Here consider it a gesture of goodwill this was personally mixed by the Ghosthound And maybe this will help you understand why we don’t need medical supplies
This restores Glendel gasped 199 mana That much mana From just this small amount of mana This isn’t this can’t
Glendel stuttered to a stop wanting to deny it but unable to refute the notification floating in front of him
Lyra still giggling wiped the tears from her eyes Oh man I told you this would be good
Chapter 52
Still slightly shellshocked Glendel followed Lyra who promised to take him to someone who could talk to him about getting a class
This the NCC village Lyra explained All the buff and glorious Classers live up there above us on high in Valhalla
Glendel had slowly figured out that NCC was what they called people without a class while Classers obviously had a class
What uh Glendel stammered slightly intimidated by how cute the teenage girl leading him was regardless of her constant stream of sarcasm What’s it like having a class
Oh I don’t have a class I just rely on my charm to get around She winked slyly at him and then continued to walk forward
At a loss Glendel followed As they walked up the hill towards the fort Glendel realized that it was a lot bigger than he had realized And it looked like it was almost completely deserted Lyra continued walking past the gate and Glendel glanced curiously in before following Although there seemed to be a small group of people at tables it really was completely empty Glendel hurried onward Down the hill and round the bend in the valley they went until the sounds of shouting grew louder It was only when they rounded the corner that the sea of people became obvious to Glendel
Probably just short of 800 were around some standing some watching some working The area seemed to have been a quarry and directly in front of them was a slope which lead downwards before leveling off People lined up around the outside of the quarry cheering at the people fighting in the center Off to Glendel’s right there were around 50 people some of them bandaged others running around cutting down trees dragging them and stacking them seeming to be making a rough looking stage surrounded by bleachers
As Glendel watched an old man raised an axe and cut a 10 meter tall tree in half down the middle with a single swing of his axe Several men took the two halves and began assembling the seats while several others set up another section of tree for him to cut
What What is going on Glendel gasped
Lyra shrugged A tournament obviously Want to compete
Gritting his teeth Randidly stepped backwards just beyond the reach of the Sphinx’s claws With a grin it teleported just slightly forward putting him back in the path of the attack but Randidly had predicted this stepping forward and throwing a Phantom Thrust to meet its torso even before it had teleported drawing a long but shallow scratch across its chest
It grumbled its fury spinning quickly Lashing out with its hind legs Raising his spear Randidly dodged the left foot and deflected the right but was still was sent tumbling by the size of the foot
Gritting his teeth Randidly created a wall of thorns between them buying him a fraction of a second Time seemed to slow as he considered his options
Health was still fine but both mana and stamina were nearing dangerously levels Mana was easier to conserve but regenerated much more slowly It basically wouldn’t regenerate enough to matter in the foreseeable future
Stamina on the other hand would regenerate at a tick of about 1 per second but he was constantly using it as he attacked dodged and blocked the fearsome attacks of the Sphinx
Stamina it was
As quick as possible Randidly withdrew a stamina potion and drank it leaping away from the wall of thorns which went up in flames with a roar of heat He retreated further using the cover from the flames to run a small distance up the path away from the cave where the sphinx sat
When the wall of thorns collapsed in a poof of char and soot the Sphinx was sitting calmly in front of the cavern It winked at Randidly then padded back into the cave Several seconds later it returned a half eaten cat in its mouth It gobbled the thing down and as Randidly watched the sphinx’s wounds healed
See See See Plus you are not one of mine so there are certain consequences associated with killing you So feel free to run away away away
For a second Randidly was torn But then he lowered his head and backed slowly away
Only when he was out of sight did he allow himself to turn and then only to sprint for 10 minutes crossing the wasteland and returning to just inside the edge of the Newbie boundary Randidly didn’t trust the creature for a minute but he did believe that the notifications that appeared told the truth and he would be safe within the safe zone from monsters of that level
As Randidly sat and meditated to recover more quickly he wondered what would have happened if he hadn’t followed that cat to find the sphinx If in two days that had simply shown up at Donnyton
It would have ripped through them Especially the NCC village below That was free recovery for it
Ultimately Randidly felt like he and some of the other elites could escape or hold it at bay when it no longer had access to the infinite mana and stamina but most of the village would be ripped to pieces The farms burned The potion brewing enterprise derailed The Wolverine butcheries slaughtered
All of the NCCs that worked for Sam raising skill levels before trying to get a class dead to the monstrously fast sphinx
They would likely survive ultimately but the village would be reduced to a few dozen individuals at best The peace they currently had holding onto the past would be shattered
Narrowing his eyes Randidly smiled
That was of course what would have happened if he had not discovered it early As he had he would murder it ripping the creature to pieces before even the newbie barrier dropped
Randidly removed the materials from his ring beginning to refine and brew more potions He was running low of almost everything but he could gather the things he needed quickly before returning to fight the sphinx It would be slightly slower than just returning to the village but Randidly feared that if he returned Lyra would follow him Although he had been able to scrape by and survive her weaker physical stats and limited mana pool would spell her end rather quickly
It might be a fun game to the sphinx but that didn’t mean it would show mercy when there was prey right in front of it
There was a throbbing pain in Randidly’s forehead right behind his eyes probably due to the extended bout that he had just fought with the sphinx He had struggled against the thing for 5 hours at least The sun was beginning to set and only now was the edge of weariness beginning to fade
But the headache remained
He then opened up his path menu
Randidly had gained 1 level in Spear Mastery 2 in Phantom Thrust 1 in Phantom Half Step 2 in Iron Skin and Dodge 3 in Block 1 in Spear Deflect 1 in Empower 2 in Edge of Decay and Spearing Roots 1 in Healing Palm and 3 in Fire Resistance
In addition he had gained a level in meditation as he sat and recovered With these PP Randidly continued to dump them into Frontrunner and with those stats he raised his reaction by 11 As the fight had gone on and he had gotten used to his increased speed he realized that he wasted quite a lot of time calculating his response His body was still fast enough to barely keep up with the sphinx even so but with an increased reaction hopefully the gap between them would narrow further
Health(/R per hour) 311/303 (+8) (155 (+12
Mana(/R per hour) 501/512 (71 5)
Stam(/R per min) 357/357 (59 (+4
Vit 45 (+4)
Str 28 (+2)
Agi 57 (+10)
Perception 24
Reaction 41
Inteligence 73
Wisdom 39
Control 55
Focus 26
Equipment Average Leather Tunic Lvl 5 (+2 Vit) Gloves of Quickness (Vit +1 Agi +3) Necklace of the Shadow Cat Lvl 20 ® (Vitality +1 Strength +2 Agility +7)