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I quickly ate a few of Naturia's leaves for good measure, and then shared them with everyone else once the hunt was done. That was one hell of a fight to be honest. Did it had to be this damn complex to begin with?!
Well, whatever. We won, that's what important. It also made me realize a bit more of the insight of the higher Tiered Monsters of this wilderness. Until now we have only hunted stuff at Tier 3 at most.
The things that happened in Eastgrain are an exception, I wasn't really capable of fighting and defeating Tier 6 or 7 monsters back then, and I was able to become so strong as to even defeat that True Demon Duchess because of the temporary Spirit Fusion between me and Ignatius brother, a True Ancient Fire Dragon that gave me one hell of a boost.
In fact, this fight helped me realize around how strong I was actually. Even the "fight" against Eustace never was a fight to begin with, I only showed him off my flames and he let me go. I guess he was right, monsters of high tiers are really walking catastrophes.
This fight gave me a greater insight about my current strength and everything else… And I fought without changing my Class or anything too, I guess I just wanted to do it with my actual power without doing any of that cheating stuff.
Though, maybe if I could had changed my Class to something like [Shadow Swordswoman] or something, I could had received more bonuses to defeat the Tyrant Tiger King more easily and smoothly.
Well, if we ever fight something as strong later, I'll make sure to do that. I am not really in the mood of taking a beatdown right now…
"Is everyone alright?" I asked, seeing my Party recovering by eating Naturia's leaves.
"Yeah… Man that was harsh!" Said Celeste. "I get we've gotta get stronger if we want fights like those to be easier."
"We did well to be honest. I think we all held back a little to not destroy the forest. That damn tiger didn't had any interest in protecting the place so he went all out. We won even with our own handicap!" Zack seemed boisterous as always.
"Ahahaha, well, I guess?" I sighed. "I feel like even if I had gone all out, I might had still struggled. It took me some time to figure out the monster's weakness. It was pretty weak to darkness due to being light element. I was attacking it with light and fire all this time and it barely took much damage… I took down one of the smaller ones with light so I thought the big one would be the same."
"I guess it is important to analyze these things and learn from our mistakes." Said Celeste. "It means all of you kids are growing up into proper adventurers."
"Stop calling us kids anymore!" Zack complained.
"Celeste what was that spell earlier? It was amazing!" Said Aquarina.
"Oh, that? Yeah, it tired me a lot though. It is one of my trump cards, but even then that damn beast tanked it like it was nobody's business. At least it could paralyze it." Sighed Celeste.
"How did you even paralyze it when nothing that Sylphy used worked?" Wondered Zack.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"It is simple… The Void Black Hole crated a crack in space. This crack made it so space itself became frozen, stagnant. And anything touching this crack would also remain like this. So that's the reason why the beast was paralyzed on the spot. But cracks in space heal very quickly, so I cannot really keep it for longer. The nature of Void Magic is also very dangerous. One wrong conjuration and I'll be the one torn to shreds instead." Celeste sighed, eating a leaf.
"Huh… I-I don't get it…" Zack said cluelessly.
"Me neither…" Said Aquarina.
"I… I think I get it a bit." I said while nodding.
"Anyways, where's Mist?" Celeste wondered.
"HEEEY! Guys! Come!" Mist called us, as we found her looking in the interior of the body of the Tyrant Tiger King. She quickly grabbed with her hands covered on blood a large, shiny, yellow-colored crystal wrapped on veins and blood. "This is a Magic Crystal, its yellow!"
"Yellow? Oh!" I quickly realized what it meant. "Right, the Tigers were not only light attribute, but they also had life attribute! They were perfect for the ingredients of the Elixir!"
Amongst the ingredients needed, there was the magic crystal of a life attribute monster. Now that was ready with this.
"Alright, let me save everything inside the Dimensional Bag now…"
I opened the bag as a spiraling black void opened, sucking the items I gave it the order of doing so. It was made so it couldn't be used as a lethal weapon though, as it cannot store living beings inside… I think.
"Ugh, Mist you're all covered on blood!" Celeste said.
"Ahahaha…" Mist giggled playfully. "I am hungry though! Can we eat something? Sylphy did you brought lunch?"
"I… forgot." I sighed.
"EEEH?!"
Everyone reacted rather angrily, it was to be expected.
"I-I've got Fruits of Wisdom and Mana and… the meat. The bag also has some spices and pots. I think there's potatoes and carrots, and also garlic and other veggies I saved there from a recent harvest." I said with a smile. "Let's go to the Spiritual Spring Fountain, that place is peaceful. We can wash the blood and our clothes there and have a meal."
"Sounds like a plan! I want to wash myself… Ah, I know the Cleaning Spell! But it is better used with some water in that spring, and possibly by taking out the clothes too." Mist said.
"Alright, let's go then." Celeste gave Mist a head pat.
Like that, we made our way to the cold Spiritual Fountain, a beautiful waterfall with fresh water coming from the faraway mountains, the entire place was beautiful and peaceful.
I quickly began taking out things from the bag to begin cooking, setting up a fire and using the spring water, which was crystal clear, to cook up a stew using Wild Boar and Tyrant Tiger Meat alongside the veggies I had at my disposal.
"I'll go wash myself upstream, so you girls can do it without worrying." Zack said courteously, as he walked away.
"Wait, I want to bath with Zack! Can I go with you?" Mist wondered; her innocent smile made Zack blush even harder.
"N-No! I am not a pervert or something to want that, Mist! Just stay here…!" Zack ran away awkwardly.
"Hahaha! Never thought he was such a pushover." Laughed Celeste. "You'll have better luck next time, Mist."
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