Bombardment

BOOM!!

A loud explosion erupted in one of the caverns in Asthima cave.

Splattered!

All of it was not a liquid. It was all body parts of the cave spiders.

Until then, all of the dismantled legs and carcasses of the monsters simultaneously burst into light and turn into particles.

Within this bombardment, there's a single silhouette relaxing in the ravine wall near the cavern's entrance.

He was leisurely moving his hands, playing a game of chess on the online web.

No reason. He was just efficiently using his time while waiting for the three minute cooldown of his spell, «Doll Momoko».

"Checkmate," Ethan softly muttered after moving his horse, finally checking the king of the enemy.

Congratulations! The bot announces and then he received 20 credits in his bank account. There was a small bet involved.

Swiping off the chess game, now he turns his attention to the series of ongoing notifications on his front.

+ 70 exp

+ 70 exp

+ 80 exp

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+ 65 exp

+ 70 exp

[You have level up!]

[Your understanding of the spell, «Doll Momoko» has increased.]

[Advance spell «Doll Momoko» level 1 has leveled up to 2!]

"Oh, I and my spell gained a level."

Ethan let out a subtle surprise after seeing the last notification.

After an hour of continuously bombing the place, he accumulated a lot of exp until he reach level 7.

His spell being upgraded also counted as a good result. He guessed the number of spiders he killed and the strategy he was using caused the spell to level up.

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[Doll Momoko]

Rating: II (2/200%)

Type(s): Advance • AOE • Summon

Description:

• A cute golem doll

• This doll can release a taunt aura within the 2 meters radius (only applicable to normal monsters).

• The user level cannot be less than enemies attempted to be taunted.

• When destroyed or the 26s timer expired, it will explode, covering the 1-meter radius, dealing 800~1200 fire magical damage depending on the distance of the target from the center point.

Activation Cost: 150 Mana

Cooldown: 170 seconds

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There was a subtle change in the spell. Its cooldown was reduced by 10 seconds while its maximum damage increase to 200 points.

"So Momo becomes much more scarier..."

Ethan expressed while not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It was because he now knows why the guild of the person who discovered the Doll Momoko's craftsmutation method becomes powerful at that time.

He remembered his executives' pale place while reporting the loss of one of their hidden dungeons. It was reported that the people who seized it is mostly composed of Witches.

"Well then, hm stats."

After reminiscing a little, Ethan then called his status and distribute the five stat points he earned to INT and DEX by 2, 3 respectively.

It was not necessary to 'forcibly' focus on DEX attributes when a player was a Demon.

Since being a demon already means a constant stream of one bonus attribute in DEX.

However, he was a Demon Witch—a profession that uses craft items to battle. To craft easily in the future, Ethan decided to place a point on the DEX attribute starting now.

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[Status]

Name: Samael

Race: Demon

Profession: Witch (Untitled)

Sub-Profession: —

Level: 7

EXP: 110/8,000

Health: 360/360

Mana: 960/960

Physical Attack: 10~15

Magical Attack: 65~70

• STR: 3

• MGC: 14

• INT: 12(+5)

• VIT: 4

• CON: 4

• DEX: 19(+5)

• AGI: 7

• PRC: 4(+5)

• END: 4

Attribute points: 0

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[Title]

• Apprentice Of The Witch (temporary)

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[Spells]

• Basic (2)

• Intermediate (2)

• Advance (2)

Spell points: 7

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[Race Bonus]

• Innate Ability: Arcane Specialist

• Talent: Mana Blood

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"Seven SP, huh. Considering this quest, I needed to upgrade my displacement spell as well," murmured Ethan and placed all the SP in his intermediate spell causing its proficiency to rose to 75%.

After that, he looks back to the cavern full of monsters.

"Let see... Hmm, there's still 30 left except for the three elites and the boss," he counted the remaining monster from his vantage point.

There was a little excess of ground in the mouth of the passage. The wall he was leaning against was also slightly caved in. That's why his position was a perfect spot to hide while releasing his doll.

Ahead of him, the ground was full of glittery items. He can only inspect the nearest one of them because the others were beyond reach.

'Just you wait!'

Ethan exclaimed and was excited to claim those items once he was done.

"Go, Momo. You don't need to hold back!"

He enthusiastically summoned the doll again and tossed it to the ground. It simply blinks its innocent eyes and dashes to the spiders' nest.

Ethan continued this task until all of the remaining normal cave spiders and elite spider sentry were exterminated.

[Ding! You've killed a level 5 Elite Monster, «Spider Sentry», +1100 exp!]

[Ding! You've killed a level 5 Elite Monster, «Spider Sentry», +1200 exp!]

[Ding! You've killed a level 5 Elite Monster, «Spider Sentry», +1000 exp!]

[You have annihilated a group of Elite monsters alone that should have been impossible given your current strength.]

[You have received 1,000 bonus EXP!]

[You have received 5 Spell Points!]

A series of crisp melodies rang in his head.

Ethan received a total of 5,500 EXP for killing all the monsters alone. He was surprised by the system's generosity since it also gives a thousand bonus exp.

But considering he was doing an unbelievable feat, it was an adequate reward!

Ethan's experience continued to pile up and only stopped upon hitting 82% of the bar.

