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Chapter 373 - Cutting Water

Aaah… this is nice. Fishing on a lake and enjoying the view.

Wait, I'm here to train! Not fishing!

I have learned to cut fire, and able to slash a target from distance as well. I might no longer need to use Air Shot again in the future, but the range of my slash is not far enough so I will still need Blobbyrifle.

Since I can cut fire now, I'm trying to cut other things. Which is water. And that's the reason we're on a lakeside. But because there weren't any monsters and it's too calm, we're all relaxing. Shelia and Victoria are playing in the water, and Spot is swimming happily since the lake is so big. In fact, it should be called sea instead of lake.

And there's a waterfall falling to the lake from up high. The spectacle was amazing. And the volume of water falling is crazy. Spot even swimming up the waterfall from below for fun. Maybe I should try it as well.

As for the monsters inside the lake, maybe they are afraid of Spot. That's why none of them are coming out.

And yup, there are no fish to be caught. I just put out a fishing rod just for the atmosphere. And I think I have relaxed enough.

Well, for my next training, just the lake and the waterfall should be enough for me to train with.

Since there are no enemy, using Blobbies should be enough rather than using Victoria.

"Victoria, Shelia, you two can relax more. I'm going to start training," I said.

"We will play a bit more, and then we will hunt monsters nearby together," Victoria said.

"Me! Me! What about me!?" Spot asked.

Spot is… I don't know what he wants. I suppose it will be best to let him lay as much as possible. Oh, that's right! I have a suggestion for him!

"Spot, for now, you can play around as much as possible or hunt monsters. You are free to do what you want. But, after I finished my training, I'm going to ask you for a spar. Will you fight me?" I asked.

"A fight? You're asking for a fight? I guess we haven't fought before. I think that's a good idea. Let's fight once you become stronger! I'll go swim a bit more and then I'll fight some monsters," Spot said.

Is it just me or he's actually looking forward for our fight? I hope he won't try to kill me.

"You sure you want to fight Spot?" Victoria asked.

"Well, the reason for this journey is to get stronger. And so far, there are no other monsters stronger than Spot, so it's best if I gained experience from fighting him. Though I hope neither of us will go too far and have to die. Or more like I hope I won't die," I said.

After that, I left the three of them to do what they want as I walked into the middle of the lake. The water is pretty calm around here despite the waterfall. And even using my Divine Vision, I still can't see the bottom of the lake.

First, let's try my long-distance attack.

I jumped to the sky, and swung my Blobbysword down. And there was a sound of something hitting the water and a splash was created. I guess it worked. But the power is too weak.

That's also another thing I need to improve.

I turned my Blobbysword into gloves and I grabbed Reizpear from my pocket. I poured some magic into it and the Reizpear returned to its original form. I'll practice with this instead of Blobbies.

I jumped again, and this time I used a thrust attack with Reizpear. The attack hit the water and it's deeper than the previous sword slash. As expected, I'm more proficient with spear rather than sword.

This time, I step on the lake water and with my Reizpear, I attacked the water. Inserting my will to my attack, and the water is split.

But because the volume of the water is too much, I can only see the path where my spear touched.

Well, that will also be my training. I need to be able to split the water deeper and further.

It's impossible for my attack to reach the bottom in just a few months of training, but at least I know how to do it. This way, the next time I'm training, I know what to focus my training at.

I know I can cut water now, but just that alone is not enough. So, I keep training and training.

Of course I still rest regularly and returning to Cassau to ask if there's anything going on.

When there's nothing important, I would return back to Monsters World and train.

With my strength, I can only cut water for three meters deep. But that's good enough after only training for a few days.

I'd like to challenge Spot after I can split the waterfall in two from the bottom.

Well, maybe not that much. That might take years for it to happen.

As of now, I couldn't even cut the strong waterfall. At least I need to do that first.

With Reizpear, I slashed the surface of the lake again and again.

I can see the improvement, but it was so little.

Probably less than half centimeter every day. Some days, it's even less.

I guess I also need to train my muscle as well.

So, I trained using Victoria's method. To stand still under the fierce waterfall and meditate. Without Aura protecting me.

That doesn't seem to be helpful, but when I tried it the first time, I couldn't even stand still. I got pushed by the waterfall.

I guess she's right that training under waterfall is useful. I can improve my will and endurance.

So, I spent eight hours trying to stand under the waterfall, and another eight hours improving my technique. The rest are for other training and rest.

The result, I notice my improvement more. Though I still couldn't stand still under the waterfall.

It took me three months until I can stand still under the waterfall.

I have become stronger now. My body is slightly more muscular. I can see it with my Divine Vision.

But for my outer appearance, it doesn't change much.

Well, the girls told me that I'm heavier now whenever I returned home and sleep with them. But that's muscle and not fat.

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And today, while meditating under the waterfall with Reizpear in one hand, I closed my eyes. I didn't even use Divine Vision to see. Everything was dark.

Then I quickly opened my eyes, and swung Reizpear upwards to split the waterfall.

It doesn't split it all the way to the top. Just slightly over five meters. But that's a huge improvement in just three months.

"…wow. Am I actually a genius? I think I can beat anyone I fight," I said.

"Shelia, listen to what our master just said. He actually thinks that he's a genius. Very funny," Victoria said.

"Just because he became stronger, he thinks that other people won't get stronger as well. I'm embarrassed to hear that," Shelia said.

"Isn't it fine? Confidence is important after all," Spot said.

"But overconfidence is something that no one should have. Especially him," Shelia said.

…they are making fun of me. I'm training hard, but they are making fun of me.

But they are right. I shouldn't be overconfident.

The three monsters also trained hard and grow stronger.

Shelia's improvement is visible from the way her attacks is stronger than three months ago.

Victoria, although she can't get stronger, her technique improved a lot. Maybe because she witnessed the result of my training that she told me from fiction stories of her world bear positive result, she trained her technique from something she remembered.

Though she will still mostly be used as my weapon. But at least there will be more monsters that she can defeat alone.

As for Spot… I don't know. I know that he would sometimes fly over my head in high speed, and hunt monsters to eat. But he was strong from the start, so it's difficult to tell if he's growing or not.

I guess it's time for my promise.

"Spot, do you mind if we spar? I want to see my progress," I asked Spot for a spar.

"Are you sure you want to do it now? I thought your training is not over yet," Spot asked.

"It is not over yet. But I don't think I will get stronger just by doing the same thing every day. I also need to gain experience. After our spar, we will leave this place and go back to hunting powerful monsters. I have marked this place with a Blobby so I can return here anytime I want. I still haven't fulfilled my mission to split the waterfall into two," I said.

"Then let's do it. Where should we fight?" Spot asked.

"Here is fine."

"Where is here?"

"Anywhere. The land, the sky, the lake, we will fight in this place. As for the time… let's do it in two hours. I'm starving," I said.

We finally will fight today.

Spot is very strong, and even after training for three months, I still don't know if I can beat him. But that's fine. I just need to see the result of my training.

And so, our time for spar is approaching…

Chapter 374 - Sparring With Spot

Me against Spot.

An Aura user against a Giant Serpent.

A 19 years old young man against an over a thousand years old monster.

I wonder if this is the right decision. Just because I want to get stronger doesn't mean I have to risk my life doing it.

I hope he will hold back his power.

There's only me and Spot facing against each other on a lakeside, with me carrying Victoria and Reizpear in my hand, and Shelia is in a safe distance from us.

"Roy, are you ready?" Victoria asked.

"I don't think I am, but let's do it!" I shouted.

Looking at him again, he is so big and long. And I even told him that our fight can be anywhere. Land, sky, or even underwater. I shouldn't have said that.

"…"

"…Roy, when should we start?" Spot asked.

"Oh, right! Shelia, give us the signal!" I said to Shelia.

Shelia from far away, looking at the two of us. And seeing that we both are prepared, she raised her hand high.

"BEGIN!" Shelia shouted as she swung down her hand.

Spot is huge, stronger, and faster. And my clear advantage is I'm small. I need to make the first move!

But I was too late. As soon as Shelia gave the signal, Spot's tail already moved and he swung it at me like a whip from the side.

I quickly covered Aura on Reizpear on my right and Victokatana on my left as I blocked the tail. But it was still too strong that I got pushed far into the middle of the lake. But I landed safely on the surface of the lake.

Still, as soon as the battle begin, Spot instantly put me in a disadvantaged position. With the lake under me and only sky above, Spot can swim or fly as he wants. I should have told him that the battle is only on the ground…

Well, it can't be helped. I already said that the battle can be anywhere, so let's do it!

