The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family Chapter 385: A City Like a Corpse (2)

Reidar entered the city, and the tension in his shoulders spiked.

He was level 480 now, strong enough to face an average Ignis in a straight fight and even manage them in groups, but that didn't an he was safe.

The last city had taught him a painful lesson: Never venture in without information.

A level 589 creature had made its nest in what appeared to be an old transit hub, and Reidar had nearly stumbled into its territory. Luckily, he'd caught sight of it before getting too close, changed course, and steered clear. It had been a mont of carelessness—that monster could have killed him in an instant. He wouldn't let his guard down like that again.

For all Reidar knew, this city might have stronger monsters than the other places he had visited. He couldn't assu anything, and he wasn't going to.

Every dark corner could hide sothing, and although his new gear felt reassuring, it wouldn't stop a monster a hundred levels higher.

Which made him unconsciously keep his breathing even and his grip tight on the Ignis Cinder-Core Wand. The goal wasn't to fight. The goal was to find Mara and get out without attracting the wrong kind of attention.

So, Reidar turned his focus on the surroundings.

The streets were wide. Ash drifted in thick piles against broken walls. The buildings here were intact enough that he could see their original shapes. Most were squat structures with flat roofs and narrow windows.

Reidar glanced at the sky.

Everywhere was still except for the wind, but of course it was a deception.

Reidar closed his eyes for a mont and focused inward to connect to the Vorathid Sky-Hunters through Overmind Consciousness.

The city sprawled out in his mind. Thousands of tiny perspectives overlapped, stitching together a map of streets, buildings, and movent. The Sky-Hunters had been working for hours. They'd covered most of the accessible zones.

Ignis were all around the place.

The visual feed from the Sky-Hunters confird the city was littered with them. He saw packs of them, ranging from Level 470 to 490, gathering in the squares and larger warehouses.

Once again, the levels spiked; maybe it was because he was actually getting closer to the capital city, where Reidar assud the most powerful Ignis lived. Kings, queens, presidents… whatever they had.

Or maybe it could have simply been because the other monsters here were stronger, which forced these guys to grow as strong as they could.

Reidar could fight one of those at level 490. Maybe two if he had ti to set things up. But groups like these were impossible.

He was the one who flooded the enemy, not the opposite. If that strategy wasn't viable, then he was as good as everybody else.

Besides, the noise of a battle would draw other groups from the surrounding blocks, or worse, other and stronger monsters.

So, he adjusted his route. The Sky-Hunters flagged three major Ignis groups, but of course, there were dozens more.

One was at a barracks-like structure in the southern area of the city. Another was at a transit station near the city's center. Of course, Reidar couldn't be certain that was a transit station.

The third was at the remains of what looked like so kind of partially collapsed skyscraper. The rubble made it difficult to count their numbers, but the Sky-Hunters had spotted at least 400.

he ordered.