"I don't think so."
The female spirit responded, but she really only said one sentence.
Since Yomi said so, there was probably no need to worry too much.
"It doesn't seem like something dangerous … Be careful, and tell me if you feel anything or change," Seiji told Hoshi.
Hoshi nodded and looked at the green seal again.
He instantly felt as if he had been transported to another dimension. He was now in a dark forest, standing on a tall tree branch, shooting arrows at numerous black figures with a dark green longbow!
Nocking an arrow, drawing the bow, aiming, shooting … this series of actions felt incredibly realistic and even familiar.
Just as Hoshi was in a daze, the illusion suddenly vanished.
Hoshi felt a burning sensation in his right hand and faintly felt that there was something hidden within the illusion. He then had an idea.
'Let's give it a try.'
Hoshi summoned a spiritual eagle and had it stand on his right hand. He instantly felt a mystical sensation, as if some power was about to gush out of his palm. At the same time, a word that he had never heard before appeared in his mind.
"Artadus …"
Hoshi reflexively uttered this word that definitely wasn't in Sakura Island.
The green seal then started glowing, and the spiritual eagle in his hand started glowing red. It swiftly transformed into mist and reformed into a longbow!
"This is …" Hoshi widened his eyes in surprise.
Apart from the difference in color, this longbow … more accurately speaking, this recurve bow was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the illusion! It had beautiful curves and intricate runes, making it seem like a work of art.
Seiji and the others were astonished to see the spiritual eagle suddenly transforming into a weapon.
Before they could ask, Hoshi naturally transferred the bow to his left hand and placed his right hand on the bowstring. The seal on his palm glowed faintly, and an arrow materialized in midair!
Hoshi drew the bow, aimed, and shot!
* Whoosh! * The sharp arrow accurately pierced through a black wolf's head and transformed it into mist.
* Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh … * The handsome boy continuously shot arrows with practiced movements. Every arrow accurately hit its target, and every arrow was a one-shot kill. Soon, all the small monsters in his field of vision were cleared out!
An elf archer!?
Seiji instantly thought of this famous fantasy job class when he saw such a beautiful way of killing monsters.
He had an appearance so beautiful that it was difficult to tell if he was male or female, an exquisite longbow, elegant movements, and accurate shooting … What else could he be if not an elf archer!? All he lacked was a pair of long ears!
"Hoshi, why are you …"
"I don't know either … I suddenly felt like I had such a power." Hoshi looked at the mark on his right palm. "It's probably because of this."
The mysterious mark brought the power of the bow and arrow, turning the youth into an Elven archer?
Seiji recalled how he had learned a new skill from Minamoto no Raiko's teachings. Was Hoshi's situation similar to this …?
Could it be that this imprint was something that the Rocky Squad had waged war to obtain? He suddenly thought of something.
If that was the case, it meant that this mark was very valuable! It contained great power or potential.
Did I pick up a treasure?
"Do you feel any side effects from this power?"
"No … my right hand is no longer hot."
"Since you don't have it, then make good use of it." Seiji looked at the bow. "Congratulations on becoming an Elven Archer."
"Eh?" Hoshi paused in surprise for a moment.
"I think so too!" Tomohisa said. "As long as she changes her clothes and adorns her ears, the Knight of Light will become a beautiful elven archer!"
"Amami-san, you're so beautiful," Mika praised as well.
Hoshi revealed a subtle expression.
'Indeed, she's beautiful, not handsome.' Seiji agreed with Hoshi in his mind.
But even so, an Elven Archer was still much better than a magical girl.
…
Hoshi's new skill showed off its high damage. He was able to kill all the small monsters with a single arrow, and he could deal decent damage against the big monsters as well. However, there was a corresponding energy consumption.
This energy consumption could be made up for by absorbing mist from the mark on his right hand. Although he could also make up for it by absorbing mist from his spiritual eagle, the efficiency was much lower.
Seiji guessed that the more mist the mark absorbed, the faster the power of the bow and arrow would level up.
"If you want to level up the elven bow even faster, use the mark to absorb more mist. If you want to level up your summoned creatures even faster, use the spirit eagle to absorb more mist … that's my guess. "
"What should I do, then?"
"Choose for yourself. This is your power."
After some consideration, Hoshi decided to use the mark to absorb more mist and try to level up his elven bow.
Everyone continued to kill monsters as they followed Seiji's locator mark and continued advancing.
After walking down an especially long flight of stairs, they arrived at an incredibly wide area. There was a gigantic stone door across from them. There was a gigantic circle carved into the stone door.
Everyone was rendered speechless.
"I have an ominous premonition," Seiji muttered in a low voice.
"Me too," Mika chimed in.
"This humble one feels the same." Tomohisa adjusted his eyeglasses.
Before Hoshi could say anything, there was a sudden explosion behind them.
Everyone turned around to see that the staircase had been blocked off by a stone wall!
Then, a large amount of black mist poured out from all directions and swiftly formed into a pack of wolves … no, humanoids!
All of them were humanoid spiritual monsters! They were all armored warriors, and they wielded swords, shields, spears, greatswords, bows, heavy hammers, battle axes …
Hey, what a sudden change!!
Although it wasn't as if they hadn't seen humanoid spiritual monsters in the Forest Palace before, they had only met one! What was up with such a large group appearing all of a sudden!?
There was no point in being surprised, and their path of retreat had been blocked. They could only fight.
Seiji immediately cast a [Tortoise Shell] barrier and blocked the enemies' long-range attacks!
Tomohisa cast his strongest spell, [Thunder Explosion]! Mika used her Black Belt Shooting Technique! Hoshi shot arrows at the fastest speed possible!
Although they managed to kill some of the monsters, there were far too many of them. They were all advancing towards them with a threatening aura.
Seiji recalled the scene at the Best Newcomer Award Ceremony for Light Novel Award and the [Spirit Summoning Card] that he obtained at that time … it was time to use it!
He immediately opened up his system, found the item, and chose to use it.
[Spirit Summoning Card] [Royal Knight Order]!!
Numerous spirit knights instantly appeared out of nowhere. They were fully armored, riding tall horses, wielding lances, longswords, and shields!
Mika and the others were startled to see these seemingly physical knights suddenly appear before them.
"Don't panic! I was the one who summoned them, "Seiji explained.
He then gave the order: "Attack the enemy!"
* Clack! * The knight order uniformly raised their lances and urged their horses to charge at the enemy!!
At this moment, Seiji and the others felt a heroic and fearless aura, as if they were witnessing a real battle.
There was the sound of collisions as the knight order charged into the large group of enemies and began a fierce battle!
"Let's attack as well!"
Seiji maintained his barrier as he led the others to charge into the enemy's group. He unsheathed his sword and slashed repeatedly!
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