This did remind Randidly that he needed to contact Neveah and see what she was up to Obviously she wasnÆt in any danger but her just hanging around that political man made him somewhat nervous
As for the bonus ability perhaps there were situations where that would be useful but the cost was somewhat hard to bear in the short term Obviously there was a lot of strategic value of one of them being able to go into battle while the other could summon them out if things grew too sticky It was worth considering down the line
Satisfied with the gains Randidly looked at his available Paths Honestly he was starting to grow somewhat weary of the proliferation of options
Heretic XXV 0/ Nexus Traveler Cohort 5 0/50 Experimenter I 0/50 Fighting Proficiency III 0/ System Transgressor 0/1 Steps of the Godling II Path 0/200 The Road to Mastery 0/500 Growth of Yggdrasil II 0/500 Crown of Yggdrasil 0/500 Friend to Humanity 0/100 War Leader 0/200 Path of the Patron 0/500 Metallurgist 0/300 Advanced Mana Engraving 0/400 Aether Convergence I Perfect Soul Bond 0/1000
After the Judgement once more descended at 20 Heretic continued to climb steadily upwards Strangely that Judgement hadnÆt been that difficult to handle the yeti that had attacked him the previous times wasnÆt summoned on that occasion Instead just hundreds of the empowered minion yetis came They were extremely annoying but werenÆt a serious threat without their larger counterpoint
It was honestly a pleasant surprise But at the same time it gave Randidly a chill It felt too weak to be purposeful Another option then was that the yeti was still alive on ShalÆs world It seemed impossible but
Shaking his head Randidly considered his other options He could worry about the Judgement later Nexus Traveler 5 Experimenter I System Transgressor and Friend to Humanity were all immediately discarded None of them seemed to yield useful Skills which was sorta what Randidly was looking for now Although he had a limited number of slots finding quality choices for those slots were important
And Randidly had the feeling that he was beginning to be deep enough in the Path tree to find them
Because he was unsure of how it would affect him he discarded Steps of the Godling Lucretia had taken over much more directly in handling the issues of his Soul Skill which freed him up from that responsibility She didnÆt rule it directly but as far as Randidly could tell she had an organization on the ground inside of it When there was trouble she dealt with it decisively Internal weakness could not be permitted again
War Leader was intriguing but he was not one who would ever be leading an army That was not the GhosthoundÆs MO Although Path of the Patron was extremely tempting it was discarded for similar reasons Becoming a Patron which is what Randidly believed that Path would result in was an official process Randidly would not take the System lightly
A new arrival Perfect Soul Bond was discarded just because its cost was a monstrous 1000 PP Randidly shivered Depending on how quickly he grew that might take him as long as a year It was hard to imagine keeping a Path for that long
Another new Path open to him Aether Convergence seemed tempting But Randidly was wary of what heading down that Path might mean After all what changes had he made that would lead the System toward rewarding him with an Aether Convergence Path What if the effect was to combine his AetherÆs with the System
No better to avoid it Randidly decided Which left a much reduced list to choose from
Fighting Proficiency III 0/ The Road to Mastery 0/500 Growth of Yggdrasil II 0/500 Crown of Yggdrasil 0/500 Advanced Mana Engraving 0/400
Fighting Proficiency was another shot in the dark but it was growing slowly and the prior two Paths cost 80 and 100 PP respectively Therefore the next leg of that Path couldnÆt be very long On the other hand the Skill he had obtained previously from that string of Paths was Counter Although Counter was a useful move and one that Randidly had been able to grind recently for experience its power was only so so Honestly Randidly had suspected that ShalÆs way of teaching was the real problem Randidly was simply not very skilled at counters
