Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 621: Power test

Allen's group spent the night at the fort.

The next day Merle's group would be resting, and the dragonkin would hunt ghosts again.

Allen, Cecile, and Sophie were flying on a Bird B summon, being slightly ahead of the fort's wall, as they thought they could disturb the dragonkin if they were directly above the fort.

Behind them the dragonkin were getting ready to hunt ghosts, while Allen used Fish summons to give them all sorts of buffs.

The dragonkin looked like they were in a good mood, likely because they knew they would be earning a lot of money. Not everyone was doing well though.

"You there!! Get back in line!! We're about to start!!"

"But I'm in line, you're just too nitpicky."

"Watch your tone!!"

"What's your problem! Did you really have to hit me for that?!!"

There were some beastmen who refused to stand in formation and the dragonkin had to beat their orders into them.

(I see, so there's plenty of problematic members too. Anyway)

Allen turned away from the fort and looked at Merus, who was floating ahead of them.

'Many weapons as a summon I don't remember setting that up. Or rather, the Generation Skill was not fully developed when I was still there.'

Before becoming Allen's summon, Merus had been the First Angel, setting up summons.

When he died, he left behind a lot of unfinished work, but he had not seen that summon before.

Merus had died when the A Rank summons were still being developed.

He had not worked on S Rank summons, or anything that happened at Summoner Level 9.

When he died, his twin sister Lupto took over, and she developed everything after [Growth].

"I see. All those weapons can only be used by you, so try holding one."

Next to Merus was his Catalog with 100 weapons. As the warning messages had said, he was the only one who could use them and put them in his Catalog.

Meanwhile Abigayle's men were told that Allen would be testing Skills.

'Alright. That LuptoI wonder what she was thinking.'

(Putting them in his Catalog made it easier to grab them. Could it be)

Allen suddenly felt like he understood why everything had been set up that way.

As Merus reached forward, he received even more confirmation.

The Grimoire appeared suddenly, and Cecile and Sophie looked at it with round eyes.

'Contact between Angel A summon and Angel B summon confirmed. Angel B summon has been changed to the Angel A summon's loadout.'

"Ohh, the stats have increased!"

'I've just gripped this weapon, but I can feel immense power'

Merus could tell the weapons were powerful.

He equipped the shield and sword.

(That's helpful. Merus could only punch and kick after using [Judgement Thunder]. Oh? Now that they've combined he also has Spiritual Power. Let's use Command, Kingship and Growth.)

Allen wanted to see just how powerful he could make his summon.

[Species] Angel

[Rank] A

[Growth] S

[Type] King

[Name] Merus

[Strength] 40000 (*1) + 10000 (Sword and Shield) + 20000 (*2)

[Mana] 40000 + 10000 + 20000

[Spiritual Power] 70000

[Attack] 40000 + 30000 + 20000

[Endurance] 40000 + 30000 + 20000

[Agility] 40000 + 10000 + 20000

[Intelligence] 40000 + 10000 + 20000

[Luck] 40000 + 10000 + 20000

[Blessings] All stats +8000 (*3)

[Special Skill] Attribute Enhancement, Angel's Ring, Magic Shield, Swordsmanship (9)

[Awakened Skill] Judgement Thunder, Lightning Slash

*1 Growth Level 9

*2 Kingship +10000, Command +5000, Strengthening +5000

*3 Angel B +4000, Angel A +4000

A summon with immense stats and useful Skills was floating in front of Allen.

Almost all the previous downsides had been solved by the Angel B summon.

While Merus had high stats, he had few means to attack, his biggest attack being [Judgement Thunder], and after using it he would be forced to melee combat.

(Alright, now I have to make sure I know how much damage the Skills deal. It's finally time to run some tests.)

Overwhelming stats did not matter if the Skills did not deal much damage.

Soon there was a loud rumbling coming together with a cloud of dust in the distance.

The dragonkin were ready and the Insect G and Insect B summons had lured the ghosts.

Merus would be testing his Skills on them, so everyone else remained in stand by.

(I wonder if Slash is an arrow type or power type attack.)

Allen told Cecile and Sophie to stand back and not attack.

Then he told Merus to test how powerful the weapons were.

'Got it.'

The ghosts were still 10 kilometers away.

There were around 10000 of them, and the ones at the rear end of their group were 20 kilometers away.

