All My Professions Have Divine-Level Talents-Chapter 36: Overly Powerful
We’ve arrived...
To the west of Raine Town stretched a vast plain. Dotted across it were caves leading to underground mines and a wide, open lake.
A Demon’s silhouette was already visible in the distance.
It was an Iron-Backed Giant Lizard, its back covered in countless sharp scales.
The field of view on the plains was so wide that they could spot it from a great distance.
"Prepare for battle."
Lu Cang called out to the group. The other three were inside the compartment of the Dragon Rhinoceros Carriage.
Lu Cang, however, rode on the back of the Dragon Rhinoceros.
The Dragon Rhinoceros was truly a powerful creature. An ordinary mount, upon sensing the aura of a Tier Two Lord Level Demon, would have had its legs turn to jelly, rendering it unable to move.
But the Dragon Rhinoceros showed no fear at all.
According to Kumironi, the Dragon Rhinoceros’s hide was tough enough to withstand an attack from a Tier Four Demon.
When the time came, the Dragon Rhinoceros could also serve as a major combat asset.
It was also his means of escaping with his life.
But for now, that wasn’t necessary.
The Dragon Rhinoceros closed in on the Iron-Backed Giant Lizard at high speed.
The request forms from the Adventurer’s Guild didn’t just cover the requirements and rewards for a quest. For monster subjugation quests like this one, they also included detailed information on the target Demon’s traits...
So, even though this was the first time Lu Cang had ever seen this lizard, he already had a decent understanding of its combat methods.
’My attack range is longer than its.’
Lu Cang’s current maximum Casting Distance was 500 meters in a straight line. For spells like Wind Roar and Lighting, the range was even greater, but neither of those two had any offensive power.
The moment the enemy entered his attack range, Lu Cang immediately raised his hand!
BOOM!
Spikes erupted from the ground, instantly piercing the giant lizard’s abdomen!
Its back was covered in hard iron plates; a blade striking it might even be deflected.
The Iron-Backed Giant Lizard’s abdomen, however, was extremely soft.
Because it usually crawled with its belly to the ground, its abdomen was very difficult to attack directly.
Therefore... attacks launched from below, like Earth Spike, were the most effective method.
The next best method was to find a way to flip it over.
The Punching Pillar attack had a remarkably potent effect.
Three pillars shot straight through its body.
One of them went straight through its chin and pierced its head.
There was no fancy footwork or drawn-out, grueling battle.
All they saw was the Punching Pillar bursting through the earth as massive columns erupted from the ground!
With just a single Magic spell, he had killed it instantly.
The three people keeping watch inside the carriage couldn’t help but gulp as they witnessed the scene.
’So strong...’
The giant lizard in the distance had stopped moving after taking that one spell, but the cautious Lu Cang followed up with three more Punching Pillars just in case.
Once he was certain it was deader than dead, he had Zhou Er go and collect the corpse.
"So if I hit its weak spot, one spell is enough?" Lu Cang muttered under his breath.
Until now, Lu Cang didn’t have much practical combat experience against Demons.
Most of his practical combat experience came from fighting the freakishly strong Izparut.
And because his opponent was always Izparut, Lu Cang’s confidence, which should have been swelling, was repeatedly crushed.
Lu Cang hadn’t yet worked out the detailed tactics for whatever boss he might encounter in the Deceitful Snake Forest.
But for this Iron-Backed Giant Lizard, he had a wealth of prior intelligence and plenty of time to prepare.
Lu Cang had even formulated two different strategies in his head, along with countermeasures for any unexpected developments.
And, of course, an escape route.
This was Lu Cang’s train of thought: 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
’I’ll open with a Punching Pillar to strike its weak spot.’
’If it charges, I’ll block its path with Heavy Wall, slow it with Shadow Swamp, and bind it with Poison Vine...’
’If it uses a ranged attack, my barrier will immediately form in front of me, Heavy Wall will block its ranged scales, and then I’ll counter with Curse Arrow, Ice Shuttle...’
’If it mutates or something strange and unexpected happens, I’ll just turn and run straight for the Forest...’
’But I never expected... one Punching Pillar to the gut would kill it instantly?’
’Was it... a little too fragile?’
...
Having a Gatherer collect the corpse had another benefit: Lu Cang didn’t have to touch the body himself.
’If the Demon was just playing dead, Zhou Er would be the first to die.’
’It sounded a bit heartless, but I hired them precisely to prevent such unforeseen incidents.’
’Besides, I delivered several finishing blows to make sure it was completely dead.’
’If it wasn’t dead after all that, it would mean the creature had some serious endurance...’
’In this world, you have to retrieve corpses for loot. I can’t just obliterate the bodies until not even ash remains every single time.’
’I wouldn’t make any profit that way.’
’Besides, there was no intelligence to suggest this common type of Demon could feign death. If I were that unlucky, I’d get ambushed one way or another...’
’During Harvest Moon, I couldn’t be that unlucky, could I?’
This was all just Lu Cang’s internal monologue.
If the three people with him knew what he was thinking... they’d probably assume Lu Cang was insane.
’Isn’t he being a little too cautious?!’
’Does he really have to consider the possibility of a Demon playing dead?’
’And another thing, is he really that clueless about how powerful his nearly Level 200 Triple Casting Beyond Magic is?’
’If a tripled Punching Pillar (Level 177) couldn’t kill the boss, then what good was a single Earth Spike (Level 2) from another Mage?’
Collecting the loot didn’t take much time.
Thanks to the Gatherer-exclusive Skill, [Quick Carving], Zhou Er quickly extracted the useful loot.
The monster’s body dropped an extra Earth Crystal, and its back yielded an Earth Gold Scale—a fine material for crafting a Shield.
This one Iron-Backed Giant Lizard yielded loot worth 2 gold and 32 silver coins. He had to give his party nearly 37 silver from the 75-silver-coin quest reward.
Even so, he still netted a profit of 2 gold and 70 silver coins.
’It seems that Harvest Moon’s effects aren’t limited to just the inside of Dungeons.’
’It also affects the loot drops from Demons in the wild.’
’Harvest Moon... what a great month. It looks like hunting Lords in the wild is a much better option than delving into complex Dungeons.’
Lu Cang did some quick mental math.
’The profit from a single Dungeon run is about the same as killing two Lords. Killing Lords is definitely more efficient. I don’t have to worry about traps, and it’s easier to make a getaway.’
’In most cases, a Dragon Rhinoceros can’t be brought into a Dungeon.’
’But there’s no such restriction out in the open.’
’I can even cast spells while riding the Dragon Rhinoceros, which makes kiting perfectly achievable.’
"Let’s go. On to the next one."
After collecting the loot, Lu Cang had no intention of lingering. He immediately set off to find the next target on his list.
Besides the Lord Level Demon, there were also plenty of Tier One Demons on the plain.
Things like Slimes, Green Caterpillars, and Flower-tailed Butterflies...
Killing them yielded little reward, but leaving them be posed no threat.
Lu Cang casually tossed a few spells at them, using them to practice his Beyond Magic and earn a little extra experience.
In fact, Lu Cang had been casually using Magic all along the way.
For instance, he kept an Ice Shuttle whirling constantly above the carriage roof.
’It’s not like I’m going to run out of Magic Power anyway.’
After traveling for another ten minutes or so, they spotted another Demon—one with the front half of a scorpion and a tail that fanned out like a peacock’s plumage.
[Feather-tailed Scorpion]
"Get an antidote ready."
