Chapter 64: Day 152 – Salty

“9 extra,” I stated.

“Similar,” Ruth replied.

“We beat one, we are able to defeat the remaining,” I stated.

“You imply you probably did, and you’ll have to defeat them. The quantity of talent assaults the one took, I don’t stand an opportunity,” Ruth replied.

“Alright, you hold again with Tom. I’ve an thought the right way to deal with this stuff.”

I had regained all my vitality. I used Acid Shot 4 occasions in fast succession on a bulb sitting on the cliff face. It started to spin and retreated from the cliff and floated up just like the earlier one. I watched it seem on the high in a burst of wind, coming to a close to instantaneous cease, floating within the air.

I then started to unleash on it, Acid Shot after Acid Shot. I bought in six extra assaults earlier than it rapidly stopped spinning and bulged up. I fell backwards and angled my iron defend in entrance of me. The big bulb shot ahead impacted and I felt the breath knocked out of me, however nothing like earlier than after I had taken the blow head on. The bulb had come to a cease a brief distance previous me.

I rolled to my ft, “Acid Shot. Acid Shot.” I left my defend behind and alternated palms to make use of my talent. The monster crumbled to mud in spite of everything of that. I picked up the dropped crystal and checked out my dented defend.

The factor had price 5,000 factors. If it wasn’t for the potential for this being a dungeon of some form and a talent level, this wouldn’t be value it. I extremely doubted stage three crystals had been value greater than 500 factors. This stuff had been robust and harmful, however that was proportional based mostly on the scaling from stage one to 2.

I went and sat again down by the cart. “There isn’t sufficient daylight,” I stated and set free a sigh. I had been hoping extra preliminary assaults and nearer assaults would have helped kill the monster extra rapidly. However to kill ten in someday and take away the wanted vines to focus on them, was inconceivable whereas there was gentle out.

“It was a good suggestion at the least,” Ruth stated.

“It was rubbish. It is just good if it really works.” I set free an extended sigh. “Regeneration would should be round 150 to make this work. At 12 assaults to kill a single one, it’s taking too lengthy to realize again the vitality I want proper now. Dammit!”

“Nicely at the least what to do sooner or later,” Ruth urged.

“I suppose, nonetheless annoying. That air burst motion capability or float, each could be superb. Nicely let’s get shifting West, nonetheless daylight left.”

“I ponder how folks are supposed to combat them usually?” Ruth requested out loud.

“Who is aware of? It isn’t value losing mind energy on one thing like that. If a technique works, it really works. If it, doesn’t, it doesn’t. I’m not curious about attempting to poke with a sword both, except you might be volunteering.”

“No, simply appeared impractical to combat monsters on a cliff face.”

“A fighter would climb the vines or repel and assault them that means. It simply isn’t sensible for our scenario. It does verify that the ability scaling is exponential for monsters sadly.”

“Actually? There may be that huge of a distinction?”

“A stage one monster could be killed by a base stage particular person. A stage two monster would take round 100 upgrades to match it. That there, could be taken by an individual with 1,000 upgrades with the identical stage of danger. Abilities alter that equation a bit, however it’s exponential. I used to be afraid after seeing the shop upgrades value improve the best way it had. That is simply…only a lot worse.”

There was an extended interval of silence. “Nicely good job killing two of them, I couldn’t even see it transfer,” Tom stated.

“I couldn’t see it transfer both. The iron defend is wrecked. Stage three monsters…inconceivable for proper now.” I set free an extended sigh of frustration. This place bought much more grind heavy.

To get 520 extra upgrades and attain 1,000 upgrades, I wanted 1,974,700 factors. I liked my pocket book, with the ability to work out issues prematurely like that. The numbers saved rising bigger and bigger and my psychological math pace was changing into slower and slower.

This was precisely what I feared and knew in my coronary heart would occur. The problem elevated, however the best way ahead grew to become slower. It was like I used to be being squeezed from two instructions. Monsters on the entrance, folks catching up from behind.

“We’re, however so long as we are able to advance, I’m not that motivated to show again.” I regarded over my journal and the preliminary map I had been drawing. “That is an exploration journey with the aim of charting out the monsters and options. Discover dungeons and presumably different cities or folks.”

“How far?” Ruth requested.

“I determine till day 160 or possibly a bit longer earlier than we flip again. Now we have sufficient provides for 30 days. At the moment is day 154, so 6 extra days as a minimum.”

“It’s a danger to push on with low provides,” Ruth stated.

“I agree, but when there’s something attention-grabbing, we spot, I would need to have a look for a day. Now we have ten days leeway and there’s no must rush again.”

“I’ll simply hold pulling the cart?” Tom requested. I checked out him.

“Nicely, somebody has to. Except you need to combat?”

“No, simply…I’m nervous since I’m not getting any factors and your speak of upgrades from earlier than has me nervous.” Ah, that I might perceive.

“You’re telling me, I’m barely killing something,” Ruth complained.

“That’s how it’s. If we discover a good monster, then we are able to grind it. Till then that is an exploration journey. Subsequent one might be all grinding. Belief me, I would like extra factors as nicely.” They gave me a glance. “I could possibly be incomes double or extra if I discovered grinding spot. I’ll think about a share going to you on the finish of the journey Tom, no guarantees. You Ruth, nicely you might be succesful sufficient by yourself.”

She set free a sigh, “I do know, however I don’t have sufficient vitality.”

“Then what to deal with once you buy stat upgrades. In case you come alongside then I choose the route and basic plan. You knew this might exploration.”

“I do know, simply annoyed at every thing we encounter. Not less than with the meerkats they are often stabbed.”

“Sure, they will. Nonetheless, we should always get some relaxation. A number of complications forward of us.”

The subsequent day we went again to the salt river and continued South. Mid-morning, the grey floating rocks gave solution to darkish blue floating rocks. It took 4 Acid Pictures to deliver one among them down.

I picked up the 50-point crystal and regarded on the river because it curved to the West a bit however nonetheless saved going South for essentially the most half. “Again East till we are able to head South with out the blue rocks.”

We continued our trek and eventually ran right into a brown pig. It was late afternoon, and I had our group flip South to see if the blue rocks had been changed with one thing else.

“What the heck…” I heard Ruth say behind me. I used to be of the identical mindset as I regarded on the latest monster, we had run into out right here within the deadlands.

There was a light-weight grey orb and spinning round it had been six iron swords. The pace wasn’t ultra-fast, however it wasn’t sluggish both.

“A sword dervish,” I stated. “A dervish is a spinning fighter.”

“That is sensible,” Ruth stated from behind me. I superior ahead. The monster had a notion to it and will choose up on sound I made to attempt to aggro it.

It started to method with the swords getting additional away from it and spinning across the central orb barely quicker. “Acid Shot.” Two of the swords had been closely hit and commenced to disintegrate, they rapidly turned to mud and the remaining 4 started to spin round even quicker and transfer additional away from the central orb.

“Acid Shot.” This time I managed to hit the central orb. All of the components of the monster rapidly turned to mud and a 50-point crystal was left behind. I picked it up.

I referred to as it a day and we went again to arrange camp within the brown pig territory.