Chapter 69– Day 161 – Boss Battle

“Hmm, that could be a disgrace,” I muttered for the tenth time since Tom didn’t have any vitality to make use of his new ability of Grass Blade. It will type a blade out of grass of the specified size based mostly on the psychological info downloaded into his mind. Nicely, he would want to develop a blade throwing ability to make use of the System given ability to its full potential. A sword slinger can be an acceptable title for that type of preventing fashion.

Ruth had chosen Sleep, which she couldn’t use both. It price 20 vitality to make use of initially after which 5 vitality per second after that. I had been actually wanting ahead to getting some knowledge, however that will be a future drawback.

Proper now, we have been headed instantly North from the grassland pit dungeon and had entered the spear dervish deadlands.

“Acid Shot.” My ability had gone from overwhelming to nearly unfair. Because the ability hit the monster, it turned to mud. The sheer quantity of acid and the efficiency was sufficient to kill something in its approach. Tom was on pickup responsibility as Estevo obtained to drag the cart. We have been making nice time and had confirmed dungeons reset when the arrival occurred. Whereas I knew that, extra knowledge factors was extremely helpful.

Speaking with Estevo had revealed they have been solely on Day 90 in Neo Brasila to our Day 160. I suppose the prior teams didn’t make it or they began at a unique time. I solely hoped nobody had an enormous head begin on me in different cities. Nothing I might do about that besides to maintain shifting ahead.

The forest close to the grassland had became a swamp and curved away to the Northeast. I had a suspicion on the way it aligned with the opposite areas, however I continued North. The explanation behind that call was to get to the pig deadlands after which head West to the salt river, after which observe it South.

Whereas it was tempting to chop instantly West, I didn’t need to find yourself wandering about pointlessly if the salt river made a flip someplace. So, it was backtracking for probably the most half.

It was late afternoon after I crested a hill and noticed one other walled ruined city with no monsters in it. A dungeon, however an evening dungeon. The remainder of the group caught up with me as I thought-about this juicy piece of data.

Dungeons have been falling into my lap left and proper. Nonetheless, it might be thought-about a stage two dungeon based mostly on the monsters within the space with stage three sub-bosses and boss. Most likely a dervish dungeon.

“Dungeon?” Ruth requested.

“Sure, however just like the wolf one and it’s a greater stage. Simply pondering issues over.”

“Nicely, we don’t stand an opportunity, it might be all you.”

“The issue is the hazard. The dervishes are one of many few monsters at their stage that concern me. A better stage might use elemental-based assaults or have a shielded core. I wouldn’t survive an onslaught. That’s the reason I want a second to assume.”

“No rush, we tenting right here?” Ruth requested.

“No, let’s clear as much as the doorway.” We did that, or I did that.

There was nothing within the break because the solar was about to set. I left the break and because the solar totally set a thick masking of mist fashioned contained in the ruined city. I went inside. The mist was swirling about me, and I felt an acute sense of hazard. I rotated and walked proper out. Nope. Simply nope.nôvel binz was the primary platform to current this chapter.

“Already?” Ruth requested.

“Nope. Not touching that place. It’s a demise entice. No visibility with the swirling mists in any respect. The one benefit over these dervishes I’ve is vary. In there, I lose that.” I knew when to fold and there was no approach I might clear this night time dungeon with any form of confidence.

“Unlucky,” Ruth mentioned. I agreed along with her, however I knew the place this place was now. Sooner or later I might danger coming again. I would want a defensive ability or one thing to push again the fog on the very least.

The subsequent day we traveled to the North till we hit the pig deadlands after which started shifting West. We then bumped into the grey floating rocks. I used to be happy to see I used to be in a position to kill them off with one use of my ability, identical because the black pigs.

We reached the salt river about mid-day and started to move South, working into blue floating rocks. It solely took a single assault from me to complete them off, which made the trek bearable. The river quickly entered a canyon with a transparent space to stroll between the canyon wall and the salt river.

“Tom and Estevo, you’re each on cliff watch. When you see something on it or above it, let me know. Ruth you’re on river watch, identical factor. Let’s go.” I handed out directions and we stored shifting alongside the canyon. The cliff partitions jogged my memory of the cliff with the vines and the bulbs with their black stone.

It obtained darkish a lot earlier because of the cliffs blocking the solar, or mild supply, and I referred to as it a day. “You assume we are going to discover one thing?” Ruth requested.

“A dungeon in all probability, possibly. Can solely wait and see,” I replied. Tom and Estevo have been speaking about how this was their first journey past their respective cities for each of them and their shared love of sports activities. Estevo was an MMA fighter apparently.

So he was in first rate form, however that didn’t imply a lot towards monsters for probably the most half. I’d not need to contact any of them with my arms.

“Sticking round as soon as we return?” I requested Ruth.

“Sure, you mentioned grinding out to the East with the meerkats?”

“Sure, you and Tom ought to be capable of deal with them.”

BZZZT! A bigger portion was sliced off, simply lacking my head. That was too shut. I discarded what was left of my defend. “Acid Shot. Acid Shot!” I used to be out of vitality and ran. I turned the nook simply as one other assault was launched. This time I noticed the water lance reduce out an excellent portion of the cliff. Rocks tumbling down onto the grime path and rolling into the salt river.