Spot flying toward me in high speed, but luckily, my eyes already used to his speed. I know when he will arrive, so I waited until the right time.

I transformed Vitoria into an armguard on my left, and hold Reizpear with two hands. It's time to test my special skill against Spot.

Well, I only have one skill. Which is… oh, shit! I forgot its name!

I guess I won't shout the name again until I have an easy to remember name.

It's the skill where I hold Reizpear with both hands. I hold the middle part of the spear tightly with my left hand, and with my right, I spin the end of the spear as much as possible while pouring magic on it so even if it breaks, it will recover instantly.

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With Aura and my will infused to the spear, I release my left hand as I pushed the spear forward when Spot is about ten meters away from me.

The spear spun so fast it creates a small tornado toward Spot.

Spot noticed my attack can reach him, so he changed direction. But my attack scratched him on his left side and left a long wound.

The wound is not that deep, but it should still hurt him.

"Wow, that was amazing. But that's not enough, Roy!" Spot said as he coming toward me.

The attack didn't have effect on him?

Oh, wait. I need to dodge it.

From the sky, Spot is coming down in a fast rate. I dodged it to the side in time, but Spot's already predicted it as he swung his tail at me.

I should have dodged much further than this.

I blocked the tail, but I still got pushed deep underwater. This is to be expected from Spot, huh?

Well, the water is also where I can maneuver freely. But I can't attack him from distance underwater. I need to get out of here fast.

I quickly swim to the surface, but each time I got closer, Spot would block me. I tried to attack him many times as well, but he's much better swimmer than me and dodged all of my attacks.

But still, it's not like I have to swim, right?

I opened a portal connected to Shelia waiting next to the lake. Thanks to that, she got wet from the water coming out of the portal as well.

"Sorry, Shelia," I said.

"Should I help? I'm your summon after all," Shelia suggested.

"Hmm… no. I want to fight Spot on my own first."

"Okay then. Good luck."

Then I run to the lake to face Spot one more time.

As he's raising to the surface, I attacked him again with my spear.

The same thing happened again and this time I got blown away to the sky. At least it's better than being underwater.

We keep exchanging attack in the sky. Well, I mostly dodged him.

Whenever I can't dodge, I would use portal to move location after throwing Blobbies away. I can't just keep travelling to where Shelia is.

Fighting Spot, I realize something.

I'm suck at fighting monster.

I can fight human well. Maybe some humanoid monsters as well.

But for monster like Spot, it is extremely difficult.

And because of my summoning element, I have to defeat powerful monster to get stronger!

Maybe I need to have a strong and huge attack prepared in case like this. There might be other monsters that I can't come close with no matter what.

We're fighting mostly in the sky. Spot may be thinking that it's difficult to hit me when both of us are in the sky, so he keeps trying to make me fall to the lake again. But each time he tries that, I dodged. I won't fall again into the lake.

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Seeing that we are unable to end the fight like this, Spot used his breathe attack. The attack that makes him breathe some a non-elemental magic. Will I be able to cut it?

I really want to dodge, but I have to see if my training against mage is useful in this situation. Although the attack is a non-elemental kind, it's still a magic attack.

I pour my magic, Aura, and my will into Reizpear trying to block the attack.

Spot fire his magic breath, and it's right in front of me.

I thrusted my spear forward with my technique that I used to make the spear spun as I attack, and the tip of my spear hit right in the middle of the breath.

I stopped it! I can now block magic attack!

"Where are you looking, Roy?"

Without me noticing, Spot is already above me as he swung his tail at me.

I guess this is my loss.

I lost my consciousness as I fall because I used everything on that last attack to block his magic.

When I come to, I was soaked. My body is hurting all over. I can see that I have several cracks on my bones.

"…shit. That was painful," I said when I come to,

"Roy, you okay?" Victoria asked me worriedly.

She is currently wrapping my body like a suit. I guess she thinks my bones are broken and she's right.

And next to me is the worried Shelia and the small version of Spot.

"Sorry. I didn't expect that you would let down your guard," Spot said.

"That was my mistake. Not yours. Anyway, congratulation on your victory. I guess it's still too soon for me to fight you. But I learned a lot in our fight, so thank you," I said.

I need a special finisher against monster. Just using my technique to spin the spear as I thrusted it is not enough.

Fighting the cult, there won't only be mages in their side. There will also be monsters they raised and controlled. I don't know if they have something even stronger than Spot or not, but it's best to be careful.

"Ugh… I'm hurt and tired. Let's go home for today. We'll go back training after resting," I said to the three monsters.

Thanks to Victoria covering my body tightly, there's no problem in moving. Every movement is done by Victoria.

I opened a portal back to Cassau, right in my own room. I asked Shelia to get Kayla to heal me.

Kayla comes in just a few seconds later along with the other girls. Oh, Candy is here as well? I guess everything in the capital has been taken care of.

"What happened?" Kayla asked.

"Just a spar with Spot. I'm still too weak to do that I guess," I said.

"Now what? Do you want me to heal you or improve your recovery rate?"

"Just improve it a little. Recovering injured body naturally can make them stronger. And it's a good time for me to rest for a while," I said.

"Next time you spar with Spot, ask me to come with you so I can heal you right away," Kayla said.

"Okay. I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to sleep. Good night."

I need to think of a special skill to defeat powerful monsters as well.. But I guess I'll do that after I wake up.

Chapter 375 - A Break From Training

I'm still resting in Cassau after a week passed.

Thanks to Kayla increasing my natural recovery rate, my bones are getting healed and stronger now.

In the long term, natural recovery is much better than using healing magic. And since this is the first time that I got injured this badly without having anything important scheduled in the near future, it's the first time I heal my body naturally instead of using Kayla's healing magic.

And since I'm taking a break from training, I spend my time playing with Daniel and Lana. I also supervised Hannah's physical training since next year, she will attend introductory school and finally awakened her magic element.

As I watched her training, I still asked Victoria's and Sonia's opinion if I could train other people to be Aura users.

"I think you should give up on that. Unless the person you're training is ready to die, just tell them how you awaken your Aura safely from your past life. We still don't know how our master can see someone's potential to be Aura users," Sonia said.

And that's how I gave up in training people to be Aura users.

As for Victoria, although we are in human world now, she is still with Shelia hunting monsters so my summoning level can increase.

Since I don't have any other things to do, I spent most of the time cultivating to improve my air element level. I haven't given up on this as well.

Everything is fine in this world. As expected, the cult didn't make any big moves when I'm away. They must be thinking of doing something during the tournament which Albert and the others are trying to delay as much as possible.

By the way, does Albert already decided the date of the tournament? I guess I'll pay him a visit while I'm here.

Victoria said that she's going to hunt monsters with Shelia a bit longer, so it's just me and Spot going to the capital. I directly opened a portal to where Albert is after getting permission to visit.

"I heard that you fought with Spot. How was it?" Albert asked.

"I lost miserably. My bones are broken and I needed to rest for another week. Has the date for the tournament been set?"

"One year. That's the longest we can delay. Any more than that and we can't predict when the cult will do something. That's why you have to go train and get another summon as fast as possible," Albert said.

"It's easy for you to say… Just fighting Spot and I lost easily. And he was still holding back. If he wants to, he can easily kill me," I said.

"That's right! Though I was surprised when you stop my magic breath! But that was much weaker than that time in Henry's castle!" Spot said.

What he said is during the time old man Henry got taken into his castle during the chaos there. The attack that destroyed half of the castle and destroyed a mountain.

As expected, Spot was holding back when we fought. If his breath attack is slightly stronger, I will die in an instant.

"Hmm… so you learned something to protect you from magic? That's good," Albert said.

As expected, he knows my weakness. I keep forgetting about this, but Albert is a wise king. Maybe because I never see him as a king in this life after getting to know him personally.

"Well, there are many things I have to improve. Once I recovered, I'll go back to Monsters World. How about you? Is everything okay here?"

"Well, there are some issues here and there, but there's nothing that we can't handle," Albert said.

"That's good. If there's anything troubling you, take care of it yourself," I said as I opened a portal since I'm leaving.

"Shouldn't it be 'if there's anything troubling you, call me'?" Albert asked.

"Nah, that's too much trouble. I'm going to Harold's place now. Bye."

On the other side of the portal is Bernard's mansion. Harold now can walk on his own and no longer need wheelchair.

I was surprised to see Jill, the girl who was aiming for the throne, is doing some paperwork on the desk.

