I used 'swarm' instead of 'horde' as it sounded more suited for slis.
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A swarm. A term used to define a collection of ants. Of course, it could be used for other things as well but it fits best for ants.
However, in this situation, what I see before , I can't say 'A lot of slis' because they aren't only a lot, they are a lot, lot, and lot. So the best word to use would be swarm.
The shield was entirely covered by slis. Oh yes. Not surrounded but covered. There were so many of them that they not only surrounded the whole shield, they were even covering all of it, not letting a speck of light in.
I could only see them after my eyes adjusted to the dark a little. At first, it only appeared as if the room was dark but I realized soon that it wasn't that the room was dark, there were just slis blocking the incoming light.
I can't even count them, that's how many they are.
"Ad… Adrian…" Laura softly called . Her voice was outright trembling and I for sure knew she was scared.
"If I get slis stuck to , I will kill you." Almost scared considering she can still make threats just fine.
"Don't worry, they can't get in," I replied to appease her.
Rose was preparing her dagger while Alicia had already put on her gloves. Unlike Laura, they could sowhat understand the threat.
Usually, slis aren't dangerous unless their acidic mucus is exposed to human flesh for a long ti. However, if they number this much, it wouldn't be long before the acidic effects of the acid would lt our skin.
"Stand down," I ordered both of them. It was a proper order so they knew I wasn't joking around.
Why would I joke? This was a very serious thing for . Pleasant, sure, but serious.
Why? Well, that's because of this.
[Total number of slis, 3091]
At least fifteen level-ups were staring right in the face. Of course, it wouldn't be easy considering I would have to use at least three MP potions if my aim was to hit right in the mark.
As for the damage, I had no doubt it would be crazily high despite the suit protecting but I was putting my bet on 'regeneration' to heal constantly. Still, it wouldn't be easier even then.
"Stay in here" I instructed the girls and prepared myself.
"Fuu…" I exhaled deeply and without further ado, jumped in one corner of the shield. There was no point where the number of slis was fewer than the rest so there was no need to overthink this.
I passed through the shield and fell into a squishy mass of blob that felt squishy at first but soon, pain exchanged that feeling.
[HP -180]
[HP -130]
[HP- 142]
[HP -133]
My HP went down all that by each second and my skin felt like it was burning.
[Heal]
I applied heal but it wasn't much different so all I could do was break through this blob so I could see properly to attack.
Gritting my teeth and pushing myself through the pain, I finally broke through the thick layer of slis and ran towards a corner.
[HP 127\\1170]
My eyes almost popped out of their sockets as I hurriedly applied 'heal' several tis. I was lucky that none of my skills had a cool down ti otherwise I would have been screwed by slis even at that.
My burnt and fallen-off skin recovered and to my horror, my hair didn't. Even my clothes were nowhere to be found. But I didn't have much ti to worry about that.
[Magic bullet]
Imdiately, I emptied my tank of MP which was only 661 left. All the rest of my MP went into healing myself and regeneration. I can't wait when regeneration would beco passive.
[You have slain a sli x497]
As expected, so of my bullets were ineffective against such a mass. Still, I was successful in curbing down the swarm quite a bit.
[MP potion: Cost 10000]
My MP regenerated but the sea of slis used that small window to jump at again. I ran backward but was still wounded by so slis again.
[HP -457]
I used 'heal' again and the rest of my wounds regenerated slowly. I conjured up a thousand bullets this ti leaving only so for regeneration because there was no need to use the MP for anything else.
[You have slain a sli x613]
Once again, the number went down by quite a bit. One-third of the slis were taken care of. Still, the sea was quite overwhelming as the slis flowed towards like a wave.
[MP potion: Cost 10000]
[Magic bullet]
I again cast a thousand bullets leaving so MP for my regeneration which was still slowly going on. This was a perfect opportunity to try and level up that skill.
[You have slain a sli x822]
[MP potion: Cost 10000]
I downed another potion and used the sa pattern again.
[You have slain a sli x971]
Finally, only about a hundred slis were left. I didn't bother using another potion and simply used my sword to get rid of them. It was difficult with a sword but not much since my physical stats were good enough to handle lower levels of my sword techniques and that was enough for these weaklings.
Besides, the small amount of damage taken would help my regeneration to level up.
About an hour later, I was done killing all the slis and my MP had recovered quite a bit on its own.
[Magic bullet (high) LV: 6 (4457\\6000)]
[Regeneration(interdiate) LV: 5(119\\5000)]
Regeneration had increased quite a bit and I was a liiiittle bit considering pulling the sa stunt on the upper floor but I gave up the thought. I almost died while pushing through the slis.
Although I didn't know what really would have happened but if I had died, then that would have been a pretty pathetic way of dying.
[You have gained 30,910,000 coins]
[You have gained 300,910,000 Exp]
[You have gained a sli core x3091]
[Level up x14]
[EXP 11,500,000\\27,000,000]
Finally, my stats improved by quite a bit. It wasn't such an amazing gain but considering on the upper floor my level would increase by much more, I didn't sweat it.
