The Strongest Wizard

Level 25 Swift Grey Foxes In Unchartered Lands

29th December 1018 / 2018 1501hrs

"Hey, guys. Looks like our Captain Guild Leader would not be joining us since she had informed that she would be going to continue with the Blacksmithing skills since she got more than enough ores to play with. I wondered how long she would be at the Blacksmith skills since it would take a person some weeks before he or she got the right proficiency to get to where a Blacksmith would be. I mean, at the very least a Blacksmith would be able to smith something out from those ores as big as a baby's head, right? I would not be able to be like our Captain Guild Leader since I do not have the tenacity to perform a single task for many hours at one single time. If you ask me to grind for mobsters, I am sure I would be able to do it since these mobsters have different patterns of attack. "

I called out to the rest of the core members as we had just entered the Swift Grey Foxes grinding place. We had to inform Tinkerbell of the transfer of inventory from inside our spatial storage space to hers. She would then be able to send all those stuff back into the Votrieburg City Storage. It was a good thing that the Captain Guild Leader had appointed someone as trustworthy as Tinkerbell as she is also the sweetheart of Snowball, our Main Tank.

Well, I am not one who likes to intrude into someone's love life, but I guess they had known each other for quite some time through real life. Besides, all of us happens to be living close to one another. It would be considered as a blessing if one day, our Captain Guild Leader would ask all of us out for supper...!!! I can't wait to see everyone in their own skins. I mean that without armour and weapons and in civilian clothes...!!!

"Time to grind for more credits guys...! We need those credits to survive in the real world. Watch out, Swift Grey Foxes, we are coming after you...! Level 25....! Just as what our Captain Guild Leader had said and, these lands are still not covered in our minimaps. Woohoo, it is time to party my dear friends, brothers and sisters...!!!" Snowball was excited and so do the rest of the core members as they sighted the Swift Grey Foxes from a distance. The moment the Swift Grey Foxes saw us, they started scampering away on the grassy hills. It seemed that the Swift Grey Foxes were trying to get away from us or maybe regroup to have some kind of tactics in dealing with us. If they were humans, they would be performing the latter, and there would be curses and swears among us...!!!

"Right, don't forget what our Captain Guild Leader had mentioned about these Swift Grey Foxes, they bite our butts, and it would have a bleeding effect until out HP got to zero. I wonder how come our Captain Guild Leader keep mentioning about getting a bite on the butt. I wondered if our Captain Guild Leader had a fetish towards those firm, rounded cheek butts. So diamond formation and make it tight, everyone. There's work to be done here. We will loosen up the diamond formation depending on the situation, and meantime, we maintain it as it is." Snowball began to form everyone up, and a diamond formation puts the two MT at the front.

"It is time to deploy our newfound skills for the secondary professions, eh? It would be great to practise here with those Sift Grey Foxes. I wonder what kind of drops that they carry for those Level 25 mobsters. Come on guys, let's get perky...! Woot...Woot...!!!"

Right after Snowball had called out the instructions, everyone formed up into the diamond formation and closed the distance between each member. As we were dealing with something agile, we planned to have a simple tactic. We intend to provide maximum firepower coverage with minimal exposure for the Swift Grey Foxes to move in on us.

*R I N G . O F . F I R E*

Puppetmaster began to cast a spell that binds the nearby mobsters like a lasso, and he could manage to snare less than a dozen using that manner. However, it was better than nothing, and the effort that Puppetmaster had deployed was well worth it.

*M U L T I . S H O T*

*S W O O S H*

Dragonfire unleashed an arrow upwards in the sky, and the arrows, split into 2 and then into 4 as it multiplied and then rained down on the Swift Grey Foxes that was snared by the Ring Of Fire. She had used a single attack, and it was more than enough as the mobsters were clumped together by Puppetmaster. The arrows that rained down to earth had a devastating effect. Each of the arrows was behaving as though it had a homing device built into the arrowhead. The arrows penetrated the hindquarters, almost crippling the Swift Grey Foxes. The arrows that had earlier penetrated the hindquarters of the Swift Grey Foxes, struck the ground and anchored the mobsters. It was a well-coordinated form of offence.

"Necro, how many seconds have you got?" Snowball shouted to Puppetmaster, and he replied, "10 to 15 seconds at most...!"

Magehunter wasted no time when he heard that the Ring of Fire was able to last that long as he conjures up his Arcane Lightning Arcs.

*A R C S . O F . L I G H T N I N G*

*S T A C K*

A bolt of lightning came out from the tip of the staff that was held by Magehunter. The staff's end glowed as it accumulated the electrifying power as it surmounted before it boomed and crossed the plains before us. It was as bright as day...!!!

*B O O M*

*C R A C K L E*

*S I Z Z L E*

The lightning arcs licked at one of the snared Swift Grey Foxes, as the lightning arcs jumped to its adjacent kin and frying the latter up as the mobsters began to sizzle and wail in fright...!!! The smell of burning fur and flesh soon filled the air as the Swift Grey Foxes were nuked continuously by Puppetmaster, Magehunter and Dragonfire.

The first wave was a success, and the mobsters fell to the ground and slowly dissipated into thin air. On the ground, were a heap of grey coloured furs, front and rear paws and long bushy tails. There were no credits left on the ground, as no one could have imagined how these credits would be carried by the Swift Grey Foxes.

"Guys...! Look at this...! Nothing but animal parts...!!! Shall we keep them or what?" Crusader was addressing the rest of the members as we looked on and inspected the drops. There was nothing more than animal parts, as mentioned by Crusader and we are not too sure if it is worth anything to bring it back with us.

"Hang on a minute there. Leave the things on the ground while I send a message to our Captain Guild Leader and see what she would say about it. Besides, the EXP that we are getting as a party doesn't seem too shabby at all."

I said as I checked the statistics of the EXP before and after the confrontation of the first wave. There was a significant increase in EXP, and it would be sometime before everyone would be able to level up individually.

I sent a message through the system communicator, and our Captain Guild Leader responded shortly. We were told to keep all those anima; parts and hand them over to Tinkerbell once we all had levelled up comfortably. After I had received the response from our Captain Guild Leader, I attached it and sent it to all the members of the party.

"Alright, we would just stick to the instructions that our Captain Guild Leader had passed to us, and we will store all these animal parts until we levelled up, alright?"

"Snowbunny, you are still below Level 20, so once you have hit Level 20, let us know, and we would be able to compare our Levels. We might even disband for a short while so you would be able to solo them once we had reduced the HP. What do you think about it?" Snowball suggested to me but I rather not disband, as this would lead to an incident where any one of us would forget to re-band once more. I ever had an incident once especially inside a dungeon or catacomb diving from other MMORPG platforms, and it was a hellish experience.

I shared my past experiences with Snowball, and at last, he relented and informed me that there would be no changes with the disbanding thing. It was just a passing thought, and I knew that Snowball was looking into my interests as well since I am 5 levels lower than the guys unless I go and grind those mobsters alone.

"Alright guys, since we had received the message from our Captain Guild Leader, might as well we follow the instructions then. We would let Tinkerbell receive the items once we are back to the City. Alright guys, let's go hunting for more...!!!"

Snowball announces, and the rest of the members all set their inventory to auto-pickup and would be gathering the loot once the mobsters had been eliminated.