I checked across the edge and the monster wasn’t shifting. I ducked again and spat out a mouthful of blood. I felt a multitude and possibly regarded like one too. That sonic assault was fully overpowered. An individual with out upgrades would in all probability have their physique explode.

I stored checking and the monster often let a water lance off, slicing into the cliff, but it surely didn’t pursue or ship minions. I might cheese this struggle.

As soon as my vitality was recovered, I let the monster unleash an assault. Then it was my flip whereas it was unshielded. I fired off eight Acid Pictures in speedy succession. That did the trick and the monster lastly died. A ability crystal appeared, and the spring stopped flowing. I let loose a sigh of reduction. Urg, my physique felt tousled and I had a killer headache.

The water stage rapidly dropped. I rapidly completed off the remaining lesser monsters. I collected the crystals after which touched the ability crystal. This was a second I used to be wanting ahead to. A high-level ability.

I had two choices, each actually good in my view. The primary was Sonic Shock. A non-physical assault like that was overpowered, however I might see it struggling towards sure kinds of enemies.

The opposite choice was Aqua Shell. A protection ability. I did take a look at the improve choices for Acid Shot, even when I wasn’t choosing certainly one of them. There was nullification, persistence, and minor impact once more. No descriptions like traditional sadly, so I might solely speculate based mostly on the title. If that water lance assault was out there, then I may need thought-about to make that my assault ability.

However because it wasn’t, I selected Aqua Sphere for protection. I nearly puked when the psychological info that got here with the ability gave the associated fee. It price 50 vitality and 10 vitality per second after that for repairs. That was theft! I’d be capable of use it for 2 seconds. That was it.

Additionally, it required two hand indicators in a row. Index and center finger identified with the opposite two touching the thumb, spin the hand in a clockwise circle. Open the hand totally with fingers unfold, then shut it. That might take no less than a full second even with apply. I would want to get the timing excellent if I used to be going to make use of the ability in fight.

As for the vitality prices, I would want 6,000 Regeneration to earn 1 vitality per second. To maintain this protection up indefinitely, I would want 60,000 Regeneration. Yeah, simply yeah. That wasn’t occurring any time quickly. I slowly made my approach again to my group, my good temper soured from what I had realized.

“Michael!” Ruth mentioned and rushed over when she noticed me.

“It seems worse that it’s,” I mentioned as she helped me sit down towards the cart. Blood had been leaking out my mouth and possibly my different orifices. Tom rapidly introduced over a flask of water.

“You win?” I drank a bit and spat it out to clear my mouth. I then took a deep drink.

“Sure, however not doing that once more. Somebody ought to get the gear left behind. No monsters left.”

“I obtained it,” Tom mentioned and rushed off.

“I used to be anxious after that vast noise and people slicing sounds, then nothing,” Ruth mentioned. “Because the water stopped flowing, I figured you gained.”

“Yeah. I simply have to relaxation. There was an enormous sonic assault. I nonetheless really feel my coronary heart vibrating from that.” Ruth let me relaxation and Tom quickly returned with what I had dropped. The iron defend was wrecked. That was annoying, I wanted that to face the bulbs.

I used a flask of water and my cloak to wipe down my armor as finest as I might from all of the coughed-up blood. I additionally used it to wipe off my face. My fantastic black cloak was now a towel. I couldn’t carry myself to care that a lot. I obtained up.

“Time to see one thing superb, and no speaking about this ever.” Everybody rapidly agreed. I couldn’t wait to check this ability. I stepped away from the cart. “Aqua Sphere.” Water materialized round me in a shell and swirled round. “Acid Shot.”

The ability handed via the opposite one with out a drawback. Sustaining a spell required me to make use of a hand, so I might solely have two spells without delay. However they didn’t intervene with one another. Aqua Sphere simply turned infinitely higher.

“A defensive ability, that Acid Shot can cross via,” Ruth mentioned.

“Precisely. Sadly, it’s a stage three or two spell.” The world was stage two, however the monster was stage three. I’d name it a stage three spell. “Degree three. A bit costly, however I’ll determine one thing out.”

“Hmm, hopefully you may afford the associated fee quickly. When you do let me know for Sleep,” Ruth mentioned.

“Perhaps. I prefer it. It’s the first defensive ability I’ve come throughout and it supplies safety in all instructions.”

“Nicely, it seems spectacular on the very least,” Ruth mentioned.

“I suppose I’m changing into a hydromancer, nonetheless might use blink. Anyhow let’s head to the cliffs. Nonetheless daylight left,” I mentioned.

“We are able to additionally cross the river now,” Ruth mentioned. I regarded on the dried-out riverbed.

“And when it begins flowing once more in the course of the night time? No thanks. I’m explored out. Much more so after that final struggle.” I didn’t need to take one other a kind of sonic assaults once more and that water stream reduce approach too shut for consolation.

We made our approach again up the way in which we got here and stored going North. As soon as we hit the purpose the place the salt physique of water was, in all probability a lake if I needed to guess, we turned to the East to move for the cliff and vines. I questioned if the lake may very well be drained, by retaining the spring inactive? If it even was a lake? Made me surprise the place the water was ultimately ending up.