Fanfic Post 6 - Daily Training (Leveling Arc) (Mixed POV) Part 1

Sorry guys, I have to break this up as there is so much to read and confirm from the original series, it will probably take another week to release. So I make it into two parts, probably.

Chapter 16 SS 6 – Daily Training (Leveling Arc) (Mixed POV) Part 1

“Tama, Pochi, prepare for battle, kukuku” (Arisa, looking like some genius commander)

“Aye aye sir” (Tama)

“Roger nanodesu” (Pochi)

The two energetic girls raise their swords and ready for battle.

“Prepare for large area attack” (Lulu in battle maid uniform)

[AFFIRMATIVE, 88MM LAUNCH HEAD PREPARED, LARGE AREA ORDNANCE ISSUED] (Fortress AI voiced by Satou)

⧫⧫ ⧫⧫⧫ <All Resistance Up (small)> <All Speed Up (small)> <All Attack up (small)> (Resistance include magic and physical damage resistance, status ailment, petrification, etc) (Arisa buffs her party)

The girls at the back are preparing for large attacks to strike from a distance.

Arisa is slowly leveling up her skills by repeated grinding and casting her skills.

Satou was not present, but he placed several ground and flying drones to monitor if the girls encounter any troubles.

(Arisa and Lulu’s POV)

There were several hundreds of thousands of pseudo-Goblins and their kins, those that bleed green blood currently living in Selbira labyrinth middle layer. The Gabo seed was laid in the dungeon with as many barrels we can secure. All the areas were flooded with goblins and they crawled around the walkways, so the fighting will happen in and around all the assigned areas, saturated. Of course, there is a lock made with space magic in the area set by Satou to prevent adventurers from mistakenly entering the deadly zone and to avoid the creatures from escaping into the upper labyrinth and wreak havoc.

The girls are separate in to three groups to maximize area coverage, and they can rotate their schedule every day.

Arisa, Lulu, Tama, Pochi (Group 1) (Loli type)

Liza, Zena, Nana, Karina (Group 2) (Warrior type)

Hikaru, Sera, Sistina, Mia (Group 3) (Magician type)

That is the schedule for this week, and they can change the arrangement every week.

Three zones are set as the girls’ training ground, Selbira Labyrinth, Dejima Labyrinth, and Blue Territory. Each zone is connected to Solitary Island Labyrinth through a password-controlled portal Satou created to prevent unwanted guest or attack from enemy. The password is changed every three days, but due to Pochi complaining that it is difficult to remember, Satou suggest to “Let’s change it to meat dish names” and the beastkin group become the most enthusiastic members for password change. There is also scanners to check the state of mind and possible curse on members that pass through the portal, installed in the centre of the Solitary Island Palace, and dummy-looking ones at the entrance itself, to provide false cover.

Selbira’s labyrinth is an old dungeon that can support a large numbers of monsters and it seems to have the area designated in such a way they can be efficient both for small battle and also breeding monsters to bolster their numbers for large battle without damaging the dungeon.

Dejima labyrinth seems to have full control of the population type and the speed of growth, though it consumes miasma points. It’s a relatively new dungeon, and almost the entire dungeon is used as breeding ground because of the traps set by our dungeon master, Satou, right near the dungeon entrance. The business related to dungeon at Dejima was affected, so Satou set up Echigoya store at the area and employ them to work to procure marine products and collect volcanic minerals.

Blue Territory is an open forest area that is now indirectly under Shiga kingdom, and was used to destroy ancient Furu Empire by Wild-Boar King. Now it is uninhabited and there are a lot of monsters living in it. Satou placed space barrier and optical illusion <Mirage> around the area to prevent unwanted trespassers, and to prevent monsters from escaping. It provide the most challenging geographical disadvantage in battle where the enemy can surround you from almost all angles and there is little protection other than trees, which the monsters live. The monsters in the area is reinforced and breed in order to allow the girls to train better since their level is about to reach 80, which is unprecedented and are higher than even Hayato the hero. If not for his Unique skills, each one of Satou’s girls can evenly match him if they are not equipped with their weapons and armours.

