I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner - Chapter 460
460 – Subjugation Alone
Yeonhee pretended to cancel my summons, and I activated [Stealth] Accordingly and erased my presence.
Then Shin Young-ah quietly nodded her head and announced her departure again.
‘I’m counting on you. Azraelon.’
(Are you going to wander around alone again? A summoned animal that keeps trying to separate from its owner. I don’t understand.)
I patted Azrael Ron’s butt, who responded bluntly, and then changed the route a little further in from where her colleagues were heading.
My current sensory level is 246.
I was able to distance myself from Yeonhee by approximately 12km.
If it’s far, it’s far, and if it’s close, it’s close, but unlike my colleagues who are moving counterclockwise, I headed straight to the center, so the risk is much greater.
‘Let’s target the most difficult of the regular soldiers first.’
This idea came to mind because the final contribution is ultimately determined by the number and quality of magic stones, but suppressing those that might be difficult for the 3 teams of hunters in advance will also have a positive impact on our entire punitive force.
‘I’d like that guy over there.’
There are so many Creeper Guards within the range of my senses that it wasn’t easy to choose just one, but there are bound to be special ones among them.
“Muggi!! Mugi!! Kihihihihihi!”
‘That’s amazing. You could call me a semi-elite soldier.’
A huge creeper guard who has clearly reached the early stages of Class A.
The guy was sitting on a chair with another being at his feet.
‘A creeper guard with subordinates…’
The guys laying down were also creeper guards.
As if they had lost to the guy in the match, the other two guards were quietly crouching as rugs for the guy’s feet.
It was a truly amazing sight with as many as three Creeper Guards gathered in one place.
It was clear that the enemy was too strong for our party to deal with alone, but I couldn’t feel that great sense of danger just by looking at them.
The ‘Rough Tooth’ I met in the ‘Living Statue of Strength’ dungeon, the Lizardman I met in the previous quest, and even the Queen of ‘Blood Mosquito’ in the Hidden Dungeon.
There was no one who was stronger than those guys.
‘If it’s at that level, it doesn’t matter how many there are. There won’t be a long delay.’
I drew my great sword and charged in at once, closing the distance between them.
All movement techniques were used at the same time, and a shock wave exploded behind him.
[Wall of Fire]
[Fire Ball]
Puff puff puff! Grumbling─
──?!
At the same time as he rushed at them and turned the area around them into a sea of fire.
[Empty Cham (空斬) type flame slash]
Seogeo-eok──!
“?!!”
He passed by the strongest one like the wind and lightly slit his throat.
Pushuuut──
Soon the Creeper Guard’s neck soared high into the sky, spouting green liquid.
Shake-
A creeper guard whose head was cut off with a single swing and who fell to his knees on the floor.
– Killed the Creeper Guard for the first time!
– The attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated!
– Acquired the attribute [Beginner Mana Cycle]!
– Acquired the skill [Root Chain]!
– The achievement [Pioneer] Is activated.
– All abilities increase by 2 each.
‘Oh… I stole the characteristics and skills right away without any conditions. It’s a good start.’
“Muggi!!”
“Kweek?!”
The other two that had been trampled by it were already in the range of the flames and were unconscious, but I ran back to them and separated their necks and torsos with two swings.
– Creeper guard defeated!
– Creeper guard defeated!
As the mastery of space cutting increased, the power of surprise attacks was increasing day by day.
As long as their stealth is not discovered, even if they are of a much higher rank than me, they will be cut off for 1 second.
‘No matter how surprised we were, these guys. The instantaneous response seems immature. Didn’t you have time to experience combat with the hunter?’
It was clear that my physical ability was good but my experience was limited.
– Creeper Guard’s Magic Stone (Large) has been acquired!
– Creeper Guard’s Magic Stone (Medium) has been acquired!
– Creeper Guard’s Magic Stone (Medium) has been acquired!
‘The first guy I killed was unusual, and the magic stone was of a different level.’
