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Chapter 340: No More than Three Minutes
"Dianna, summon your magical spirit."
"Rose, protect yourself."
Dark swiftly commanded as he straightened up.
His voice was very steady, instantly dissipating the trace of panic in Dianna's heart, leaving behind only excitement.
She reached into her card pouch and took out a magic card, immediately summoning it.
On the other hand, Rose slightly retreated. But despite looking afraid, she still drew her card fairly steadily.In the dungeon, coming across a group of monsters was a very normal occurrence.
People who had properly thought over the matter beforehand would've generally done the mental preparation.
As for whether they would panic upon encountering the real thing, that was a matter of their own psychological quality.
Instead of immediately getting to summoning, Dark took the time to observe Dianna and Rose.
As expected, the magical spirit that Dianna summoned was her favorite 3-star magical spirit—[Bear Spirit]!
Being an undead-type, Bear Spirit had an immunity to physical damage and was extremely suitable for dealing with monster packs that relied on their fangs and claws to attack.
It was indeed a very accurate choice.
But what Rose summoned was a magical spirit Dark had never seen before. Moreover, it wasn't even the rabbit-type spirit that she adored.
Previously, Dark had always thought that she had a rabbit hole...
However, what she ultimately summoned was a pitch-black sphere.
A divine light seemed to be flowing around the body of the sphere. There wasn't a single defining feature on its entire body, making it impossible to tell whether or not it was a magical spirit.
Seemingly noticing his puzzlement, Rose quickly said, "It's a [Mobius Bug(莫比乌斯虫)], 3-star, insect-type race, psychic-type attribute…"
"Mobius Bug?" Dark couldn't help muttering.
"Although I'm not too sure, but judging by the name, it should be a defensive-type magical spirit, right?"
Based on his trust in Rose, Dark temporarily put down his worries. Then, he vigilantly stared at the end of the passage.
Merely a moment later, the sound that just now could only be heard upon concentrating on it suddenly grew louder.
At this time, it could be clearly heard that it was the sound of a rapidly advancing group of monsters.
When the first monster rushed out from the right side of the forked road, the three of them finally had a clear look at its appearance.
Sure enough, it was the companion of the monster that couldn't even defeat the three familiar spirits—the Doomdog!
"Looks like it has a skill similar to [Ally Call
(呼唤同伴)]."
Dark instantly figured it out.
Then, he rubbed the head of Gatomon who was by his side, stopping its impulse to charge forward.
"Dianna."
Upon hearing the soft call, Dianna instantly understood.
She excitedly said, "Bear Spirit, go!"
"Rawr!"
The old-looking giant bear of light shockingly let out a thunderous roar that echoed resoundingly in the passage.
But its bursting momentum wasn't enough to shake off the ferocious Doomdog.
After the first Doomdog rushed out, so did the second and the third... In the blink of an eye, tens of Doomdogs had already dashed out.
Under Dianna's command, Bear Spirit charged forward.
Facing the Doomdogs less than one meter tall, the giant bear who was three meters tall even on all fours was like a fully armed tank, directly storming ahead.
Hidden underneath Dianna's excitement, there was still a trace of nervousness. It wasn't until Bear Spirit knocked the two Doomdogs in the front into the air with unstoppable force did she finally clench her fists!
Bang! Bang!
Those two Doomdogs roughly slammed into the wall, their skeletons nearly falling apart. Upon tumbling down, they were unable to get back up.
But the rest of the Doomdogs still ferociously rushed over.
They suddenly split into two packs, trying to avoid the front.
Bear Spirit abruptly halted. Using one of its paws as support, it vigorously swung its other paw.
The bear paw the size of a millstone once again smacked a Doomdog into the air.
The Doomdog was coughing out blood as it flew across the air, wailing in struggle upon crashing to the ground.
But after the loss of three Doomdogs, the rest of the Doomdogs successfully managed to reach Bear Spirit's side. They fiercely lunged and opened their jaws, rapaciously biting Bear Spirit's body.
In an instant, there were already several Doomdogs hanging on Bear Spirit's enormous body. While biting down vigorously, they ruthlessly scratched at it with their sharp claws.
Suffering from the pain, Bear Spirit instinctively roared.
But Dianna, whose magic energy flowed from her fingers into the magic card to constantly keep abreast of Bear Spirit's state, found that its magic energy hadn't had the slightest decrease.
Although those Doomdogs looked vicious, they couldn't break its defense at all.
However, Dianna didn't let up.
In magic beast class, Professor Nini had taught about the points to note when fighting inside the dungeon.
One of them was that for adventurers who were new to the dungeon, the most important thing was not the strength of their magical spirits. This was because their magical spirits were usually enough to deal with monsters like Doomdogs.
What they needed was to show courage and experience when facing the monsters, as well as the most important aspect—the allocation of magic energy!
In the situation where they had ample magic energy, magisters generally possessed a superior combat ability over other fighters. However, they also had a similar weakness to mages, and that was the lack of magic energy.
Especially after summoning the magical spirits. Once they negligently fell into a drawn out battle, the huge amount of magic energy consumption required to sustain the existence of magical spirits over a long period of time would rapidly wear down the magisters!
Therefore, the key to magic energy allocation lay in controlling and choosing the number of magical spirits to be summoned.
In other words, don't summon any magical spirit if it is possible not to, and summon only one if a single one is sufficient.
Using the most accurate judgment to measure the strength of the monster, dispatching the magical spirit of corresponding strength, and striving to resolve the battle within three minutes—this was the mentality a magister must have.
Thus, in this situation, it wasn't enough for Bear Spirit to remain invincible. It needed to deal with the opponents faster.
……
Dianna carefully observed for a while before suddenly shouting, "Bear Spirit, roll over!"
"Roll over" was certainly not an ultimate. It was a simple command similar to "show your belly" and "give me your hand".
"Rawr!"
Bear Spirit responded with a roar and lay down on the ground, rolling over to the side.
In a split second, it crushed the Doomdogs that were clinging onto that side under its hill-like body.
"Ouw~"
The wail of the Doomdogs and the cracking sound of bones instantly echoed.
When Bear Spirit rolled over once more, the Doomdogs hanging on the other side of its body were also crushed and severely injured.
Only three or four Doomdogs managed to escape by a hair's breadth by bouncing off at the critical moment, but they were no longer able to hold Bear Spirit back!
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