Chapter 63: Day 151 – Western Zone

“There, see it?” I identified the largish lizard that was laying down subsequent to a few rocks within the deadlands.

“I see it now,” Ruth stated whereas staring intently. I seemed over at Tom.

“I’m nonetheless lacking it.”

“Acid Shot.” The assault hit the monster and rapidly killed it. I walked over and picked up the crystal. “Just like the scorpions within the shadowlands, not one thing I might need to battle head on. You suppose you’d be okay by yourself?” I requested Ruth.

“Probably not, if I miss one, I might be in an enormous bother.” She shook her head.

“Effectively, it’s time to make a push and do some exploration.” We rapidly realized that the chameleon monster didn’t react to noise except you had been shut. We swept our technique to the West, and I took level in killing the monsters.

It took a little bit of effort to identify them, however the chameleons had been the scale of a really giant canine. Most rocks weren’t that large and as soon as I targeted on them, I might rapidly make out the defining options like a tail, claws, or mouth.

It was mid-day after I observed that the terrain dropped away. We continued ahead to achieve some giant black stone cliffs with a swamp on the backside of them. I estimated the cliff peak to be round 100 toes, or ten tales. Fairly tall however to not an insane diploma.

We adopted the cliff, but it surely started to show to the West. “Up forward,” Ruth stated. There was a big boar or large monster that had black fur. It was concerning the measurement of a small automotive. It rapidly turned to us.

“Acid Shot.” I hit it because it started to cost, the acid smearing over its flank. The monster stumbled closely however didn’t go down straight away. “Acid Shot.” I adopted up and hit it within the head. It lastly collapsed a brief distance in entrance of me.

“That’s disturbing, that it was immune to the splash harm of my talent.” I had gotten used to it one shotting all the things, even with a glancing blow. I walked over and picked up a 50-point crystal because the monster turned to mud.

“The solar goes to set in a short time,” Ruth stated.

“I do know.” I walked over to the cliff and seemed down and out on the swamp once more. Each the pigs and chameleons could be a trouble to take care of at evening. I additionally didn’t need to camp subsequent to the cliff. It could take too lengthy to get again to the slime forest.

“Pigs, at the least they’re noisy and enormous. South, to get away from the cliff.” We went away from the cliff and black pigs saved exhibiting up.

I referred to as it a day on a small hill and cleared the encircling space. Ruth had tried to take down a pig, however she solely had two Acid Photographs to forged from her reserves and that wasn’t sufficient. Mine had been at a better energy, which was clearly exhibiting its usefulness proper now.

With out that improve, I might be burning by means of vitality too quick to maintain up. Even so, the double assault wanted to take down the pigs, was not environment friendly. As I ate my meals for dinner, I thought of the scenario.

“The plan?” Ruth requested.

“Serious about it. There may be most likely a dungeon within the cliff or at its base if I needed to guess. Coping with a swamp isn’t one thing I need to do. The general hazard degree and issue will go up one other tick in such a spot with that kind of terrain.” Swamps had been by no means low degree or low talent areas. That was an enormous purpose why I wished to keep away from them for now if in any respect potential.

“Which means West extra or to the South. Each the pigs and chameleons make for poor grinding in my view. I’m extra tempted simply to push by means of the pigs to the South to the following monster space. Nonetheless, discovering the dungeon right here…if it isn’t within the swamp and we will get to it. Quite a bit to think about.”

“All of the monsters flip to mud?” Tom requested.

“Sure, why?” I requested.

“I used to be fascinated with cooking up some BBQ,” he stated.

“Hah, I want. Anyhow the monsters are most likely toxic or harmful to individuals. If you happen to wound one, eat it, then it dies, what’s going to the monster mud do to you? What is going to occur if it turns into part of your physique? Some questions are higher left unanswered.”

“A disgrace. You’d simply want the proper of sauce. Now there’s a enterprise thought, sauce manufacturing,” Ruth recommended.

“Yeah, if anybody apart from us may afford one thing like that. We’re going to stroll alongside the cliffs till the tip tomorrow checking for a dungeon. I’ll reevaluate at that time.”

“Significantly contemplating it?” Ruth requested.

“Perhaps, perhaps. We aren’t geared up to go spelunking and I don’t plan on doing that regardless. However simply understanding the place issues are might be an enormous assist.”

“Marvel how far the opposite cities are?” Ruth requested out loud.

“In all probability additional reasonably than nearer. If we do run into anybody, I’ll communicate.”

“Bought it,” Ruth stated, and I seemed over at Tom who gave an affirmative. “You don’t need me to attempt to sound them out?”

“There are loads of points after we meet a brand new metropolis. All of the individuals exhibiting up in Purgatory come from the US. One other tradition, one other type of authorities, any variety of issues may result in battle.” I shook my head. “I might want to assess them first. It makes an enormous distinction if they’ve expertise or not as nicely.”