"Is she working?" I asked Harold.

"Yes. Surprisingly, she's good in doing detailed work like paperwork. Seems like I don't know anything about my own children…" Harold said.

"Well, that's your problem. Not mine. Anything new?" I asked.

"Nothing. Oh, Carmen has just returned from helping Francesco with his territory. There might still be some cult members over there, but they will be more careful in their plan now. As for Francesco himself, he's doing well," Harold said.

"Okay then. I'll be leaving now."

"Wait, you just came here to ask me that and leave?"

"What else should I do? You can take care of everything here. Oh, right! Luna, you don't want to stay in Cassau with Lana and Daniel?" I asked Luna.

Luna then running toward her father and hugged his leg.

"I'm staying here with father," Luna said.

…children are cute, aren't they? I can't wait to destroy the cult so I can have children of my own. The girls also wanted to have children.

How many children will I have? Do I need to build a bigger house?

"If that's what you want, then so be it. After my body is healed, I will stay in Monsters World most of the time, so you can't go travel as you wish then. While I'm still recovering, you can get Sonia to tell me you want to come and play. Alright, I'll be going to old man Henry's place now. See ya!"

The next destination is Varadis.

Old man is working and I can see his daughter who is an expert level mage, Julia, is teaching several people about magic control. Most likely, they are the squad who will be sent for the tournament next year.

"Old man, you have prepared your squad?" I asked old man.

"Not yet. They are all people I can trust, but their strength is not enough to face all-expert level mages from the cult. That's why Julia is training them," old man said.

"Hmm… at least you have prepared the candidates. Is there anything you want to ask?"

"You're not asking if I have anything new?"

"It's just us. I know you love to hear about medical knowledge more than asking for my help. If you don't have anything to ask, I'll be going to Consenza now," I said.

And then, we had a two hours discussion about human body. Using my own body as an example for growing stronger with natural recovery, I explained a lot. Old man also stopped his work to take note of my explanation.

"I see. So, your bones will be stronger and can endure stronger collision without breaking?" old man asked.

"Well, if the collision is too strong, they will still break. But that's right. My bones will be thicker and stronger. To be strong, I need to endure the pain. It's annoying. And since we don't' know when the cult is going to attack, I can't just let my body recover naturally over time. Now is fine since we expect them to attack during the tournament and won't make a big move anytime soon. Though I don't want to keep breaking my bones," I explained.

"I learned a lot. Thank you. You can go now," old man said.

Lastly is Consenza. I also want to check how Celestine is doing.

"Hello Celestine, Claudia, been a while," I greeted the two of them as I entered the empress' office.

"Hey! What about me!? I'm the empress!" Lynn complained.

"Oh, yeah. You're here as well. Hi," I said.

"…no respect to the empress. Off with your head!" Lynn shouted.

"You seem to be doing well, Celestine. Don't you miss the orphans?" I asked Celestine while ignoring Lynn.

"And now he's ignoring me…" Lynn said.

She is fun to tease with. This empress doesn't seem very empress-y. Though maybe only when I was around.

"Don't tease her too much, Roy. And yeah, I missed the orphans. Good thing after Sonia told me that you're coming, I asked for some free time from teaching the mages from the empire," Celestine said.

"Oh, you have prepared the lineup for the tournament?" I asked.

"Yeah. There's even another expert level mage among the rank of imperial guards. Maybe I shouldn't participate and help you take care of things behind the stage," Celestine said.

"Oh, well, let's go home then. Claudia, see you later," I said.

"Yeah, bye!" Claudia waved her hand as I opened a portal back to Cassau.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, Lynn stopped us.

"What's wrong? Don't want your sister to be taken?" I asked.

"That too! And ask me if I'm doing well!" Lynn shouted.

I look at her and see if anything changed.

"You seem to have gained weight. That's a proof that you're doing well enough to have eaten that much. It's not bad that you gained weight. Instead, I think you are at the ideal weight now compared to your size. I see that you're doing well," I said.

"Sigh… just go. I don't want to see you anymore," Lynn said.

I can just ask Celestine about what happened in Consenza later at home, so I don't need to waste her time.

After returning back to Cassau, the orphans were happy to see Celestine again after a long time.

And I rested for another week until my body is fully healed, then I returned Celestine back to Consenza as I and the three monsters entered Monsters World again to train.

Chapter 376 - Seven Months Later

The tournament was scheduled to happen next year. I still have time to improve my summoning element.

After that time I broke my bones fighting against Spot, I have been training for over seven months already, with having a week break every month.

And each time I see myself in a bottleneck, or have something I want to try, I would return back to the lake in the Monsters World and spar against Spot again and again. Which resulted in me breaking my bones again, and needed to rest for at least a week. That's why I took a rest for a week every month.

My body is now much stronger than before. And I can use my Aura better.

Today, I'm at the lake again. The reason is not to spar with Spot again. It's to see how much improvement I made.

This time again, I will try to split the waterfall into two.

The first time I did it, it was back during my first sparring session with Spot. I managed to cut the waterfall only up to five meters. This time, surely the difference will be great.

I stand below the tall waterfall. Now that I look again, it is very tall. Probably about 300 meters tall. That's even longer than Spot's body even in his real size.

This time, I can stand under the waterfall casually. I don't have to put much effort unlike that time I first tried it.

I calmly stand under the waterfall with the self-repair spear, Reizpear, in my right hand.

I swung Reizpear upward in the middle of the waterfall, and I split the waterfall up to a third of its height. That's about a hundred meters!

"Great. That's about twenty times the height of the first time I did it. A good improvement in just seven months," I said to myself.

"Wow, you actually reach that high! Will you fight me again?" Spot asked after watching me split the waterfall.

"No. Over the past seven months, I feel like my summoning level only need a little more experience to finally level up. I'm going to find a strong monster to kill. I thought that with a lake this size, I could find one strong monster here. But seems like I was wrong. All of them are weaker than Spot and too afraid to come out of their hiding spot. I guess we should split up then," I suggested.

During these past months, Shelia was also interested in training under the waterfall. Now, she can endure the waterfall and do some shadow boxing when I was meditating under the waterfall.

As for Victoria, she doesn't change much other than learning some new techniques against average monsters.

"I'm already perfect as I am," she said proudly when I asked her about her improvement. Seems like there's not much improvement for her compared to us.

"How do we split up?" Shelia asked.

"Hmm… wait, even if we split up, we won't be able to contact each other without Sonia here. I guess we'll go together. Where should we go? Probably a dungeon is a good place to go. Let's find a dungeon," I suggested.

"Oh, I found a dungeon about three months ago! It might be a good place to start!" Spot said.

During my training, whenever we're not sparring, he would explore the area and hunt whatever monsters he fancies. It should be expected that he found one or two dungeons. Though I wonder why he didn't clear the dungeon on his own?

"You're not clearing the dungeon on your own?" I asked.

"I thought that you might be interested to do it after your training is over," he said.

…what a considerate monster! He's so kind to me!

"Thank you, Spot. You're so reliable like always," I thanked him.

"No problem! Shall we go?"

"Where is the dungeon anyway?" I asked.

"It's deep in a forest all the way over there. There's a huge tree as high as the sky. That's the entrance of the dungeon," Spot said.

"The dungeon is inside a tree? That's interesting. What kind of monsters are there inside the dungeon?" I asked.

"Elves," Spot said casually.

"Elves you say!? The dweller of forest!? Those humanoid creatures who can use magic and expert in archery!? With the male extremely handsome and the male extremely handsome!?" Victoria shouted.

You just said the male extremely handsome twice. That makes me reluctant to go there.

"Probably just like us Werewolves. Those who lives outside the dungeons and inside the dungeons are different. For us, we can tell if the Werewolves is from inside or outside. And those from inside the dungeon are considered as enemies. I guess it should be the same with elves," Shelia said.

"I guess that means it's impossible to communicate with them, right? Let's go there and test their abilities. If they are strong, after reaching intermediate level in my summoning, I'm interested in making them my next contracted monster," I said.

"No, Roy. There's an even better monster than the elves. I found their settlement as well. I'll tell you later once you leveled up," Spot said.

Really!? If there's something even better, then I'm interested.

But better monsters can still be difficult to persuade to be my monster. Should I be their king again just like what I did to the Werewolves?

I'll see later. For now, it's about improving my level.

"Alright. Let's go there and fight some Dungeon Elves. Since they are humanoid monster, I should be able to fight them. Does anyone know about elf race?" I asked as we rode on Spot's back and flew toward the dungeon. Spot is not flying in high speed so we can enjoy the view.

