Scarlet
The very first thing I find inside of the cave is a bunch of insects. Large ones spanning a ter in height with six legs, two compound eyes, and a hard carapace and shell.
Basically giant beetles. With a glowing green liquid dripping from their mouths.
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Well thats an interesting set of nas.
Its not nice to judge, Tar comnts, but I ignore him as I begin using Life Drain on the creatures. And at the sa ti, I use Blood Empowernt on Life Drain to increase its effect using the very life energy the Life Drain skill drains from them in the process.
Which makes a really nice combination.
Ya know, maybe I should just focus on leveling Life Drain to level 30. It might go faster just because of Blood Empowernt.
Maybe, Tar comnts as the beetles begin growing berserk while charging at and flinging around what I can only assu is poison from their mouths. An assumption that grows increasingly likely when said poison splashes on the stone of the walls stone that isnt covered in blood like the ground is and it begins to burn through the walls with ease.
Right. So dont let the acid touch .
Got it.
Tar snorts in my mind as I rush towards the beetles, but I pause after a second.
Wait. Or should I let the acid touch ?
Its acid, Tar comnts. Youre not going to get any Gradual Corruption Nullification training from it when the acid will be gone by the ti you nullify it.
Oh. True.
I continue sprinting towards the beetles before beginning to tear into them with abandon, the creatures being quite weak in comparison to despite them being a higher Class. If only barely.
At one point I do end up getting acid on my arm, but it doesnt seep through or even harm my armor very much, so I ignore it. And as I continue fighting, I notice the armor repairing itself not much later from the minimal damage it received.
Which is a nice boon. Although that only happens after it drains a tiny bit of blood from my blood storage.
It doesnt take long after that to finish off the rest of the beetles, and after I do, I cant help but smile at my armor. Because unlike my old armor, this one actually repairs itself automatically by drawing on my blood storage. Sothing Leonidas added in later on.
So I dont have to waste any ti or mana using repair on it, and its automatic. Not to ntion the under armor that lets damage go straight to when hit directly instead of damaging the under armor.
Its very comforting knowing that even if my armor is destroyed, I at least wont be naked afterwards.
I stretch a little before continuing further into the cave.
Lets see if we cant find these crystals.
Its too bad the map doesnt include their exact location, just the location of where they are aboveground, Tar comnts, and I cant help but nod.
Then again, maybe there will be sothing interesting to hunt in this cave.
It doesnt take long before I find more beetles and imdiately begin to battle them.
The Void
Tarankar, otherwise nad by Scarlet as Tar, watches Scarlet fight the demons through a half-ford portal in the In-between, otherwise known as the Void. But after watching her for several minutes, he purses his artificial bodys lips and sighs.
Ever since Scarlet had entered his life, he has been conflicted. He loves Scarlet like a best friend since he doesnt actually love most of his siblings, he wont say he loves her like a sister. At the sa ti though, she reminds him of painful mories.
mories of his previous contractor and how he died after trying to reach too high.
Right when hes about to sigh again, a loud ripping sound echoes across the In-Between, making him blink in surprise. Then his father appears next to him in his artificial dragon form as he declares, Son, the prophecy is starting to co to its next arc. Make sure the girl is prepared.
Tarankar blinks again at that, only for his father to vanish again.
Then Tarankar turns towards where the ripping sound ca from, only to find a small, jagged line running across the blackness that is the Void. And out of that jagged line, a single void spawn a grotesque being made up of insect-like chitin and tentacles attempts to make its way through, only to fail and get stuck. Then it gets electrified by the rift in the Void itself.
Oh thats not good
From Tarankars lessons as a child, he understands that the Void is separated into various areas, with so areas being able to connect naturally to the mortal realm and the Farshore, and others not being able to. And for as long as the fae have existed, the void spawn have all been in the areas of the void not connected to either.
But now Tarankar cant help but look on in fright as more void spawn reach the rift from the other side, only to join the first one in death.
If father is right and the next arc of the prophecy is starting soon, then the void creatures will begin to break through the rifts into the other areas of the void where they will then make their way into the mortal universe.
Tarankar watches the rift for several minutes in silence, not paying much attention to Scarlets battles as he does so. And it isnt until he is absolutely sure that its only the beginning of the prophecys arc and that the rift isnt going to grow any larger for a very long ti does he return his attention to Scarlet.
I hope she can reach Class IV before turning twenty because if she doesnt get that achievent, shell never be able to upgrade Gradual Corruption Nullification. And if that doesnt happen the universe and the Farshore might be done for.
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