The 35th Floor, Forest of the Lost.
When Rozen and Celica stepped into the transfer zone that was swaying like a heatwave, entering the forest where the terrain could change at any time, they were greeted by a forest made up of extremely tall trees.
At first glance, it seemed to be no different from an ordinary forest, but as long as one walked to the edge, it would immediately seem as if they had been transferred to another area. Their sense of direction and distance were completely useless as they gradually went deeper into the forest.
Of course, the monsters would also attack them mercilessly.
The monsters' levels were between Level 35 to 38.
For players who had reached the safe level, these monsters were not much of a threat.
Facing these monsters, Rozen and Celica could almost easily defeat them.
Of course, Rozen didn't need to say anything. He took out a dusty main weapon that he used when he was level 40. He didn't use any Sword Skills, he just randomly slashed and killed all the monsters that came at him.
Although Celica's level was not as high as Rozen's, she had also reached the safe level of this floor, which was Level 45. Facing these monsters that were far below her level, she used a decent looking short sword and Sword Skills. Even though her attack power was not ridiculously high, she successfully repelled all the monsters that came at her.
Just like that, the two of them fought one monster after another as they ventured deeper into the Forest of the Lost. Finally, they encountered the strongest Apeman in the Forest of the Lost — the "Drunken Apeman".
It was a type of giant Apeman whose body was covered in dark red fur and was more than two meters tall. Its right hand held a rough staff, and its left hand carried a pot that looked like a gourd with a rope tied to it.
Since it was an Apeman, it proved that it was a humanoid monster.
In other words, it could use Sword Skills.
The Drunken Apeman could use the rough staff in its hand to use the low-level Hammer Spear Skill. A single hit from the Hammer Spear Skill was quite powerful. Even a player who had reached the safe level would lose a lot of HP. If a player was hit several times at the same time, it was basically impossible for them to survive.
Therefore, the most troublesome monsters in the Forest of Lost were undoubtedly these ape-men. The threat they posed was comparable to the monsters in the labyrinth area.
Fortunately, the Drunken Ape's attack speed was relatively low, and because it was using a low-level sword skill, its combo was not that impressive. Putting Rozen aside, even Celica could dodge it with her agility.
The prerequisite was that there was only one monster.
Roar!
Roar!
The apes wielding rough clubs roared while baring their sharp canine teeth. They swung their clubs and charged towards Lin Li.
There were a total of seven Drunken Ape Men rushing over, and they advanced with heavy footsteps.
Seeing such a situation, Celica's first thought was undoubtedly only one.
"Big Brother Rozen, there are too many enemies. Should we …?!"
Celica clutched her dagger and spoke to Rozen in a panic. But before she finished, she was interrupted by Rozen's understatement.
"Seven? That's a pretty tough number, right? "
Did the "tough" mean that it was too tough to deal with them? Or was it too tough to threaten her?
Celica didn't know.
All Celica knew was that Rozen patted Pina's wings on his arm and said.
"Then I'll have to trouble you. Pina! "
As soon as he said that …
"Chirp!"
Pina abruptly flew up and flew in the direction of the seven Wild Drunken Apes that were charging towards her.
"No! Pina! "
Celica shouted anxiously.
"Chirp!"
Unfortunately, Pina flew fearlessly towards the seven Drunken Ape Men and met them face to face.
"Pina!"
Celica almost fainted.
As the owner of Pina, Celica was well aware of Pina's capabilities. Although she could detect the approach of monsters in advance and recover about 10% of her HP every once in a while, Pina's direct combat power was worse than a level 1 player. Moreover, the HP of Tamed Monsters was not high. Once attacked by the seven Drunken Ape Men, even if she didn't use her sword skills, she would still die on the spot.
At that moment, Celica was ready to rush out.
However, what happened next caused Xili's eyes to widen, and she was stunned.
"Chirp!"
Facing the seven Drunken Ape Men, Pina suddenly flapped her wings.
Along with the movement of Pina's wings, a whirlwind gathered in front of her, forming a tornado, sweeping up the dead branches and leaves on the ground and blowing them forward.
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
One by one, the Drunken Ape Men were immediately enveloped by the whirlwind, and then one by one, they were blown around.
By the time they were done and the whirlwind had disappeared, the Drunken Ape Men seemed to have become dizzy from the whirlwind and were swaying left and right.
This was one of the many debuffs in SAO – "Stun."
Celica couldn't believe her eyes.
Because this was an ability that Celica didn't recognize at all.
In other words, the previous Pina didn't have this kind of skill that could stun monsters.
So, how could Celica not be stunned?
"What … What's going on …?"
Celica couldn't help but murmur.
However, someone answered her question.
"Are you talking about that skill?" Rozen said indifferently, "It's very simple. Pina ate what I gave it, and naturally became like that."
What do you mean by "naturally became like that"?
Is this a situation that can be explained so casually?
At least, Celica felt like her brain was not enough to process all of this.
If Celica knew that the thing Rozen fed Pina was worth more than 200000 Cor, which only had a low chance of dropping from monsters in the 50th Floor's labyrinth area, and used it to make weapons that could stun monsters, she would definitely feel like her brain was not enough to process all of this.
But because of this, Pina awakened a new ability.
This was not out of Rozen's expectation.
After all, Saichou and Hanachou also awakened a skill that could stun monsters after eating this kind of root, Stun Powder.
Of course, Saichou and Hanachou's Stun Skill was not on the same level as Pina's.
Even the Floor Boss on the frontline would take a few seconds to recover from the Stun Skill used by the first two.
On the other hand, Pina's Stun Skill could only work on monsters that were lower level than her, and the stun duration was only a few seconds.
That was under the condition that monsters were not immune to Stun.
Otherwise, the stun duration might be even shorter, or it might not even work.
However, for a middle-level Player's Tamed Monster, this was an extremely precious ability.
"What are you waiting for?" Rozen raised his weapon like a bandit and shouted, "Charge!"
After that, Rozen really rushed out.
"Wait … wait!"
Xili followed him out of reflex, and by the time she reacted, she was already in front of the Drunken Ape Man, only to be greeted by the monster's roar and the club smashing down on her.
Celica wanted to cry but no tears came out.
"What the hell is going on!"
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