Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 35: Chapter 31: Grinding

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Chapter 31: Grinding Chapter 31: Grinding "Lance, now!" Holly called out just as Allie finished the chant for her spell. Lance dashed forward, his spear held tightly in his hand and closed the distance between himself and the badger warrior. As he arrived, Allie's spell finished. Light shot from her outstretched hand and into the badger's face. It transformed into a flash almost instantly, covering the beast's field of vision. It reared back from the sudden brightness, slowing its charge just enough for Allie to leap to the side. Lance struck like a viper. His spear snapped forward and pierced the creature's eye. Unlike Alex, he didn't need to hammer the back end of his weapon to have it pierce the cranial cavity. Because the beast was still in the middle of its charge, it did that part for him. The beasts crashed to the ground and slid for a couple of feet before stopping. It was dead before it even finished moving. You Have Slain Forest Badger Warrior! +37 Experience It wasn't nearly as much experience as Alex had gotten from the first badger warrior. He had landed the killing blow on that one though, and he only did superficial damage on this one. It was another aspect of the experience system that he was figuring out. The system knew how much each person contributed to each kill and spread the experience accordingly. Allie didn't even harm the beast, but Alex knew she got even more experience than he did. Damage itself wasn't the only factor. Otherwise, how did healers and tanks ever get experience? No, the system was complicated, strange, and an asshole. But it was a fair asshole. "Nice one Allie, that was a direct hit." Holly said. "I'm getting way better at this now, yeah," Allie said. When Allie was first learning the spell, she wasn't as accurate. She never missed her target, intent played a role in the casting of her spell so it didn’t really miss, but she did have to aim to make sure she hit it in the eyes, and not just its face in general. Her first attempt had certainly distracted the beast but didn't blind it. "We can clean these fuckers up in no time now," Alex said. "That was much faster than trying to line up its charge on Garret." "For sure, the other team is going to fall behind and be begging to borrow our lucky lighthouse." Holly giggled and nudged Allie's shoulder. The girls smiled at each other and started to chat quietly. Alex handed Lance once of the stamina potions. Lance popped the cork and took a small sip of the green liquid before handing it back to Alex. They had found out that drinking an entire potion wasn’t needed to get an effect. The stamina potions were potent enough that taking just a bit could give the feeling of having rested for an hour or so. It kept all of them going after the last few hours, otherwise the constant fighting would have had them exhausted. There was a quarter of the potion left, enough for five sips or so. Garret was carrying another potion, and they had already finished off the third one they had bought from Celeste. Alex wished he had purchased more. It would be his turn to take down the warrior next, and that was always tiring. This was the third badger warrior they had killed now. At least the third Alex was a part of. Allie, Holly, Lance and he had split into one team to hunt. Eric, Devon, Henry and Garret were together not far off. Of course, Cole was still with Alex. Still with his hands tied. Peter was with the other team as well. They admitted they each were getting a very small amount of experience just being close by. So coming along was probably the correct choice for them. With Allie's spell, they were killing the new badger warriors surprisingly fast. Each warrior had two or three of the smaller forest badgers with them. They would take out the small ones in the start of the combat -usually within a few seconds or so- then they all would focus on the warrior badger. Learning to aim their spears precisely for the lethal attack was a bit tricky at first. But