Almighty Summoner System

After the Demon Mushroom fended Ban and Eva away, it thought that it was the perfect opportunity to cast its Skill, the Miasma Shower. 

It was its trump card, the one it learned after it evolved into a Lord Grade Demon Mushroom from an Elite Grade Demon Mushri. 

This would allow it to shoot miasma out of the pores present all around its body. The miasma was not only highly poisonous, it was also highly corrosive, even more corrosive than the Night Worm's in fact. 

It can shoot in all directions and the miasma could reach upto 10 meters before it would slow down and drop to the next 3 meters.

The corrosive miasma would also not disappear right away and would actually scatter on the surrounding wet soil, corroding everything that dared step into it.

The only drawback of this skill was that it took 2 seconds to activate it and it would also drain its energy nearly to the bottom. 

However, the Demon Mushroom thought that it was alright, as after it uses this Skill, the enemy would surely just leave it alone or suffer on being hit by the corrosive miasma it releases. 

However, just after it started casting the Skill, it suddenly noticed its enemy going forward, this time, even faster than before. 

The Demon Mushroom panicked and canceled the skill the next moment. 

Ban smiled seeing it as he knew that it would certainly do so. 

The 'getting hit' part earlier was only a ruse by Eva and him to fool the Demon Mushroom that they would not be able to interfere if it casted its trump card skill. 

He knew that it would not be able to get away earlier if it did not use the Miasma Root first. So he devised a simple plan about it and also some countermeasures. He also knew that it would attack them normally next and if it felt that the distance was enough, it would immediately use its Skill to either kill them or keep them away. 

He knew its habits and so would be its future actions from the start. His only worries would be if it behaved the opposite way, but fortunately it didn't.

Everything was going as expected. 

The moment he saw the Demon Mushroom cast the Skill, he also used the Snake Rush at the same time. Meanwhile on the other hand, Eva also flapped her wings hard to fly towards the Demon Mushroom just like what they had planned. 

The Demon Mushroom was flustered, and because of that, it would use its defensive Skill, the Miasma Body to try and defend itself. 

The Miasma Body would allow it to secrete miasma and cover its body entirely with it. This would make the enemy apprehensive about attacking it, or even if they attacked, they would also injure themselves due to the corrosive effect of the miasma it releases. 

And like what Ban had guessed, the Demon Mushroom really did use the Miasma Body Skill. 

Dark purple-colored miasma oozes out of its body, covering all of its parts, including the wounded ones. The dark purple miasma coated its whole body as if it was a melting ice cream. 

When it thought that Ban and Eva would stop approaching it, it was yet again disappointed that the two of them still continued forward, not having even the least intention to stop. 

As he was using the Snake Rush Skill, Ban arrived first than Eva. 

The Miasma Body was sticky and would not splash away towards his body. 

With the Mantis Gloves on, he was not worried about his hands getting corroded by the Demon Mushroom's sticky miasma that came from the Miasma Body Skill. 

He arrived in front of the still flustered Demon Mushroom and immediately stabbed it with the dagger. 

The dagger went through its defense, Miasma Body Skill as if it was tofu. It's whole length embedded deep inside it, that even his gloves really touched the miasma of the Demon Mushroom. 

The Demon Mushroom shrieked in pain.

Ban pulled out the dagger and stabbed it for the second time in another location, the one right below it, creating yet another gaping hole. 

He pulled out again the next second, but he did not stab it, and instead jumped away immediately. 

Boom! 

At the exact same time he landed, he heard a deafening sound echo on the Demon Mushroom's location. 

At the same time, he saw its cap, getting slightly deformed, by the small and tiny fist of Eva, along with her Vital Punch Skill. 

That punch truly packed a punch, seeing how the cap of the Demon Mushroom was deformed because of that.

Eva's strength was truly tremendous, Ban would surely not dare to take it head-on even with the Ant Mask and all of his items on. Even if he won't be injured, it would surely knock him a few meters due to its force alone. 

The eyes of the Demon Mushroom bulged and turned white for a second. Even the sticky miasma surrounding its body was also forced to move aside, as if they were making way for Eva's fist to come directly in contact with the Demon Mushroom's body. 