Growth of Yggdrasil was another leg of something he had completed in the 6 months of training before the borderlands opened He had earned a pretty sizable amount of Vitality from putting points into it and was rewarded with a boost in the Rarity of his Yggdrasil Skills at the end which was extremely tempting He put that as a maybe
Road to Mastery was the next step in the Newbie Trainee Apprentice Journeyman Adept line of Paths or so Randidly believed It was something that would probably yield Skills So that was another maybe
Advanced Mana Engraving might help a lot now as Randidly struggled to figure out how to make these runes that he wanted But that was a red herring and Randidly knew it He wouldnÆt receive the knowledge from a Path He might obtain a useful Skill but the actual knowledge of its use would only come from himself
For this Randidly had a new plan He wanted to go back and make a sizable chunk of metal and then use that to buy all the different blueprints that he could afford He would learn the runes involved in them and then use the Mana Engraving Encyclopedias he had been given all that time ago on ShalÆs world With both these sources of study Randidly refused to believe he wouldnÆt be able to make progress on the creation of his own style of runes
There was a ghost of a smile on his face The Spear Phantom Style of runes
But Randidly knew what he was taking For a long time he had wondered why he had not created a Skill Set with the Yggdrasil Skills One explanation was that there was a special process to do so but Randidly had done it with the Ashen Spear without doing anything at all special Then what was missing was not a random input but a Skill to hold it all together and make it a Skill Set
The Crown of Yggdrasil had a certain solemnity to it that drew RandidlyÆs eyes It made his skin tingle Instinctively he knew his answer was there
Of course when Randidly put his PP into it nothing happened for a long time It was only after he dumped fully 50 PP into it that it gave him 10 unallocated Stats Randidly shook his head unhappily but tried not to pay too close attention to it It would give him the reward he sought he had no doubt He wasnÆt sure of the details but from the treatment of Skill Sets on ShalÆs world it was clear they held a special allure
The fact that he had a high Level Skill was interesting but not enough a Skill Set at his Level made him exemplary Randidly was looking forward to seeing how obtaining a Skill Set would change his Yggdrasil Skills
Before Randidly rushed back over to the metalworking factory to put his plan into action he took a glance at his Stats and rolled his eyes Honestly at this point it was getting hard to follow all of the changes to himself But in his heart he knew he was becoming strong
Health(/R per hour) 3522/3253 (+730) (1477 (+165
Mana(/R per hour) 4109/3616 (699 (+9
Stam(/R per min) 3211/3094 (+60) (482 (+45
Vit 322 (+15)
Str 342 (+52)
Agi 362 (+24)
Resistance 277 (+45)
Willpower 430 (+10)
Intelligence 360
Skills (Soul Skill) Seven Lands of the Spectral Tree Lvl 1346
Combat Spear Mastery Lvl 178 White PhantomÆs Half Step (Un) Lvl 73 Heavy Blow Lvl 94 Dagger Mastery Lvl 10 Iron Skin Lvl 47 Dodge Lvl 98 Fighting Proficiency Lvl 137 Block Lvl 74 Phantom Onslaught Lvl 42 Sweep Lvl 54 Spear Deflect Lvl 10 Calculated Blow Lvl 89 Roundhouse Kick Lvl 67 Idiosyncratic Cut (Un) Lvl 99 Pierce the Skies Shatter the Earth Lvl 57 Body Control Freeze Lvl 37 Stalemate Breaker Lvl 29 Talon Strike Lvl 38 Counter Lvl 51
PoFE Class Skills Plant Dominance « Lvl 110 Spray Holy Sap (Un) Lvl 9 Sharpness Lvl 69 Call Grove Defenders « Lvl 34 Earthquake (Un) Lvl 43 Invigorating Call (Humanity)(Un) Lvl 14 Four Shaded Domain Lvl 29 PhantomÆs Lantern (Un) Lvl 33 Grasp of Lava « Lvl 67 Erode Image Lvl 7 Vengeful Bloom (Un) Lvl 19 Gallant Intervention (Human) Lvl 4 SpriggitÆs Tinkering « Lvl 23 Aether Understanding Lvl 43 Summon Lava Golem (Un) Lvl 22 Aether Infusion Lvl 41