Without even having time to look at the magic stone, which sparkled with a beautiful green color like a brilliant jewel, Kang Kang immediately recovered it, and the body that was left behind was also immediately stored in subspace.
‘Let’s see. It doesn’t seem like a particularly great ability.’
Time to take a look at your newly acquired abilities.
[Beginner Mana Cycle]
– The magic scattered in the air is quickly circulated and absorbed as mana.
‘… Scattered magical power? Right. It’s a better ability than you think, right?’
When I use a skill, I think the magic power I invested will be fully contained, but in reality, that is not the case. Depending on your ability to manipulate magical power, the amount of magical energy you waste will decrease.
In any case, the magical power that is not utilized properly and is scattered into the air is converted back into atmospheric mana, but the process is known to take some time.
However, the newly acquired [Beginner Mana Circulation] Is a very useful ability that increases magic recovery by circulating and absorbing the magic power discarded around me directly as mana.
‘I heard that the closer you get to the main body of the great monster, the less the magic power recovery… This would be a great help.’
The more talented people around you who use the skill, the more efficient it will be.
These days, with the use of flame magic freely, the use of magical power has increased significantly, and I think it will be a great help in many ways.
– [Beginner Mana Circulation] Is activated.
– Magic recovery speed increases slightly.
A characteristic that is activated automatically without you having to think about it.
Perhaps because I only used a small amount of mana, it only increased slightly, but I was satisfied.
And the newly acquired skills.
[Root Chain]
From noble mtl dot net
– They extend body parts like roots and hide them in the ground.
‘This is a skill that all creeper guards have. Isn’t it almost a race-specific ability? It’s awesome.’
I immediately activated [Root Chain].
Then, the bone stretched out like a snake under the sole of the foot and instantly dug into the ground.
Kwagwagak─
The root of the bone, as thick as the forearm, spreads out in all directions around the body.
The end is made of a sphere the size of a fist, and I can manipulate it into any shape I want.
The roots that have already spread out in all directions have a lot of weight, so if you hit them properly, it seems like they can cause quite a lot of damage.
I took a step and moved to the side, and the moment I took my step, the connection with the roots was lost.
However, the moment I set my feet on the ground again, the roots that had fallen moved and stuck to my feet again.
‘Oh… This is fun.’
After testing, I found that it continues to follow me as long as I don’t move more than 30m at a time.
Ga Ga Ga Gag─
‘Hmm… Noise.’
However, when it came to cling to me, I couldn’t help but hear the sound of it scraping the ground.
‘Another strange ability has increased.’
I tried moving the roots of bones hidden in the ground for a while.
Although it was a root of more than ten numbers, the controls were strangely familiar.
I guess it’s because I already have the sense to use the bone’s tail, right?
In addition to releasing bone spikes from the body and creating a huge tail that injects paralyzing poison, now dozens of roots are growing from the soles of the feet… Where on earth am I going?
‘I don’t know anymore.’
Thinking that it wouldn’t matter as long as I got stronger, I flew to my next target.
“Muggi… Ugh-“
The next guy had ridiculously long arms compared to his torso.
I wonder if I can fight properly with that body type, but considering that in my experience monsters with that type of transformation are actually more difficult, I guess I shouldn’t let down my guard.
‘Hmm… I just want to blow his head off from a distance.’
Make a telescope with your fingers and put the guy’s head inside. All you have to do is blow off that head.
‘I need more specialized skills for interpersonal combat. For close combat, you just need to sharpen your sword skills, but it would be nice to have at least one long-distance attack like a gun.’
An S-class hunter who pointed his gun at me when I met the leader of the province. Also known as ‘Sniper Patrick’.
I wanted a long-distance skill that hits one point like him.
It’s been a while since that kind of ability was imaged as fire magic, but it’s still in the testing stage.
‘It would be much more helpful in developing my abilities if I acquired similar skills. Um…’
I pushed away my thoughts and lunged at him.
However, something like a whip was swung at extremely high speed and disappeared from sight for an instant.
