CHAPTER 73: SIBLINGS PREPARE FOR THE BATTLE

“Okay, are you ready, Haru?” (Kei)

“Everything’s great. Potions and other consumables are ready.” (Haru)

“So, are you good to go?” (Kei)

“Let’s go!” (Haru)

　After watching the mercenary group fight, I thought about our own fighting style again. In the end, we decided to push forwards with leveling and firepower just like before. This is unavoidable because we don’t have their personnel.

　It’s December now. It’s been a long time since we first encountered Rimdobmur. However, I think it was still not that long considering that it was less than a year ago.

　As usual, I pass through the transition and land in the forest.

“Okay, Haru. It’s a revenge rematch. Let’s go.” (Kei)

“Roger!” (Haru)

　We chose the front side of the wall as our battlefield. The reason was to keep the wounded Rimdobmur as far away as possible from its nest at the back of the Forest. So that it couldn’t easily return to its nest and try to recover.

　Also, this time, unlike before, we had prepared a variety of tricks.

“Brother, let’s go. There.” (Haru)

　Haru casts magical power on the knife he had in his hand and throws it upwards. Naturally, this knife couldn’t be just a knife.

“It burns well”

　The knife had two trash skills. That is [Ignite] and [Rampage].

　The [Ignite] skill literally creates fire the size of a lighter when activated. Then there’s [Rampage].

　[Rampage] is a skill that Haru often uses to strengthen the power of magic by diffusing the flow of magic power. But this skill has a big trap. The magic power is in disarray. Naturally, she couldn’t use precise magic, so she had to rely on her magic’s firepower alone.

　Haru used her passive skill [Magic Manipulation] to force herself to be able to use magic as she normally did.

　It seems that there is a similar skill called [Madness] among the vanguard Proficiencies.

　So, what happens if an object uses this skill? Normally, there is nothing that would happen. It’s only natural that it would not work since it doesn’t have any magic power, to begin with. However, what if the magic power is put into it right before? It’s not a matter of activating a skill, it’s a matter of forcibly supplying magic power from another source.

　The [Rampage] skill uses the trapped magic power to strengthen the magic that was supposed to be used with the destruction of the object.

　This method requires the object to be the medium for the magic, as well as the [Rampage] skill and the magic of the person that would use it.

　Furthermore, objects do not store magic power. It’s an advanced technique that forces magic to flow into it and make it stay within the object for a short time.

　The result of this is the disappearance of everything around it once it’s used, so who would use it?

　The knife that was enchanted with [Rampage] and [Ignite] was supplied with magic power by Haru, strengthening the minuscule fire.

“The leaves are disappearing faster and faster. Also, this is quite hot.” (Haru)

　The strengthened fire becomes a large fireball that burns and scorches the tough leaves but keeps the trees intact within the dungeon. The result is a pseudo-wildfire.

　If the trees in this forest are large enough, the oil will not be enough to burn them. That’s why this method is so important. It would be the best way to remove only the leaves over a large area.

　By the way, trees that are tougher than leaves are probably impossible to burn. When I looked up, the branches now without the leaves were still fine, just slightly scorched but pretty much intact.

“Now you let us cut them down, [Speed] and [Power].” (Kei)

　I crouched on a drawing stance before pulling out my sword.

　Then [Strong Slash]. I swung down the sword cutting diagonally the trees with the incinerated leaves.

　The trees in this dungeon are incredibly durable. If I could just bring all of them back, I could probably build a wooden structure that would exceed the strength of modern reinforced concrete.

　Then we thought. If we could use that strength, we could make a trap using those wood.

　Certainly, Rimdobmur is quite tough. Even if it was wounded and shot down, crashing to the ground would not cause much damage. Its flexible and strong body would soften the impact.

　However, what if the place of fall was not on the ground, but on the top of spikes? Trees that are planted at some distance from each other can also be made into a terrible trap for the huge Rimdobmur if they are carved into spikes.

　The length of the tree spikes should be about 5 meters from the ground. This maximizes the potential energy from Rimdobmur by taking in its flying altitude along with the length needed to pierce Rimdobmur.

“Okay, I’m done. Haru, give me the Magic Ball.” (Kei)

　After a while, I finished cutting the surrounding trees diagonally, and asked Haru to lend me the Magic Ball, and took out a large number of metallic materials from the Item Pouch. It was all the metallic materials we had acquired this far.

“Okay, let’s go. [Alchemy].” (Kei)

　With my right hand, I touched the tree with the spike pointing upwards and buried my left hand in the pile of materials. I forced myself to use alchemy to turn the surface of the wood into metal.

　We took the trouble of removing Haru’s magical power from the Magic Ball and replacing it with mine. While replenishing my magical power, the surface of the tree is changed to metal one after another.

　Meanwhile, Haru pushed and carried the unwanted parts of the cut-down trees, creating an improvised fence that will delay the approach of the monsters.

　When all the cut trees had been alchemized with metal. The magic power inside the magic ball was about half of what it had been at first, and there were many large thorns around the ball that reflected light in various colors.

“So, come on. Let’s go first.” (Haru)

“Got it. Failure is not an option.” (Kei)

　When I looked up, I saw Rimdobmur flying gracefully above us. This is the opponent that we are going to play against. There is also no shortage of opponents.

“Let’s go!” (Kei)

“Let’s go!” (Haru)

　The two youth’s lively shout echoed through the forest, and their hands were filled with magic power.