Kurumi and I chat around a various things mostly, we talk about most of the things I did on earth...
When we finish talking.
Both of us decide to cook for our breakfast.
While we are cooking...
*Pssshhh* The ice door into the last corner of the room melt. It's the room of Ginko. I'm amaze of her creativity. Though I want to see her room, I restrain myself despite my curiosity. I will be label as a pervert if I enter into her room suddenly and... She's still ignoring me after all.
"Good Morning..." Ginko woke up while heading to where we are.
""Good Morning"" Kurumi and I also greet her.
I look into her but her eyes still wondering somewhere.
We eat our breakfast in silence.
Kurumi who notice this just smile warily and decide to break the silence.
"I found a new dungeon"
"Dungeon?" Ginko asked as she look at kurumi
"Yes, yes... My clone found it, I think it have been unlock after we defeat the those dog."
Dog...? It's bear you know and its freaking strong for a bear.
"Hmmm... What type of monster are they?" I asked.
"Chicken"
"Chicken...?" Surely that was not unordinary chicken.
Kurumi just smile "Yes... And they like a fireworks"
So... With my guess it seems that the chicken(?) have an elemental ability that can control fire and it also seems like it can fly? Then it means it is a bird not a chicken.
A Bird who can wield fire element.
And with that conclusion. I prepare myself.
"Alright... Let's subjugate it." I said while taking all necessities in subjugation. I also look into my current status.
Level: 31
Name: Ren
Age: 18
Class: Waifu summoner, Time Spirit User, alchemist (Intermediate)
Skills: Appraisal, Zaphkiel, Shadow Realm, Clones, Shadow Manipulations,Ice Magic, Ice Manipulations, Time Freeze (Sealed: Need 1,000,000 Mana to unlock)
Strength: 8,500
Agility: 8,550
Endurance: 8,505
Intelligent: 10,555
Mana: 300,050
Time (Life Force): 400,050
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After checking my current status... I ready myself and go where kurumi and ginko.
Kurumi look at me and smile, she spread her arm wide open, indicating to hug her.
I have no choice but to hug her even though it's a little bit embarrassing, since ginko is here. Ginko also hug kurumi from behind.
And with that...
We slowly sucked into the shadow and descend into a nearby new dungeon.
Unlike the place of black Iron bear that full of rock of spike.
This place is like a volcanic terrain with magma bursting around the place. The temperature here is also... Naturally hot given the fact that it is a volcanic place.
But what is the unique thing about this place is... Flare Crystal.
And huge one at that... A natural material that all of master in alchemy, black smitch, and magic engineering will die for.
Nope... That's understatement. All of the world will go to war to get this thing or will do anything to destroy it.
I will tell you how special this flare crystal... Flare crystal can make a whole environment and this dungeon is the proof of that. It also have a endless heat energy.
But that's not all... A gram of it can make a weapon of destruction that same level as nuke.
Do you catch it now...? How dangerous this flare crystal...?
Now what if... What if this whole flare crystal that size of a boulder rock explode in this dungeon...?
Fuck... Imagining it make me sweat in nervousness.
It is even alright to fight here? It will not explode right?
Let's hope not.
Now in that sense we stepped into the new dungeon.
And what welcome us are a pure red bird with fire flickering into their body.
Rank: A-
Name: Red Flame Bird (Common)
Skill: Flame charge
The common flame bird is just a size of eagle, all of them are agile and they're so many of them.
Rank: S
Name: Red Flame Bird (Knight)
Skills: Flame charge, Fire Armor, Fire breath
The second one is a fire bird that much bigger than ostrich. They all have a fire that surrounded in their body and I think it's their Fire Armor skill.
And for the last one...
Rank: SS+
Name: Red Flame Bird (Queen)
Skills: Fire breath, Fire regeneration, Instinct, Flare blast, Fire Domain, Flare wish
Strength: SS-
Intelligence: SSS-
Agility: SS+
Endurance: S+
Mana: SSS-
Well shit... This monster is more stronger than the boss bear.
*Bang! *
A blast of fire came through us. Luckily Ginko made a massive ice pillar as our shield.
So... That's the skill called flare blast but still... Is not enough to melt Ginko ice pillar.
The Red Flame bird surround us as they fly in coordination.
The common flame bird fly through us with their only skill flame charge. It's a skill that increase their agility and create a drill like fire in their body.
But...
*Bang* *Slick*
The clones of kurumi and the ice shard of ginko defeat them in instant.
The Flame bird who surrounded us put some distance as they can see the danger. No, it must be ordered by their queen.
And as I guess they change tactic and the one who leading are the red flame knight at the front and the common one at the back.
They charge on us like a suicide bomber but... They struggle are futile.
"Hah... This is getting annoying so... Kurumi and Ren. Step back." As Ginko said those words.
Without out too much thinking me and kurumi step into the shadow realm.
Ginko raise her right hand and start gathering mana into her palm.
The high temperature of this place is now slowly getting devoured by ice.
The Flame bird queen is now flustered. She can't comprehend what is happening.
And in that moment...
The ice mana that gathering into the palm of ginko are increasing and increasing terrifyingly... Until it become size of the ball.
The red flame bird tried to fight back but all of the flame bird going near on ginko are freeze to death before they can go near her.
Even the desperate flare blast of the flame bird queen didn't affect of surrounded ice pillar and barrier of ginko.
And seemingly satisfied.