"Me! Me! They are handsome and handsome!" Victoria said.

"Anyone other than Victoria, please. Whatever she said, most likely come from her world. Not elf race from this world," I said.

"I don't know about their look other than their long ears. Grandpa once told me that they are cowards and weak. I guess you shouldn't expect too much from them," Shelia said.

If that's the case, the dungeon should be easy to clear. I hope at least there are some treasures to loot from there.

"No, they aren't weak. At least a long time ago, even before I became a summoned monster, I heard stories of how strong they are. But maybe because it has been over a thousand years since then, their strength dwindled. But if it's Dungeon Elves, they should be stronger than the weak elves Shelia said," Spot explained.

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"Well, we will only know once we get there."

Since it's quite far, we enjoyed the view while chatting on Spot's head.

One hour later, I can see a huge tree from far away.

"Is that the tree you said? That's one huge tree. I think the size is even bigger than the capital of Tatrama," I said.

The tree is so big that the branches of the tree can be called as trunks instead. And on top of the tree, I think we can walk on it since it's so dense with leaves and branches under it.

"Spot! Let's land on the top of that tree! I'm interested to see if we can walk on it or not!" I said.

"Let's go!"

Spot then increases his speed and we reached the huge tree in no time.

"Oh! We really can walk on top of the tree! This feel amazing!"

Although we are not tired, we choose to rest here for a while before entering the tree dungeon.

The entrance of the dungeon is at the bottom of the tree, and at the top, there's nothing here but leaves, branches, and cloud.

"Roy! Go and tell the others! Let's have them enjoy picnic here before exploring the dungeon!" Victoria suggested.

"That sounds great. But it means we'll explore the dungeon tomorrow. I guess that's fine. Spot, Shelia, before I call the others, let's take care of the flying monsters here first. It's not safe to have a picnic around them," I said.

There are many flying monsters that built their nests on top of this giant tree. But somehow, there's not many of them.

I thought that since this place is huge, there will be more of them. But I guess that's fine. It means I can take care of the monsters up here faster.

After taking care of the monsters, I opened a portal and inform everyone about the picnic. Since Albert, Lynn, old man, and Harold are free, they all wanted to come as well.

With so many people I have to bring, I need to open portals many times. I guess I was right to explore the dungeon tomorrow once my mana recovers.

"THIS IS THE TOP OF A TREE!? IT'S AMAZING!"

That's the loud voice of Jewel. It's been a while since I last hear her so loud.

Everyone here enjoyed the picnic. And I made sure to have some Blobbies to cover the leaves so they won't bet burnt when we're doing some barbeque.

The kids also enjoying playing tags here. Well, they are free to run as much as they want since this place is even larger than the capital.

And I… built a tent far from the others just so I can have a 'private time' with my lovers.

I thought I could relax as much as possible, but it seems that would be hard. Especially since there are some elves who have been watching us for a while. Though they think that they are hidden safely.

Since they seem to have intellect, I'll try talking with them later.. But for now, let's relax with the others.

Chapter 377 - Meeting A High Elf

After relaxing with everyone at the top of the dungeon tree, I opened several portals to bring them back to where they from. But none of them take a step forward.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"You're not returning? I thought that you would return and rest until tomorrow so you can explore the dungeon in full strength," Albert asked.

"Well, we are being watched by elves. They seem weak and have no interest in fighting, so I'll try to get to know them first. If they are dangerous, I will leave immediately," I said.

The elves who are watching were the elves that come from outside the dungeon. The elves that can reproduce on their own, and not exist because of the dungeon.

They have been watching us for a while already, but none of them seems to have any interest in confronting us, so I left them be. But I'm still curious about their intention, and to see if they are useful or not.

Maybe if they are coward, and don't like fighting, but they have other use, I can get to have them cooperate with me. That's why I'm going to meet them first before entering the dungeon.

But still… for Elves to stay so close to a dungeon where Dungeon Elves appear in, that's actually weird. What if I mistook them with the Dungeon Elves?

Well, it won't be any problem if I leave them be until after clearing the dungeon. But I'm still curious about them.

"Depend on their answer, I might return home late today. Don't worry, I can still open a portal few more times. I'll return immediately if it's dangerous," I said.

"Well, if you say so. And it will be great if you ended up becoming the king of the elves just like what you did to the werewolves. Good luck, Roy," Albert said.

After that, everyone entered their preferred portals to leave. I said preferred because Luna and Carmen decided to go to Cassau without saying anything to me instead of returning to Arturo. Well, if they need me, they will contact me.

I will go meet the Elves and return after I finished talking with them. And tomorrow will be the day that I entered the dungeon.

I keep trying to see inside the Dungeon, but I can't see far. Only about a hundred meters. Beyond that, I can't see anything.

Maybe there are a powerful monster inside the dungeon. I hope that monster is enough for me to increase into intermediate level.

After watching everyone is on the other side of the portal, I quickly run toward the peeking Elves.

"Hi there, I come in peace!" I greeted the Elves.

The Elves who were not prepared at all, surprised seeing me so fast approaching them in no time.

There are three Elves. All of them are male. They have long ears, and all of them are good looking.

I already hate them, but Victoria isn't. She already started fantasizing about whatever I don't want to be included in.

With me, Spot, and Shelia already surrounding them, they have no way to escape. But how do they come up here? Is there a path that we can go to get down from the tree? Maybe there are.

"W-who are you!?" one elf asked.

"My name is Roy, and I came in peace. Probably."

"Ah, umm… this is a weird combination, isn't it? A giant serpent, a werewolf, a slime, and a… hairless ape?" the elf said.

"Who the hell is an ape!? I'm a human! I originally came in peace, but now I'm here to fight! Or should I just kill you!?"

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Who is the ape? Why am I a hairless ape? It's obvious that I'm not even an ape!

"Don't kill us!" the elves screamed in fear.

…they are truly cowards just like Shelia said.

"Take me to your leader," I said.

The three elves afraid of me now and willingly bring me to their leader.

We followed them with Spot around my waist like usual.

There was indeed a hidden gap on the leaves that can be moved. Probably using the elves' magic. That's why I never saw it before.

The three agilely go down the tree by jumping from branches to branches. They seem to be an expert in running in the forest and trees.

But they look so cocky that they keep glancing back at me as if saying that I can't keep up with them.

Well, they are very wrong.

Shelia can run on air like me, so she's fine just falling without stepping on the branches. As for me, I used Aura so I can walk easily even if in a vertical wall. Or in this situation, trunk.

"What? If you can go faster, then do it. I don't want to waste my time with you," I said to the elves.

We go all the way down to the bottom. And I can see that there's an elf's settlement at the bottom. They made their houses on top of other trees. Not the dungeon tree.

"Alright, we're here. Now, where's your leader?" I asked.

"Follow me," one elf said.

I followed him into a huge building made of wood. This one is not on top of a tree, so it's easy to see the difference.

"Oh, you have returned. Did you enjoy playing too much outside?"

There's a female elf who seems to be the leader. She's not even looking at us as she spoke.

But since the elf with me didn't reply at all, the female elf turned and was shocked to see me.

"Ah! A human!"

"See! I'm a human and not an ape! There's a huge difference!" I said to the elf who brought me to the leader of the elves.

"W-what does a human want with us? We don't have anything to give. And please don't destroy our home," the female elf then quickly gets down on all four and kowtow. Just what the hell happened with the elf?

In any case, I don't think they are good enough to be my next summon. I'll just give up on them and find better monsters. Though if they have anything they can exchange with us, I'll at least try to cooperate with them.

"I have some questions to ask, and you will answer them all truthfully," I said as I intimidate the leader of the elves with Aura.

"I will do anything you say, just please spare our lives!"

…just what makes them so cowardly? During Spot's time before he became a contracted monster, he said that the Elves were quite strong.

I'll see if I can learn anything about them from her.

The elf I'm talking to is the only High Elf in this forest, and possibly the only one left in the world. That's why she become the leader of the elves. Her name is Elestias. I'll just call her Tia before I forget her name.

She has been alive for only five hundred years. The one who said only were Spot and Victoria, not me.

That's why she doesn't remember about the strength of the elves a thousand years ago.

She was born already a High Elf. I don't know which characteristic made her high. And even Tia herself doesn't know.

She has been here ever since she was born, and the only strong elf she knows was her father. The last warrior of the elves.

