Alongside his call, Nuku casted a spell towards a squire.
The squire is capable of nullifying all long-range attacks.
Naturally, Offensive Magic is no exception to this, but there were some magic that are capable of piercing through blocking abilities like that.
, which Nuku used, is a magic learned by the Fourth-Tier Magic-user Class, .
Itâs a rare magic that slows down the targetâs movement speed, and bestows upon them , which seals their Movement-type Skills
The weighed down squire clearly slowed down, but when they judged that they had been attacked, their target shifted from the decoy to Nuku.
[Leave it to me!]
Thereupon, leaping into battle was Radd.
He stepped forward with his sword and the large shield prepared for this purpose.
At that momentâŠâŠ
[Shield Up!]
Mana casts Reinforcement Magic on Radd from behind.
A phosphorescent glow covers Radd, and at the same time, the squire comes up to him and brings his sword down.
[Gotcha!]
However, Radd remained unperturbed.
With a shout brimming with fighting spirit, he used to block the slash with the shield in his left hand.
Like , is a special action that is triggered by imbuing magic power to the equipment on your non-dominant hand.
In game terms, both actions are triggered by pressing the Special Action-button, but if you hold the button down while holding a shield, you can use , and if you move the shield while tapping the button, you can .
The timing to use these two skills is critical, but you can aim for a reversal with , while is more stable but less effective.
However, even if itâs just , if your timing of using it is right, it can cause the opponent to stagger, albeit slightly.
When the squire staggered back from a well-placed attack, a blonde girl rushed in.
[Hmph!]
With an exhale, Prana thrusts out her spear.
With long-range attacks ineffective against the squires, Prana cast aside the bow and took up the spear.
Weapon damage is basically compensated by âSTRâ, but some weapon types are also affected by other ability values.
Among these, the spear, like the bow, gains strength more from dexterity, making the correction depend more on your âFOCâ.
Pranaâs precise, peerless stab, which was made in her reputation as a Sniper, passed through the gap in the squireâs armor.
[ââââ-! ! !]
The armored squire writhes in silent agony, and of course, that is an opening that Radd and his party would overlook.
[ââââ-!]
Not caring if their opponent is armored or not, if Radd strikes, Prana wonât yield as she thrusts her spear.
Even so, when the squire exerted the last bit of pride within it and raised their swordâŠâŠ
[âââââ-]
âSheâ had already prepared, waiting for the right moment to strike.
[ââââ-.]
Her voice quietly echoing in the room, a deadly blade pierces the squireâs back.
The armored squire gazed in wonder at the blade protruding out of their chest for the last time, before collapsing and disappearing within particles of light.
Standing behind them was Resilia.
She gazed emotionlessly as the fallen squire disappeared in the air.
(Even if theyâre just the Bossâ lackies, for them to be able to deal with them this easilyâŠâŠ)
The number of squires that had been generated over the week was once again wiped out by Radd and the others.
However, as long as the centerpiece of this monster generator, and the decoy remains, squires will continuously be summoned indefinitely.
Raddâs party was groggy after defeating more than a hundred squires, but after a nightâs sleep, they were soon back on their feet.
As they said âLetâs beat them all up until we reach Lv 30â, they are now on âanother roundâ for the infinite grind.
They were having a hard time at first, as the front line would sometimes collapse, but now that their abilities have improved and they remembered the pattern of the enemies, the enemies are now no different than sitting ducks.
Dealing with them at a gradual pace of one every few dozen seconds, at lastâŠâŠ
[I- I did it! I leveled up!]
Mana, who was the one with the least amount of EXP she was able to gain in the party, said this, and everyone reached Lv 30.
Upon her words, Radd and the others cheered.
[Old man, we did it! We have now become full-fledged Adventurers!]
Seeing Raddâs party running up to me, looking so happy from the bottom of their hearts, I trembled.
Of course, that trembling wasnât due to the excitement of seeing my guidance come to fruitionâŠâŠ
(What the heck are these stats, itâs too strong!)
I couldnât stop my body from shaking as Radd and the others were growing up too fast.
The scariest thing was that Radd and the others were still Lv 30.
They were still 4 levels lower than the Lv 34 Verteran.
They were still 20 levels lower than the Lv 20 me.