‘Hmm?!’
I quickly took refuge in the sky and stuck out my tongue inwardly.
‘Crazy… Did you move your arm in space?!’
An attack from a distance I could never reach came out of the ground behind me and aimed at the back of my head.
It felt a bit uneasy, that he had this crazy ability?
[Skull Bomb]
Kwaang──!
– Creeper guard defeated!
Fortunately, that was the only special ability he had.
However, the fact that there could be such an amazing variant in the Creeper Guard, which was said to be mostly a body enhancement system, gave me an appropriate amount of tension.
‘Be careful, but let’s scratch the magic stone as much as possible.’
Now that I’ve confirmed that regular soldiers are no match for me, I’m planning to increase my speed a bit.
* * *
Five hours have passed since the creeper guard subjugation began.
It wasn’t until well after dinner time that I received a call from Yeonhee, and I quickly returned to where my colleagues were.
“Ahh- Summon- Summon- Sun and Moon, come to me-“
Yeonhee was reciting the summoning spell very awkwardly, and I released Her Stealth according to her spell Her and revealed myself.
“Huh? Why aren’t you coming out the door today?”
“Ah, it doesn’t always come out the door… Hehe…”
“Oh? I see.”
Fortunately, no one suspected that I had just been summoned. Of course, it doesn’t matter if my colleagues know, but Shin Young-ah was the problem.
“Yum-hmm-“
Fortunately, Shin Young-ah didn’t show any interest in me, and she was just chewing her beef jerky and staring at her phone.
“Ilwol was a bit bored today, wasn’t he?”
“Tick, tick, tick…”
Joo-a approaches me and talks to me as if she feels sorry for me. As she got closer to me, her face got brighter, her magic power recovery speed soared, and she fell sharply.
“Ugh…”
Yeonhee’s brows furrowed slightly as she watched Jooah let out her excited moans, but she soon pretended not to notice and closed her eyes.
She is trying to understand this as well.
‘I wasn’t bored… In fact, I’ve never been as busy as I was today.’
It was quite a laborious task to search for and kill the creeper guard in a location where the parties of the other three teams would not be seen while maintaining a certain distance from our party.
We even recovered the body of the Creeper Guard our party killed, so even two bodies were not enough.
Retrieving the corpses of slain monsters could be left to the follow-up team, but I had no expectation that they would keep an honest count, so even if it was a hassle, it was better for me to go through the trouble.
‘The harvest was worth the hard work.’
As I reached level 80, my level, which had not been rising that much, went up one notch, and I was able to collect nearly 40 Creeper Guard magic stones.
I couldn’t get any other skills or characteristics with [Kleptomaniac], And it didn’t even drop runes.
It was a rewarding day in its own way, as I had already saved more than 3,000 people directly or indirectly.
Mate-!
“Well, it’s a little early, but let’s summarize today’s results.”
“Today was the first day, and their patterns were unfamiliar, so it was a little slow, but it got better as time went on, right?”
“Yes, yes. Without Ilwol… The time to identify the enemy took a little longer, and the magic power was a little tight. But there was no problem.”
Fortunately, it seems that the colleagues were satisfied with the subjugation.
Since I was missing, leader Shin Young-ah has not tested his colleagues. From then on, she did her best to rescue the residents, which was her original goal.
‘I know well Shin Young-ah’s binding ability. She’s got a Creeper Guard in a few minutes and she’ll be able to tie it up. Of course, it’s a shame that her cooldown is a bit long.
As long as there are no variables such as the mutation I experienced or three monsters appearing at once, I think I will be able to clear the mission without much risk as I first thought.
“We collected a whopping 42 magic stones today! I don’t know, but we’ll be ahead of Hwaryeon’s team, right?”
“I hope so. The taste of beef jerky tastes better when I imagine that bitch with her head down on the ground.”
’42… Not bad.’
I had no intention of evaluating them low just because they were not much different from the number of magic stones I had acquired.
It probably took a lot of time to find the way.