314 Infiltrating The Bandit's Hideout
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“Moby, Water Splash.”
“Guuoop!”
SPLASH!
[Your Evasion and Agility have increased by +20% for 10 minutes]
The only reason I had Moby with me was not because I wanted more HP and Vitality, but because the Skill of this fish was useful. [Water Splash] increased Evasion and Agility over a target, I had never truly expected Fish-type summons to be Supporters, but it seemed that despite how useless it looked aside from its big body, it had a very interesting buff.
At the very least, I had to keep one with myself to get the buff, which cost no MP at all either, but that was all the creature could offer.
“So, what do we do now? Should we ambush them, kill them, or try to bring them alive?” Wondered Eleanora.
“We’ll kill their leader and bring his head as a proof we exterminated them. The others will remain alive so we can turn them into Blood Cores.” I said with a smile.
“Huh, so you’re not even seeing them as people anymore, fufu. I’ve missed this ruthlessness of you, my lord.” Eleanora said.
“I’ve told you plenty of times to call me Blake.” I sighed.
“I-It is hard to get used to it even after years…” Eleanora protested.
“Whatever, we are here.” I sighed.
We shrouded ourselves in darkness to do a surprise ambush attack, slowly sneaking across the stretchy road in the canyon and then seeing the three guards sitting in front of the entrance. They seemed tired and half-asleep already.
“Spore, paralyze them.”
FLASH!
I quickly summoned the only Spore I brought, as the small Walking Mushroom suddenly emerged before our sight, Moby quickly buffed him as well. The three guards were facing the opposite direction, completely unaware that a small mushroom suddenly began breathing air and then unleashed a cloud of purple dust.
This was Spore’s [Poisonous Spore] Skill, which wasn’t that poisonous as to kill people, but it was capable of paralyzing by a small chance a target. I wanted to use Spore rather than wasting Mana and Demonic Energy using my own paralyzing eyes, which can only paralyze while I am looking at a target.
“W-What the?!”
“Akh!”
“Is this poison?! Ugh!”
Two of them suddenly fell paralyzed in the floor, losing their ability to speak while the third one was unaffected and panicked, trying to desperately grab his spear only for Eleanora to wrap his body with her Blood Threads so fast he wasn’t able to see who did it due to the smoke screen produced by Spore.
“Who are you people?!”
The bandit cried, as the three of them attempted to bring their Spirits out, however, I stopped them midway through, crushing their spirits with the tip of my spear the instant they appeared. From what I saw, they were a small spider that was probably poisonous, as it was purple-colored, a small black cat, and then a red bird.
“Sleep for now.” Eleanora said with a smile, smacking their heads gently until they fell unconscious.
“Spore, go inside and spread the spore, don’t kill them with the Poisonous Fog though.”
“Foo!”
The little walking mushroom was exceptionally smart due to his high Intelligence Stat, following my orders, he immediately ran inside the bandit hideout and began using his skill repeatedly, until purple smoke began to come out of the entire cave, all while the bandits started to panic.
“Earth Wall.”
TRUUUM!
Before they could escape, I used the Tier 1 Earth Magic Spell [Earth Wall] and locked the bandits inside their own cave, which I’ve already checked had no other way out than the entrance.
“T-This is exceptionally easier than I thought…” Eleanora said.
“I told you it wasn’t going to be anything hard.” I shrugged.
As we waited patiently for things to wrap up, we heard the desperate voices of the bandits inside.
“T-The entrance is closed?! Someone used earth magic!”
“What the fuck?! Who would come to this damn abandoned canyon?!”
“Break the entrance, force it out!”
“Cough… I can’t move! Help!”
“Boss, someone else is paralyzed too- Akh!”
“T-There! There’s a weird mushroom walking around, catch it!”
“I-I can’t move my hands…! What is this?!”
They were certainly resisting, but Spore was smart and small, he hid behind the various things the bandits had stolen, and continued to run around spreading the spore, which cost no MP.
However, eventually, somebody caught him and killed him easily, he had little HP after all.
POOF!
[Spore] has died]
“Hah, I should had brought more of them.” I sighed.
“Can’t you summon another one?” Eleanora wondered.
“I can but I can’t get him inside. I can only summon familiars within my line of sight.” I said. “We’ll have to get in.”
“Then allow me the honors.” Eleanora said, suddenly kicking the wall open with her strong legs.
BAAAM!
RUMBLE!
The wall broke down as lots of dust came out, we quickly delved inside, finding a third of all the bandits completely paralyzed in the floor. Their spirits were all useless things as well, not all of them had great ones. The rate of people owning useful spirits was not the highest after all, sometimes they were handkerchiefs, actual books, pots, or a small stick.
Eleanora began to knock them all down with a kick in the head, barely making sure that they were still left alive. Meanwhile, I rushed alone into the depths of the cave, quickly sensing the presence of bandits hiding beneath the walls.
“RAAAAH!”
One of them suddenly jumped out from a small room carved in the cave, raising an axe infused with his Mana, alongside sending a large yellow bee at my face. However, my eyes flashed with bright light, quickly paralyzing the man’s body before he could hit me.
FLASH!
“Akh…! Unngh?!”
I moved my hand, grasping the large bee which was the size of a fist and crushing it without any effort. The spirit dissipated into thin air, as I immediately knocked the bandit out with a kick in the forehead.
BAAAM!
The other bandits quickly emerged, all of them pointing their weapons or spirits at me. None knew magic at all, meaning that they weren’t complex threats.
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