As Planta's Party massacred the monsters while slowly making their way through the Crystal Caves, the cultists left behind looked in shock at what was happening. All the monsters they had possessed using their Miasma were being slaughtered. And they were dying at a rapid pace, barely buying any time.
However, the most terrifying and confusing part of their entire assault was… Planta. The strange power she had allowed her to somehow affect the floor below her, enchant it with magic, and make elemental spirits pop out of the ground.
As if that wasn't enough, her very powers cleansed the Miasma with incredible ease. The Miasma they had poured everywhere in the caves to strengthen the monsters and also weaken their foes! And to add salt to the wound, whenever there was a large mass of miasma that was cleansed, the area would become filled with holy and spiritual essence, enhancing her strength and that of her allies.
And of course, the cultists felt weakened in exchange, as the miasmic powers dwelling inside of them abhorred such life-filled power.
"This woman's using a pickaxe to kill those strong turtles like its nothing…"
"T-These are Players, huh? They're beings beyond our understanding…"
"The rumors that say that they're the soldiers of the gods must be true."
"Such a horrifying monster… so these are the abominations that come from another world?"
"Yes, these are the abominations our master wants to get rid of! If we can expand his power, we'll be slowly going towards that goal, to save this world."
One of the ten cultists there quickly guided the others for battle.
"We cannot stay here trembling for our lives!" He said. "We have a mission; Lord Jeremias has given us a task. You must forbid your lives for a greater future. For the injustices of this world…"
"If we give our lives to our lord, we might help on his noble cause of cleansing this world and protecting it from its imminent end…"
"That's right! T-There's no other way…"
"Compared to the other Demon Kings that will emerge if he dies, what little sacrifices he asks to us is nothing!"
"If we want to protect this world so it doesn't come to an end once more… We must do as we promised our Master!"
"Today, as we stop these monsters, we'll be the heroes we always wanted to be…!"
The cultists quickly stood up, their staffs began to emanate darkness and miasma, as the monsters they were brainwashing and possessing with Miasma began to move, four enormous monsters, and the Field Bosses of the Crystal Caves.
Planta and everybody else quickly glanced into that direction, finding the enormous behemoths slowly approaching, their power was overwhelming in comparison to the other monsters they had been slaying thanks to the many skills and buffs they have accumulated...
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(Planta's POV)
With the help of my Summons and my Party Members, the army of Crystal Monsters boosted by Miasma started to dwindle down. Perhaps it wouldn't had been so easy for me if I didn't figured out that "cheat" by using Mining, and Mining at Level 10 was certainly quite the overkill with all the bonuses it granted. When it overlapped with Spiritual Farming Tool Mastery, my physical attacks became truly devastating. Even Monsters at Level 40, two levels above me, were no match once I figured out the strategy and ways to deal with them.
I suppose this is quite the idea of video games, everything has a way to do things, once you fight and figure it out, things become smooth and a feeling of satisfaction is granted by figuring it out. Although this time around I figured it out very quickly… Nonetheless, the monsters were slain and less than 30% of their numbers remained.
At this point, my Familiars and the tens of elemental spirits popping out of Spiritual Buds were doing most of the job, attacking all monsters from all sides while I cherry picked them one by one and slammed them into pieces using my Mining Attack, as I've called it. Spiritual Attack was only used once, so the Great Spirit had remained with most of her power, saving it up quite nicely.
"Oi Planta! I am sensing something super big coming here- No, several big ones! You've gotta hurry and beat this small fry before confronting those things!"
"Big ones?"
The Great Spirit suddenly alerted me of something, as she had been mostly on standby absorbing and accumulating Spiritual Essence for the fights that might come later. We had already talked about saving her power for later for obvious reasons. The whole reason these guys were here trying to delay us with monsters was to weaken us so we wouldn't be at full power against their big boss.
However, it seemed that the cultists were not going to come here and confront us alone. Enormous presences started to approach us, walking across the Crystal Forest. Whatever they were, these things were probably the Field Bosses of this area.
Every area in this game have Filed Bosses, monsters that are way stronger than the normal ones by a lot. They cannot be taken out at the beginning, and it is even advised to newbies to just run away whenever they find one.
"I have to deal with you guys before these big ones come to ruin our party…!"
I swung my Pickaxe high into the air and then hit the ground with it.
C R A A A S S S H H H!!!
An enormous blow was unleashed, generating countless cracks across the entire floor, with the combination of my Soil Domain Skill, I quickly manipulated the range of my weapon's attack and then made the floor crumble.
R U M B L E!
A large area fell off, generating a pitfall where over twenty monsters fell off.
"Now, everyone, finish them off!"
I quickly ordered my army of tens of Elemental Spirits and Familiars, as hundreds of elemental attacks began to fall over the monsters.
