BXBX NOVEL Chapter 137 - Episode 137: The Invasion. (3)
I look at my earth spell and water spell. There are still not that many useful spells to give supportive buffs or spell to Azrael, so I use the basic spells that I have right now and experimenting with them while helping Azrael from behind while he\'s leveling up his level.
[Combining [Fire Ball] and [Stone Crush] with [Fusion] skill]
[A new skill has been generated]
[Active offensive skill [Blazing Stonehammer] has been learned.]
"This one should be an AoE skill."
I cast it on a group of monsters, and then a big boulder of burning stone appears on top of them and then strike it down toward them.
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"So this one has a tick damage over time. How nice..."
[Combining [Blazing Stonehammer] and [Water Ball] with [Fusion] skill]
[A new skill has been generated]
[Active offensive skill [Solid Rock] has been learned]
I cast it on the same group of monsters and it spawns a black boulder stone and strikes them immediately.
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The damage is smaller compared to the [Blazing Stonehammer] but all the monsters are now stunned because of it. Azrael then charges toward them and does the finishing job. It takes him a minute to kill all of them, and then a notification appears in front of me.
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) has leveled up!]
...
"Azrael is now level 24. That\'s very nice."
I keep experimenting with all the spells that I have and let Azrael takes the last hit. I already have around 50 spells now and I still haven\'t gotten any supportive spells for Azrael.
[Combining [Block of Ice] and [Chill Wind] with [Fusion] skill]
[A new skill has been generated]
[Active supportive/defensive skill [Icy Heart] has been learned]
"Finally."
I cast it on Azrael and a status screen appears in front of me.
[Azrael (Hatchling)\'s DEF and M.DEF are increased by 25%!]
[Azrael (Hatchling) is now enchanted with Water property. Reduced damage taken from Water property by 75%!]
I activate [Understanding] to check the monster\'s status, but nothing is showing. I guess these monsters are not originated from Betelgeuse. That\'s quite unfortunate, but it doesn\'t matter at all since we both can easily defeat them. Azrael is now strong enough to handle a small group of monsters on his own.
(6 hours later.)
My fusion skill is finally leveled up to level 2. Azrael\'s level is now 94 and I think they reduced the companion\'s EXP gained by a lot because back then I was able to raise them to level 100 in less than 3 hours, or maybe these monsters didn\'t give a lot of EXP compared to their levels.
I look at Shazjae and he hasn\'t moved at all. He just keeps observing and growling for the last 6 hours. But that\'s better than him going on a rampage and starts destroying all the buildings. Still, we need to prevent the invasion for the next 6 days. When the times come, I will use all the stack I have to try to stop him. Right now, I just need to keep focusing on raising my skills levels and Azrael\'s level.
[Combaining [Cold Mist] and [Fiery Wind] with [Fusion] skill]
[A new skill has been generated]
...
[A new special skill has been generated]
[Active special skill [Frozen Flame] has been learned]
"Ohh... finally a special skill shows up."
I cast [Frozen Flame] on one of the monsters and release it. When it hits the monster, the spell explodes and all the monsters 10 meters around the monster is become frozen and taking a tick fire and ice damage over time until all of them die. Sadly this spell has an hour cooldown.
We both are having fun and then someone is calling my name.
"Yo, Trev!"
I turn around and see Michael with Leonardo and Hans.
"Oh? What are you guys doing here? I thought you\'re protecting the royal families?"
Michael is scratching his hair.
"Well, we want to have some fun too, I guess."
I raise my eyebrows and look at them. The three of them are forcing their smiles and I can tell that the others are not agreed with their decision.
"Hmm. Well then, let\'s have some fun."
Leo informs me that Kingstar, Diamond, and the others are also on the move and pushing the monsters back. Everyone is surrounding the Maryoca Kingdom so there\'s no monster that can leave this kingdom. I\'m glad to hear that because I thought everyone is still shocked by Shazjae\'s presence, but it seems that everyone is doing fine on their own.
Hans is approaching me while showering the monsters with his bow.
"Trev, how are we supposed to prevent that huge thing from bringing a catastrophe? Now we are close to that thing, we can only hitting his toes with our weapons. We look like an ant."
I tilt my head.
"Well, even a bite from an ant can be painful and annoying right? It\'s the same as him. As long as we keep inflicting damage on him, he won\'t be leaving this area until all of us are wiped out. So we just need to keep pressuring him and hope for the best until the timer runs out."
Hans is humming with understanding.
"So, all we have to do is to keep him distracted, huh?"
I nod in agreement.
"That\'s right. Forget about his level and his HP. We won\'t be able to defeat him even if he stays still for a whole month."
Hans groans.
"That bad, huh? Well, I guess we can do it then if all we have to do is just to survive and keep him at bay."
I\'m just staring at him and stay quiet because I don\'t want to spoil anything to him. Hans is furrowing his forehead while squinting her eyes and staring at me with suspicion. I just smile at him.
I look at Leo and observe the way he uses his spells since I barely see him in action. He uses a lot of support/offensive spells, like [Spell Amplification] and [Energy Soul] to himself so his magic damage output is times by 450%, and then he uses [Acidic Soil] and [Oil] to the monsters so they will take extra damage on fire element. After everything is done, he cast [Fire Thorns] on the enemy and they all just die from the massive ticks damages. He keeps doing that over and over because I also think that\'s the most effective way to deal with those monsters without having to use other types of spells.
I stop fighting the monsters and I\'m backing off from the battlefield. The three of them are looking at me with confusion. Leo approaches me.
"What\'s wrong? Why are you not fighting anymore?"
I look at the time.
"I need to rest for now. We need to reserve our resources and energy. Remember, we are going to do this for the next 6 days. If we keep going all out like this, we will get an exhausting debuff that will consume thrice our stamina from doing anything if we didn\'t get some sleep. I will be back when you\'re all getting tired. You need to tell Kingstar and the others to make two teams. One for the morning team and the other one for the night team so it will be more efficient in this kind of situation."
Leo is humming with understanding.
"You\'re right. I almost forgot about that. I will tell them right away."
I nod.
"Okay. I will retreat for now and get some sleep. You guys take care."
I turn around and lift my finger.
"Oh, Leo. One more thing. Don\'t get too excited and don\'t kill the monsters that are not on the border. Because if we kill all of his armies, you know who will come to the border next."
Leo looks at Shazjae and oohing with understanding.
"I see. Thanks for telling us that. We will be careful."
I nod.
"Alright. I will see you all in a few."
Leo runs toward Michael and Hans. He tells them what I told him, and then they all nod with understanding. I leave the battlefield and open a portal to the Eynhildr Kingdom to meet with the others.
I walk into the palace and look for Ivonna and the others. I look around and Emma is wandering in the palace with William. I approach them.
"What are you guys doing?"
Emma is surprised.
"Ohh, Trev. What are you doing here? I thought you have something important to do? Well, we are a bit bored, so we are just wasting time patrolling around the palace."
I furrow my forehead.
"If you\'re bored, go to the front line with Mike and the others. They might need your help, both of you."
Emma is grimacing and looks at William, then she looks at me.
"Well, we would love to, but I don\'t think we can..."
I\'m humming with understanding.
"Is it because of Ivonna? Where is she?"
They both nod weakly.
"She\'s over there."
I sigh and nod with understanding.
"Now I know. Don\'t worry about it, you can just go out there. I will tell her that I\'m the one who told you both to go to the front line."
Both of them are gasping with excitement.
"Really? Sweet! Let\'s go, Willy!"
William nods and then both of them are running hurriedly and leave the palace.