145 Dragon Wars & The Trident City Of Atlantis IX : World Shaper, The Most Powerful Man On Earth (1/2)
The drop in temperature was not slow or gradual, rather it was so sudden it completely caught me of guard. Now what I was about to do should normal not last, based on the description of the skill, it would only last indefinitely if there was an altar. Now I really don't get what an altar is important, but the Trident city had an altar, so that should more than cover for it. I gripped the staff tightly as I turned to Darke and said to him.
”Darke move us at least ten kilometers away from the city's current vicinity. The rest of you should hold on tightly.” I said to them as the ship began to move.
As I've found out, usage of the trident was based mainly on visualization. Being able to envision the change you wanted, and focusing on it until it was made a reality. Ice began to cover the surface of the ocean, it was thick and moved rapidly that in seconds a kilometer of the ocean had already turned I to a carpet of ice.
The freeze spread, it not just on the surface but also within the ocean. Massive hills of ice grew up on both sides of the Trident city of Atlantis, growing so high that they stretched out of the water itself. I wad making a massive underwater valley with the trident city right in it's middle, I made sure the valley was more like a ravine, so dire t aces from the top of the city was very hard if not outright impossible.
An underwater ice valley was just as ridiculous as it sounded, but I wasn't stopping, I narrowed the valley, making it shaped like a massive tear drop, with the wide part stretching up like a dome over the city. Hypothetically speaking, there would be only one access to the city, and beaches of that, it made it easier for them to defend from any sort of assault.
This valley was huge, I couldn't really tell the scope and size of it, but I had to account for the other aquatic creatures that lived within the vicinity of the city. Then within the hill/mountain walls of ice that made the valley, I made a maze of tunnels that led into and out of the valley itself, apart from the main entrance itself that was akin to a choke point and could be easily defended from any underwater assault.
The tunnel maze on the other hand was made complicated, heck even I had a twisted expression on my face by the time I was done with it. There were lots of false roads and dead ends, and even amongst all of the tunnels, only one of it was actually the right one. I expect that they would be able to figure out a way to properly mark the tunnel, so that they don't lost whenever they need to use it. Because of what I've done, it stands to reason that this place would be cold all year long, but this was magic, even for a game heavily entrenched in fantasy, there were somethings that it wouldn't be able to explain.
I could feel that the temperature within the valley itself was still normal and such subject to change with the seasons. However the ice hills or rather mountains themselves were so cold that any outside interference would result in said person being frozen into a Popsicle in mere seconds. It was s powerful natural defense, which brought me to my finishing touches.
Fog began to cover the surface of the sea as every breath everyone took released vapor. Within the edge and confines of the ice mountains, which stretched above the water for a little bit more than three meters to make some sort of weird ice formation, thick fog began to cover it. The fog stretched high into the sky, changing the weather pattern and making sure that the area for hundreds of kilometers around the trident city of Atlantis was covered in perpetual fog, the only place spared was right in the middle of the valley itself.
It was like the eye of a storm, those traveling underwater would find it a lot more easier to navigate, some I'm not too worried about the inhabitants of the city. I knew they would be quite fine and would be able to adapt around the changes. But from now on, anyone who wanted to go find the trident city of Atlantis would have to go through a significant amount of hell just to find it. But never the less my job was done, they were safe and protected, at least until whatever crazy events the game comes up with.
I opened my eyes to see that the surroundings of the Acheron was covered in fog, it was quite cold, like freezing cold, but no one seemed all too worried about it. But at the moment I felt drained, like someone had taken all of my energy and sucked it out of me with a straw, and with the headache I was feeling they probably did it from my head. I felt dizzy and dropped to my knees, the trident falling out of my hands and clattering onto the deck of the ship.
Everyone else gathered around me in a second, I was really much too weak to move, and even though they were all saying something or the other I couldn't hear them. From the haze that seemed to be spreading across my mind. Then suddenly a few alert screens popped up in front of me.
{SYSTEM ALERT:TITLE: You Have Performed Great Feats Of Magic And Have Intruded Within The Realm Of Creator Gods. You Have Drawn Their Attention, For Better Or For Worse It Still Remains To Be Seen. You Have Been Given The Title: WORLD SHAPER: +50% To Land Management, +30 Defense And Speed To All Structures Built By You. +3 Stat Points Every Level./ You Have Received The Blueprints For Basic Barracks, Basic Smithy, Basic Infirmary, Basic Town Hall, Basic Market, Basic Wall, Basic Residence, Basic Guard House.}
{SYSTEM ALERT!: You Have Exhausted Your Mana And Over Drafted Your Hp To Power A Spell Of Great Magnitude. +2 Level And The Passive Skill (ESSENCE EXCHANGE: From Now On You Can Use Your Hp/Life Force To Power Spells With An Increased Effect And Damage Of +10%. The Lower Your Hp, The More Powerful The Spell.}
{SYSTEM ALERT!: You Have Exhausted Your Hp!, Due To The Circumstances Of Your Death You're Not Allowed To Log Back Into The Game For At Least 72 Hours. Thank You For Playing Lost Descendants Online.}
My vision turned dark and I suddenly found myself looking up at the statistical screen of my VR pod. I so didn't see this coming and quite frankly I was pissed off, but it doesn't seem like there was much I could do about it. A lot could happen in three days, but I guess the others can take care of themselves. And with Zareth and Persephone there, I'm sure there's not much that they can't face or beat. I looked at the digital clock on the pod's display screen.
11:53 PM
It was almost dawn in the game, but out here it was just about midnight. I wasn't feeling really sleepy, so maybe I would just grab a snack and then check the Internet for whatever news there was about LDO, plus call me selfish or whatever, I had to get in touch with Malia and see if they could speed up the launch of the alternate dimension and begin the tournament as soon as possible. I had 7 thousand unhatched dragon eggs in the engine room of my ship, and honestly I don't want to be anywhere near New Gaia the day they decide to hatch. The ensuing blow out, wouldn't something I and the crew would be able to face, they'll swallow us whole.
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MIAMI, FLORIDA