Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 537: Battle with the Spirit Beasts (1)

Allen, Merus, and Graham were easily overwhelmed by Rosen and Fabre turned into Spirit Beasts. They were overwhelmingly strong.

"Lord Tonies, heal everyone!!"

'Leave it to me!!'

Sophie looked desperate, telling the Water Great Spirit Tonies to heal everyone.

Tonies waved his staff, creating a spray of water that filled the entire cave.

The vines had flung everyone to all directions, but everyone recovered and they stood back up.

'So what do you think now? But now it's too late for you to try changing the conditions.'

(He's really acting like he's already won. I guess I'll have to hurry my strategy too. Merus, we'll handle things here, so you go to the other side.)

Allen did not respond to the Great Spirit God, and instead spoke to Merus with his thoughts.

'Got it.'

Merus gave a short response and teleported away.

'...I can't believe you feel relaxed enough to split your team even more. But no matter, this is the end of your adventure.'

"I don't know what you're talking about."

He finally responded as he called many summons, and used their Shared vision to observe the Spirit Beasts' movements.

(So Merus leaving didn't make him doubt anything. Is he that confident in the Spirit Beasts' power? Or is something else giving him that certainty of his victory?)

Allen pretended to not be worried, even as he pictured various terrible scenarios.

'I can tell this will be a harsh battle.'

Graham was also getting nervous.

"Yeah, it's time for Possession Combination."

'Alright!!'

Allen told Graham to use his Awakened Skill [Possession Combination], which merged them.

"They're attacking again, Allen!!"

As soon as the transformation was over, Rosen's long vines attacked Allen.

"Hmph! Spectral Slash!!"

Allen's orichalcum sword easily cut through Rosen's long vines.

(Stats never lie, and combining some of our stats into one body is better than having them split up. Though that also lowers my overall defense.)

During the last few days, Allen had hunted 3 Demigod Rank ghosts he found in uninhabited islands, increasing his Levels by 15 and reaching Level 200.

[Name] Allen

[Age] 16

[Talent] Summoner

[Level] 200

[Strength] 22015 + 17000

[Mana] 35180 + 24000

[Spiritual Power] 59180

[Attack] 12316 + 23200

[Endurance] 12316 + 34000

[Agility] 22879 + 44200

[Intelligence] 35190 + 56000 + 52500

[Luck] 22879 + 10000

[Divine Technique] None

[Skills] Summoner (9), Create (9), Synthesis (9), Strengthening (9), Awakening (9), Growth (9), Grimoire Expansion (8), Inventory, Fast Summon, Equivalent Exchange, Command, Kingship, Sharing, (Sealed), (Sealed), Delete, Swordsmanship (5), Throwing (3)

[Experience] ~80'000'000'000 / 10'0900'000'000'000'000

-Skill Level:

[Summoner] 9

[Create] 9

[Synthesis] 9

[Strengthening] 9

[Awakening] 9

[Growth] 9

-Skill Experience:

[Create] ~22'000'000'000 / 100'000'000'000

[Synthesis] ~20'000'000'000 / 100'000'000'000

[Strengthening] ~30'000'000'000 / 100'000'000'000

[Awakening] ~18'000'000'000 / 100'000'000'000

[Growth] ~10'000'000'000 / 100'000'000'000

-Summons Acquired:

[Insect] Seal A B C D E F G H

[Beast] Seal A B C D E F G H

[Bird] S A B C D E F G

[Grass] Seal A B C D E F

[Stone] Seal A B C D E

[Fish] Seal A B C D

[Wraith] S A B C

[Dragon] Seal A B

[Angel] S A

[ - ] S

-Holder (All 90 slots):

[Insect] 8 Total: H x 1, G x 1, F x 1, E x 1, D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 1

[Beast] 8 Total: H x 1, G x 1, F x 1, E x 1, D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 1

[Bird] 18 Total: G x 1, F x 1, E x 1, D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 11, S x 1

[Grass] 6 Total: F x 1, E x 1, D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 1

[Stone] 5 Total: E x 1, D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 1

[Fish] 5 Total: D x 1, C x 1, B x 1, A x 1, S x 1

[Wraith] 14 Total: C x 1, B x 1, A x 11, S x 1

[Dragon] 25 Total: B x 1, A x 24

[Angel] 1 Total: A x 1

[ - ]

[Weapon] Orichalcum sword: Attack 10000, Attack 5000

[Armor 1] Dragon hide armor: Endurance 8000, Physical Damage taken halved

[Armor 2] Dark dragon coat: Endurance 4000, Magic Damage taken halved

[Ring 1] Intelligence +5000, Intelligence +5000

[Ring 2] Intelligence +5000, Intelligence +5000

[Bracelet 1] Mana Recovery 1%, Endurance +5000, Intelligence +5000

[Bracelet 2] Mana Recovery 1%, Endurance +5000, Intelligence +5000, Cooldowns halved

[Necklace] Intelligence + 3000, Intelligence + 3000

[Earring 1] Physical Damage dealt +7%, Intelligence +2000

[Earring 2] Physical Damage dealt +7%, Intelligence +2000

[Anklet 1] Quickstep, Agility +5000, Dodge Chance +20%

[Anklet 2] Quickstep, Agility +5000, Dodge Chance +20%

-The Intelligence boost comes from Graham's Awakened Skill [Possession Combination]

-The Bird S, Fish S, and Wraith S summons raise different stats by 10000

-The additional stats to accessories came from Kasagoma's Divine Techinque

-After obtaining Graham, Allen focused on raising his Intelligence

-Allen's total stats together with buffs

[Strength] 77458

[Mana] 78298

[Spiritual Power] 78298

[Attack] 62516 + 15000 (weapon)

[Endurance] 67448 + 12000 (armor)

[Agility] 109079

[Intelligence] 158190 + 52500 (Possession Combination)

[Luck] 34879

(I feel like I have plenty of power, but will it be enough to defeat them? Though my movements have gotten way better after I reached Level 8.)

