the Funky Monkey's shoulders, and leveled its lance and shield. It was comical and ridiculous.

”Fly.” James ordered the monkey, and the mob nodded in understanding. It swung its hands towards a branch, latching on and flinging itself into the sky. The moment it reached a peak height, the cape on its back straightened, creating a glider. From its back, the Mounted Knight held on tight, its lance extended in a deadly manner as the two mobs soared around. God he loved Rue.

”All right, well, I guess I know what I'm going to spend the rest of my points on…” James couldn't keep his voice composed as he ran the numbers in his head real quick. He had 201 points left. A Funky Monkey and Mounted Knight cost 26 points. If he set them up in groups of 2 Funky Monkeys and 2 mounted knights, that would be 52 points per pack. Sooo, he could summon 3 packs of flying mobs, spending 156 points, and leaving him with 45 remaining. Gah, if he had 3 more mob points, he could summon a roaming band of four light knights, because who wouldn't want to fight four paladins? Sighing at the incomplete math, but not willing to undo all his great plans so far, James decided to settle. A small band involving a snuggle woof, a mounted knight, and a light knight, for 37 points.

”Sweet, time for your boss mob?” Rue was looking over his shoulder once again, her eyes noting he had just hit 8 remaining mob points. He looked over his overall tally of mobs once more. All in all, his floor now had 20 Jolly Dollies, 26 Teddy Knights of various types, 8 Snuggle Woofs, 9 Funky Monkeys, and 8 Giant Playthons.

”Yup, time for my boss mob.” James closed his mob screen and opened up his boss mob screen. It was time to… James froze as he looked at the option before him. What was this? Tier 3 seemed to have even more surprises for him, and he really liked these surprises.