Chapter 797 Luck's Amazing Strength
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As the Giant Demonic Frog King fell from the skies with his body covered on deadly wounds. I quickly called for Luck. This was the perfect time for him to finish off this monster and get most of the EXP.
"Luck!" I commanded. "Finish it off!"
"ON IT!" Luck roared, charging all the power he held. "{Divine Beast Magic}: {Golden Tiger's Divine Step}!"
FLAAAAAASH!
Using the power of his Divine Beast, he reached the skies in a single second, his claws pointing at his target! His eyes furiously glowing bright golden as his beastly aura surged wildly.
"{Divine Claw Arts}: {Evil-Tearing Celestial Slashes}!"
His claws glowed with the light of heaven itself, as he swung them furiously, consecutively as he and the frog fell from the skies at the same time.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!
"GRYYYYYYEEEGGGGHHH...!"
The Giant Frog gave an agonizing scream, as its entire body was covered on deadly blows, the prowess of Luck's ultimate Divine Claw Art was incredible!
BAAAAAAMMM...!
The giant beast fell into the ground, creating an huge crater, at the same time as it died, the Swamp instantly began to dry out, its very existence depended on the Miasmic Swamp Ruler.
FRSSSHHH...
"H-Hahh... Haahhh... W-We did it..." Luck said in shock. "I-It is done...!" He celebrated, his entire body glowing gold once more, several times over, Aquarina too, she gained some levels as well.
Ding!
[You and your Party have defeated [Miasmic Chimeras (Tier 5)] x185!]
[You and your Party have defeated [Miasmic Demonic Frog King (Tier 7)] x1!]
[You earned 1.850.000 EXP!]
[With the defeat of the Miasmic Swamp Ruler, the Miasmic Swamp has begun to slowly dry out. The savannah is beginning to be purified...]
[Aquarina] gained 2 Levels, she has reached Level 10/30!]
[Luck] gained 11 Levels, he has reached Level 11/20!]
Wow, Luck gained 11 levels in a row! Maybe with the next Swamp he'll reach Max Level already. I guess this is the easiest quest of my life.
"Well done, Luck!" Zack said, patting Luck's back as the Wolf boy slowly turned back to normal. "You were awesome in there!"
"A-Ahahaha, I did my best. In the middle of it all, I suddenly ended figuring out a new Technique." He said in surprise.
That effect was most likely his levels, they also grant proficiency to his Skills, so his Skills must have leveled up, and he gained some new technique or power through that.
"You were pretty alright for a rookie." Celeste nodded.
"Not bad!" Mist smiled.
"Now, Glutton, store everything pretty please~" I said.
"BAAARF! GRAAARF!" Glutton was summoned, as he started devouring all the corpses of the monsters. They were all valuable materials.
"W-Woah, what is that thing?!" Luck panicked.
"Glutton? That's Sylphy's Spatial Bag." Zack explained. "I don't know how but she gave it like... a soul, and it became sort of a mimic. It's actually useful that he can move around and pick up stuff for us."
"I-I see..." Luck was surprised. "I wish Lara could be here with us, watching these amazing things..."
"Don't worry, we'll rescue your princess in distress soon enough!" Aquarina said. "For now, just concentrate on your own growth."
"Thanks." Luck nodded.
"Alright! Well done kids." My father said, as he, Shade, and Arafunn stepped in. "Shall we keep going? Are you tired?"
"Nah, not really." I said. "Let's keep moving."
"Yeah, lets do this!" Aquarina said. "We'll get this done today, the faster the better, right Luck?"
"Y-Yeah... Oof..." He sighed, feeling tired. "L-let's do this!"
"He's deadly tired, geez, alright, let's take a ten-minute break at least." Arafunn sighed.
"Yeah, it can't be helped." Shade nodded.
"I-I'm sorry..." Luck sighed, feeling miserable.
"Hahah, don't worry, we used to get tired all the time before." Zack smiled. "Though at some point, once you get strong enough, you're almost just tireless! Hahaha!"
"You guys are monsters... In a good way." Luck laughed.
"Well, our goal here is to make you a monster too." Celeste smiled. "I can already tell by your aura; you've gotten much stronger. Heroes really have it easy, huh~ It is almost unfair!"
"Honestly, if I could, I would forfeit all of my Heroic Blessings... Just so I could go back to the normal life I once had with Lara..." Luck sighed. "This was never a power I asked for..."
"Oh, then I would gladly take it off you!" Celeste laughed evilly.
BONK!
I gave her a bonk in the head.
"Stop messing with him." I sighed.
"H-Hey! It was just a joke! Come on, where's your sick sense of humor?" Celeste said. "Okay, sorry, sorry..."
"Nah, it's fine." Luck said.
Like that, we made a small camp, and I took out some ingredients from my Inventory, as I cooked a delicious stew. I decided to add the frog king's meat, which we purified using holy light magic with Alice and Mist, and then cut into small chunks.
Combined with tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, onion, and some meat stock, the delicious stew was done in just five minutes thanks to cooking it on a special magical kettle.
"Hmm?! I never thought the frog meat would be this good!" Luck was surprised. "Hmm! And the potatoes and carrots are so fresh! Oh? Is this radish too?"
"Yep, I added a lot of magic-imbued ingredients!" I nodded.
Those ingredients were from the Dashing Radishes and the Guardian Potatoes, which can transform into their ingredients by sacrificing themselves, and once used on meals, they'll transform the meals into buffing items that once consumed will give nice bonuses to stats.
"I have to say, this stew is killing it. The radishes are so sweet and fresh, and the potatoes so soft..." My dad said. "Your cooking's getting so good, my daughter! Papa's proud of my little princess!"
"C-Come on, don't say that out loud, you're making me embarrassed, dad!" I facepalmed.
"Hahaha, you're such a spoiled little lady!" Celeste laughed, pointing at me. "Right, little princess~~~?"
"Stop it." I said seriously, my eyes glowing menacingly.
"GEH...! I-I'm just joking!" Celeste cried.
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