Thanks to Possession Combination, he had the power to deal damage to the Spirit Beasts, and on top of that his Swordsmanship Level had reached 8, higher than anyone else.

He felt like he could swing his sword in ways he never imagined before.

'Graaawrrrrrrrr.'

After Rosen took damage, Fabre charged in.

"Now youuuuu!!"

'Graaahh?!'

Allen shouted loudly as he activated Graham's Special Skill [Spectral Slash], swinging his sword down and tearing off Fabre's slime body and pushing her back.

(Good good, attacks that scale with Intelligence are good.)

Allen's usual attacks did not scale well with Intelligence, but with Graham's Possession Combination, he could put his more than 200000 Intelligence to good use.

'AaaaaAAaaa!!'

Rosen's leaves began to rustle and fly off while the arm Allen cut off began to regrow.

The loose leaves went to surround Fabre, healing her as well.

(So Rosen is the healer. His attacks were strong too though, this will take a while.)

Rosen's healing abilities were also incredibly fast.

"Possession Combination lasts for 2 hours. We have to win by then."

(I'm glad that the Time Great Spirit Quick doubled the duration of the effect. Now, we have to fight.)

Merus was gone, and Graham and Allen had merged, so now it was only him with Luck and Sophie against the two Spirit Beasts.

"Stay behind me, you two, I'll be your shield."

He was the only frontliner left, so he told Sophie and Luck to stand behind him.

Meanwhile the two Spirit Beasts seemed to be smirking, Rosen growing dozens of vine appendages, while Fabre formed multiple tentacles.

(They're trying to be so sneaky…)

They were clearly trying to exploit Allen's team's weakness.

Using his 200000 Intelligence, he analyzed all their movements and predicted their next attack.

'aaAAAAaaaa!!'

As Allen watched carefully, Rosen's countless vines moved to attack Allen, and while he fended that off, Fabre's tentacles headed after Sophie.

"Lord Jin!!"

'Leave it to me!'

A muscular man with a trident appeared, and he took all of Sophie's Mana to strike Fabre.

The trident conducted lightning into Fabre, letting out steam and smoke.

The attack also paralyzed Fabre, giving Sophie time to retreat.

"It's our turn too!!"

'Let's burn them down!!'

The Great Spirit of Fire Kaka appeared, looking like a woman wearing bright red bikini armor.

She took all of Luck's Mana, then held her hands forward and shot barrages of fire at the two Spirit Beasts.

(That's at least a bit of damage again. Hm? The leaves are burning.)

As Allen checked how strong that attack was, he noticed that Rosen's leaves were burning.

But after they all turned to ashes, new leaves sprouted from Rosen's branches.

Just as Allen seemed to notice something, Rosen and Fabre also reacted to something.

They looked at each other for an instant, then attacked from both sides at once.

They smirked realizing that Allen could not defend Luck and Sophie at the same time.

(This is bad. I can take some hits, but those two will die instantly.)

If Sophie or Luck were hit directly, they would likely die instantly.

"Tekka, protect those two."

'...'

The Stone C summon gave a silent reply.

Using the Stone C summon's Awakened Skill [Self-Sacrifice], Allen could protect more people.

At the same time, Allen plunged his sword into the ground.

"Magic Eater!!"

The moment his sword struck the ground, a visual effect like a swirl of specters spread out, like a shockwave that chased the two Spirit Beasts.

'AaaaaAAaa?!'

'Graaawrr!!'

Once they were hit, many of Rosen's wriggling roots and leaves shattered, while Fabre began to vomit something purple.

"Good, that had an effect and now my Mana is fully recovered. Sadly I can't use it on repeat."

[The effects of the Special Skill Magic Eater]

-Sends a shockwave to a radius of 1 kilometer around the place where the sword hit the ground

-Its power scales with Intelligence

-The cooldown lasts 5 minutes

-It absorbs the enemy's Mana

-It has less effect on flying enemies

It was an attack that could strike both enemies at the same time, and it caused a considerable amount of damage with 200000 Intelligence.

"What should we do, Master Allen?"

"It's time for Plan E. Luck, you know what to do, right?"

"Yeah, Plan E, I know what to do."

That was one of the many strategies Allen had come up with in the last few days, and Sophie and Luck nodded knowing what he meant.

"Sophie, just focus on not letting Tonies be defeated."

She could use other spirits as shields, but Tonies was their healer.

'I appreciate that. I hate pain.'

'Hmph, I won't go down either. I'm already this close to becoming a Spirit God too.'

Kaka said that with a dissatisfied look. She had many ambitions, and had formed the pact with Luck thinking that she could become a Spirit God by joining Luck.

Spirits also lost Strength if they were hit, and would die if they ran out of Strength, so once they hit a certain level, they would become impossible to manifest.

And so the fight went on.

"Spectral Slash!!"

Allen focused on attacking again, while Luck and Sophie focused on defending themselves.

'AaaaAAaaAaaAaa!!'

No matter how much damage they took, Rosen would always heal himself and Fabre.

(Hmm, is it about time? Oh? Maybe not.)

Allen noticed a change in Fabre's attacks. She tried to produce more slime to attack, but something seemed to be blocking her, and she just stiffened up.