The weakest tamer, who was expelled because they could only tame the lowest-ranked trash monsters, awakens the "Breeder" ability. Eventually, they become a hero commanding extraordinary divine beasts and mythical creatures. - Chapter 58
**Episode 058: Breakthrough Plan**
“Ku!”
“Pi!”
“Master, what’s happening?”
Luna, Prue, and Lita appeared, approaching me.
“What!?”
“Where did they come from!?”
It’s understandable that El and the others would be surprised when monsters that shouldn’t be there suddenly appear. When Luna and the others joined us for the orc subjugation, they were still E-rank monsters. Their appearances have changed considerably, and Lita hadn’t even been tamed yet.
If they didn’t know that I could evolve monsters, they probably wouldn’t realize immediately.
“Don’t worry! They are all my familiars!”
Luna and the others loudly assured El and the rest that they were not enemies.
Having understood my words, El and the others quickly refocused on the Harpies. However, both allies and Harpies seemed equally surprised.
“Lita, I need your encouragement!”
Taking advantage of this moment, I gave instructions to Lita.
“Yes! La la la la~”
Despite being summoned suddenly, she quickly understood the situation. Lita danced in a circle above us, humming a beautiful melody. A sparkling trail was left behind her, and light poured down, enveloping all of us.
Suddenly, I felt power welling up from within.
“What is this…”
“Enhancement magic?”
“Doesn’t matter. With this, we can still go on!”
Unexpected reinforcements brightened El and the others’ expressions, who had struggled just moments ago. It was a long shot, but the effects overlapped with Chris’s enhancement magic. It turned out to be a fortunate miscalculation.
“Pewii!”
By the time our preparations were complete, the Harpy leader, now back to its senses, screeched sharply. This signaled the Harpies to resume their attacks, maintaining distance while occasionally launching direct assaults.
However, with our enhanced abilities and increased capabilities, we effortlessly handled their attacks.
“Take this!”
“Piiii!?”
Moreover, with El’s increased abilities, she could now dodge and shoot arrows at Harpies approaching in close proximity.
As the Harpies that were shot down crashed to the ground, writhing in pain, El followed up with a finishing blow.
Seeing this scene, the Harpies completely switched to long-range attacks. Without the ability to reach us, they showered us with feathered needles from above.
At this point, there was little we could do, unable to counterattack the flying foes.
The situation reached a stalemate.
We weren’t immediately losing, but victory seemed out of reach. As time passed, our disadvantage became more pronounced, given our small numbers.
We needed to somehow reduce the number of Harpies.
The key to this was, as expected, the presence of Lily, who could fly. Lily could approach the Harpies and launch attacks.
However, diving into a swarm of dozens of Harpies alone would be like a suicide mission. I couldn’t allow my valuable familiars to do such a thing.
If Lily were larger and could carry me on her back, I could potentially handle the attacks that Lily couldn’t. But that wasn’t possible.
What should I do…?
As time passed without coming up with a solution, our stamina was gradually being depleted.
Ah, that’s right! This is the perfect time to check the Harpy’s status board. Maybe we can find a breakthrough.
I displayed the status board for the leader.
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Individual Name: None
Species: Harpy
Attribute: Wind
Level: 28/30
Rank: D
Skills: Feather Needle
Condition: Good
Weakness: Status-Effect Magic
Potential Rank: C
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Oh, right, I remembered!
Harpies have a significant weakness to status-effect magic like poison and paralysis. Magic such as Sleep or Paralyze works very effectively without resistance.
“Pii, pii!”
Thinking about it, I turned my gaze to Prue, who was shooting down the Feather Needles with Aqua Shot.
Prue mastered poison and sleep techniques, making her like a natural enemy of Harpies. Prue could change her size to some extent, and she was quite light…
“This might work!”
I came up with a plan to break through this situation.
“Lily, Prue, come over here! Everyone, buy us some time.”
I entrusted El and the others with dealing with the Harpies’ attacks and called Lily and Prue over.
“Chii?”
“Pii?”
The two tilted their heads in confusion.
I placed Prue on Lily’s back, stretching a part of Prue’s body to securely wrap around Lily’s body.
Yes, if it didn’t work alone, then combining two might do the trick.
The strategy I devised was for Lily to carry Prue, flying around and shooting down Harpies with Sleep and Poison Shot. With the enhanced abilities from Chris’s magic and Lita’s encouragement, Lily should be able to carry Prue without any issues.
“I’m counting on both of you!”
“Chii!”
“Pipi!”
Understanding the plan after hearing the explanation, the two took off towards the Harpies.