That was the first notification we received upon entering the next floor. There were two pedestals on opposite ends of the room, each with a yellow and green grape displayed.
"Oh great, that's number three and four out of the seven grapes," Vee cheered.
"I guess you can't sit back and relax in this one unless you want to forfeit your chance of eating them all."
Vee frantically shook her head, "Nope. I want them all. I haven't had a second breakfast yet, so this is perfect."
I positioned myself around my pedestal while Vee went to her own. She began frantically setting up a periter of webs around it like a big net. I had the easiest ti as I just created a sli do around it, leaving free to do pretty much whatever I wanted.
Might as well use this opportunity to play with my new toys!
I didn't need any help defending my side as I doubted any plantoids would be able to penetrate my sli do, so I focused on trying to create an area of expanded space near Vee's net. If enemies and their attacks took longer to reach her, then she could more easily deal with them.
"Woah… that's so trippy," she comnted, staring at the space I was beginning to distort.
I ended up creating two cubes and two rectangles of expanded space, forming a squarish donut around Vee's defenses. Despite the difficulty and being outside of my personal rift, the cost was still relatively manageable at this stage. I felt like I'd have no trouble maintaining it throughout the entire defense.
"I love the early skill levels."
"Then why aren't you working on your three other magics?" Vee pointed out.
"There's no way I'm not ssing with [Dinsion Magic] now that it's actually useful! Plus, I get to level up [Triangulate] at the sa ti."
"Weren't you trying to get your elental magic in equilibrium as well? Water, Earth, and Air need to catch up to Fire. Not to ntion you were working on your derived thingy."
"What are you, my secretary?" I whined.
"I could be," Vee offered. "You probably need one with how many projects you start and leave midway. Your attention span is worse than a goldfish."
I was about to complain when our ti ran out.
"Talk later!" Vee shouted.
The plantoids began erging, bigger and stronger than before. Each and everyone had weapons and armor made from a variety of other plants or woods. In addition, they all had interdiate classes; no longer were they stuck with barebones Warrior or Scout.
This should be fun.
I wanted to use [Dinsion Magic] offensively, but even with [Triangulates] assistance, I struggled to teleport even a single plantoid. My only success brought it straight into my slimy depths, where I promptly killed and ate it in acidic sli, but it was far from being combat capable.
I need that debuff. Maybe I'll have more success in making it now that I have [Triangulate], but that's sothing to do when we aren't in the middle of a dungeon.
I could've tried to bring plantoids into my [Rift Door] and then fought them with [Dinsion Magic] later, but I recalled what Vee had ntioned—I'd been slacking on my previous goals.
Well, I can always do both. Use [Reduction] in combination with my elental spells.
And that is what I did. I started creating tunnels of compressed space and firing Air and Water spells through them. Seeing [Waterjet] traveling through the dinsional area was a real treat, as it blasted the unsuspecting plantoids in the blink of an eye.
Vee was utilizing webs and [Corrosion Magic] to fight back while occasionally using [Warp] to directly assassinate a troubleso plantoid, such as a spellcaster.
And that was pretty much how we cleared the first floor of the second half of the dungeon trial. It wasn't too challenging, although Vee was quite tired at the end. The upkeep of four [Expansion] spells, in addition to my own castings of [Reduction] and various elental spells, had even put a sizable dent into my previously "inexhaustible" Mana supply.
Although my Mana was rapidly regenerating and would even spike upwards when I ate plantoids and began generating new sli mass. [Mana Sli] was once again proving its worth. I also gained another level up, which was great and proved the quality difference of the invading monsters now. I was greatly looking forward to the next set of challenges.
This text was taken from . Help the author by reading the original version there.
It's too bad I didn't level up my air or water magic. But I'll keep combining them with [Reduction].
"Do you think we can take a short break before heading up?" Vee asked.
"I think it's fine. Just eat your grapes and enjoy it."
"We promise! Thank's Dran!" I replied enthusiastically.
User Comments
0 comments from readers