Ginko open her eyes and with cold smile... She unleash the terrifying mana into this place.
*BLASSSSTTT*
The whole place that once surrounded by flame bird is now become a broken statue of ice... All of them fall into the ground like a rainfall.
The place become eerily quite... Only the cry of flame bird queen can be heard.
Somehow... I feel really bad on her.
Kurumi and I decend into the shadow. The icy ground start to melt due to the heat environment of this place.
I stretch my arm and look into the flame bird queen.
Seeing the flame bird queen crying over her chicks. I feel a little bit pity of her.
When suddenly...
The flame bird queen cried in agony. A piercing *Shriieeekk* echoed to the whole place and along with it is a blinding light. My ears almost bleed and I can't help but close my eyes and covered my eyes to that upcoming blinding light.
When I feel no pain or anything harm through my body.
I open my eyes...
But...
The first thing I see is... A flame that resembling a sun.
Fire are spreading everywhere and the whole place is very hot.
I can't help but swallow my fear and tried my best not to fall in panic
Because...
The one who is infront of me right now is...
The Flame Bird Queen.
She spread her wings and cry intimidatingly.
Along with her intimidating cry are fire spreading to the whole place.
Where... The hell am I?
The place are surrounded by fire of wall. I calm myself down and summon my clones. I also covered myself of ice mana to not be cooked in this place.
My clones who's confuse look at me at the same time and all of us nodded our head (although their eyes are full of complains)
and...
Ruuuunnnn!!!!
All of us spread to this whole place and also shoot the flame bird queen.
But all of it are... Useless against this monster.
With one flame breath all of my clones died. I manage to survive thanks to ice wall that made through magic.
But unlike the ice magic create by ginko, my ice wall melt easily. I tried to go into the shadow realm but... This place is restricting me to go down on it.
That's why... I need to find a way to fight the bird queen.
But... With how high the bird queen is flying. It's impossible.
Even my bullet won't penetrate to that bird and even if it reach the flame shield that bird queen create will deflect it.
So... I don't really have a choice but to survive.
Survive... Until kurumi and ginko arrive here.
A masive wave of flame came through my way.
I immediately use ice magic and create a pillar of ice.
The ice dissolve easily and create a thin fog.
I don't knowbif is enough to block the bird queen vision but... I still tried.
I'm really glad I create a stamina potions. Normally this potions is for other means...
But... Who would have thought that it will become useful here.
As I chug the bottle of stamina potion while running. The bird queen relentless attack makes it even more difficult.
I even drink mana potions because I constantly using ice magic to dodge and block her attack.
I use all of any means to survive and counter the bird queen attack and as you guess... I can't find a hole in that bird defense.
Unlike the iron black bear that specializes in strength.
This Red Flame Bird Queen is specialize in intelligence.
That's why she only use her skill [Miracles] on me because that birds know... I'm the weakest.
And she's not underestimating me at all. That bird queen never charge on me, the bird queen use her flying advantage as she know that I can't fly.
That's right... I can't fly like kurumi who can fly into the air whenever she wants.
But what my advantage is... The thirteenth bullet. I don't know what that bullet is... But, it is my secret card in case of emergency.
Shit...
A massive ball of flame came through me...
The flame bird queen use flare blast.
I immediately exhaust all of my mana and create a sturdy pillar of ice.
And when the flare blast hit the ice pillar that I made.
*Bang*
A massive explosion happens... I splash out and hit the fire dome that she create.
I vomit a blood and I also think most of my bone break.
I hurriedly take my health potions and drink all of it.
Although I didn't regenerate faster but I can still see the effect slowly recovering my body.
I immediately try to get up but... Another massive ball of flame, again, came through my view.
Fuck...
I'm screw.
When I thought... I'm screw for real, the flame ball stop. And then it suddenly disappeared.
A puddle of shadow create through the ground and the girl with twin tail style and wearing a black gothic lolita decent from the shadown and with her is the girl with frozen crystal hair.
"Kurumi... Ginko" I can't help but call their name in joy...
But...
There's no reply came back from me.
No signature of polite noble gesture came from kurumi and no tsundere cold act came from ginko.
Instead...
A chilling killing intent came from those two, that I can't help but swallow my saliva.
And in that moment I realize that...
The whole place become a frozen land.
The bird queen lose her fire and only remain of absolute of nothingness.
I don't know what to say...
It's so sudden that I can't help but... Pity that bird queen. Only her one feather remain and that feather transform into a batch or key from that strange statue...
It seems like...
We found the second key.
I was about to go where that badge is...
Suddenly...
I feel two pair of soft melons in my face and also a hand held tightly in my back.
"K-kurumi...? Ginko?" I was flustered by the way they act that I can't muttered a right word and stand still and let these two calm their selves down.
It seems like these two was shock when I suddenly disappeared.
Well... The flame bird queen use her skill [Flare wish] to teleport me in this domain. What an absurd skill for a boss monster and the fact that the bird queen is intelligent to target me is truly terrifying.
"It such a relief that you are safe ren-san..." Kurumi spoke as if I been missing for a million years.
They hug me tightly...
Too tightly.
That I can't help but tap in defeat.
The two of them immediately let go of me and apologize.
Although...
Ginko apologize to me while bowing her head and still not meeting my gaze.
I can't help but sigh... I must talk to her after this.
And so...
I go where the flame badge is... And take it and the three of us go back to the safe room and of course we place the badge in the statue and the statue glow bright again.
After doing that we rest.