Nothing was more obnoxious than sitting down for a soak in a hot tub after a long day of training and realizing that it smelled like old dead snail Randidly immediately wanted to clear the rest out so it was no longer a problem
Randidly thought through the ethics of eliminating the tribe of mollusks quite seriously They had grown from Level 6 to Level 15 and there were now about a hundred in his expended cold water pool but it would have been simple to just shove them back into the underground river
But Randidly was in this Dungeon to train This might be weird but this could be considered a test run for his leadership abilities If he wanted to lead Erickson Steel he would hopefully have enough charisma to handle some snails
After chuckling dryly at how strange his life had become Randidly dunked his head underneath the water of the molluskÆs pool in order to hear their language
Immediately he was inundated with their high pitched voices
Let us sleep
More shells
Oozeless one will listen
Kamiumi
Very soon they noticed Randidly and one rather large mollusk with several long tentacles drifted up from the shell village to speak with Randidly Great Oozeless One We demand that you cease with your rumbling punishment The eggs of our young are too weak to withstand your the great sea thunder
Randidly frowned This was a profoundly strange experience But at least they articulated a concern that Randidly could actually do something about How long do you need for your young to grow strong enough
For several seconds the leader mollusk was silent Then it said Three full cycles
Randidly pressed his eyes closed Perhaps he should have expected something like this to crop up How long is a cycle
This seemed to throw the mollusk Well a cycle is how long it takes for the rumbling to start then stop then start again Obviously a cycle is a cycle
which means about a day Randidly translated inwardly I guess it makes sense they only developed enough intelligence to understand concepts like time after they came here and by then I had already started using Infinite Fingers of Yggdrasil to forge But itÆs actually good timing IÆm basically out of ore to forge anyway
It will be done Randidly said majestically Then he thought of something a produced an item from his interspatial ring It was one of the interspatial watches produced in Zone 1 and possessed the added bonus of being waterproof After dropping it into the pool Randidly explained the basics of how to tell time to the mollusks
Immediately curious dozens of small mollusks began swarming the object Randidly had added to their shell village with obvious interest Relieved Randidly pulled his head out of the water and pushed back his dripping hair He scratched his beard
Maybe I should take some time to shave
But a mental probe from his Riders pulled RandidlyÆs attention away RandidlyÆs shook his head and threw water across the surrounding stone ground and then softly padded toward the entrance to his base Why do I have a bad feeling about this
After slapping his cheeks to restore his spirits Randidly walked up to meet the Riders outside of his dome
Because Randidly had a weird nagging intuition that if he created more Riders a third faction would form he had kept their number at thirty two The two groups of sixteen faced off against each other right in front of RandidlyÆs mound derision and pride radiating off of both of them Beside the two groups were two large corpses of monsters
Level 70 monsters
Randidly twisted his mouth They are hunting Level 70 monsters now And also why are these monsters so weird
The medieval castle crew had brought him a large wolf with crimson fur But strangely three miniature wings were growing from the wolfÆs back Meanwhile the silk canopy trope had brought Randidly an emerald eagle that had six tentacles growing out of its chest Although there had always been strange monsters in Dungeon these seemed a bit
mutated Randidly thought with a grimace Probably my fault IÆm just adding so much Aether to air so quickly But still they probably have very valuable bodies
So you both want your reward Randidly asked aloud The leader of both groups nodded But then they each sent a very confusing mental message to Randidly After struggling to decrypt it for a few seconds Randidly blinked and realized what was being asked of him And the content of both messages was essentially the same
Randidly rubbed his temples You want me to name your groups Both of you
They nodded Randidly thoughtfully chewed on the inside of his cheek Truthfully Randidly understood where this was coming from As soon the Riders had displayed intelligence and growth he had generally expected something like this to happen After all the name of the Skill was Riders of the Baleful Court And they emerged from his own Class
Court likely in the older style as in a court of nobles RandidlyÆs suspicions were confirmed when they began to split into factions without an outside threat of any true capability They were ultimately loyal to Randidly as their Lord but that didnÆt mean they had to get along with each other And if they were separate factions from each other they would need identifying names or banners to tell themselves apart
For a noble as with a spear user of Tellus their coat of arms and pride was almost more important than their own life
So Randidly had already spared a few moments to these considerations between his intense image and physical training sessions Nodding slowly Randidly opened his mouth He turned toward the medieval castle group first Alright Henceforth you will be known as the Legion of the Unbreakable Bulwark
A bruised and miserable figure briefly appeared in RandidlyÆs mind When his emerald gaze focused on the leader of the new Legion RandidlyÆs smile became bitter And as their leader you need a name From this day forward you will be Kingsley
Then Randidly turned to the other group And you will be the Legion of the Unavoidable Pivots Your name sir will be Trap
Although RandidlyÆs first visit to Tellus was one that was filled with bitter training and bloodthirst there were a few moments of extremely precious interactions that Randidly treasured to this day No matter how the both of their Paths diverged from his own Randidly missed the simple days of beating up Roger and exchanging Earth business ideas with Claptrap
At the moment those spirited days truly felt like a different lifetime
Then Randidly nodded shortly IÆll be gone for some time finding a new mine Make sure you keep the monsters thin in the surrounding area
Before anyone else could bother Randidly he rushed off Flexing his fingers Randidly signaled Acri to slither up his arm and form into a spear For all that he had practiced combat Skill every day for the past month it was still somewhat suffocating to spend so much time thinking about images and usage
Sometimes Randidly just wanted to let loose and lose himself in the thrill of exertion Let loose his tight grip he kept on his skyrocketing Stats and simply run wild Which was exactly what Randidly planned on doing now
Due to the arrows pointing ominously toward the plateau Randidly avoided that area for now But this high Level Dungeon was large enough that there were plenty of portions of the jungle that even RandidlyÆs zealous Riders hadnÆt yet raided Randidly headed South and East until he found an area that was infested with extremely large chameleons
They came at him with remarkable aggression for a species that had natural camouflage abilities Their sharp claws emitted a high pitched keening as they cut through the air toward him Grinning Randidly flexed his fingers and welcomed their valor with the infinitely sharp tip of Acri
Randidly didnÆt stop pushing roughly through their domain until even Acri was sated with experience A trail of broken trees and charred bodies was left as a testament to his passage Feeling rather refreshed Randidly closed his eyes and spread out his Infinite Fingers of Yggdrasil while enjoying the even beats of his heart searching for any sort of ore within the ground