[Glimrfang defeated.]
[You have gained 49 C.L.A.S.P. Points.]
[You have earned 38 survival points.]
Sarah swung her wrench at a Glimrfang that tried to dart past Reidar’s defensive line. Her aim was poor, but the heavy tool clipped the beast’s shoulder and sent it stumbling sideways into the path of an Aqua Sprite’s water blast.
"I did it!" she said, surprised by her own actions.
"Good. Keep fighting!" Reidar encouraged while firing a Stone Bullet at the lead Glimrfang. The projectile struck its crystalline horn, shattering the growth and earning another pained howl.
[Your Stone Bullet strikes Glimrfang for 67 bludgeoning damage.]
[Arcane Leech effect triggered. 16.75 damage points converted into mana.]
[Glimrfang defeated.]
[You have gained 69 C.L.A.S.P. Points.]
[You have earned 56 Survival Points.]
It didn’t take much for Reidar to kill most of the Glimrfangs. The remaining three seed to be having trouble at that point, especially after they lost what looked to have been their pack leader, but they didn’t show signs of wanting to retreat.
Reidar couldn’t tell if sothing was pushing them from behind or if killing was just in their nature, but either way, they weren’t acting normal. Most animals would’ve run off by now after seeing so many of their pack go down.
These were monsters, it was true, but this behavior was illogical. Even viruses and bacteria had survival instincts—why did these things not?
Mike tried to help by swinging his crowbar at one of the creatures, but his inexperience showed. The Glimrfang dodged the clumsy attack and lunged, aiming for Mike’s arm.
Reidar’s Wind Sprite intercepted the attack, taking the bite across its torso. The summoned creature’s shell cracked, and several crystal fragnts were planted in its body, but it had prevented Mike from serious injury.
[Summoned Wind Rift-Sprite has been defeated.]
Reidar kept having to summon his creatures again and again. It wasn’t a problem with mana thanks to the leech effect, but it left him open to attack.
"Mike, stay back."
The burning Glimrfang finally went down to its injuries, collapsing in a heap of charred fur and shattered crystal. Its death throes sent rainbow light patterns dancing across the forest floor as its crystalline teeth caught the sunlight one last ti.
[Glimrfang defeated.]
[You have gained 64 C.L.A.S.P. Points.]
[You have earned 47 Survival Points.]
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[Your Wind Blade strikes Glimrfang for 112 wind damage.]
[Arcane Leech effect triggered. 28 damage points converted into mana.]
[Glimrfang defeated.]
[You have gained 59 C.L.A.S.P. Points.]
[You have earned 45 survival points.]
[LEVEL UP. You have reached level 14.]
[You have gained 0.5 attribute points to distribute.]
The last Glimrfang found itself alone and outnumbered. It backed away slowly, growling low in its throat, but seed unwilling to continue the fight without its pack’s support.
Reidar’s remaining summons closed in from multiple directions. The creature tried to use its Dazzling Howl skill one more ti, releasing a brilliant flash of light that temporarily blinded everyone present.
In the mont of confusion, the Glimrfang sought to flee. But Reidar had anticipated this. Even with spots dancing in his vision, he cast a Stone Bullet in the direction he’d last seen the creature.
The projectile found its mark, striking the fleeing beast in the back legs and sending it tumbling to the ground. His Ember Sprite followed up with a fireball that ended the fight once and for all.
[Your Stone Bullet strikes Glimrfang for 58 bludgeoning damage.]
[Summoned Ember Rift-Sprite strikes Glimrfang for 73 Fire Damage.]
[Arcane Leech effect triggered. 14.5 damage points converted into mana.]
[Glimrfang defeated.]
[You have gained 62 C.L.A.S.P. Points.]
[You have earned 50 survival points.]
Silence fell over the forest again. All the group could hear was everyone catching their breath and the soft crackle of flas where Reidar’s spells had set the undergrowth on fire.
"Is everyone okay?" Reidar asked, looking around.
Mike checked a shallow scratch on his arm where a crystal fragnt had grazed him. Sarah was shaking but was otherwise uninjured. Linda, Margaret, and George all appeared to be in good condition too.
Frank stared at his tire iron, which now had several crystalline teeth embedded in its surface. "I can’t believe I actually fought one of those things."
"You all did great," Reidar told them. "Honestly, better than I expected—especially against monsters like that. My first ti fighting Rift-Sprites wasn’t nearly this rough."
It was worse, but it was better to keep so things for himself.
"Are all the monsters like this?" George asked.
"Not at all, they were unusual..."
Reidar had two big worries, though. First, those monsters were far too dangerous for being common ones—and at a lower level than him at that. He was pretty sure that if they’d been at his level, he wouldn’t have made it out alive.
The second thing that worried him was how the monsters didn’t instantly die from his and the summons’ spells.
He assud it was because either he didn’t have a spell or an elent that directly countered their resistances or because they had so kind of magic resistance stat he knew nothing about.
Regardless, that ant that he would not be able to rely on magic every single ti and that he would need to find a way to also fight with physical weapons or at least to get spells that would make fighting this kind of monster easier.
He sighed.
Margaret pointed at the crystal bits scattered around the fight, snapping Reidar out of his thoughts. "Are these worth anything? Should we grab them?"
"Good thinking," Reidar said. "Monster parts should have so kind of crafting value, but I think only Vendors will be able to tell us how to use them."
"Why didn’t we get a quest?" Mike asked. Everyone turned to look at him. "In all gas I played, when monsters like these attacked, players usually got quests, but we got nothing."
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