RandidlyÆs immediate instinct was to move onto Fiery Sharpshooter and Mana Lich but a newly released Path gave him pause Experimenter II 0/250
Well I suppose it wonÆt hurt to just grab these three midsized Paths all at once if the Experimenter II Path improves the performance of the Skill I obtained so much the better
So Randidly rapidly dumped away another 1100 PP From Fiery Sharpshooter Randidly obtained 1 Perception and 1 Intelligence every 25 PP From Mana Lich Randidly received 100 Mana every 50 PP And finally from Experimenter II Randidly once more received 1 Control every 5 PP spent
Congratulations You have completed the Fiery Sharpshooter Path Through combat and strife you have honed your ranged abilities to an explosive deadliness In terms of destructive power your Path is unrivaled As you head toward the summit your existence will become increasingly fearsome Congratulations You have obtained the Skill Offensive Array (Un) Lvl 1 You have obtained the Skill HellÆs Lance « Lvl 1 You have obtained the Skill Agonizing Heat « Lvl 1
Synergy Detected Offensive Array has been absorbed by Ignition of the Emerald Essence Performance of the Skill slightly improved HellÆs Lance has been absorbed by Ignition Bolt Performance of the Skill marginally improved Agonizing Heat has been absorbed by Ignition of the Emerald Essence Resulting flames slightly improved Skill Levels have not changed
Congratulations You have completed the Mana Lich Path At this point the very structure of your body has become accustomed to the flow of Mana Energy has become a part of you in a way that cannot be underestimated In the future all Skills relating to Mana will be cast more quickly Your ability to gain Skill Proficiency in Mana related Skills has greatly increased Your ability to understand Mana has become as simple as seeing Mana Regeneration +100 Congratulations you have obtained the Skill Mana Physique (Un) Lvl 1
Mana Physique (Un) Lvl 1 All damage you receive is slightly reduced by your current amount of Mana Reduction increases as Mana increases Effect increases with Skill Level
Congratulations You have completed the Experimenter II Path Your curiosity knows no bounds From the mundane to the intangible nothing is safe from your piercing gaze As the Path begins to veer from the well established Path the benefits you received become sparse But those few gems that you are able to locate completely warp your worldview The performance of each point in Perception is slightly increased The Skill CreatorÆs Luck Lvl 1 has evolved into CreatorÆs Knack « Lvl 1 All prior effects are slightly improved
Chapter 957
Randidly shook his head sorrowfully when looking at the rewards from the Fiery Sharpshooter Path Basically everything but the stats had been completely devoured by the Ignition of the Emerald Essence series of Skills Although it wasnÆt quite a Skillset it was certainly a powerful tool that Randidly had relied on to get to this point
But I suppose itÆs worth spending some time to figure out if it can become a Skillset Randidly thought as he rubbed his chin With these absorptions the power should increase a small amount
Immediately Randidly conjured the Emerald Essence and looked deeply at it for almost ten seconds But after casually summoning a fistful of emerald flame Randidly was unable to see any real difference As before the fire burned In terms of damage it dealt it would be difficult to figure any shift out without an opponent on which to test the flames
The rewards from the Mana Lich Path were marginally less disappointing because he did obtain a Skill and several passive boosts relating to Mana based Skills But the Skill was a defensive one that only had a passive element It would add something to RandidlyÆs repertoire but it wasnÆt very important now
Plus with how quickly Randidly could blow through his own Mana Well his initial Mana pool was likely extremely high compared to his contemporaries so perhaps he was underestimating its effect But the reward was just somewhat of a letdown after the reward given by the Mana Ghoul Path Even if Randidly immediately could clearly see the lines of Mana than ran through his limbs
Indeed perhaps what Randidly noticed most of all from his time manipulating Ignition of the Emerald Essence was his immediate ability to see the branching lines of Mana that fed into the flame itself Randidly wondered whether he would have just a transparent a view on the genesis of a Skill in other individuals
Of the three Randidly supposed that the Experimenter II Path rewards were the most valuable The already interesting CreatorÆs Luck was transformed into a two Rarity higher CreatorÆs Knack Randidly never struggled to obtain Skills with high Rarities but he understood that a portion of his power was due to the high Rarity of his bread and butter Skills
Or rather considering the fact that many of these Skills were self created the System had given his Skills a high Rarity precisely because they were so powerful As long as he maintained a certain level of poignancy and drive his Skills would receive extremely high Rarity grades
So it was with a bit of expectation that Randidly opened up his list of available Paths and took another look at what he had available to him Immediately Randidly smiled at the new option available to him
Friend to Humanity 0/100 Mantle of the Patron 0/500 Aether Convergence II Perfect Soul Bond 0/1000 the Bell of Doom Tolls 0/600 Growth of Yggdrasil III 0/2000 The Ashes of Ulaat Patron of Ash 0/1000 Order Ducis Font of Guidance HumanityÆs Torch 0/500 Bearing of a Teacher Puppet Master 0/100 Pain Immunity I 0/250 Physique of the Grim Chimera 0/1000 ChimeraÆs Grudge I Cleaver of the World Tree Weakness of the World Tree 0/500 Experimenter III 0/500
The question was whether Randidly wanted to use a further 500 PP in order to finish the next Experimenter Path and upgrade the CreatorÆs Skill even further Likely the next batch of training he participated in would benefit from this Skill immensely after all Randidly planned on spending quite of bit of that time working on his metal making and Mana Engraving
Both of these tasks would be boosted by the Skill Plus Randidly had some plans to push the state of the art for metallurgy a few steps forward Randidly didnÆt have any sort of special knowledge about metal but he was confident that his ability to test and combine things wouldnÆt be casually rivaled by anyone at this point in time
But Randidly currently only had 2859 PP to fulfill a half dozen of his desires Of that amount RandidlyÆs intention was to save 1500 of it to throw into the Growth of Yggdrasil when he unlocked it Which left 1359 PP If he took away 500 for the next experimenter Path the remainder was less than 1000 Which was the amount that Randidly was primarily concerned with at the moment
Because he had assumed there would be a middle step between his next Path and Growth of Yggdrasil III
Ashes of Ulaat Perfect Soul Bond and Physique of the Grim Chimera all required 1000 PP
It wouldnÆt be such a big deal if I saved a small amount less than 1500 for the Growth of Yggdrasil Randidly reflected Since the total Path was only 2000 he would be capable of getting through that amount of PP in a few months Considering that the was about to face the final Judgement that loomed over the Path of a Heretic he would likely gather a huge chunk of that PP very quickly over the course of that fight
As long as the Judgement isnÆt a pushover
So the question then became was having the improved Creator Skill worth slowly down finishing the Growth of Yggdrasil Path Although Randidly found it an incredibly close question the ultimate answer in his heart was yes
The Yggdrasil image is what drives my personal Strength but Lyra is right about one thing Randidly thought bitterly I canÆt help the Earth with my images any longer But if the metal that Erickson Steel produces is of sufficiently high quality SamÆs people can make weapons more than capable of making up for missing out on my images