The Yetis eyes widened but Randidly had already arrived right in front of him his Spine Spear piercing forward towards the crystal armor All the Yeti had time to do was cross his hammers in front of him in a defensive posture
Lyra walked slowly forward grinning around I know you are here Kimmy Why don’t you come out and play
Strolling calmly forward into the dank cave Lyra didn’t bat an eye as dozens of pairs of yellow eyes opened in the dark revealing themselves to be oversized bats hanging from the ceiling
You have another Raid Boss squirreled away Certainly have been industrious Kimmy But did you really think that would stop me
With a wave of her hand Lyra produced several glowing bats of mana normal sized ones But as the two sides met it was the giant bats that fell lifeless to the floor
You are certainly dangerous Randidly’s voice spoke But it is useless You have already lost Your Village Spirit will die
Val and Kraig had both consented to the procedure of Nul’s and had now passed out on the small beds resting Overall Daniel thought that Nul seemed very pleased His bland smile had widened considerably as he had eaten whatever it was that he had taken from the people to save them
Regina seemed initially dubious of the effectiveness of whatever it was that Nul did but the violet black lines rapidly faded from their bodies
But at that moment something very surprising happened
Constance sat up
With a vicious grin and pure black eyes he straightened and stood and exceedingly strange aura spreading out from him And as Regina watched words formed over his head fading into existence The writing blazed purple
The Mad King Constance Lvl ) (
The level flickered for a while and Constance stumbled But it was rapidly shifting and the strange letters soon merged to become 0
Quickly we must Nul said hastily backing away but he was interrupted
Silence Stand Still The commands rumbled out imperious Nul Regina and Daniel froze A strange blob like creature flickered into existence in the tent Constance’s level increased to 1
Interesting Who would have thought that foolish girl would deliver my boss monster directly to you This certainly is a nice surprise
The level above Constance’s head increased to 2 and then 3
I’m not one to monologue but The blob started but then was interrupted by a bang
Constance staggered forward a blood stain appearing in his chest He turned slowly his pitch black eyes falling to rest on Kraig who was sitting up pointing a pistol towards his chest
You Constance said wonderingly A bang sounded again and this bullet took Constance in his left eye socket Constance’s level increased to 4 but now Kraig stood albeit unsteadily leveling his gun at him
How can you move The blob hissed Your class was taken You have no stats or skills
That’s not true Kraig said tonelessly striding forward firing bullet after bullet into Constance’s skull I have nothing gained from a class But all that I gained training on my own all I gained from paths all those points I put into Willpower so Constance could never again dominate the town I’m sorry my onetime friend
Kraig reloaded as Constance’s level increased to 5 and then walked right up to him
Constance opened his mouth but only two words came out thank You
Then Kraig used 8 bullets to spread the contents of Constance’s brain on the ground His levels ceased increasing and the glowing name slowly faded into nothing
The blob backed away but Nul pounced forward You aren’t getting away this time I shall devour you
Fool The blob spat You are weak even this projection can crush your will and absorb you
Only if you are willing to let go of control of your Raid Bosses Nul countered wickedly And if you do that we will find you and kill you
Panting Lyra arrived at a crystal barrier only the gory bodies of the bats remaining behind her She had been forced to rely on that freezing wonderful addicting violet energy inside of her in order to make it this far but
It wasn’t as bad as she had worried This amount should be recoverable over a few weeks
But now she stood in front of a strange hexagonal barrier made of energy In the middle of the small barrier not 5 feet away the Tribulation crouched a sad fat blob that looked more like a deflated rubber ball than anything else
Kimmy You locked the door That seems rude
There was no answer Kim Lath seemed to be concentrating very hard on something very far away leaving Lyra alone with the body and the shield Lyra created a bird of mana which bounced harmlessly off the shield
Then she created a giant bear that smashed its paw against the barrier The barrier trembled but showed no visible signs of weakness Lyra frowned This was a first for her encountering something she couldn’t defeat
She raised her hand made a finger gun and said Bang
The barrier didn’t even tremble
Her frown deepened Her magic was based on image The stronger the image the stronger the attack But at the same time the higher the cost And if she wanted to create something powerful enough to pierce this barrier
She shivered and considered the violet energy inside of her More seeped in every moment but it was far from enough What she was planning would consume almost all of the energy she had
This wasn’t even the extra energy this was literally all of the energy Based on her observations this energy was what let people live in the system enhanced world In small doses it enhances the body altering it to provide stats and skills
Without it she
But Lyra felt the connection Kim Lath still maintained far to the south Down where Randidly was She couldn’t know for sure that he was in danger but if the cautious Kim Lath was willing to move
Lyra sat removing several potions from her bag and drinking them Then she began to prepare to do something very very dangerous It was illogical she knew but still
For him she was compelled
For Randidly she would do anything
Chapter 96
Randidly and the Yeti looked at each other Randidly glanced down at the broken shaft of his spear and then shrugged
Almost disappointed the Yeti nodded slowly It was as good of a match as could be expected in a place like this
Fighting is fun Randidly said almost to himself causing the Yeti to burst into a fit of low chuckles blood dripping from his mouth
Yes it really is If you insist on walking down this path we will meet again I look forward to it The Yeti muttered slowly falling backwards the top half of Randidly’s spear buried into its chest The shattered armor fell to pieces slowly melting His broken hammers of ice dropped to the ground with a dull thump
Randidly regretfully turned away and looked towards the fake Yeti which had split into 4 human sized Yetis which waved their hammers at him Randidly simply raised a stamina potion to his lips considering
Perhaps it’s best to just hurry back Randidly muttered
As if I’d let you The Yetis spat rushing towards him Randidly shrugged leaning down and removing the top half of the spear from the Yeti’s chest placing it into his satchel Then he used Phantom Half step to move past the Yeti’s towards a random scout sent by Franksburg and immediately began sprinting North
Lyra was always beautiful And her parents always complimented her on it Her father was a screenwriter turned amateur director and her mother was just pretty enough to be arm candy in b rank flicks But from the day Lyra was born the pair of them both were seized by a shared delusion that their daughter would be the what they never could be
A star
Perhaps god had felt sorry for them for a life of mediocrity because they turned out to be right
Acting lessons singing lessons dancing lessons Lyra’s life was a merry go round of lessons preparing her to be an actress And at every lesson Lyra excelled
It was when she was 7 that this finally paid off and Lyra was recommended by her acting teacher It was only a role as an understudy but her parents were ecstatic
And then when on the first day the original girl for the part was sick Lyra stepped forward and performed the scenes with her own unique twist The director slightly nonplussed had looked at Lyra and said That was really good but I’m not sure if this is what the producers had in mind