CH.114 Testing out Millennium Shield
<span style="font-weight:400">I walked back to the seventh room. Last time I was here, a giant A-rank monster was looking at me, but now, there was only a small skeletal beast. I don’t know why this dungeon likes skeletons so much. Or why it randomly spawned a giant bull monster. I just own the ce, Christina runs it. And I don’t think she knows either.
<span style="font-weight:400">I began to look through the monsters I already had in sleeves or toploaders. I’ll need someone to act as DPS while I do the defending. This would be a decent chance to use a throw away fusion, but my toploader polymerization is still on cooldown.
<span style="font-weight:400">(We could just make a toploader for another copy of Polymerization.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yeah. Let’s do it.)
<span style="font-weight:400">3x Energy Drain, 2x Morale Boost, 2x Kojikocy, Hyper Hammerhead, 2x Skull Red Bird, 2x Nin-Ken Dog, 3x Lava Battleguard, 2x St. Joan [extra copies], 3x Stumbling, 2x Blue-Winged Crown, 2x Ancient Lizard Warrior, Gagagigo
<span style="font-weight:400">(Thanks Laura. Now, what monster to summon? What do I have the materials for?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Plenty of monsters. How about Giltia the D. Knight? It’s humanoid, strong enough and you have the materials for it.)
<span style="font-weight:400">I quickly checked out Laura’s rmendation.
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<span style="font-weight:400">(Yeah, that should work. Let’s go with it.) I decided.
<span style="font-weight:400">I pulled out the materials for it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Guardian of the Labyrinth and Protector of the Throne. A strange duo, considering that they make a dragon knight. I didn’t bother putting sleeves on any of the materials, as I really don’t think I’ll care enough about losing them. And I can always try to get them again. They are allmon.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I activate Polymerization. I fuse together Guardian of the Labyrinth and Protector of the Throne to fusion summon Giltia the D. Knight.”
<span style="font-weight:400">A blue whirlwind appeared and took in the two materials.
<span style="font-weight:400">And from it, my monster appeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">He is tall. He has to be over two meters tall. Why is every humanoid monster I summon a freaking basketball yer? He is dressed in blue armor that has some green tes over it. He also has a spear that is as long as he is tall.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master, thank you for summoning me. What can I do for you?” Giltia asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hello Giltia. Do you mind if I call you that?” I responded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. That is fine.” He answered. “What can I do for you, Master?” He repeated the question.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m going to test out defending with Millennium Shield. I need you to act as my DPS. Don’t kill things too quickly, so I can get some practice in.” I gave him his mission.
<span style="font-weight:400">“As you wish, Master.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">We walked into therge room before I summoned my shield.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Millennium Shield.” I called to summon it out. It was a little strange to use a duel disk, instead of the DiaDhank that I got used to, but I think this will be better in the long run.
<span style="font-weight:400">As the Millennium Shield rose, I realized just how huge it is. It was over 2 meters wide and around 1,5 meters tall. It’s huge. I don’t think anyone could carry around a shield thisrge. Well thankfully I don’t have to carry it as Millennium Shield floats.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Sadly I didn’t have the time to y around with its controls before monsters came at us. With the corridors between therge rooms being ‘anti-monster zones’, I can just retreat back to the corridor to be safe, but I want to be able to stop the charge. Trial by fire and all that. And I can just summon Dark Magician or St. Joan if I need more help.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master, please hold firm.” Giltia said to me. “They areing.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I took a position behind Millennium Shield. Even if I can’t actually move it with my strength, touching it should be enough to gain some experience towards shield skills. Probably. So I grabbed the handles at the back of Millennium Shield. I guess this thing would be a two handed shield. Well at its size it ought to be.
<span style="font-weight:400">I braced for impact as the C-rank skeletal beast charged at me. Sadly, as I wasing from the core room, it was the first monster I ran into. The good news was that the sub-room we were in held no other monsters, so I could focus entirely on it.
<span style="font-weight:400">As I was expecting the impact, Millennium Shield moved a little to the right. I still held onto it and just a secondter, I felt a small thud hit the shield.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master! Are you alright? Should I attack the beast?” Giltia called out to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m fine. Stay back. I want to keep going.” I said to my summon. This is way too little to even call practice. And this C-rank monster is the highest ranking monster in the dungeon at the moment. Actually, one of the Dark Door challenge rooms might have a B-rank monster. But I’m not sure if I can enter one with an active summon. I think I can summon monsters once inside, but entering with one that is already summoned probably wouldn’t work. I should probably try, but at the same time it might be too risky. If I can’t actually summon anything there, I might actually die. Unless I set the Sakuretsu Armor on myself. But that will only work if I’m attacked by a single monster. If I get a room with multiple weaker monsters, that won’t help. … yeah. Perhaps I shouldn’t walk into a monster house just to test things out.
<span style="font-weight:400">(The skeletal beast is charging again. Please focus on things around you Master.) Laura brought me back to reality.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Don’t I always?) I joked. (By relying on you.)
<span style="font-weight:400">As I said that to Laura, I turned so that Millennium Shield was once again between me and the beast.
<span style="font-weight:400">This time, the beast attempted to jump over the shield and attack me that way, but my shield floated up enough that the beast rammed straight into the shield.
