Chapter 55 - 54 - Icy Maid Show-Off

Chapter 55: Chapter 54 - Icy Maid Show-OffWhat I thought was a mist turned out to be spores that were spreading throughout the room. Under the bright light from my light ball magic chant, I could see some spores from one of the plant monsters that were a bit troublesome to defeat. As Elliot said, it would be troublesome to clean a weapon that had been used to fight a plant monster that used spores to attack. That was because the size of the spores that had spread made the view blurry and also the fast attack reaction carried out by the plant monster in attacking its potential victim. Moreover, the nature of spores is that they are easily flammable to sparks. It would be a good thing to burn this large room with sparks from flammable spores. However, we didn’t have a place to do that safely. The preparations that I had brought were only simple equipment that came from my Maid Order ability and magic armor that came from one of Elysia’s Quest completion rewards. Coinciding with the conditions that were happening at this time, I got a soft touch from Rina who was holding my arm. With a cold expressionless face, she pulling herself to carry out an attack that relied on her ice element ability that was capable of carrying out wide-ranging attacks. "Doesn’t it make you feel disgusted with spores scattered like this?" I said after looking into the room that it was not foggy but thick with spores flying here and there. Along with my words that almost prevented Rina from entering the room, El Ria suddenly pulled my arm as if she wanted to say something. "Big Brother Weiss, it seems like the monster inside woke up after getting light from the Light Ball magic chant. What should we do now?" El Ria asked while her index finger pointed at something in the room. Following the direction of El Ria’s index finger, I looked into the room and saw a root growing from the ground and leaves that seemed to be starting to absorb the light produced by the Light Ball magic chant attached to the tip of the arrow. "Ah, shit... this is my fault," I said after increasing the difficulty level of the Dungeon which suddenly increased after one of the plant monsters rose from the ground. Brrrttt... Drrrttt... Before we moved further, I noticed the movement of the plant monster that was moving its roots and leaves to cover the arrows carrying the magic balls that came from the Light Ball spell. With the roots and leaves slowly covering the Light Ball magic spell, it had helped me understand the characteristics of the plant monster that we would face. "Seeing its sensitive reaction to light to the point of covering all the light that shines from my Light Ball magic spell, it seems like this monster doesn’t like light and prefers to cover it. Hating light and having a large number of spores... but have large body like centipede? Umm... isn’t there only one characteristic of a monster like that in the monster encyclopedia book in the third volume?" I said while taking my smartphone to open a plant monster encyclopedia application that matches the characteristics. Piippp... Piipp... While leaning against one of the cold Dungeon walls, I opened my smartphone screen and accessed one of the offline applications in the form of an e-book. My hand quickly searched for one of the characteristics of the plant monster that Rina was currently going to face. "Wait a minute, Rina. I want to make sure about something," I said while holding back Rina’s movement, who almost run into this large room to attack the plant monster that was currently blocking the light produced by my Light Ball magic chant. Tap... Tap... By reading the monster encyclopedia installed on my smartphone, I found the information I was looking for and made several people wait for the results of my quick search. "Yep, as I thought, this is one of the troublesome plant monsters for you, Elliot," I said while glancing at Elliot. "Centipede Mushroom Plant, as the name implies, is a mushroom-shaped plant monster that is parasitic on its host’s body in the form of a centipede. Known by hiding in a dark room with spores that are widely spread to detect prey around it. Attacking by emerging from the ground and moving the body of the dead host as the main weapon before being eaten alive to grow as part of the asexual reproduction of its spores," I said while reading important information about the monster in front of us. "Damn, this sounds terrible and also dangerous at the same time. Can you put up a fight that doesn’t hit its spores? I don’t want you to be a Maid who is overgrown with mushrooms like that," I said to Rina while pointing at annoying part of the Centipede Mushroom Plant. "You worry too much about me, Master Weiss. An enemy like this will be nothing compared to my ability to create a room filled with ice quickly. Moreover, I want to try the power that has been given by my own Master," replied Rina confidently. "If Elysia can defeat a CEO who carries various magical artifacts when