And when the Demon Mushroom thought it was already over, Eva actually punched again, with the same amount of effort and strength put into it. 

A couple of punches later, coupled with its various injuries dealt by Ban earlier, the Demon Mushroom's body that was still covered by miasma, fell to the ground slowly. 

At the same time, Ban heard the kill confirmation notification from the System. 

He did not open it yet and instead dashed towards the Demon Mushroom's body. 

Tria also slowly fell down and landed gracefully on the wet soil. 

Ban stored the Demon Mushroom's body first before he hopped above Tria who was now in her giant form.

Eva also followed suit, but instead of hopping into Tria, she instead jumped towards Ban's shoulder with a contented smile. 

After that, they flew away in a hurry. 

The commotion they caused would surely attract some uninvited guests, and for that, they should not stay any longer and just disappear from everyone's sight. 

A few moments later after he and his two contracted Beast disappeared, five people, wearing adventurer outfits approached the place where Ban and the Demon Mushroom fought earlier. 

One of the older ones knelt on the ground on one knee and inspected the battlefield closely.

"These are definitely marks from a Demon Mushroom's ability. I'm afraid that the target we've been searching for days would probably have been killed already, and just a moment ago in fact. The commotion we heard earlier might have been the fight between the Demon Mushroom and the group who killed him." The man said after seeing the holes on the ground, the Demon Mushroom blood as well as the sticky dark-purple miasma around. 

He got up and looked at the young woman in the middle. 

"Should we follow 'them' and ask for the Demon Mushroom, Young Miss?" 

The young woman in the middle, who was addressed as the 'Young Miss' , frowned a little hearing the old man's question. 

"Do we even have another choice?" She asked softly. 

The old man looked at the Young Miss and sighed. 

"No, Young Miss... We have no other choice other than to follow and ask them for the Demon Mushroom's body. It is the only way left to cure our Lord, your father." 

"Then let's go at once and follow them. Remember, we must ask politely and not offend them one way or another," She said. 

"Understood, Young Miss!"

"Understood, Young Miss!"

"Understood, Young Miss!"

"Of course, Young Miss!"

The four men around, including the old one bowed their heads respectfully towards her before they ran towards the direction where Ban and Tria flew away earlier. 

The 'Young Miss' only smiled and followed behind them closely. 

One of them went ahead of the others. He seemed to possess a tracking-type Monster Summon, seeing that he would look down on his arm and turn in different directions from time to time.

Not long later, the four surrounded her from all directions, as if they were four petals encircling the pistil at the center. 

The 'Young Miss' only smiled at their actions. 

However, a curious thought appeared on her mind at this moment as they proceeded forward. She could no longer take it, and decided to ask the older man about it. 

"Elder, aside from countering the poison of the Poison King Scorpion, what other uses does the Demon Mushroom have?" 

The Elder thought for a moment before he answered, "I believe aside from its Beast Core, the Demon Mushroom has no other uses, Young Miss."

"Then why did 'they' bring the body alone? It could not be sold due to its body being unable to be of any use right?" She asked curiously, her tone was soft, intrigued, and confused.

"Even I was also confused about this Young Miss. However old and experienced I might be, I have traveled around since I was young and learned a lot, I would not dare to claim that I already knew everything about this little continent of ours."

"The knowledge I possess, was only but a fraction of what this little continent of ours can offer."

"If I must say, or guess, if 'they' are not experiencing the same trouble as us, then 'they', who killed, and took the body of the Demon Mushroom, must be either just ignorant about it, or… 'they' knew something that I do not." 

Hearing that, the Young Miss was actually taken aback for a second that her running slowed down for a bit. 

The Elder merely smiled and said, "Fret not Young Miss, however may the Lord described me as wise and well-experienced, I for myself was truly aware that I am but a mere frog on a well, trapped on this little continent of ours. I still have a lot to learn, Young Miss."

"But truthfully, life would not allow me to do so!" A regretful smile surfaced on the old man's face as he shook his head.

"Let's hurry Young Miss, the sun is already setting.... like the old man that I have become."