Mantle of the Gods [LitRPG / Slow Burn / FTB Harem]

There were so many Unilops.

It seemed like Trent had made an image of every possible Unilop that we might have been able to run into. I tried to ignore the infatuated sigh from Fray or the cooing noise that was coming from Jen. Aelin, on the other hand, had almost climbed into Justia's lap.

"The strategy for the Unilops isn't very different until you get into the higher Tier versions." Trent gestured at all the different kinds and they consolidated down into four. "On the first four floors, there is one variant on each floor that the strategy that you both came up with of severing the harness at the neck won't work on." He pointed at them one at a time, "Elderwood, Lyndwurm, Diamond, and Mithril." He shook his head, "But the odds of running into one of those are really low and the odds of it being a boss monster are even lower." With a wave of his hand there was nothing but a single Unilop skeleton. "The outer harness ribs overlap the actual ribs, which makes getting to its heart almost impossible." He turned the skeleton around so that it was facing him. "The core, on the other hand, is right below the base of the horn, so if you wait until it charges…"

The skeletal image charged at our teacher. It froze in the air in front of him.

"With most of the variants, your Hitter will be the one responsible for…" He nodded at Gesai.

The red-haired older woman chopped with her hand and the harness above the spine broke and the skeleton disappeared.

"It requires you to have some timing, but once you do, it's quite easy to two-man these." Trent waved his hand and the image reappeared. "If you run into one of the rarest varieties or think it would be easier than the multiple hits it will take on the handful of other varieties…" He nodded at Gesai.

She pulled out the stake again, except this time she thrust it like a spear and shattered the core that was in between the eye sockets.

"It's messier and has an even smaller target, but it's almost the only way to bring down those four." Trent waved away the image, "We're not going to the Authority Dungeon this trip, but it's useful to study all of the potentials." A scowl covered his face. "Speaking of potential, I have to say how disappointed I am in all of you."

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The look of shock was shared by everyone except Rix.

"W-Wh-Wha-What did we do?" Fray looked like she was about to cry.

"Do you know when I locked the information about the Dungeons in Mive?" His glare seemed to cut right through me.

"This morning." Rix sighed from against the doorframe to her room. "As soon as you got up."

Trent glared at her and I had to stifle a laugh. Ether wasn't so quick and it escaped her lips in a quick single squelch.

"And you..?" Trent's gaze was fixed on her.

"Already downloaded it. As well as all the files to all the dungeons in the entire Ward." She shrugged, "I planned on reading them in my bunk on the drive up here, but then decided that would be unfair to the other team." The golden woman pushed off of the doorframe. "Can I go now?"

"When did you get everything?" Aelin shifted in Justia's lap. "He only unlocks things at the Cathedral one floor at a time."

"I had to upload the maps I scouted to the main server. While I was doing that, I had access to all the data." Rix tapped the CB on her arm. "These things will only hold enough information through most of Tier Two."

Trent scowled at her. I could see him thinking through possibilities and weighing how much her having information to every Dungeon in the Ward for more than what we'd see while at the school would change some of the tests that he ran.

"We still have a few things to discuss and you and I will need to have a private conversation about this later." Trent shook his head. "The thing that you all need to take away from this is exactly what Rix did, though she went overboard. You need to be ready. We're going to Klix next, then Lagu, and we're stopping in Harror on our way back. I hope that this encourages each of you to look at the monsters on each of the first four floors for all of those Dungeons."

We all nodded.

"Good." Trent looked over at Rix, "You're going with the Blue Team…" He held up his hand to silence Aelin's protest. "She is only going to be there in case something goes wrong since they are five-manning it. She's only going to step in if they really need help, which they might since Ren is going to be pulling double duty." He nodded at the redhead. "Zel and Astrid are only level two, so I'm going to go get anchors for all the level fours. You'll be feeding all of your experience into our Shooters here." He looked at the two women. "We'll at least leave whichever one of you is staying here in a lot better shape than you were when we arrived."

Rix raised her eyebrows as Trent swept the room. When his eyes met with hers, he nodded. The golden woman stepped into her room and closed the door.

"Meeting is adjourned." Trent waved at us.