Right now, I was biking through downtown.
"Don't go into the crusade zone soon..."
'Crusade Zone' displayed on the mayor's map.
That refers to an area about a kilometre in diameter around City Hall.
If you get inside this, you'll very likely run into an ant monster, and a golem.
But still, we have to go.
"Nishino, it was definitely around here in your story..."
I didn't go to City Hall, I came to a shopping mall near it.
Park the bike and store it in the item box.
It's a walk from here.
"... it's terrible here too..."
"Kew..."
The mall seemed terrible.
Every store is vandalized and worn out, but more than that, it's a corpse that catches my eye.
There are tragic bodies rolling all over the place that make me want to cover my eyes.
Blood and rotten odor numb your nose.
But seeing a corpse like that was making me feel nothing.
"It would be the effect of 'mental pain tolerance'..."
It smells terrible. It's blood. We need to be careful not to let your legs slip around.
That's the only level of sentiment I get.
"Skills work great... but I feel less human..."
A natural sensibility that you should lose as a person.
I feel like the top skills have been easily repainted.
Well, I've seen so many bodies in the last few days that I don't like them.
Sometimes I guess I'm getting used to it.
I walk down the mall, passing by pigeons and crows pecking dead bodies.
It's time to get ready.
"Kiki, ask for supportive magic (buff)"
"Cucumber"
The jewel on Kiki's forehead glows red.
Then my body was wrapped in a light.
Check status.
Kudokazuto
Level 19
HP: 210/210
MP: 58/58
Force: 157 (+18)
Endurance: 153 (+15)
Agility: 338 (+55)
Dexterity: 308 (+40)
Magic: 35
vs. Magic: 35
After all, for the high number of the original, the rising value of 'agile' and 'clever' is also high.
Kiki's assisted magic rises by about 10% to 20% on average, although the numbers vary from time to time.
"Okay, Aka next, please"
"... (sighs)"
Grasp the oak knife that Aka simulates.
Now you're ready.
"I want to level up a little before I go back to City Hall..."
Don't bother with the golems and the named classes, but otherwise we wouldn't be that late right now.
"Sovereignty," and "Crisis Sensing," "Hostility Sensing," react.
"... are you here"
I feel signs of a monster.
Not one.
(Ten... No, there are more than twenty of them)
Quite a few.
But I see signs, but I don't see him.
If so, I guess he's hiding underground.
Feeling signs doesn't mean golems.
I'm relieved inside.
Ten, eighty-nine, you'd be an ant.
Katakata and the ground shake.
"Come on, let me earn you some experience."
This time I was daring to turn off my latent skills.
To feed myself and attract monsters.
The opposite of what I've ever done.
But now that militia weapons are no longer available and other towns and provinces are known to have more powerful monsters, we can't just do what we've always done.
Because you can't move forward because you're afraid of all the risks.
Bikiri, and a crack in the ground.
A number of holes appear around.
"" "" Giggle!!
And a large number of ants appeared out of the hole.
Huge ants that are also about the size of people.
Giant spiders were probably, but how can a big bug stir up fear like this?
There are many holes in the ground, one ant after the other crawling out.
"Kiki, hold on tight."
"Ki Woo!
I'll wait for the ants to approach.
Not yet.
A little more, and a little more.
"Gi."
"Kiss! Kiss!
Ants squeal their fangs and intimidate them.
There will be dozens of ants already out on the ground.
black turbulence enough to fill the perimeter.
At the center of it, I shrugged.
"- Item Box Open"
I take the 'pole' out of the item box and stick it out onto the ground.
What sticks out is the hole where the ants came out earlier.
"Gi!?"
Ants' movements stiffen on the suddenly appearing poles.
Don't miss that gap, I jump at once and grab onto the pole.
And run up to the top all at once.
"Ha ha, this is so convenient"
Ninjutsu: The Art of Wall Walking.
The effect is literally that you can walk through walls and ceilings in disregard of gravity.
Consumption MP is 3 per time.
I used it to get up the pole all at once.
It is a convenient ninja technique that allows 3D travel, but naturally it also has drawbacks.
Always part of your body when you travel first - one foot has to be attached to the wall to be exact.
Besides, the effect is lost at that moment when you try to jump or fly to another building.
In other words, if you fly from wall to wall or building to building, you have to activate ninja each time.
Unlike "The Art of Change," it can be used in conjunction with other "Ninja," but given my low MP, I can't waste it.
Reaching the heavenly side in no time, I look down on the ground.
The ants have gathered to surround the pole where I am.
One individual protrudes his fangs galloping and tries to snap a pole.
One individual also attempts to push the other individual up the pole.
It's like knocking down a stick at a sporting event.
"From high ground, don't know exactly where the ants are."
That's the math.
Well, let's go.
I unleash the "Sole et al." I had stored in the item box.
higher and more extensive.
"Gi!?
"Giggy!?"
"Giggy, giggy, giggy!?"
I would have felt my vision suddenly dimmed on the ants.
Because so many rocks appeared overhead that they covered their sights.
- Absorption block.
Two tons of rock chunks apiece.
It's a new mass weapon we got at sea.
"Crush it."
The emerged dampening block then falls to the ground according to gravity.
The sight is still meteorite rain.
The densely packed Giant Ants could not have coped with the sudden appearance of rock rain, and one after the other they were crushed.
Ground shaking violently.
Guchagucha and the crushing sound of the ants.
And the sound of the anti-wave block tapping the ground echoes around.
"You've earned experience."
"EXP reached a certain level."
"Kudokazuto's LV has gone up from 19 to 20."
"You've earned experience."
"EXP reached a certain level."
"Kudokazuto's LV has gone up from 20 to 21."
Heavenly Voice announcing massive EXP gains.
Apparently, now we've got two levels at once.
If you defeat all this number, will it rise?
"This is so powerful..."
I'm impressed with the effect.
Carpet bombardment over a radius of about thirty meters.
No, haven't you had an explosion? Volume barrage?
Anyway, the effect was immense.
"That's great for a grocery hunt."
Flashy and conspicuous, but the effect is big for that matter.
Go down to the ground and retrieve the poles and the dampening blocks, plus the demonic stones of the ants.
The item box was labeled 'Giant Ant's Demon Stone (Extremely Small)'.
"(Extremely small) means equal to goblins and zombies..."
I guess the strength of the whole thing isn't that much.
For that matter, I guess they cover it in numbers.
"Kiki, Aka, you want some?
"Kew."
"…………"
The massive amount of Demon Stone you get gives Kiki and Aka.
I took the amount to raise it to a mob for once.
I'll give it to you when we rendezvous. And muffle your mind.
"... oh?
With that in mind, 'Sovereign' reacted again.
The nesting hole where the ants came out.
From there a new monster appeared.
"Kissy......"
I don't look the same as the other guys.
Should I say bipedal ants?
Hunter It looks like a queen ant to a chimeric ant in Hunter.
"A superior individual..."
Unlike the ants earlier, they are also armed.
The four hands were equipped with one-handed swords and shields as seen in fantasy.
"Ant Warrior... is that what Soldier Ant is?"
Soldier Ant also appears from yet another nest hole.
That number, four bodies.
Apparently, they totally recognized me as the 'enemy' over there.
But that's where I want it, even over here.
I'll get you plenty of experience here.