After he died, there have been no other powerful elves since then. And because they have found this place, away from powerful enemies, they don't need to grow stronger. They just need to learn elves' magic to control plants as tradition.

That must be the magic that let those elves get to the top of the tree.

"So, why do you think that the elves are safe when you actually live just next to a dungeon?" I asked curiously.

"…what? There's no dungeon here," Tia said.

"It's that giant tree! There's a dungeon inside! Don't tell me that you have never explored inside the tree? And Spot even said that the monsters inside the dungeon are Dungeon Elves!"

"…EEEEH!"

"You don't know!?"

How come they don't know about it despite living here for five hundred years!

"Wait, some elves mentioned that they met the deceased loved ones several times. Probably they unknowingly entered the dungeon. Some of them never returned after looking for them thinking that they are alive. Maybe after elves die, we will live on forever as a dungeon monster?" Tia said.

"That's not Dungeon Elves! That's Zombies! The monsters inside the dungeon are Zombies!" I said.

"Now that you mentioned it, back when I explored the dungeon, the elves couldn't even walk normally. I guess they are Zombies indeed," Spot said.

"At least we know the monsters inside the dungeon. But still, are elves this stupid!?"

Not just cowards, they are also idiots. They have been living next to a dungeon, but never know about it.

It seems like it's impossible to learn anything about the dungeon from them. Let's just ask what they can do instead.

"Now, what are you capable of? What's the greatness of your magic?"

"Well… we're capable of exploring the forest. There's nothing in the forest that can hide from us," Tia said proudly.

"…you never know about the dungeon after five hundred years, and you're telling me that you're capable of scouting inside the forest?" I asked.

"…in our defense, we can explore the forest, but not inside a tree. We will look for the entrance and make sure no other elves can enter the dungeon," Tia said.

"What about your magic?"

"We are good with plants. We can make them grow faster than normal crops," Tia said.

I think it will be good if I asked them to be farmers. But do I need them to be farmers?

Wait! There's one important thing that they might be able to do!

"What about plant type monster?" I asked.

"I don't know, but if they are plants, we should be able to make them grow faster," Tia said.

Okay, I will ask them to grow Sunny into a powerful monster. And ask them to grow some fruits, vegetables, and probably gets them to grow some other crops like cotton as well.

Now, what can I give them in exchange?

Chapter 378 - Yellowsun

"Hmm… I'd like to offer you an exchange with your plant magic, but what do you want so we can have an equal exchange?"

I could force them to do what I want, but it will be dangerous if somehow some of the elves are capable fighters or mages. And I have no interest in making a contract with them because of their cowardly nature. I'm the only one allowed to be a coward!

Well, I'm a tactical coward and the elves are coward in… many things.

If they're this afraid to every little thing, it will be dangerous for me to bring them anywhere.

"in exchange… I-I want to enter the dungeon inside the tree with you!" Tia said.

"Are you sure? I don't think you are courageous enough to fight monsters," I asked.

"I-I am the queen of the elves! I need to make sure that we live in a safe place! If that tree is a dungeon as you said, it will be dangerous if we stay here any longer. Who knows if the monsters inside will come out or not?"

"So, you want me to bring you inside the dungeon? I'm fine with it since I'm trying to conquer that dungeon. But is that it? That's all you wish for?" I asked.

"Well, if possible, I want to find other place where we can live. I'm sorry, but I want you to help us find a better location," Tia bowed down requesting for the safety of the elves.

"I know a place, but does elf need to live in a forest?" I asked.

"No. We can live anywhere. Even in a desert. With our magic, it will just be a while until we can grow our own forest," Tia said.

"Really? Then, is this forest was made by the elves?"

"Everything other than the giant tree was made since my parents' generation," Tia said.

"Then I know a place. I'll tell you after we conquer the dungeon. We will leave later after I take a rest. Do you have anything else to ask?"

"…no. We will immediately find the entrance of the dungeon and block it with trees and plants so no other elves can enter and no monsters can leave the dungeon. And… we have no fighting power here, so if possible, I'd like you to stay in our village," Tia offered to let us stay in the elves village.

That's weird. She was supposed to be afraid of us, but she asked us to stay with them. Isn't she worried that we might kill the elves?

"Can you really trust us enough to let us stay here?" I asked.

"…I'm afraid of monsters attacking us more," Tia said.

I guess her fear of the monsters are much bigger than her fear of me.

"Shelia, you will stay here with the elves. Is that okay?" I asked Shelia to stay here until it's time to go enter the dungeon.

"Sure. The place where you will take them to is our village, right? I think it's best for them to get used to us werewolves," Shelia said.

Ever since she became my summon, Shelia has been hanging with Kayla and the others quite a lot. Which makes her smarter than average werewolves who only loves battle. Well, maybe not as smart as Red who managed the village. But she's still smart enough to know what I'm thinking.

"That's right. And it's also safe since the werewolves can act as their guards as well. Well, I will tell them about the elves if the elves wanted to leave this place," I said.

After that, I left Shelia there with Tia as I return back to Cassau. I told Kayla and the others about the elves and the fact that the monsters inside the dungeon are most likely zombies. Elf zombies.

"So, are you going to make them your next monster?" Sophie asked curiously.

"Nope. They are too cowardly. But as long as I can give them safety, they would willingly work for me. That's why, Lina, I will bring Sunny with me tomorrow. Hopefully, they have a way to make her stronger," I said to Lina.

"That's okay. And Sunny also seems happy to be able to get stronger," Lina said.

All of us then look at Sunny who is dancing knowing that she can get stronger with the help of the elves. Seems like she can't wait to go meet the elves.

"Lina, do you want to come as well? I think as someone who knows Sunny the most, it's easier for you to explain about Sunny to the elves," I asked Lina if she wants to come.

"Then, I'll come with you. I'll go to bed now and told Elsie that she will stay here," Lina said.

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"You're sleeping this early?"

The sun was just set, and we were just finished dinner but she's already going to bed.

"I need to prepare for tomorrow's lunch and dinner for everyone early in the morning. I don't know when I will return," Lina said.

As usual, Lina is the most hard-working member of the guild. How should I reward her? Like usual, I guess?

"Thank you, Lina. As expected, you are the most reliable maid," I complimented Lina.

She loves to be complimented. Especially by me.

"Lina, you're the best!"

"Love you, Lina!"

Everyone else also complimented her as Lina bowed her head toward us, and returns to her room. I can see her face is red from all the compliments she received. She's cute as usual.

The next day, we prepared to go back to the elves village to meet Tia and Shelia whom I asked to stay there.

"…what's going on here?"

In front of me is Shelia. And right beside her, while clinging to her arm, it's the Queen of the elves, the High Elf, Elestias.

Tia is clinging on to Shelia's arm without any intention of letting her go.

"…apparently, elves are the kind who are scared of the people they first met, but once they warmed up with the other party, they will be extremely attached to them," Shelia said.

… attached like this?

"Since when has she been clinging to you?"

"Even in sleep."

I made a good decision to not make any elves as my next summon. Though I still haven't increased my level yet.

If someone as pretty as Tia is clinging to me, I would be happy. But not letting go no matter what, I would be annoyed. Happy, but annoyed.

"Tia, let Shelia go," I said to Tia.

"No!" Tia pouted like a child.

"Shelia, scare her a little," I ordered.

Then, Shelia transformed into her wolf form, and scare the High Elf to the point that she wet herself.

"…go get changed before we enter the dungeon," I said.

"Yes, sir!" Tia said as she run away to get changed.

As we waited for her to change, Shelia returned back to her normal form.

Victoria and Spot are checking on the entrance of the dungeon which has been blocked by the elves.

"It's amazing! It was as if those trees have been there for a long time!" Spot said.

I can see the entrance that there are many similar trees are surrounding the entrance. And I also see several elves shaking in fear in their house. they won't be living in fear anymore once we're done here.

Tia returned after changing, and I introduced Lina and Sunny to her.

"Tia, that's Sunny. The plant monster I want you to use your elf magic if possible," I said.

Tia didn't say anything. She's just standing there with her mouth wide open. It was as if this is the most shocking thing in her whole life.

"T-that's the Yellowsun!" Tia said.

"Yeah, sun is yellow. And her name is Sunny. A sunflower. She is yellow indeed," I said.

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"I mean she's a monster called Yellowsun! It's still in its infancy! Why haven't you grown it yet!?" Tia asked me in anger.

"How would I know what kind of monster she is? Sunny can't speak. Though she understands our language. Do you know about her species?" I asked.

