BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOMMM!!!
The several long-ranged attacks showered the monsters I put into a pit. The monsters couldn't fight back. The most resilient ones managed to survive for a few seconds before ending being destroyed the same way the more frail ones died. Ultimately, Lily helped at doing the same strategy, opening small pitfalls, and making the last monsters fall into them.
Everybody in our Party then defeated the last monsters.
And with that came a lot of EXP, Gold, and dropped materials.
[You and Your Party Defeated [Giant Crystal Turtle] x29]
[You and Your Party Defeated [Crystal Guardian Beetle] x21]
[You and Your Party Defeated [Crystal Assassin Mantis] x23]
[You and Your Party Defeated [Shadow Vampiric Bat] x66]
[Calculating EXP Earned…]
[You Earned 573000 EXP]
[Your Race, Job Class, and Subclass Level has increased to Level 45!]
[All Your Stats have increased!]
[You gained Stat Points and Skill Points]
[Player Name]: [Planta]
[Title]: [Legendary Warrior]
[Race]: [Hamadryad: Lv45/60]
[Race EXP]: [40200/86000]
[Job Class]: [Spirit Farmer: Lv45/60]
[Job Class EXP]: [40200/86000]
[Subclass]: [Novice Of All Trades: Lv45/60]
[Subclass EXP]: [40000/86000]
[Satiation]: [72/100]
[HP]: [920/920] -> [1095/1095]
[MP]: [2780/2780] -> [3200/3200]
[STR]: [355] -> [425]
[VIT]: [345] -> [415]
[DEX]: [392] -> [476]
[AGI]: [658] -> [784]
[INT]: [708] -> [834]
[WIS]: [570] -> [675]
[LUC]: [370] -> [440]
[Ancient Spirit of the Forest: Lv3], [Photosynthesis: Lv2], [Green Magic: Lv6], [Life Drain: Lv3], [Plant Companion: Lv10 (Max Level)], [Daughter of Nature: Lv1], [Spirit Magic: Lv6], [Spiritual Barrier: Lv5 (Evolved)], [Plant Synthesis: Lv1] [Fairy Queen's Protection: Lv3]
[Job Class Skills: 10/10]
[Spirit Agriculture: Lv3], [AGI UP: Lv1], [Tame: Lv10 (Max Level)], [Farm Animal Companion: Lv10 (Max Level)], [Fishing: Lv2], [Robust Body: Lv1], [Spirit Farming Tool Mastery: Lv5 (Evolved)], [Terrain Manipulation: Lv5 (Evolved)], [Soil Domain: Lv5 (Evolved)], [Great Spirit Vessel: Lv3]
[Subclass Skills: 3/7]
[All Trades: Lv3], [Cooking: Lv10 (Max Level)], [Mining: Lv10 (Max Level)]
[Stored Skills (Unequipped): 2]
[Job Class Skills]: [Crafting: Lv1], [Alchemy: Lv1]
[Skill Points: 536] [Stat Points: 230]
[Equipment]: [Spirit of the Forest Robes] [Bracelet of Nature] [Great Spirit Crown of Harvest and Nature] [Seed Pouch] [Mushroom Hero Ring] [Mushroom Hero Bracelet] [Heavenly Ring of Life and Souls]
I ended leveling seven times, and with those seven levels came a lot of stats and even more Skill Points and Stat Points… Ah, I feel like my Skill Points never end at this point. Maybe I should begin replacing some Skills with the new ones from the Skill Trees? Well, before that, maybe I should quickly boost one of my stats, or multiple ones? What will I need to defeat these monsters?
Magic is my main source of damage, but very so often I also attack physically to save on MP… This is a bit troublesome, but maybe giving half and half to STR and INT might do the trick. My MP is already very high, so I can take on heavy hitting Spells more easily… Yeah, I'll go for that.
[You exchanged 230 Stat Points]
[Your STR has increased by +115]
[Your INT has increased by +115]
Now I have STR over 500 and INT over 900!
And right after I finished doing that, trouble arrived, just as I had thought, the monsters that were the Field Bosses, which the Great Spirit detected, have arrived.
An enormous leg covered on crystal scales destroyed the Crystal Trees on front of itself, as the enormous head of a turtle, with a sharp beak emerged, looking around with sharp red eyes. Its entire body was covered on sharp purple and red crystals, not at all colorful like its smaller fellows. And above all, it was bigger than them, at least ten meters bigger.
It roared furiously, as it moved its slow body across the Crystal Forest and arrived at the open battlefield we had. Its sharp red eyes glared at us with viciousness. That thing was definitely a Boss!
And that wasn't all, a gigantic Vampire Bat appeared, with fur completely red and four eyes, alongside a sharp, star-shaped nose and enormous blade-like ears. Its legs had sharp claws and it had deadly fangs. It emanated a powerful miasmic aura, the same as the gigantic turtle.
And then the steps of another behemoth echoed across the caverns, this was the Field Boss of the Crystal Rhinoceros Beetles. As big as the Turtle, being almost twenty meters of height. It was completely black unlike the other white colored ones, and its entire body was covered on purple and red spikes.
And the strange voice of the clicking jaws of the mantises echoed across the caverns as well, the last figure of the four appeared, an enormous Crystal Assassin Mantis of over twenty meters, it was so tall and sleek it resembled a tall modern building, its enormous blades could easily slice us all into pieces… and it was also purple and red colored, emanating a strong aura of miasma.
All four of these monsters were being mounted by Cultists we saw from afar, humans most likely from the neighboring Kingdom of Luminous. They were wearing black cloaks and had red-colored eye-shaped marks in their cloaks and hands.
"Move aside!" I roared back to them. "We can't waste any more time with your monsters. We won't hurt you as long as you let us pass!" I said, trying to negotiate with them. "There's still time to pull back from where you're getting into! What will you do if the Luminous Kingdom learn what you're trying to do? You'll be most likely thrown to jail or something worse!"
"We have already given up our lives for a greater cause, abomination!"
"We are stronger willed than you think."
"Your feeble words means nothing before the goal to save this world."
"We will not allow you to give another step! Lord Jeremias must complete the mission that our Master has given to him at all costs!"
"Our lives mean nothing compared to this greater cause. We'll be branded as heroes in the future, as we stood against abominable immortals such as you!"
"You're completely nuts!" Rita angrily said.
"Planta, there's no point arguing with these guys. I bet they're just programed to talk this stuff." Titan said.
"Sigh… Well, if that's how you want it, so be it."