55 Rescue Mission (1/2)
-Early the next morning-
”Every team needs a leader and I think since I have the most experience, that I should obviously be leading this mission.” The older man said to Leo as they began to head out towards the cave that was now covered in webbing.
”Fine Christopher, but just remember that as the team continues to build with the more comrades we save, that we will be splitting up into two separate teams and I will lead one of those teams.” Leo told the older man as they came across a spider who was all alone and dragging a deer type creature within its web.
”Haha of course, of course! Just remember kid, that if we run into any trouble, I will be the one who remains behind while you and the rest escape to safety. I was one of the lower ranked warriors within our platoon when we started the raid, so my life means much less compared to a younger kid like you and the rest of my comrades.”
Leo taking the initiative, quickly disposed of the spider with a single sword strike and continued moving towards the cave with Christopher. Knowing how strong Leo's attacks would be when he used his elemental affinity to boost his strength, seeing a lower tier spider being slaughtered by him in a single move did not surprise Christopher.
”Alright kid, you said that you had a secret weapon to burn up the webbing blocking the entrance to the cave.I would suggest you pull it out now since we have arrived safely and that there are no enemies around us waiting for the ambush.” Christopher told Leo as he pulled out his battle axe.
”Alright little one, it is time to play once again!” saying this sentence in a playful manner, Leo once again summoned the small tiger cub from his screen. The tiger cub looked rather sleepy but extremely cute and cuddly.
”Kid, you are full of surprises.” Seeing the tiger cub appearing out of thin air, Christopher could only grin while Leo and the tiger cub made their move. Using his wind power, Leo kicked up a small gust of wind as the tiger cub gathered energy within its mouth.
”Now!” ordering the tiger cub, Leo unleashed the gust of wind while the tiger cub unleashed its fireball attack in a perfect symmetrical way. Once the attacks merged, the combined attack reached the cave's entrance and caused a small earthquake of sorts as the webbing blocking the door was burned away like paper.
After the attack hit the cave successfully, Leo quickly redeposited the tiger cub back into his inventory screen as he withdrew his powerful weapon and charged forward. Through the night while Christopher was still sleeping, Leo summoned the tiger cub and found out through a short process, that he could deposit anything he summons from using looted cards back into his inventory screen.
He was uncertain what the longer terms effects of this would be but seeing that the tiger cub had its full health and was not starving, that his inventory possibly just froze time for the tiger cub and that gave Leo comfort.
”If I am able to collect more summoning type of cards, and I end up with a large stack of similar companions like this tiger cub, how powerful could I become by just relying on a small personal army that I can constantly try to train and level up?”