"So what's the plan?" asked Annara with her hands folded together.
Emery didn't say anything. He just put both of his hands on the ground and once again cast [Mineralized Warrior]. Immediately after, familiar humanoid figures emerged from the ground one by one.
Ten. Twenty. Thirty.
A total of thirty Mineralized Warriors had been created by Emery. They all stood there, waiting for their orders. However, before anyone could comment about this rather impressive sight, more figures emerged from the ground.
Forty. Fifty. Sixty.
This time, Emery managed to create 60 Mineralized Warriors in one go. This was indeed a big number, and obviously brought a surprise to the group. Apparently, they didn't expect him to be able to do such a thing.
Sixty humanoid figures, completely made of black-colored stone, stood together in an orderly line, ready to receive any order.
Thanks to the fact that he had cast the [Mineralized Warrior] spell several times until now, Emery was getting used to the requirements of his Spirit Pool. Thus the reason for this spectacle, as the larger Spirit Pool the more summons he could create.
But because he had created 60 of this summon, he felt as if half of his Spirit Pool was no longer accessible until he dispelled the summon. Hence in a way, Emery would become weaker - with less Spirit Pool capacity - as long as these Mineralized Warriors were active.
There was also a part when Emery needed to keep up the use of his Spirit Reading to occasionally give them simple orders here and there, in order to make them more effective in battle. All of this meant that the more summons he had, the harder it would be to control.
However, even with the large number of summons that had been created, Emery still looked like he was not done.
"All of you will go down with 30 of my summons each, and also this."
While the others were wondering what else was there, Emery opened his Spatial Space and immediately 6 plant creatures came out of it. It was Twik and the 5 Chizpur brothers.
A shrill cry rang out in the air.
"They are so CUTE!!!" Klea pounced on the huge one of the chubby creatures like a predator and hugged it tightly as if it would disappear in the next moment.
The other girl in the group, on the other hand, showed the very opposite reaction. Annara furrowed her brows and turned to Emery before saying, "Emery, this is a test that concerns our future; not the place to practice your summon spell and train your pets."
As if he expected such a reaction, Emery calmly replied, "I wanted to test something that might help us get more points in the long run. So, I'm asking you to bear with my actions for now. "
The furrows in her brows eased when she heard that. In the end, the red-haired girl just shrugged.
"Well… at least this time it's our turn to destroy the boulder."
Emery, however, didn't say anything of consent. He smiled and said, "No, We will give the points to Squad 21 again. That way, it will be more beneficial to the platoon."
Hearing that, Annara cursed and was about to start complaining. Unfortunately, Klea quickly intervened with a smile.
"Well, you were the one who chose him as commander first. So here we are."
Annara's face turned dark. Unwilling to dishearten this teammate of his, Emery decided to give another assurance to appease her.
"Don't worry and just trust me this once. We will get more points after."
A soft snort was the response he received. Smiling wryly, Emery turned his gaze to the 60 Mineralized Warriors, Twik and the Chizpur brothers, before saying, "Are you all ready?!"
"Kuang.. Kuang Ku Ku!!"
An energetic response came from the Twik and Chizpur brothers, while the Mineralization Warriors gave no reaction for obvious reasons.
Emery chose Chiku to stay together with Klea and Twik. The rest were then separated into the two groups.
Now that the preparation had been settled, the two groups swiftly entered the entrance of the Abyss nest and parted their ways into two different tunnels.
Meanwhile, Emery sat in a lotus position on top of a rock in front of the entrance of the Abyss nest. His eyes were closed while the air around him was calm, indicating that he was concentrating.
On the other hand, seeing all his brothers enter the Abyss nest, the last of Chizpur brothers - Chiku - was not happy. The chubby creature looked dejected with its slightly hunched body and its gaze fixed on the dark entrance.
"Ku ku… ku.."
"Don't worry, Chiku. I have a different special for you."
Klea moved closer to Emery, as she was curious about what his plan was. A moment later, she watched as Chiku the chubby creature used its ability [Earth Burrows] and its figure completely disappeared into the ground.
As they went deeper, Emery needed to concentrate further in order to maximize his Spirit Reading.
Ever since he reached rank 9, Emery could feel the range that his Spirit Reading covered was doubled. However, he hadn't been practicing with it since his preparation for the duels and the mid-test, and only now that he really focused on it.
Other than Spirit Reading, Emery had another skill he prepared for this plan.
[One Mind]
The fact that the Fey's innate skill worked well with Twik and the Chizpur brothers was very important because now Emery could see what was happening to the two groups through the eyes of the 4 Chizpur brothers who accompanied them to the Abyss nest.
Surprisingly as he suspected, when he used [One Mind], Emery was able to have a better understanding of things around his plant creatures, even though they were separate and deep underground.
He once again proved this by concentrating on Chiku, who was currently digging away from him at high speed.
Emery was elated to find out that with [One Mind], he could utilize the plant creatures as a beacon of some sort to further expand the range of his Spirit Reading.
"This is amazing," Emery muttered as he was immersed in the extraordinary sensation of his expanded Spirit Reading.
He continued to maintain his concentration and push the limit of his Spirit Reading with the help of the plant creatures. With Chiku's help, he discovered that the maximum range of [One Mind] for Spirit Reading to still be used effectively was around 300 miles.
This meant that through this method, Emery's Spirit Reading was able to cover three to four times its normal range.
At that moment, the Chizpur brothers suddenly turned into Emery's best recon unit, especially with their outstanding burrowing skills.
A few hours later, when the two groups had reached the main chamber of the Abyss nest, Emery came down from the rock he was sitting, and casually cast [Spatial Gate].
Because of the presence of his plant creatures, he successfully sensed the area 20 miles deep underground. Together with Klea, he entered the swirling portal and arrived at the main chamber where Annara and the others were.
Just like before, 500 plus abyss creatures were waiting for them in the main chamber with half a dozen stage 4 standing near the runed boulder.
"Let's clear them up!"
It didn't take long for the six people to clean up all the Abyss creatures that were in the main chamber. In fact, the Abyss creatures could only put up a pointless struggle as they were slaughtered like chickens.
Knowing Emery would gave the final reward to Julian's squad again, Annara turned more aggressive in killing the stage 4 creatures, giving her 5000 points each.
Now that Emery has a better grasp on the Abyss Nest and also better understanding of his skill. He swiftly created another portal to return and meet up with the other squads.