Before the start of the training session, we have agreed to concentrate more on skill and level gain and less on caring for proper cutting of meat. However, Pochi and Tama both protested with word like “Meat is justice” or “There is never enough meat” or “Meat-san will get very angry”. Even Liza complained that ‘There always have space for meat in my stomach” and ‘The meat is sinless”. In the end, I relented and will only use clean-cut spells when dealing with edible monsters. However, this time our training fodders are not the edible monsters and they ate the Gabo fruits as their staple food. Pochi is phobia of referring to humanoid creatures as food anymore after she mistakenly spoke to one of her classmates as if she is looking at food, and the whole class got scared of her ever since.

“P-Pochi hate to fight goblin desu. Goblin meat is not delicious nodesu” (Pochi)

“Green and yucky~” (Tama)

“They are only fodders. Shoot some medium range skills while prepare to engage in melee. Don’t rush into the fray and stay on guard until we launch our large spells. Is the large-scale attack ready Lulu-nee?” (Arisa)

“Yes, the launcher has been prepared.  Gun system, launch the attack” (Lulu)

“ROGER MADAM, MASS PROJECTILE LARGE AREA ORDNANCE FIRE GOGOGO” (Fortess AI).

The entire Fortress is stabilized with shock absorbers and little pile bunkers lodge themselves to the walls and floor to gain foothold. The launch of the ordnance requires such force that the air near the girls shook from the recoil, but the girls doesn’t feel anything because Satou has placed additional protection against the effects of the attack’s recoil. Because the labyrinth passage was clogged by thousands of goblins, the ordnance fly above the head of the goblins and rain sharp needles on them in uncountable numbers. Each needle is precisely aiming at the vital parts of the goblins and eliminates them without much trouble and in Satou’s wish, “A quick painless passing”.

Before the goblins were all killed, Arisa launched a <Flashbang> skill onto the goblins to blind them, while Pochi and Tama use shotgun that scatters very light lightning attack that lightly jolts anything within a large radius of area. This enable all the experience points to be shared with all four of them. Arisa checked her status window.

“Fufufu, my level rose to 81 today” (Arisa)

“GGRROOOOOUUAAHHH!!!” (Goblins)

The straggler goblins from behind starts pouring in after the initial attack, again filling the ranks of the fallen. Arisa use appraisal on them. Their stats are as below:

Goblin sentry

(Level 5-12, armed with bones, twigs, slings. They have no proper armour, only twig bundles and some cloth to cover their vital parts)

Goblin clubman

(Level 6-15, armed with large club or twin small clubs. They have helmet made from bones or skull, and twig bundles and some cloth covering their vital parts as armour)

Goblin spearman

(Level 8-20, armed with proper bronze or wrought iron tip. They use short spears due to relatively narrow space. They have proper skull or metal cap and skin and bones with solid wood for armour. They are the backbone of the goblin army, and they have good agility and dexterity. About half of them are also equipped with bronze or wrought iron shields of mixed shapes and sizes)

Goblin axeman

(Level 15-30, armed with large wrought iron axe or twin small steel axe. The heavy hitters in the goblin army, they have great strength. They are properly armoured with arm guard, shoulder guard and leg guards, skin and metal chainmail on their chest and stomach)

Goblin archer

(Level 10-21, armed with bow and arrows with bronze or bone tips. Support fire of the goblin troops, they provide range support and physical attack for the goblin army. They wear skin armour and have high mobility, climbing and perching on walls to gain high vantage points.

Goblin shaman

(Level 20-25, armed with large totem decorated with skulls and bones with skin painted with their insignia. The spellcasters of the goblins. Though fewer in numbers, they are an elite team that can lead a team of goblin to victory when the battle becomes bogged down with their resourceful spells)

Goblin assassin

(Level 15-30, armed with poison darts and throwing knives, and a pair of sharp steel or Adamantium blades. They are specialist who hid in the shadow and strike at the weak spots of enemies. Large disparity in level between them happens because they often aimed enemy leaders and gain great experience or failed miserably. Often possess high mobility and agility, and only armoured with skin and leaves that camouflaged their bodies)

