Watching the dreadsteed that the black Mushroom Man had shot dead turn into a substrate for growing mushrooms, Herad suspected that the old gun was rather powerful.
After the ordinary Mushroom Men had finished growing, he opened the Portal to Xoroth, the dreadsteeds' homeworld, again.
This time, however, things got rather lively when the Portal opened!
The Sargerite Keystone was a spatial treasure, and the Portals it opened had fixed locations.
Dreadsteeds were fairly intelligent monsters.
When they discovered that their companion had entered the Portal and never returned, they immediately gathered their friends and kept watch nearby.
The moment they saw the Portal reappear, they charged in without hesitation to investigate.
The huge black-and-red horses charged out one after another, giving Herad a fright.
He had not expected even demon horses to be this wild.
The dreadsteeds charging out of the Portal ignored the lush green Mushroom Men and rushed straight at the little man of flesh without hesitation.
They only liked eating meat and had no interest in vegetarian food like mushrooms.
Herad had no need to go to any great lengths to deal with these melee-type monsters.
Merely doubling gravity would keep them from running.
Increasing gravity to four times normal would leave them unable even to lift their legs.
Watching the dreadsteeds pour out in an endless stream, Herad switched to antigravity and sent them flying into the sky.
Dreadsteeds had no wings, and kicking backward with their hooves could not generate much kinetic energy.
The new generation of Mushroom Men standing guard nearby fired wooden bullets at these living targets.
Without natural energy enhancing them, the wooden bullets, whose kinetic energy was also unremarkable, could not pierce the dreadsteeds' scales.
But it did not matter that they failed to penetrate their scales.
The Spore Cloud