"... If it were for me, I would have revealed this already, but you will make all the other guys your enemies," Milena said. "They insist that too much chaos will spread once everyone learns the truth… before that happens, they need something to direct their dark feelings, and they are waiting for that to happen. The total awakening will be hard to deal with… By the way, how are your memories?"
"The same as usual. There are some gaps here and there that are filled now and then," Frederick said. "You?"
"Same," Milena replied. "I guess that will be something that will happen to everyone at the same time."
While Frederick was thinking of what to do, he watched Jake killing the crystal wolves almost with no effort. He was pretty strong, but it didn't look like he had changed much since the first time he saw him… so it was hard to say if he had made any progress in the awakening.
"It seems that things will be fine here without our help. We should organize a meeting with the others to discuss this issue," Frederick said. "We still have had a hard time dealing with the criminals, so we should solve at least one of the problems before they begin to work together and overwhelm everyone."
"I think this is a waste of time, but might as well try once more," Milena said while she shrugged.
After those two left the map, Jake and the others fought the crystal wolves for a while and decreased their numbers by half. However, they had to stop when ten giant crystal wolves left the dungeon. They definitely were the bosses…
Giant Crystal Wolf
Lv 185
Water/ Wind
Health: 23.250/23.250 (12)
Mana: 39.000/39.000 (12)
Stamina:9.500/9.500 (12)
Strength: 657
Dexterity: 1050
Speed: 920
Intelligence: 2850
Endurance: 1050
Control: 1250
Mentality: 1350
Luck: 500
Recovery: 7200
Willpower: 1350
Coins: 00
Status: 00
Skill List
Active Physical Skills: Frozen Slash Lv 120, Dash Lv 80
Passive Physical Skills: Pain Resistance Lv 190, Improved Intelligence Lv 130, Improved Willpower Lv 150,
Spells: Ice Arrow Lv 180, Ice Spear Lv 160, Ice Breath Lv 200, Ice Wall Lv 140
Support Spells: Fire Resistance Lv 40, Cold Resistance Lv 400, Cold Immunity Lv 190, Shock Resistance Lv 120. Poison Resistance Lv 110
"I guess facing those guys is too much even for me… In my current state, things would get even more complicated," Jake thought while checking the wound in his chest.
To level up the skill, Jake used Regeneration as much as possible on himself, and while he felt some progress on his wound, it would take three to four more days before it could close completely. Facing those things with only his dark flames would be stupid as well.
"This seems like a challenge," Lana said while smirking.
"Hold your horses, dumbass," Jake said. "We can't face those guys right now."
"I can see that they are strong, but we aren't the only ones here," Lana said. "If we talk with the other parties to deal with the ordinary crystal wolves, we can deal with the bosses."
"Even if that succeeds by some miracle, we still don't have the means to fight the bosses," Jake said. "I can't fight with my sword yet, and also, my favorite sword was stolen by a jackass."
"... is your wound that bad?" Lana asked. "Let me see it."
"No way, my nipples are sensitive to the cold," Jake said while he shrugged.
"Ew… Gross," Lana said. "What do you guys think? Is Jake a chicken or not?"
"Against ten bosses of that level… I don't think we can do much," Karina said. "Even if I manage to activate my skill several times in a row, I won't be able to kill one of them in less than thirty seconds. That will be more than enough for them to surround the backline and overwhelm Julian."
"I… I am not strong enough to handle a single boss of that level," Julian said.
"Wow, I am impressed," Jake said. "Kids five years younger than Lana can be smarter than her… that says something about her."
"... What about you, Louise?" Lana asked. "You are way too silent."
"I was thinking… Jake, you could envelop your dark flames on your sword before, right?" Louise asked. "So, that means that you can make it work with other things without damaging them?"
"Hmm… I guess so," Jake replied.
"What about magic?" Louise asked.
"I am not a mage, so I wouldn't know?" Jake replied while he shrugged.
"Do you think we should try?" Louise asked.
"I feel like it would be a waste of time since it isn't like we are a proper party, and the chance of working together doesn't come by often," Jake replied. "That being said… This kind of knowledge might be useful."
Louise nodded. They should try if anything. None of them had seen magic being combined, but it didn't mean like it was impossible. Jake summoned a sphere of flames in front of Louise, and she aimed toward that and toward a random crystal wolf in the distance. The creature was at the limit of her range, so that was the perfect chance to test the theory.
When Louise fired, the flames enveloped the Thunder Arrow and then flew a lot faster toward the enemy. Before long, it hit the head of the target and then crossed its body and hit another monster in the head… As expected, Louise's aim was good as always, but the issue was that firepower… wasn't that too high?
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"Oh… it seems that my flames added a lot of piercing power to your spell," Jake said. "Or maybe the fact that the extra speed was gained influenced on that much firepower. Even objects with small mass can be deadly when they move insanely fast, after all."
While Jake was thinking about the combination without making much of a fuss, the others were astonished…
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