Goblin rider

(Level 20-33, armed with wrought iron or steel machete on one hand. Armoured with proper bronze helm and chest guards, they ride their mount of Dire Wolfs, Armoured Ants, Blast Corns, Dungeon Frogs, Stone Golems, and any mount that they can tame. They are a formidable enemy in the open areas, but even in enclosed area, their mount can provide cover and support in frontal battles)

Goblin general

(Level 30-35, armed with the goblins’ battle standard, a periscope and binoculars. Some owns shields and single-handed weapon for self-defense. They wear luxurious leather with proper light defense with chainmail under their coat. They are the planner and decision maker when the goblins are in a large group, and the general is able to assemble the goblins into a formidable force. They are the elite of the elite in the goblin army and also the brain for their assigned division)

Goblin king

(Level 40, the sole leader of the hordes of goblins. Armed with a scepter made out of Adamantium, True Silver, and gold, it has proper magic circuit probably stolen from slain adventurer’s weapon. The strongest among the goblins, and with high intellect, leads the horde of goblins with the aid of his generals. Armoured with luxurious and elegant coat as a symbol of his majesty)

“This is SELBIRAAAAAA!!!” (Arisa points her wandblade forward and chantlessly cast scale shield for all party members and all the buffs she can use to all party members)

“Haah, don’t you feel tired repeating that sentence again?” (Lulu)

“Nyau! Nyau! Taste my blades~” (Tama swings her dual Orichalcum blades)

“Hyaaah! You shall not pass nanodesu!” (Pochi place her small shield in front and points her blade forward, in a counterstrike posture)

The energetic duo got excited and seemed to say something that Arisa would know from her homeworld.

(Warning: Gore and blood depiction, music video for the mood. Music Video)

Due to recent skills power-up, the girls utilize new strategies in battles and no longer confined to static defensive battle.

Arisa utilize <Sky Drive> spell and wind magic to float up and to move Lulu to a proper spot. Lulu’s Fortress floats up gently with her <Levitation> spell, and eight leg-like pile bunkers stretches out from it and attaches itself to the ceiling of the labyrinth after Lulu issued the “Wall Walk” command. It then starts moving with gaits like a spider with the control of the two wands on Lulu’s hands. Lulu issued a new command to the Fortress.

“Prepare the Gatling Gun cannon” (Lulu)

“YES COMMANDER. CHANGE BARREL TO GATLING GUN CANNON, .58 CALIBRE AMMO ISSUED”

Lulu felt that this mode wastes too much ammunition, but due to the number and saturation of the goblins, this is probably the fastest way to win. She made sure to aim it at the far back and warned the other girls to steer far away from her line of fire. The Gatling gun cannon consist of four pieces of Gatling guns, each Gatling guns consist of seven rifles. The rifling help to maintain a straight line of fire when the twelve rifles are rotating at high speed, on top of the 4 Gatling guns rotating each other at a medium speed. The goblins at the rear were instantly torn apart by the attack.

Tama use <Shadow Clone> to make multiple copies of herself and attack the goblins army from the shadow. Her damage is high enough that she can kill off most of the goblins in a single hit, so she didn’t need to take out their leaders first. Pochi uses her round shield to parry the spear attack and projectiles, and make big slashes at the frontlines. Each of her swings tears the Goblin spearmen’s shield apart and kills them instantly, almost offering no resistance to her slaughter. These two didn’t use their armour clones due to an amount of experience point goes to the clones that later dissipates. Though overall they can still gain a lot of experience, wastage is not necessary, advised Satou in their previous training.

Arisa made use of her multiple talent and large reserve of mana to cast all sorts of offensive elemental spells. She conjures Tornado of Wind magic, Tsunami of Water magic, Fissure of Earth magic, Explosion of the Fire magic, multiple mini laser of the light magic, Lightning Storm of the lightning magic, Blizzard of the Ice magic, Shadow Bind of the Shadow magic, and all types of composite elemental magic. She also summons multiple elemental dragons and golems to destroy the goblins. Some of the goblin bodies got lost or crushed in the big magic, so Arisa is a bit flustered.

