Torturous Day - Stuck in the Semarang Territory

"So the way to kill Fire Wisp is the same to kill the Spirit? Destroy the energy core, is it? and the energy core of Elemental is easy to locate and as for this Fire Wisp's energy core is in the center, right? As long as I destroy the energy core, there is no way the Fire Wisp will explode, right?"

Randy summed up what Shana told him in a bit arrogant tone yet calm, showing how high his confidence was; his confidence to face the Fire Wisp.

He didn't believe what Shana said this Fire Wisp could be a threat for his life. As long as he was careful and not letting this Fire Wisp exploded, then there was no problem for him.

He ignored Shana's words which said Fire Wisp could be a threat for his life and rushed toward the Fire Wisp which shot the fireball at him.

He dodged every incoming fireball with ease while the distance between him and Fire Wisp was getting closer. In a few seconds, he arrived in front of the Fire Wisp.

With a swift stab, Randy stabbed right at the center of the Fire Wisp.

Plop!

The Fire Wisp turned into smoke right after he stabbed its center. He also felt that his sword stabbed at a hard thing when he stabbed at the center of the Fire Wisp.

'I am sure it was the energy core,'

After killing the Fire Wisp, Randy looked at Shana with a smug look, telling her the Fire Wisp was nothing to him. Even though he knew Shana was never wrong, however, somehow, he felt being looked down when Shana said a "weak" monster like Fire Wisp could threaten his life.

Without him knowing, he was becoming arrogant. The same as the spirit, when the Fire Wisp killed, it dropped energy core.

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[Energy Core]

Description: Core containing fire energy.

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Later, he met three Fire Wisps, still the Uncommon Fire Wisp. But Randy killed the three Fire Wisps without much trouble. He managed to kill the three without letting them exploded.

This result boosted his confidence, even more, proving the Fire Wisp was nothing to him. Later he met five, seven, even twelve Fire Wisps at once. But not even one Fire Wisp could become a threat to him. Of course, this Fire Wisp was still the Uncommon one.

His EXP also rose in a steady pace. Even though Fire Wisp was a high level Elemental, it gave him less EXP than Pocong. He needed to kill fourteen Uncommon Fire Wisps to get a percent EXP.

After four hours walking, finally he met the Rare Fire Wisp. From the outside, there was no difference between the Uncommon Fire Wisp and the Rare Fire Wisp, except the size. The Rare Fire Wisp twice as big as the Uncommon one.

But the Rare Fire Wisp fireball attack was stronger than the Uncommon one, not only stronger but also faster. At first, he was not troubled to kill the Rare Fire Wisp. But as soon as he met seven Rare Fire Wisp at once, he was troubled.

Out of seven Rare Fire Wisps, two Rare Fire Wisps exploded. Even though explosion of the two Rare Fire Wisps didn't inflict injury on him, but he felt the searing pain of the explosion.

Now, it was Shana's turn to give him a smug expression. From the start, Shana didn't back to her "house". She said she wanted to see the miserable him when he was facing the higher grade Fire Wisp.

Finally, she managed to see how miserable he was. But this incident didn't stop his journey, but soon he met another group of Rare Fire Wisp. There were eight Rare Fire Wisps in the group.

This time he didn't charge at the group of Fire Wisp recklessly as he rushed toward the seven Rare Fire Wisps before.

He walked to the Fire Wisp group, slowly, stealthily, not letting the Fire Wisp noticed his presence. But still, he could not get more near than ten meters from the Fire Wisp.

Shana told him, even though the Fire Wisp didn't have the sense the five senses, but it could detect every creature in radius ten meters. But ten meters were enough for him, enough for him to do sneak attack the Fire Wisp.

Randy hid behind a stone about over a meter tall, preparing to attack the Fire Wisp group. He took a deep breath and charged toward the Fire Wisp.

Whoosh!

Just as he came out from his hideout, the eight Fire Wisps turned toward him and shot eight fireballs to him.

'The Rare Fire Wisp reacted faster than the Uncommon one,'

Randy surprised by how fast the eight Fire Wisp reacted. But he prepared for this as the fireball trajectory of the Fire Wisp was monotonous, he dodged the eight fireballs with ease.

He bent down his body and the eight fireballs passed over him. After bending his body down, the distance between the eight Fire Wisp and him was about five meters.

With his body bent down, Randy stomped his feet on the ground, leaping toward the eight Fire Wisp. In a flash, he was in the middle of the eight Fire Wisps. In the blink of an eye, Randy launched eight slashes with his Darkness.

The first slash hit the energy core, the second slash… the seventh slash hit the energy core, but the last slash didn't hit the last Fire Wisp's energy core.

He could feel his sword stopped a while if he hit the energy core, but the last slash he didn't feel it which meant his attack didn't hit the energy core.

Randy looked at the right, looking at the missed Fire Wisp. Sure enough, there was a sign the Fire Wisp would explode at the moment. The Fire Wisp became more and more crimson red before it exploded.

Boom!

Fortunately, he was still in the air, the force from his stomp earlier still pushing him so the explosion was not that close to him. But still, the searing pain was still there, and the explosion blew him away.

After two times failed, he decided to take a lunch while reflecting his failure. Even though he planned his action in ambush beforehand, he still failed to kill the eight Fire Wisp at once and letting one Fire Wisp exploded.

Even though the last was because of his carelessness, but still… that meant he was not good enough. What if later he faced more than eight Fire Wisp at once?

What Shana told him was right. The Fire Wisp could become a threat to his life if he was not careful enough. After knowing how serious the situation was; Randy decided to stop his journey for a while until he could overcome the Fire Wisp.

Actually, he had an idea to outrun this Fire Wisp. But soon another thought came to his mind. What happened if he met the monster or beast or elemental which he could not outrun in the next territory?

So after some thought, he halted his journey despite he had a serious problem. It was about the food. He had only two lunchboxes left, the five meters bear with no left arm, and two Jade Snakes.

'Hopefully, I can beat this wisp before my food running out,'

With that, Randy slept in Semarang Territory on the sixth day. But that day, he managed to overcome ten Fire Wisps at once without even one Fire Wisp exploded. But he could only come with that result after an explosion and more explosion.

Seventh-day, he continued his journey only to find more and more Fire Wisp. He even met the twenty Fire Wisps in a group which he didn't meet in the Uncommon Fire Wisp.

With that, his journey stopped again at the domain which fifteen to twenty Rare Fire Wisps were wandering around.

Even after the torturous explosion from the morning until the night, he still stuck in there. He even trapped at five Rare Fire Wisps explosion that and left burn injury on his right body. This was the first time he drank a healing potion after the seventh day on his journey.

The seventh day, he slept in Semarang Territory, he stuck here. The eighth day, he passed the Rare Fire Wisp's domain after the torturous explosion from the Rare Fire Wisp. The eighth day also the first time he met the Epic Grade of Fire Wisp.

It had a size twice as big as the Rare Fire Wisp. The fireball also stronger, faster, and its shot rate also twice as the Rare Fire Wisp.

What was more troublesome was; the amount of the Epic Fire Wisp in a group. The Epic Fire Wisp was wandering in twenty at the least in each group which was big trouble for him.

The eighth day passed, and he was still in Semarang Territory…

The ninth day passed…

The tenth day…