These Familiars Are Strange

We wanted to head back and gather ourselves, but it turned out that we didn't get that chance in the end.

That was because we could reach where the gnome was, there was someone else that suddenly appeared.

It wasn't another monster, but rather a group of humans.

As soon as we heard them, I raised my hand to stop the sets of living armour and the ogres. We made sure to hide ourselves in one of the corridors on the side so that they didn't notice us.

It was a good thing that they were distracted as well since they were chasing a group of living armour as well. It seemed that they were determined to take this group of living armour down with the way that they were chasing it.

However, it seemed that they weren't able to catch up to the group of living armour for now.

It seemed that this group of living armour was running for their lives and the direction that they were running in was the territory of the ogres, so they were running right in the direction that our group came from.

But there were other corridors and rooms to hide in, so we were able to avoid being detected.

That was also because the group of humans were so focused on chasing after the group of living armour that they didn't care about anything else.

"Boss, what should we do?" Wang Rong asked after seeing that this group was gone.
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I also hesitated a bit since this was the first group of humans that we met since coming to this place.

There was a part of me that still wanted to gather more power before facing other people. After all, there was no telling what kind of power they had and if they were invited to this competition, they certainly weren't weak.

But another part of me recognized that if we waited too long, they would have time to build up their power in this dungeon as well.

It was all about a delicate balance of when to go since it depended on when we would have enough strength to face them and when they didn't have rough power to fight back.

In the end, I came to the decision…

"Let's follow them."

Wang Rong's eyes lit up when he heard this before he went forward to take the lead, but I stopped him before he could do that.

Instead of letting Wang Rong take the lead, it was better to have something else lead the way while following this other group.

I called out a few small rat skeletons that I sent forward after that group.

I had thought about all different kinds of situations, which was why I had prepared all kinds of different undead for all kinds of different situations.

These rat skeletons were small undead skeletons that I had created for situations like this. I would be able to scout areas out with these rat skeletons since I would have a general idea of what they found.

An undead for every situation, that was what I had come up with to solve the problem that I had with the Echo Bat. I was just missing that one bit of flexibility that would make me completely invincible.

With the rat skeletons leading the way, it didn't take long for us to arrive at the scene of the fight.

The sets of living armour had continued to run away from the humans until they suddenly stopped.

That was because the moment that they stopped, the humans suddenly found themselves surrounded by several more sets of living armour. They had been led by the living armour that they chased into this trap where they were now completely surrounded.

But even seeing this, they didn't panic at all.

"Ha, do they really think that surrounding us will do anything?"

One of the humans suddenly started laughing seeing this.

The others didn't laugh, but the looks of disdain on their faces showed what they were thinking. Even if they didn't openly look down on the sets of living armour, they still looked down on them.

Once that person finished laughing, he suddenly revealed a serious look as he summoned his familiar.

The familiar that he summoned, it was a bit smaller than one imagined for a large man like him.

It was a small stone golem that didn't even reach his shin.

But the pressure that the small stone golem released was anything but weak. This was clearly a high grade familiar that he summoned.

At the same time, the stone golem didn't remain small for long.

Once the stone golem came out, the first thing that it did was put both of its hands on the ground and start drawing more stones out from the ground. When the stone golem put its hands down, it was as if it was the master of all stones in this area.

As the stones gathered, the stone golem started to swell in size.

It didn't take long for the stone golem to become several times larger and even then, it didn't seem like it was going to stop growing. When it finally stopped, the stone golem was over two meters tall and all of its limbs had grown several times in diameter.

The amount of stone that it drew in clearly wasn't a small amount, but it didn't seem like the castle itself was affected by this at all.

However, that wasn't the end of this stone golem's show.

Once it reached its full size, the stone golem didn't charge at the sets of living armour that were around them. Instead, it just stood there as if it was waiting for something.

It was at this time that the large man stepped forward.

He walked right into the stone golem and the stone golem opened up to allow him to enter it.

The man walked right into the stone golem and started wearing the stone golem as a suit of armour.

"Now, let's begin." The man said with a wicked smile on his face as he looked at the sets of living armour.