Chapter 566
It hurt It hurt more than anything had ever hurt To compare the pain from being eaten alive in the Dungeon by acid on that first day was to compare a seed to a tree But Randidly was a very different individual than he had been in the beginning
His eyes were cold mint taking on a strangely blue tint as Aether flooded through him washing away the Skill that dictated what he could and could not do All the while more and more Aether poured into Indomitable Will of Yggdrasil as it burned with intensity
For sacrificing a Skill PP will be consumed to refund the Skill 4 PP will be consumed
Randidly let out a gasp as his finger surged forward and hit No denying the Skill
Sighing Randidly settled back on his haunches to regain a bit of composure But Indomitable Will of Yggdrasil continued to whirl He felt it crack under the strain and Aether surged to fill the space
Congratulations Your skill Indomitable Will of Yggdrasil has evolved into the Deific Mien of Yggdrasil Levels will be retained Warning the transformation of the Skill is incomplete More insight into the nature of the Skill will be necessary before the Rarity can be updated
HIssing Randidly fell farther back until he was sitting on his butt He felt something on his chest A chain seemed to wrap around him binding his new Skill in place Roaring Randidly smashed at the chain with everything he had But it held blithely ignoring his indignation Randidly gathered himself and smashed at it again but nothing happened
Because Randidly realized it was not simply a mental chain It had a lock on it
More insight into the nature of the Skill will be necessary
As he straightened he let it all go cutting off the flow of Aether in his body with a sigh Well at least he had rid himself of this strange force that had attempted to dictate his movements When he looked up Randidly realized with a flash of guilt that most of the Lava Golem had fucking evaporated and only a thin skeleton like figure was remaining
With the Aether no longer running through it the body of it slowly began to recover producing more lava And strangely Randidly realized that he could reach out with his will and touch it Control it It raised its hand as he pressed moving each finger in turn
One problem solved Randidly thought with a smile He simply had to sear a path for his will into the golems with Aether
But then RandidlyÆs mood turned more serious
Before the Rarity can be updated it had said Did that mean
Beyond Legendary The final key to the lock on humanity
All that will come later Æ Randidly thought calming himself down It was a strange little binding that had briefly afflicted him But he ripped it apart and now it was time to rip this base to shreds to work off a little more of the fury he felt
As Dinesh had told him this base was much larger than the previous ones And better defended too As they approached Randidly felt a strange thinness to the air that gave him pause
Dinesh noticed and gave him a half smile Ionized air There are a lot of generators powering this thing
Hmm Randidly grunted in response moving closer to the base
It was less hidden than the others and seemed to be a rather large logging camp from before the System arrived The walls were covered in growth enough to indicate that the place was abandoned even while the gates remained shut with a very shiny lock
WhatÆs the plan Dinesh asked Tykes remained mostly silent rubbing his knuckles as the three of them looked at the base Randidly grinned and felt his will flow along the lines of Aether he had burned into the Lava Golem The thing dug its way forward slowly approaching the edge of the camp
Give me a few seconds Randidly said moving the Lava Golem forward The other two nodded and focused their attention on their own preparations
On and on Randidly pressed with the Lava Golem moving it forward Not that he thought himself incapable of taking on the base’s defenses but he would prefer that the attention got focused on the Lava Golem rather than himself After they had split from Tatiana Bruya had adjusted his illusion to match that of the previous attack Perhaps it would cause a panic but Randidly was counting on that
However the panic he wanted was not among the normal populace It was among those who had created these facilities Randidly would make sure that with this attack he would crush every shred of these strange organ harvesters that he could locate Afterward Randidly would pay more attention to the news to watch for any information on who could be involved But for now
The figure of molten lava burst out of the ground right in front of the base Without pausing at all the Lava Golem ripped through the chain link fence and pressed forward The air around it warped as heat wafted upwards from the figure As it moved however there was very little noise There was only the strange tinkling of the fence as it was ripped in twain
Immediately something in the base shifted Two turrets lifted off of the roof with the smooth efficiency of a computer operated system and aimed at the Lava Golem
RandidlyÆs grin widened When he pressed with his will it almost felt like he was the Lava Golem working through the Aether to be it Was this what the Avatar Skill would have given him Why did his other Skill think it was so important
Through the connection of Aether Randidly also had some small sense of the Perception the Lava Golem had It wasnÆt much In fact it was more distracting than helpful above ground where RandidlyÆs senses were much sharper and more reliable On the other hand the Lava Golem had a sense of touch on the Earth that was far beyond RandidlyÆs And based upon the shaking that the Lava Golem felt friends were coming Quickly
They were rail guns but only the lower bore from previous iterations Randidly was glad to note It would be a very bad sign if these people had the weapons he had designed for Ghost Perhaps it was simply a matter of installing them as it had only been a week or two since he had created the Pterodactyl as a proof of concept for his runic language But it did reassure Randidly a little that trusting Ghost with these tools wasnÆt a mistake
Still they were dangerous even to the Lava Golem If the projectiles hit it that is
The Lava Golem moved smoothly forward It was not graceful per se but it certainly didnÆt trip over its own feet as Randidly controlled it The two railgun turrets each fired twice and the Lava Golem moved to the side ducked and leaped It landed on the roof with the first turret with a crash Very quickly the stone and plaster of the roofing began to melt revealing the military grade metal underneath A swipe of its hand ripped the first turret beyond recognition but it did give the other time to fire two more shots
They went wide but by the time the Lava Golem had crossed to the other guard building and destroyed it hatches in the ground were opening Black exosuits a lot like the one that had struck from the lake sprang up First 10 then 20 then 50 all swarming out
Even Randidly was taken somewhat aback Especially when he realized that another 100 had emerged from other locations in the area This was clearly meant to be a trap
Randidly laughed out loud Looks like they were prepared for us There will be more than enough to go around Everyone have their illusions in place
Dinesh and Tykes nodded as their bodies trembled and then became other people Nondescript normal individuals Dinesh looked like a female traffic cop while Tykes had the long legged grace of an Olympic sprinter
Before the ambushing group could close the distance Randidly cast Lava Golem three more times He wouldnÆt use Aether to break these in for himself but they would still follow basic commands Besides the Lava Golem was practically invincible amongst those people who didnÆt use Skills As Randidly had found out all that time ago physical attacks do very little unless the core is destroyed In addition the plasma weapons they used were primarily heat based they would be almost useless
And the Lava Golems Randidly created now were by far more powerful than those of the Patron of Ash