Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

375 Reaching The Dungeon’s Second Floor, Against Water-Type Monsters

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As we entered the Second Floor, we were greeted with a different sight than the First Floor. There was a large pond in the middle of the room, which was vast and barely had any walls to hid behind. The stairs to the third floor were right behind the pond of blackish water.

“Eh? A pond of water?” Asked Aquarina. ????????????????????????????. ????om

“No, this is not just that.” I said while inspecting the pond from afar using my Eyes.

I immediately saw several red dots, tens of them, all resting within the cold blackish waters, they seemed to be monsters that wait for adventurers to get closer and fight. My father was in complete silence while looking at us investigate everything. He said he would only give us some tips sometimes, but he wouldn’t directly tell us what the monsters were until after we fought and defeated them.

“Hm, water monsters are tricky, they’ll wait for you to get closer, grab you, and drag you down, like gators.” Said Ignatius, giving me a small insight.

“Huh, are you good against them?” I wondered.

“Hmmm... I am not confident, as you can see even at Level 2 my stats are not crazy.” He sighed.

“Right... So what should we do?” I wondered.

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“Let’s just go around the pond and then down the Third Floor!” Said Zack.

“You think it’s gonna be that easy? The monsters might jump whenever we get closer.” Said Aquarina.

“Huh, then what do you suggest miss know-it-all?” Asked Zack.

“I-I don’t know everything!” Aquarina began to pout. “But we should try to find some tactic. What do you think, Sylphy?”

“I agree... the monsters emanate strong auras, they’re probably all above Tier 2, if not Tier 3. We are strong by ourselves and we might be able to beat a single Tier 4 monster if we join together against them, but against many Tier 3? It is a different thing altogether, even less if we begin being dragged into the blackish water. We can’t swim properly with this equipment on us either.” I analyzed.

“Huh... Right.” Said Aquarina. “I can use Water Magic, but controlling it is another whole deal, I don’t think I can control it, even less from so far.” Said Aquarina. Her Water Magic could only reach Tier 3 at most as of now. She mostly did a combination of Tier 3 Water Magic with techniques taught by her father.

“Can’t we lure them to come out somehow? Maybe force them?” Asked Zack. “Oh, I get it! Can’t I electrify the water?”

“Right... That might work, but they’re monsters, electrifying the water might nor prove sufficient to kill them. But they’ll certainly come out furious. Wait, I got an idea...” I said with a smile.

I quickly took some seeds from my pocket and began to enchant them with [Agriculture] and some custom spells I had created. With that, I began throwing the seeds around the pond from afar using my high precision thanks to the blessing of the goddess of sight.

“Seeds?” Asked Aquarina.

“These are monster seeds; they’ll sprout into vine monsters that can trap targets easily. Whenever the monsters come out of the pond, the majority will get trapped in these, and that will give us some time to strike each monster individually and kill as many as we can before they free themselves!” I said.

“Sounds good! Let’s do that then.” Said Zack. “Come on little guy, help me out a bit!”

Zack called his Wind Spirit, as the small cloud began to absorb his Mana and channel his element. It suddenly turned thrice as big and also the cloud gained a dark color, zapping with electricity.

ZAP! SPARK!

“Lightning Strike!”

Zack gathered the Lightning Attribute Mana into his Axe and then unleashed it, as the lightning flew towards the Pond and hit it!

BOOOM!

The electricity began to boil the water immediately, making steam come out, and being way more effective than just throwing fireballs at it I guess.

FLUOOSH!

Suddenly, the water splashed everywhere, as several creatures began moving outside one after the other! They looked like enormous two-meter big fishes, but they had front legs and gigantic jaws resembling angler fish.

“Ah, those things must be the Walking Fishes we saw in the Adventurer Guild’s Dungeon Monster compendium! They’re rare!” Said Aquarina.

“GLUOOOP!”

The angered Walking Fishes immediately began running towards us, not a single one of them died from the electricity impacting them, just showing how tough monsters are compared to mere animals. However, as they got closer, the seeds I planted began to sprout, as countless vines entangled two thirds of all the Walking Fishes!

“GLUOOPH!”

“GRAAH!”

“SCREECH!”

They began making all sorts of weird sounds, but it was finally time to reap our well deserved reward!

“It worked!” Zack said with a happy smile from ear to ear.

“There are four that are not trapped, let’s eliminate them first!” Aquarina commanded us, as she jumped forward and enchanted her two daggers with magic. Her Water Dagger suddenly shaping as a long trident and piercing through the head of one of the bold creatures.

“Poseidon’s Trident!”

CLAAASH!

“GLUOOH...!”

The creature gave a pitiful groan, quickly dying on the spot by having its brain pierced by three sharp tips made of spiraling water. This was one of Aquarina’s most famous attacks after all, it has been truly a while since I saw her using it!

Ding!

[You earned 200 EXP]

[Ignatius] earned 280 EXP]

Seeing the EXP flow by, I smiled, quickly rushing forward. Using the newfound agility that these Crystal Deer Boots granted me, I jumped high in the sky and then began to spin in midair while infusing flames into my sword, clashing against two Walking Fishes at once, their bodies quickly beginning to be roasted alive, as I swung my blade two more times almost magnificently, their heads quickly rolling through the ground, as the smell of grilled fish slightly made me hungry.

Ding!

[You earned 800 EXP]

[Ignatius] earned 1120 EXP]

[Ignatius] has reached Level 3!]

“Oooh! That’s more like it!” Ignatius roared, as his entire body sparkled with golden light. Suddenly, he began rolling like he did before and hit the head of a trapped Walking Fish with all his strength!

CLASH!

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