"Yellowsun is… considered as our god. The story has been told since our ancestor's time. Yellowsun is a very rare species which when they grow up, they can be stronger than anyone. Their plant magic is the strongest and could even create a forest on its own in just a matter of days. We elves have been worshipping Yellowsun as our deity for protecting our previous village. But after the one who protected us a long time ago died, and have no successor, we were forced to leave," Tia explained.

"…Sunny, you're a god?" I asked Sunny who replied by shaking her head.

"Anyway, since you know much about Sunny, can you explain to us about her? And also help her grow. You asked why she's still in her infancy. Does that mean Sunny need outside influence to grow?" Lina asked.

"Right! Come with me!"

We followed Tia to a room, which seems to be her bedroom since there's a bed made out of leaves here.

Tia then grabbed something hidden in her room, an empty glass.

No, it's not empty. There are a few drops of water inside.

"This is a magical water that is very rare. This few drop is probably the last of it. It's called Magqua," Tia said.

Magqua… magic aqua… magic water.

I'm not the only one with weird naming sense.

"So, what does this Magqua do?" I asked.

"Just let it be. The Yellowsun will do the rest by herself," Tia said.

So, this Magqua can get Sunny grow?

Just as Tia put down the glass to the floor, Sunny then leaves Lina's said and crawled toward the water. Then, Sunny entered the glass and let her roots suck the Magqua.

"…nothing happened," I said.

"It's maybe because the quantity of the Magqua is too little, or the Magqua has been expired," Tia said.

"Magic water has expiration date?" Victoria asked.

"I don't know. It was given to me by my father. And there's only this little bit of water left," Tia said.

Suddenly, Sunny wriggling around. It was as if she's having a spasm.

"What's wrong with Sunny! You didn't do anything bad to her, right?" I grabbed Tia's collar and lifted her up.

"No! It's working! The Magqua is working! She's evolving! Now, she needs a life force! A strong one!" Tia said.

A strong life force. A sacrifice?

No, someone doesn't have to die. Sunny is a flower. Getting a life force from other plants might be better.

That's right! The dungeon tree! It's a dungeon, but it's still a tree with roots!

I quickly grabbed Sunny as I run toward the giant tree, and put Sunny on the ground.

With a little bit of strength left, Sunny is trying to dig under the ground. I helped her so it can be done sooner.

And as I finished digging deep down to the root of the giant tree, Lina and the others arrived to see Sunny entering the ground.

I can see Sunny's roots are connecting with the giant tree as Sunny started to regain her strength.

"She's going to evolve!" I shouted.

My shout was heard by the elves as they come to watch curiously.

I originally come here to improve my summoning level, but seems like Lina is the one who get the most of it. It's good though.

With this, Sunny can be stronger!

Chapter 379 - Sunny's Evolution

"…so, how long should we wait?" I asked Tia.

"I don't know. I have done everything my father said to make Yellowsun grow. But maybe this one is different. Though I don't really know since this is actually my first time doing this. And I'm the oldest elf here," Tia said.

"Maybe it's because the Magqua is not enough?" Lina asked.

Lina is the one who is worried the most since Sunny is her monster. Of course Lina wants to make Sunny stronger, but if it's dangerous, she will refuse it.

Summoner can only have one monster unless they eat Pear-y Fruit. It means when they have a monster they don't like as their summon, they need their monster to die first before making a contract with another monster.

And the fact that Sunny is still alive, and she's Lina's monster from the day she awakened her magic, just show how much she cares about Sunny.

"Maybe that's the case. I think it's best for us to wait," Tia said.

"Isn't there a better option? Sunny can understand our language, so we just need to ask her what she needs. Lina, you're her master. Ask her," I told Lina to ask Sunny if she needs something.

"I'll try."

Lina then walked toward the hole that I dug. That's where Sunny is absorbing the life force of the dungeon tree directly from the roots.

"Sunny, is everything okay? Do you have anything you need?" Lina asked.

Tia, Shelia, Victoria, and Spot are also looking into the hole to see Sunny. The other elves are curious as well, but it seems like they are still afraid of us so they won't come any closer.

I can see that Sunny seems like thinking about something. Probably it's something necessary for her growth.

Seems like she has realized something. Sunny is growing her vines so long as they grabbed… my leg?

"…Sunny, if you want a living sacrifice, I won't do it," I said.

I can see her shook her flower head. I guess I won't die. But what does she want?

Sunny then used her vines to hold me up. But why am I being held upside down?

"Sunny. Head is supposed to be above, and feet should be below. This is wrong," I said.

"Master! Seems like Sunny needs something from you! As she needs something to make her evolve, she found what she needs from you. And looks like Master is the only one who have it," Lina said.

Something important for her growth… and it's only something that I have… is it handsomeness?

Just as I thought about it, a new vine come out of the hole where Sunny is, and slapped my cheek.

"What was that for!?"

"Master. Whatever you're thinking must be wrong. That's why she slapped you," Lina said.

"How does she know what I'm thinking!?" I said.

"Probably because we have been together for so long. Anyway, it's not what you were thinking. What she needs from you is probably Aura. Sunny wants you to pour your Aura into her," Lina said.

"Of course I know that! I was just thinking of a joke, but before I say anything, she slapped me!"

So, Sunny needs Aura? I doubt that's the case for her species. Maybe each one of them are different from the energy that they suck.

And for Sunny, she sucked the energy from a tree that is actually a dungeon, and she wants my Aura as well. Let's try it out.

"Sunny, I'm going to pour my Aura into you. Can you let me down?"

I'm still hanging with my leg being held by Sunny's vine while my head is below. I can hold this position for a long time, but I don't want to.

But even after I asked her, Sunny refuses to let me down or put me back in the right position. She shakes her flower head to my plead.

"Why!? Just put me down! Lina, please ask her to put me down," I asked Lina.

"…can't do that. You have to be the one talking to her," Lina said.

"…alright, Sunny. You want to evolve or not?" I asked Sunny down in the hole. She replied with a nod.

"Then I will help you if you put me down!"

This time, she shook her head.

"What do you want from me!? A fertilizer?"

She shook her head again.

Alright, let's think. What does she want? Sunny, although we were hunting monsters a few times together just the two of us, I still don't know how to get close with her.

Unlike Victoria, Shelia, or Spot, Sunny can't speak. But seems like for the elves, her species is considered as their god. But I doubt that Sunny wants me to worship her.

The only thing I can think of is… Lina.

"Okay, if you put me down, I will spend more time with Lina and compliment her a lot. Is that what you want?"

And Sunny then gently flip me and put me down slowly. Not on the ground, but into the hole that I dug.

I also looked at Lina who seems to be happy hearing I will spend more time with her. I was right that this is the correct answer.

"Alright, where should I grab?"

Right in front of Sunny, I asked where I should start pouring my Aura. And Sunny replied with a headbutt to my chest. I guess I need to pour my Aura to the flower head.

I hold Sunny's flower head to my chest, and pour my Aura into her. Sonia and Victoria said that it's dangerous for an inexperienced Aura user to pour their Aura into someone else's body, but maybe it's fine for a monster. I'll stop if I detect anything dangerous. I don't want Lina to hate me.

As I pour a little Aura into her, Sunny's body jerked a little and she's started shivering as if she's in pain. But that stopped soon after she got used to it.

I guess it's right that pouring Aura inside someone else's body is dangerous. Then, can I use this method in a fight?

As I pour Aura into Sunny, I can see that Sunny is changing.

It's obvious since even though we are few meters underground, but there's a light here! And it's coming from Sunny's head!

Sunny is a sun! No wonder her species is called Yellowsun. They just like another sun but from a flower. Wait, that's just the explanation for what a sunflower is!

Sunny didn't change at all except that the petals around her head turn shiny.

Oh, wait! She's getting bigger now!

Her size is getting bigger as the hole we dug no longer fit for the two of us. I who was hugging Sunny's head now is riding on top of her flower head.

"It's here! That's the Yellowsun at the peak of its adulthood!" Tia shouted. Followed by the cheers of the elves who worshipped Sunny's species.

Sunny grows bigger and bigger. Although her size can't compete with the dungeon tree, it's still very big. About half the length of Spot when he's in his original size.

I was so shocked that I forget to pour more Aura, but it seems like she no longer needs it as she's already perfectly evolved.

Finally, her growth stopped. But the shine from her petals are still there. And they are concentrated to the middle of the flower.

Wait, is this an attack? Just like Spot's magic breath?

