At this Regina sighed lightly Not interested in the medicine at all huh I suppose it makes sense How much of this did you say they had
Around a cooler full And from the way they talked about it it wasn’t too difficult to create They are even harvesting the energy crystal trees They are growing a grove
Regina’s eyes narrowed And they have classes yes What do classes do How strong were they
They didn’t all have classes Glendel explained slowly From what I could gather classes gave you something like a special path that also provides skills in addition you get a stat growth rate As for how strong they were
Glendel hesitated After a long pause he just shook his head I do not know how to explain Strong So strong that I can’t comprehend their strength
Regina was silent for a long moment Compared to Alana how strong are they
Glendel reflexively looked back towards the door where Alana sat Then he released a long sigh As far as I can tell there are 3 ranks of people with special individuals above that Alana is likely comparable to the first rank Maybe a little stronger more skillful with her spear But the people at the second level They surpass the human limits
The air was very still It didn’t even seem like Regina was breathing Then something loosened and she leaned back in her chair
How are women treated there
It seemed normal There were female warriors The head of the NCCs they call it non class characters was also a woman I also met a very strange woman named Lyra who seemed to have a fair amount of influence But there were definitely more men than women Outnumbered them about 2 to 1
If that’s the case Regina rubbed her forehead We have no choice and there’s no reason not to trade with them Let’s gather everyone up and head closer tomorrow
Ah there’s one more thing but I don’t know what it means Glendel added
Regina arched an eyebrow and he continued They kept referencing something called a Ghosthound’ At first I thought it was a monster or something but it seemed like they were talking about a person Not to put it bluntly but a lot of the men there seemed like brutes or thugs But as soon as the Ghosthound was mentioned they got as quiet and well behaved as christian school children
You think this Ghosthound is the reason that these villages formed so quickly Regina asked rubbing her chin
Maybe That’s the only thing I can guess
Thank you for your time And for agreeing to scout You are dismissed
Glendel backed out of the room a lump in his throat She made it sound pretty now but Glendel would rather have not been the scout But Regina had a very compelling reason why it had to be him he was the only remaining male in their group
Immediately after the system arrived most of the male doctors has stormed out of the hospital demanding answers only to be mauled by the waiting monsters Regina had gathered up most of the nurses and organized them working through their new series of problems
Most of the remaining men had either died or had run off unsatisfied with taking orders from Regina
At the end of 10 days Glendel was the only remaining man surrounded by 70 women
Chapter 54
The sphinx looked up at him seemingly pleased Oh oh oh you came back so soon Did you miss me me me
Snorting Randidly drew his spear There was no point in talking with this dumb creature
But he didn’t attack quite yet The trick to this fight would be seeing how far he could push the sphinx with small scratches before it began to take him seriously To slowly whittle away at its health and then all at once drop the hammer on it Randidly sincerely doubted that the fireball was the most powerful spell in the Sphinx’s arsenal and if Randidly had a weakness it was to magical attacks
As such once push came to shove Randidly planned on moving fast and hitting hard He wasn’t entirely confident that he could take it down immediately but based on his observations about the way the sphinx thought he could certainly do a lot of damage to it very quickly
Damage that it wouldn’t expect
With a smile the sphinx teleported closer pawing casually at Randidly Already he could feel the difference in Reaction making itself known as he easily sidestepped the blow seeing it coming several fractions of a second more than previously His body finally felt under control rather than the wild roller coaster ride it had been previously
He stepped forward meeting the sphinx with a Phantom Stab to its side drawing a long scratch
It had taken him 2 hours of bitter struggle previously to get such a blow
Although it seemed annoyed the Sphinx’s grin widened and it teleported again directly behind Randidly But as he was spinning to face it it teleported a second time above him and belched a fireball down towards him
Rolling to the side Randidly managed to avoid the fireball but was met by another paw strike
He gritted his teeth and met it with a Sweep empowered and strengthened by Heavy Blow But the Sphinx just seemed to chuckle and teleport backwards lowering its paw and opening its mouth for a fireball
But this time Randidly was ready activating Phantom Half Step he crossed most of the distance to the sphinx and leapt forward a Phantom Thrust rushing forward into its mouth The half formed fireball sparked fitfully and collapsed as the spear pressed through it and Randidly felt the blade of his spear sink into the soft flesh of the roof of the Sphinx’s mouth
There was a moment then where Randidly had a second of clarity The fireball spell backlash was disintegrating and his spear was going to pierce through
This was a little bit too quickly to stick to the original plan But Randidly did not shy away from the challenge Instead he firmed his resolve and through everything he had into this strike
As the soot and flame from the failed fireball faded Randidly could clearly see the sphinx’s eyes as its face changed from one of confusion to shock to a hint of fear and then an overwhelming ancient anger a willingness to slaughter
Randidly supposed he would need to move up his timetable a bit And he really had been hoping to inflict more draining wounds before this happened After all his Edge of Decay would begin to add up in a long fight as the sphinx struggled to continue with several gashes
Before the rage in the sphinx’s eyes could turn to action Randidly flexed his hands tightening his grip on the shaft of his spear casting 4 spells at once First he summoned Spearing Roots ripping up from the ground into the sphinx’s stomach Then he used Root Manipulation to create another Spearing Roots but this time he just pushed them up to the Sphinx’s head height and wrapped the roots around the sphinx’s mouth binding it closed Randidly’s high Willpower and Control were brought to bear as he pressed with everything he had to rapidly effectuate his will speeding the roots movements until they blurred
Randidly wasn’t sure if its mouth was always the source of its offensive spells but better safe than sorry
The third spell was Summon Pestilence most of which Randidly used to attack the still shocked eyes of the sphinx while several small insects were directed to land on out of the way parts of its body burrowing into its fur This was the most difficult because the insects themselves were hard to direct individually and they had very few drives other than to bite and rip flesh But he stilled them with an effort the immensity of which brought on the beginnings of a headache
The final spell was mana strengthening as Randidly then threw everything he had at the sphinx
It reared back on its hind legs seeking to escape from the roots spearing into its stomach and wrapping around its mouth but Randidly rushed forward quick as a ghost Every step was Empowered Haste was burning as quickly as it could and he launched a full power Phantom Onslaught on its chest ripping into its flesh
Before Randidly’s attacks would leave long shallow scratches that annoyed the sphinx but weren’t all that deadly That was because none of his attacks were Empowered up until now Although the bit of speed and strength that it adds is small that small burst is just big enough to rip through the outer skin of the sphinx without slowing down dealing significantly more damage as the blade cut into its body