“I assume, however generally exhibiting a little bit of belief can go a good distance at placing others relaxed.”

“I…nobody stated something.”

“There isn’t a lot hand holding out right here. I additionally believed I talked to you about this. Even in case you can’t do something in the mean time, you might want to develop good habits. Irrespective of how drained or exhausted you might be, you might want to get up in the course of the evening,” I stated.

“Why not watches?”

“Once more, they spawn in the course of the evening and the monsters to date don’t patrol that closely. They may maneuver round a small zone, however they don’t transcend that except you pull aggro. Assume on it whilst you pull the cart right now.” I popped an orange slice in my mouth, scrumptious and candy as at all times. The shop did good work.

“These pigs aren’t good for me,” Ruth stated.

“I do know, I don’t like them both. Too tanky. Nonetheless, we’ll observe the cliffs some extra right now and see what we see. Then we’ll push West after that. See how far we will get.”

We quickly obtained shifting once more and I took out pig after pig. We had been pressured to pause when my vitality obtained low and take a break like yesterday.

We reached the cliff to the North of our campsite after which adopted it to the Southwest from the place we had turned away from it earlier than.

I routinely checked over the sting as we superior. That was after we got here throughout brown furred pigs, simply as large because the black ones, however much less immune to my Acid Shot. It took me one assault to kill them and two from Ruth.

These had been doable to grind on not like the black ones. It made me suppose there could be some kind benefit occurring like Pokemon. What was the other of acid? A base? Simply throw a fortress on the pigs. I shook my head on the dangerous joke I had made up.

That was after we got here throughout a big swathe of cliff coated with vines. It was arduous to get a glance over the sting, however I made an effort. The vines rose up from the swamp under and coated the cliff face. “Acid Shot.” I focused one of many vines.

A piece of it melted, however the remaining nonetheless clung to the cliff face and slowly started to maneuver in direction of us. “Opinion?” I requested Ruth.

“It’s one thing, you considering a dungeon?”

“You see a cave within the cliff face?” I requested.

“No, however there are some sections, I can’t see.” I nodded at that as we each seemed over the cliff edge on the approaching vines. “You need to spend the day right here?”

“Sure, the vines are fairly fascinating and the one factor we have now came upon about this cliff that’s remotely fascinating.”

They coated a few quarter mile, or a 3rd of a kilometer, of the cliff face and I melted off lots of them together with Ruth.

“There.” I pointed on the giant inexperienced bulb midway down the cliff face. Ruth took a glance. Then off to the aspect.

“One other one,” she identified. I noticed the opposite inexperienced bulb and needed to take a second to suppose.

“Dammit,” I cursed as soon as I noticed what this meant. It was so silly, however nothing I may do. “Acid Shot.” I geared toward one of many inexperienced bulbs. The skin smoked closely but it surely didn’t soften away just like the vines had. “Acid Shot. Acid Shot.” I focused the identical space twice extra.

After taking the assaults the bulb indifferent from the wall and started to drift within the air whereas acid dripped off of it. “Again!” I shouted and rapidly retreated from the cliff face. Ruth didn’t hesitate and rapidly retreated again in direction of Tom who was ready with the cart.

There was a sudden huge burst of wind, and the bulb was floating simply above the highest of the cliff. “Acid Shot!” The bulb spun, making a wind vortex and the acid hit it. Many of the acid from my talent was blown away leaving solely barely smoking areas on the surface of the bulb.

Flying vegetation, that was dishonest. There was one other burst of wind-

-I used to be rolling throughout the bottom making an attempt to make sense of what simply occurred. “Acid Shot!” Ruth referred to as out. I obtained to my toes and famous that my iron protect had a dent, and the bulb was floating the place I had been.

“Acid Shot.” Our assaults hit its spinning type. The monster was oval formed concerning the measurement of a desk. I didn’t let up. “Acid Shot. Acid Shot. Acid Shot. Acid Shot. Acid Shot.”

It lastly collapsed to the bottom with a thud and started turning to mud. “You, okay?” Ruth came visiting to me.

“You get the title of that truck? Factor hit like a base.” I spun my very sore protect arm round to attempt to mitigate the ache and soreness I used to be feeling. “With no protect I might have been paste.” I walked over to the crystal and picked it up. It was bigger and barely clearer than a 50-point crystal.

“I additionally imagine we simply defeated our first degree three monster, the cliff bulb.” I handed over the crystal to Ruth to have a look at.

“How a lot you suppose it’s price?”

“Almost certainly 500 factors, which might be my finest guess. However the one factor we will do is wait and see. The true query is, to attempt to kill the remaining?” I seemed up on the solar, it was mid-day. “Let’s take a break whereas I feel for a bit.”

“Sounds good,” Ruth stated, and we went again to the cart, and I started to chew on a carrot.

“What was that?” Tom requested and I simply waved my hand at Ruth to let her clarify.