And as I guessed, Sunny shoots a beam of light toward a mountain far from here. And she destroyed it with one breath!

"Oh! You're amazing, Sunny! Just like me! But that was a light element magic, right? Mine is non-elemental magic. But that's about as strong as my breath attack!" Spot said happily.

"Sunny! You're so great!" Victoria also shouted happily seeing Sunny's growth.

Just by coming here, Sunny has become so powerful already thanks to the elves. If they still want to move to a safe place after the dungeon exploration, I will gladly help them.

Maybe there are other things than farming that they can do. But just farming is more than enough.

Hmm? Lina seems to be shocked. What's wrong with her?

"Lina. Aren't you happy that Sunny became so strong? Why do you look so shocked?" I asked.

"…yes, I'm happy. But I'm more surprised by it since… I became advanced level just from that attack," Lina said.

"…what!?"

It should be me! I'm the one who wants to increase my level! But just by that one attack, and she's already advanced level and can contract another monster!?

"…that's amazing. I'm irritated by how you ended up surpassing me easily, but I'm also happy by it. Do you have any monster you want to make a contract with?" I asked.

"There's one here," Lina said without hesitation.

Don't tell me…

"Our god Yellowsun has descended! Rejoice!" Tia cheered along with the other elves.

"Elestias, I have something I want to ask you," Lina said.

"What is it, oh Master of Yellowsun?" Tia asked.

If Lina is the Master of Yellowsun, then I'm the Master of the Master of Yellowsun.

"Because of that evolution, I can now make contract with another monster. Will you—"

"I will! I will gladly be your summon and help you in any way possible! Although I lack in strength, I can do many other things! And because I'm the queen of the elves, I can get all elves to help you!" Tia said as she realizes what Lina is going to ask.

"…that's good. I guess I don't need to enter the dungeon again. What about you?" Lina asked Tia.

"I'll do anything you say! If you tell us to stay, we will stay. If you tell us to leave, we will leave!"

"…I want you to move your village to live together with the Werewolves," Lina said.

"We will prepare to move immediately!" Tia said as she ordered the elves to prepare to move.

…what is this? I no longer need to bring her with me into the dungeon? Well, that's fine.

And they will live alongside the werewolves? I hope they can get along.

I think it should be fine since I'm the Werewolf King, and Lina is the Master of the Elves Queen.

Chapter 380 - Enter The Tree Dungeon

"So, are you two still going inside the dungeon?"

I asked Lina and Tia if they still want to go inside.

Sunny has evolved into a big sunflower. Wait, she's shrinking and returning back to her original form.

Since it's impossible for her to carry me again, I jumped from the flower head and landed on the ground.

Sunny has grown so powerful that she can shot a light element magic attack and destroyed a lot of monsters in one shot that Lina suddenly became advanced level mage already. That mean there's nothing for them to gain inside the dungeon.

As for Tia, well… she's going to be Lina's summon from now on. And if Lina told her to move to the werewolves' settlement, they will do it.

"I won't go. I'll try to get to know Sunny better now. And I will make a contract with Elestias. No, I'll call you Tia as well from now on," Lina said.

"You can call me whatever you want, Master. I can't believe I will be in the same rank as the great Yellowsun. As your summon. I…no, we the elves are willing to do anything you say," Tia said as she kneeled down in front of Lina.

"…should I take them to the Werewolves' settlement to farm?" Lina asked me.

"That would be great. And you will be worried if we left them alone, right?" I said.

"Master, you can go explore the dungeon now. I'll stay here with Sunny and Tia," Lina said.

"You should quickly make a contract with Tia. I'll grab one Peary-fruit for you. I hope you can still grow as a summoner and make one, or even two more monsters to be your summons," I said.

Getting two more monsters mean that she will be at Master level. That would be great.

I don't know her monsters' overall strength previously. Sunny was good, but not that strong. Even Elsie can defeat her easily. But now, even when Elsie can see everything, she will be in trouble if they fight.

And Elsie herself is an All-seeing Eye monster. Her strength is in her vision, and not her combat ability. Good thing Sunny become so powerful after evolution. Though Sunny seems to prefer her old form as that is the form she's using right now.

She's dancing right now. She must be very happy to evolve. Thank me you little sunflower! I gave you a bit of my Aura!

Good thing she didn't suck too much or I will be in trouble if I can't use Aura inside the dungeon.

After that, it's the High Elf, Tia.

…I don't know her strength, but at least she's an intellectual monster that we can communicate with, and also the leader of her species.

Even if she doesn't have powerful combat ability, her plant magic should be able to help Sunny a lot. And they will be helpful as farmers so we can have unlimited supply of crops.

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I waited until Lina finished making contract with Tia, and after I gave her one Pear-y Fruit, I and the three monsters entered the dungeon.

As expected, the monsters inside are zombies. Not elves.

Well, since the elves village is right outside this dungeon, the monsters are actually elf zombies. So, it's still elf.

"Urgh… the smell of corpses," Shelia said as she has the best smelling sense among us.

"Sniff… it's smelly indeed. Shelia, if you don't want to come, you may leave. We have seen how the elves are, so we can't expect the monsters inside to be powerful," I said.

"No. I can't just give up from the smell. I also need to train to endure it. Who knows if someone will use smell to attack us werewolves in the future?" Shelia said.

"Good. At least cover your nose with Blobbies if you can't take it. Victoria!"

"Aye-aye, sir!"

As soon as I call her name, Victoria creates clones of herself, and those Blobbies transformed into a face mask for each of us. Except for Victoria herself.

We walked deeper into the dungeon and finally see an elf zombie. When the zombie noticed me, it suddenly turns its head toward me, and started running.

Probably since it's an elf, its movement is nimble. Though it moves toward me directly without a strategy so I can easily predict its movement and kill it with one slash of Victokatana.

Since my goal is to improve my summoning element, Spot is not allowed to fight, and I can only use Victoria or Blobbies as weapon. And Shelia is free to do anything she wants.

"Hmm… they are easy to defeat. Or maybe because the elves who died recently are much weaker. That mean the deeper we go in, the more likely we fought older elves. We may end up fighting against Tia's father who is an elf warrior," I said.

"You may be right. And if he's as strong as what Spot said, you might be able to increase your level to advanced," Victoria said.

This tree is so big. There might be more than just elf zombies. Though since the elves can live peacefully right outside the dungeon, I doubt they are strong enough to be a problem to me. Though if they actually died over five hundred years ago, they might be difficult to fight.

"Whoa, there are lots of them coming. Shelia, you ready?"

"…I'll try to not touch them," Shelia replied.

Right, they are zombies.

It was commonly known that once they bit you, you will become one of them. Not touching them is the best choice when fighting them.

I can do it easily since I use Victoria as weapon. And as for Victoria herself, I protected her with my Aura.

But for Shelia, the only way she can defeat them without touching is by slashing the air from distance. But this is an enclosed space.

Although the tree dungeon is huge, the inside is like a maze. It's quite cramped.

As for the maze, I can't see through everything, but enough to see where the dead end I should avoid.

Will I find treasure chest? It's been a while since the last time I found a treasure chest inside a dungeon. The last time was the fishnet stocking, I guess. And Sophie still wears it from time to time.

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Since I can cut fire now, I don't need to wear it again. I'm already embarrassed when I remember that time after defeating the Giant Salamander, Victoria removed her transformation on my legs so I was seen wearing fishnet stocking back then. Good thing she didn't remove the mask.

I easily defeated the zombies. And Shelia also did well.

She can control her slash to be as small as possible and only target one enemy at a time. That's a good control of her power. If I compared her to back then when she fought Angela, she is much much stronger now.

Although Angela herself is still getting stronger. I won't know who will be the winner if they fight again seriously.

"Oh, there's a treasure chest! It's a dead end, but let's go there!"

I found a chest after we defeated the group of zombies and move forward for a while.

There's a monster guarding the chest, but it's just an orc. An orc zombie. Still not a challenge to me. I wonder how deep should I go so I can reach advanced level?

"What's in it? What's in it?" Spot asked curiously.

"Hmm… it's just a bunch of magic stones. Let's take them home and share it with the others."

The inside of the chest are all magic stones used for cultivating. Some of them are the familiar air element. I can make them on my own, so I don't really need them. though maybe the quality is much better than the ones I made. I'll just take them home for now.

"It's a bit disappointing, but at least we found something. Hopefully, the next chest will give us something better," I said.

This is one weird dungeon.

The entrance of the dungeon is close to the ground, and we need to go up to go deeper.

