Chapter 248: Cursed Success (1/2)
Zac could only gape, and he mutely nodded his head in agreement. He hadn’t expected the ghost to speak with him, but it was a far preferable alternative to battle.
“Go…” ghost responded before it turned away from Zac and disappeared.
Zac thanked his lucky stars that the ghost seemed to have regained his sanity, if only temporarily, and he started to run toward the tunnel. A jumbled chorus of screeches behind him forced some extra strength in his legs as he leaped the last few meters.
He sensed a decrease of Darkness in the atmosphere, proving that he once again had passed an array protecting the mouth of a tunnel. He quickly turned around to survey the cavern, and he exhaled in relief when he saw that the ghosts whirled around in confusion. They clearly couldn’t see where Zac had gone and frantically flew around in the cave in search of their target.
However, the larger ones seemed slightly more intelligent as they rammed their bodies at the cave opening, making Zac take a few steps back. But the ghosts simply bounced off the unseen shield and roared in rage when they couldn’t get through it.
A few of them even tried to rip the air to shreds, and even though Zac was extremely tired and wounded he felt he couldn’t stay here. He wasn’t sure if they were just unwilling to give up or whether they could sense the splinter lodged in his mind, but creating some distance from this place was probably for the best. He had no idea just how strong those arrays at the opening were, and it was a bad idea to risk it.
He kept walking for a few minutes, and as the rush from the battle waned it was replaced with extreme tiredness. His mind felt like it would explode at any moment. Between those tendrils breaking his mental defenses and the extreme consumption of mental energy his mind was exhausted to the point that his soul might be wounded.
His body wasn’t in much better shape, and he was completely covered in wounds all over. It was a good reminder that he still wasn’t invulnerable just from his high attributes. A sturdy frame wasn’t enough to completely block out the damage from the stronger ghosts who were approaching, or even reaching, the E-Grade in power.
Suddenly the dark caves gave way to light, and Zac stumbled out of the tunnels with some effort. He had walked the last bit on pure will power, but now it was as though the air went out of him. His overtaxed mind barely registered the change in the surroundings as his was vision started closing in on him.
There was only a smidgeon of miasma left in his body to barely keep it running, but Zac simply sat down with a grunt and closed his eyes without taking out a Miasma Crystal. It time to let the last of the miasma leave his body and return to his human form.
It was only hours later that he opened his eyes again and finally took a proper look around at his surroundings. It was a hallway that looked very much the same as the one he had arrived at from the ravine earlier. The walls were cut with the same precision, and the hallway was illuminated with the familiar crystals.
It gave such a sense of déjà vu that Zac had to open up his status screen to make sure that he hadn’t been stuck in an illusion the past days.
Name
Zachary Atwood
Level
62
Class
[F-Rare] Hatchetman
Race
[E] Human
Alignment
[Earth] Port Atwood - Lord
Titles
Born for Carnage, Ultimate Reaper, Luck of the Draw, Giantsbane, Disciple of David, Overpowered, Slayer of Leviathans, Adventurer, Demon Slayer I, Full of Class, Rarified Being, Trailblazer, Child of Dao, The Big 500, Planetary Aegis, One Against Many, Butcher, Progenitor Noblesse, Duplicity Core, Apex Hunter, Heaven's Chosen, Scion of Dao
Dao
Seed of Heaviness - High, Seed of Trees - High, Seed of Sharpness - Middle, Seed of Hardness - Middle, Seed of Sanctuary - Early
Core
[F] Duplicity
Strength
451 [Increase: 55%. Efficiency: 116%]
Dexterity
232 [Increase: 40%. Efficiency: 116%]
Endurance
621 [Increase: 60,5%. Efficiency: 116%]
Vitality
301 [Increase: 50,5%. Efficiency: 116%]
Intelligence
97 [Increase: 40%. Efficiency: 116%]
Wisdom
113 [Increase: 40%. Efficiency: 116%]
Luck
101 [Increase: 60%. Efficiency: 116%]
Free Points
3