But there was one thing that was bothering . Why was the number of slis so high on this floor? On the lower floor at most there were only about three hundred slis so why were there so many of them here?
I wasn't upset in any way but just curious. What could have been the reason for such a drastic increase?
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[Na: Adrian Von Deus Lux
LV: 127
[EXP 11,500,000\\27,000,000]
Age: 16
Race: Human
HP: 1097\\1310
MP: 771\\1280
STR: 186
AGI: 186
END: 136
PER: 186
INT: 246
CHR: 226
LUCK: 136
SP: 100
SKILLS:
Heal LV: 9 (2821\\9000)
Divine Shield LV: 8 (251\\3000)
Magic bullet (high) LV: 6 (4457\\6000)
Bless LV: 8 (207\\3000)
Decay LV: 9(9912\\10000)
Shadow verse LV: 2(187\\200)
Regeneration(interdiate) LV: 5(119\\5000)
Monarch of Frost LV: Max
TITLES: None
Achievent(s): 2]
I wish there are the sa numbers of sli on the upper floor as well. My status was looking okay for now. Even if there were the sa number of slis up there, my level-up requirent was too drastic but considering a pattern was going on from the lower floor, if all the monsters on the upper floor are C , then it would be amazing for .
I manipulated the life strand in my abdon and nourished my entire body. I felt rejuvenated but my main focus was my head and my eyebrows.
All my hair lted was away by the slis. I was lucky to have a life strand as it can cure and grow anything. Of course, that doesn't an that I would recklessly use it. It takes quite a long ti for this little strand to charge.
My hair grew at good speed but I figured I would have to trim them later.
[Hartmann's suit]
I equipped a suit from the inventory and my naked body was covered. I didn't want to give the girls a heart attack so I covered myself up before I turned around the corner and entered the clearing where the shield was set up.
Heeding my instructions, none of the girls left the shield and were patiently waiting for .
"Your Highness!" Rose exclaid alerting the other two girls to my presence too.
"Are you okay?" Alicia worriedly asked while Laura straight up ca to and started touching in places to check if I was okay.
Once she was done, I was slapped across my face which I allowed. Then she grabbed my collar which undid my bowtie and said in a very threatening tone, "Do that again, and I will kill you."
It was sweet how she was showing care in her own way. It was so sweet that I was far from threatened. Instead, a smile crept up on my face.
Seeing the smile, her expression got even more ugly and she started shaking by my collar while yelling, "Is that sothing to smile about!?"
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." I repeatedly replied while keeping the smile still on my face.
In the background, Alicia had a cold expression on her face and Rose had an envying one. Each of them was worried in their own way and that made my smile even wider which in turn, made my shaking even more severe.
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Once everyone cald down, I got to the main point.
[Your party mber Rose is now Level 205]
[Your party mber Laura is now Level 124]
[Your party mber Alicia is now Level 149]
Rose's level had barely increased but considering how high-ranked she was; it was still amazing that she was leveling up.
As for Alicia, she had leveled up to the breakthrough mark so I guess we should hurriedly finish up here and head back to let her finish her breakthrough before the test.
The most significant increase was experienced by Laura.
"Did you feel changes inside of you?" I asked once all three of them cald down and were attentive.
Rose and Laura were already familiar with this so my question was pointed at Alicia, who from the looks of it, had already received an explanation.
"Yes. I feel like I grew stronger." She replied to which I nodded and asked, "And have they explained?"
She glanced at both girls and then nodded in assent. I still chose to explain in clearer words.
"My blessing allows to bond with other people and increase their strength along with my own growth. It doesn't work if the bonded people are too far away but whenever you are close to , you will also experience growth along with .
However, it doesn't work when it is thwarted by a breakthrough so I suggest you focus on that as soon as we return." Alicia listened to my explanation a.k.a bullsh*t with great attention and since my story sounded good enough, she was very much convinced.
Anyway, now that I was done with all of this, what I needed to do was simply go to the third floor and finish things up there.
'But….'
"No!" Laura wasn't allowing to. If it was just stubbornness, then I could have dealt with it but she was too scared for to protest.
Not for herself of course but for . Even though I won, the fact still remained that I almost died in this incident. There was no telling if the number of slis would be the sa up there or not.
If it is the sa, then there were chances that either I or the girls would get hurt.
And it wasn't just Laura either, Rose was also not allowing , and Alicia's expression had been cold since earlier. At first, I thought it was because of Laura but when I suggested going up the floor, I realized it was because of .
In such an endearing and equally scary atmosphere, even a being like had no choice but to give up and give in to their demands.
"Fine," I said with a sigh and we started to wrap up to leave. It was a sha giving up the Exp gain but it wasn't worth making them angry.
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I have a quiz tomorrow so I will only be able to upload one chapter. I will compensate for that on Saturday.
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