"Oi, Planta! Isn't that Titan? He's here with Acorn and the other Mushrooms, it seems!"
Rita quickly called to me, as she was galloping across the snake infested forest. We were slowly making our way deeper into the forest as I spread out the shockwaves produced by my shovel hitting the ground and stunning dozens of targets at the same time.
There were hundreds of snakes surrounding us, and they kept pouring from the surroundings, but as long as we kept moving forward and attacked, we were able to somehow manage to get through this insanity.
However, the news about seeing our friends really put my heart at peace. It seems that they were all still alive and hanging on! In fact, Acorn and the Mushrooms cannot revive like Titan, who is a player, so we better get to them as fast as possible to protect them.
"Let's go pick them up! After we all join together, we'll blast through the entire army of snakes!" I said to Rita, as we all began moving forward.
I used Farming Tool Usage to open the way through shockwaves and stuns, while the rest picked up all the half-dead snakes with their own attacks. I also saw some other monsters trying to sneak in, such as Shadow Crows and Walking and Jumping Mushrooms, but their numbers were way lower and they were obviously weaker, so they were defeated with the shockwaves alone.
[You have Stunned a target!]
[You defeated a [Flying Snake: Lv14]!]
[EXP Earned has been stockpiled]
[You gained 430 Gold]
[You acquired the [Flying Snake Wings] x4 and [Flying Snake Slim Scales] x20 Items!]
[You have Stunned a target!]
[You defeated a [Spiky Snake: Lv13]!]
[EXP Earned has been stockpiled]
[You gained 400 Gold]
[You acquired the [Venomous Spikes] x10 and [Armored Scales] x20 Items!]
[You have Stunned a target!]
[You defeated a [Large Venomous Swamp Snake: Lv16]!]
[EXP Earned has been stockpiled]
[You gained 520 Gold]
[You acquired the [Venomous Snake Tongue] x1 and [Swamp Living Snake Meat] x20 Items!]
I saw several notifications, alongside the stunning targets stuff, there were other notifications, I was getting tons of dropped items and materials! Thankfully the Item Inventory had the function of hoarding up to 99999 items in a single slot as long as they're of the same type, so this way I wasn't wasting my 100 slots.
It seems that there are ways to expand the Inventory by paying a sum of gold, but I have yet to do that because I am still in early game. But I feel like whenever my inventory gets full, I'll have to use all this Gold I am hoarding.
Although I was getting a ton of stuff and the foes were dying quickly, their density was getting bigger. Just by seeing the MAP, there were near one thousand snakes in the entire vicinity! They finally stopped coming from their territory, but they were still a monstrous amount of them. With my weapon alone I will never be able to properly open a path!
A Spiky Snake suddenly curled into a ball and launched itself towards me. Its heavy weight made it a rather deadly monster, launching itself at their foes and trying to pierce their bodies with their venomous spikes, they were truly frightening to fight against!
I roared with all my might, as I enhanced my shovel with my Mana, and then, I felt more of the Spiritual Essence I had felt before coming out of my body, infusing itself into my shovel!
I hit the spiky snake with an enormous hit, putting my all! I saw my Mana dropping by 70% in a single blow, but not only the snake was completely vaporized, but I ended unleashing a gigantic wave of green light into the surroundings, which spread out like a shockwave, taking down almost a hundred snakes together in one shot!
An enormous path suddenly was opened, as the ground affected by the attack turned into [Healthy Soil] funnily enough!
"W-W-What was that just now?!" Titan asked in shock, looking at us from afar. "Ah! Planta!!!"
"TITAAAAN! We are here!" I said with a happy smile.
"PLANTA! It's you and company! Finally!" He said happily, as he suddenly generated a Wooden Shield to protect himself from five snakes jumping over him. Then, five Beast Spirits he could summon emerged out of thin air, a furious blazing lion, a freezing owl, a windy hawk, furious earthen bear, and a bright horse.
The elemental beast spirits attacked the monsters surrounding us rapidly, unleashing their elemental barrages constantly. Many snakes were being deleted out of existence, while Titan's enormous wooden fists crushed snakes with his raw strength.
"Lady Planta!" Acorn adorably said, as he suddenly launched a makeshift bomb towards the snakes, which exploded and unleashed countless spiky seeds from the inside.
Wow, he can make bombs now?!
And not only that, as a fireball came out of his tiny hand and was launched towards a nearby snake, quickly making it explode into tiny particles of light. Meanwhile, the Mushroom Brigade were all fighting together, unleashing their respective attacks. Even Chef was here using his Cooking Knife! I didn't knew he was so good at fighting, wow!
"Lady Planta is back!"
"Our Lady is here! Victory is assured, boys!"
The Mushrooms celebrated my arrival, as I quickly jumped into the [Healthy Soil], and suddenly, I heard the voice of the Great Spirit again as I saw dozens of snakes rushing towards me, as they had spotted me as a major danger.
"Hm, I guess I accumulated enough Mana now." Said the Great Spirit.
"Huh? Enough for what?!" I asked out of surprise. "I thought you were sleeping!"
"I just woke up, too much noise!" Said the Great Spirit.
"W-Well, who send you to sleep in the middle of a battlefield?!" I cried, swinging my shovel around.
"Anyways! Grand Harvest!"
Suddenly, the Great Spirit decided to aid me in the battle. I really thought she was just sleeping, but nope. She suddenly said "Grand Harvest", and well, what happened afterwards was truly not something I expected, but should had expected!