<span style="font-weight:400">I heard a small cracking sound from the beast as it hit the shield head-on. Are you dumb? Don’t run head first into a shield. That is going to hurt you way more than it hurts the shield.
<span style="font-weight:400">The skeletal beast fell to the ground after its crash with my shield and seemed … dead? Can a skeleton die? Or I guess in this case it would be an undead.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Giltia, make sure this thing is dead. And then let’s move on.” I ordered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes Master.” He responded as he stabbed his spear through the core of the skeletal beast.
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<span style="font-weight:400">We went though the other parts of the seventh room and I was busy trying to figure out things like, how do I draw aggro and how do I stop strikes most effectively. I know I have cards that draw aggro, like Raregold Armor, but I don’t want to rely on just my cards.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, you could install it into yourself. It might grant you a taunt skill.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yeah, I guess I could. But at the same time, I’m not sure I want a skill like that.) I responded. (Sure it is useful while I y the part of a tank, but it can be bad in other situations.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Well you can just not use the skill.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I’m dumb.” I admitted out loud. Just because I have a skill, doesn’t mean it is active all the time. (Yeah, you are right. Let’s do it.)
<span style="font-weight:400">I pulled out the card and held it to my chest.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, MST is not on cooldown, right? Just in case something goes wrong.) I confirmed the status of my failsafe.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It’s not on cooldown and can be used.) Laura answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good. Then, Install.” I said. I felt the card leave my hand and enter my body.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then a wave of pleasuring pain rolled over me. It reminded me of the blood magic Lua used on me, but it was different. Hers was gentle and smooth, but this is more… powerful? Forceful?
<span style="font-weight:400">Like trying to fit 2.1 liters of water into a 2 liter container. I felt like I was going to burst.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Gaah, gaah.” By the end of the install, I was gasping for air. The mixture of pleasure and pain wasn’t exactly what I would call nice. But it wasn’t terrible either.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, are you feeling alright?) Laura asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Gaah, gaah.” I took in deep breaths. (Yeah… I think I will be. But that hurt way more than I thought it would.) I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Please open your status so I can confirm if you gained a skill.) Laura asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Status.) I thought and it opened up.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Brian Wood</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human !</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 37</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 610</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 900</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 230</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px">Defense: 480</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 290</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener LV.4 (unique) </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Telekinesis LV.1 (extra) </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summoner’s protection LV.1 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Dungeon Founder (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra) </td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.1</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Shining Taunt LV.1 <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">Shining taunt? That is new. (Laura? Do you know about it?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes. It’s a subtype of the taunt skill. Usually the Taunt skill evolves into it or another possible version, so it’s rare to see it at level 1.) Laura exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">(What does it do?) I confirmed. I did already have an idea.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It makes you shine a light that draws monsters to you. It can also work on humans, but it’s much less effective against humans than Yelling Taunt.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yelling Taunt? Like insulting someone to get them to attack you?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Exactly.) Laura confirmed. (It’s more effective against creatures that understand humannguage. But shining taunt is more effective against monsters.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(I see. Is it possible to have both?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(It is rare, but it is possible.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Well then, let’s test it out.) I decided and we walked into thest sub-part of the seventh room.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“RUN!” I yelled as I realized the mistake I made. Shining taunt got every monster in the room focused on me. Even with the monsters being different kinds of imps, with swords and spears, I still don’t want to face an army of imps. Or perhaps a squadron. There were over 20 of theming at us. I probably should have just installed Raregold Armor onto Millennium Shield, instead of myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">We escaped back to the second quarter that we had cleared out earlier.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Master, we can take them. Let’s go back in.” Giltia said to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are you crazy? I can’t hold off that many on my own. And I doubt you can take care of all of them on your own either.” I told him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I could with your help.” He said back.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. By sacrificing me. That’s not a good idea. And I can just learn over time. Let’s head back.” I ordered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“None of us would ever sacrifice Master. We can’t exist without Master after all.” Giltia said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Yeah, let’s not try it anyway. I don’t want to be swarmed that badly.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t think 23 monsters count as a swarm.” He said as he followed behind me.
<span style="font-weight:400">Did you count them? When?
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Wee back, Brian. How did your test go?” Christina weed me as I walked back to the core room.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think you know already. Or are you saying you didn’t keep an eye on me.” I responded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Of course I kept an eye on you. But I wanted to hear from you. So how did it go?” She repeated.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Fine, I guess. I did realize that looking at a group of monsters running at you is scary.” I admitted.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I suppose that is something. Your shield is quite impressive. How do you carry something sorge?” Christina asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t. The shield floats.” I told her as I let go of Millennium Shield. The shield kept levitating in the air.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. That’s quite something. What kind of shield is it?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, it’s not technically a shield. It’s a monster. Just like that carriage we took toe here.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Another mysterious thing you have. Well at least it seems perfectly safe.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, it should be. No destructive power here. Unless you charge head first into it.” I joked about what the skeletal beast did.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That is true. That beast really didn’t expect you to be able to raise the shield that high.” Christinamented.
<span style="font-weight:400">I unsummoned my two monsters and sat down next to her to rx after my training.