The goblins were initially shocked and bulldozed at the entrance of the middle layer labyrinth. However, the goblin king and generals reorganize the army and bring out the reserves in the rear. The appearance of a new evolution, the goblin champion or the world knows as hobgoblin, appears. There were several hundreds of them.

The goblin archers begin to regroup at the back, and standing in proper angle, were able to attack almost all at the same time, firing their arrows at the girls’ vanguards. The flexible shields are strong enough to take a direct hit with almost no damage, but when close to a hundred thousand of them come together, and in multiple volleys, the shields begin to thin out and the arrow can start hurting them physically.

The goblin generals employed the goblin riders to ride on creatures that can travel in the walls. The rock eaters tunnel through the wall and they reach for Lulu’s Fortress that has to remain stationary when she attacks. The rock eaters bore through the rocks and dislodge four of Fortress’ legs from the ceiling and strike Lulu from the sides and the back. Lulu controlled Fortress with her wands and manages to stabilize it by reposition its legs. She then rotates the Gatling cannon and feed bullets to the yawning jaws of the rock eaters biting away at the flexible shields protecting it. The three rock eaters are killed by the Gatling guns.

“It looks edible. Let’s try not to damage it too much” though Lulu as she continues to avoid the incoming rock eaters’ attack and return fire with the Gatling cannon.

With Lulu’s suppression fire gone from taking out the goblins’ back line, goblin shamans come out of their hiding and instead of focusing on defense and healing or revive them as zombie, focus on attacking the vanguards. The mud and spike traps on the frontline are avoided by Pochi and Tama by <Sky Drive>, and they shoot Magic Edge Cannons from the air. The goblin sentry begin using their slings to throw rocks and mud at the girls, and goblin that fight melee begin throwing clubs, spears, axes, and even some of their own towards the girls hovering in the air. During all the confusion, goblin assassins hide in the shadows and attack the girls from their blind spots. Lulu with her sharp reflexes used her control wand as a handgun and shoot laser at the forehead of an assassin on her back, while pouring mana into another controller wand and release a laser sabre at the tip to slash at the incoming assassins at the back and sides. She did a backflip and pierces the head of the assassin from the bottom with her lightsabre controller. She did all this while being conscious not to damage their magic core. Due to bad magic power consumption, Lulu quickly switches off the lightsabre.

Arisa noticed Lulu is busy handling the assassins, so she sends her flying dragon golems to provide backup for Lulu. Arisa recalled that due to her high intelligence stats, more powerful magic spells are available for her to learn. Arisa uses her mind magic to control the Fortress for a moment to avoid any mishap on Lulu, while killing assassins aiming at her from all angles using her wandblade coated with Magic Edge. Fortress detached a black metallic lump that then start to split into 1024 parts while floating in the air. Arisa activates her <Parallel Thought> skill and synch with all the floating pieces. It was originally made for Lulu, but she got terrible headache and couldn’t completely synch with the attack pods. Arisa’s high intelligence and her unlocking the prerequisite for <Parallel Thought> enables her to control the attack pods with great accuracy. Each attack pods have a small chromatic stone attached that enable multiple elemental attacks by the controller of the pods, and it also has its own Flexible Shield. It draws its power from the controller, the chromatic stone, and also from the Fortress if it is nearby.

“Prepare for planetary defense system, Fortress” (Arisa)

“AYE AYE MADAM. PLANETARY DEFENSE SYSTEM, UNIT BOOST ON” (Fortress AI)

The attack pods surrounds Arisa in perfect geometrical circular shape while the entire mass is rotating. Arisa’s golden armour then deploys its Aerial Boost and increases her <Sky Drive> speed, and she uses her <Warp> skill to jump into the middle of the fray and use the pods to attack the goblins with lasers. Each pod can finish off one goblin in a single hit, but some require several hits, as their level and defense are quite high. The sight is similar to a shoujo manga protagonist.

