The falling formation of the corrupt wanderer bowmen gave Abel enough room to put away his shield, swapping it for the Raven Claw. The corrupt wanderers had no resistance against fire damage, so this was an easy battle for Abel.
This was another benefit of having summons. Without his summons, Abel would have to back off and slowly pick off enemies. That strategy required a large amount of time. With his summons, they can attack from different fronts, removing the bowmen’s advantage. Once they were in close range, they were easier to deal with than normal dark hunters.
With Black wind under him, Abel charged into the corrupt wanderers. The 4 spirit guardian knight had also followed along, forming a knights. Though they were sprinting, the barrage of arrows from Abel and his summons hadn’t stopped.
This was an opportunity to test the strategies he could use with the spirit guardian knights: using bows in long-range and charging in when close.
The explosive arrows from the raven claw exploded in the middle of the corrupt wanderers. The elemental arrows from the spirit guardian knights had yet to stop. Due to the dark world’s socket opening technique, the full power of the perfect gems was utilized. Attacks had been improved so much that as little as 2 arrows could kill a hell creature. The most important part of the socket opening technique was hiding a depleted gem. In the holy continent, where perfect gems are rare, this could hide damaged perfect gems.
After 2 flurries of arrows, the knights were only 20 meters from the corrupt wanderers. Abel put away the raven claw, equipping the long spear. The spirit guardian knights also swapped in the long spear. The knights, with Abel in the middle, used ‘knight’s charging on horse technique.
The knights charged into the already chaotic bunch of corrupt wanderers. The spears combined the knockback effect, forced the wanderers back whilst being slowed by the ice effect.
Nave rune No. 4 ‘s effect of pushing enemies back 10 steps were incredibly useful in this situation. No matter if they had something behind them, they are pushed back by the immense power. If there are enemies behind them, they are also pushed along, causing more chaos on the battlefield.
Although it’s only 10 steps, no matter black wind or the spirit wolves could easily close the distance, quickly accelerating. The spears once again land on the corrupt wanderers.
It could be that the corrupt wanderers were just weak, or Abel, who had just upgraded, was too strong. But the corrupt wanderers hadn’t given him enough of a challenge to test his skills. Although the initial arrows had given him some pressure, his summons had easily dealt with the army.
After a few more charges, there wasn’t anything left for Abel to attack. The spirit wolves were extremely aggressive, finishing off the corrupt wanderers who had been poisoned by the poison creeper. The ravens were also doing their usual harassing.
Upon seeing this, Abel had unsummoned the spirit guardian knights, disappearing from his side. He then blinked to the tens of thousands of corrupt wanderers, filling the battlefield with moans of agony.
He had never cast a spell until now, though the battle had already been decided. The upgrade of the weak little soul to a druid soul had increased this strength by a ton.
A large group of almost 400 corrupt wanderer bowmen had been silenced in tens of minutes. The only thing left was a pile of corpses, and not one of them had belonged to Abel.
Though he won the battle, he didn’t gain much. The corrupt wanderers had bows that were very common and were only stronger when improved by the hell’s power.
After resting, Abel had started searching for the waypoint. As far as he could remember, the waypoint was close to the entrance of the tunnel. Previously all the searching for key items was done by Black wind. But with the addition of the spirit guardian knights and the spirit wolves, they also helped, using the natural smelling ability of the wolves.
He ordered the wolves to search for the waypoint using his power of the will. Unexpectedly the first one to find the waypoint wasn’t a wolf, but the burrowing poison creeper, letting know that he had found the artifact Abel was looking for.
Abel went to where the poison creeper was, amidst some bushes. Using a sword he cleared the grass on the ground, prying away at the dirt. It was indeed the waypoint, praising the poison creeper for its good job through the power of the will.
Upon receiving praise from its master, the poison creeper wriggled in joy, spreading poison above and below ground. The green poison had colored the waypoint. The grass above had all wilted, then dissolved by the dark green poison.
Disregarding the excitement of the poison creeper, Abel inserted the perfect gems into the slots on the waypoint. Though it had been buried for a long time, the magic circle made in the dark world was in perfect condition, activating as soon as the gems were inserted.
According to his calculations, it must’ve been the dawn of the next day in the holy continent. Instead of continuing on, Abel puts away his summons into the spirit portal bag, including the spirit guardian knights, avoiding the suspicious it would arise when he’d summon them.
Heading back to the mansion in Lambe Road in Angstrom city with Black Wind, it was already daybreak. After cleaning himself, he closed the magic circles, leaving the master’s room.
“Good morning, master. This box from Countess Carrie had just been delivered!” steward Brewer bowed, handing him a green box decorated with a few gemstones with some golden striations. It was obvious that it was an important gift.
No matter humans or elves, upon seeing the golden striations, would think of high-quality brass. Though, as a blacksmith, Abel was more familiar with metals than the average joe. This has raised some suspicion. What sort of gift would require intricate packaging like this?
Usually, the gift itself was more valuable than the box it’s contained in, suggesting that the gift was more important than gold and gemstones.
“Did she say anything?” Abel asked Brewer.
“Countess Carrie had said that she was just following orders from the Grand Duke!” steward Brewing answered carefully. When the box was delivered in the morning, saying that it was from the Grand Duke, Brewer had just held onto the box outside the master’s room, waiting for him.
“I won’t be leaving my room for the next couple of days. I’ll be training in isolation,” ordered Abel. He wanted to use the time to improve himself and strengthen his bond with his summons.
“Yes, master!” steward Brewer replied with a bow.
Holding the fancy box, Abel returned to his room. Though it had no locks, the box required the power of the will to open. Lightly touching the power of the will, the box opened.
This confirmed the urban legend that elves had deep knowledge in magic circles, having a hidden power of the will lock on a simple box like this. Though it was easily opened by someone with the power of the will, it’s able to prevent normal elves from snooping.
Inside the box was a thick hard-cover book. The cover used the language of the elite elves. It turned out to be a druid training handbook!