Yvlena and Dylan found themselves in Bloom Meadow, slaying the Horned Rabbits that scurried to attack them.

“It’s been so long since I’ve actually been in this Meadow huh,” Yvlena reminisced, she recalled how tough it had been to defeat her first few enemies. Now she could lift her Moon Sickle and deal the critical hit in one blow.

“I still miss my Carrot Sword but until I find those Ores it’s going to stay damaged,” She muttered.

[Yvlena Acquired

Exp: 305/2070

***

Rabbit Meat x1

Carrot x2

***

Moon Points: 20]

Yvlena heard a clang resound behind her, she turned around to watch Dylan face a particularly tough Horned Rabbit, the little beast ran forward jamming its horn into Dylan’s sword. He blocked it, pushing so hard against the beast, that his foot dug dirt up from the ground.

Yvlena attempted to step in but Dylan shouted for her not to interfere. Yvlena stepped back, keeping an eye on the battle before her. She would protect him even if she had to step in against his wishes.

“Whew,” Dylan sighed after finally slaying the creature, Yvlena nodded and let her hand stray from her sheath.

“Good job, we’ll be heading into the forest now, it’s a long way from the outpost so we better not dally,” Yvlena said.

Dylan gulped, looking up at the Bloom Forest’s entrance fearfully. He ran to her side, following her lead into the forest. He scanned the path, finding nothing but enemies in the distance, he wasn’t in a hurry to face them anytime soon.

“Yvlena has the Miasma really gone from here?” Dylan asked.

She nodded, turning around to reassure him that he wouldn’t be facing any Miasma corrupted beasts anytime soon.

“Don’t worry about it,”

Dylan held his sword close, moving swiftly through the forest while remaining behind Yvlena. He looked at the elven girl’s determined face and found comfort in her unwavering expression. Sure he wasn’t as strong as her but he could learn.

“Okay,” He said releasing a breath he was holding.

Yvlena swiftly took care of a few foxes and Horned Rabbits, netting her a few more loot as she and Dylan pressed on.

“Hold on I got this,” Dylan said fending off some armed Field Mice, he swung his sword in a wave, parrying two little mice at once. The mice persisted, running at him with their small swords.

“Yah!” Dylan yelled, cutting them down, Yvlena stood to the side letting him bask in his victory. She nodded in approval, against some of the smaller enemies she didn’t need to worry about him but she couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if she needed to protect him from a wolf.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we get there, I have my summons after all,” Yvlena said under her breath.

[Your companion gained a level]

The game told her, Yvlena gasped. She didn’t know Dylan would be able to level up just like a player. She supposed it made sense if he could accept a quest, then it should have been possible for him to level up as well.

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He was doing a good job with some of the weaker enemies too.

“Brace yourself, we’ll be entering the second level of the forest soon and there are some strong enemies here,” Yvlena warned. She turned back to examine his expression and as she expected, Dylan’s face was pale with worry.

A hint of determination shone through his trembling lips, Yvlena could respect that.

“Don’t worry, you’re not alone,” She said encouragingly.

“I know…” Dylan said lowly, “I’ve just never been this far out before, even when I go to gather the herbs Iris needs for her teas,”

“I guessed and it’s best you don’t wander off too far until you can comfortably take down a fox at least, there are wolves in this forest too,” Yvlena said.

“L-Like that,” Dylan asked lifting a shaking finger at the creature. Yvlena looked ahead to find a large wolf growling at them, barring its shining rows of teeth at them. Even without being tainted by the Miasma, it was a menacing sight to behold.

“Yes, like that,” Yvlena gasped.

The two gulped, Yvlena didn’t like fighting wolves. Of all the forest creatures she took on, wolves were always the worst. Notoriously cunning and strong, they took a while to beat too and she wanted to get Dylan to his father’s grave as soon as possible.

“Sprite, Rabbit Knight,” Yvlena called, she paused recalling the third summon she had equipped herself with. “Kuti,”

She was hesitant to summon the doll, worrying it wouldn’t be as strong as her other ones. But it would only grow strong the more she equipped it in battle.

The gray china doll was small only coming up to Yvlena’s knees. The porcelain doll was dressed in black and white Gothic lace with a black bonnet covering her dark ringlets. The doll turned around looking up at Yvlena with dark rimmed blue eyes.

The wolf doesn’t give them any chance for introductions before it lunges. Dylan runs forward, sword raised too high in the air to be swung down quickly.

Yvlena smacked her forehead and groaned, Kuti inched closer to the battle, pulling up her dress to run forward and join the other summons in battle.

[Kuti cast weaken (03MP)]

A dark cloud appeared above the Wolf’s head and remained there as Rabbit Knight slashed the creature’s side with it’s rapier.

[Wolf afflicted with weakness, -30% HP and Attack]

The Wolf yelped, already limping from the combination of the status effects and the attack. It pulled back a bit before lunging forward at the party to chomp down on them with its powerful jaws.

Yvlena’s stepped back, causing the Wolf to miss its mark. She kicked its jaw, dealing some damage with her retaliation.

[Sprite cast Sting (01MP)]

The little fairy flitted around attacking with her balls of fairy magic made all the more effective by Kuti’s inflicted status ailment.

The Wolf gave a final howl before it collapsed, fading away in flakes of light.

[Yvlena Acquired

Exp: 345/2070

***

Wolf Pelt x1

Fang x1

***

Moon Points: 100]

“Huh? I got less Exp this time,” She looked back at Dylan who was still standing hesitantly to the side and wondered if he had gotten the rest of the experience from the battle.

“You can summon, I’ve never seen anyone summon before,” Dylan said in excitement. He stood, staring at the summons standing before him with wonderment. He reached out to touch Rabbit Knight only for the small creature to brandish his blade and squint in anger.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you, Rabbit Knight doesn’t like to be picked up all that much,” Yvlena said in warning.

“I’m sorry about that,” Dylan said, apologizing to the summon who nodded and sheathed his sword.

While Dylan admired her other summons Yvlena took the time to address the newest addition to her team.

She squatted down to the level of the china doll and spoke in a soft voice to prevent startling the little doll. Kuti looked up at her with big, shiny eyes.

“Hello, I’m Yvlena your summoner. Nice to meet you, Kuti,”

The doll curtsied and turned its little mouth into a smile. For its supposedly creepy appearance, Kuti was quite cheerful, Yvlena found her adorable.

“Alright Dylan, the lake is up next and we can catch our breaths there,” she said pointing to the path up ahead.

“Right,” Dylan said following along.