The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family Chapter 237 237: A petty joke

"How did you get this strong so fast?" Helga couldn't stop herself from asking. "What changed?"

"Reidar," Seraphine said. "He's been power-leveling us for most of the day. Hunting monsters far above our level and letting us tag them for the C.L.A.S.P. points."

Aldric's eyes widened. "The summoner? Why didn't he do that during the raid quest?"

"Because his own quest asked otherwise." Seraphine paused. She then explained what Reidar had told him about his situation in the valley, and they all understood.

"His parents are here too. That's why he is staying, but not forever," Seraphine said.

Helga's grin split her face. She hefted her warhamr onto her shoulder. "Then where is he? If he's hunting high-level monsters, I want to join. I can't wait to get a bunch of levels."

"He's fighting right now," Seraphine said. Her tone beca more serious. "But you can't join him. Not this ti."

"Why not?" Helga asked. "I didn't co all this way just to sit around."

"Because the person he's fighting is level 297," Seraphine said. "An unbound human working with the Church of Unbinding. Reidar held him off while we retreated. If you go there now, you'll just be another liability he has to protect."

Helga's grin faded. Aldric's face went pale.

"Level 297?" Aldric said. "That's not possible. No human should be that strong; even Reidar isn't that strong."

"That man is not bound by the System anymore," Matthias said. He'd been silent until that point, but he didn't actually like his son being treated as a sort of money machine. "This ans they are like monsters."

Everyone knew what that ant.

Helga stared toward the city, where smoke rose in dark columns. "And Reidar's fighting one of them alone?"

"He has his summons. But yes, he's the only human there aside from the church's people."

Silence fell within the group.

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The barrier held firm. Reidar's summons hamred it with relentless fury, but the do wouldn't crack.

The Twin Boulderbacks battered the barrier, shaking the ground, while the Cinderheart Efreeti unleashed white-hot fire lasers. The Spectral Legion and Skeletal Warriors were doing their best too, but none of it mattered.

Aaron's voice rose beyond the barrier, composed and mocking. "Still trying, Reidar? How long do you think you can keep this up? My mana reserves are deeper than yours. I can maintain this barrier for days if I need to."

Reidar stood outside the ring of his summons and watched the assault continue. His jaw tightened.

Reidar's mind moved to other thoughts, other ideas. He couldn't kill Aaron. Not here. Not now. However, he didn't need to kill his opponent to win this match. He just needed information and to attack when the mont was right.

Aaron couldn't see outside the barrier. The constant barrage of attacks—the press of thousands of creatures, the fire and stone and spectral blades—created a wall that blocked his sight. He was trapped inside his own defenses, blind to anything beyond the do.

Reidar smiled.

He raised his hand and cast Summon Vorathid Foragers. The skill activated, and mana flowed from him in a steady stream. Thousands of Vorathid Foragers materialized around him.

They spread across the battlefield, moving between the larger summons without interfering with their assault.

The Foragers were Level 222, forty levels below Reidar's current strength. They were too weak to harm Aaron, but they didn't need to threaten him, and they were enough to kill the War hounds. But that was not the point now. They just needed to follow them.