For several long breaths Randidly lay still as he allowed his Health to restore itself Then he moved on
It took Randidly only four hours this time to reach the inner sanctum of the Three Headed Ogre Partially this was due to his knowledge of the layout of the Danger Zone but the other big detail was that every battle he fought was over in a single strike His attacks cut through the opposing partyÆs weapons and sheared into their body It was only a matter of how quickly could Randidly throw attacks
When he reached the ridge of the Three Headed Ogre the creature roared and climbed up out of its warren to see who dare disturb it When it saw Randidly it immediately blanched But then the leftmost head began whispering in the center headÆs ears and the two other heads gritted their teeth but nodded Obviously the thing remembered the limit on RandidlyÆs power
But Randidly wasnÆt here to actually finish it off He simply wanted to blow off some steam And he didnÆt want to gain another Level so he couldnÆt use spells against the other monsters He needed an opponent who was strong enough to be a challenge but wouldnÆt die and also wouldnÆt pose any threat to Randidly Although this thing could cast three spells at once so could Randidly And his were better
During his free time in his workshop he had gathered enough materials to remake his rings with his increased Potion Making Skill As such he now had 10 rings which had between a 500 and 600 Mana storage Combined with his actual manner Randidly had just above 9000 Mana to play with
Kekeke foolish human coming back to fail once more The left head began Need we remind you how limp your
Spearing Roots Randidly said quietly and the air around his body seemed to distort as he moved more Mana at once than he ever had in the past He fueled this spell with fully 4000 Mana The ground trembled first and then exploded upwards as thousands of roots covered in vines shot upwards to impale the 10 meter tall three headed ogre Instantly the right head cast Wind Blades but the blades lost their edge after cutting through only 20 of the roots
It didnÆt even make a dent in the wave of plant matter that shot up towards them
Physical Shield The middle head bellowed and this spell was a bit more effective The shimmering armor that formed around its body repelled about half of the Spearing Roots but the other half burst through and curled around and through its limbs It grunted in pain
With burning eyes the left head shouted Lightning Bolt
Randidly snorted he had seen this trick before As the energy took a second to build up in the sky above he used Gravity Affinity to destabilize the point of formation It fizzled but the spell was completely dispersed Seeming only to remember now that Randidly had developed a way to overcome this trick the left head swore quietly under its breath
Now it was RandidlyÆs turned
Incendiary Eruption
A crack opened in the ground beneath the ogreÆs legs and superheated lava spewed upward searing the flesh on its legs It screeched in agony and the center head began casting a healing spell while the right continued to cast Wind Blades to cut its way out But Randidly wasnÆt interested in giving them that chance
Incendiary Eruption Incendiary Eruption Incendiary Eruption Incendiary Eruption
Again and again Randidly cast the spell slowly burning away all the flesh on the ogreÆs legs and the continuing the assault until its bones cracked and crumpled from the heat This had the negative side effect of burning away a lot of the Spearing Roots but Randidly was ready for that eventuality as well
Grasp of Lava Grasp of Lava
Now that it had fallen to its knees its feet having been burnt to nothing Randidly could produce huge hands of lava from the ground to grip onto its body This burnt away the rest of the root spears but they were no longer necessary They were just used to keep the ogre still enough that it could get to this point
The ogreÆs screams grew increasingly loud so much so that the ridge shook with the force of its shouts The right head appeared to have passed out even as the center head was shedding tears while continuing to cast healing spells The left head kept trying to use lightning bolts and cold snap but both could be destabilized with the use of Gravity Affinity and proper timing
Eventually even the left head ceased casting spells and just looked at Randidly with pleading eyes The burnt flesh had reached its waist and the bones of its thighs had been revealed after everything else was burnt away It was broken
But it was not dead and Randidly was out of many
His body was trembling as he felt a strange overexertion that he hadnÆt encountered before He supposed this was the result of using more Mana than his body could handle He smiled bitterly as the rage departed from him and just left him feeling slightly ill
True the being in front of him was something that would kill him if it could without thinking about it but it was also an intelligent living being What he just did was torture
What he did was lash out because he was upset about something He took his anger out on an innocent party
What he did was childish And it probably proved Neveah right
As Randidly turned away there was a small ding and a notification popped up Most notifications Randidly had learned to ignore but his eyebrows rose when he saw this one because it had been a long time since he had obtained a notification for a Path
Congratulations You have unlocked the Great Path Wrathful Dual Mage (Plant and FIre) 0/1000 As the first person on your world to unlock a great Path you have received the Skill Blessed Instincts « Lvl 1 Because you are the first person in your Cohort to unlock a Great Path your Skill has been upgraded to Weaver with the Threads of Fate Lvl 1
Chapter 554
As Randidly departed from the Danger Zone he realized two things First that being Randidly Ghosthound was truly a hassle He could see it now in the small ways that people had treated him and that they had treated him when he was playacting as NeveahÆs version of him People expected things of him and while he wore that identity he was constantly watched More than anything else Randidly hated being watched
If there was something that he could only accomplish as himself he would deal with it but right now there was no reason to deal with the hassle of that attention
The second thing Randidly realized was that he truly enjoyed working with metal and creating machines It was a stab in the dark towards the beginning when he had chosen to go through the metalworking factory to get a probationary citizenship Or perhaps it was more than that Some part of him might have sensed that this was something that he was drawn towards
Now with the Creature basically a no show as an enemy Randidly would focus on his crafting to address the two very real threats that he faced raid bosses and the influence of the Unity Church
So it was with a much more focused heart that Randidly left the Danger Zone But right near the entrance some instinct of his pulled him up short It was a strange sensation and it took a while for Randidly to realized that it reminded him of the ties of Karma that he could sense through LucretiaÆs Skills But these threads were even more difficult to pin down He found himself reaching for them and they would completely disperse It was like you could only spot certain things out of the corner of your eye in the dark but when you looked at them there was nothing there
Still Randidly believed that this was his new reward Skill because as he let his instincts guide him forward he gained a new Level in Weaver with the Threads of Fate Which was a pretty definitive clue in and of itself
As he followed these frustrating hints Randidly soon heard the sound of fighting in the distance and pulled up sharply He frowned Someone else was pushing into the Danger Zone The respawn rates for monsters were so fast here that they probably didnÆt benefit from RandidlyÆs earlier actions at all so they must have some strength to get at least this far But they clearly werenÆt familiar with the area because they had already wandered away from the main path