Chapter 376: Seven Months Later
The tournament was scheduled to happen next year. I still have time to improve my summoning element.
After that time I broke my bones fighting against Spot, I have been training for over seven months already, with having a week break every month.
And each time I see myself in a bottleneck, or have something I want to try, I would return back to the lake in the Monsters World and spar against Spot again and again. Which resulted in me breaking my bones again, and needed to rest for at least a week. That"s why I took a rest for a week every month.
My body is now much stronger than before. And I can use my Aura better.
Today, I"m at the lake again. The reason is not to spar with Spot again. It"s to see how much improvement I made.
This time again, I will try to split the waterfall into two.
The first time I did it, it was back during my first sparring session with Spot. I managed to cut the waterfall only up to five meters. This time, surely the difference will be great.
I stand below the tall waterfall. Now that I look again, it is very tall. Probably about 300 meters tall. That"s even longer than Spot"s body even in his real size.
This time, I can stand under the waterfall casually. I don"t have to put much effort unlike that time I first tried it.
I calmly stand under the waterfall with the self-repair spear, Reizpear, in my right hand.
I swung Reizpear upward in the middle of the waterfall, and I split the waterfall up to a third of its height. That"s about a hundred meters!
"Great. That"s about twenty times the height of the first time I did it. A good improvement in just seven months," I said to myself.
"Wow, you actually reach that high! Will you fight me again?" Spot asked after watching me split the waterfall.
"No. Over the past seven months, I feel like my summoning level only need a little more experience to finally level up. I"m going to find a strong monster to kill. I thought that with a lake this size, I could find one strong monster here. But seems like I was wrong. All of them are weaker than Spot and too afraid to come out of their hiding spot. I guess we should split up then," I suggested.
During these past months, Shelia was also interested in training under the waterfall. Now, she can endure the waterfall and do some shadow boxing when I was meditating under the waterfall.
As for Victoria, she doesn"t change much other than learning some new techniques against average monsters.
"I"m already perfect as I am," she said proudly when I asked her about her improvement. Seems like there"s not much improvement for her compared to us.
"How do we split up?" Shelia asked.
"Hmm… wait, even if we split up, we won"t be able to contact each other without Sonia here. I guess we"ll go together. Where should we go? Probably a dungeon is a good place to go. Let"s find a dungeon," I suggested.
"Oh, I found a dungeon about three months ago! It might be a good place to start!" Spot said.
During my training, whenever we"re not sparring, he would explore the area and hunt whatever monsters he fancies. It should be expected that he found one or two dungeons. Though I wonder why he didn"t clear the dungeon on his own?
"You"re not clearing the dungeon on your own?" I asked.
"I thought that you might be interested to do it after your training is over," he said.
…what a considerate monster! He"s so kind to me!
"Thank you, Spot. You"re so reliable like always," I thanked him.
"No problem! Shall we go?"
"Where is the dungeon anyway?" I asked.
"It"s deep in a forest all the way over there. There"s a huge tree as high as the sky. That"s the entrance of the dungeon," Spot said.
"The dungeon is inside a tree? That"s interesting. What kind of monsters are there inside the dungeon?" I asked.
"Elves," Spot said casually.
"Elves you say!? The dweller of forest!? Those humanoid creatures who can use magic and expert in archery!? With the male extremely handsome and the male extremely handsome!?" Victoria shouted.
You just said the male extremely handsome twice. That makes me reluctant to go there.
"Probably just like us Werewolves. Those who lives outside the dungeons and inside the dungeons are different. For us, we can tell if the Werewolves is from inside or outside. And those from inside the dungeon are considered as enemies. I guess it should be the same with elves," Shelia said.
"I guess that means it"s impossible to communicate with them, right? Let"s go there and test their abilities. If they are strong, after reaching intermediate level in my summoning, I"m interested in making them my next contracted monster," I said.
"No, Roy. There"s an even better monster than the elves. I found their settlement as well. I"ll tell you later once you leveled up," Spot said.
Really!? If there"s something even better, then I"m interested.
But better monsters can still be difficult to persuade to be my monster. Should I be their king again just like what I did to the Werewolves?
I"ll see later. For now, it"s about improving my level.
"Alright. Let"s go there and fight some Dungeon Elves. Since they are humanoid monster, I should be able to fight them. Does anyone know about elf race?" I asked as we rode on Spot"s back and flew toward the dungeon. Spot is not flying in high speed so we can enjoy the view.
"Me! Me! They are handsome and handsome!" Victoria said.
"Anyone other than Victoria, please. Whatever she said, most likely come from her world. Not elf race from this world," I said.
"I don"t know about their look other than their long ears. Grandpa once told me that they are cowards and weak. I guess you shouldn"t expect too much from them," Shelia said.
If that"s the case, the dungeon should be easy to clear. I hope at least there are some treasures to loot from there.
"No, they aren"t weak. At least a long time ago, even before I became a summoned monster, I heard stories of how strong they are. But maybe because it has been over a thousand years since then, their strength dwindled. But if it"s Dungeon Elves, they should be stronger than the weak elves Shelia said," Spot explained.
"Well, we will only know once we get there."
Since it"s quite far, we enjoyed the view while chatting on Spot"s head.
One hour later, I can see a huge tree from far away.
"Is that the tree you said? That"s one huge tree. I think the size is even bigger than the capital of Tatrama," I said.
The tree is so big that the branches of the tree can be called as trunks instead. And on top of the tree, I think we can walk on it since it"s so dense with leaves and branches under it.
"Spot! Let"s land on the top of that tree! I"m interested to see if we can walk on it or not!" I said.
"Let"s go!"
Spot then increases his speed and we reached the huge tree in no time.
"Oh! We really can walk on top of the tree! This feel amazing!"
Although we are not tired, we choose to rest here for a while before entering the tree dungeon.
The entrance of the dungeon is at the bottom of the tree, and at the top, there"s nothing here but leaves, branches, and cloud.
"Roy! Go and tell the others! Let"s have them enjoy picnic here before exploring the dungeon!" Victoria suggested.
"That sounds great. But it means we"ll explore the dungeon tomorrow. I guess that"s fine. Spot, Shelia, before I call the others, let"s take care of the flying monsters here first. It"s not safe to have a picnic around them," I said.
There are many flying monsters that built their nests on top of this giant tree. But somehow, there"s not many of them.
I thought that since this place is huge, there will be more of them. But I guess that"s fine. It means I can take care of the monsters up here faster.
After taking care of the monsters, I opened a portal and inform everyone about the picnic. Since Albert, Lynn, old man, and Harold are free, they all wanted to come as well.
With so many people I have to bring, I need to open portals many times. I guess I was right to explore the dungeon tomorrow once my mana recovers.
"THIS IS THE TOP OF A TREE!? IT"S AMAZING!"
That"s the loud voice of Jewel. It"s been a while since I last hear her so loud.
Everyone here enjoyed the picnic. And I made sure to have some Blobbies to cover the leaves so they won"t bet burnt when we"re doing some barbeque.
The kids also enjoying playing tags here. Well, they are free to run as much as they want since this place is even larger than the capital.
And I… built a tent far from the others just so I can have a "private time" with my lovers.
I thought I could relax as much as possible, but it seems that would be hard. Especially since there are some elves who have been watching us for a while. Though they think that they are hidden safely.
Since they seem to have intellect, I"ll try talking with them later. But for now, let"s relax with the others.