"Mage's Staff"
Quality: ExcellentEffect: Reduces mana consumption when casting spellsSpecial: Slightly increases maximum spell range (Activated at Level 2 Mage)
The staff cost 50 silver coins.
It wasn't that Kanzaki Rei didn't want to buy a better staff—it was simply that none suitable were available.
Effects like reducing mana consumption, increasing mana recovery, or speeding up casting were of little use to him.
And the effect considered the most desirable—"Reduced Chant Time"—was completely useless for Rei.
It was worth mentioning…
Staffs with the Reduced Chant Time attribute could sell for more than 20 gold coins.
It made Rei almost want to turn his no-chant casting ability into a staff effect and sell it.
Maybe that was what people meant by a god-tier attribute.
Although the slightly increased spell range effect wasn't bad, it still fell far short compared to Reduced Chant Time.
Both of these pieces of equipment had been purchased with Rei's own money.
Izparut hadn't left him any equipment.
Rei pointed toward the distance.
The other two teammates also stood up.
Just from their posture alone, it was obvious they were completely different from the Level 2 adventurers from yesterday.
The carefree attitude was gone.
In its place was a sense of reliability.
It seemed they had specifically trained to fight while riding vehicles.
"I see it."
Through a gap in the forest trees, an enormous spider appeared in everyone's view.
Its eight legs stabbed deeply into the ground as it stood motionless.
Ghostface Spider
It was named after the enormous ghostly face pattern on its back.
A highly unusual species of spider known for its powerful mental attacks.
The moment someone looked at the ghostly face on its back, they would immediately experience overwhelming psychological fear.
Buzz—
Almost the instant Rei saw the spider, a wave of terror formed inside his mind.
But before the fear could fully take hold—
A warm sensation flowed through his consciousness, dissolving the rising panic instantly.
Rei glanced at Loth beside him.
"Inspire Mind (Tier 3) (LV: 2)"
This was the strength of a Level 3 Healer.
Her reaction speed was incredible—she had dispelled the abnormal mental state immediately.
At nearly the same moment, Mazer drew his bow.
An arrow rested on the string—
And flames ignited along its shaft.
"We're about to enter attack range."
However, before Mazer's shooting range was reached—
BOOM!
Five or six arcs of purple lightning flashed violently.
Lightning Flash
Twelvefold Cast—
BOOM!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—
Thunder roared across the battlefield.
Even before the echoes faded, flames erupted instantly!
"Earthfire Eruption (Tier 2) (LV: 115)"
A Tier 2 Fire Magic spell!
An evolved form derived from Fire Pillar!
BOOM!
Flames burst violently from the ground, instantly engulfing the Ghostface Spider!
BANG!
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
"Rising Impact Pillar (Tier 1) (LV: 201)"
One pillar after another erupted violently from the earth.
This time, it wasn't just three pillars—
Nine pillars shot upward from different angles toward the Ghostface Spider.
Each pillar branched into multiple hardened spikes.
The skill Impact Pillar had fully reached Level 200 after yesterday.
And Rei had evolved it once again.
The flames slowly faded.
The Ghostface Spider was left impaled across the pillars—
Completely motionless.
Instant kill.
Mazer confirmed it was dead.
But it had been far too fast.
He had followed many adventuring parties before.
Even the strongest Level 3 adventurer team he had ever worked with couldn't have dealt with a Ghostface Spider so effortlessly.
At that moment, the Dragon Rhino was still charging forward toward the battlefield.
They hadn't even needed to deploy a proper formation.
To instantly kill a Tier 3 Lord monster like that…
That was power usually only seen in elite Level 4 adventurers.
Rei stopped the vehicle at roughly 100 meters away.
He let Mazer walk over alone.
Rei had absolutely no intention of approaching that corpse.
Especially since it was a spider.
Seeing something that big…
Any human from Earth would feel instinctive fear.
Even if it was already dead.
Loth and Trand still hadn't recovered from their shock.
This mission had been far easier than they had expected.
No… not just easier.
They had practically done nothing at all.
So this was the apprentice of the legendary Izparut.
What else could they say…
As expected of someone taught by that legend.
Compared to the Hammer-Tail Horned Bull they killed yesterday, this spider had been even more fragile.
Mazer returned after harvesting materials from the spider.
A delighted smile was on his face.
"Pretty good haul."
"One of its legs has the Hatred attribute."
"If used as crafting material, it can produce a spear with a natural Hatred enchantment."
"Its eyes also underwent a mutation—they can be used as medicinal ingredients…"
After tallying everything up, the Lord-level Ghostface Spider produced materials worth 20 gold coins.
Mazer couldn't help feeling envious.
If this had been an equal team split—
He would have earned 5 gold already.
But…
That clearly wasn't the case.
After seeing Rei's strength, Mazer understood that this wasn't a team mission.
It was more like being carried by Rei.
"Yeah, that's a pretty nice haul."
Rei stored the spoils inside his storage space.
Before he bought the storage ring, Joel used to carry the materials for him.
As a Gatherer, Joel naturally owned a storage ring.
Still—
20 gold coins.
Even considering the Harvest Month bonus, it was quite a lot.
Could it be because he had prayed to Yakaticto?
Did worshiping gods really work?
Thinking about it carefully…
If it didn't work, why would people rush to worship them so eagerly?
But then again…
Rei remembered the fanatical believers back on Earth.
So maybe it didn't necessarily prove anything.
Forget it.
There was no point overthinking it.
Instead of guessing, he could simply ask someone later.
After finishing the spider harvest—
Everyone climbed back into the vehicle and headed toward the next Lord monster location.
Today, Rei had accepted 10 commissions.
Among them:
9 missions to eliminate Tier 3 Lord monsters
1 mission to eliminate a monster horde
Normally, adventurers weren't allowed to accept so many quests at once.
The reason was simple.
Imagine if a single adventurer took all available quests but never completed them.
Dungeons outside the city still needed to be cleared.
Eventually, either a disaster would occur—or someone else would solve the problem while the quest holder reaped the rewards.
Because of this, every adventurer had a strict quest limit.
Under normal circumstances, Rei shouldn't have been able to accept so many commissions.
However—
Rei was officially registered under Izparut's party.
A Legendary Adventurer Party had extremely high quest privileges.
Combined with the incoming Monster Tide, Sherry had granted Rei permission to take 10 quests.
The second Tier 3 Lord monster was called:
Flametalon Bahk
It resembled a gorilla with flaming fists.
But its most striking feature was the burning tail behind it.
What the hell…
A Flame Demon Gorilla?
Cold energy gathered at the tip of Rei's staff.
Ice Lance
Whoosh—
Forty-two Ice Lances shot out instantly from different angles toward Flametalon Bahk's body.
The Ice Lances were incredibly fast!
Flametalon Bahk didn't even have time to react before being struck by all of them.
Each lance exploded into a brilliant ice blossom the moment it collided with its target.
Immediately afterward, bone-piercing cold burrowed into its body like a drill, freezing it from the inside.
It tried to turn around—
But its movements had already become extremely stiff.
Crash!
Suddenly, a massive wave rose from the earth—
And came crashing down upon Flametalon Bahk.
BOOM—
When the wave collapsed, its body was already covered in frost.
Across its entire body—
Blood and ice-filled holes gaped open everywhere.