Lured by the Insect G summon, they marched on, getting closer and closer.

With the Bird E summon's Awakened Skill [Clairvoyance] Allen could see the end of the group was within 10 kilometers from the fort now.

Since Allen was not doing anything yet, the dragonkin wardens were starting to get nervous and were about to give out the order to attack.

"Merus, use Lightning Slash."

'Lightning Slash!!'

Merus lowered his stance and slashed while unsheathing his sword, shooting a wave of purple lightning at the ghosts.

(Ohh! So it's an arrow type after all!)

There were many Skills with Slash in the name that would be ranged attacks.

The Skill mowed through the ghosts faster than the dragonkin could, traveling for around 2 to 3 kilometers.

The entire fort that Sophie's spirits had built shook from the shockwaves.

(That looks about right for an Extra Skill. Hm? In that case)

The dragonkin in the fort behind Merus were bewildered, and the beastmen began shouting loudly in shock, but Allen ignored them and continued his tests.

"Keep going. Try to not damage the fort behind, but go as wild as you can. Makris, support him too. Sophie, use Spirit God's Blessing."

'Got it~ Royal Auraa~!'

"Okay, I'll do that."

(Oh? That boosted the weapon's stats too. That's good, it adds up onto Merus' boosted stats.)

Usually weapons had fixed stats that would not increase with buffs.

But the Angel B summon that had become a part of Merus was different.

Even Golden Eggs could boost the weapon's stats, just like any party member's.

"Alright, Merus. Go wild."

'Are you sure you want me to use it here? Alright, Catalog.'

Allen told Merus to keep going, so he opened his Catalog and took out a whip instead.

(His stats shifted instantly. And each weapon has its own cooldowns, that's good for speed.)

When Merus swapped weapons, his stats, Special Skills, and Awakened Skills changed.

The whip Merus took out from the Catalog used Mana and Spiritual Power to become longer.

Merus was floating 100 meters above the ground, and the whip was touching the ground.

It kept getting longer, becoming 1 kilometer long as Merus kept swinging it around.

"Don't forget the fort is behind you, be careful with it."

'Don't worry, I can retract the whip. Let's do this then! Sparring Whip!!'

Merus activated the whip's Awakened Skill [Sparring Whip], which covered the whip in purple lightning before lashing out at the ghosts, which were quickly torn to pieces.

Everything the whip touched shattered away, even the rocks in the terrain.

"What'shappening?!"

"Abababa?! It's a monster!!"

"No one told me this would happen!"

There were even more shouts coming from the fort, some people even falling to the ground.

It was mostly the beastmen who were scared, as they did not really know Allen.

A swing of the whip reached a mountain 10 kilometers away that was thousands of meters tall, the size of Mt. Fuji, breaking it.

It was like the mountain was uprooted and sent flying into the air.

"T-the mountain was blown away?!"

After flying up 1 kilometer into the air, gravity took over and the mountain fell back to the ground.

Everyone watched in shock as the mountain returned to the ground, shattering on impact and creating a powerful shockwave that was followed by a dust cloud that reached all the way to the fort.

(So just one swing out of many could do that.)

Even Allen was shocked.

Once the dust settled, all the ghosts that had survived the initial [Lightning Slash] could no longer stand.

The dragonkin and beastmen could not comprehend what happened, staring without moving.

"How long is the cooldown?"

'Probably 1 day.'

Allen spoke to Merus to know how the whip felt.

[Angel B test results]

-There's a total of 100 types of weapons (some paired with shields)

-Only the Angel A summon can use them

-Each type has a Special Skill, Awakened Skill, and Normal Skill (mastery of the weapon)

-Each type of weapon has an Awakened Skill available

-Since this added Spiritual Power, Merus can use Generation now (IMPORTANT)

-Skills like Growth and Strengthening can be used on both the Angel A and Angel B summons

-Kingship can be used on the Angel A summon

-Command can be used on the Angel B summon

-The Angel B summon (weapons) can receive buffs

-The Angel B summon (weapons) can receive debuffs (assumption)

After that assumption, Allen finished writing down the results of his tests.

"That's literally a Cheat."

Seeing the terrain deformed by it, Cecile repeated a word Allen would use often.

All of the dragonkin and beastmen shared the sentiment.

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