He only level up just a while ago and now, he was fast approaching level 8 again!

In just one day, he levels up in extreme manner. What a speed run.

Ethan took his time to allocate the SP to his displacement spell, finally leveling it up to two. With this, he can now proceed with his plan.

After organizing his stats, he concentrated back on his front. The boss, even if its entire den has been wipeout, it was still resting silently.

It was idle as if it didn't notice what was going on around it.

But Ethan knows the real reason of it. The location of the Emperor spider was so far that it didn't react.

In exchange, the Emperor has no scratches or wounds and was still full in HP.

Ethan got up from his spot. It was now time to proceed to his next strategy.

His doll spell has one flaw: it cannot taunt an elite monster or above, especially this level 6 boss!

Furthermore, even though his doll could travel up to 30 meters before the 26-second timer expired, it was pointless because the distance between him and the Emperor was 50 meters.

If he'll stick to his previous strategy, he must go out and run for 20 meters before throwing the doll bomb.

One might wonder how a mage-type profession would escape the marching speed of this boss after that.

Well, it was not a problem to him since that's kind of strategy was only for noobs.

Ethan stepped out of his hiding place without hesitation.

Several glittering items on the ground were now within his grasp, but he ignored them as he stared at the Emperor Spider.

Alarmed by the intruder, the boss with its big body twitched and burst towards him.

Screeechhhh!!

The Emperor Spider rushed in vigor as if excited by discovering a new potential food source other than the monster in the cave.

While Ethan? He was just standing near the entrance awaiting the boss. And no, he was not having suicidal thoughts in his mind.

'The boss has no aggro zone. It'll immediately chase anyone who enters the cavern.'

Ethan thought remembering this piece of information.

'Then my plan was the only key.'

Thirty meters...twenty....ten...

The Emperor Spider quickly bridged the gap between them, thanks to its long legs.

The boss was now towering over Ethan's head!

Screeechh!

The Emperor lets out a loud noise that echoes throughout the cavern, as if proud of getting its prey easily.

However, before it could land on the ground, the person who had broken into its den vanished, leaving only a single doll floating in its front.

It was smiling, doing a chuckle but without a sound.

Tap

The doll collided with the Emperor's head and then—

Ka—BOOOM!

—A loud explosion occurred.

With that blast, the Emperor Spider was forced to land quickly causing its balance to lose.

The bodies of goblins that were loitered in that spot had been squeezed, spatting some blood in greenish color causing the ground to even muddier.

Enraged, the Emperor Spider let out loud screeches as if it was calling some devil from the seventh hell.

It was an...intense hatred.

"The desire who blossoms from the smallest intention was being caged. Now, with the crisp voice of mine; I granted you liberation in time—Desire of Fire!"

A chanted phrase can be heard. The source of it was coming from the mouth of the cavern.

The poor illumination of the hallway caught up with the figure of Ethan who was brandishing his staff.

His staff flickered abruptly and then, without delay a magic circle manifested in Emperor's spot.

A cyclone of flame burst from the ground, engulfing the boss!

It was fiercely swirling, glistening in fire, and grazing the Emperor's skin.

However, the control force of the spell was insufficient to keep this boss at bay!

It slowly gets up and attempts to leap but four black chains suddenly coiled around its legs.

Though Ethan estimated it can only bind the boss for half a second.

As expected, the bind immediately turn into particles and the boss was back to moving again.

"You, who has been slumbered around me; manifest to protect this lord—Erecto!"

He chanted without a rest, gesturing a number '7' in the air with his staff.

The ground shield rose and directly blocked the advance of the Emperor Spider.

"You gotta behave man!"

Ethan shouted but he already knows that these kinds of spells weren't enough to contain a level 5 boss.

So, he runs.

He turns back immediately and started running away from the place.

Ethan use the displacement spell a while ago to avoid getting pinned by the boss so it was now in cooldown.

His entire spells were also in cooldown so there's nothing he can do and continue to run, trusting his agility.

Screech! Screech!

'Yikes!'

Ethan can hear the enraged screeching of the boss but he still focuses on running.

There are many ways to diffuse the aggro of the boss. One of them was to hide from the sight of the monster for a certain amount of time.

He already knows that level 5 Araneae-type boss had no life sensing or heat-sensing ability. That's why he was confident he can pull off this method.

After a while, the cave was back to calm.

Ethan successfully diffuse the aggro of the boss and now, he was resting in the previous hall where several pathways can be seen.

His stamina was depleted. His MP is also down to third because of the two advance spells he cast a while ago coupled with other spells.

Though it was not in critical percentage yet, he took his time to drink some normal mana potions to replenish his MP.

After resting for five minutes, Ethan rose from his spot and start walking again towards the third pathway.

"I never thought I'll be enjoying this hit and run again!"

Ethan exclaimed as he let out a chuckle.

When he became a guild leader in his previous life, he was always with his guildmates whenever he went on a quest or raid.

Sometimes, he was the one to command or often the spearhead of the team.

That is why he missed this kind of day.

Doing solo things, solo adventures, and thrills—without caring whether it would be a success or not, or how it will affect his image as a guild leader.

Ethan cast a faint smile. Just thinking about it makes him glad that he returns to the past.