The formation of the goblins begins to slowly crumble under the pressure of fierce attacks from the girls, and the inability to deal any damage to the girls. Goblin shamans frantically heal and revive their dead as zombie, only to be struck down again. Pochi and Tama’s flexible shield defense has finally worn off, but they weren’t able to penetrate Pochi’s shield and armour, and Tama’s agility allows her to slip away from multiple attacks even at close range, and her ability to hide in the shadow allow her to move easily amidst the confusion. At first, the goblin generals begin fleeing to their king. Finally, when the girls reached to the centre of the area where the goblins are most concentrated, the goblin king plans to flee to the deeper end of the labyrinth. In the end, Tama terminate almost all of the generals and king from behind when they are fleeing. The generals that stand and fight till the very end is allowed to live and recuperate their numbers.

Arisa counts the goblins for every one thousand she kills like some manga protagonist from her homeworld. Pochi and Tama imitate her and starts counting each thousand of kills they perform.

Their mutated cousin, the hobgoblin, have almost double their stats and with higher intelligence. Some mix of authority sometimes happen, but usually the hobgoblin work on an entirely different social structure and community.

There are several hundred hobgoblins and dozens of orges, a mix of orc and goblin. We fought with half of them, and spare another half as suggested by Satou.

“It will be difficult to collect all the magic cores from the goblin bodies that are numbered in hundreds of thousands.

“Don’t worry be happy~” (Tama)

Tama with her Shadow skill is able to extract the magic cores of the slain goblins easily. What a convenient skill, muttered Arisa.

Arisa remembered a useful spell for this situation. She cast <Aport Object> on the goblin bodies. Since they are not alive, their bodies are considered as materials, so <Aport Object> spell can work to extract the magic cores from their bodies. She expanded the scope to a hundred but the spell fail. After several tries, she notices that she can only Aport at most twenty objects at a time. This is the limitation due to her intelligence and also mana capacity. She wondered why Satou seems to always have almost no limitation as she continues to cast Aport to extract the magic cores out. “Maybe it has to do with character level”, thought Arisa. While thinking that, the cockroaches starts coming out from around the ground and starts eating up the bodies of the slain goblins. The cycle will continue again and after when the cockroach is defeated, the goblin will come and claim their bodies as materials for their armour and weapons. Arisa releases moss spores from a bottle for it to grow into the food favoured by cockroaches and to prepare the place for plant monsters, and a small plot of land is planted with Gabo seeds for the goblins to survive and grow. As the land grew fertile, in the future, more variety of plants can be cultivated quickly to replace Gabo fruit, and other edible monsters can be cultivated besides goblins.

Lulu and Pochi use their hands to manually remove the magic cores one by one from the loose dead goblins.

(Arisa reviewed her memory back)

In order to support so many training fodders, strict management of the creature is necessary. By using proper rotational crop growth, one can ensure that the nutrition of the soil can support the growth of fodder crops. The fodder crops were eaten, and the leaves and leftover materials were collected and left to decompose with the help of bugs and earthworms, then return to the earth as fertilizers by sprinkling it together during the planting of Gabo fruit. The plant-like monsters will also grow large and high-level when they receive the fertilizers.

Planting Gabo fruit only will destabilize the balance of nutrient, so other crops are also grown. Grass and flower plants are planted, and caterpillar, bees, mantis and other insects that feed on grass or those that feed on those insects will be breeding at that time.

After that, sweet sap producing ‘prickle licorise’ is planted for the ants. The ants can produce sweet nectar from the plants’ sweet sap, similar to bees or honeypod ants. The armoured ants also move and toiled the earth and consume excessive earthworms during their growth period. After that, the cycle can restart again with Gabo fruit planting for goblin breeding.

Arisa is very proud of her administrative cheat ability in this world. Although it was once broken, it now return in full swing after serving it well in front of Satou.

“Praise me” (Arisa makes a cute puppy face)

“Yes yes” (Satou said while patting Arisa’s head)

“Niheheheheee, praise me. Praise me more. Show it through your action” (Arisa)

“Oya, ehhhh, no, not now!?” (Arisa got flustered when Satou carried her by the arms and tickle her belly with his nose)

(Back to current time)

Meanwhile, in Dejima labyrinth. Liza, Zena, Nana, Karina are facing off with their enemies.