Which meant that a little bit of his time had to be spent simply moving without any conscious images so that he understood his current capabilities From there he practiced his passive fighting related Skill His proficiency steadily increased Gradually Randidly felt the usage of ripping through the physical limitation of the Nexus becoming clearer to him
Of course the change to his body wasnÆt a unilaterally positive shift As he had previously noted the drops of liquid Aether that Randidly had thus far condensed began to unravel as he put more focus on his images becoming physical manifestations At this point the amount of liquid Aether that Randidly possessed had fallen to only three drops He planned on continuing to empower his body with his images but Randidly didnÆt think he should let his amount of liquid Aether ever drop below two drops At least not until he had a better understanding of where his new power level fit in the Nexus
Randidly sighed and shook himself as he began to walk down from his peak There are two problems with being in the Dungeon however The first is that I need to be careful about practicing Nether the Aether constructs inside the Dungeon seem delicate enough that I donÆt even dare to use Nether Ritual And the second thing liquid Aether and my images physically affecting me are both fueled by emotion of a certain depth The process of increasing that is very slow in this peaceful environment
In one or two more months IÆll have basically reached the limit of improving my physical form then itÆs just a matter of increasing my proficiency in balancing the images
But of course there would always be other things to train Randidly could direct more of his attention toward his Skill Levels which was always a steady avenue of self improvement He still had a ways to go in his MonstrosityÆs Growth Path but he believed that he could amass several hundred PP while he was within the Dungeon
Randidly followed the worn path down the mountain looking around with amusement at the weeping willow esque chime trees that lined the area around his peak They generated a veritable symphony around him their branches swaying back and forth in something that seemed to resemble joy At this point there were about a thousand of these trees on the mountain and Randidly was currently undecided whether they possessed actual intelligence or simply mimicked it with remarkable efficiency
The deep green leaves whispered and rung as Randidly walked past them From within the heavy foliage Randidly felt the gazes of dozens of raccoon like creatures that had grown two extra sets of arms and made their home within the chime trees They used the set of arms nearest to their head to hold some sort of nut to their sharp teeth while they gestured sinisterly with their other pairs
Randidly would have slaughtered the lot of them if Sam didnÆt point out that there was a strange symbiotic relationship between the raccoons and the trees And Sam was very interested in letting these chime trees flourish so they could be harvested for their unique raw materials later His gaze was almost fanatical when Randidly had seen him look up toward the greenery around his peak
It provided Randidly a strange amount of mental pressure to know that Sam seemed to regard his image as fertilizer for these organisms but Randidly was curious about them as well Hopefully they would continue to evolve as time passed in the Dungeon
Once he had passed the area dominated by chime trees Randidly accelerated downward Below the mountain was the valley and within the valley was the river that formed the core of the groupÆs base in the Dungeon There were a fifty or so rough edged adobe houses right near the river but since Ed Dugg had whipped the children into construction shape there were also several respectable looking houses around a small fountain Ed had made This was the core of their current Dungeon operation
Randidly proceeded to the largest of those buildings opening the heavy wooden door and walking into the food hall Immediately the raucous noise within the building ceased The kids looked up from their boar bacon and eggs with wide eyes Their mouths were frozen midway through shaping a word
KharonÆs police force had an even more abrupt reaction They dropped their silverware onto their trays with a loud clatter and immediately straightened as though their spines had universally been inflated into a completely standing position Not even the slightest slouch was allowed Randidly knew it was a show of respect yet his smile toward the police officers was somewhat tired as he swept forward into the low ceiling building
Suppressing the rumbling of his stomach Randidly Ghosthound idly waved a hand at the frozen groups As you were
The children slowly began to whisper amongst each other while eyeing Randidly with obvious anxiety but at least the police officers sat back down and began to continue eating in something resembling normalcy Randidly proceeded across the entire hall to the buffet where he put several generous helpings of fried meat and potatoes onto a tray Then he walked over and sat down next to Clarissa
The Weather Witch had a tray of food and two books laid out in front of her at her empty table She eyed him with a wry smile as he approached Certainly they are well trained
Randidly gave her a deadpan look as he sat down across from her and then began to dig into the food The taste was a little bit bland but the quality was excellent he wondered who the cook was Clarissa chuckled to herself and then began massacring the six muffins that were the only occupants of her tray Randidly watched the fluffy and buttery pastries disappear and resolved himself to grab a couple when he went back up for seconds
Gradually RandidlyÆs presence in the mess hall was normalized The volume of conversation in the food hall rose to more typical levels although it never reached its previous volume Randidly got himself a second tray of food and continued eating just throwing the food into the vast abyss that was his stomach Luckily Ed prepared food in bulk so there was enough that Randidly didnÆt need to hide the caloric needs of his empowered body
After RandidlyÆs third tray of food Clarissa straightened her posture and gave Randidly a frank look Alright I can recognize when you want to talk about something No need to continue to delay by forcing yourself to eat What is it Watching you gobble so much is just giving me anxiety
Randidly sincerely doubted that anything gave Clarissa anxiety She was the most playful and irreverent person that Randidly knew It was why he sat with her now because she didnÆt walk on eggshells around him But she was right he wanted to discuss something How difficult has it been to control the weather as IÆve requested
Clarissa sighed dramatically IÆve struggled but because it was a request from you I have persevered
Good Because I want to see how intense your influence can make the weather How antagonistic Randidly stated
Clarissa tilted her head to the side Then she smiled Oho Finally time to start working on the whole reason you brought me into the Dungeon
Randidly grinned in response
Chapter 1427
After their meeting with Naffur for a debriefing regarding the findings of their interrogation Hydie rather blindly trailed after Derek Moss as they left the building It was somewhat of a relief when they walked out into the sunlight but the current climate meant that even in the afternoon the sunÆs rays were pale and weak The light was as weightless on her skin as the light from a bulb And Hydie felt
Well HydieÆs worries seemed to be multiplying by the second Despite her best efforts she
HydieÆs lowered forehead impacted DerekÆs back Derek had stopped and he turned around to regard her when she bumped up against him He tilted his head to the side as he looked at her Why are you being so depressing Did you really think we would get a confession about some grand conspiracy from just a single interrogation
Hydie swallowed back down a well it would have been niceÆ as soon as it rose and marshaled itself to parade off of her tongue Although Derek had a fine sense of humor he never laughed regarding work Instead she grimaced and gathered her thoughts When she saw the patience in his expression Hydie carefully released the secret fear that had been growing in her heart He he was so nervous and beginning to ramble about why he came to Kharon and then you pointed out the inconsistency in his story he froze but then I sneezed and it