Stercus placed his palm forward, towards the black blobs that raced towards the team. Without even having to say the spell name this time, many fireballs were fired out of his palm towards the blobs.
One Jabberwocky got hit with the first fireball; resulting in a black gooey explosion of sorts. More and more the creatures got hit by each individual fireball, and more and more gooey explosions ensued.
Stercus continued, firing on and on, even if it was tiring him out. This was the only way for him to train magical endurance and Stercus really wanted to learn that spell.
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Magical Endurance stat increased due to a special action!
MGE +2
Enemy killed! EXP +5
Luckily for him, this was simple enough. The blobs weren't much of a threat from this distance and the experience they gave was quite significant with the large number of them. This would probably be an easy path to victory.
"Wow," Pan said, definitely impressed. He placed his hand on Stercus's shoulder. "You must've really improved while I wasn't looking. That's amazing Stercus... um, Stercus?"
Pan then noticed that his hand wasn't on Stercus's shoulder anymore.
Instead, it was on some random stick.
Stercus did wonder for a bit why Pan's hand was removed so suddenly, but he was too focused on shooting down the Jabberwocky. But something seemed off.
Maybe it was the fact he wasn't on solid ground anymore.
Maybe it was that the Jabberwocky were right below him right now and were climbing up towards him.
Maybe it was just this tiny problem that one may call BEING ON THE BRINK OF DEATH!
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The guild receptionist was busy sorting papers when she noticed the Jabberwocky quest sheet on the ground.
"Wait a minute," she said to herself. "I forgot to tell him about the Jabberwocky's Switching ability."
Whenever a Jabberwocky feels threatened in any way it can use its magic to swap the positions of two items close to it. It does this in order to confuse potential prey and make it easier to eat them. This problem usually ends up causing trouble for even the most experienced adventurers.
"He might actually die then," the receptionist said to herself with no hint of sorrow in her voice. "Not like I cared about him anyway."
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Meanwhile, Stercus was about to not be alive anymore. Thanks a lot, receptionist lady.
"Propero!" Of course, our protagonist didn't die yet, this isn't that type of story. Krys used her spell to quickly catch Stercus, then boosted herself off of a tree to get to safe ground.
"Well then," Pan said, readying his club. "Looks like you may actually need help here."
Pan ran dangerously close to the Jabberwocky. With one slam of his club, he activated his Flatus spell (made by Wing God Ventus). It created a circular blast of wind that surrounded Pan, blowing away the Jabberwocky as they turned to slime from the impact. He rushed towards the black slimes, sweeping up several of them and killing them with his club. He swung his club downward to squish the blobs yet again but found his position getting switched with Stercus, who was throwing fireballs from the sidelines.
Seeing the oncoming threat Stercus pulled out his sword to hack and slash at the Jabberwocky. Despite the damage boost that the sword provided, the Jabberwocky were quickly gaining the lead. Luckily for him, Krys shot a lightning arrow into the crowd of blobs, resulting in was appeared to be an explosion of electricity.
Stercus stepped back to launch more fireballs as Pan moved closer and toward the side of the crowd. He swatted away many Jabberwocky of the sides with his club as he tried to make his way to the rear. He soon finds his position being swapped with that of a tree branch above him, but that isn't a problem. He simply slams his club down and uses his Flatus spell yet again, which clears out a place for Pan to safely stand on. Pan, now surrounded on all sides by Jabberwocky, carves a way out of the herd by aggressively flailing his club in front of him. He is able to do so quickly enough that the Jabberwocky aren't able to land a hit on him.
Meanwhile, Stercus and Krys handled the frontlines with fireballs and lightning arrows. Krys would run towards the crowd at many different angles, shooting the arrows to trigger explosions of electricity within the group. Stercus stayed behind and shot fireballs. It was a relatively safe job considering how much Pan and Krys have slowed the mob down. There was that one time where the Jabberwocky swapped his position with his fireballs, which resulted in him getting hit in the back by his own fireball. But other than that, not much dangerous has happened.
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The fight continued on for about thirty minutes before wrapping up. All that was left to show that a battle had occurred was the large amounts of black sludge on the ground, which Pan was putting in jars right now. Apparently, they were really valuable materials for potion brewing, so they could be sold for a lot at shops.
Meanwhile, Stercus and Krys were checking their status.
General Info Stats Spells
Name: Stercus Pauls STR 29 Ignis Gloriae Age: 13yrs 24days SPE 27 (+20) Fireball HP: 41/41 INT 24 Level: 9 DUR 25 (+20) Exp: 17/512 LCK 22 Spells Known: 1 MGE 30 Armor: Malice's Heart (+20 DUR, +20 SPD) CHR 3
"Yes!" Stercus shouted. He was quite excited to have finally reached the Magical Endurance stat goal in the fight. He felt as if he had achieved something great already, and honestly just wanted a rest after this.
General Info Stats Spells Name: Krystal Orez STR 37 Ventus Age: 17yrs 143days SPE 52 (+78) Propero Iactus HP: 69/69 DUR 32 Ictu Level: 11 INT 58 Exp: 4/2048 LCK 21 Spells Known: 3 MNT 22 Armor: Cherry Blossom Bloom (SPE x2.5)
While Krys didn't have any goals like that, she was still satisfied. After all, she did manage to gain quite a lot of experience from the encounter, so it wasn't bad in the slightest.
"Goodnight everyone," Stercus said as he curled up in a ball and went to sleep. That day was probably his favorite day of the year. He was able to have fun, achieve his dreams, and even hang out with his friends. All he could ask for now that the moon was up was a good night's sleep.
Not like he would get it.
"Get up Sterc," Krys said. "We still have some Jabberwocky to kill."
"But didn't we kill them all there?" groggily asked a sleepy Stercus.
"If only an entire species could be found in one herd. There are still hundreds more we need to kill."
"Can't I sleep?"
"You need to deal with them as soon as possible. Come on, let's go!"
Okay, today wasn't Stercus's favorite day anymore.
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General Info Stats
Spells
Name: Pan Depravo STR 82 MGE 29 Ventus Ignis Gloriae Age: 23yrs 265days SPE 54 FTH 1 Ictu Magna Ictu Fireball Great Fireball HP: 61/61 DUR 75 (+50) Flatus Magna Flatus Lord Fireball Fire Ring Level: 25 INT 52 Enflame Burst Flame Exp: 1234321/33554432 CHR 48 (+25) Spells Known: 10 LCK 30 Armor: Grand Knight (+ 50 DUR, +25 CHR) MNT 30