Chapter 333: Mortal Worlds Status (1/2)
A luxurious manor that can't be penetrated by my Transcendent Senses. Whatever secret lies inside it, I don't think it will be shocking enough for the Transcendents who entered this place.
Besides, the real purpose of this space is to be a battleground for the two Transcendent Worlds. I'm still unaware of how the other side can start building their bridge. Will they build it on the surface?
If that's the case, they will be hindered easily once they reach the defensive line of the Dark World. However, who am I to assume that it will be like that? I've never been in the frontlines and there's no way to know how the Dimensional Bridge will be built.
At the moment, there's no point thinking about trivial things that will not benefit me.
”How will we go about this?” Udann asked me but he's not really asking my opinion. He's already edging towards the giant statue at the left, trying to get its aggro without waking up the other two giant statues.
Although I warned him about possible new types, none appeared. Either it's inside the manor or there's truly none at all.
Counting the heads of the destroyed statues behind us, it's safe to say that even if they completely outnumbered the two of us, these soldier statues were barely a threat anymore. In less than two hours, we wiped the statues lined up at the manor yard except for the three giant statues.
Although I'm still confident to support Udann if he fought the three, it would force me to show me my true capabilities. By utilizing the Blast Stone by throwing it in front of the three giant statues, I had the three retreat away from the soldier statues which led us to fight them without worrying about their interference.
Compared to a live Rank 1 Transcendent who could use different skills, the soldier statues could only charge and make use of their weapons to attack us. Once one destroys and fights them for a certain amount of time, anyone will see the pattern in their movements and take advantage of it. Furthermore, we have the four Stones which we used to our advantage.
”You don't need my input, do you? Just do what you think is best. I'll be supporting you from behind.” I answered.
”I understand.”
After that, no more words were exchanged between us, he just jumped forward to pull one of the giant statues away. Taking down three giant statues one by one, we spent at least 20 minutes on each statue.
It would be faster if I helped him with my full capabilities. However, I still limited myself to only do what I deemed acceptable. Apart from my occasional support and the occasional turning off of the Domain of Valor, I didn't do anything. Udann became riddled with injuries thanks to that after more than three hours of taking the front, compared to me who's naturally unscathed apart from a few damage on the clothes I'm wearing.
Of course, as soon as the battle ended, I treated him using the Aether Elemental Spell: Cure. There's also the medicinal pill that Alwyn gave me that night, putting him back to his original state except for the mental exhaustion that was built up from our nonstop fighting ever since entering this castle town ruins.
Before entering the Manor, I had our rest first while I picked up the scattered baseball-sized stones. Udann used this time to make use of one of the basketball-sized stones dropped from one of the giants. Since we agreed for the 50:50 share, adding the one we got yesterday, each of us now has 2 of those stones.
As usual, since I got all three last hits on the giant statues, I stored the big stones and only used the baseball-sized ones to mask the downpour of Energy I'm absorbing from the gathered energy on top of my head.
Apart from absorbing and resting, the free time I gave us was also used to try reworking my strongest Elemental Spells to upgrade it to 7-nodes. It's still impossible to make them 9-nodes after all. I can only tamper with them once the Proficiency reached the Master level. Creating a brand new 9-nodes Elemental Spell from scratch was also harder than I thought.