Now that he and Elhume were obviously antagonistic some of the benefits he had taken advantage of previously would become more of a gamble
Randidly left several Paths related to his images present although he wanted to be careful about what he would choose now The Paths that involved weaknesses were probably too dangerous to consider In addition he skimmed through Paths relating to the Second Cohort and memory Another target of his mental scalpel was the Path related to the Ascension Pact that helped him climb the Sonora
Finally Randidly cut out all Paths that seemed too vague or unhelpful to his current concerns He wanted power now For similar reasons despite the possible benefits he set aside the Crown of Four Authoritiesù it would explode his capabilities but it simply cost too much PP
Despite all those choices he still had fourteen Paths to choose from
Ashes of Illym the Above Average Child 0/5000 The CreatureÆs Apotheosis 0/25000 The Ash that Reigns Above the Open and Closed Sky 0/ The Living Soul of the Alpha Cosmos 0/ Peerlessness Through Woven Truth 0/ Alchemist of Past and Present 0/10000 The Homunculus Advances The First Self Vivisection 0/ Song of the Void 0/ Font of Endless Milles 0/25000 Father of Ghasthund 0/ From the Nexus Dove Perdition 0/50000 Reality from Echoes Moirae and Alchemist Ascendant 0/15000 Heritage of the Nether People 0/ Balance Between Nether 0/10000
From that list Randidly considered his PP A little over 70k So the first decision is whether to consider the more expensive options
Peerlessness Through Woven Truth had its total hidden but the number of question marks hinted at a high cost Same with Ash that Reigns Above the Open and Closed Sky Living Soul of the Alpha Cosmos and Father of Ghasthund Despite each appealing to him in their own way he discounted those options
The CreatureÆs Apotheosis gave Randidly a small headache He wasnÆt sure whether the creature that the Path referenced was his previous image or Yystrix WouldnÆt have the Path vanished if it related to his image But the transformation into the Dread Homunculus could be considered Apotheosis of a sort
Randidly rubbed his eyes Not worth the risk And with all those gone the only expensive Path left do I want to follow From the Nexus Dove Perdition
The word Perdition gave him pause A word cast from his worldÆs religious undertones it referred to the worst sort of doom A land beyond salvation The corner of RandidlyÆs mouth curled upward Dove referred to one of the three Moiraes with which he had managed to accumulate his power
For the Nexus it made sense that he brought with him hell Broadly with Ghasthund specifically with the changes he sought to inflict
A fifty thousand PP Path alright letÆs have some fun Randidly grinned
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Randidly began pouring PP to finish his chosen Path When he added his 50th PP he stalled out and blinked at the notification he had been given +1 Free Stats and +1 to Health Mana and Stamina
All told 1000 of the Attributes and 1000 Free Stats Randidly couldnÆt help but chuckle as he considered the soon to be completed Path Just for that this is a lucrative Path isnÆt it Now what will the final reward be
He sped through the rest of the 50k PP very quickly without distributing his free Stats after all the rewards were tabulated he could decide how to spend these little free bonuses Soon the Path completion notification popped up in front of him
Congratulations Your eyes turn from the sky and the distant possibility of the Pinnacle to concern yourself with the pragmatic realities within your reach And immediately you begin to work Each motion carves signs and truths into existence From your hands ash and ruin From your breath sacrilege and perversion From your fell alchemies revolution Worse even than the Dove Perdition you drag to envelop the whole of the Nexus in your wake lingers a passage that others may follow to similarly effect change against this great collective Even if your life would cease now you have created a flaw in the monolith that your predecessors built
It is a feat without equal in the history of the Nexus
Congratulations You have completed the From the Nexus Dove Perdition Path Your GhosthoundÆs Deviation Rarity has spread from your body into others Other individuals within the Nexus have an extremely minute chance of earning the GD Rarity when they evolve powerful Skills with unique twists Should those individuals embody the spirit of exploration and advancement with which you created the Rarity they can capture a portion of your power Should their aims instead run counter to your beliefs the efficacy of those Skills will be greatly reduced
Congratulations You have also generated the Deviant bonus designation for Skills This bonus designation is slightly more likely to occur over the next ten years Designation will function similarly to the Unique designation whereupon it will be added in addition to another Rarity to create the final designation Those with the Deviant designation will experience various erratic effects in the usage of their Skill As the proficiency increases their is an infinitesimally small chance that the Deviant Designation will evolve into a new general Rarity following the example of GhosthoundÆs Deviation
Congratulations For completing the From the Nexus Dove Perdition Path +200 to Grey MonarchÆs Authority and Discretion of the Apostate Moirae Congratulations You have gained the Skill What the Ghosthound Sows He Will Soon Reap
What the Ghosthound Sows He Will Soon Reap A unique Skill of Randidly Ghosthound gained when he caused a significant change to the Rarity System of the Nexus Impossible to duplicate As others take advantage of this created flaw Skill Level will increase Slightly boosts the efficacy of the userÆs Skills and the chance others can also become Deviant Gives the user slight resistance against deviant Skills Gives an even smaller immunity to regular Skills User has a small chance of immediately understanding any Deviant Skill used against him Effects increase with Skill Level
Randidly breathed slowly in and then out as he considered the reward given to him by the Path An extra four hundred Stats in those Stats that were already the highest A thunderous shift in the way Rarities would proceed that made his mind race with possibilities But perhaps most importantly the fact that the Rarity System could change gave him the inkling of a few other aspects of the System he could target
ThatÆs for later For now this benefit is plenty Randidly chuckled to himself Very quickly his bubble of joy fadedù an interesting development and power enough to improve him but he didnÆt have much time to waste He quickly looked again at his Path Screen additional PP flowing in had finally pushed him up to a little under 24k
He waffled as he considered the possibilities He needed to eliminate a few more possible Paths to keep accumulating advantages Because he was just short of the requirement for Font of the Endless Milles Randidly reluctantly decided to set that option to the side He had already earned the reward for a few Milles before And while the Stat evolution benefited him he wasnÆt too interested in further developments like that
Well perhaps endless Milles come with a more concrete benefit but IÆm willing to risk it to earn other immediate boosts Chewing on his lip Randidly considered the depleted list of Paths to choose from
Alchemist of Past and Present 0/10000 The Homunculus Advances The First Self Vivisection 0/ Song of the Void 0/ Reality from Echoes Moirae and Alchemist Ascendant 0/15000 Heritage of the Nether People 0/ Balance Between Nether 0/10000