Since Ryan went on a straight line toward the salamanders' dungeon, he advanced quite fast, even though he always stopped when he could see a new monster on any direction. While that was good and all, Ryan couldn't help but wonder why he didn't find a single elder salamander until now. Logically speaking, considering that no one cleared the dungeon, they should have no real reason to stay stationed there when the number of bosses was probably over one hundred.
"I guess that is also fine… it only means that I will have the chance to kill all of them."
After moving for a full day, Ryan found the salamanders' dungeon in the middle of a small town called Binghamton. Considering the number of salamanders, it was kind of surprising that dragons didn't notice them. Most likely, the town now had more salamanders than it had inhabitants before.
"Maybe it is high time to make good use of Hawkeye. The dragons didn't destroy completely the town, neither did the salamanders. So, there are some buildings in which I can use as a vantage point to snipe them. Still, should I do it right now?"
Although the town was relatively small, it had plenty of buildings in which some survivors could hide. Things had become really difficult after hiding for two months, but that doesn't mean the chances of him finding some people weren't zero. In the end, Ryan decided not to wait, he was planning to take a look at New York D.C. before heading North. So, he had no idea for how long he would stay there.
"Well, before anything, just to be safe, let's summon some Giant Bees."
Ryan spent a few hours summoning those monsters and then made them spread around the city in order to kill the salamanders that are leaving the town. That will give him some extra mana recovery. Ryan also used that time to count the number of enemies because sniping all the bosses wouldn't solve anything. As expected, the number of Elder Salamanders was 105 and the ordinary salamanders was over five thousand. The number was quite low, but considering that even monsters need to eat to survive, it would be insane to keep a number larger than that when they can't hunt humans or other monsters.
Regardless, Ryan decided to put his plan in place after sunset. At night, it would be harder to find him, even if he fires several times from the same position. Although unlike the reptilians, the salamanders didn't create campfires to illuminate the area, occasionally, some of them used their Flamethrower to illuminate the place. That even showed Ryan something unexpected, he could see the shadows of their silhouettes in the distance thanks to his Nocturnal Eyes, but Ryan didn't notice that half of them were sleeping.
"I guess it is weird that I didn't see that happening until now… even monsters need to sleep as well. In any case, I didn't see that until now because I always put my enemies on high alert."
It would be nice if Ryan could take half of the bosses just like that while they were sleeping, but even if he could, doing so without alerting other enemies was probably impossible… without relying on Power of Money. That skill saved Ryan's ass many times in the last few days, but he also didn't want to spend his coins like that.
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