Chapter 1038: Chapter 783: Hmm, My Head Is Starting to Spin
This special ability not only has an instant death effect but also an enhancement and recovery effect. As long as it devours souls, the Soul-devouring Demon can become stronger and restore its life points. Coupled with its ability to spread spiritual energy that induces fear, it might be somewhat challenging to use against high-level enemies, but against colorful monsters and other small fry, it’s most suitable.
Of course, with the debut of the combat automaton-type one, Reiger will likely not waste precious Summoning slots to summon the Soul-devouring Demon.
"My idea is to use high-level summons like the King of Destruction as high-end forces to supplement the six teams attacking the Immortal Spirit avatars, and then use special automatons as the backbone, to fill the large manpower gap."
"I can summon around twenty to thirty of the former. Even if distributed among six teams, each team can have at least about four, which is enough to make up for the lack of high-end force."
"The latter can’t be used as Supporters, Healers, or Magic Guides, but for charging into battle, clearing small fry, or even acting as shields, they’re pretty good. The downside is that automatons don’t have intelligence like summons, can’t understand instructions, and can only be controlled by me, so their flexibility is definitely lacking, and they can’t adapt."
Reiger sent the King of Destruction back and walked over to Finn with Ais, and began to explain to Finn.
"How exactly we should arrange this, I’ll cooperate with you as the leader, how about it?"
Upon hearing this, Finn did not respond immediately but instead bit his thumb and fell into a storm of thoughts.
At this moment, many ideas and plans must have flashed through Finn’s mind, gradually organizing the precious combat power that Reiger brought.
Then, Finn said one sentence.
"The appearance of these summons is like a timely rain. With them, the lack of manpower can indeed be filled to the greatest extent."
"How about this, make a list of all the monsters you can summon for me, specifying their special abilities."
"I’ll select the most suitable ones for battle, and then you’ll summon them. No problem, right?"
Upon hearing this, Reiger truly felt a headache for a moment.
"All of them?"
Reiger himself couldn’t count how many types of monsters he could actually summon.
In the strictest sense, as long as it’s a monster and its level is 70 or below, Reiger can summon it using Summoning Magic.
[Angel Summon], [Demon Summon], [Monster Summon], [Elf Summon], [Undead Summon]... Reiger knows all kinds of summoning magic from the first rank to the tenth.
In other words, among summons level 70 and below, whether it’s Angels, Demons, Monsters, Elves, or the Undead, Reiger can summon all types of monsters.
To list them all and specify their special abilities for Finn?
...Hmm, his head began to spin.
"No problem, right, Reiger?"
Perhaps seeing something, Finn squinted and then smiled, patting Reiger’s... uh, leg.
No choice, Little Folk can’t reach the shoulder...
"Alright."
Reiger agreed with a wry smile.
"That’s good then."
Finn smiled slightly, but then his smile retracted.
"Get ready, the day when the assault is launched is not far away."
Now that the last manpower issue has been resolved, the assault on the artificial labyrinth can indeed not wait any longer.
[Immortal Spirit Six Circles] is being completed every second, and could be activated at any moment. Even though it has been disrupted for more than a month, it’s nearing its limit.
Reiger had gone to inspect the Daedalus road side and told Finn.
"At this pace, the major Immortal Spirit ritual should be completed in another week."
That means they have only one week left.
...
At night, the usually quiet Loki Familia base finally became lively again.
The members who had been rushing around outside gradually returned to base, some going to the large bath to wash up, some gathering in the living room to chat, and others had a feast in the dining room.
This scene seemed no different from usual, but there was an imperceptible tension that others couldn’t easily detect.
This was because Finn announced to everyone that within this week, they would formally assault the artificial labyrinth Knossos.
At that time, the entire Loki Familia needed to go to battle.
This is no small matter.
It’s important to know that even during an expedition, the Loki Familia would leave some basic members to guard the base and wouldn’t commit all their fighting strength.
This is both to give basic members time to grow and as a precaution.
In case the expedition team encounters an accident in the underground city and sacrifices itself collectively, the members left at the main base would be the next generation of the Familia’s torch.
But this time, Finn has made up his mind to risk the entire Familia.
"Once Eulalie is destroyed, the surface will return to the chaos of the ancient times."
"There’s no point in keeping any potential force for that time."
"Since that’s the case, it’s better to go all in."
This was the reason Finn gave.
In short, Eulalie must not be destroyed.
Once Eulalie is destroyed, exploration-type Familia like the Loki Familia wouldn’t need to continue existing.
So, Finn decided to gamble it all, not leaving himself any retreat nor the enemy any chance to live.
Therefore, a sense of tension did indeed quietly appear in the Familia’s base camp, affecting everyone’s heart.
"Then, I’ll take my leave, leader."
At this moment, Reiger had already brought the list of summons Finn needed and handed it over to him.
"Thank you for your hard work." Finn comforted Reiger: "Rest well, your main task for the key forces now is to maintain your best condition, ready to go at any time."
"Alright." Reiger nodded, responded, and then exited Finn’s office, heading towards his room.
There is no moon tonight, but there are many stars, creating a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.
As Reiger passed the sky corridor between the towers, he inadvertently glanced at the night sky outside, and was captivated by that splendid starry sky.
Under this starry sky, Eulalie, known as the world’s center and most bustling city, must still have many people drinking and chatting in taverns and on the streets, right?
Adventurers are probably back above ground by now, unloading their equipment, washing away the dust, and having meals and chatting with their teammates or friends.
"...How long can this scene last?"
Reiger mumbled.
"Wow, it turns out you can be sentimental too?"
Just as Reiger mumbled these words, a head peeked out from behind him.
"Loki?" Reiger looked a bit surprised at the owner of the head and said, "You’re back from the battlefield?"
"Yeah, finally withdrew from that boring battlefield, leaving the rest to that crazy admirer." Loki jumped out and said carelessly, "We’re going to make a big move on our side too, can’t stay outside at this time."
After saying that, Loki grabbed Reiger’s hand.
"Come on, let’s go to the divine chamber and update your ability values for the first time in a long while."
With that, Loki dragged Reiger along.
Reiger smiled, didn’t resist, and followed Loki back to her divine chamber.
Soon, Reiger’s latest ability values were freshly tabulated.
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Reiger Brillhaut
Lv.8
Strength: I0→ F335
Endurance: I0→ F311
Dexterity: I0→ E424
Agility: I0→ E436
Magic Power: I0→ E447
Light Armor: A
Swordsman: B
Magic Guide: C
Skilled Warrior: C
Quick Attack: D
Magic Chanter: F
Unyielding: I