Chapter 264: Survival Training
A week has pa.s.sed since the training camp started. Today, we"re planning to explore the nearby islands for practice. They need to use what they learn on real target after all. Though some decided to stay since they don"t want to fight. Like the wives of the partic.i.p.ants. Oleg"s wife also chooses to stay. They will take care of the children while the other will leave the island.
The plan is to stay in other islands overnight. There are about 5 islands filled with monsters, so the partic.i.p.ants will be grouped with anyone they want. As for me, I will watch them from above. I will move from island to island to check on everyone"s progress.
The only monsters they have fought after training were just the Werewolves. And the result most of the time, the Werewolves win. Though some of the partic.i.p.ants shows potentials and able to defeat a Werewolf in a one-on-one combat.
But if they only fight against the Werewolves, they won"t be able to adapt in fighting against other monsters. That"s why they will try to survive in other islands. I will only help when it"s necessary.
Lina and some other summoners only sent their monsters. I don"t know about tamers. Do they increase the level of taming element in the same way as summoning element? I don"t know. I didn"t ask some tamers among the partic.i.p.ants. But those tamers decided to go so they can find strong monsters to make a contract with.
"Alright! Now, go to your desired islands on your own!" I said as the opening of the survival practice.
"Wait! You"re not transporting us with portals?" Albert protested.
He will join the survival as well. Though, I doubt he will do much. The people in his group are those who are loyal to the king and don"t want Albert to do anything. But at least his intention in joining the survival is good. Well, Shirley and Mustache are with him, so he will be fine.
"I won"t. You all have learned many things in the past few days. Why don"t you just build a boat, or even a bridge to cross the sea and get to your island? Some of you have received a map to reach any islands in the area, right? Just go by yourself. It"s not like I can use portals to help you at all time. The time limit is in two days. In two days, if some of you haven"t returned after it"s dark, only then I will find you and bring you back here. You can return anytime you want before the time limit. It"s just a training after all. Let"s see… I will patrol the islands every hour. When it"s night, I will only patrol once or twice. If you want to return, but have difficulties in returning on your own, give me a signal. I placed some Blobbies and pouches filled with soil for contacting Sonia, in some places I think safe. Just tap the pouch once to call Sonia, twice for me to open a portal to that Blobbies so you can return, and three times if it"s an emergency. If it"s an emergency, I will go there with portal right away."
I informed everyone about the rule during the survival training.
"As for your meal, think about it yourself. You can go to your destination anytime you want. That"s all from me. Good luck."
After finished telling everyone about the rule, I went to go diving for a bit. There are lots of giant pearls near this island. I haven"t finished getting all of them yet.
As for patrolling, I can take my time. And I don"t think anyone here is stupid enough to leave right away. They must be getting some supplies first before they leave. Water and foods.
By the time I get enough pearls, I surfaced and see that some people are already leaving. Some are using boats made of earth magic, some fly with wind magic, and some freeze some part of the water and walk. They are all have become more creative than before. It"s also a lesson that I taught after finished teaching summoning element and air element. Just like what I taught Jewel before she awakened her magic. To do anything you can with your abilities.
Don"t tell me that I"m talented to be a teacher? If so, that"s awesome!
"Roy, what are you thinking?" Sonia asked me after I resurfaced from the sea. She"s been following me for a while already. Or more like following Victoria.
"I"m thinking that I might be a good teacher." I said proudly.
"Hah! If you can"t even remember the name of your students, you are not a good teacher at all!" Victoria laughed.
Hmm… she"s right. Well, doesn"t matter. I prefer to be a clown.
I think Thomas has found some people with potentials to be in the circus. Though they will need to be tested first. If they can perform well, Thomas will consider recruiting them. And those people are all Albert"s agents. Which mean that once Thomas" circus troupe went on tour around the world, they will be doing some scouting around the world to find the whereabouts of the current cult"s HQ and their research lab located.
But it will still take some time until the world tour can be achieved. Thomas need to make his circus famous in this kingdom first. Once the circus" fame well-known to other kingdoms, the circus will start its world tour.
Now, it"s finally time for me to patrol.
There"s only one way for me to be able to patrol five different islands quickly. By running on air.
Right now, I"m just barely faster than Shelia, the fastest Werewolf. I won"t let her surpa.s.s me anytime soon though.
I run on air with a Black Slime on my shoulder, and a ghost by my side. It seems like everyone is doing fine since no one has contacted Sonia.
Everyone should be going to the safe place before exploring any further. Well, that"s how a normal people would plan. Some might have prepared a camp, and some only pa.s.sing by to memorize the location where I put the Blobbies at.
First island.
Albert is here. He"s doing well with his group members defeating the monsters. He only defeats the leftover. Even Shirley defeated more monsters. Seems like even if this is a practice, no one is willing to put the king"s life in danger. As for the princess, even when the others told her that it"s dangerous, she"s still going forward to defeat monsters on her own.
That"s not the plan Shirley would have made. She must have been irritated since she"s not getting any action. She should have joined another group.
As for other groups in this island, they are doing fine.
Second island.
I see Kron is flying alone. He"s always said that he"s bad in group battle and would choose fighting on his own. I want to greet him mid-flight, but it seems he"s being targeted by a monster with a long-range attack from below.
…he"s doing fine. I won"t bother him.
Oh, the air mage is here. She"s the agent. And she"s supporting his group and sometimes other groups as well by sniping them from distance. From what she shows me, I think her Air Shot is effective within fifty meters distance. Nice.
This island is done. Next is the third island.
I said that this island has the most beautiful landscape despite the monsters. That"s why almost everyone here is girls. There"s no other group. Just one big group enjoying having fun in this island. Seems like they take turns in having fun and being on watch duty. Well, I don"t mind them doing this.
The leader of this group is… Celestine and Veronica. Along with the girls from my clan. Kayla, Sophie, Candy, and Jewel. But the one doing the leading is either Celestine or Veronica. Maybe one of them is the vice leader? As for Shirley, she"s with Albert. And Angela is at the fifth island. Which has the strongest lineups of monsters. Lina is staying behind and sent Elsie and Sunny to this island.
The fourth island… is where Hill"s people and Oleg"s people is.
They seem to have a friendly compet.i.tion. With Hill as the leader of one side, and Oleg with the other. They tried to defeat more monsters than the other. I think that"s a good idea. But why is Hill and his people only in their underwear? That"s poison to my eyes.
The fifth island.
Angela, Shirley, and other Werewolves are here. Including some people who want to test their limit, I guess. Some of them are already injured. Good thing that they have some healers with them.
The healers are quite strong in their other elements. Maybe they"re mainly focusing in their other elements first before improving their healing element.
Angela and the Werewolves were not in a group. They choose to separate. Just like Kron, but against harder opponents. Well, Kron also having it hard when he"s being targeted by multiple monsters already. Maybe Kron"s goal is actually to get more experience when he"s being surrounded?
I guess everyone is doing fine. I"ll go back to the villa and patrol again later.