And yet, their Status wasâŠâŠ
Thereâs hardly any chance I could win against them!
(Moreover, itâs not just one of them that is like this!)
Although I have an overwhelming advantage over Radd in terms of âMGCâ and âFOCâ, stats that he intentionally suppresses in favor of his other stats, and slightly ahead in âAGIâ and âMNDâ, but when it comes to âSTRâ and âVITâ, which are important for a warrior, Iâm almost a hundred point behind.
To put it simply, the difference between our PATK and PDEF would be close to 1.5 times.
Itâs such a despairing difference that I can say with certainty that if I were to fight him in a fistfight, not only would I lose, it would be such an overwhelming loss that it couldnât be called a match at all.
And the fact that Radd, who aims to be the partyâs tank and attacker, is a balanced type in this group, with modest ability values in terms of attack power, brings about even more despair.
Since the rear-guard can lean their stats toward attack to a certain extent, each of them has strong ability values.
Both Nuku and Prana have stats that easily exceeded the 300 mark, and Manaâs âMNDâ had finally reached the 400 mark.
(D*mn it, this difference between us is just too much!)
Because of her frequenting the Guildâs prayer room so much, Mana gained the nickname brimming with chuuni-ness, .
In the game, the Hero would also be called by a nickname according to their fighting style, so perhaps, the residentsâ love of nicknames may have been reproduced from the game.
âââââThe is the strongest in the early-game.
I never thought that beings that shatter such an established theory would appear so soon.
""
It has only been two months since the Goddess of Salvationâs .
Even by game standards, the pace of surpassing Rex within two months since the start of the game is just too fast.
(No. No matter how you look at it, this would be because of me huhâŠâŠ)
My mind had been so focused on setting up an infinite grind system that I didnât think much about the consequences of doing that.
[Old man?]
When I saw the curious looks on Raddâs face as he ran up to me, I hurriedly tried to maintain my composure.
(âŠâŠItâs alright. It will be alright.)
The secret of Radd and the othersâ strength lies in âthe increase in ability level by equipping growth correction equipmentâ and âsuperior abilities through early acquisition of advanced Classesâ.
Their biggest drawback is that âthe strength of their equipment couldnât keep up with their strength because growth correction equipment must be equippedâ.
On the other hand, I have no need to pay attention to the growth correction of my equipment, and thereâs plenty of room for me to overturn the difference in ability values in actual battles.
Besides, I still have the transformation in the form of the âtrialâ.
This isnât the time to be panicking just yet.
""
[Y- You did well.]
Covering up the thoughts violently blowing around in my chest, I smiled and congratulated Radd and the others.
That seemed to put their minds at ease as they smiled again.
[R- Right? Well, ummmâŠâŠ Itâs thanks to the Old man that weâve become this strong. How should I say thisâŠâŠ Ummm, weâre grateful to you. Thanks.]
[Y- Yeah.]
As Radd unusually showed his honest emotionsâŠâŠ
[I think so too! If it werenât for you, we would never have been able to become this strong! Thank you very much!]
Mana bowed her head with sparkling eyes.
With them thanking me so upfront, even I donât think I should have too many discouraging thoughts.
(Letâs calm down a bit.)
By training Radd and the others, I should have already factored in the fact that they would temporarily, yes, temporarily, become much stronger than I was.
I was a little taken aback and shaken by their Status, but I would have done the same thing even if I had known this was going to happen.
âââââRather, this makes it so that I can finally do what Iâve always wanted to do.
The reason I decided to train Raddâs party was to get access to dungeons that Rex couldnât conquer with his current strength, and acquire rare items that someone with his strength wouldnât be able to get his hands on.
In that sense, you can say that things are finally ready.
[Itâs time for the real deal and for me to ask you all to lend me your strength.]
This time, saying this with a smile that isnât filled with bravado, Raddâs party waited for my words, their eyes shining in anticipation instead of displeasure.
(Seriously, these guys are too good for me.)
I felt guilty about taking advantage of their goodwill, but still, I wonât act reserved.
Iâm proud to say the considerable returns were prepared for us, and Iâm confident that doing this will lead to saving the world.
[âââââStarting tomorrow, we will be diving into the .]