But, once we enter it all the way up, we need to go down. Deep down to the underground.

We're still climbing up, so I don't know what we could find.

I can barely see that right under the tree, it's hollow. Probably that's where we will go through to enter underground.

For now, we will explore the dungeon. Going underground can be done later. It's not like we have to finish everything by today.

"Let's take our time exploring the dungeon and grab all the treasures. Clearing the dungeon can take time. Even after over five hundred years, there's nothing happening to the elves' village after all," I said.

"Yeah. I can't bear to stay here for more than one day. We will leave using portal once we're done for the day, right?" Shelia asked.

"…" I didn't answer.

"I know you're just teasing me. I won't fall for that trick!" Shelia proclaimed.

I guess she's not as innocent as she was back when she became my summon. It's no longer fun to tease her anymore.

"Today, we will go all the way to the top. We will find a place that seems to be good for me to mark with a Blobby, and then use portal to go to where Lina is. We'll go back home together after that," I said.

Although I look calm on the outside, I'm actually desperate to find a strong monster in this dungeon. I truly hope that I can increase my summoning level in this place since Monsters World is so big, and I don't know where to find other strong monsters

Chapter 381 - Going Down The Tree Dungeon

We're back!

After exploring the dungeon yesterday, we reached the top of the dungeon.

We can't go further above unless we destroyed the ceiling, and above us is the place where I brought Kayla and everyone else to relax two days ago.

I marked the place with a blobby and left the dungeon.

And today, I'm back to explore more deeply into the dungeon. We're going down.

We can just destroy the dungeon wall and go down directly from outside the dungeon, but this feels more like a dungeon exploration.

We found more treasure chests yesterday, but most of them are either useless or magic stones. I gave them all to the appraiser to appraise. He's working hard under Sam that I think he forgot that he's Albert's agent.

"Oh, there are more elf zombies here. Probably they come from the bottom after our fight yesterday," I said.

"Roy, what do you think about those zombies? I'm asking you because you're a doctor," Victoria asked curiously.

"As a doctor, huh?"

I watched the zombies seriously with my Divine Vision. I'm looking into their bodies.

As a doctor, I'm also curious about this. How does the dead still able to move? And they also have instinct to attack us as well.

The inner organs of the zombies are… not moving. Only their body, muscles, and bones. As for their brains, I don't know if they are still functioning or not. Probably just partially. The part where they allow the zombies to attack us instinctively.

After watching more, I come into a conclusion.

"Yup! It's magic. They died, and became zombie because of magic. There's no way the dead can move like that unless it's magic. Those who died and become a zombie, they are already monster who moves because of magic."

That's the answer I can think of.

I can find out more if I grab them and do some experiment, but I don't want to do that. Let the dead stay dead. It's simpler that way.

"So, they don't have feelings, right?" Victoria asked.

"I doubt they have. Why are you so curious?"

"Well, in my world, there are many movies about zombies. But the actors acting inside the movie never called them as zombies. I don't know the real reason, but for me, I think that it's because the story needs the audiences to sympathize with the victim and don't want to call them zombies," Victoria explained.

"…that's totally unrelated to us. That's just your world. Though as for me, if I died and become a zombie, but I still regain my feelings, memories, and personality, I want you to call me zombie. It's simpler that way. Like usual, your world is one who likes to complicate things," I said. She has told me about many situations that actually simple, but the people in her world just makes them complicated. I guess magic makes the differences.

"Let's stop the chatter and continue the exploration. I'd like for us to find a strong opponent at least by today," I said.

Thus, we go deeper into the dungeon. We're going down now.

So far, the monsters are about as strong as yesterday. But once we're close to the ground, the elf zombies are getting stronger and nimbler. Seems like it's around here where we will encounter older elves who died long time ago.

"Oh, they are using archery! That's just like you said, Victoria," I said.

"Yeah! Elf and archery is a set! Though I don't know how the elves outside don't use archery anymore," Victoria replied.

Both Shelia and I have extraordinary physical capabilities, so dodging the arrow is an easy thing for us to do.

Seems like not just their instinct as monster appear once they became zombies. They still remember how to use bow and arrows even after they became zombies for a long time already. Or maybe it's because they have been zombies for a long time that they started to remember to use bow and arrow?

I looked at the bow and arrows that they are using. They seem to be made of the materials here. From the wall of the dungeon itself, which is actually the trunk of this tree dungeon.

"Not just remembering how to use bow and arrow, they also remember how to made them. I think we can expect stronger monsters here," I said.

We're continuing going down, and as we are supposed to be at the base of the tree, about to go further down, there's an incoming arrow.

As the arrow come close to me, I grabbed it easily with my hand.

"Whoa, I didn't even see the attacker. Let's move cautiously from now on," I said.

The one who shot the arrow is too far for my Divine Vision inside this dungeon. That mean the zombie we're about to face is much more powerful than the previous zombies we fought.

But that arrow, even if it hits me, it will only scratch me. There's no killing intent behind the arrow shot. It was just like a greeting to us.

"Victoria, gun," I said.

It's just in case that we got attacked again, I will shoot the attacker at the same time. The enemy this time is one that attack us from distance.

Elves' body are much similar to human. As long as I pierced their head with a bullet, they will die. Unlike the werewolves who have thicker skull to protect them.

I prepared a Blobbygun filled with Blobbybullets in my left hand, and Victokatana on my right. I can use each hand well. It doesn't matter if I use my right hand or my left hand. I can aim and well and the strength is about the same with each hand.

I walked in front, while Shelia is behind me.

As we approached where the attacker shot the arrow, there's no one here anymore. But another arrow is coming and this time, as I watched the arrow coming here fast, I shot toward the same direction where the arrow come from while dodging the arrow.

I don't know if my shot hit the attacker or not, so I approached the source of the attack as fast as possible. Unfortunately, the attacker has gone. But there's a trail of blood on the ground. Though after following the trail of blood, it stopped. Seems like the attacker know that I'm following it from its blood, so it covered the wounded area to not let any blood spill.

"This one… is an expert in sneak attack! And it can see well here. Maybe I should just fight it using Reizpear instead so I can improve my Divine Vision. But an opponent this strong might be the key for me to increase my level. Hmm… what should I do?"

"Just keep using me. You can find more elf zombies later. Probably. Until your summoning level increased, don't bother improving your eyesight. Your real enemy is the cult, not a dungeon," Victoria said.

She's right. the real enemy is the cult. And I can see them fine as long as they don't hide deep inside a dungeon. I guess I'll follow her advice.

If I want to, I can just hunt All-seeing Eyes more. I have gotten used to fighting them so it's easy to defeat them.

The trail of blood stopped, and after we entered deeper under the tree dungeon, there are no more attacks. But there are some stronger opponents this time. The elf zombies here no longer just use bow and arrow. They also used swords or spears.

I think each one of them are capable of fighting an Orc Emperor alone. But I'm stronger than them after training for so long.

With the help of Shelia, we defeated the stronger elf zombies in no time. But as we go in deeper, I see there are many elf zombies waiting to ambush us. This time, not just they are stronger. But they are smarter as well. Though they are probably weaker than the one who shot an arrow at me.

"Shelia, prepare for ambush. Don't get hit by the arrow. Who knows if we might become one of them if we got hurt?"

"You think it's possible for zombies to spread the virus through arrow?" Victoria asked.

"Probably. And it's not virus. I think it's magic. Or maybe it's a magic virus?" I replied.

No matter how powerful a virus is, I doubt there's a virus that can make the dead come back to life. But if it's parasite, it might be possible. Though I didn't see any one of the zombies infected by a parasite.

"The smell is getting worse here," Shelia said.

"They have been corpses since over five hundred years ago. They should have been decomposed and become just bones, but I guess being zombies mean their body stop decomposing. That's how the smell got so bad. They have been like this for a long time," I said.

As we got closer, some elf zombies appear in front of us and shoot their arrows at the same time. But with a swing of Shelia's claw, the arrows can be stopped. Then I run forward and kill the archers.

The other elf warrior zombies, which I call those who use swords and spears, also coming at me. But they are no match for us. But it seems like my Experience gone up quite a bit. From defeating them.

"As expected, the stronger the zombies are, the more Experiences I got," I said.

Then I hear Victoria laughing. She seems happy.

"What?" I asked Victoria.

"Experience. You're using the term from my world. I'm just happy hearing that," Victoria said.

"It's simpler and easier to understand as well. If you have other things that is easier to understand, tell me," I said.

We continued going down without letting our guards down.

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