Let's Manage The Tower

(6) Leader species

"Don't be alarmed until the end!

Burt's call echoes through the battlefield.

"" "Whoa!

I hear a reply from a somewhat affordable adventurer over there.

Since the first twenty monsters arrived, it's been easier than I thought, thanks to the sporadic attack.

The scouts said at least 300 if there were a hundred more monsters, but fewer monsters would attack than expected.

The cause is also somewhat predictable.

"It's easier than I thought."

One of Burt's party members spoke to me.

The gaze is pointing in the direction where you heard bangs and explosions just now.

Like Burt, we're targeting the cause of the easy development.

"I don't know what's going on until the end. Don't be alarmed."

"I know."

The explosions that have been heard continuously are now sporadic.

That's the magic of the magician.) It is unknown whether it is because the number of monsters has decreased or not.

It is only natural that we cannot remain indifferent to the end.

Above all, we do not know what is happening to the leader species that is at the heart of the flood.

It was a natural feeling to spend a certain amount of time as an adventurer that you should be cautious after defeating the herd.

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Leila stared at what was happening in front of her.

When I was told this role, I was thinking about the worst.

In fact, however, there is still unfolding that I don't even have time to do.

Kou, the adventurer next to him, is not a member of the fight as much as he is, but somehow he knows why.

To keep Colette from getting caught up in the trick that elves are releasing.

In fact, when I was about to be caught in the wind of an explosion, I saw something like a boundary.

The trick is that Leila doesn't know if what Colette is using is magic, sacred, or something else.

Given that it is an elf, it may also be called spirituality.

Occasionally there are spirit-like things visible next to Kou, so it is normal for the same party members to use spiritual magic.

However, because Leila's knowledge does not recognize that spiritual magic can cause such an explosion, I just can't say for sure.

"Ah, is that... spirituality?

I listened to Leila unexpectedly staring at the monsters.

I'm not going to hide anything, so I'll be honest with you.

That's right.

"Well, that's... that spiritual art..."

Leila, who said she had never heard of it, replied with a smile.

"I tend to be misunderstood. Spiritual magic doesn't just determine strength by the amount of spirits you can obey.

"... yes?

Leila leaned her neck at the sudden talk of the study aid.

I didn't know how Kaiseki was going to connect what he just said to my question.

"Spiritual magic is said to cause phenomena by following spirits. So if we follow more spirits, we can create more powerful phenomena."

Leila was silently listening to the study aid.

Even Leila, who can't use spirituality, can always find out if she's willing to investigate this kind of story.

"Misunderstandings tend to suggest that more spirits must be followed in order to cause phenomena such as large explosions."

With the support of Peach and Nana, Kaiseki continued talking while watching Colette perform spiritual arts.

"But it's not just about that, it's also about how deeply connected you can be with spirits."

Having heard that, Leila finally realized what she wanted to say.

"In short, is it possible to make such an explosion even in places where there are few spirits?

Well, that's what it is.

Leila finally nodded convincingly.

However, the examiner is comfortable talking about it, but it is not that simple.

Originally, spirits are not visible beings.

It is difficult to be said to have a deep connection to that invisible existence.

Fortunately, Leila didn't have the ability to use spiritual magic, so she didn't go that far.

If Cecil and Alisa were listening to this story, they might have held their heads.

Or perhaps I thought it was a boulder collet, but unfortunately I couldn't confirm it because I wasn't here.

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While showing room to talk like that, the examiners managed to reduce the number of monsters.

At that time it was thought that the number might exceed one hundred.

The monster I was waiting for finally arrived.

It is the appearance of the leader species.

Leader species are only monsters that can follow multiple types of monsters, and it is not particularly determined which monsters will become leader species.

Conversely, if you are not following multiple types of monsters, you may only be a leader of that type, so it is not called a leader species.

It's a small difference, but that difference makes a big difference.

When you become a leader species, it is even said that its strength may increase by two ranks in some cases.

Reconnaissance confirmed that the leader species is the leader species of the Hate Horse, a horse-shaped monster that appears around here.

If it's just a Hate Horse, it's C-Rank, so if it's an adventurer party called Top of the Table, you'll be able to crush it without much trouble.

But as long as it's the leader species, it's different.

I was expecting a scorn that would result in an A rank if I succeeded.

"Kou... here you are ~"

I almost called it an exam aid, but I managed to endure it and the peach cautioned me.

The leader species of a hat hose is two or more times larger than the normal hat hose.

Besides, I followed about a dozen monsters around me.

First of all, Colette sympathized with the spiritual art that served as a greeting.

It's not enough to crush the monsters around it... but to survive.

The only monsters beside the leader species on the boulder are probably stronger than the usual ones.

Of course, there is still a leader type of hat hose.

Leaving the Hate Hose behind, Peach and Colette clean up the surrounding monsters.

Nana is in charge of the Hate Horse.

When I cleared the surrounding monsters and headed for the actual Hate Horse.

Suddenly the hat hose roared.

"Bulaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

It was loud enough to think it might have resonated in the forest.

If Takashi could hear the sound of that volume, Kaiseki and the others would not be safe.

Of course, I didn't eat it properly, and I took measures for each of them.

At the end of the roar, the Hate Horse pulled into the forest.

We're not going to miss the leader seed on the boulder, so the scouts chase the hay hose.

Of course, there is a possibility of a trap, so be careful.

Then, after entering the woods long enough, I understood why the Hate Horse entered the woods after roaring.

The reason was in front of the examiners.

It was true that there were monsters who could follow suit, but there was another big reason.

Was it your turn?

There was a different leader type of hat hose than the escaped hat hose.

The voice of Kaiseki clearly reached the other members in the woods where the monsters were supposed to be noisy.