fighting and loses so easily using the power given by Honorable Master, then this is an easy enemy to fight," Rina continued, preparing herself to fight the plant monster in front of her eyes. Hearing such an answer, I could only take a deep breath and try not to get in the way of what Rina was going to do. "I understand what you want to do, but you have to be careful of every root that grows on the Dungeon floor. Just like plant monsters that can feel vibrations on the ground, this plant monster can feel the presence of enemies from the scattered spores, too," I said, giving Rina a suggestion to make it easier for her to fight a plant monster like this. "Yes, I will be careful with that, Master Weiss," Rina replied while drawing her ice sword that was stored in her sword sheath. Sriikkk... Taking two ice swords from her sheath, I could see Rina’s serious expression that seemed to want to do something crazy with her ability that had become one of my Maids. I don’t know how far Rina’s ability has developed under the control of my Maid Order ability. If it’s a good thing to develop fighting ability under the control of the Maid Order ability, then I don’t need to worry like this. With two Maids like this, losing one of the Maids who becomes a new host of a parasite is not funny. It seems that I am still an amateur Master in understanding my Maid Order ability. "This makes me feel restless," I whispered while watching the movement of the plant monster that had covered the arrow that was stuck and shone brightly by carrying my Light Ball magic chant. The large room was dark again and left a silence that could be felt by everyone. Behind that silence, Rina began to prepare herself to go inside to test the power given by my Maid Order ability. Tapp... Tapp... With confident footsteps and entering the dark room, I could feel a strange feeling about this. "Um, Weiss, do you think this will be okay?" Elliot asked after seeing Rina walking into the spacious room alone. "I don’t know, let’s just say this is a test I gave to Rina after becoming my Maid," I replied while watching every movement made by Rina. "Huh? Your Maid? You mean other than Elysia? Wait a minute... what’s going on?" Elliot grumbled, who seemed to hear something he didn’t understand. Even when he had met Elysia and Rina, who were wearing Maid uniforms, it didn’t make him realize something was happening to them. Letting Elliot’s mind fly, looking for an answer that I didn’t give, my gaze only watched Rina’s movements as she walked into the area filled with spores. In such a dark room, I chanted the Light Ball magic once again and gave it to El Ria. El Ria understood what I was trying to do and started shooting her arrows, carrying the Light Ball magic chant into this wide room. Paaammm... Paammm... Sttaabb... When the large room filled with spores regained its bright light, I could see an Elf girl wearing a Maid outfit walking slowly while emitting her ice elemental magic energy that was freezing the spores scattered around her. Several ice flowers began to appear and form a large ice flower garden. "Damn, I feel like an idiot in this matter," I said with a small grumble until it caught Elliot’s attention who wanted to understand something about this. "What do you mean, Weiss?" Elliot asked with an expression on his innocent face that wanted to know the answer to what he was seeing. "Ah, nothing, Elliot. Just amazed by the ability of my Maid. It turns out that Rina lives up to her nickname, who can become a walking air conditioner," I replied while watching every movement made by Rina. With her steps walking leisurely and not caring about the frozen spores around her, it made my vision blurry after several spores piled up and formed a thin ice wall that could be destroyed at any time. At a distance that would be like this, I also gave a nod to El Ria to use her long-range attack to destroy the ice wall created from a scattered of frozen spores. Bwwaammm ... Swwwaaa ... Krraasshh ... By shooting several arrows at the ice wall around Rina, I could see her approaching the plant monster that was moving to avoid the ice freezing that Rina was doing. "It seems like this is just Rina’s initial plan to get close to the monster first before giving an attack that makes it shatter into pieces like an ice block," I said to comment on Rina’s actions. Seeing Rina’s actions that looked elegant and graceful like this, I felt like I had a Maid who could be relied on for a one-on-one fight like this. Tapp... Tapp... The closer Rina got to the plant monster that was avoiding her ice freeze, the more it made the plant monster move to release all of its host forms in the form of centipedes. Krriiikkk... Even at this distance, I could see the form of the centipede monster that was injured by several sword slashes and arrows that had pierced its body. As a plant monster that survived inside its dying host body, it was just a useless attack wound without killing it. Foll????w current novℯls on fre????web(n)ovel.co(m)