Skills (Soul Skill) Spear of Rot Mastery Lvl 499
Combat Spear Mastery Lvl 54 Phantom Thrust Lvl 50 Spear Phantom’s Footwork Lvl 41 Eyes of the Spear Phantom Lvl 27 Phantom Half Step Lvl 17 Heavy Blow Lvl 29 Dagger Mastery Lvl 10 Iron Skin Lvl 27 Dodge Lvl 36 Fighting Proficiency Lvl 40 Block Lvl 32 Haste Lvl 27 Phantom Onslaught Lvl 15 Sweep Lvl 32 Spear Deflect Lvl 10 Empower Lvl 30 Calculated Blow Lvl 22 Roundhouse Kick Lvl 21 Edge of Decay Lvl 20 Ghastly Slash Lvl 1 Pierce the Skies Shatter the Earth Lvl 1
Spells Spearing Roots Lvl 13 Mana Bolt Lvl 28 Mana Shield Lvl 24 Root Manipulation Lvl 28 Arcane Orb Lvl 22 Fireball Lvl 30 Magic Missile Lvl 4 Healing Palm Lvl 9 Pollen of the Rafflesia Lvl 15 Summon Pestilence Lvl 17 Mana Strengthening Lvl 14 Wall of Thorns Lvl 7 Soul Seed Lvl ® Agony Lvl 24 Inspiration ® Incinerating Bolt Lvl 5 Circle of Flame Lvl 7
Auxiliary Physical Fitness Lvl 35 Meditation Lvl 35 Running Lvl 23 Sprinting Lvl 19 Sneak Lvl 23 Acid Resistance Lvl 22 Poison Resistance Lvl 16 Pain Resistance Lvl 17 First Aid Lvl 13 Equip Lvl 25 Pathfinding Lvl 18 Mental Strength Lvl 15 Curse Resistance Lvl 3 Fire Resistance Lvl 14 Blessing of the North Blessing of the East Blessing of the South Blessing of the West Sewing Lvl 11 Cutting Vegetables Lvl 2 Manual Labor Lvl 3 Digging Lvl 5 Cooking Lvl 16 Grace Lvl 10 Extract Lvl 1
Randidly wondered whether Heretic was determined by his Soul Skill which was currently sitting at 499 But that too didn’t really make sense because why was this skill difference from the previous one Didn’t the levels he had gained in Green Spear mastery matter
There wasn’t anyway of knowing But what Randidly had to do now was decide how he would handle this But in his heart he had already made the decision
After all he was tired of dealing with the stress of the days with no release Donnyton’s cowardly Tribulation had driven him crazy for three and a half weeks refusing to reveal itself Although it was hasty although it was stubborn although it was short sighted Randidly was tired of being told what to do
In that moment Randidly removed his spear made for him by Sam and looked at it for a long time admiring the smoothly flowing vertebrae that constituted its body It truly was a beautiful and Randidly made a mental note to express his appreciation towards Sam for making it It couldn’t have been an easy process Then he examined it once more reading its simple description
Randidly bared his teeth in something akin to a smile If you crave something Take it huh
With glowing eyes Randidly examined his available paths
Watcher 0/ Heretic IV 0/ Oathbreaker 0/25 Initiate of Ash I 0/75 Phantom Thrust II 0/75 Empower 0/60 Path of Carnage I 0/
This time Randidly took some extra time to look at the paths available to him Watcher he had had for a long time but Randidly was rather nonplussed over what he should expect from it Had he had access before he left the dungeon And he already had access to Eyes of the Spear Phantom so it wasn’t clear what he was hoping to came from it
Not that he doubted that there would be a worthwhile reward but at his core Randidly couldn’t resist efficiency Watcher at this point didn’t seem very efficient
Heretic which was the subject of the previous notifications was intriguing but he didn’t want to mess with it lightly Especially not when he was feeling slightly forced into the situation If there was something that he hated it was being pressured by others Perhaps that’s why he was so infuriated by both Constance and Raina even when Raina’s smile was such a slight touch on his will As soon as he became aware of it it was intolerable
Oathbreaker was similar to Watcher in that he had access to it for a while but also that Randidly wasn’t sure what to expect What sort of skill would an Oathbreaker receive The only advantage it had over Watcher was that the quantity of PP it would require was clear giving him a little bit more of an idea about when to use it But that moment wasn’t now
Initiate of Ash Picturing that floating face of molten stone that irredeemable cheater that clear possessed much more power than he currently had Randidly felt somewhat helpless In his heart this was the path that he most wanted to take It would definitely lead to power if it was traversed successfully But if he had to deal with another more difficult challenge like the first one before he could pass it
Path of Carnage was intriguing but again The lack of an end amount of PP was off putting It would be annoying if it ended up being too high Not the worst outcome because it would likely have a correspondingly high reward but
This didn’t seem too likely however because of the numbering All of the other ones like this such as Monster Slayer and Pathless started off small But his disposition still urged him away from Path of Carnage because once he started it he would want to finish it And there were two options that he valued very highly available right now
The second Phantom Thrust path and Empower And between them
Phantom Thrust was his first real skill learned from Shal To this day the strength displayed by it never failed to impress
Randidly hesitated for a split second He had calmed down alot since losing himself in the violence early It truly wasn’t that he was angry at Tessa and he was inwardly quite horrified what he had done hurting her in the heat of the moment But it was one thing after another with the system
His lack of direction had been driving him crazy because he should have a goal Originally he had latched onto finding Sydney and Ace but now he finally faced the fact that they might already be dead He would of course continue to try and gather information but they hadn’t yet seen any other pillars of light that would indicate that other people in the Zone had founded a Newbie Village
No Ace and Sydney although an important part of his past was simply the past
Sydney was just
Then Randidly shook his head There were no answer there It wasn’t worth dwelling on Survival also became almost an afterthought as his strength was so high above the level of the common monsters
Other than that Randidly didn’t have any grand dreams of punishing the instigators of the system’s implementation on Earth He didn’t want to rule humanity’s survivors Perhaps he wanted to find relationships and to treasure the new ones he had allowing them to grow but
All he really wanted to walk these paths to the end To see what he was what he could become For now walking forward was all he could do All he wanted to do All he knew how to do anymore Thinking beyond that
Narrowing his eyes Randidly opened the menus back up The one thing he didn’t want to do was allow a notification to rule his life To allow a system to rule his life He would explore it but he would never compromise on his terms to placate it
He did not negotiate with terrorists
Randidly put 5 PP into the Phantom Thrust II path receiving 1 Strength and a slew of notifications for his troubles
Chapter 91
Randidly’s eyes quickly scanned through the notifications
Congratulations Your Soul Skill Spear of Rot Mastery has reached Lvl 500 Your path is long and winding but you find yourself wandering deeper into the darker corners of the forest where the incestuous growth and cannibalization of bacteria and fungus reigns supreme Your feet desire direction
You look at the dank rot What do you see What is Rot
Warning you have tread too long on the Path of the Heretic Heretic V is now open to you For this you must face Judgement Due to your affiliation with the Patron of Ash the Judgement of the Patron of Frostbite descends Know that even if you endure through the Judgement more will follow Proceed directly to the nearest Village and speak with the Spirit to repent