Black Summoner

Episode 279: The Way of the Brave

- Catacombs of the English Spirit - first floor

"You guys, I'm going to give you a trial. Follow me for ten layers."

Mr. Kelvin disappeared after a full-fledged walk (probably, all-powerful) into the back of the dungeon after leaving those words behind. I didn't expect Mr. Effil to even leave me, but Mr. Ra also left Mr. Hornsela and Mr. Stra, and only us on one level.

"It's a trial from my master! Come on, guys!

"Oh, oh!

Knife Ya is perfectly capable, and Nana has been caught by it. Not very much, but unlikely to persuade you because you seem motivated enough to put your fists up in heaven. I'm still growing up because I remember how to pull this off, but I still won't run out of seeds for my struggles.

"Uh, Mr. Sella?

"I'm sorry, but right now, I'm bathing all these bodies in blood and turning them into a Yellow Springs army (Hady's Bloods), so don't talk to me for a second. Ask Stra if anything happens."

Seeking help from Serra, who stayed on the spot as much as we did, seems busy with the task of creating a bright red skeleton from the remains of the opposition, and she won't deal with it. Apparently, it wasn't meant to stay for us, but to generate that skeletal warrior.

"Hmm... Hmm...!

Ya is Ya and obsessed with Serra's work. Are you feeling something that only those who deal with the same black magic can understand? I hadn't expected anything from the start, but you're not going to share my concerns. If so, there will be -

"Sister Moment, are you okay? You look pale, don't you?

All I have is Stra, this blonde blue-eyed girl who was turning into Colette until just now. Heart-friendly girl who actually manipulates more than twenty horsemen knightly golems while riding a giant bear doll and even cares about my health. This kid himself is very cute like a doll, he wants to hug, he wants to love, he wants to be healed.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks."

"Really? Good for you. Kelvin, you're going to have to go after your brother."

... Yeah, Stra was substandard, too, if you think calmly. If she moves her fingers, an immediate dominant marionette will take action and annihilate the hostiles. A good example would be the opposition people, who have also become mutilated corpses when seen on the ground. Her puppets are as disciplined as the military and specialize in collective warfare while each individual has overwhelming combat power. I'm just amazed at the breadth of Stra's field of view that makes it possible.

"Oh, you care about Georgius? This girl..."

Watching the doll as she thought about it, Stra explained the doll to me with joy.

First of all, the bear nuigurumi she rides, Georgius, seems to have been presented to her by Mr. Effil, making her the strongest force of war. By the way, she asked me to finish it overnight. You can really do anything but bow and cook and even sew, Mr. Effil. As the same girl, I'd lose my virginity...

And laying the formation to protect her surroundings is the Golem's Strachan specification, called 'Guard', created by Ms. Kelvin. Although the difficulty is that the specifications were previously unclear as to the power of the ordinary golem, I think it is probably the knights who were guarding Mr. Kelvin's mansion.

Likewise, he is smaller than Mr. Gérard, a full-body armor, and that said, he seems to be over 180 cm tall. The shield to be equipped is well, normal (and still terribly strong, I guess). The problem is Lance has a built-in Gatling gun. They don't fire live ammunition like guns I know, but as a substitute for converting magic into bullets and treating them, apparently. Knife Ya, etc. just made my eyes shine about what I get excited about, but honestly I don't think that's where the scratch is. I think... I also made this with Mr. Kelvin. Are those people anything?

"Hey, momenta. What are you twilight about? If you don't hurry, your master will leave you."

"... yeah, I'm going now"

Knife Ya prompts me to catch up with my hands on the knife pattern and on the run. Yeah, I can't just think about it. If you cross the two layers that are the safety zone, the third layer lies ahead. A monster of the highest strength awaits us in Delamis territory. There are even rumors that some of them have S-class. If you decide to go, let's be prepared. He said he must protect his people!

- The Catacombs of the English Spirit - Third Floor

The third layer was an inorganic place where cobblestones were laid down, altered by striking with one or two layers of meadows. Is an incredible object that mimics the human form that also looks like reaching into the sky a kind of tomb? Too original to say anything. Besides, it seems to be wider than previous hierarchies, and I can't grasp the distance to the other side. The story seems true that the dungeon itself is in a three-dimensional shape, in this case the quadrangle cones are aligned up and down. Five and six layers are the widest if you keep going, and from there it should narrow down every time you descend.

"Hmmm...... looks like your brothers are down to five, no, six floors now. I'm ahead of you, Gerard. Is Grandpa and Sister Mel around eight floors?

"Also, not so much anymore!?

"Fast......"

You know how distant I am from my party buddies, Stra searched for a place for Mr. Kelvin and the others. Isn't that too fast? I wonder what kind of fast forward we continued while we traveled from one layer to three with no enemies...

"Grandpa was way ahead of the starting point with his brother's" Summoning Art, "and I can't help but compare it. More than that, see -"

Stra stares forward. Almost at the same time, my sensing skills signal enemy proximity.

"Wow, a lot..."

A moving shadow that emerges crawling out of a cobblestone gap. If you look closely, you have a smaller appearance of the objects in the area as they are. I can't help but think that Nana accidentally made a weak noise. Because shadow monsters continue to emerge today as if they gush infinitely, trying to fill the perimeter.

"Nana, no problem. Individual strength is not so much"

"Oh, if we can get our strength right, we can win enough."

It's only at a time like this that I feel comfortable with these two strong beings. I pulled out my sword and cane and am already in a state of battle.

"Much better than" The Rock Cave of the Divine Beast "yet. That's a Grade B monster, Labyrinth Shadow. Be careful if you make a half-attack, it will split. If you're after me, it's the head of the shadow."

You possessed the "appraisal eye," Stra will give you precise instructions as you stick Georgius' head up. All right, the numbers are a threat, but if you're about level B!

"And you were lucky in a way. It's a lot easier if you follow that one, and you'll find directions to the next tier."

"Huh?"

Gaze again at the words.

"... is there a place where there are no monsters?

On one side of the floor, which was likely to be covered in pitch black, there was a part of the cobblestone that had been stripped out. It keeps stretching to the other side like a path, and it also looks heartless or sparkling.

"It's a trail that Lion went through. Probably just ran through a straight line with a twitch down, but it's too purified to get the monster close."

"Oh, uh..."

Stra said that out loud.